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Trump Suspends Colombia Tariffs After Agreement; Trump Administration Launches Nationwide Immigration Enforcement Blitz. U.S. Refugee Group Funding Suspended Under Trump Aid Pause; Palestinians Begin Returning To Northern Gaza. On Board Critical NATO Mission to Protect Undersea Cables; U.N. Urges Rebels to Stop Hostility, Withdraw from Goma; Holocaust Survivor Shares His Story with Next Generation; World Number 1 Sinner Defeats Zverev to Win Third Grand Slam. Aired 1- 2a ET

Aired January 27, 2025 - 01:00   ET

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BEN HUNTE, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, wherever you are in the world. You are now in the CNN Newsroom with me, Ben Hunte in Atlanta. And it is so good to have you here. Coming up on the show.

A U.S. immigration crackdown with international repercussions. Colombia says it will receive migrants hours after refusing deportation flights to land in the country.

Plus, blocking legal pathways into the United States. How Donald Trump's executive order is blocking refugees trying to resettle in the United States.

And M23 fighters are gaining ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo, causing thousands of civilians to flee the violence.

Almost as soon as it began. A trade war fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown now appears to be off. He suspended a 25 percent tariff on Colombia after the country agreed to accept military flights carrying deported migrants.

This all came after President Trump launched an immigration enforcement blitz over the weekend deporting undocumented immigrants. U.S. deportation flights on military planes began last week, but on Sunday, two of those flights were not allowed to land in Colombia. That caused a brief rift between the South American country and the U.S.

Let's dig into this story a little bit more and bring in CNN contributor Stefano Pozzebon. He's with us live from Bogota, Colombia. Stefano, thank you for being with me. Let's just start with how Colombia's president just apparently changed his mind twice. What is President Petro's thinking behind all of this and what prompted him to accept these flights once again?

STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, I think, Ben, that President Petro was trying to send a message. The message was that they would not accept the military flights or what he calls a inhumane treatment of these migrants. In one of the things that apparently was particularly hard to digest is that many times migrants being deported back from the United States arrive here in Latin America in handcuffs, as if they've committed any crime.

And of course, the position of the Latin American government is that a migrant does not commit a crime just by crossing into the United States, however undocumented. Now, of course, that is the same that happened over with Brazil and Mexico, who have also protested this treatment.

Petro tried to draw a line and then probably, well, we have seen one side the Twitter diplomacy, or X diplomacy, we should call it, with Petro posting his ideas and his state policies on X in real time. And Donald Trump doing the same on his own social media, Truth Social, as if the two leaders were almost messaging at each other and bickering, frankly, in front of our eyes.

And on the other hand, we've seen the diplomatic bad channels that have provided a fruit and provided a success. Colombia has been a staunch ally of North America, of the United States over the last 50 years. These channels have always worked in the last few hours, throughout today, we're in touch with sources, with experts, with analysts, with diplomats who were telling us that the phones were really busy as the professionals were trying to amend the rift that the two presidents had caused.

And in the end, well, we're still seeing two different versions. On one -- on the one side, the White House saying that Colombia has caved and they have accepted all of President Trump's terms. And on the other side, the Colombian government saying that they will accept deportation flights with humane treatment. Maybe it's just a matter of using civilian aircraft rather than military aircraft, because this country has received more than 124 deportation flights over the last 12 months. So it's not like that these flights are a new thing.

What really triggered this reaction was the use of military aircraft and probably the handcuffs towards these migrants. So we're seeing that there is, I think we're in a moment where both the Trump White House that is just being newly installed, and the countries in Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and Brazil, are still adjusting to each other. They're still trying to understand how this new era of mass deportation will play out in this complex region and how they can sort of like, get to what they want without causing each other too much damage.

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If Colombia and the United States had gone into trade war, well, we would have seen tariffs on goods that people consume regularly in the United States, mostly coffee, for example, but also on a lot of goods here in Colombia. And of course, the peso would plummet and other things that would impact for the lives of millions of Colombia. It seems that this time that was aversive through the work, through the back channels of the diplomats. And the fact is that these two countries remain very tied to each other. Ben.

HUNTE: Brazil is slamming the way U.S. agents are treating immigrants, calling it degrading. The Brazilian federal police say they discovered 88 deportees who were handcuffed by their feet and hands on a plane that was in poor condition. The country's foreign ministry says it violates an agreement with the U.S. which calls for the, quote, dignified, respectful and humane treatment of returnees.

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EDGAR DA SILVA MOURA, BRAZILIAN DEPORTED FROM U.S. (through translator): They wouldn't give us water. It was difficult to get food. It was very hot with children inside the aircraft. We asked to go to the bathroom and they wouldn't let us. We got up and said, I need to go to the bathroom. Bathroom, please. And they just pushed us. Sit, sit down. And we felt very oppressed by that.

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HUNTE: CNN has reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and State Department for comment. These immigration raids the Trump administration ordered have been taking place all across the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials reported nearly a thousand arrests on Sunday. They raided cities from Atlanta to Los Angeles, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Austin, Texas.

But the Democratic governor of Illinois says ICE officials aren't just targeting violent criminals. He says they're also arresting law abiding people with jobs and families. Fear is spreading quickly in The United States third largest city, Chicago, where ICE operations are underway. CNN's Rosa Flores has the details.

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ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Trump administration's border czar, Tom Homan, was here in Chicago last year and he made a promise. He said that Chicago would be ground zero for mass deportations, that Chicago would be the epicenter of these mass deportations. And he has kept his promise.

We have learned from ICE officials that immigration agents are in Chicago, they are on the ground, and they are enforcing immigration law. They are doing targeted enforcement of individuals who pose a threat to public safety or a threat to national security. Here is how Tom Homan told ABC News about these enforcement actions.

TOM HOMAN, WHITE HOSUE BORDER CZAR: But you can see the numbers steadily increase, the number of arrests nationwide as we open up the aperture right now, it's concentrating public safety threats, national security threats. That's a smaller population. So we're going to do this on priority base, as President Trump's promised. But as that aperture opens, there'll be more arrest nationwide.

FLORES: Now, Homan described these individuals with criminal backgrounds as a small population. Well, we also learned from ICE that ICE officials will be getting quotas, in essence, according to ICE, that ICE offices across the United States will be required to arrest 75 people per day per ICE office. That's going to put a lot of pressure on ICE agents to go into communities and arrest people.

Again, Homan himself saying that there's a very small population of immigrants who actually have criminal backgrounds. So then how are these individuals going to meet their quotas? I can tell you from talking to sources and contacts here in Chicago that there is a lot of fear in immigrant communities. So much some individuals say that some people are not going to work. They are not sending their children to school.

They are cooping up in their homes because they are in so much fear. Now, these are individuals that don't have criminal backgrounds. These are individuals who are going through asylum proceedings, but they're afraid that they might be caught in these mass deportations.

As a matter of fact, there are organizations here in the Chicago area that are dropping off groceries for some migrants because migrants are not going to the grocery store, they're not going to work. And now they're really worried that they might not have enough money for rent whenever rent is due.

So there's a lot of pressure, there's a lot of fear, a lot of anxiety here in the city of Chicago that we've learned from organizations, civil rights groups that are out helping migrants.

Now, we don't know exactly where the ICE enforcement actions have happened in Chicago so far.

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But we're expecting to learn more from ICE about those numbers and about where these enforcement actions actually happened. Rosa Flores, CNN, Chicago.

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HUNTE: Well, beyond deportations, the White House is now blocking legal pathways into the United States. In his first week in office, President Trump suspended all refugee admissions, meaning people who applied, waited for years, and were accepted to enter the U.S. are now stranded, completely stuck in limbo.

And on Friday, the Trump administration made another stunning move, ordering resettlement agencies to stop providing critical services for refugees already in the United States. The order affects agencies that receive State Department funding to help refugees begin their new lives and assimilate into the US.

Those funds help them find jobs, show them how to use bus routes and banks, and can provide housing assistance. The Trump administration's order will impact some 30,000 refugees who've arrived in the U.S. since October 1, a time of transition when refugees and their families are at their most vulnerable.

For more, I'm joined by AnnaMarie Bena. She is the senior vice president of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. AnnaMarie, thank you so much for being with me. How are you doing?

ANNAMARIE BENA, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, U.S. COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRATNS: I'm good. Thank you for having me.

HUNTE: I imagine you've had quite a busy week. Maybe you could just tell me about some of the changes that have happened for you and your team over the past few days.

BENA: We have had -- we have had an incredible week. And in fact, I had been in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya and returned just the day before the presidential inauguration. And of course, on that day, the president signed an executive order to halt the refugees coming into the United States. And the date that was supposed to be implemented was January 27th, but instead it happened on the 21st.

So were caught off guard. There were many people who were supposed to be coming into the United States, rejoining their families, and that was stopped at the last minute.

And then Friday evening, while were trying to catch up and manage what had happened earlier in the week, we received a complete stop work order late Friday afternoon. And that has really turned us around in an even bigger way.

HUNTE: In news, we usually gloss over topics and we kind of just say things as they are and we move on from them. Give me a sense of what this actually means to the place that you're working in and the service users there. What has this felt like this week?

BENA: This week has been so challenging. And it's challenging, I would say, mostly because of the extreme uncertainty. So living, you know, we say uncertainty, but I think that's -- it's a very deep emotion for people to have something that they just don't know what is going to happen. So for our staff, they're concerned about their jobs. For our refugee clients, they are concerned and they are afraid. They're concerned they won't be reunited with family.

Those who were not allowed on those planes this past week are worried about what's going to happen with their lives. Are they going back to a place that's dangerous? So I think that overwhelming uncertainty and even the feeling for the refugees of being unwanted and not being accepted into the US.

HUNTE: What does that look like to individuals on the ground in these communities? Because I'm guessing they haven't really got much protection around them. They are very exposed to people's thoughts and feelings in the areas they're living in. Have you had any stories from people about what this week has meant to them?

BENA: Yes, you know, I think one example that really says a lot to me is that children don't want to go to school. They're afraid to go to school. And so, you know, they're hearing from their parents, they're hearing from other community members. And when you have it so that it gets to, you know, elementary school children not wanting to go to school because they're afraid, I think that really speaks a lot about what's happening in the community. HUNTE: One thing I've seen on social media is people saying, well, we

knew that President Trump was going to be coming in, so why didn't people get their things in order to leave in advance of these decisions, which were inevitable.

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Do you think that these changes and these orders were inevitable?

BENA: It's hard to say inevitable. I think we knew that there would be something coming because of the last Trump administration. We knew that the numbers of refugees coming into the U.S. would be lower. I don't think we saw the extreme quickness and the complete suspension in the way that it's happened.

HUNTE: To anyone watching this who wants to do more to support refugees in the US. What can they do?

BENA: I would recommend that they call their members of Congress. They need to go to them and say we've had refugees in our community and they contribute and we want them here. This is a humanitarian program. And really our recourse now is to go to members of Congress, go to their governor as well, and other state officials.

HUNTE: You don't think it's too late for that?

BENA: I think it may be too late with the administration, but Congress, you know the refugee program in the United States since 1980, when the Refugee Act was passed unanimously, it has been a bipartisan issue. And maybe we just need to go back to Congress and remind them that this has been a bipartisan issue.

HUNTE: We will see what happens. AnneMarie Bena, Senior Vice President of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, thank you so much for your time. Appreciate it.

BENA: Thank you.

HUNTE: Displaced Palestinians are finally being allowed to return home to northern Gaza. Just ahead, we'll bring you the details of the latest agreement between Israel and Hamas. You are watching CNN Newsroom.

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HUNTE: You are looking at live pictures out of Gaza where Israel is allowing thousands of Palestinians to finally return home to the north. Tens of thousands of Palestinians waited for two days at roadblocks after Israel accused Hamas of breaching a ceasefire agreement and refused to open crossing points.

This comes after Hamas agreed Israeli Arbel Yehoud, soldier (INAUDIBLE) and one other hostage on Thursday and free another three more hostages on Saturday. The U.S. said on Sunday the separate ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel would remain in effect until February 18.

Lebanese officials said at least 22 people were killed and more than 120 injured by Israeli forces as thousands of people tried to return home to the south after a Sunday Israeli withdrawal deadline passed. The IDF had released an order on Sunday prohibiting residents from returning to their villages.

Let's dig into this story. We're going to go live to Beirut where Paul Salem, vice president of the Middle East Institute is up early to chat to me. Paul, thank you so much for being with me. How are you doing?

PAUL SALEM, VICE PRESIDENT, MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE: Thank you Ben. I personally I'm doing well. The region maybe not so much.

HUNTE: Oh well, let's get into that. How successful do you think these cease fire deals have been so far?

SALEM: Well, I think it's an interesting dynamic that both ceasefires were largely driven by the victory of Donald Trump in the elections in November and the deadline of his moving into the White House last Monday. The ceasefire in Gaza was just concluded 48 hours before he moved into the White House, but already in the first week of his administration. Both ceasefires, while not ending, are certainly very complicated and very shaky on both sides.

And you add to that President Trump's statement that he favors relocation of people from Gaza to other Arab countries. It promises to be a bumpy road ahead.

HUNTE: Well, on it being a bumpy road, let's discuss some recent comments. President Trump said he'd like to see Arab nations take more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, potentially cleaning out the area to create a clean slate. Give me an idea of what sort of reactions that you've seen about that statement so far.

SALEM: Well, absolutely. I mean, both countries that President Trump mentioned, Jordan and Egypt, flatly rejected that proposal. Keep in mind, the U.S. plan before this Monday, before last Monday, was that the U.S. would work with Arab countries to build good governance or some reasonable governance in Gaza after the ceasefire, bring in Arab countries with some multinational troops, work with the Palestinian Authority. So now the U.S. is going in 180 degrees different direction.

HUNTE: What does Israel's withdrawal delay mean to Hezbollah? And also while we're on that, what should we be looking out for to see if things are still moving in a positive direction?

SALEM: Well, I think on the Israeli-Lebanese side, well, certainly there's been a lot of loss of life yesterday, but I don't think the ceasefire will fall apart. Hezbollah is in a very weakened position. It has a very big interest that the ceasefire hold to try to get financial aid to begin rebuilding towns and villages. But certainly the delay in the withdrawal complicates political life in Lebanon.

[01:25:09] HUNTE: I just want to break down for me how important Donald Trump actually is to all of these ongoing talks.

SALEM: Well, very important. Obviously the U.S. is the main external player other than the local players themselves in any pathway for Israel and Palestine and the future of governance in Gaza and the West Bank. The U.S. will have a very large say in that. And it's alarming to many Arab countries that the U.S. seems to be lining up between the extreme right-wing hardliners who want to depopulate Gaza and certainly want to annex most of the West Bank to Israel. That will inflame tensions and possibly armed conflict between Israel and Palestinians will put Arab friends of the United States, presidents, kings in the region in a very difficult situation with their own population.

The same is true in Lebanon, that the U.S. is the main supporter of the Lebanese army. And that process of trying to move forward in Lebanon and rebuild sovereignty and make sure Hezbollah moves towards disarming and so on, that does require very basic U.S. support.

HUNTE: Yes. Yes, indeed. Well, Paul Salem, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it. Let's see what happens next.

SALEM: Thank you, Ben.

HUNTE: More than a month after declaring martial law, Yoon Suk Yeol has become the first sitting president in South Korea's history to be indicted. Details on the criminal charges just ahead.

Plus, the United Nations is sounding the alarm over a growing humanitarian crisis as rebel forces make gains in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Those stories and more when we come back.

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BEN HUNTE, CNN ANCHOR: A database detailing the criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6th rioters has been removed from the U.S. Department of Justice's Web site. This coincides with President Donald Trump's decision to pardon all convicted January 6th defendants.

Though records of the cases still exist, it's now much harder to track them all down. While J6 rioters are celebrating the move obviously, U.S. judges are accusing the Trump administration of, quote, "whitewashing the mob's attack on the Capitol". The U.S. Attorney's Office has declined to comment on this issue.

Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted President Yoon Suk-yeol on insurrection charges. This all comes after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law in December.

Yoon remains in custody and denies any wrongdoing, but he's now the first sitting president in South Korea's history to be indicted. Yoon faces two trials, with his impeachment case still ongoing. If convicted in the criminal case, he could face life in prison or even the death penalty.

Belarus is set to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko for a seventh term, after what critics are calling a sham election. Preliminary results show the close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin received nearly 87 percent of the vote.

European politicians said this wasn't a fair election because independent media are banned in Belarus, and leading opposition figures have been detained or driven into exile. When Mr. Lukashenko was asked about jailing his opponents, he said they've, quote, "chosen their fate".

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ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO, BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): Some chose to go to jail, some Chose an exile, as you said. We did not expel anyone from the country. Moreover, we opened the country.

And I have probably already stated five times that we are not vindictive people, not malicious. Everyone will be given a chance.

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HUNTE: President Lukashenko faced massive protests and accusations of cheating following the last election in 2020.

His government crushed those demonstrations, arresting tens of thousands of people. Human rights groups say more than 1,200 political prisoners are still being held.

An undersea fiber optic cable linking Latvia and Sweden was damaged on Sunday. Early evidence suggests the cable was struck by an external force, according to Latvian officials.

CNN's Nic Robertson joins NATO forces in the Baltic sea on a mission to protect critical undersea infrastructure in the region.

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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Sunrise around a hundred miles from Russia. In the near freezing Baltic Sea tension mounts.

NATO is retooling for a new war, a hybrid war. Ultra-modern sophisticated tech is being prepped for underwater action. Specialized subsea drones designed to dive deep below the surface.

This is the sharp end of the mission, protecting our Internet. It's not up there in the sky, it's under the sea.

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NATO's mission, Baltic Sentry, is a rapid response to an escalating new threat. Multiple cables cut in recent months.

And this is what the undersea Internet cables look like -- this size. They're tiny, they're vulnerable, they're easily cut.

In these waters, between Estonia and Finland and beyond, an unseen enemy is believed to have been targeting Internet and power cables. The subsea drones and the battleships getting eyes on the threat.

ARJEN WARNAAR, COMMANDER, NATO MARITIME GROUP 1: A lot of the ships that we found are acting strangely, originate in a Russian port or are going to a Russian port.

ROBERTSON: This ship anchor suspected of being dragged on the seabed, intentionally damaging cables, Christmas Day.

How far have these anchors been dragged to the sea?

WARNAAR: I understand a couple of hundred miles.

ROBERTSON: Is that normal?

WARNAAR: No.

ROBERTSON: How does that happen? Can a captain not notice?

WARNAAR: Very good question. And my guess is no, a captain does know that, and that's probably intentional.

ROBERTSON: Repairs can be complicated, costly, and take months. Worst case, an entire nation can be cut off from the Internet.

Under the sea here, there are multiple cables linking Estonia with Finland, in the Baltic Sea, dozens more. The numbers keep growing, across the globe there are hundreds of cables.

According to NATO, more than 800,000 miles of cable carrying $10 trillion of international trade.

The mission critical enough to have expensive fighter jets on tap. Conditions at sea level though, the biggest challenge as we saw on a relatively calm day.

Each NATO warship bringing its own specialty. This one sonar, less than two weeks into the mission. Commanders at sea increasingly confident who is responsible.

And who is the threat here?

ERIK KOCKX, COMMANDER, NATO MINE COUNTERMEASURE GROUP 1: Russia. That's quite clear.

ROBERTSON: Russia denies any role. But by this day's end, more NATO nations committing forces to Baltic Sentry. The flotilla growing. NATO HQ commanders facing tough choices.

NIELS MARKUSSEN, DIRECTOR, NATO SHIPPING CENTRE DIRECTOR: The proof, the smoking gun, it's very, very difficult. We have to balance between this moving into something that can become very ugly, and what I mean by that is warfare. ROBERTSON: Nick Robertson, CNN -- in the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea.

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HUNTE: The World Health Organization says at least 70 people were killed in an attack on a hospital in Sudan's north Darfur. A drone strike late on Friday targeted the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital, the last functioning hospital in the state's capital.

The W.H.O. says it was packed with patients receiving care, mostly women and children.

The Darfur governor and Sudan's foreign ministry blamed the opposition Rapid Support Forces for the attack.

CNN has reached out for comment, but the group has not yet responded.

The United Nations is urging Congolese rebels and allied Rwandan forces operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo to halt all hostile action immediately. The M23 rebel group has entered the outskirts of Goma, near the Rwandan border surrounding the city and closing its airspace.

The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting on Sunday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is strongly condemning the M23 offensive, which is causing havoc among the civilian population.

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HUNTE: Civilians hurried towards Goma with everything they can carry on their backs. The fighting between the M23 rebel group and the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo, hot on their heels as panicked residents flee outlying areas to seek shelter.

The U.N. says the encroaching violence has already displaced some 400,000 people in the region since the beginning of the year. And there are fears as the clashes continue there will be many more.

MARCELINE KACHARANGA, DISPLACED BY FIGHTING (through translator): We are fleeing without knowing where we're going, as if we have nowhere to return. Look, my older sister, she gave birth yesterday. She has a baby and we don't know what to do.

HUNTE: After a lightning offensive that began just weeks ago, M23 rebels have made significant territorial gains and have encircled Goma, which is located near the border with Rwanda.

Flights from the city's airport have been grounded and gunfire and artillery fire can be heard across the city. South African and U.N. authorities say at least 13 peacekeepers from the U.N. and other international forces have been killed. And the U.N. says its temporarily relocating non-essential staff out of the area.

[01:39:46] HUNTE: Medical staff in a hospital in Goma say they're overwhelmed with patients and have had to set up emergency tents to treat the wounded. Some who say they narrowly escaped the fighting.

JEANNETTE NEEMA MATONDO, WOUNDED IN FIGHTING (through translator): We packed our bags, took our children and left. When we reached the checkpoint, a bomb fell on us. I was thrown backward in the direction I had come from.

I still had my baby on my back and my belongings were next to me, but everyone around me was dead.

HUNTE: International groups warn that the violence into a wider regional conflict. The DRC recently severed diplomatic ties with Rwanda which it says funds and supports M23 rebels.

Rwanda denies this but says it does have troops and (INAUDIBLE) in the eastern DRC for its own security.

For decades the eastern part of the DRC has been infiltrated by militias and armed group. Many stemming from Rwanda's 1994 genocide and lingering hostility between Hutu and Tutsi groups.

Aid agencies say many people in this area has been displaced before by ongoing conflicts. And with the pitched fighting uprooting them once again, the humanitarian crisis in the DRC can only get worse for those surrounded by fighting with no place left to go.

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HUNTE: 80 years ago today, Soviet soldiers liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. Now world leaders are gathering to remember and the remaining survivors want to make sure the world never forgets.

That's next on CNN.

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HUNTE: World leaders will gather in Poland over the coming hours to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Nazis killed more than 1 million people at the concentration camp over the course of five years during World War II. Most of them were Jews.

When Soviet troops arrived at the gates in 1945, they found some 7,000 weak and emaciated prisoners. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be among the leaders attending the ceremony. He's no longer welcome because of Russia's war on Ukraine.

Jews weren't the only ones to fall prey to Adolf Hitler horrifying, racist ideology. Poles, (INAUDIBLE), gay people and others were among those targeted for elimination during the course the Holocaust.

Now, one of the few remaining survivors of Auschwitz is working to share the terrible stories with the next generation. Our Isa Soares has more.

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JACKIE YOUNG, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: What I'm about to tell you now I had absolutely no knowledge of myself.

ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For the last 13 years, Jackie Young has been taking teenagers beyond the history books.

YOUNG: The war has been on already two -- over two years.

SOARES: Educating them about the Holocaust by retelling his harrowing story as a baby sent to a Nazi concentration camp.

YOUNG: How and why I survived two years, eight months as a nine-month- old baby, I sure do not know.

SOARES: It was 1945 when Jackie in the U.K. on a British Royal Air Force plane. His adoptive parents never told Jackie he was a Holocaust survivor, keeping his early life secret for years.

YOUNG: Any little piece of the puzzle of my past was more than welcome.

SOARES: It's a puzzle that he is yet to complete. But with each piece, a moment of clarity for 83-year-old Jackie.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What are some that you haven't found out yet but you got to see?

SOARES: And an awakening of the mind for this younger generation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How did the whole process change your identity and the way you see the world.

YOUNG: It's what I call cathartic.

SOARES: With each passing year, some say this generation could be the last to hear from Holocaust survivors. Their testimonies consigned to footnotes in history books.

(INAUDIBLE) What we heard from Jackie and the lessons from history and what is playing out in the world right now. How does his story shape all of you who are the future?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I feel that it really highlights the importance and the need to stand up to prejudice and stand up for those who are vulnerable. And I thought that it's -- it reminds us of their fortitude teaching and educating younger generations to combat prejudice and promote peace.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I agree and that kind of -- sort of leaves you wondering what about the other children that had this same story. What happened with them? Do they know what happened? Do they not know? SOARES: Jackie says he has found peace that the puzzle of his life may never be complete.

YOUNG: (INAUDIBLE) to the fact that the pieces are smaller by the day.

SOARES: The reception that the teenagers, many of them study this, which as I heard today quite another story hearing it directly from someone who lived it and proved (ph) it.

What do you think they take away from it?

YOUNG: I'd like to think that they have opened their eyes a bit to what can happen with humanity. I mean, we've got no other (INAUDIBLE) on this world.

SOARES: Life lessons from a Holocaust survivor whose story of trauma and resilience will hopefully reverberate beyond these four walls.

Isa Soares, CNN -- North London, England.

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HUNTE: We will be right back.

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HUNTE: There is no stopping Jannik Sinner. The men's number one is now the defending Australian Open champion after handily defeating Alexander Zverev in Sunday's final.

Eurosport's Barbara Schett and Laura Robson bring us the latest from Melbourne.

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BARBARA SCHETT, EUROSPORT: Jannik Sinner has just captured his second Australian Open title defeating Alexander Zverev in the final.

Laura, what a match it was. What a performance it was especially from Yannik Sinner. Let's go through each set a little bit.

That first set was just outstanding, both striking.

LAURA ROBSON, EUROSPORT: It was so even as well until midway in the set. And then Jannik Sinner just steps up. Those last three games of the five sets were so incredible, the ball striking, the movement, the intensity, the weight of shots. And then the footwork (INAUDIBLE) that you see from him which is so underrated I think.

You know, even though it took about the power that he has on the ground surge. But he has to get himself in the position to be able to hit those shots.

And yes, working court side both of us, we were just amazed at what he can do on the return. His ability to neutralize those far (ph) shots again and again.

And so he just pounded on when he needed it most. And that kind of carried him through even in that second set. It was close but it felt like it was the result that we expected.

SCHETT: Yes. And we felt like in the second set when Sascha Zverev lost the second set, ok the train has left the station kind of. It was a long way to turn it around especially when you play against Jannik Sinner. Sascha Zverev tried to really stay in that match.

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ROBSON: And it could have gone either way though.

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SCHETT: One point?

ROBSON: The net --

SCHETT: Yes.

ROBSON: All of a sudden it changed, didn't it?

SCHETT: But what impressed you the most about the Jannik Sinner game today. The ball striking -- I mean he didn't place break point did he, in the whole match. How can he do that?

ROBSON: Just incredible serving. Yes.

The consistency of it as well. And when you are looking at the numbers, There was nothing that really stood out to me other than that zero-point (INAUDIBLE) on break point.

But yes, it was just all around, very, very (INAUDIBLE). And I think that's very hard to deal with and I think it's fair to say that for Sascha Zverev, he just didn't really get into the match. He was a little fraught (ph) emotionally and as the match went on, you are waiting for some sort of reaction or some sort of emotion to come out and we didn't really hear.

SCHETT: Well, we saw it kind of after the handshake when he sat down on the bench, that racket. I'm not sure if he can still play with that racket.

Obviously very frustrated, Alexander Zverev. That was the third Grand Slam final which he's lost now and the big question is will he ever win a Grand Slam title.

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SCHETT: I think he still has chances. I mean he's improved. I think he's playing a lot more aggressive now. His serve has gotten faster with that racket change as well. He just needs to hang in there, doesn't he? ROBSON: Yes. He was doing all the right things today. We saw him come

to the net. We saw him try to play on the baseline and play out the court. But he should be willing to do that with every match.

I think that's the difference. He can't just turn it on when he needed the most against the number one player in the world.

So to see him do that and consistently and really develop in that area of his game as the volleys were. It's somewhat easy at times tonight, but yes, you can't help but feel sorry for him at the end of the match. With his head in his hands, just never really got in it tonight.

SCHETT: Jannik Sinner, now he's set to pick third overall Grand Slam title. How many more can he win, you think?

ROBSON: Sky is the limit.

SCHETT: The sky is the limit for Jannik Sinner.

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HUNTE: In a novel intertwining of art and style, the Louvre Museum in Paris is staging its first ever fashion exhibition. The landmark show features 45 designers from Chanel and Balenciaga to Versace and Dior. Presenting 70 garments and 30 accessories.

The collection weave these creations with a diverse array of art objects such as portraits, sculptures and ceramics. A silk Dior gown featuring a design related to the Sun King Louie XIV sits before a portrait of the 17th century king of France.

The exhibition is open until July 21st.

And if that's not your cup of tea, there was another even in Paris you may find just as fetching. A Parisian theater hosted a special dog- friendly (INAUDIBLE) of a canine classic. 18 dogs arrived at the cinema last weekend to see "Lady and the Tramp". Some were sitting in the aisle, some on their owners' laps and some in their own red chair.

One attendee says her dog Tiki enjoyed watching the film and documentary.

MARCELLA COLAS, DOG OWNER (through translator): Dogs are extremely alert. They have a perception of the world that we don't have. They're extremely intelligent and I'm very happy to awaken Tiki to more of the world.

I love cinema and my dog is a film buff. Long live cinema. Long live dog cinema.

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HUNTE: The theater's director says the event went so well, they're now planning at showing "Beethoven" next.

Love that.

Cities across China are alight with excitement with preparations for the spring festival under way. 15 days of festivities officially took off on Wednesday with the Lunar New Year. Light shows, bustling markets and family festivals are transforming streets and landmarks bringing communities together to honor traditions and welcome the year ahead.

We love some good news.

Well that's all I've got for you. Thank you so much for joining us.

I'm Ben Hunte in Atlanta. It's been real. Let's do it again next weekend.

Until then, CNN NEWSROOM continues next. See you soon.

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