Continue on the dutch ema german backless making her 1st official visit to the 4. Death camp the site was the nazis losses death count in the 2nd world war next as visits marks the 10th anniversary of the foundation in charge of preserving the memorial death Metal Roofing tribute to the victims of the catalogue inside the polish prime minister. John barry joins me now welcome and john 1st a full what do you think is the significance of this 1st official visit to that its gone well after its of course is a little out of the way its a long way from the polish capital of warsaw politicians tend to visit capitals of course of countries france is also not the sort of place that you just visit on the way to somewhere else its has far too much significance for that and in fact only 3 german chances of actually made that visit under americas visit other concentration camps in germany former concentration camps and of course shes been 4 times to yad vashem the main morial which is in course in jerusalem why the real significance now is shes going there because its 10 years since the Conservation Foundation was set up germany is the major contributor to that because of its historical responsibility for the show that it is and that auschwitz is such a thing that it is the symbol of the horrific crimes committed by the nazis during the nazi regime how do you think shes going to approach this visit what is being planned. Well shes still. Observing him a minutes silence at the notorious black war which is a of all its been reconstructed incidentally the nazis destroyed it but we from photographs been reconstructed a wall that joined block 10. 11. And in that courtyard and against that war thousands of Political Prisoners were shot in the period before the gas chambers were set up in the credits oriya for the mass murder of europes jews so she will observe a moment silence there and then she will later also hold a speech. The commitment to israel and commitment to oppose any form of antisemitism is something that is not a long period of in office as chancellor of germany she 1st went to israel the age of 36 visit yad vashem founded a shattering experience and as when she in october received the highest award of the of the world jewish congress. Missed a lot a lot of the robert lot of the president of the w c j said the times on of her by saying at times she has been the only Major Political voice in europe and speaking out strongly against antisemitism so obviously disneys face strongly with her and before we continue our conversation let me remind our viewers on the chancellor Angela Merkel is about to make a gift of 60000000 euros from the German Government to the foundation that maintains the former death camp on the Foundation Works to explain what took place at auschwitz in order to prevent it from ever happening again. What sets you free the nazis notorious slogan live above the entrance to the auschwitz memorial. Horris were committed here now it has become an important Tourist Destination for visitors from the around the well its over the past 10 years visited numbers have doubled more than 2000000 people now visit auschwitz every year. Its very moving its very hard not to cry and well see on t. V. On freedoms many many times by the 1st time that you see in the 1st time in person its pretty reset itself is really important like a place is giving great people kind of impression about what happened what people went through and so on but i think that we are paying too much attention to the buildings to the place itself to the general names and things like that and to small attention to what was really important so where it all came from. The memorial site is set to add a new exhibition rooms to accommodate all the visitors pavels to vicki says the an ending stream of guests has posed a real challenge. The numbers of visitors that were getting are already overwhelming this is a lot just a clean difficult operation so we are also planning to build a completely new Visitor Center that will be slightly at the side of the historical. Site of the comp and it will also help us from does very well just a good point of view. Even the better december cold doesnt stop people visiting the barracks in the canal concentration camp. Here the nazis murdered more than 1000000 people mostly jews they died 3 manju tristian disease or in the gas chamber. Now the barracks a crumbling but renovation work has started the goal is that they look like the original yes a steady enough to withstand hard winter is a task that may take decades to accomplish. This venue thongs stuff its important to dismantle the barracks with very careful consideration for the historical location of a lot of the challenges to integrate the necessary store onus and precision into the process. We document everything in advance in order to be able to restore the place accurately paths of. Precision is also key when it comes to preparing items to go on display in this case conservation material used in the past has to be carefully removed because its now understood to be damaging the exhibits. The goal is not to repair the objects but to preserve them. And you object of these objects reflect the history of this so there deformation contamination the fact that some objects are not complete at all this is testimony to what happened here. Still there are plans to change the exhibition the present one was largely designed in 1958 by survivors who focused on the fate of the victims pictures of the perpetrators behati bearable for them but in the future their history will be included as well when we asked one of the most important educational questions about the story of options which is the question why does this not a story about the victims does a story about people who accepted this ideology chose to join the nazi party cho chose to join the s. S. And day where here and they were working and at the same time they were bringing up their children its almost 75 years since auschwitz was liberated germany is now providing another 60000000 euros to support the memorial site in an attempt to ensure the horrors of the holocaust and not forgotten. And it included of these john barry quite clearly john as we saw thousands and thousands of people still streaming into it has great emotional and historical significance for many people what do you think chancellor merkels 1st official visit to the death camp will mean for survivors as well as for the relatives of victims when of course there are very few survivors now i think most of them are in there are in their ninetys its the camp was liberated by the soviet army in january in 1045. I think the visit is very important. Of course for jews all over the world there is hardly a jew anywhere in the world who doesnt have some relative who was killed in the in the holocaust. A distant relative perhaps but certainly a relative and there is also been a rise of anti semitism. Throughout the world but particularly disturbingly in europe theres been a rise of antisemitism in the last 6 years the f. R. A. The European Unions agency for fundamental human rights carried out a survey in 2013 on antisemitism in europe and another one in 2018 and they compared their results and found the still believe that there was significant a significant rise in the dissenters so its very important that the german chancellor should go there i think medical for whom the whole question meant to semitism is very worrying. Once to make this symbolic visit a kind of platform which also explains the governments German Governments concrete steps in trying to combat and he said mr john barry thank you very much for an ounce of course well be talking to you later in this hour after enduring after the set of minis to commemorate the victims off the death camp. That may not be up to date but some of the stories making news around the wild in india crowds of the police after officers shot dead 4 men accused of raping and killing a 27 Year Old Woman Police say the men were shot when they tried to escape the burned body of the alleged victims fund last feel the case has sparked nationwide protests. Huge fires heading towards a street is largest city sydney Authorities Say the blaze formed out of a series of bush fires and is burning out of control the north of the city Climate Change is being blamed for the fires that have been raging for months. The u. S. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden has called a voter at a Campaign Event a damn liar the man suggested biden and head to son get a lucrative job at a Ukrainian Oil from president trumps efforts to push that claim about biden at the center of the impeachment inquiry against him. A 6 Story Building has collapsed in kenya as capital nairobi Authorities Say some people could be trapped in the debris military personnel have arrived to assist with the search and rescue operation after local sports 10 survivors from the rubble with their bare hands building collapses are common in nairobi a recent survey by Kenyas NationalConstruction Authority found that more than half the citys buildings were unfit for habitation. The chorus line either kamandi is in nairobi and is following that story edith what more can you tell us about this building collapse. Well initially as you said everything regarding such and rescue was happening manually the 1st responders were actually neighbors from around the area who came out to support their friends and colleagues and most of the rescue efforts that were done initially were by civilians but as youve said that kind of Defense Forces are now on sites theyve managed to cordon off the area and whats happening is more bodies being pulled out and fortunately but at the same time were also seeing people being pulled out alive and every time this happens the crowds of way initially a new sense and also helping to put out the people and sharing but of course theres a lot of discussion here in kenya with people asking why is this happening again exactly and then of course its become a recent gainst time it seems that the collapse of buildings is not that a common in the kenyan capital why is this the case. Youre absolutely right its not at all uncommon and its really a simple economics equation too many people want and theres simply not enough and what happens in that gap you find unscrupulous constructors who are bypassing regulations to build buildings such as the one which has collapsed and we dont know if this was because of floods that it came down but theres a lot of suspicion that it was a substandard construction and the fury is shop and its instant on social media a lot of people a calling for the politicians to not even show up at the scene and to really answer the tough questions behind why this still keeps happening in a country like kenya it is good money nairobi thank you very much for being us up to date on that story. France is facing more disruption as the countrys largest strike in decades enters its 2nd day on the Sector Workers are protesting against president in manama transplants to reform the retirement system most trains are at a standstill and they are traffic jams across the country and many schools are closed some 800000 people took to the streets on thursday and now each union is deciding how long to keep its members out on strike for the protests expected in the days ahead. Thank you very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president emmanuel mccall. Some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and Security Forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares in the earlier in the day one of frances largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest Pension Reforms or a strike to say for the rights of future generations. Their pension as you can already barely afford to eat. Who dont have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all than given the mission by my free time myself in 10 years time and im not sure ill be able to survive on what my car is proposing its not simple. The protests shut down Public Schools nationwide subway stations across paris were closed and 9 out of 10 high speed trains were canceled many of the capitals most famous Tourist Attractions was shut leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration by feel what the french government. They give off that is it going to he says i want to say the money and who is the 1. 00 class who pay the price after he cuts on acceptable thats a fact if theres money in there the people in power the capitalists have to pay it off they know how to find money for not make deals theyve turned the world upside down and they want us to pay even but we dont agree with that you went on in the political trade unions called a strike of the governments Pension Plans many fear the proposals will increase their work time and reduce their pensions polls have seen high public support for the strike so far. Several forces united for this its really big there are a students nurses and doctors lawyers and yellow vests like me. You neednt say they might extend the strike as far as monday. And he said because one of these a lewis is standing in front of god in north in which is one of the citys busiest radio stations hes another difficult day for commuters what can they expect today. Well the public transport sector is still largely at a standstill here in france where people yesterday well they knew about the strike and many people planned for and they stayed at home worked from home took a day off but now things are different today people want to go back to work and thats why this morning there was lots of traffic jam actually around paris specially you had 300 kilometers of traffic jam people trying to get in to the city especially as the local transport system the air are a. T. P. The metro is still not working properly so people are trying to get back to work but the country is really largely blocked yet and this is how much public support is there for the demands of the unions. While theyre the majority of the fans are in favor of the strike and support the demonstrate the protesters many people here understand that the Pension System needs to be reformed in some way but they dont trust president to do the right thing they think that those who are already struggling to make ends meet are probably have less money after the reforms so theyre asking him to change things but theyre asking him to take away your money from richer people not from poorer people the reforming the Pension System was fond of a man in the close Election Campaign pledge so how is he now reacting to these strikes and this opposition. Yes youre right that was one of the centerpieces of his program when he was running for president and he knows that this reform is crucial for him and in order to maintain the support of the voters who are still supporting him when he came to power he was saying you know i mean the from the left neither nor from the right but he has now after a few years largely lost support from left wing voters the center right voters that still support him trust him because they believe that he can reform the country so he knows that getting through this reform might prove crucial and when it comes to his chances to get reelected in 2022 and what can we expect in terms of protest action in the coming days. The strike is going to go on teachers are still on strike hospitals are still on strike transfer unions have said that they will continue would continue for a few days at least until next monday and there are more demonstrations planned over the weekend not really pension reform demonstrations but you know julies on yellow vests demonstrations then won by a union against a recent labor market reform unemployment benefit reform and climate strike and you can expect more to cations between the police and demonstrators over the weekend more strike days to come the government will try to negotiate with the strikers with the demonstrators and find a solution they said that they would announce the details of the reform next week and they will try to calm down people and hoping that they will be able indeed to push through this reform lisa lewis in paris thank you very much for that update on the strike action in the country. Climate activists tune back as a drive by train in the spanish capital madrid ahead of a friday is for a future march and advocate of carbon free transit the 16 year old recently completed a weeks longboats journey across the atlantic from the u. S. Now find his march coincides with top 25. 00 the Un Climate Conference which to invade is also due to attend. The conference hopes to resolve remaining disagreements on how to tackle the Climate Crisis many are already feeling the effects of Climate Change we have this report from lagos. In the nigerian mega city lagos the poor feel the heat hottest temperatures in one of africas biggest cities are rising hurting Peoples Health and making daily chores even more taxing in the cities sprawling slums poor construction and overcrowding make heatwaves worse there is no ventilation when the sun beats down on Community Blogger motors and he built this home himself from wooden planks top hole and nylon and cardboard after authorities demolished his old house in a massive victualling. Developments its. Just. Scorched by rising temperatures and wary of both already some residents up building their own way out of heat waves. Architect papilloma teo has designed a Training Center for him with children that he was passive cooling to keep temperatures lurd inspired by traditional nigerian architecture on the tape uses compressed earth bricks that heat up during the day and release energy at night a wing shape truth disperses heat by diverting air flow he said cities are not doing enough to guard against temperature increases. Heat is rising it keeps rising as the city develops as were not dealing with pollution as we build tighter and tighter spaces so i think its really critical that people think about heat when thinking about design. But with lagos growing at breakneck speed and new residents settling mainly in slums people may need more of an innovative design to stay cool. And intervention from the environment desk worked on that reporting not joins me in the studio welcome to the how well are african cities coping with Climate Change so we speak to dozens of compliant experts engineers architects across the continent and i think the answer there yvonne being no things arent happening fast enough theres a lot of small Scale Solutions and theres a lot of promising things happening at the Community Level but what we have time and time again with these solutions on being translated up to the city level where they can actually have the most impact and whats kind of particularly difficult for the cities involved in this like lagos flight kyra is they often like the funds to actually implement these solutions on a large scale and also that theyre from that the day to to actually know exactly how best to go about so what kind of climate issues are they facing so we still heat in this report and i mean water is the massive issue so in a city like kyra youre faced with twin problems of rising sea levels but also of water scarcity of rainfall becomes a bit more erratic and but i mean in the city and others that its like if we take kampala in uganda for instance im not a city thats growing at breakneck speed and i think Something Like a child born that day will see the city doubled in size by the time he or she turn 30 now in cities like that youve got most of this development happening in informal settlements or slums and also a lot of this is happening in places where these be say weapons where rainwater. Would kind of get drained away and sometimes these Climate Change issues come together with other night zation issues and in kampala weve got the example of high amounts of waste being generated by a population thats really quickly growing leads to a lot of blockages of drainage holes and all of this means that when you type and with Climate Change were see more rain heavier rain you get really far more damaging floods so theres a huge range of issues a lot of which i think one expert from the red cross but it to me like this that you have these multiple vulnerabilities kind of working on top of each other so are there any going to Success Stories from the region that you can share with us yes there in a city like darth alarm in tanzania theyve i mean they have this big problem of pollution and congestion and one thing that they did was to design whats called a bus Rapid Transit system so i think most people in many cities might be quite familiar with metro systems and underground sort of train basis them but what they did of a lot simpler which is simply to build motorway mustve road in which only buses are allowed to go and the thoughts of solutions on necessity pretty your in the to very exciting but often theyre a lot more Cost Effective because youre saying that only buses are allowed to go on this road and not private cars and in doing so you can reduce pollution and congestion. And have a quick example of that climate are when it seems to be spreading effort barometer Polling Agency did this gigantic survey of 45000 africans that they published in the summer and they found that i think 2 in 3 africans who had heard of Climate Change could see that it was actively making quality of life in their country. That of course good interest said to give optimism about the region and the london from the w. s environment desk busy to talk to you thanks. U. S. President donald trump is dating the democrats in the house of representatives to go ahead with impeachment now and fost trump was reacting to the speaker of the u. S. House nancy pelosi saying she is ready to draft articles of impeachment trump is alleged to have tried to pressurise ukraine into investigating his rival democratic president ial candidate Joe Biden Nancy Pelosi was clear about the way forward with impeachment she said the president s abuse of power was clear and required action is heartbreaking but the president gave us no choice so were not going to say what we would we would honor oath of office but what hes the one whos dividing the country on this we are honoring the constitution of the united states. Has asked the House Judiciary Committee to draw up charges which could include abuse of power and obstruction of justice trumps response was characteristically direct on his preferred communication channel twitter. They have no impeachment case im not demeaning of country he treated the nothing matters to them theyve gone crazy therefore i say if youre going to impeach me do it now fast so we can have a fair trial in the senate. His regular cheerleaders supported him calling impeachment is a just the most are we ok with it we think it is a legitimate process it will continue to be. Americans seem divided on the issue. I think the evidence is very clear that he put his own personal interests before the interests of our country. I dont for that polling. And i have to say im really really disappointed. That the republicans. In government dont seem to be able to put their country 1st. Quite frankly i think is a very bad time. Its christmas time is going to be you know we have an election next year and they wait for the voters speak we only harvest big force if the democrats move of a fast in the house then proceedings move to the 2nd stage of the impeachment trial in the senate where the republicans have a majority which could be to trumps advantage. Shane jimmy a political shake up in the social Democratic Party has led to speculation that the governing coalition which conservatives could be on its last legs the social democrats are likely to officially confirm the new leadership doing this weekend and the quote of the change is that chancellor maclin may find unpalatable. No about vita boy and saskia s. Going out suddenly in the spotlight the social democrats have nominated a little known m. P. And a former state finance minister as their new party leaders. Its incredible that were standing here having been nominated by the party. Going and violet a boy openly critical of the socalled grand coalition. The s. P. S. Formed a grand coalition with americas conservative party 3 times since 2005 over that period the partys popularity has plummeted now polls place the s. P. D. At 13 percent as can believes that being in the coalition has weakened the s. P. D. Image. Plays a big role for young voters because they only know us as uncle americas junior partner thats a problem because we are seen as 2nd fiddle and without ambitions of our own. Young members who are openly opposed to the current grand coalition. Their leader kevin is the head of the young socialists they backed the. Cunard says the days of the grand coalition should be numbered. Dimensions up and on our people want the countrys big conflicts to be solved one way or another they want clarity but a grand coalition cant guarantee that thats why next time we need a Political Alliance clearly to the left or i hope this wont happen clearly to the right of the center. But neither nor s. Can and volatile boy want to leave the grand coalition immediately instead they want to place new demands on americas conservative party talked about how more needs to be done for the climate the huge investments will need to be made we said the question of distribution needs to be clarified and the issue of drifting apart we must address these and get clarity from our Coalition Partner its different but 1st as going to try to have to be officially voted in at the Party Conference once thats done itll be up to them to forge a new path for the s. P. D. If youve just joined us youre watching news