the star studded event was dropped by the broadcaster nbc last year after a controversy over a lack of diversity among voters as well as other issues. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. never has it felt more important to remember the lessons of the greatest crime of the 20th century, the nazi genocide of thejews. europe is again witnessing a war of aggression, anti semitism is on the rise and young people, according to the surveys, have an alarming level of ignorance about the holocaust. well, my guest today is tova friedman, one of the youngest survivors of the auschwitz death camp. now in her 80s, she s written a memoir and is using social media to tell her story. so is the world ready to listen and learn? tova friedman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a great pleasure to have you with me here in this synagogue. i am mindful that it is 77 years since you, as a six year old girl, were finally freed from auschwitz. why have you chosen t
code. a hollywood comeback. the golden globes return to television screens after being dropped due to a lack of diversity. hello and welcome. western leaders are warning president putin not to annex parts of ukraine, as officials in russian held areas of the country said they would be holding referendums on becoming part of russia. there are plans for votes to take place in donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia regions here in red but a chorus of leaders at the un general assembly in new york said such ballots would be a sham. more on the implications of such a move in a moment, but it does come as russia has suffered a series of setbacks on the battlefield in ukraine recently. and in areas newly liberated by ukrainian forces, disturbing accounts of torture by russian soldiers are continuing to emerge. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of izyum. a warning orla s report contains some distressing testimony. in the centre of
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to listen and learn? tovah friedman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a great pleasure to have you with me here in this synagogue. i am mindful that it is 77 years since you, as a six year old girl, were finally freed from auschwitz. why have you chosen to tell the world your story in the form of a memoir now? well, i ve been speaking for a very long time, since i was about a5, 50 years old, i ve been speaking about it. but i always wanted to write because writing is a different experience. and i can tell things that i cannot tell when i m speaking for 45 minutes to a group. this is like i can think about it and bring, bring out the essence of what really happened. i sort of looked around and i saw the world is. it s really a mess, i hate to say that. anti semitism and hatred, and left against right, and right itjust. refugees are wandering the world trying to find a home, everywhere from country to country. and i said, you know, this is a good time for. ..in my ag