i don't see how will be very. time to sit down and talk. dozens of world leaders dignitaries are in jerusalem. and will be israel's largest. gathering comes just ahead of the 75th anniversary of the red army liberating which the infamous nazi death camp we've talked to a holocaust survivor. and me i will never forget to speak every morning and see. it every day the time.

they remember in israel being aimed at uniting nations in the face of tragedy the leader of poland will be in attendance dispute with russia. to distort. no liberation day release. there would be no me my mother or other prisoners. from china to europe washington is on the brink of another global trade war that you threaten a so-called digital. response with proposed plans to sanction the blocks for. every euro churning in for. across the world today welcome to moscow and to r.t.

international means you know. dozens of world leaders and dignitaries have gathered in jerusalem to commemorate the holocaust and bring attention to a rising wave of the semitism it's time to to mark with they 75th anniversary of solving it forces liberating us which the infamous death camp enough to say occupied poland. my dear family i'm writing this letter before my death i don't know exactly when me and my relatives are going to die just because we're jews i'm in a concentration camp before all of us will be shot in a challenger thursday 4 am 16942 very well to you all.

the other thing i wanted to tell you was that i had several jobs in birkenau in auschwitz one of the jokes was clearing the ashes from where the bug juice through a tunnel to a small river. and i worked that together with another guy who was already old he was 32 and i was 16. i didn't know what these ashes were. one day when i saw it in daylight i asked. what is the job we're doing so he told me what it was. not me. blush. and never forget it every morning i look at my hands see well i have the number hit and i see it every day time in the.

world leaders of the holocaust memorial for him given speeches about the importance of remembering the horrors of what help and. it's the international stroke world nonconductor loving there's. no they perform for an audience that heard among other things israel like it the red army for its role in the victory over naziism while in his address president putin described the holocaust as one of the darkest moments the world has ever seen. it but your school. before my visit i looked through the official documents and reports of

red army officers after the liberation of auschwitz concentration camp was i must say dick colleagues it was impossible to read the details of how the merciless machine of people extermination work but these crimes to conduct in my eyes and nazis were deliberate and well planned to do what they called the resolution of the jewish issue is one of the darkest from o'shane all pages in modern world history israel is hosting its largest if the international forum more than 45 world leaders are here in jerusalem attending the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz now amongst those who addressed the crowd was the russian president vladimir putin he said that was the soviet army who brought to an end the crimes of the nazis but that it came at such a huge price some say some 27000000 soviet citizens who had died at the same time he said that russia stands for truth and justice i mean by to those countries of the world who have held those valleys to stand alongside with that he proposed to

me shin up the payment of members of the u.n. security council to be held this year and he offered russia as the host country to deal with these kind of issues and make sure that such horrendous atrocities do not happen again and use whatever the scheme blown them 1st of all it was the sort of the. people who ended the barbaric plans of the nazis as it's been already mentioned here they predicted that owned land and liberated europe from marxism was a plot you really paid for this with the price that has never come in the worst any nation rich 27000000 people killed we will never forget this. but despite a 2nd says there are those who do not see the soviet union as a liberator in a somewhat damning opinion in peace the polish prime minister say that russia was not a liberator but had actually condoned and assisted nazi germany now the polish president declined his invitation to attend the ceremony because he was not afforded the

opportunity to speak like was the russian president and i was the official organizer you have a shame say that he had been asked to speak at a separate event the russian ministry of foreign affairs has come up quite strongly against the canes made by the polish media is saying that they are essentially rewriting history and that it's a known fact that russia was the army in the country responsible for liberation both auschwitz and poland and the israeli foreign minister agrees. i want to personally thank you for the fact that the red army freed. and helped in the victory over the nazis because my mother was one of those detained that was liberated by the red army relatives of those liberated from the camp and move free from the israeli president has said that the history of the 2nd world war and the holocaust should be lifted historians one statistic to come forward is the fact that a large number of youngsters have heard know very little about the 2nd world war

and the holocaust caught up with it in here in israel who are trying to change that from the ashes of the auschwitz concentration camp emerged to woods never again. through the generations is warning in a few days when it comes remembrance day will be. aerated around the world the tragedy of $6000000.00 jews who were tortured gassed and burned in concentration camps will be remembered but for how much longer according to recent reports as many as 66 percent of millennial cannot identify auschwitz and almost often cannot even name one concentration camp some don't even know what the holocaust was these be multiple cases of people disrespecting concentration camps with a sophie's something that's all people named and shamed by the controversial your low cost project increasing needs falling on the younger generation to make sure the atrocities of the holocaust are not forgotten like it was going over its whose

grandfather was a survivor outraged by recent studies showing the ignorance of 1000000 meals he set up a project called humans of the holocaust while trying to do this project is actually you know to their own form and to educate people about what happened in the holocaust and are trying to do it in a different angle trying to because we're speaking about me but i mean it's you know today you have twitter and you have instagram and you have to talk and you have so much information flow and you have to get the attention of the young generation humans of the holocaust is a project that tells the stories of survivors and their children they speak about the years in camps and how they lived with this experience off towards some young people have come up with unusual ways of remembering the relatives my grandfather was. a hero for me he was a very very big part in my life from when i was a baby i asked him before i did so he asked why why young girl like you want to do number of holocaust in your head i told him.

i want to keep the story alive to tell my kids to tell my grandkids some day can of its wants to expand his project with more human stories so the world we remember and never forget. i would give for example there was a holocaust survivor named google like he told me that the only thing that actually kept me going while he was in the holocaust was sense of humor and he suggested that we will take this picture holding a boom in the sheep of the badge the jews were forced to put on their sleeves during the holocaust and in the beginning i wasn't sure that this is exactly that picture that i want to portray you know it is a submission that when we took the picture and when he actually you know the rooney actually embraced it and he was so happy he had the this huge smile these face and you know everything connected because his message is that is no matter what is

happening actually in your life if you will to use your sense of humor you will find the resilience to actually you know to keep forward i'm sure when stories that people will be able to actually to release and my hope is that you know the people you know when people see that exhibition they will do their own research and it will try to figure out why the holocaust happened and what are the lessons that we're all supposed to learn from you know from the history. i'm running. with the report well on monday coming poland will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the ice which death camp now the following is a story of a man who survived the horrors there by this love sick was actually born in the culture camp and managed to survive along with his mother we spoke with him about the liberation of ice which. people cellos there was no liberation

they say so if there was no rhythm and then the. other prisoners oh my mother i have never questioned the merits of the soldiers i have always been. the prime minister and the president criticized the red army equally it was the same under previous authority and no the admit there was a liberation of auschwitz but at the same time they say there was no liberation of the also recall that the 2nd occupation. was liberated. and other cities will not i don't know maybe the americans liberated them we have been discussing the issue of shifting perceptions of the 2nd world war with a number of experts here's what they shared with us this is a classic case of distortion of history if you try and deny the not only the fact that those who read ot me liberated auschwitz but the incredibly enormous role played by the red army in the defeat of nazi ism the other hand you can

understand why people who were liberated from that seas but later had had to endure a soviet system don't feel that they were really liberated there is one person who is responsible world war 2 and that. there is one country that can sponsor a world war 2 and that's not the germany it's one of those few cases in history where the war didn't take quite accidentally it wasn't a mistake and it's one of the clearest cases of good versus evil but we have a presidio ration in the world frankly we're facts don't seem to matter anymore people are rewriting facts just to fit their particular narrative and we find that particularly among nationalists the soviet people bled more than anyone else during world war 2 the soviets gave up more in terms of men fighting and civilians who died than any other country during world war 2 and it had. it wasn't for the soviet union i have serious doubts whether hitler would have been defeated and i don't

think anyone can really question that yes the united states is also of course key and it wasn't for the united states is industrial might the soviet union might not have gone during the war but the united states provided the industry invited soldiers to obviously many americans were killed but the united states provided the industry the planes the tanks etc in the soviet union bled and for and bled and defeated the nazis on the battlefield. and having on to another headline stories today opening another front in the global trade war washington is now targeting a long time allies in europe it's renewed threats to slap tariffs on the blocks also trade in response to the e.u. move to impose a digital tax on u.s. tech giants reporting from paris charlotte to pittsburgh. not being is a beethoven for the idea is give a little here get a lot for global companies it's often

a direct line to the heart of power generation boozy lunches were once the fashion but now it seems did still giants more interested in offering up a cup of joe as it in use plans to introduce a digital tax take for it seems that the big 4 that google amazon facebook and apple are trying their best to cozy up to process i don't think it's a good idea to talk about politics or policy with a glass of wine in your hand and excellent food offered by a person who has clear interests to represent and then there is a little less transparent lobby because there are members of industry associations well they have consultants working for them so you talk to people and you don't realize if they are representing the interests of google or facebook or silicon valley because the names are different these lobbyists seem to have some very deep pockets according to transparency international in 29000 google spent some 8000000 euros trying to get into bras. good graces while the lobbying budgets of the big 4

have skyrocketed since 2014 so why is this new digital tax regime causing them such a headache well until recently most digital giants pay their tax bill in the country where their h.q. is registered but as they've grown questions are being asked as to why they were paying tax on income derived in individual countries or france led the charge by imposing the so-called gas attacks causing the trumpet ministration to go into a tailspin. but the companies are now one of the british. government. is going to be. the corner and trump say they are still tooling things through possibly over a free couple from facebook other countries in europe gearing up to take a slice of the profits point even the brits you know longer agree with the e.u.

on anything on the same page plan to go ahead with article services tax it's really says to you is gearing up for a digital tax leaving the u.s. to throw more threats of tariffs as if they're like a buy one get one free offer we've been pretty clear that we think that the digital discriminatory in nature but it seems with a new terror threat almost a weekly basis from the trumpet ministration the french a boy by the idea of safety in numbers what will they do tomorrow go off to austria and spain italy the united kingdom all the other countries across the globe that will implement digital tax we're going to order a global trade war which is in nobody's interest and the result is not worth the effort it's taken them a while but it does appear that all e.u. countries are now on the same page all in agreement that they should. be taxing digital joints which means if no agreement is made globally in the next the months

starting with to see paris next week the u.s. and e.u. the old allies could find themselves going head to head. off to paris economics professor steve kane believes america's push for its own nuptial interests is actually having a detrimental effect on everyone else. since trump is in charge he'll do whatever he sees as being a win situation for american a loss for the rest of the world i think of the cost of the because these companies are mainly american out and he's going to impose taxes on them and that will continue without adding those taxes and he could easily trade to cut access to the guts of the countries if it's just the companies services that they are if they're required to pay taxes in national jurisdictions like europe he would probably think they have to pay taxes in america are from a common globally and of course that undermines the whole lot to having national

succession systems. the president of the philippines has exclusively revealed he will decline the united states' invitation to attend the southeast asian nation summit in march rhodri go to turkey was speaking to r.t. senior correspondent murat guest if the full interview will air on r.t. this friday. i just received. an invitation to will plead no states where there would. have been a distance i was invited by obama. will you go. you know. did you say you want to the many friends. you have but you know one time when i was. being.

good at this. now he should have realized that there was also a head of software. but they do say it's me in the proper venue. to broke because to be united nations. gus they gave. it precedent over not the press corps so i got my. a lot more cruelly by the united nations has stated that climate refugees cannot be sent home from the countries they are seeking asylum in if their lives are in danger but judgment sets a precedent for future claims. the committees of dubuque dad with arab boss national and international efforts the effects of climate change are you receiving state may expose individuals to

a violation of their rights thereby triggering dinara full my obligations of sending states in the case was brought by an i own derned from curragh batty in the pacific ocean who claimed he was in danger due to rising sea levels he applied for asylum in new zealand but was rejected he also failed at the un but the case set a precedent that others could apply that's because it was also ruled that the climate crisis could quote expose individuals to a violation of their rights which would in turn prohibit states under international law from sending refugees back to their home countries germany's interior ministry has spoken out against the un's ruling. most studies suggest that environmental change is a trigger but not the sole cause of migration decisions. yes so quite a lot of ramifications to this i'm very happy to see we're joined live on the program. a lot former leader of the green party and also david fund steve its

political commentator welcome to your both can we start with you berlin sees that most studies suggest that environmental changes are triggers for migration decision or not not the sole cause therefore they're opposing the ruling which they see is essentially one dimensional that got an important point. why do you think they have i think the u.n. ruling is a good one we're going to see millions and millions of people maybe 300000000 people. fleeing climate change where the through starvation or drought storm flood to certification and we have to be ready for it we have to start talking about this we actually must start preparing ourselves for this because you know. already on curiosity there are there is severe overcrowding as people

move up from the shoreline over the last 2030 years people are gradually moving back to the center and the severe overcrowding now. care about it's a small place bigger place it is occurring to experience exactly the same thing but the overcrowding is going to be millions and millions and something will give we must be prepared for this is new and is taking steps to prepare us for us governments must talk about it i'm coming from where i'm sitting in wales right this moment we are going to how our own climate refugees from rising seas the welsh government has admitted it there are people who can't sell their houses who can't get insurance already the whole chips are beginning to be felt ok so we have to think very carefully about what what measures we take in the future to deal with these up to 3000000 climate refugees heading our way david on a humane level people living in extreme situations like the gentleman in question

need protection don't they well sure countries might not be able to help everyone but they should try surely. all of course you know in a perfect world everyone deserves protection and that's perfectly reasonable what i mean we've just heard quote 2 different figures i think you mentioned 3000000 potential plummet refugees and 300000000 climate refugees but hey what's that it's only a matter of scale here's the facts on this one 1st of all this is a norm legal decision by the un human rights commission it's just another way till essential exploit the un's pulp but to advance open borders and you know even at the most obvious level i can't believe anyone swallows this kind of gulf because if you i mean in this instance the gentleman in the legal case it wasn't a climate change he was concerned about the fact that his island was a bit overcrowded i'm not made of very uncomfortable well hey heads up if you bring

300000000 people into the 1st world from the 3rd world. you're going to get even more overcrowding so what you do is you move the overcrowding from one place to another so this is absolute insanity it's illogical it's own scientific it actually contradicts much of what the u.n. talks about i mean the un constantly whines avoid the desperate need to reduce our carbon footprint well hey if you bring hundreds of millions of climate refugees from low carbon societies to our advanced higher carbon societies you're going to increase the carbon footprint so you end really need to start to get it right on the album but. i think that whilst it is fair to say that people in the developing world are going to be hurt maybe 1st and certainly most this is not restricted to the developing broke world we have most of our cities i think

there are something like 32 of the world's greatest cities largest cities are likely to be under water london new york delhi there are just so many of them. it doesn't make any sense to just to look at this in any way other than the fact that people will be on the move and we have to start talking about how what we deal with this and the un has opened this conversation pepper. put pepper you've missed something you've just said so many of leading cities are going to be under water so you see all these people coming from the less developed world i mean we can surely import them and submerge cities and therefore city submerged or i think you can you what is suggesting that all these people. well you just said you know your answer to what the un and said and you just said you said that many of her cities will be underwater which by the way is absolutely disconnected from reality

but even if i take you on on the war on your actual words what you're saying is that spraying 3rd world people to submerge cities purposely make a lot of sense doesn't. i didn't say anything what i'm sick of suggesting what i'm saying is what the scientists are saying is that we are going to have our own climate refugees the developing world is not all flattened it's not all at sea level but it will. it will. be necessary for many many people to start moving in all sorts of places in the world in all sorts of continents no most continents can deal with them internally but some can't go desh where 2 thirds of the country is really at sea level or near it so there will be a massive movement of people from areas like binder desh but other areas around

africa for example have the hinterland but there again they'll be squeezed on different sides from sea rise from one side from increasing does certification from the other and also of course you have this problem where you have hostile governments teaching people that they must protect this group of land for themselves i mean here you know you've got to remember how it would be hard to drop to all of this the backdrop to all of this is that we are a weaponized society we have been taught that we have to defend what is ours which is not ours of course the land belongs to all of us all we have and we have taught we love being taught the chemical exposure going to journal and externally i don't know you have to move away from this way of thinking. and there we have it you see your social ahead the really the reason the purpose the fun thank you for the opportunity to speak purpose the reason that people like or so engaged with this is

that people like or absolutely in fear of open borders isn't the right purpose so when you see this using the convenience fly of climate crisis and climate refugees. it's just to see him think and harder you by the way suggest that countries who seek to simply protect their own citizens or driven by hit i mean that's what religious if this for example list united kingdom billions of pounds every year overseas to help many of these feeling countries. our generosity in is if we listen to you is to be reciprocated but you are actually inviting those people that we're sending the cash to to come here to make life here out of trouble coming ask you pepper many refugees ok i just wanted to talk to you both because i knew you were coming to the end of the program i will give both of you a chance 20 seconds or so just to sum up your argument has been a spirited debate your final thoughts. my final thoughts not so how many more

words put in my mouth from david thank you it is said that we have to look at society in the construction society as we accept that sea level rise and climate change is going to change the demographic populations across the world we have to look at this carefully and we have to look at ourselves all society has to change we have to be more sharing we have to be more caring there is a good way forward and i would like us to be thinking about that if it. thanks well the fact of the matter is that this un human rights committee decision it isn't legal it's not binding every sensible country even germany is going to reject it so people like pepper can continue to dream on but what we need to do as a country is to protect our borders protect our people and look after our own. former leader of the green party and david flint.