Transcripts For BBCNEWS Afternoon Live 20200123 14:00:00 : c

Transcripts For BBCNEWS Afternoon Live 20200123 14:00:00

M v hr who try and give up will find against them are perseverance our perseverance. Those who survive our heroes and they are now conveying things, passing it forward and on the future generations and our children will also have to become those who will also convey that message, they will become the witnesses of the witnesses and never give that role up because, thanks to what they will learn, they will become those who have the power of knowledge. They know that we do not have the right or the privilege of forgetting and the stories of our victims is a story that is a vibrant, vital one and a crucial one that must be passed on. This will be awe inspiring to these children because our children will have to protect and defend democracy and humanity that is so fragile and delicate and one must fortify it time and time again so we are uniting here today once again in order to draw that inspiration and award it to our youths so they will find in their heart, the courage so that on the day they need to, they will be able to stand strong and defend our values and they too will be able to say through knowledge that everything they saw and experienced and understood, never again. Thank you, president macron. Germany sought to break british resolve through brutal bombings but the United Kingdom remained steadfast. British forces, together with those of other allies, drove the nazis back through north africa and europe and liberated german concentration camps. It is my honour to invite his Royal Highness the prince of wales to deliver his remarks. Survivors, president , your majesty is, your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is a particular honour, although one of the most solemn kind, to be present here today on behalf of the United Kingdom to commemorate all those so tragically lost. To come to this sacred place, yad vashem, a memorial and a name, is to be faced with that to which no name, no words and no language can ever possibly do justice. The magnitude of the genocide that was visited upon the jewish people defies comprehension and can make those of us who live in the shadow of those indescribable events feel hopelessly inadequate. The scale of the evil was so great, the impact so profound, that it threatens to obscure the countless individual human stories of tragedy, loss and suffering of which it was comprised. That is why places like this and events like this are so vitally important. For many of you and forjewish people across the globe, those stories are your stories, whether you witnessed or somehow indie would the appalling barbarity of the holocaust personally or whether it touched your lives through the experience of your lives through the experience of your loved ones or through the loss of pa rents, your loved ones or through the loss of parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, or other family you were never able to know, but we must never able to know, but we must never forget that they are also our story. A story of incomprehensible inhumanity from which all humanity can and must learn. For that and evil cannot be described does not mean that it cannot be defeated. That it cannot be fully understood does not mean that it cannot be overcome. And so it is of particular significance that we should gather here in israel, where so many of those who survived the holocaust sought and found refuge. And build a new future for themselves and this country. In the same way, it has been a singular privilege throughout my life to have met so many Holocaust Survivors who were welcomed to the United Kingdom and who began new lives there. Contributing immeasurably to the welfare of our country and the world in the years that followed. I have such inspiring memories of remarkable people who somehow survived both auschwitz before moving to britain after the war. They are as a wonderfully talented cellist, she co founded the English Chamber orchestra, which i am proud to be patron for the past 43 years. On herarm, she to be patron for the past 43 years. On her arm, she based the number by which tyranny had sought to make her less tha n which tyranny had sought to make her less than human. Yet through her music, she reminds us of the greatest beauty of which we are capable. Over the years, she has shared her story bravely and powerfully, determined that some good might come from the unspeakable evil she indie would and overcame. From the horror she brought harmony, healing and hope. Just as each life lost sta nds healing and hope. Just as each life lost stands for all the millions who died, each inspirational story such as that stands for the strength of spirit, the unparalleled courage, the determined defiance of their very best of humanity when confronted with the very worst. For my own part, i have long drawn inspiration from their selfless actions of my dear grandmother, Princess Alice of greece, who in 1943, in nazi occupied athens, saved ajewish 1943, in nazi occupied athens, saved a jewish family by taking them into her home and hiding them. Applause. My my grandmother, who is buried on the mount of olives, has a tree planted in her name here at yad vashem and is counted as one of the righteous among the nations. A fact which gives me and my family immense pride. Ladies and gentlemen, almost a lifetime has passed since the horror of the holocaust unfolded on the european continent and those who bore witness to it are sadly ever fewer. We must therefore commit ourselves to ensuring that they stories live on to be known and understood by each successive generation. Anita said there is a risk that the holocaust will be placed under a glass bubble, just like the napoleonic wars or the thirty years war. But if we dont make the connection between memories of past atrocities and the present, there isnt any point to it. She is, it seems to me, absolutely right. The holocaust must never be allowed to become simply a fact of history. We must never cease to be appalled nor moved by the testimony of those who lived through it. Their experience must always educate and guide and warn us. The lessons of the holocaust are relevant to this day. 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz, hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart, still tell new lies, adopt new disguises and still seek new victims. All too often, language is used which turns disagreement into dehumanisation. Words are used as badges of shame to mark others as enemies, to brand those who are different as somehow deviant. All too often, virtue seems to be sought through verbal violence. All too often, real violence. All too often, real violence ensues and acts of unspeakable cruelty are still perpetrated around the world against people for reasons of their religion, their race or their beliefs. Knowing as we do the darkness to which such behaviour leads, we must be vigilant in discerning these ever changing threats. We must be fearless in confronting falsehoods and resolute in resisting words and acts of violence. We must never rest in seeking to create Mutual Understanding and respect. We must attend the earth of our societies so that the seeds of division cannot ta ke that the seeds of division cannot take root and grow. And we must never forget that every human being is in the image of god. And even a single human life is like an entire universe. Applause. The holocaust was an appalling jewish tragedy but it was also a universal human tragedy and one which we compound if we do not heed its lessons. On this day, in this place, and in memory of the millions who perished, let us recommit ourselves to tolerance and respect and to ensuring that those who lived through this darkness will forever, as in the words of the prophet isaiah, bea as in the words of the prophet isaiah, be a light unto the nations to guide the generations that follow. Applause. Applause. A warning to World Leaders over hatred, that intolerance and hatred still lurk in the human heart, at that event in israel. Lets go now tojerusalem that event in israel. Lets go now to jerusalem and speak that event in israel. Lets go now tojerusalem and speak to our correspondent. The prince, as many of the speakers, talking about the lessons a re of the speakers, talking about the lessons are still to be learned. We had from president macron as well about the fears of the rise of anti semitism. About the fears of the rise of antisemitism. Yes, the prince was actually quite eloquent about this the scale of the evil of the holocaust, that even if you dont understand it or cant describe it, doesnt mean it cant be defeated. He gave quite a strong call for the importance of remembering to make sure that Something Like this doesnt become just another page in history but is actually something that informs action now, action to try and find tolerance and respect for each other. Mentioning also his grandmother, who protected jews, saved jewish lives in nazi occupied athens, so that was a personal touch. There were other leaders who talked about the scourge of anti semitism. I think president macron was one of those who spoke about it most strongly. He talked about it most strongly. He talked about the scourge of anti semitism, racism and xenophobia, that it is growing and that it needs to be combated. That is one of the themes. The organisers want to look to the past but they also want to use this asa past but they also want to use this as a platform to address what they see as the growing threat of modern day anti semitism. See as the growing threat of modernday antisemitism. And that isa modernday antisemitism. And that is a growing threat, which Benjamin Netanyahu is a growing threat, which Benjamin Neta nyahu referred to, is a growing threat, which Benjamin Netanyahu referred to, which is stopping a Nuclear Armed iran. That is quite political, isnt it . I was struck by how political some of the speeches were. He described iran as one of the most anti semitic nations one of the most anti semitic nations on the planet. That would be disputed by some of the members are sitting in the audience, perhaps. But he took this venue to make that kind of statement, when he and the United States are at the forefront of trying to confront iran on its policies and the nuclear issues, as well as its regional policies, and called for a united, resolute front to co nfro nt called for a united, resolute front to confront iran. The Vice President of the us, mike pence, did the same. So they incorporated this element of theirForeign Policy so they incorporated this element of their Foreign Policy into this event, which is recognising the holocaust and the current threats, saying iran is part of that current threat. Thank you very much. Two other news, and beijing authorities have cancelled new Year Celebrations this weekend as a precaution as fears of the spread of a deadly new virus grow. Two more chinese citizens in wuhan have been put into lockdown. They are 70 kilometres away from wuhan, where 11 million residents have been told to stay put. 25 people have died and 600 more have been infected, most of them in wuhan. Its position in the middle of chinas High Speed Network is one of the reasons the virus has been able to spread so quickly. And the river is more than 600 kilometres long and is used to ship food, products and for Public Transport. Is in virtual lockdown. All Public Transport has been closed. The last flights in our already half empty. Train services were also eerily quiet. Normally the new year rush would mean you cant get a ticket. Translation we are at the very epicentre of the virus. Maybe it is best not to travel. I am confident that our government has this situation well in hand and it will be quickly brought under control. Now, wherever you look, people are Wearing Masks, some people are cancelling their trips, and there is a lot of concern. And what is really made people Pay Attention to this Health Problem has been the shutdown of wuhan. The wuhan shutdown has made this emergency suddenly very real for people right across china, triggering memories of the 2002 outbreak which led to more than 600 deaths. Neighbouring cities are also stopping Train Services as well as closing bars and restaurants. These drastic measures have been welcomed by the world health organisation. Their sequencing was then quickly but more importantly, it was a shade immediately. That is why korea, japan, thailand were able to diagnose the new coronavirus quickly. Medical teams are diagnose the new coronavirus quickly. Medicalteams are preparing foran quickly. Medicalteams are preparing for an influx of patients with coronavirus, which causes pneumonia. Staff at this wuhan hospital are worried. Translation we are worried about oui translation we are worried about our work here and get even more worried when we see the news everyday. I always say to it is ok as we are well protected but i was just saying that you keep them calm. We are afraid and worried. But as long as we are here, our own sense of duty will help us do the job. We are still all young ourselves so we feel lost and afraid. Our family members are worried too. But as long as we wear the protective clothing, we will be ok. Travellers had already left wuhan before the transport shutdown was in place by the five day incubation period means they may have carried the virus to other cities and countries not knowing they had already been infected. Inside a metropolis quarantine from the outside world, medical teams are bracing for this emergency to get much worse before it gets any better. For more on the lockdown and what it is like inside wuhan right now, we can hearfrom is like inside wuhan right now, we can hear from someone who flew in on the last flights entering wuhan yesterday before the quarantine was implemented. Ijust got back after spending the day Walking Around the city. I got here yesterday night on one of the la st here yesterday night on one of the last flights from beijing, around midnight, a few nights before the quarantine of the city was implemented. As you said, wuhan is iiow implemented. As you said, wuhan is now totally isolated from the rest of the country. No trains, no flights, no private cars on the highways. So the city at the moment is quite empty. Most of the locals in the shops are closed. All the people that can are mostly staying at home. The roads are quite empty. The very few people were Wearing Masks as their main protection. The quarantine started at 10am. The Public Transportation in the city, there are no set ways and very little taxis. Its very hard to move around. The government has been very serious about tackling or isolating the city right before the chinese new year, which would turn into 3000 million trips over the next week and wuhan is one of the stops of the train system, so they decided to make that push. Their people are very supportive of the government action. They think the government are doing the best they can, they are doing the best they can, they are doing the best they can, they are doing a greatjob. Overall, the people i have spoken to are very optimistic. Most of them have at the memory of going through the sars epidemic in 2002 and they think this is not as serious and the government is not as serious and the government is more prepared. In china, it is a stronger country and more prepared. Cases of coronavirus have now been confirmed in thailand, japan, south korea, the United States, and in the last few hours vietnam. Matt hancock discussed the virus in the house of commons today. He said the risk of the virus spreading in the uk is low but precautions are being taken. There are no confirmed cases of this new infection in the uk so far. We have been closely monitoring the situation in wuhan and have put in place precautionary measures. Our approach at all times has been guided by the advice of the chief medical officer. Since yesterday, Public Health england officials have been carrying out enhanced monitoring of direct flights from wuhan and all passengers on direct flights from china will receive information on what to do if they fall ill. Joining me now is a seniorfellow for Global Health at the council for foreign relations. He has written about the previous sars epidemic in china. This unprecedented lockdown involving millions of people in china, is that the right thing to do . I am not that sure. Provided that lockdown is effective, so they will be nobody coming out, there is still this issue of whether those infected people in other parts of china, whether these people are going to develop into local communities outbreaks. That would be the worst scenario we could face. What is different between this virus and the sars virus as far as you are concerned . Is this less dangerous or because it appears to be a little milder, that may mean it will spread more easily. The initial estimate assessment was that this virus was less dangerous than sars but now i think the update assessment now, it seems to be increasingly clear this isa seems to be increasingly clear this is a virus that is transmittable among human beings and also it is virulent and a leading biologist even predicted that this virus is going to be more dangerous than sars. According to his estimate, they could be able to 60,000 cases in china. Given that we are looking at something within enqueue pini incubation period of five days, we are going to be chasing our tail on this, arent we . Thats true. There is evidence suggesting that symptomatic people, that means there are people who carry the virus but do not show the symptoms, could also share the virus, so the screening measures would be not as effective if this happened. Looking at whats happening in china, this could not happening in china, this could not happen at a worst time of year, when you are looking at one of the biggest migrations of people in a year anyway. Thats true. I think this is causing notjust the quarantine, in wuhan, china now seems to be shut down. People cancelled their meetings, their plans to go to visit friends or rel

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