i am. this is deja news coming to you live from berlin survivors and world leaders gathered to rock 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 is a sense of urgency to keep the memory of auschwitz alive. also coming up travel

bans in place in time the city is under lockdown and china's biggest national holiday is extended to keep people are told will these measures be enough to stop the spread of a deadly corona virus the head of the world health organization has just arrived in beijing for an emergency meeting. and a last legend fans morning u.s. basketball star kobe bryant he was killed along with 8 others including his teenage daughter in a helicopter crash outside los angeles. hello and welcome good to have you with us. today marks 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 mourning began with a wreath laying ceremony to honor the victims these are some of the last remaining auschwitz survivors live event is being hosted by a polish president and. among the guests invited to today's official seventies are german president from the steinmeyer an israeli president to do vent rivlin and dozens of world leaders. today was a day 75 visit with its soviet troops liberated auschwitz and its prisoners germany's nazis had 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 the nazis gas chambers others were also sent to auschwitz room mind 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 many of them for many of them this may be the last time they return to the site where the india and such harras. sawyer's. with the help of her grandchildren jeannette beagle has made the difficult journey back to auschwitz. the 96 year old was deported here from vienna jew in the wall. not only did she survive life in this notorious camp but she also survived the death march when the nazis fled auschwitz at the end of the war taking some of their presidents with them. the monsters one raid. and then 3 more going over the russians are very close friends who are all alone and ever

the few. made those some dreadful steps or would have recourse if you couldn't march destroy. you. david lengel originate from poland also survived auschwitz in this did she think he can never forget what he saw and heard the name of that there were sirens there night and i said to the people that were there before. and they said they are. making raids on their camp just what kind of rays. sifting through do able bodied from day one since they considered them will. not be able bodied are being born to become a tory or eliminate the able bodied their love to stay in the camp and take them to work. from our grandmothers. is how do they do it is there a list is there

a preference or. how does the school know it's everything very random everybody can just be selected to go to the office i mean minutes and so on like this i said are going to sit in the squares. but 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz these memories on dying out. anti semitism though when he went back is still very much alive. unfortunately i'm to cement his name did not die. and to have to be here to joining me now from auschwitz correspondent assignment young welcome simon 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 one who 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 center 75th anniversary of the liberation by soviet troops there's a sense of celebration there's a sense of reunion as there always is every year when the survivors come together a team with the 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 started living 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 in the gas chambers. we collected the cycling gas which 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. would be this day 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 are here to listen to the last living witnesses and their stories of the hell that was. found out that my brother was shot. to this day i still don't know why. and i can never get over the.

sorry i can't go on. i'll start crying. start crying. i can't continue. it. 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 fierce 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 anti-semitism in many countries. well that's right and poignant it is 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's sometimes been called what auschwitz auschwitz in particular represents but 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 a special responsibility for the holocaust what can we expect from the german president from father 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 awfully tickled disputes and disputes about the importance of this event and he's attending and

he's saying watch 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 auschwitz and that's the message of course of never again. that was the correspondent simon young reporting from auschwitz and we'll have live coverage later today of the official said in many ways marking the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation and also we have lots more on this anniversary on a website that dot com including reconnections by survivors of the holocaust. this may not be up to date but some of the stories making news around the. officials in afghanistan say an airplane has crashed in the southeast and taliban head to province of gosney the c.e.o. of the national carrier lines has denied reports that the jets was a passenger plane operated by the state. there's been no immediate wasn't as to how many people on board. exit polls from italy indicate the country's right to

a new leg up on t. appears to have failed in its bid to win a key reached an election. campaign relentlessly in the northern town of and make the ever manya hoping a victory against the center left democratic party that would help him bring down italy's national coalition government. china is now the world's 2nd largest arms producer and the producing nation behind the us a a report by a swedish research institute says for chinese companies ranked among the world's top 20. the estimated combined sales total of $49000000000.00 euros in 2017. staying with china and the country has extended the lunar new year holiday to keep people at home and contain the spread of the new

coronavirus the death toll has jumped to 80 people with more than 2000 of those infected the virus has appeared in all of china provinces except one and at least 11 other countries travel bans and lockdowns of cities have put tens of millions of people under foreign teen. 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 to 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 at a critical moment so it is necessary to mobilize grassroots communities including rural communities. we need to implement a blanket tracking and grid based management and ensure every household and individual fully 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 that list joining us now from

geneva is christiane and into maya from the u.n. handled in isaacson welcome to you now you want to direct a general is in beijing today for an emergency meeting on the outbreak what can we expect from talks that. so of course i'm meeting with a whole geisha in order to go over the recent findings of the recent measures and to see whether either the world health organization is able to assist or to come back with a better knowledge and a better understanding of the disease to inform the world's communities about what's going on in china as we've heard this some 60000000 people under virtual lockdown across china and yet the virus is still spreading to what extent and other measures taken by china hampering. you have to see that i mean with the thousands and thousands of people as the images shows showing up in hospitals of course because this virus presents with rule like symptoms from mild to very

serious of a sneeze. fever but this is very similar to exactly that the flu or other responders or syndromes so many people will go and seek for clarification or for help at the medical authorities and they will not have this coronavirus this novel coronavirus they will have other diseases just not much but a scratch in the throat this is unfortunately what it brings on the same time it is very important to look at all these people and to try to treat them and also to see which ones actually infect and which ones are not the man we were looking or the more the chinese authorities will be looking at the more people we will find most likely this comes with with the nature of it and this is just a good at the same time it's important to see that mostly all of the cases that we know so far are clearly related to the outbreak in one and 2 either clusters of families and friends or with medical staff infected who are very close contact

with with the patients so the very close contact is still an important thing it doesn't seem to be spreading this virus does not seem to be spreading easily elsewhere from human to human. but you don't want to seem decided against declaring an international public health emergency of the virus tweak is that you having 2nd thoughts on that decision. so that we accepted a recommendation by an independent expert committee which is important is quite a number of scientists and experts were sitting together discussing this one of the criteria which is interesting here is this international spread while we do have definitely a crisis in china and you see the pictures this is not looking homo at all so there is a crisis in china these are doing everything but the international spread is of a crucial question here the risks to the international sphere we do see travelers going abroad and and bringing the virus with them. as much as we know they have

been detected by the health system by the countries have been isolated have been treated the transmission from these travelers that important criteria so let's say the travel agent the agent at the airport the bus driver the taxi driver the family members they home and once we see such cases being carried on was that would be an important criteria to looking at this criteria of international health concern a public health emergency of international concern and. we haven't seen that yet. christiane. thank you very much for talking to. fans in mourning the sudden death off american basketball star kobe bryant the retired early lekas fan was traveling on a private helicopter with his teenage daughter and 7 august 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. he was the smiling face of n.b.a. basketball for 2 decades kobe bean bryant trembled 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. it was more than basketball it was it was just the mentality to get through life. is one of the hardest losses of ever dealt with and i've never even met the 45 years of living i have now filled this much grief in love for one man. 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 2 of them 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 gear basketball all of it. by daughter amy the best piece of advice i was a little. worried about turning this into a film i've never done that somebody before and we're in a house and we're talking about as a family. 'd that you always tell us to go after our dreams so. man oh oh she's a weather man oh so i had. go for. it 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. with me i have to talk you from the sports desk welcome give me you'll sense of what made kobe bryant such a sports icon he was one of the greatest players ever the game has seen he played 20 seasons for the l a coast but his reach extended way beyond that he inspired so many different generations to pick up a basketball and you know everyone has so many players that want want to emulate his playing style and he went to the n.b.a. straight from high school was so he was a teenager when he started and his achievements on the court are just incredible way too long to list here but for once he won 5 n.b.a. championships he is a 2 time olympic gold medalist twice the n.d. n.b.a. finals m.v.p. but if i had 2 words to describe him i would say clutch his ability to finish games

and back in for example what i remember so vividly was back in 2006 he single handedly scored 81 points in one game and that's the 2nd highest ever in n.b.a. history and that's what colby was all about his performance has brought people to their feet and he does he was saying that this would be huge outpouring of grief his sudden death what people are saying about him so koby made an impact on so many different people and that's why the outpouring of grievances has been so diverse and for example his former teammate shaquille o'neal tweeted there's no words to express the pain i'm going through with this. tragedy of losing my niece gigi and my brother kobe bryant i'm sick right now and italian football club and also gave their condolences koby of course 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 always or never off hand and even the grammys ceremony opened up with a tribute to kobe bryant and we have a clip of that last night where the shaq keys dedicates the show to the n.b.a. star let's take a look. so. to say. to. thurl who. we love you called the. very building 71 united in their grief how do you think

colby will be remembered he had so many incredible characteristics and that's what made him so successful he had a never give up attitude and a very very strong work ethic and that's why i think at the end he transcended the sport he also became a cultural icon a fashion icon you don't even have to know basketball in order to know him and aside from basketball he also liked to write books children's books on basketball and that's to report mentioned he won an oscar for short animated film and coby of course will be remembered at the end for so many things including his many many more of a chanel quotes so i think it's only fitting to end this chat with one of them. let's take a look have a good time life is too short to get bogged down and discouraged you have to keep moving put one foot in front of the other smile and just keep rolling great advice

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