80 years since Auschwitz liberation
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Royalty, heads of state and dignitaries from more than 50 countries gathered in southern Poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Also, a solid gold helmet on loan from Romania was stolen in a dramatic museum heist in the Netherlands. And, the US has frozen nearly all foreign aid while the Trump administration reviews where the aid should go. Plus, Rema's is hoping to take home his first Grammy after his second studio album "Heis" topped the charts in his home country of Nigeria.
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| 0:00.0 | U.S.Aid worldwide is on pause and aid organizations were told to stop working, including one that run 17 clinics in Syria. |
| 0:13.9 | We had to close the doors. I'm Marco Werman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Today, what's happening on the ground where that aid gets deployed? |
| 0:23.1 | And a tech race between the U.S. and China escalates. |
| 0:26.9 | I think that AI is facing a sputnik moment right now. |
| 0:30.6 | Also, it's been 80 years since the concentration camp at Auschwitz was liberated. |
| 0:35.2 | Survivors remember, while anti--Semitism is on the rise. |
| 0:39.4 | Plus, in the age of smartphones, some people are going back to dumb phones. |
| 0:44.5 | It's kind of like quitting a job you hate. It's like, I did it. |
| 0:47.5 | A big relief, but not for everyone. |
| 0:50.2 | All that and more today, here on the world. |
| 0:57.6 | This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 0:59.9 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. We are glad to have you with us this Monday. |
| 1:03.8 | Royalty, heads of state, and dignitaries from more than 50 countries were in southern Poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. |
| 1:12.2 | It's estimated that over a million people were killed at the Nazi death camp between 1940 and |
| 1:17.2 | 1945. Most were Jewish. Today, Britain's King Charles visited the Jewish Community Center in |
| 1:23.4 | Krakow, Poland, where he said the purpose of this commemoration is to learn from the past. |
| 1:28.8 | The act of remembering the evils of the past remains a vital task. |
| 1:36.2 | And in so doing, we inform our present and shape our future. |
| 1:41.0 | But the anniversary is happening as anti-Semitism is on the rise and far-right parties |
| 1:46.1 | are gaining traction in Europe. The World Europe correspondent Orla Berry is reporting on today's |
| 1:51.3 | ceremony. Orla, I gather that the focus of the ceremony wasn't on those dignitaries who were |
| 1:56.7 | gathered, but on the survivors themselves. What did that look like? Absolutely. The organizers of |
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