Editorial 28.01.2025
‘Auschwitz anniversary’ & ‘Silicon Valley in shock as $11 trillion wiped’
Tuesday’s front pages are dominated by a variety of headlines with many papers leaving room for some coverage of the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation. Survivors of the horrors lead a handful of tabloids, whilst other front pages feature images of Princess Kate at a Holocaust Memorial Day service.
Several papers lead on the Chinese AI-chatbot app, DeepSeek, that caused US tech stocks to tumble yesterday. The chatbot reached advancements with less computing power, stunning Silicon Valley.
The back pages feature various sporting stories from the Premier League to the Six Nations.
‘80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation’
‘There is always hope,’ writes the Metro.
The Metro headline reads: “In a place of no hope, there is always hope,” and pictures 103-year-old Auschwitz survivor Miriam Linial, who – among other survivors – tells how they were able to live “full lives after witnessing the horrors”.
‘Returning to hell,’ says the headline on the front page of the Express.
The Daily Express’s entire front page is an image of 95-year-old Auschwitz survivor Stanislaw Zalewski. The paper reports on King Charles’s speech at the camp on the anniversary of its liberation. “It is a moment when we recall the depths to which humanity can sink when evil is allowed to flourish, ignored for too long by the world”, the Express quotes the King as saying.
‘Survivor urges people to avoid the mistake of the 1930s,’ says the i.
The i paper leads with a warning from a survivor of the camp urging people to “avoid the mistake of the 1930s,” in reference to the Holocaust, along with other survivors who spoke of the rise of the far right in Europe once again. King Charles told the world “never be a bystander to hate.”
‘Auschwitz survivors warn of new age of hatred,’ writes The Guardian.
The Guardian also reports on warnings from Auschwitz survivors who speak of a “new age of hatred.” A message from four survivors of Auschwitz, who told world leaders to act against a rise in antisemitism.
‘History’s greatest abomination,’ highlights the Mail.
The Daily Mail reports on the royal family who attended a service marking the 80th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation. The paper says “Before that gateway of death, they gathered for the last time – the handful of eyewitnesses to history’s greatest abomination”, reads the paper in reference to what it calls “important guests” – the 56 elderly Holocaust survivors.
‘It’s our duty to remember,’ says the Mirror.
The Daily Mirror also has a full-page photo of former Auschwitz prisoner Stanislaw Zalewski, 95. The paper says the last survivors of the Nazis, “beg [the] world to keep alive memory of the lost millions”.
‘Silicon Valley in shock’
‘DeepSeek has stunned Silicon Valley,’ says the FT.
The FT leads with DeepSeek – a new Chinese rival to America’s ChatGPT – saying it has “tumbled” tech stocks after it reached new advancements with less computing power. The paper says it has “stunned Silicon Valley” with its abilities and seen investors reassessing investment in AI. One chief strategist told the paper that this shows how “vulnerable” AI trading is still.
‘DeepSeek wiped $11 trillion from the US tech index,’ reports The Guardian.
The Guardian quotes a tech investor who called the emergence of DeepSeek as a “Sputnik moment” after the AI chatbot wiped $11 trillion from the US tech index. The paper notes that the app topped Apple app store in both the US and the UK across the weekend.
‘DeepSeek has crashed the US tech party,’ says CITY AM.
City AM – the London business newspaper – says the emergence of DeepSeek has crashed the “US tech party”. Online, the paper says Nvidia is on track for the biggest one-day loss of any company in history, as Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Deepseek shakes up global tech markets.
‘Home Office report leak’
‘Police should record more non-crime hate incidents,’ says the Telegraph.
The Daily Telegraph leads today with a leaked report from the Home Office, which suggests that police should be required to record more non-crime hate incidents. The report, commissioned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last year, recommends that the Labour government reverse the previous administration’s policy of limiting the recording of such incidents. This shift comes amid ongoing concerns about the potential impact on freedom of speech.
‘Claims of two-tier policing,’ highlights The Times.
The Times addresses claims of “two-tier policing,” where different groups are allegedly treated differently for similar behaviour. The report dismisses this as an “extreme right-wing narrative” that is influencing mainstream debates. However, Cooper has reportedly rejected some of the recommendations, with shadow home secretary Chris Philp arguing that discussing police responses to incidents “is not far right.”