And, 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz, we hearfrom germans who helped to save their fellowjewish citizens. One of the all time greats of basketball, kobe bryant, has been killed in a Helicopter Crash. Reports say his helicopter went down into a hillside in calabasas in fog, killing nine people, including kobes teenage daughter, gianna. We begin with this report from our correspondent chris buckler, in washington. Whether they cheered him orfeared him, all basketball fans recognised kobe bryant as one of the sports greatest players. His entire 20 year career was spent in an la lakersjersey, and his death on the outskirts of the city has left people across the United States grieving. Nine people died when the helicopter he was only crashed in calabasas. The la Sheriffs Office says that no one survived the accident. His list of achievements is long an all star, an nba champion and an olympic gold medallist. He was unashamedly competitive, and he was deeply frustrated when his playing career was cut short by injuries. He was bold enough and brave enough to announce, and foolish enough, that he would be the greatest. And he did everything possible, humanly possible, to deliver on that promise. Since his retirement from basketball, he had put his considerable energy into Business Ventures and charity work, particularly pushing health and education causes for children. President trump and a series of celebrities and sports stars have been paying tribute to a man who worked to overcome inequality and promote womens sport. But nowhere was kobe bryant more inspiring than on the court. When he left basketball, the la lakers retired hisjersey. They knew he was irreplaceable. Lets get more now from our correspondent in los angeles, david willis. We know that an investigation is under way. A team of more than a dozen investigators from the National Transportation safety board in washington, dc are being dispatched to los angeles to try to get to the bottom of what actually caused this horrific Helicopter Crash about 10 00am this morning local time. But i have to say, there were a lot of people who went to the scene, were drawn to the scene, by the fire that caused resulted from this Helicopter Crash. And in actualfact, about a quarter of an acre of land was scorched by that fire, apparently. It does appear to be something to do with limited visibility. Its been very foggy here in los angeles over the last few days, and a lot of suggestions that that will have played a part in this crash, but we really will have to wait and see. Officials had their work cut out initially actually clearing the area around the crash site, because so many kobe bryant fans flocked there to basically pay their respects and to witness what was going on. David, of course, weve seen so many reactions come in, and tributes from everyone he played with. And notable of course that the grammys, the music industrys biggest event, is being held inside the Staples Centre, where he played for 20 years. Has he been mentioned in that ceremony . There will be a recurrent theme, i think, james, its fair to say, during the Grammy Awards tonight. And youre absolutely right. The Staples Centre, where the grammys are taking place, was the home arena for the la lakers, the scene of so many of kobe bryants triumphs, and there will be many mentions. In fact, the organisers of the grammys show were reportedly rushing around at the last minute to try to incorporate more in his memory into the show this evening. But a lot of fans flocked down there to the Staples Centre to pay their respects, only to find that there was enhanced security in place simply because of the grammys show taking place there. Just standing back for a second, amid the praise for him as a basketball player, a family man and an entrepreneur, there is perhaps a more complicated personal legacy which has to be discussed the allegation of Sexual Assault in 2003, which he settled and for which he later apologised. Can you sum that up for us . Well, youre absolutely right. That was a blot on his career, theres no question about that, and it took him a while to get back from that, if you like. It was back in 2003, as you mentioned, in colorado, and he was accused of Sexual Assault involving an employee of the hotel that he was staying at. Now, charges were eventually dropped in what was to be that trial because the complainant, the plaintiff in the case, sorry, the person who was levelling the charges against kobe bryant, declined in the end to take the stand and give evidence against him. There was an out of Court Financial settlement reached, the details of which have been kept private. But youre absolutely right, that was a blot on the reputation of a man who had inspired so many, and went on to rehabilitate himself somewhat in the later years of his career with lakers, and subsequently in his work outside of the basketball court. He had a successful couple of years forming a production company, he became a champion for womens rights, and of course he won an oscar a couple of years ago as well for a short animated film aaron burgin grew up in los angeles and is now a basketball scout. He explained kobe bryants impact. Well, i mean, just like anybody who grew up in the city of los angeles and grew up idolising kobe bryant, this has been really, really hard for all of us. Ive shed tears over someone i only spent maybe a second within my life. And it really has taken an impact, just, you know, on everyone. I mean, youre not going to find too many kobe bryants when youre watching high school hoops. But, you know, the one thing that you look for in players isjust that competitive desire, that ability to just continue to fight and fight through any type of adversity. You know, and just from a personal perspective, you know, its kobe meant the world to me. The Chinese Government has said it will extend the Lunar New Year holiday to try to bring the outbreak of the new coronavirus under control. More than 80 people have died, mostly in hubei province, where the epidemic began. Officials have warned the disease is spreading faster than before. They have established that people can pass on the infection before they show any symptoms, and that makes it harder to contain. 0ur correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes has this report from hong kong. 0n the outskirts of wuhan, the race is on to beat the coronavirus. Every bulldozer and excavator that can be found is being used to clear land fora i,000 bed isolation hospital. It must be finished in two weeks. The trouble is, its needed now. Chinese officials today admitted the virus is spreading faster, and that it can be passed on by people who show no symptoms. State television is showing scenes like this, of people being treated in modern intensive care units. But videos like this one loaded to the internet claim to show a different picture of hospitals overwhelmed and staff unable to cope. In beijing, reporters mobbed the head of chinas cdc as he tried to calm the growing sense of panic. This virus is not as strong or as dangerous as the sars virus was, he says. But its a new virus, so we need time to develop treatment. While the Chinese Government is now taking decisive measures to try and contain the spread of this virus, many experts think it is already too late. One Study Suggests that in wuhan city alone, by the end of next week, there will be nearly 200,000 infections. And thats why senior doctors here in hong kong are calling on the government to close the border with mainland china. The british government, meanwhile, is under pressure to evacuate britons stranded in wuhan, as the americans are doing with their citizens. The uk government is aware now that all the transport links are closed. So i find it a little bit surprising that were being told to leave if we can, when there is no possible route. Across central china, the sense of panic is rising. These pictures and videos posted on the internet appear to show villages and towns putting up their own improvised borders, shutting themselves off, making sure travellers from outside cannot come in. Wuhan itself is now a ghost town. Today, this was the centre of a city of 11 million people, during the biggest holiday of the year. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. Demonstrators in iraq are calling to an end to interference in the country. From baghdad, our correspondent reports. Running street battles in the heart of baghdad today. Iraqi police throwing stones lobbed at them by demonstrators. Theres a violet game of cat and mouse going on here. As you can see, the police are pushing up towards the protesters, to try and clear them away. Those protesters have been throwing stones and molotov cocktails, and this is a situation that often turns deadly. This policeman was injured, but it is protesters who are bearing the brunt. Over 600 killed in months of demonstrations. Despite the despair, they are still turning out. They want a new iraq, a nation free of sectarianism and corruption. Whos not worried about the violence or the killings, the assassinations, the kidnapping and everything . You know, whos not worried about that . But, you know, what are we supposed to do . Should we just stay and keep under slavery . There will be more protests, but no winners, in a country coming apart at the seams. Martin patience, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news. 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The american basketball legend kobe bryant has been killed ina legend kobe bryant has been killed in a Helicopter Crash in southern california. He was 41. Eight others including his 13 year old daughter we re including his 13 year old daughter were killed alongside him when the helicopter came down. Kobe bryant was well known globally but had a particularly large following in china where his charitable influence was especially felt among young people. Coral is a reporterfor espn who felt among young people. Coral is a reporter for espn who covered his career including his retirement game in 2016. He didnt speak to any outlet. He basically had a speech, but it was a big, huge day. We sent over ten people from china, straight from beijing to la, to cover that game, and it was broadcast in china. It was a huge deal, because kobe bryant is like the modern age of michaeljordan in china, so his impact is huge. Especially for a lot of younger generations that were born after the 1990s, they probably dont have the memory or any experience watching michaeljordan when he was playing for the bulls, but kobe is a huge deal. They basically learned how to pick up a basketball from kobe bryant, and kobe really influenced everybody, including me, to enjoy watching basketball. So obviously his death is a huge loss to all of us. Its devastating news, and i think right now in china, everyone is watching this closely, and its big exploding news everywhere. I was in the stadium in the beijing olympics in 2008 where he played for america against china. It was the match of the tournament. I remember Chinese People actually cheering for kobe bryant, sometimes, against china. I dont know if you remember that match, or if you could tell us more about his impact in china. Yes, his impact is huge. And im going to tell you right now, the biggest searched keywords on chinese social media weibo is kobe bryant, and also his daughter gigi. So right now, everyone is talking about it. Everyone is trying to find out what the real investigation is, what is the real problem for the conditions of his death. And of course, everyone buys kobe sneakers, and i just looked at the market price of kobe sneakers. All his sneakers have gone up five times in price. Some of the limited editions are ten times more, just went up ten times more within two hours. And remember, when this happened, it was at 2 00am in china, and everyone must feel like. Most people, they are sleeping, but when they found out, everyone was wide awake. So right now, its still in a huge discussion. So people have been discussing it overnight. Coral, what is it about kobe bryant that made him more popular than other mba players . Than other nba players . What was it about him personally . Well, he has a really, really smart person. He knows the importance of the international market. And you have to remember, he goes to china every summer. He also has a home in china. Also, he does a lot of different business in china. When his animation film came out, he actually did a special interview, and it was released in china. Also he has his books, and it is also released in chinese versions in china. So he knows the importance of the business in china, and he loves to visit and interact with the fans. And to be honest, for kobe bryant to face all of the international media, especially the chinese media, he is very, very friendly. And everybody in china, not only fans but also the media, they like his professionalism. Let us get more of the rest of the news for the day. Exit polls in peru indicated that no party has won the majority. Support for Popular Force has plummeted. The new balance of power may give the president a chance to enact anticorruption reforms to in italy, early results from a Regional Election suggest that the Centre Left Democratic party defeated the file right leg party. This will reduce the chance ofan party. This will reduce the chance of an early on monday, Holocaust Memorial day commemorates the liberation of auschwitz. 6 millionjewish people we re auschwitz. 6 millionjewish people were murdered by the nazis in the second world war. In the capital of berlin, ajewish second world war. In the capital of berlin, a Jewish Population second world war. In the capital of berlin, aJewish Population of 160,000 was decimated with fewer than 1900 remaining at the end. Some survived with the help of germans who, a great personal risk, hid them from the nazis. 0ur correspondent reports. Although more than seven decades have passed since the nazis defeat, berlin is still a city of shadowed memory. Only a handful of the third reich symbols remain. But the recollection of terror endures here in the life of a survivor. Ruth winkelmann isjewish and alive only because a german neighbourhood in his shed. Translation the gestapo was chasing me because i did not register as a jew. I went into hiding and lived in a shed, but without water, without electricity, i was freezing. And, of course, if id been caught, i would have been sent straight to a concentration camp. 16 out of the 2a family members in this photograph were murdered in the death camps. Translation for hundreds of years, my family were living in berlin. We never imagined that germany could not be our country. What was happening was not imaginable. Germans voted hitler into power knowing very well the vicious anti semitism of the nazis. Mostly they supported the dictator or looked the other way as theirjewish neighbours were persecuted. But not 14 year old felicitas narloch. She lived near berlin with her grandmother, lydia. When a desperatejewish woman came to their door, they hid and fed her. Felicitas smuggling food and clothes. Translation we had to help. We couldntjust send a person away, someone who reached the end of their road. My grandmother didnt have any political motive. She just felt that somebody had to help. It was an emotional reaction. Germanjews were being sent east to camps like auschwitz. They would be starved, beaten, worked to death and gassed, as the nazis imposed their final solution. To resist this evil requires exceptional courage. Do you feel that what you did and your family that was heroic . Nein, nein. Translation we didnt see this as heroic, we saw this simply as a way of helping someone, no matter how or why they had got into trouble, and i think anyone else would have done the same. This is the woman they saved. Her husband had died in the camps, but her children were evacuated to britain before the war. Shejoined them in 19116 and today her grandson recalls his debt to the bravery of a 14 year old german girl. Without her intervention and support, i wouldnt have known my grandmother, who then came to live with us after the war, after liberation. She lived another 20 years and met her grandchildren and made a life in this country. You know, she said to me, anybody would have done it. Would they . We know that there were hundreds of thousands of people who didnt. Very few were like her. She was remarkable. I bear in mind the sayings of the fathers, jewish sayings, if you save a life, you save a whole world. And felicitas and her family did just that. Fergal keane, bbc news, berlin. There will be coverage to mask Holocaust Memorial day here on the bbc. Kobe bryant has been killed in a Helicopter Crash. All nine people listed on board including bryant and his 14 year old daughter year old daughter were killed. Tributes have been pouring in from around the world. A message from another legend of the game, michaeljordan, said i am in shock over the tragic news. Words cannot describe the pain i am feeling. Adding that kobe was like a little brother to him. Kareem will that make Kareem Abdul Jabbar who played for the la lakers for 1h seasons posted this tribute. Kobe was an incredible family man and he loved hi