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tonight at 10:00, a vigil in normandy here at the bayeux war cemetery to remember the fallen on the eve of the 80th anniversary of d—day.

more than 4,000 gravestones are lit up one by one — a tribute to those who never returned. in portsmouth, the king tells the last surviving d—day veterans, "we are eternally in your debt." more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy — i've been speaking to one of them. all these memories of d—day and all the men in the water, swimming, sinking, scrambling ashore in the sands _ and the other main stories on tonight's programme... wales�*s first minister, vaughan gething, gets emotional and loses a confidence motion after barely two months in the job.

scientists say may was the hottest on record globally, as the un chief warns the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. and how president putin's war economy is funded by the countries buying russia's oil. and join us later for bbc london, when we'll be bringing you and later on the programme, a day after the major cyber attack affecting eight london hospital, health officials say the extent of the hack is still not known. good evening from normandy, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings. i'm at the bayeux war cemetery, where more than 4,000 commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the normandy campaign are buried. the 6th ofjune1941i was the day that british, american,

canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches, just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war ii. throughout the day, commemorative events have been taking place both here in france and in the uk. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy. the youngest i've met here is 96 years old — just 16 when he joined the merchant navy. it comes ahead of the main event tomorrow at the british normandy memorial at ver—sur—mer. danjohnson�*s report begins in portsmouth, where earlier today the king, the queen and prince william paid tribute to some of the last remaining d—day veterans. yes, this was a day of polished national pride and shining service

medals, but it was a chance to speak of one of history's turning points with those who fought to secure it. we fired the first shot on d—day. the very first? 0n the battleship, yes, the very first shot. we all did our bit. if we didn't fit in our slot, things wouldn't have worked out, would they? this was a live lesson in the audacious invasion of normandy�*s beaches. its detailed planning, and its bravery. this mission for freedom was breathtaking in scale and overwhelming in complexity. quite simply, the future of the world was at stake. 0n the first day, british, canadian, american troops stormed the beaches to begin the invasion of france and,

ultimately, the defeat of nazi germany. this was a celebration of sacrifice and service. admiration expressed in applause. i landed on the evening of d—day, and three weeks later, i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived, because so many of us didn't. top brass came from all walks of life in remembrance and respect. field marshall montgomery, commander—in—chief of the allied ground forces, wrote in his message to all soldiers on the eve of d—day, "to us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history, and in the better days that lie ahead, men will speak with pride

of our doings." schoolchildren were welcome to forge links with d—day�*s last survivors, a dwindling number who are handing down guardianship of a legacy. younger generations alongside heroes. we were with the american fleet on the way to utah beach, where there were ships as far as you could see. we want to thank our great grandfather and all the veterans of d—day and the normandy landings. we will never forget. thank you. and there was more royal recognition.— and there was more royal recoanition. ., , [m recognition. good to see you. for these men. _ recognition. good to see you. for these men, who _ recognition. good to see you. for these men, who now— recognition. good to see you. for these men, who now carry- recognition. good to see you. for l these men, who now carry celebrity status. joe wasn't going to let me delay his vip lunch.

how has it been? today has been absolutely wonderful. apart from my old knees, it's been absolutely beautiful! we have had a couple of lovely singsongs. this was an upbeat embrace of a country clinging to these last few veterans and the glory of their hard—won victory. d—day started with paratroopers dropping to take out german defences, something recreated in normandy. and this evening, at bayeux, a service in remembrance, among the war graves of france's largest second world war cemetery. bayeux was close to the landing beaches and the first city to be liberated by the british on the 7th

ofjune. the city's hospitals were soon full of the wounded from the surrounding battlefield. for those who could not be saved, this was their final resting place. who could not be saved, this was theirfinal resting place. then who could not be saved, this was their final resting place.- their final resting place. then a moment of— their final resting place. then a moment of silent _ their final resting place. then a moment of silent reflection - their final resting place. then a moment of silent reflection for| their final resting place. then a . moment of silent reflection for the thousands killed forcing back the nazis. this sacred ground was illuminated in honour of the day's dead. because it is their bravery that changed the course of the war and reshape the future of our world. thousands of french civilians also lost their lives during the normandy campaign — the days and months that followed d—day. tomorrow, the us president, joe biden, will be here alongside many world leaders, including ukraine's president zelensky. this 80th anniversary is focusing minds on the need for unity in the face of new conflicts. 0ur europe editor,

katya adler, reports. les america... the americans are back in town. and it's feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war ii allied military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d—day to liberate nazi—occupied france. these men changed the course of history. 99—year—old donald cobb's modesty is humbling. i don't feel like a hero. i mean, wejust did what we were told. i'm happy that we were able to help. 80 years on, they are still huge heroes here. it is really a lot of emotion for me.

brave french men and women played their part in d—day too. katharine's father and brother were members of the resistance. this street, now named after them. translation: the allies is needed details on german _ military positions. my younger brother gathered intelligence for them. betrayed by a neighbour, katherine's brother and father were then sent to nazi concentration camps. they survived. but she missed her father desperately. the patrie? his country. his country is more important that his family. i think it's why. but you're proud of him? yes. amongst the celebrations and solemnity of the d—day commemorations, there are also painful memories of nazi occupation here, some collaboration,

and so many lives lost. and also a realisation that despite decades now of pledging never again, war has come back here to europe on a scale not seen since world war two, with russia's invasion of ukraine. ahead of tomorrow's formal d—day ceremonies... a moment of liberty for us... ..we found this international youth group rehearsing for the world leaders expected here. as a german, i wanted to send a message, a message of peace. not to repeat the mistakes of the past. and a plea from ukraine. freedom to all of us. a heartfelt d—day message for leaders everywhere. katya adler, bbc news, normandy. more than a0 british veterans have crossed the channel to be here. i travelled over by ferry with some of them yesterday — most are 98, 99 years old,

one of them turned 101 today. their determination to be here as some of the last suriving d—day veterans is deeply moving. this afternoon i spoke to 98—year—old roy harrison, who served with the royal navy. roy, you have been here, what, a day now? what does it mean to you to be back here now? just brings back emotional memories. it's really, really raw still, isn't it? really raw? well, it'sjust all these memories of d—day and all of the men in the water... ..swimming, sinking... ..scrambling ashore in the sands atjuno beach and all... ..all we could do was watch. and that was... ..my regret anyway. i couldn't help them.

you came here, didn't you, for the first time five years ago? yes. and you didn't really talk about d—day, did you? i never talked about anything, no. why not? because ijust get too emotional. and i didn't want to see my family... ..i never spoke to them about it. we're here at a service for the fallen, aren't we? what is that like for you? proud to think i was here. yes. yes, it's an honour. but ijust wish... ..especially those in middle east, if they'll think twice, talk peace and not war. roy harrison, thank you. very lovely to meet you here. roy harrison will be one of the

veterans at the british normandy memorial tomorrow morning, you can watch it all live at bbc at 8:30 a:m.. back to reeta in london. wales's first minister vaughan gething has vowed to carry on after losing a confidence vote in the welsh parliament, the senedd, just 77 days after he took office. the welsh conservatives forced the vote after months of scrutiny about donations to mr gething's recent leadership campaign. the vote isn't binding, but it leaves him under significant pressure. 0ur wales correspondent hywel griffith has the latest. consolation in a crisis. vaughan gething's friends were quick to comfort him after losing the vote on his leadership as first minister. ajob he insists he can still do. i am going to carry on doing my duty, i'm fiercely proud to be the first minister of wales and to have the opportunity to serve and lead my country.

he's only been in the post since march, after winning the welsh labour leadership. vaughan gething. but the celebrations then didn't stop questions within labour over a £200,000 donation he had accepted from a company whose owner had convictions for illegally dumping waste. mr gething insists everything was done by the book, but his opponents sensed an opportunity, leading to a no—confidence vote. it is aboutjudgment, transparency and honesty. those are the three points before us. it is not a general electioneering. it is about what are the first minister has undertaken and the calls that he has made. this isn't tribal party politics. this is about the good name of government. and, more importantly, the person at the top of that government, that rightly is expected to set the tone for that government.

that person sat below and listened, sometimes in tears, before giving his own defence. it does hurt deeply when my intentions are questioned. . | i have never, ever made a decisionj in more than a decade as a minister for personal or financial gain. never. but spot the empty seats. they too tell a story. a minister sacked by mr gething, and a labour member who'd criticised him both missing due to illness, consigning him to defeat. vaughan gething says the opposition parties are guilty of electioneering. but it's his own party he needs to size up and work out whether they are really going to stick with him. what now for vaughan gething? right

now he is en route for the d—day commemoration. plenty of time to contemplate and communicate with other labour members because it is them he needs to come out in his support. there hasn't been a cabinet of chorus members here giving that vocal support for vaughan gething. he wasn't first choice to be first minister, it's hard right now to see just how long he has in thejob. the election campaign has seen a bitter row breaking out — with the labour leader sir keir starmer accusing rishi sunak of �*lying' — after the prime minister made misleading claims in last night's tv debate about labour's tax plans. mr sunak had said that labour's policies would result in a £2,000 tax rise for every working family — a figure he said had been worked out by impartial civil servants. but a top treasury official has said that it is not the case. in a moment, we'll look at how the conservatives arrived at that figure — but first here's our political editor chris mason. 0n last night's tv debate,

rishi sunak said this... higher taxes, £2,000 worth of higher taxes under the labour party. ..and again... by saddling them with £2,000 worth of higher taxes. ..and over, and over again. independent treasury officials have costed labour's policies, and they amount to a £2,000 tax rise for every working family. keir starmer did eventually say it was false. this £2,000 he keeps saying it's going to cost is absolute garbage. but that wasn't the end of it. here was one of the prime minister's closest allies on the breakfast sofa this morning. i have worked in the treasury, and i can tell you these - i are brilliant independent civil. servants, and they would not be putting anything dodgy in there. these are all the policies that have | been set out by the labour party. i and actually, if anything, they are underestimating the cost to families. and look at what she said next. it has been signed off- by the permanent secretary of the treasury... yes, the most senior civil servant here at the treasury. except in a letter written to labour at the other day

and published by the party today, that very same senior civil servant says politely that claim is rubbish. he writes that it "includes costs beyond those provided by the civil service and published online by hm treasury. any costings derived from other sources should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. i have reminded ministers and advisers that this should be the case". a prime minister with his back against the wall, desperately trying to defend 1a years of failure, resorting — and it was a flash of his character, an insight into his character — to lies. and i don't say that lightly. the political aftershocks of last night's debate, as the arguments get angrier. we will speak to chris in a moment. bbc verify�*s nick eardley has been looking into the figures

and is here to explain. let's have a look at how the conservatives reached their figures. this is the claim, that there's a £38.5 billion gap in labour's spending plans. the conservatives have divided that by the number of working households and come up with their £2,000 figure. note — this is over a four—year period, so about £500 a year. the prime minister said last night this was the work of independent treasury officials. it is true that the treasury did most of the the sums but political advisers, who work for the chancellor, were the ones who set the terms of the calculations by making assumptions about labour's policies. this is the policy list the conservative party produced and how much it would allegedly cost. but not all of it has been costed by the treasury. these ones here come from other documents. for this one, labour's green prosperity fund,

the conservatives rely on a labour policy document. but labour insist this evening the funding would come through a windfall tax on energy companies and borrowing. let's look at this one — in—sourcing, to use the jargon. that's bringing contracts back into the public sector from the private sector. the claim in the dossier is that labour's plan would be less efficient and ultimately cost £6 billion. the sums are based on a figure from the thinktank the institute for government. but they told the bbc that using their research to partially justify this figure was highly misleading. so the £2,000 tax claim is misleading. labour say they won't increase income tax, national insurance or vat. they will publish their manifesto soon. and, at that point, we'll be able to fully scrutinise their commitments and how they plan to pay for them. chris is here. an important row over the £2,000 claim, but what about the wider picture on tax and spend?

we don't know much, do we? we don't because we don't have those manifestos, we will start getting them next week and then there is the bigger picture, that whoever wins the election will confront almighty trade—offs when it comes to spending and cuts and taxing and borrowing. that is because of the state of the public finances and the promises the conservative party and labour party have made books them in as well. as far as today's row is concerned it's an example of what we often see in election campaigns, and labour have made some contentious claims about the conservative plans and all of this reminds me of that row back during the eu referendum, and the vote leave bus with the claim about sending £350 million a week to brussels which was wrong. it is worth being transparent about the dilemma we faced in reporting this today because these dubious and

misleading claims, you could decide not to report them at all. our judgment is it is worth reporting them and then unpicking the basis on which we attached a label to them, suggesting they are misleading so that people at home can make their ownjudgment about that people at home can make their own judgment about whether that label is a reasonable one. that is what we have tried to do tonight. thank you. and if you want more on the election then newsnight�*s where you should go, and here's victoria derbyshire. we are going to be doing some unpicking on newsnight from the fallout from mr sunak�*s labour tax attack prompting sir keir starmer to say the pm had lied yet the election campaign just got dirty. say the pm had lied yet the election campaignjust got dirty. join say the pm had lied yet the election campaign just got dirty. join us at half past ten. see you in three minutes. the godfathers of climate chaos — that's the scathing description given to coal, oil and gas corporations by the un secretary—general, antonio guterres. in a speech to a un climate conference, he said they had distorted the truth and deceived the public for decades.

his remarks came as scientists warned the world's climate is warming at the fastest rate ever recorded. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer—funded subsidies.

let's take a look at average global monthly temperatures over the last 12 months. each of the lines here is a year and shows how high temperatures were compared to before the industrial revolution, when the world started producing lots of greenhouse gases. this line shows the last 12 months. and, look, every single month has set a new monthly temperature records, and often by a significant margin. that's the area we've shaded under the line. the main reason — human—caused climate change. and don't expect these records to stand for long. a new report from the un's weather body says there is an almost nine in ten chance there'll be an even hotter year within the next five years. the extreme heat in india means water is being rationed in some places. but we should not lose hope, the un chief said today. we have the technology to replace the fossil fuels driving climate change but,

he says, we must act quickly. justin rowlatt, bbc news. in india, narendra modi is set to retain power and be sworn in for a third term — equalling the record set by the country's first prime ministerjawaharlal nehru. but for the first time in ten years, mr modi's party has failed to secure an outright majority in parliament, winning 240 seats instead of their target of nearer 400. he is now dependent on coalition allies to get past the 272 mark needed to form a government. together the coalition has 293 seats. the bbc�*s yogita limaye is in delhi for us now. what's this likely to mean for mr modi's third term? this is a really unexpected turn of events we are seeing here in india, the vgp finding itself in a position

it would not have imagined it would be in. all of its allies have agreed to back narendra modi for prime minister but because they will need them to pass that for majority mark in parliament, they will have to make concessions on things like parliamentary and cabinet positions. in a broader sense as well, even with the allies, in that parliament building they do not have the numbers to be able to pass through laws, so they will need to get at least some from the opposition to agree with them. in the past five years what we have seen numerous times is bill's been passed without debate, without discussion, without questioning by a group majority. that cannot happen any more but the biggest setback of this election result has come to brand modi. it is a face we see everywhere whether on welfare programmes, vaccine certificates and banners on the streets. it is not a presidential contest, it's a parliamentary one but because his face is everywhere, it had become about him and a

godlike personality that has grown around him,