Conference once thats done it will be up to them to forge a new path for the s. P. D. If youve just joined us youre watching news coming to you live from berlin soon bringing you live coverage of the. Historic visit to the auschwitz birkenau memorial as soon as we get life which is from this particular that the site was the nazi death camp. Michaels visit marks the 10th anniversary of the foundation in charge of preserving that memorial day and its a 1st visit as german chancellor. As you saw on this but. Already arrived at the camp but as soon as the commemoration ceremonies jot well bring you live pictures of that meanwhile let me. John beric welcome john that tell us more about this connection with the countrys nazi past and culture of jewish remember because you were telling me that she 1st went. As allegedly a minister to israel and thats when she was confronted by the trans of the nazi past and thats right at the age of 36 that just 2 years after the berlin wall came down in 1901 she went. Ive been a matter of course grew up in east germany in communist east germany and where there was in fact a great deal of emphasis in schools about the nazi past and the east german state was presented as the the Good Alternative to the bad nazi past so inevitably the focus in schools in east germany was on the communist heroes of east germany who resisted the nazi regime and the communists were shown to be the real the focus was on the calmness as the real victims of the nazis thats not entirely untrue of course a large number of communists did suffer and die in concentration camps but it tended to obscure the fact that the main purpose of the extermination camps certainly was to destroy the Jewish Population of europe and until a merkel said it was although she had as a young child interestingly enough she had nightmares about the concentration camps after hearing about them in school and she woke up at night and tears about it fergus was this was something of the fascists the nazis against communists when she went to the junior minister to israel to yad vashem the Holocaust Memorial she was shown around by the then education minister. And. It was a shattering experience she said herself she really only realised for the 1st time fully emotionally what this actually amends in the words of a of a german president of a cotton fight 2nd and made distinction this was very clear that until america also there is a distinction between personal guilt personal guilt for the people who were actually involved in the in the the extermination of the jews of europe there is a distinction between that on the one hand and responsibility on the other hand. Germany has the sense of responsibility and until america has it particularly strong and felt this isnt great contrast to what happened invest in germany because they had the culture of remembrance was very strong and children in schools were taught about the nazi atrocities and about the murdering of 6 some 6000000 jews by different from eastern germany is what youre saying but you know some people are asking this question german chancellor Angela Merkel has been in office for 14 years and though shes been to various other camps she has not been to the auschwitz camp before in an official capacity why do you think shes taken so long and i can only speculate of course its interesting that very few german chances a beater are sure its part of the reason is that its not on the route to anywhere else its right out of the way its a large area of land a 40 square kilometers long way from the polish capital and one should remember also of course there are dozens of former concentration camps in germany which are much easier to visit and where one can make the same statements of course of solidarity with the jews and opposition to the seventys right then thank you very much for now of course john ill come back to you again later as the seeing pictures that angloamerican is already at the auschwitz camp but as soon as the commemoration ceremonies start we will bring live pictures of that for obvious meanwhile let me bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the blood in india 4 men accused of raping and killing a 27 year old woman have been shot dead by Police Police say the men were killed as theyre trying to escape custody in the burned body alleged victim was found last week the rape and killing of the woman have sparked nationwide protests. News democratic president ial candidate joe biden has called a voter at a Campaign Event a damn liar the man suggested biden had helped isaan land a lucrative job after youre creating an oil. President trumps efforts to push that claim about biden at the center of the impeachment inquiry against him. A huge fire is heading towards a strangers largest city sydney a party say the blaze formed out of a series of bush fires and is burning out of control in the north of the city Climate Change is being blamed for the fires that have been raging for months. France is facing more disruption as the countrys largest strike in decades enters its 2nd day Public Sector workers are protesting against a president in modern mccraw and this plans for reforming the retirement system more trains are at a standstill and their 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 are out on strike for the protests are expected in the days ahead. Theres a very loud very angry and united in their opposition to the policies of french president im on your mark all. Some city so heavy clashes between protesters and Security Forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares. Earlier in the day one of frances largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest Pension Reforms or a strike is say for the rights of future generations for their pension and security barrier for trains. Who dont have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse. Aldrin given the knish 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 shot leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration they feel with the french government they get with all of that is it going to he says i want to say that money its always the 1. 00 class who pay the price of the cuts on acceptable thats a fact if theres money there the people in power are capitalists have to pay you duffy they know how to find money for not make deals it is 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 over the governments Pension Plans many fear the proposals would increase their work time and reduce their pensions polls have seen high public support for the strike so far. There are several forces united for this its really big there are 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 louis is standing in front of god in nord in which is one of the citys busiest Real Estate Agents 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 plan for their state and home work 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 french 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 money from richer people not from poorer people who reforming the Pension System was part 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 in saying you know im either 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 churchs 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 that strike action in the country. Turning now to kenya where a 6 Story Building is collapsed in the capital nairobi a time she says some people could still be trapped in the debris military personnel have arrived to assist with the search and rescue operation often split stenson 5 us from the vaudeville with their bare hands Building Collapses are common in nairobi a recent survey by Kenyas NationalConstruction Authority found more than half the citys buildings unfit for habitation. Because one either kamandi is in nairobi and is following that story what more can you tell us about this Building Collapse well initially as you said everything regarding search 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 are being pulled out unfortunately but at the same time were also seeing people being pulled out alive but every time this happens the crowds that were initially a nuisance and also helping to put out the people are cheering 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 resa gainst time it seems at the collapse of buildings is not that a common in the kenyan capital and why is this the case. Youre absolutely right its not at all uncommon and its really a simple economics equation too many people want to housing and theres simply not enough and what happens in that gap you find a scrupulous construct as well 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 theory 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 if youve just illness youre watching the news coming to you live from berlin of being special coverage of events taking place at the auschwitz because concentration camp our correspondent on the spot is there thomas tell us about the significance of a visit by german chancellor Angela Merkel shes going to be attending ceremonies there and its a 1st visit to the camp since becoming chance to 14 years ago. I mean you pointed to one of the key elements here this is the 1st time that im going to merkel visited visits auschwitz in her 14 years as german chancellor and it goes even beyond that so im going to market is only the 3rd german chancellor to come to auschwitz birkenau on the 1st one in nearly 25 years to do so so that gives you an idea of why this visit by german chancellor Angela Merkel is so significant it has been described as a visit of historic dimension and shes also here for one particular reason to announce a 60000000 euro donation both from the federal government and from regional governments for the preservation of this site which is so important not only for poland but also for germany in particular for germanys culture of remembrance and youre looking at live pictures as you st anton must lots of people have gathered in the same minis which are about to start lets have a listen to whats going on that right now the streets foundation id like to get warm welcome to the on of the survivors and uncle america the chancellor of germany id like to be to warm welcome to the Prime Minister of republic of poland was that its not its got to also like to get a warm welcome to all the services of diplomatic corps as well as the Management Board of Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation id like to be one welcome to all the authorities sitting on the foundation and also the donors of the foundation and i want to also and i too big warm welcome to the representative of the churchs jewish congresses and jewish and interested parties as well as the representatives of the romance and to people i would like to be the warm welcome to the representatives of local authorities and just of governments are looking for ladies and gentleman on strike jet me welcome the representatives of all the institutions and organizations id like to be warm welcome to all the guests who arrived to join us for this important moment may i give the floor to the former inmate of the streets they can now. But without that any cost. Thank. You there or did jeff shirton diego us from the childrens blog in birkenau from when you put in here from brooklyn the guns are huge ian botham chancellor. And premier dia Prime Minister. Ladies and gentleman. In a signal on the 3rd chance of august for the good open 1944. 70 sure that was a great team of people children and women marching to the zona they were just brought from warsaw from the warsaw uprising and the 1st lets that i heard back then should we use your wonder do not address to us to the children to the kids. Whether words in german. Or user been didnt apply in their partnership and didnt ours about shell little postage bandits for more self albeit well and monkey these women and children there was myself i was 12 years old at that time the night around well basically i should have perished and sat on the round oh i should have been transported to the male camp but i wanted to stick as close as possible with my mother and that is why i managed to join the younger kids and women cool with their children who were gathered there in the evening on the 13th of august here undergo russians and then they were transported into the sauna into the baths of century version so we went then went to warsaw prizes and business your shoe which are really wet in transport for a couple of days already we couldnt wash we couldnt take shallow at we were down then descend us trying to protect ourselves against bombings. And against the out to the really good and all of a sudden hell we are vicious we go when we entered. The baths dissolved up they asked us to strip our clothes. Well use a movie to show cause it came as a great shock for myself when i see. Elect me when i was 12 years old at that time and all of a sudden i have to strip down. In front of all the we men including my mother you know its remember i didnt know what to do where to look i didnt want to look at these women naked it could be a document yet i didnt want to look around at all these naked women going to talk to photos as i said we going to did not wash for a number of days so the room in which we were stripping down for tim was sweaty hes definitely im a douche joe because the bodies our bodies had not been washed by someone long we were cramped or sad much crowd it because there were so many of us there. To feel like there should be and every now and then somebody would have to touch me right and i cannot move them around what i can see and around me is those naked we met you here to make it breasts buttocks you move your shoes through moment but i cant move away there is no way i can do the saw you because there is no room very parochial so we walk step by step moving here somewhere we dont know where and finally i can see this group of other female Inmate School shaving our heads so here comes my turn and im holding my jihads on those child like penis im just a boy my masculinity has not flattish to add to this female worker is taking a shaver but she takes my head down on the she slaps me on my bands and she rushed me that would emerge from the room it was not really shallow it was not really washing because there was so many of us back there there was no so hip we were there was no hot water it was not possible to use towels so we were rushed into another room you know it was already dark of the night has come and so there we where naked no gathering for the entire night. Which was blue so i want to be close to my mother i can remember this feeling wanting to be close to my mother bad at the same time i just dont want to be touched not even by have nothing could be. And then the next day. Go we were rushed to be able to agree female camp the women scammed the childrens block nice gigi guerrouj that night with other children up to 14 years of age about 350 kids like that with that this was my 1st impression. Of this building of this zorra obama. Mirror mirror. Do give but then i have another matter if flushing again but elated to disavow things that are just written in january 1945. Numbers and so when my number was read out by the camps right in the blog and together what some other boys of the same age are here to tell you i was. Brought hare we never knew where we go going and walk for months you know but he was explaining things back then right we were just in may its we were under people that were sure to tell you and then it transpired at. Second that in this building there was a few who read group of our peers from the female callus age that this is the same in my load that is small children up to. 14 years old and a bit older so it went 121314 years old so we were awaited by this group of other children and then mother this. And there was my mother. But it would be a minute mark of them and they gained some kind of a talk washing. We could put on some better rags if i may say so and again that we were rushed that you can do to watch the railway station. But they were as you said graham so i was walking through the bar you know which is that in criticism i took on holding my mothers hand. To prove u. G. G. And this was such a great day for me because since the very beginning since august in 1044 when i 1st arrived we were all asking what is it that we can be free when will we be free and the older inmates and the campos would laugh at us i would say well you want to be a free country see this disease chimneys this is how you get out you can only get out through those stocks and shame is there is no other way out. And that means it turned out that there was a way out that i could walk together with my mother well we went not yet free rides we were still in the maids but we walking to another camp but we getting out ahead. Good going on or getting out of bed and no you have to know me here nor should you have the courage i live in although. Nobody told us that we would get out of bed and now but we believed we werent and so are you here in this very room youre very tricky sure you know this is like im tired chamber. Of hell we have a waiting room for hell. You should and i think im a good guy that was about to start in the female scout next day and then in the male scout thank you very much. Astronomy biased or. Ladies and gentleman may i now ask. Avoid to call ascii to read l. To the letter addressed by answering that the president of the republic of poland. Put me thus to that no you stupid it is my honor to read out the letter that has been addressed by the president other public of poland under him to. To everyone present here today and ashleys burke no. Venerable survivors Prime Minister actually answered chancellor of honorable guests ladies and gentlemen. I am sending heartfelt greetings to all of you who are attending the ceremony as marking of the 10th anniversary of the Auschwitz Birkenau Foundation i congratulate and express my appreciation for its management as as well as to all people and institutions who participate in and support the foundation thank you for fulfilling your mission to preserve for future generations this shocking place of execution and remembrance of over a 1000000 victims of the german nazi concentration and extermination camp and. The recent celebrations of the 8 years and of those surreal the outbreak of the 2nd world war i reminded all humanity of the destruction of independent poland by the nazis 3rd reich. The germans who brought death factories to the occupied lands and built an unknown before x. To mation machines. And now. Is the symbol of this organized genocide. Jews were mother to take as well as poles romancing. So weve been able to help use this land these walls are permeated with fear shouting tears and bloods of mass murdered people means that this place will forever be a warning to all generations of the crimes that a person poses to hatred and contempt for other nationalities is capable off. We poles and other public are fulfilling the obligation to protect the memory and truth about what happens here. When making commitments to carry to the world the message that comes from half from the former auschwitz birkenau camp that is why we keep calling out never again nothing like bass can ever happen again this must never happen again. The preservation of this place is of fundamental importance for the memory of the holocaust this is precisely the material traces that to find meaningful it of the crimes committed here that is what caring for this area of the format camp is the part of our posts and the Police States mission to nurture and disseminate the truth about the holocaust. And this great worth we count on the support of all people of goodwill who are close to peace and security in the world. Soon on the 27th of january on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the ocean or its birkenau camp the survivors and representatives of state authorities from many countries are going to meet here. Together we will testify taught that nation to defend the memory and the truth about the holocaust in this way we will express our carbon responsibility for the future im convinced that we will so them honest. Rage over will to pass on the message and warnings. Flowing from auschwitz birkenau to the future generations. Of them. Signed by the president of the republic of power. Ladies and gentlemen. Us the Prime Minister of the republic of ireland there was no doubt its going to take the full. She got you know to learn the. Rubble survivors chancellor. Direct. Ladies and gentleman who gathered here today. To order the. Buildings pavements by