barbara plett usher, bbc news, nairobi. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.e 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. 0pened by the nazis in occupied poland in 19110 as a concentration and labour camp, it ulimately became the most notorious extermination camp. more than a million people were murdered there, the majority of them jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war. lucy hockings has been speaking to tova friedman, and american author and therapist, and one of the youngest auschwitz survivors. tova survived the german extermination camp at the age ofjust six years old. originally from poland, she moved to the us with her parents. lucy started by asking tova about her feelings as the 80th anniversary approaches. what i want the world to do is to please remember. remember us. and let it be a lesson to the world — what can happen if we are not careful, and how we can easily destroy each other if we don't stop this horrible, terrible...fury that is around the w

barbara plett usher, bbc news, nairobi.speak now to michela wrong, a former africa correspondent for the financial times and reuters news agency, and author of a book on rwanda — do not disturb: the story of a political murder and an african regime gone bad. thank you forjoining us on the programme. some really disturbing images coming out of the democratic republic of congo. this explained to us in sort of simple terms what's behind this current balance. well, i don't think there is ever anything simple about the situation in eastern congo but will we have basically seen is the m23 comic the congolese group of rebels made up of congolese tutsis used to be part of the congolese army who mutiny. it's very well—known they are supported by the government of rwanda. the reporter said that rwanda is supporting this group. it's not just the un, it's the us, the uk, france, belgium, pretty much universal agreement that behind the m23 is rwanda. and the landgrab we have been seeing and very gradual landgrab is taken three years rep

barbara plett—usher reports. reports of rapes committed by combatants.andan embassy on fire, also targeting others seen as failing to stop the fighting. evidence that it is. a major road, but also means more people can return home because after three long weeks, the wildfires are finally being brought under control. in this region, but we've looked at different elements of the weather in this event. it comes just days after president trump visited la, having comprehensively shredded us climate policy. he has, however, vowed the city will be rebuilt. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the bbc has seen new figures from the police, revealing there were more than 500 reported offences of child sexual abuse and exploitation in 2023, which took place in hotels in england and wales. the national police chiefs' council says more than 90% of the cases involved reports of physical contact with a child, and 40% were reported as rape. hotels can be used by offenders because of the anonymity they provide, and now the police are working with the hotel industry to try to help s

barbara plett usher.or strategic studies. he told us what he expected to see happen in the coming days. i expect more, you know, military moves by the different sides, to try and gain control because, you know, goma has always been psychologically important both to the sitting government as well as to rebel offensives. but i also expect at the same time, i expect heightened regional diplomatic initiatives. i think, the steps that have been taken by kenya are worthwhile, are very noteworthy. it's important because this problem does not lend itself to a military solution. i expect heightened activity from angola. angola has been mediating a process, the luanda process, to try and bring rwanda and the democratic republic of congo together to try and find a solution to the external dimension to the crisis. i expect south africa, which has lost peacekeepers to this conflict, to this offensive. i also expect the african union to be heavily engaged. ijust want i just want to return to our top story and take you

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let's speak to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, who is following the events from nairobiing in the last 2a hours? what has been happening in the last 24 hours?— last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been _ last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been advancing _ last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been advancing on - last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been advancing on goba i last 24 hours? sally, the m23 - has been advancing on goba amid intense fighting in the last couple of days, and in the past 2a hours, the rebel group says it has taken control of the city. it says that it is currently at the city's stadium, registering weapons from surrendering congolese soldiers who they have issued an ultimatum to disarm by a certain time. at this point, it says it is doing that, and has posted photographs to back up what it is saying. we also have a report, or a notice separately, from the uruguay contingent of the un peacekeeping force saying that some congolese soldiers have surrendered. at the same time, the congolese government has issued a statement denying the m23 controls the city, say

samantha: africa barbara plett-usher has the latest. e did get that briefing, as you said. u.s. officials said there were bodies in the streets. they said there were hundreds of casualties, many with gunfire and shrapnel wounds, and also some of the health workers have been shot at with patience getting caught in the crossfire, including babies. quite a difficult humanitarian situation. the international committee of the red cross and the world food program said some of their wealth to houses -- their warehouses had been looted. food insecurity and also a surprise situation given that the capital is cut off by the fighting. that is a very serious thing because goma had been a hub for humanitarian work. there's hundreds of thousands of displaced people there, people who sort of migrated to goma over the past couple of years, where there's been a lot of fighting in eastern congo. this is where they have ended up, trapped with very little surprise -- little supplies to help them. there was fighting around a biomedical research lab in the ci

earlier, we spoke to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, who has been following the movementses over the past 2a hours. the m23 has been advancing on goma amid intense fighting in the past couple of days, actually, and in the past 2a hours, the rebel group says that it has taken control of the city. it says that it is currently at the city's stadium, registering weapons from surrendering congolese soldiers, who it had issued an ultimatum for them to disarm by a certain time. and it says at this point it's doing that, and has posted photographs to back up what it's saying. we also have a report or a notice separately from the uruguay contingent of the un peacekeeping force saying that, indeed, some congolese soldiers have surrendered. but at the same time, the congolese government has issued a statement denying that the m23 controls the city, saying that the congolese government is still in control of the main strategic points, including the airport, and that the m23 is on the outskirts. so we don't have full confirmation yet of who exactly is in control. but the m23 is very mu

centre of goma, with the rebels now claiming they control the city. 0ur africa correspondent barbara plett usherrrendering congolese soldiers, who it had issued an ultimatum for them to disarm by a certain time. and it says at this point it's doing that and has posted photographs to back up what it's saying. we also have a report or a notice separately from the uruguay contingent of the un peacekeeping force saying that, indeed, some congolese soldiers have surrendered. but at the same time, the congolese government has issued a statement denying that the m23 controls the city, saying that the congolese government is still in control of the main strategic points, including the airport, and that the m23 is on the outskirts. so we don't have full confirmation yet of who exactly is in control. but the m23 is very much in the area. and as we have been reporting, the big concern, the most immediate concern, of course, is the fate of civilians, because there are about a million people living in the city. but then nearly that same number of people who've been displaced by the war in eastern congo, who