this is g w news live from berlin tonight going back to hell going back to auschwitz on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi death camp survivors a speaker of the past with a message for the future joined by world leaders and dignitaries to honor those murdered at the camp they warned not to forget also coming up tonight as he welcomes israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the white house u.s. president donald trump says he has a plan for middle east peace details are due on tuesday and the world

mourns a sports giant kobe bryant basketball superstar has died along with his teenage daughter and 7 others in a helicopter crash near los angeles. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all the around the world welcome they are old and they are few but they came from far and wide back to the place where they were supposed to have dog survivors of the auschwitz nazi death camp join to world leaders in dignitaries today to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp the day when the killing stop.

reading the harras of aushev it. the agony etched over his face. and yet despite the pain these holocaust survivors have returned to this forum a death camp to remind the world where anti semitism and racism can lead. in front of the gates of auschwitz known as the gates of death a commemoration ceremony in which delegates from $61.00 countries are taking part and $200.00 auschwitz survivors each with that terrible memories of what happened here. she was there to make it 2 women trucks from the barracks.

i can hear you just screaming i can hear it in was subconsciously when i remember the infamous you. elza baker who's blind was 8 when she arrived at auschwitz she was one of the 23000 sinti and roma people to portage here it isn't it for me to to be here among so many people who have suffered so blatantly perhaps even much more so than oh i. and. i think. if you. don't know. it i'm upset. but in spite of the past anti semitism is on the rise again in 2020. we hear the same

lies the nazis used so effectively in their propaganda they said jews have too much power jews control the economy and the media jews control governments jews control everything we have this madness online in the media and even within democratic governments. these brave men and women know the cost of anti semitism they can't fake at banks it already seems that too many listening. and that 75 years afterwards w.'s chief political editor macculloch of news she has been following the commemoration force today good evening to you make of i mean it has been a day where so many things and

for more now i'm joined here at the big table by aren't. he is a historian here in berlin at berlin's free university mr o'keefe it's good to see you again much of your work as a historian is connected with commemorating the past how important are ceremonies like the ones we've seen today i think ceremonies are very important however. we have to go a little bit beyond ceremonies in particular i think we have to acquaint young people with what it meant to be jewish and what it means to be jewish today so we think we need to spread knowledge about jewish law if jewish culture jewish religion in order to prevent moves. the rise of you and to some it is as a result over and all its lack of experience and do you think the problem here there were not imparting enough history to young people today and does that explain the

rise of populist parties and anti-semitism i think it's one of the one of the reasons of course i mean we have several reasons of course but it's one of the reasons because people i think know too little about jewish life and they are barrie is they are you know. as a result over leg of knowledge and lack of empathy a depth of experience so we have to acquaint young people with what it means to be jewish and what it meant to be jewish at the in the past in the 3rd reich the survivors in the eye witnesses are always an important part of the commemoration i'm going to have a listen to what a soldier from the soviet red army had to say when he entered today in 1945 take a listen. as we approached the camp there was a smell of burning in the air. force we were already used to the smell of burning

we had come through ukraine and had seen and gone into burnt down cities and into towns that were still burning. but they smell was somehow acrid and yet. comrades from a different regiment entered the camp from a different side. but that was the point. that when they went in they saw burning and smoldering stacks. that camp guards had stacked chambre then piled on the corpses then more timber and more bodies and stacks of gaiety. gasoline on it all and lit it on fire so our comrades saw the stacks when they were still smoldering.

and the smell of that smoke really was everywhere in the area even when we left that smell of burning stayed with us for a long time of course. you could understand the. survivor holocaust survivor believe israel said that what happened there exactly what we're hearing there was beyond human imagination and which is true but how important are these eyewitness testimonies now there are fewer and fewer of these survivors these eyewitnesses to tell us what they saw how important are they as we remember and this year someone is maybe maybe one of the last major locations we need to include these survivors into the ceremonies and this is what makes it kind of unique i think survivors memories are important because they link us to the

past the link the present and the parsed so we need to keep the memories. and this has been done is being done with projects such as the show a foundation pro day. we also have to conserve the remains of the victims by the way in this this has been done and this is being done and places like auschwitz i think the importance is to make history very concrete and comprehensible and and the fate of the of the victims i think is very important of course we need to me. to know the overall policies of the nazi perpetrators but their impact on human beings needs to may be made clear you know does it change the way we remember the past particularly that the holocaust when there are no more survivors i think it does because and this is wide soup orton's you know to to focus on the on the

victims and preserve their memories. because as i said i mean this makes history very very clear and very concrete quite apart from the overall policies that we have to deal with to talk about as well you know aren't our comfort historian with the free university here in berlin mr rochefort as always we appreciate your insights thank you thank you watch. and our coverage of the ceremony continues later right here on the day you can watch it here or on demand on our web site that's at w dot com. well here's a look at some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world u.s. officials have confirmed that a small american military plane has crashed in afghanistan the aircraft went down in the telegram province of gaza the spokesman for the insurgents gave conflicting statements about whether it had crashed we're in shutdown the incident is still being investigated pakistani police have arrested pashtoon activists leader and

military critic munns or posh teen he was detained along with 6 others and held for disturbing public order ahead of a planned rally on monday his group the p.t. m. has accused the security forces of conducting extra judicial killings italy's right wing league party has failed in its bid to win a key regional election losing to the incumbent center left democratic party league party leader. had hopes a victory in the country's north that would help you bring down italy's fragile national coalition government. u.s. president donald trump says he has a plan to solve the israeli palestinian conflict and he plans to unveil it on tuesday it's expected to be firmly in israel's favor and has already been rejected by palestinian authorities today drawn welcome to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his main political rival benny guns to the white house to discuss the

peace plan. the jordan valley in the occupied west bank the area running along the jordan visit bordering jordan is to teach equally important for both israelis and palestinians the area is home to israeli settlements palestinian villages and many times. at this is very peppered from sonny is waiting to hear more about president trump's way full of it. lots of things that we don't need anyone delay on a peace plan having said that we trust president trump and prime minister netanyahu that they will strike a good deal. expectations are particularly high among israeli officials that the term plan could lead to the an extension of the jordan valley area that means it would officially become part of the state of israel as prime minister benjamin netanyahu promised during the last election campaign. i think it's

a historic and dramatic moment for the state of israel. the adoption of israeli law in the jordan valley and the dead sea will give security personal security to the residents of the coastal plain and the people of israel. foot decades israeli politicians have demanded that the jordan valley remain with israel as a security buffer as it eastern border with jordan today it is already controlled by israel as a result of the oslo peace accords 1993 this particular area makes up about a quarter of the west bank israeli say they cannot give up on the jordan valley for reasons palestinians say they cannot be a palestinian state without the jordan valley. in the palestinian village of people are waiting to hear what the trump plan actually ente it's the leadership in ramallah of us not consulted because it has cut diplomatic relations with the trump

ministration where he doesn't have the right he owns his own country that he can give to israel to britain to france to germany but he doesn't have the right to just hand out land that isn't his it's not the property of his father that he can just hand out. skepticism also prevents among palestinians in east jerusalem the part of the city palestinians would like to see as their capital in a futurist state in 2017 trump recognized to roost as the capital of israel many palestinians have no hope that his plan will take their interests into account i saw this deal brings fear it's a humiliation because since 948 we've trying to establish our presence but we're just humiliated and we don't have any say in any decision making. we had to stop that that this deal of the century is being imposed on us anything that's imposed doesn't invite peace it invites war why because i as

a human i ask for peace and you impose on me peace in your way so you are saying to me no the phrase i mean to the little. people are counting down the time until about the trump plan one thing is all but certain this is the cause for the tensions in the region. china has extended the lunar new year holiday to keep people at home and to contain the spread of the new corona virus the death toll has jumped to more than 80 least 2700 other people infected the virus has also surfaced in 11 countries around the globe travel bans have put several chinese cities under. their life for tens of millions has come to a standstill. on 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 of 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 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 not with our correspondent there is in beijing where people say they are frightened and increasingly frustrated with the authorities this area is a major tourist hot spot in the heart of paging it is unusually quiet even for a new year's holiday. people avoid going out people try to stay at home as much as they can and try not to meet other people in order not to catch the disease that has many people here worried a lot what is worrying the people is that we still know little about the disease

and people have the feeling they cannot trust the information they are getting nobody knows how widespread the disease already is there is a lot of criticism of the government in social media here in china unusually widespread and unusually blunt people feel that the government could have stopped this epidemic if it had reacted earlier. there was. a reporting in beijing madagascar is in the midst of an intense 6 month rainy season that is wreaking havoc on the island dozens of died and thousands have been displaced after a week of torrential rains and floods the government has called on the international community to send emergency aid. these are desperate times in morrow boy. religious cost their nets into the filthy flood waters. and he hopes of a feast soon fade. in the end they catch more snacks than

serious sustenance. and he didn't mean national manley's our cattle were carried away by the water. our chairs and covers the bed and the mattress and even the bed frame too. and our stock of rice has gone off. meanwhile the young men he priced find it sure to safety their minds however on where their next meal will come from. the food was taken away by the water and the price of food has gone up that's why we're suffering it's. the suffering is widespread dozens have died and thousands have been forced to flee their homes for more than a week heavy rains have droned this low lying farming region wiping out rice fields destroying roads and critical infrastructure the people expect floods this year the

levels are extreme. themself to live on or maybe i'm begging you to help us everything we have has been destroyed even our house our house made of bricks of which we only recently built 2 and if it's another summit then on the other side it's totally destroyed the bricks are broken and we are back in u. . come and help us but in a moment of it is it much too late i don't think you need to. as victims here try to salvage what they can the government has declared a national disaster and echoed those calls for international partners to help. fans and fellow players are mourning the death of the american basketball star kobe bryant he along with his teenage daughter and 7 others died sunday in a helicopter crash the retired l.a. lakers player was using

a private chopper when it went down near los angeles now the big teams as we said include his teenage daughter and other young athletes and members of their families and investigation has begun but authorities say other local air traffic was grounded on sunday due to fog bryant's death has triggered a huge outpouring of grief. he was the smiling face of the n.b.a. for 2 decades. kobe bryant dominated that is the centerpiece to the formidable los angeles like is he's entire career. he's death has shocked fans around the world. many of whom say he's influence expands beyond the basketball court. it was more than basketball. it was just a mentality to get through life. is one of the hardest loss of ever dealt with i never even met 45 years of living i have not filled this much grief in love for one

man bryant was the 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 olympic gold medals but he's reputation wasn't only glowing in 2003 bryant was accused of rape the case was eventually dropped in a separate civil suit settled out of court. and the 41 years old he died alongside his 13 year old daughter giana his daughter also showed on court talent and was aiming to follow her father's footsteps brian credited deanna and an oscar in 2018 for his animated short. all of it put me out of my comfort zone. my daughter gave me the best piece of advice that was a little. worried about turning us into a film i've never done that somebody before and we're in a house and we're talking about as a family. goes well dad you always tell us to go after our dreams so.

man up. man up 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 i'm mourning the loss of a long time. and if talk about that now i'm joined by anthony howard from our sports desk anthony it is amazing. the reaction that we're seeing here to the news that kobe bryant has died and it's it's not so much because he was a basketball player great basketball player it was because he transcended the world of basketball right yeah i think what allowed him to do that was respect possible was his church but the message was respect he didn't set out to be locked all the

time he was not locked well of his teammates because he demanded that everyone to shoot success and winning with exactly the same intensity that he did there was no room for anyone else with any other ideas and just had absolute intensity that he had it translated into businesses many different businesses it wasn't just a pipe that he was selling biggest of mcdonald's he was doing much more he built a venture capital company and that invested in bobber and don't compute as they exit it with the golden handshake from those 2 and still want to strike. in for not guns in the in if it got him so he was across a broad church into time and music smarts and a lot of other things. but what if the he did what bait in business or in basketball he demanded that single mindedness and i think that's what allowed him to touch people from somebody different walks of life that's what gave him the respect of so many as were about to say he'd be an athlete like he was uses for him to do so much good we need more. i feel horrible

about the loss he had his own style of the way he played ball and everything so just like everybody wanted to be like my it was a lot of people that wanted to be like kobe bryant to me it's a horrible loss to the world and i think everyone thinks about the obvious this incredible basketball player but he was just such an incredible human being and would help anyone anytime i mean it was the mentality that made him so likable and like he said he said i'd rather be a lightning rod be so. one who is happy go lucky all the time and number method that's exactly what. this crash of the helicopter do we know anything about 24 hours later about why it crashed federal aviation authority and the national transport authority with the f.b.i. will sift through the wreckage for mechanical clues but this conversation is most likely to begin and end with the way the conditions i think fog the l.a.p.d.

support wing does not to take off as you mentioned in the intro. they look for 2 miles visibility and a ceiling no less of 1000 feet and i did not have that available to them mountainous to rhine going to records of the moment from what the air traffic controller said to the pilot that's where the conversation we know los angeles is not a place where pilots have a lot of experience flying in fog and how it is always anthony thank you thank you . well tributes were paid to kobe bryant sunday night at the 2020 grammys in los angeles there was sadness and there was joy especially for the 18 year old pop sensation billie eilish and her producer brother finney the siblings took home a love and honors for a record that they produced in the bedroom of the overall st louis home i was also became the youngest artist ever to pick up the 4 top grammys best new artist best record best album and song of the year that.

art has reminded that top story we're following for you a look all survivors were center stage at auschwitz today to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi extermination camp many use their personal memories to warn against today's anti-semitism and calling on today's politicians to do more for people under threat now. st peter's this is the news after a short break back to take you through the day stick around for the.

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