The former auschwitz death camps to mark the International HolocaustRemembrance Day it comes amid warnings of rising anti semitism in europe. And well meet a ninety five year old holocaust survivor whos working to ensure the atrocities of World War Two never happen again. Im sorry and welcome to the show its good to have you with us at least ninety five people have been killed in a major explosion in the Afghan Capital kabul the countrys interior ministry also says more than one hundred fifty others were injured in the suicide bomb attack which happened at a Police Checkpoint on saturday morning the taliban have claimed responsibility. The attacker made it past the first checkpoint posing as a paramedic transporting a patient in an ambulance the bomb was detonated when he was identified by police at the second checkpoint. I was sitting in my shop when there was a powerful explosion only windows shattered. The casualties are very high bodies were everywhere near the hospital and everywhere you see. A Hospital Coordinator described the attack as a massacre the blast happened on a busy street during lunch hour the area is home to several foreign embassies and government buildings. This is the second Major Taliban attack in kabul in the past eighty s. Thats despite reassurances from the government and its u. S. Allies that their joint offensive against the taliban was succeeding earlier we spoke to kabul based journalist talked here contrary we asked him how people in afghanistan are coping. People in afghanistan are shocked horrified and everyone is actually puzzled because it is not the first attack which happened in kabul over the last few days actually it is that this is one of the serious attacks which happened here full of people we talked to on social media as well everyone is really sad and criticizing a lot of people of course you know asking the government to fire some of the senior afghan officials the Security Officer afghans when you speak on the street they believe that the Afghan Government is so much busy with the politics and accusing the neighboring countries that they forget to ensure the security of afghans this isnt especially in the capital kabul for example any in a few days i could say that probably is under siege but it is not only called but as a whole afghanistan is under siege i mean over the last few weeks has. Been a serious of attacks across the country in the north of the country for example in south east just that it was in kandahar and today as well i think in one of the thousand problems as well so it is actually the total failure of people believe it is a total failure of the Afghan Security forces even though to bring it to the audience attention that hewitts embassy couple of days ago they issued a warning saying that the end might be an attack against a Restaurant Hotel or some of the busiest places in kabul that we have been actually witnessing at least two attacks in kabul. That was journalist to hear contrary speaking to us earlier from kabul police in the german city of cologne have broken up a demonstration by currents who are protesting turkeys offensive on cornish fighters in syria authorities decided to shut it down after protesters refused to stop waving flags that showed band symbols security was tight at the protest with fears that violence could break out between kurds and turks who support the military operation for president writes a temporary one has criticized German Authorities for allowing kurdish protest not permitting turkish progovernment elections around. The kurdish demonstrators had hoped their protests would draw attention to the human cost of turkeys military operation in Northern Syria many of them have friends and family there and say they fear for their lives. They came from across germany united against a Turkish Military offensive in the kurdish elder. This is. Her family or from the affected area that civilians are being killed the murder and hatred have to stop its not rice. Turkish troops syrian fighters have led a week long offensive in raging german kurds the use of tongues made in germany has added to their anger. This rise that so awful to know that my own government is providing weapons that are being used against my people. To go to stern was born in germany its her home but her thoughts are very much with her family and our friends her friends and relatives have been following every development on the news. Communication with them has been difficult. Theres no connection directly to melt. On the dollar so much with guns not just rice on the border we can see into turkey the troops also have other weapons its not only. That theyve been shot but you can hardly leave their heads theres a scared for their life. For in two years ago with his father and two sisters his mother was too ill to join them she stayed behind with his two youngest siblings and up location with german immigration authorities for the family to be reunited was denied a few days ago the familys home and was bombed. Our own two in the morning from turkey landed in her bedroom. In one of. My brother was asleep and my sister was playing on her mobile phone. Of a mother who was also asleep. Brother was killed instantly his sister lost both her legs and remains in intensive care along with their mother who was seriously injured but. At first i couldnt believe my brother had been killed. He was seventeen years old and just a civilian he. Wasnt a fighter. He was just a regular person. The families are still in shock. So they spend a lot of time looking at photos and videos hope loaded by their neighbors in syria. Libya most of all i live here but i want to be able to visit my family i want to see them alive im not in the garage and thats. The hasnt been to offer him for many years before the war started in syria she spends her holidays helping with the Olive Harvest those days are a distant memory now the chances of being peacefully of home with her family once again appear almost impossible. A look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world Saudi Arabian billionaire prince. Waleed bin talal has now been released from detention this comes more than two months after he was confined to a luxury hotel and what the kingdom called a crackdown on corruption prominent businessman was accused of Money Laundering bribery extortion charges hes denied. Protesters have clashed with police in honduras after the countrys president was sworn in for a second term juan orlando a nandos was narrowly were elected in november after the Supreme Court ruled he could pull out again the opposition do not accept the result and accuse the government. All the worlds been marking International HolocaustRemembrance Day its observed every year on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz concentration camp in one thousand nine hundred five auschwitz has become a symbol of the wartime nazi genocide of jews and others today is the site of the main commemoration this year it falls on the jewish sabbath causing it to be held after sunset. They gathered to remind the world that it must not happen again. Of fear recent round but a sound of prayer as participants remember the perished you threw. On her she some of them almost died here in auschwitz themselves in stripes scarves that resemble their prisoners uniform some of them recall how theyve barely escaped but as a standstill i was selected to be taken to the crime of torreon twice the first time i survived because i had swallowed a diamond so the bribe god wouldnt kill me to get. My back. The second time i survived thanks to my aunt. George she had me in a stove where i stayed for almost two hours she jumped out of your view could she. See. She survived six million jews during the Second World War to not. This is block eleven here is what prisoners called the death war where executions took place. There was a life were forced to live under the worst conditions. The survivors were eventually freed by the soviet threat only on the twenty seventh of january one thousand nine hundred eighty five. Its a day not only they will remember forever but the whole world. Over decades Holocaust Survivors have played a central role in teaching younger generations about the horrors of the nazi genocide t. W. Met with ninety five year old market weisner in washington d. C. Shes working to uphold the memory of the victims. Margaret meissner was born in austria and trace in practical slovakia in one nine hundred thirty four the growing anti semitism in her city became more and more noticeable so markets Mother Center to paris and joined a year later. But the influence of the masses was soon felt in france as well. One day markets mother received a letter. So i went to the Police Station with her and us the will you take a year since none of your business go and where you momofuku business go home so here i was burma served my mother was gone we had no money markets mother was deported two girls internment camp in Southern France market was eighty years old alone and had to find a way out of europe she fled paris on a bicycle at the same time her mother succeeded in escaping the internment camp by some miracle the mother and daughter found each other just child kilometers from. Together they made their way to spain where they found a way to travel to america but he was not to be they were picked up by the Spanish Police and thrown in jail so after all this we were groomed to be. Room incidents but to see only here. So we had good luck good friends who helped. And the exactly three years after i left my room in prague we came to the United States by the time i was nineteen my good meisner regularly tells visitors to the Holocaust Museum about her memories and experiences this is one of the most visited museums in the u. S. Capitol many people come specially to hear the sorry survivors have to tell that her generation is quickly trashing this current of industrialization of death has never happened and the person so that this is one of the reasons why one should not forget that and more than and the thing else were untrue. These arrows from ruby repeated to Margaret Meissner these issues have gained a new sense of urgency in todays highly volatile political climate. Certainly some of. The moves of the American Government right now this very similar to work her room in the month in twenty sentiment in thirty and trying not to be a bust the. Market is determined to remain active as long as she can shes put her story into a book so that people in the world can read it and that future generations are aware of this part of history. And youll find more on Holocaust Remembrance Day and rising anti semitism here in germany on our website including the story of a teenager living in berlin was boyd and attacked by his classmates for being jewish you can find that film on our website www dot com. Thats all from us thanks for watching the news and have a great weekend. With. Some special. Protection for the earth i do use dissolving to preserve the ecosystems the serious