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Auschwitz survivors are marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp on Holocaust Memorial Day, with the King one of dozens of high-profile figures to attend.
Why it matters: More than a million people, mostly Jews but also Poles, Soviet prisoners of war and other nationalities, were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Second World War as part of the Holocaust in which six million Jewish men, women and children were killed. Today’s ceremony is widely being treated as the last major observance that many survivors – the youngest now in their 80s – will be able to attend.
A survivor attends wreaths laying ceremony at the Death Wall during the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp (Photo: Reuters /Aleksandra Szmigiel)Colombia’s migrant row with Trump
The US and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants following a row which saw Donald Trump threaten to impose tariffs.
Why it matters: Sir Keir Starmer spoke with the US President amid concerns about the prospect of global tariffs being imposed by Washington – and what this might mean for a future UK-US trade deal.
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House (Getty Images)Thousands return to north Gaza
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are returning to north Gaza on foot after Israel and Hamas reached a deal to free six hostages this week. The ceasefire, after 15 months of conflict, has allowed those displaced by the war in northern Israel and Gaza the chance to return home.
Why it matters: Security in the Middle East remains at the top of the agenda for world leaders. In their phone call, Starmer paid tribute to Trump’s role in securing the landmark ceasefire and hostages deal in Gaza – but the Prime Minister is under pressure from the President to increase defence spending. The state of the UK’s public finances may have put Starmer’s target of spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on the military by 2030 at risk.
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