died of hunger down and down. this week to. this is the day of the news coming to you live from berlin survivors and world leaders gathered to mark 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz more than a 1000000 people most of them jews were killed at the nazi death camp during the 2nd world war with anti semitism on the rise there is a sense of urgency to remind the world what happened that. also on the program

grief and shock of the tragic death of the u.s. basketball star kobe bryant he was killed along with 8 others including his teenage daughter in a helicopter crash outside los angeles. and drastic measures to contain a deadly coronavirus travel bans and place in china extends the biggest national holiday to keep people cold will this stop the rapid spread of the virus. pattern of a warm welcome to you i'm under. to do it marks a 75 years since the liberation of the auschwitz extermination camp by soviet troops in the final months of the 2nd world war survivors and world leaders are gathering at the site ahead of the official ceremony.

the morning began with a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims these are some of the last remaining auschwitz survivors the event is being hosted by polish president underage duda. among the guests invited to today's official ceremony is our german president from time maya and israeli president ruben rivlin as well as dozens of was leaders. today was the day 75 years ago that soviet troops liberated auschwitz from its prisoners germany's nazis that established the camp in occupied poland in 1940 it was their largest and deadliest about 1300000 people were deported to auschwitz

most of them were jews from across europe nearly all of them were killed in nazi gas chambers others were also sent to auschwitz roman sinti polish political prisoners gay people catholic priests and jehovah's witnesses as the world remembers the holocaust more than $200.00 of the few remaining survivors of auschwitz have made the trip to attend the commemorations for many of them this may be the last time they return to the site where the endured such horace joining me now from auschwitz correspondent assignment young welcome simon auschwitz is really the enduring symbol of the holocaust tell us what's going to be happening there today to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation. yes emerita as you say the enduring symbol of the largest of the nazi extermination camps and i'm standing here today at auschwitz be

a canal the scale of the of the camp of the scale of the horrors here really even today very hard to understand and to conceive mentally when one really has to spend time here i think to really understand it. what's happening today well as you've mentioned leaders royals heads of state and government from many countries. and dignitaries but also survivors are gathering to mark the same to 75th anniversary of the liberation by soviet troops there's a sense of celebration there's a sense of real union as there always is every year when the survivors come together a team with sadness in particular of knowing that as you said it may be the last time that many of these elderly people can come but as we've been saying it's so important for many of them to share their stories as many of them have been doing

one of those survivors who's making the journey this year is 94 year old david levine. has met him at his home in berlin and listened to his particular story. at home in his one bedroom apartment in berlin david levine lives here alone his wife has moved to a nursing home he's one of the last remaining auschwitz survivors his parents and siblings were murdered there over 75 years ago. that's me that's my brother and another brother and my sister. the 94 year old was born in warsaw to a jewish family during the nazis reign of terror he was sent to 4 different concentration camps. well i give all the question why. i can't answer that today. i can't even think about it why. why

a 9 year old girl who hadn't done anything who hadn't sinned why did they murder why. she hadn't done anything in life only because she had a different tree. of it was 19 when auschwitz was liberated while there he was forced to work in the gas chambers as a slave labor of the german company that produced the deadly gas. i worked down on the gas chambers. we collected the cycling gas. you just turn into stone you know what i mean. the horror is hard to comprehend for many years it has returned to auschwitz at the end of january.

the stay is an anniversary for me it's an anniversary of death. this year is no different krakow airport every year the custodians of auschwitz bring survivors together on the anniversary marking the liberation of the german extermination camp but the interest this year is higher than usual. the press contingent for the 75th anniversary is huge they're here to listen to the last living witnesses and their stories of the hell that was our schmidt's star one day i found out that my brother was shot. to this day i still don't know why. and i can never get over the. old. sorry i can't go on. i'll start

crying. start crying. you can't continue. has to cut his talk short it's like he can still feel the beatings today he tells us 75 years after the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp. so david levene is one of some $200.00 survivors simon who is going to be attending ceremonies at auschwitz but every year they'll be fewer survivors and few eyewitness accounts what does this mean for attempts to keep the memory of the holocaust alive specially at a time when we're seeing a rise in our descent ism in many countries. well that's right and poignant cities each one of these ceremonies and these anniversaries is an opportunity to reflect again and to ask as that gentleman

did you know why did it happen coming here one could try and begin to make an attempt to understand how it happened the machinery the industrialization of murder as it sometimes being called what auschwitz auschwitz in particular represents just one among many places of death that the nazis organized and you're right the context of rising anti semitism is a huge concern we've seen anti semitic attacks even in germany going up 10 percent or so in the last couple of years we've seen german far right politicians talking about the nazi era as just the bird droppings of history and we've seen recently the anti semitic attack against a synagogue in the german city of howler all these things happening happening in the country of the perpetrators in other countries other incidents are happening to

the jews gathering here again or issuing warnings today that anti semitism is on the rise and the world must take notice not just today but in future and germany expresses and recognizes that special response ability for the holocaust what can we expect from the german president transferred to steinmeyer who will be at. well he'll be one among all the political dignitaries the polish president the israeli president also be here and some crowned heads and other key people a lot of countries in fact of center only ambassadors and they're all political disputes and disputes about the importance of this event and he's attending and he's saying he was but i think at least many people don't want any of that to

overshadow the stories of the survivors and the message that people should take from our streets and that's the message of course of never again. simon young at the auschwitz death camp thank you very much for talking to us about the celebrations and the commemorations taking place to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. and we will have live coverage of the efficient simon is marking a 75 years since the liberation of auschwitz later today and also we have lots more on this anniversary on our website www dot com including reconnections of survivors of the holocaust. that now being up to date with some other stories making news around the world dutch prime minister mark has apologized for his country's role during the holocaust saying it did too little to protect jewish citizens from nazi persecution he is the 1st dutch premier to make such an apology some 100000 jews

from the netherlands were killed by the nazis and they collaborators. exit polls from italy indicate the country's right wing leg up on he appears to have failed in its bid to win a key recent election. campaign relentlessly in the northern states hoping a victory against the center left democratic party would help him bring down italy's fragile coalition government. in brazil at least 44 people have died off intervention storms caused floods and landslides entire buildings were washed away in the south and southeastern part of the country and more than 14000 residents have had to leave their homes authorities are warning that more landslides are likely. fans and fellow players are mourning the sudden death of american basketball star kobe bryant the retired early latest there was traveling on

a private helicopter with his teenage daughter and 7 others when it went down near los angeles on sunday morning investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash his death has triggered a huge outpouring of grief. she was the smiling face of n.b.a. basketball for 2 decades kobe bean bryant traveled and scored with the formidable los angeles lakers his entire career. his death has shocked fans around the world many say his influence expands beyond just the basketball court. this is more than basketball it was it was just a mentality to get through life. is one of the hardest losses not ever dealt with i never even met 45 years of living i have not filled this much grief in love for one man i bryant was a shooting guard for the l.a. lakers he went straight from high school to the n.b.a.

he was an 18 time all-star who won 5 n.b.a. titles and to a limb picked gold medals only 41 years old he died alongside his 13 year old daughter giana she also showed on court talent and was aiming to follow her father's footsteps into professional basketball he credited john after winning an unexpected oscar in 2018 for his animated short deer basketball all of it. my daughter gave me the best piece of advice i was a little. worried about turning this into a film i've never done that something before and we're in a house and we're talking about as a family and i will live in your job. 'd you always tell us to go after our dreams so. man oh. man oh so i had to man up and go for it bryant and his wife had 4 daughters and after retiring in 2016 he became a vocal advocate for female sports. even outside of sports

people around the world are now mourning the loss of a longtime icon. and joining me now in the studio. we're talking from the sports desk welcome we heard a huge outpouring of grief over the news what made it will be blind such a giant in sport i mean to put it shortly he was one of the best players the game has ever seen he spent 20 seasons at the l.a. lakers that's also really where a rare in basketball that you have one players stay for so long just at one club and he inspired so many generations to just basically pick up a basketball and this is all many and even nowadays you find so many kids still trying to emulate his playing sky and himself had a very unconventional journey into the an n.b.a. he went straight out of high school so he was a teenager when he started and his achievements on the court speak for themselves

and there's so many to list i don't even know where to begin but he won 5 n.b.a. championships 2 time olympic gold medalist he won 2 twice the n.b.a. finals m.v.p. but what made him so his careers were memorable is that he was a clutch player he was able to finish games and as a trying to rapturous fan i remember in 2006 when kobe bryant he's bryant when he single handedly you scored 81 points against the raptors in a single game that's the 2nd highest ever in n.b.a. history and this is what made him so special he was so incredibly good at basketball that his performance has brought people to their feet and also despite been such a big icon even after in retirement he was treated with so much love and respect how has the u.s. and the world reacted to this tragic and exactly he really transcends the sport and coby made an impact on so many people not just on sports people but but also on

politicians and his former teammate for example shaquille o'neal tweet it there's no words to express the pain i'm going through with this tragedy of losing my niece gigi you and my. the kobe bryant love you and you will be missed my condolences go out to the brian family and the families of the other passengers on board i'm sick right now and italian football club ac milan also gave their condolences koby of course was a fan of the italian team and he spent a big chunk of his childhood in italy we have no words to express how shocked we are to hear of the tragic passing of one of the greatest sportsmen of all time and was an arrow fan kobe bryant all our thoughts are with the families of these affected by this tragic accident you will forever be missed coby of and his death also touched the lives of former us president barack obama obama tweeted colby was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as

meaningful a 2nd act to lose gianni as even more is even more heartbreaking to us as parents michelle and i sent love and prayers to vanessa and the entire bryant family on an unthinkable day and. even yesterday at one of the n.b.a. games as you see right there on the screen between the senator on your spirits and wrapped us both teams around out the 24 2nd shot clock once they had possession to honor colby and colby of course what the number 24. so tributes coming from far and wide from all over the was how do you think will be reviewed remembered me he was one of the most driven playoffs ever met for him he had a very strong work ethic an attitude was everything that's partly also why he was so so so successful and you know you don't even have to be a basketball fan in order to know this man he was a cultural icon a fashion icon he won as the report mentioned he won an oscar for short animated

film he also liked writing books he wrote children's books on basketball and he left us of course also behind with so many motivational quotes that will live. on for ever so let's end this chat with one of them and this is what koby o'bryant set have a good time life is too short short to get bogged down and discouraged you have to keep moving put one fret foot in front of the other smile and just keep rolling cos may he rest in peace. says thank you very much. to another china which is extended the lunar new year holiday to keep people at home and continue the new coronavirus out pre the dead still has jumped to 80 people with more than 2700 infected the virus has appeared in all but one of china's provinces and if these 11 countries travel bans and knocked ons of entire

cities have put tens of millions of people on department. drained of life traffic arteries once choked with vehicles swept clean. the city's main train station. shuttered and deserted. checkpoints are everywhere measuring the temperature of the few drivers still on the streets this is a city in the grip of a deadly disease. while transport has come to a virtual standstill these images from social media show hospitals crowded with people desperate to be treated. as the official number of cases keeps rising beijing's response has been hands on 2 new hospitals are being stamped out of the ground in will han to be completed in little more than a week. but intervention from the top is likely not enough to stem the spread of

the coronavirus officials say local efforts are more important than ever. what you're teaching the epidemic prevention and control efforts a critical moment so it is necessary to mobilize grassroots communities including rural communities. we need to implement blanket tracking and group based management and ensure every household and individual exercises prevention and control measures . in a country that is usually managed from up high the devolution of the disaster response in china is a sign of how serious this public health crisis is. in other news china is now the world's 2nd largest arms producing nation behind the us a report by a swedish research institute says for chinese companies ranked among the world's top 20 is now the estimated combined says total 49000000000 euros

in 2017. u.s. officials in iraq see at least one person was injured in a nighttime rocket attack on the american embassy in fortified green zone 3 rockets reportedly landed in the compound there's been no immediate claim of responsibility for the strike. democratic senators in the us have a new demands for testimony from former national security advisor john bolton in the impeachment trial of president donald trump a leak from both and soon to be released book reportedly confirms the trump wanted to withhold security crane until it investigated his political rival joe biden. in the final game of matching 1000 in the bundesliga by only the closing recorded the 2nd victory of the new year and they tend to in the season overall had

a 3 nil success against local rivals fortuna dissident off the results is live a close in time up to 5th in the table why do send off slipped to last place contending with an ever deepening crisis. 27 kilometers and 16 points separate these 2 sites native user might be an easy place to get injured but it's no easy place to play i just adored coach for retired focus is under pressure at the end of a closely for the 1st half of the goalkeeping era saw his side go behind coverage better robbie's course not even by car however it's a puzzling leap to florian cast in my eye in the just a golf net seem to misjudge the head gifts later comes a big. familiar frustration for keeper and coach by. the 2nd 45 sword shots just played fairly evenly once more but again it was the

hosts who made theirs pay 1st off an $85.00 meet corner was turned in at the post by loss benda cast in my again looking less than suffering in the box. and then this foul on the other not mirroring for just a penalty which because a lower yo commonly sorts is how. the. 30th goal of the season they. just rudolph meanwhile are digging themselves on an ever deeper hole that's now 12 feet surf obvious season they finished much day 19 rock bottom of the table. and melbourne to sleep good news hoffenheim bounced into the winner's circle after 3 consecutive losses with a win away at bremen on sunday it was a real battle and the opening strike suited the overall tone of the match a good scramble finished with a remarkable own goal being scored by the clausen that replay simply will not be

easy for the midfield. and neither was the final result for his team esophagus on my own and scored the final goal a deflected shot that sealed the home fans misery as hoffenheim won 3. so let's take a look at the bundesliga table and it shows a tight fight is suddenly heating up live 6 lead at the top is cuts to one point with buy new nick right on their heels glove back up point behind in 3rd ahead of dortmund with just 4 points separating those top full clubs looking at the bottom half of only on a bulletin continue to exceed expectations while cologne mines and their debris men struggling to stay clear of the relegation zone. this is news and these are our top stories survivors of the auschwitz nazi death camp have

gathered at the sites to honor more than 1100000 people killed there during the holocaust it was the 1st of a series of events today commemorating the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation by soviet troops towards the end of the 2nd world war. fans and fellow players are mourning the sudden death of american basketball star kobe bryant the retired early lakers player was traveling on a private helicopter with his teenage daughter and 7 others when it went down near los angeles. in china the dead still are from the rapidly spreading karuna virus outbreak has jumped 80 with more than 2700 people infected the country has issued a massive travel ban to try and stem the spread. in brazil at least 44 people have died from terentia and storms that have caused

floods and landslides more than 14000 residents have to leave their homes in the country southeast authorities are warning that more landslides up possible. this is the news from berlin i'm under touchy nah you can follow us on twitter news or you can also check out our web site that's dot com. up next monica jones has this is news for you do stay with us for that for that if you can't.

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