this is bbc news. the headlines... the queen has beenjoined by other heads of state and government to pay tribute to those who changed the course of the second world war injune19li4. 75 years ago, hundreds of thousands of young soldiers sailors and airmen lifted the stories and the cause of freedom. more than 300 veterans of the normandy landings gathered, most of them in their 90s, to remember the great military achievement in liberating europoe from nazi tyranny. i'm honoured to be stitched here today in front of 90 veterans, who

never forget their comrades because we all worked together. it's the courage and sacrifice his sun amy, it's been an honour 75 years on. we must never forget. this is it, they're on the beach. the allied invasion was the biggest combined land, airand naval operation in history and one of the decisive events of the second world war. and in the air a fly—past from dakota bombers, carrying parachutists who were accompanied by an air display from the red arrows. in normandy, nato paratroopers also honoured the d day airborne operations by taking part in parachute drops. president trump's three day state visit to the uk ends and he arrives in ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. social workers are severely criticised over the murders of two toddlers northamptonshire. ford europe has called in union leaders from its bridgend plant for a meeting tomorrow amid fears for almost 2000 workers employed there.

the queen has paid tribute to the "heroism, courage and sacrifice" of those who died the d day landings. she was joined by 16 world leaders, including us president donald trump, in portsmouth to commemorate the 75th anniversary of history's largest combined land, air and naval operation. events have been taking place throughout the day but in the past hour a cruise ship carrying about 250 veterans has set sailfrom portsmouth.the ship has been chartered by the royal british legion

and is being followed by a flotilla of royal naval vessels. let's cross to christian fraser who's in portsmouth for us tonight. yes very moving to wave off the ladder and says they set off the stock an hour ago making their way into the channel on their way to the heart of this evening, what an experience to pass sail past the biggest ship navy has ever built an onboard was an honour guard, the prime minister, the defence secretary, the bust —— first sea lord all waving them off and as they made their way into the channel, escorted by the naval vessels, a lower spitfire circling overhead from the memorial flight it really was something to see. and as i was watching, i couldn't help but think of what it must‘ve been like for them 75 years ago, 7000 vessels

along the coast of hampshire and dorset setting off for normandy, perhaps not a night i'm like this, quite cold and breezy and of course they had to postpone the expedition just the night before because of the storm blowing through the channel, but off they set on the 6th ofjune 1944 but off they set on the 6th ofjune 191m and all the more remarkable because so many of them would not know whether they were coming back. and we heard some of the stories today, about the marvellous production on the south —— nazi commemoration attended by the cleaning, month president trump, —— the commemoration, rita was watching. pomp and pageantry were on full display in portsmouth to mark 75 years since one of the most audacious military operations in history. some of those who fought were also here, grandfathers or great—grandfathers now,

reliving their part in the mission of supreme daring and bravery. we shall fight on the beaches... we shall fight on the landing ground... over 30,000 men were at work... they watched the retelling of that story, the largest assault by land, air, and sea in history. when british and commonwealth troops, along with their american allies, crossed in the dark to the shores of normandy to begin the liberation of german occupied france. the free men of the world are marching together to victory... it was an active international cooperation which led to the ultimate allied victory against the nazis. among the world leaders, in attendance was president trump on the final day of his uk visit. he read the words of wartime predecessor, franklin d roosevelt. almighty god, our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavour.

a struggle to preserve our public, our religion, and our civilisation, and to set free a suffering humanity. it wasn't all solemnity, there was a foot—tapping boogie—woogie, part of a celebration of the cultures of the countries which fought and won. # he was a famous trumpet man from out chicago way # he had a boogie style that no one else could play # he was the top man at his craft # and then his number came up and he was gone with the draft # he's in the army now, a—blowin‘ reveille. .. but the focus of the day was the veterans, men like john jenkins, portsmouth resident and former platoon sergeant. now 99, he brought everyone, including the queen, to their feet. i was terrified, i think everybody was, you don't show it, but it's there. i look back on it as a big part of my life.

it changed me in a way. and europe is vastly changed too with the german chancellor, angela merkel, looking on, part of the face of a modern day peacetime continent. she watched her british counterpart, theresa may, in one of her last public engagement as leader of her party, read a letter from a british captain, written to his wife days before being killed in normandy. third june, 1944, my darling, this is a very difficult letter for me to write. as you know, something may happen at any moment, and i cannot tell when you will receive this. please give my fondest love to my anne and myjamie. god bless and keep you all safe for me. # we'll meet again

# don't know where, don't know when... as the wartime anthem was heard in the arena, it was up to the queen to bring the ceremony to a close. it is with humility and pleasure, on the half of the entire country, indeed the whole free world, that i say to you all, thank you. for the veterans, a chance later to meet the queen and donald trump. while members of the public who had watched the event from outside the arena gave it their warm approval. i thought it was amazing, i thought it was a good turnout from portsmouth, and a good quality service. what did this mean to you, watching this today? very proud, very proud. this was their day, a moving tribute to the men who fought with such courage, and to their fallen comrades who fought at such cost.

reeta chakrabarti, bbc news. the landings were the biggest operation that had ever been mounted, nothing succeeded on the scale and over 200 years. 7000 ships moving over towards normandy carrying 150,000 allied forces with them, not only did they have to get out the landing craft and many drowned under the weight of their backpacks, but many had to get across the beach and over the beach had and of course under the heavy fire from german forces that were waiting —— waiting for them. huw edwards takes us through the momentous events of that day. the invasion was conducted in two main phases — first, an airborne assault, and then, the amphibious landings. shortly after midnight, over 18,000 allied paratroopers were dropped to disrupt the main german land forces and capture

important positions inland. then after an intense naval and air bombardment of german coastal defences, the first landing started at about 6:30am. over 130,000 troops — mainly from the uk, the us, and canada — began landing on five beaches code—named utah, 0maha, gold, juno, and sword. for most of that day, this wave of troops, tanks, and artillery continued to flow onto the beaches in the face of fierce resistance from the german defences. air support was crucial, with over 111,000 missions can carried out by allied forces. not all of the ambitions to take territory on the first day were met, with us forces facing particularly difficult opposition from elite german troops in the west. but a foothold had been achieved, and the battle to liberate northern europe from nazi occupation was under way.

in those few months they landed over 2 million soldiers who would begin the advancement through france. it was a crucial operation to the war effort. we have been remembering that today. and the veterans as well. more than 250 of the veterans attending the events here in portsmouth arrived with the royal british legion onboard the mv boudicca this specially chartered cruise ship and in the next hour it will set someone was telling me about a third of them have not been back to normality in the 75 years. although there is a party atmosphere on the ship as they had out into the channel, i was told they are turning up channel, i was told they are turning up the music there is no festivities, they are going to just leave it the boys on the ship but that thoughts perhaps an hour to reflect on what happened that night, many of christ will be lost in their thoughts about what they did and

their friends as well, maybe their friends who did not come back. 0nboard the ship is our colleague robert hall can tell us more about story. heading unsure and coming back many of them remember climbing. 0na bit back many of them remember climbing. on a bit of emotional outcry when i get there but nevertheless i'm looking forward to it. jack mortimer was part of a team whose mission was to clear a path across the landing beaches. as we landed on the beach it was noisy. there was a lot of fire. a lot of gunfire going on from whatever. big ones. there were rocket ships out in the bay, out in the channel, that were firing. and the beach marshals, as soon as we hit the sand, it was, get off the beach, and get on your way. jack and the 300 veterans aboard the boudicca have had an eventful few days,

defying their age to make the most of what may be a one—off experience. i don't know, i don't know how to describe it all. it's just absolutely beautiful. from now on the mood will change. 0n south sea common, the veterans gazed across the huge arena which retold the d—day story to a worldwide audience. it's very important to remember this. because if we hadn't, hitler might have taken us over, but thank goodness he didn't. it's something you'll never see again, will you? i suppose this will be the real last commemoration there'll be for this sort of thing. everybody is getting so old. they will soon be all disappeared. we both have children and we have grandchildren now, as well. they're very interested. i think it should be remembered because a lot of people died for where we are today. this is it — they're on the beach... d—day was the largest seaborne landing ever attempted, 7000 ships,

130,000 troops from 1a countries. casualties were high, around a500 among allied forces, significantly more for the german defenders. as the ceremony ended and the survivors of d—day mingled with vip guests, jack found himself telling his story to the prince of wales. today has been great, lovely, beautiful. yes, it's a shrinking band of beautiful. yes, it's a shrinking ba nd of vetera ns beautiful. yes, it's a shrinking band of veterans but has a clean site today, they are resilient and they seem to be resilient today and it's so lovely to hear their stories and quite moving to see them moving around fort smith today and enjoying the commemorations. the focus will shift from here to normandie tomorrow, and so the veterans will be transported there, they will be in that they of cathedral tomorrow

to hear the commemoration there alongside the cemetery where 4000 allied soldiers are buried. and of course, the queen and president macron, actually i'm not sure she will be that she may be i'm not sure but the french president would definitely be there and the prime minister and the united states president, and commonwealth leaders, of course our president, and commonwealth leaders, of course oui’ coui’t president, and commonwealth leaders, of course our court “— president, and commonwealth leaders, of course our court —— reporters will be there with the coverage. but from him portsmouth, handing you back to shawn in the studio. thank you very much, kristen he's been our guide throughout the night and i should say between 99 o'clock we will hear from should say between 99 o'clock we will hearfrom one should say between 99 o'clock we will hear from one of the veterans relating to us his own personal story. the headlines on bbc news. the queen was joined by other heads of state and government for the 75th anniversary of d day, to pay tribute to to those who changed the course of the second world war in june 1944.

president trump's three day state visit to the uk ends and he arrives in ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. social workers are severely criticised over the murders of two toddlers northamptonshire. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. let's start with the cricket world cup in england, one of had teens this year as nba landing their opening match of the tournament, they beat south africa today and i'm sure in front of a sell—out cloud winning by six wickets. patrick has the best of the action. like all true stories, and yet turned out fashionably late. the weld must watch team rocked up almost a week into the tournament. their opponent had not got started in either, they played two games and lost both of them. soon they were luring them

into trouble again. for a time, i'd they lost their bearings, hypnotized into doing silly things by their... heat up that best represent the chest, and turn them into heartless ponds. check. at 150—7, south africa had less available, chris did his best to hoist them to 227. modest score in the face of this indian batting line—up featuring two best one—day batsmen in the world. he had the second. what if firm mounting, south africa could be better? clinton and produced it, and managing insect coming to an act, a genius. what followed was steadier, but for india, and essential, he plotted the part —— path to reassuring the slow century and by the time he did, he neatly wanted. alongside them, almost to the and was an s donee, but chris worked for

a weekend and he was not going to get anything in the way not even stomps. now count not matter, they do and get over the line just as there weld cup starting, south africa could be coming to an end. meanwhile new zealand are heading for their second win of the 20 men. matt henry took four wickets a they bawl bangladesh out 244, the bangladeshis missed out on a chance to win at ross taylor window wicketkeeper accidentally knocked the bells off. before the ball arrived. and he moved past 50 all the new zealand lost a few wickets, they're on course to win, score is currently 187—4, new zealand needed 58 more runs with six wickets left and had 12.5 overs remaining. the i send the final at the nation's league competition is taking place, neglect of the first half between the host portugal and switzerland

and is currently one delta portugal i will give you a guess on who scored it. cristiano ronaldo, and thenit scored it. cristiano ronaldo, and then it pops up, he's taking place in portugal, they last for 2015 matches. the winner will play either england or netherlands to win the trophy. scotland had arrived in france for the women's world cup, they flew out of edinburgh this morning where they play england on sunday in their first world cup appearance. johanna has to wait to friday to play the semifinal after the schedule is abandoned today without any play due to rain in paris. the likes of herbert keck from entertaining crowds earlier due to poor weather. she faces the weld number 38 next. great britain hockey goalkeeper maddie has returned to england for training after a ten month break, the 30—year—old is not featured since last summer world cup. when england lost to the

netherlands and the quarterfinals. they help the breaker —— they help the break will help her enjoy the spreading and. is trying hard to personally live up to the expectation that rhea put in front of me and portrayed to the rest of the well, that superhuman performance in i went from being someone performance in i went from being someone who loved playing to stopping a ball and doing it for my tea m stopping a ball and doing it for my team to someone who is just trying to perform for the outside world and that's a hard thing to do. i met from being someone who loved playing to stopping a ball and doing it for my team to someone who is just trying to perform for the outside world and that's a hard thing to do. and that and how i'm going to do that at this time has allowed me to work it out. that's how the sport for now, there will be more at half past ten on sports day. looking forward to that, gavin. on his first visit to ireland as us president, donald trump has claimed that the issue of the irish border after brexit will "not be a problem at all". mr trump and his wife arrived at shannon airport on air force one late this afternoon following their three day state visit to the uk.

he then held a meeting with the irish taoiseach leo varadkar, where he commented on brexit and compared the irish border with the us/mexico border. 0ur correspondent, nuala mcgovern is in doonbeg in county clare, where president trump is staying. we will discuss various things probably brexit because they are good people very much involved with the brexit as you know. and we get along with that very well and for you, your boy there, we have a border situation in the united states and you have one here. but i hear it's going to work out well both will work out very well indeed. the donald trump talking to a room full ofjournals, correspondent is there where he's staying away one of his golf courses, i watching carefully there, his body language of the fingers clenching at all but

he did not move a muscle but i don't think he was exactly delighted with the choice of words by president trump. you know, it's fascinating, it took 30 minutes to get through so many issues and it began on that town so i wonder what was said about the border within the room. then, that t shot prime minister has —— said this over 20 countries maybe he doesn't have a in—depth knowledge of theissues doesn't have a in—depth knowledge of the issues that's why we need engagements a diplomatic perhaps make of it what you will. but the reason they met in the way they did and they met in the vip lounge, it might seem a bit odd for it to the leaders of two countries. but a p pa re ntly leaders of two countries. but apparently where i am now, it's beautiful here, over my left shoulder if you went on a helicopter you would arrived at trump international golf resort. that's owned by the trump organisation. that's where he is tonight and where

he wanted to meet. mr bride chris said no, he wanted to meet at a fa ncy said no, he wanted to meet at a fancy hotel where previous president has spoken with leaders of ireland and well as a compromise quiz not a place at the vip lounge at the airport, where there are other compromises i am curious to find out because of this relationship is incredibly important for both countries. they had about 150,000 people employed in this state and irish companies, they have us multinationals that come to ireland that imply about the same number of people, but the low corporate tax rate which is 12.5% in ireland is something mr trump does not like so i'm curious if i came up as well. but let me tell my beer is a little bit of where i am now. it's gorgeous, right? well if the population of about 300 people in his village, and most of them had a sta ke his village, and most of them had a stake in that resort where mr trump is right now. they feel that his

presence, his celebrity and the golf resort has given been a living and brought his visits to life in a way that other villages in the west of the country of ireland have not been able to manage. in fact, many are struggling. i have met people all throughout the day that i delighted he's here, is music going around the corner and donald junior and his sons had been invited back to a party with irish dancing and music will they come? i don't know. but i can't tell you the red carpet has been rolled out and american flags are bound in this village.|j been rolled out and american flags are bound in this village. i was going to say they go they'll be wise to stick to the mineral water otherwise they may not get out at all. a colleague of mine tell went toa all. a colleague of mine tell went to a wedding recently and could not move from make america great again baseball caps but here we are so enjoy a beautiful evening. have a great evening. thanks very much.

0fficial reviews into the brutal murders of two toddlers, have severely criticised social workers at northamptonshire council. 0ne—year—old evelyn rose muggleton was killed by her mother's partner last year, while two—year—old dylan tiffin brown was killed by his father in 2017. the case reviews paint a picture of chaos in the children services department, with a high turnover of staff, high sickness levels and heavy caseloads. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. you can see his little smile, and that would be it. he was the most adoring, loving, typical little boy you could possibly meet. dylan tiffin—brown was brutally murdered by his father in 2017. he had 39 separate injuries, as well as heroin and crack cocaine in his system. his father, a drug dealer, cared for dylan alone for two days a week, and in the two months before he killed his son, children's social services received eight separate reports that rafael kennedy was an unsuitable parent. they didn't act.

dylan's grandfather says the family are furious. if there was reasons to believe that there was concerns to do with the father, why wasn't my daughter informed? why wasn't there a knock at the door? nothing at all. or my daughter would have phoned up, and he wouldn't have been with his father. it's as simple as that. i feel let down by social services. northampton children services have had significant problems since 2013. today, a serious case review says excessive workloads, problems recruiting, and retaining staff, and poor management contributed to the failure to protect dylan tiffin—brown. a new leadership team today accept mistakes had been made. we had failings in our system and the way we delivered our services, which did not help to protect these children. and that is in part why they are dead? we played a part in not being able to protect them. social workers were also criticised over their failure to protect evelyn—rose muggleton.

herfamily had a long history with children's services but they failed to spot she was being neglected, or that her mum had a new partner, ryan coleman, who had a history of violence. he inflicted 31 injuries on the one—year—old in the process of killing her. 0fficials insist children's services are slowly improving, but they are trying to do so under extreme pressure. despite the problems in children's services, £10 million is due to be taken from its budget in this financial year. because the council is virtually bankrupt. dylan and evelyn—rose were killed by two violent men. but today's reports made clear they were also failed by a child protection system that had effectively broken. michael buchanan, bbc news, northampton. forge europe is called the meeting amid fears for the future of the site, year p.m. amid fears for the future of the site, year pm. that seemingly leaders fear it's a disaster for the

plant, it employs more than 1500 workers and our correspondent thomas morgan explained it's been endowed for some time. tomorrow it's thought that the records you will find out their fate, back that the records you will find out theirfate, back in that the records you will find out their fate, back in 2015, that the records you will find out theirfate, back in 2015, this client won a contract to make 250,000 new engines, but that work finished every time, but it was hard tot finished every time, but it was hard to t 25,000, it was asked is this work for is viable with a member of 2000 people is a still viable to keep upping with only a limited number of engines to be made? gas just earlier this year, into january they announced thousand jobs would be divine, but no time limit on when they wanted those jobs to be gone by, but they did want as many as possible to be voluntary redundancy as it is possible. and now we understand tomorrow, trade union leaders and afforded bosses will meet and the headquarters and affects and is thought workers here

will find out the fate of their future. the leader time this price is beginning his reaction and says that that'll be consequences for the economy. if it's true, it'll be one of the biggest plus to the economy over three decades, one cannot i think you underestimate the damage this will inflict on the economy, for it is the jewel and crown of the sector, the car industry, which is a ha rd core of sector, the car industry, which is a hard core of the manufacturing sector, as the implications of this, in terms of supply chain and job losses, is very great indeed. item price. let's look at the way there now, not as at the map. hello there, rain receives and leads to a certain extent elsewhere, wet close to the english counties in the east,

north sea because he's wet weather pushing the north, and a few showers and then, as where most places become partly clay and fog patch is that been on the fresh side to start your commute tomorrow, temperatures in the figures. primarily a giant start for vast majority, you will see rain in the north east england, that spreads into parts northern scotla nd that spreads into parts northern scotland particularly northern areas. a few showers across northern ireland compared to the last few days, better chance of brightness but some thunderstorms break out in practise scotland england and wales, you may stick with sunshine and avoid those in temperatures in the mid to high teens. showers continue in the evening but after friday dry start and training wet and windy in england and wales, and they hello this is bbc news. the headlines.

the queen has beenjoined by other heads of state and government to pay tribute to those who changed the course of the second world war injune1944. it is with humility and pleasure that i say to you all... that i say to you all... thank you. more than 300 veterans of the normandy landings gathered, most of them in their 90s, to remember the great military achievement in liberating europe from nazi tyranny. and in the air a fly—past from dakotas, carrying parachutists who were accompanied by an air display from the red arrows. in normandy, nato paratroopers also honoured the d day airborne operations by taking part in parachute drops. president trump's three day state visit to the uk ends

and he arrives in ireland for a meeting with the irish prime minister. social workers are severely criticised over the murders of two toddlers in northamptonshire. ford europe has called in union leaders from its bridgend plant for a meeting tomorrow amid fears for almost two thousand workers employed there. believing there is a crisis and care. in most mpc the constituents are suffering because of cuts to the system. according to a poll carried out from the health care alliance which is a coalition of organisations that say local authorities said that it must be fixed. 0ur correspondent has been examining the pressures on the care system in england. look at you there. goodness.

77—year—old rita mcallister has parkinson's disease. we first met her when she had just moved into her somerset nursing home after years of being cared for in her own home. i gave up myjob. for six years i came and, you know, helped look after her. she was quite mobile. until that was very difficult to do with her pain levels. she went really downhill. herfamily is one of many in england who have complained to their mps about the confusion and unfairness of the care system. now the home that rita loves may have to be sold to pay for her care. it's like being penalised. for being ill. for being ill, and for seemingly doing the right thing for yourfamily, and buying your property. it seems like a copout to say, right, if you've got an illness that is progressive, it's not going to get better, then you may have to fund it yourself. often, people who fund themselves end up paying more for their care than councils.

it's quite difficult to get wheelchairs through... until recently, jane townsend ran the largest care provider in somerset. what we had to do, and this is endemic in the sector, is charged self funders higher fee rates to cross subsidise the lower fee rates paid by councils. we completely disagree with this as a matter of principle. and that's a national problem. and it's wrong. and with the care system under such pressure, it's too easy for people to be missed. pat got red cross help for a few weeks after leaving hospital. then was largely on her own. three months later she was frail and had recently fallen. she needed support and company. occasionally i feel i'd like to see somebody. there isn't anybody who can come.

i don't want to get to where i don't do anything. we alerted the authorities and pat's now getting more support. eventually, rita's care needs became so high the nhs took over the costs, so her home hasn't been sold. the government said its put extra money into the system and will publish plans for reform at the earliest opportunity. the headlines on bbc news. we're five months away from yet another brexit deadline. the uk is currently due to leave the european union on 31st october, but tory leadership candidate, michael gove, says he would be prepared to extend brexit by days or weeks if a deal was within reach. he said defaulting to no deal would be a "mistake". 0ur political correspondent chris masonjoins us now from westminster.

this is a potentially toxic subject for any conservative leadership candidate. the one donald trump says he has not met yet and would like to know more about. he is putting himself on the map. second night of hosting zero westminster, people like me are trapped in the corridors of sight, trying to listen through wooden doors and walls but the teams for the various leadership candidates are briefing us on what has been said and in addition to that, he has been speaking at an event this evening where one of my collea g u es event this evening where one of my colleagues is actually in the room, one step better than i managed over westminster. so we know directly what he said as you he is entertaining the idea of a delay to brexit yet again. he does not wanted, he hopes to be able to sort things out to leave for the deal on time, but his his argument is it would be ridiculous to flounced out,

and just reached a date in the diary and just reached a date in the diary and perhaps resolve that if you delay a little further. i think with each really striking about this is this is a very clear dividing line between him and the former foreign secretary who are advocates of brexit and the referendum and 2016. argument his team will argue that this is pragmatism and dealing with the reality of what can happen come 0ctober the reality of what can happen come october and others will see him is going soft. and this could crystallize and into the clearest dividing line and we have the impression that he was the same view as michael gove, we know that boris johnson takes a different view and this could be what the mps have to wait off on the first stage of the

contest, and... yes, the first weeks of this contest which does not start until monday that the question of no deal. it is the flip side of the same question, is this about whether or not you would entertain a delay. michael gove argues that he would keep no deal on the table, he would not remove it as an option, but from his work in the department of the environment, he recognises how tricky it would be it would not want it to happen by default simply because time had run out his critics will be able to say, does that not lead to the potential and become one of the advocates of voting leave in the referendum campaign, are you not going a little soft. that is i think it's going to boil it down to the absolutely central question and with every election, taking a look at the

electorates and this instance. conservative mps not the last stage, the final two contenders, the conservative memberships, the vast majority of whom voted for brexit. that is not to say necessarily that they would advocate going with someone who wants to be out of the door immediately, but once a sentiment that tilts in that direction. but the likes of boris johnson and others, that under any circumstances where it gets five to midnightand circumstances where it gets five to midnight and you are very nearly there, you would also hold your nose and go fora there, you would also hold your nose and go for a further delay. and other leadership candidate making potential headlines, matt hancock. for the anti—semitism and the labour party, what is striking up to now as of the conservative critics of labour on the issue of anti—semitism have been many, but the vast majority stopped short of making a

direct accusation about the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. let me review this direct quote from matt hancock. he is talking about brexit the conservative party has to get this right, if we do not, we could end up with the first anti—somatic leader ofa with the first anti—somatic leader of a western nation since the world war. “— of a western nation since the world war. —— anti—somatic. describing those remarks is a disgrace, a labour source and numerous members of the party had been accused of racism islamophobia, homophobia and misogyny one of whom may be the next prime minister. the ultimate insult about one another and being specific about individuals. the former wife of london bridge attacker rachid redouane has broken down in tears as she

recalled her shock at the violent acts he committed. charisse 0'leary told the inquests into the victims‘ deaths that she had no clue he was capable of causing such bloodshed. they had separated in 2017, but redouane still saw their young daughter including on the day of the attack. the telecoms firm bt is closing 270 offices across the uk as part of a restructuring plan. the company is planning to move all its uk office staff into just 30 centres by 2023 but it says no jobs will be lost in the process. women born in the 1950s have taken the government to the high court over the way their pension ages were increased to bring them into line with men. the state pension age for women was raised from 60 to 65, and will soon move to 66. campaigners argue the shift was unfair for nearly four million people, who didn't have enough time to prepare. 0ur personal finance correspondent, simon gompertz, reports. taking on the government.

the equalisation of pension ages between men and women born in the 1950s has provoked this. they say the way it has been done, pushing theirs up, amounts to sex discrimination. why is this process sex discrimination, in your view? we were not given enough notice. it is not about the non—equality, we were not equal to start with. we never had the opportunity tojoin an occupational pension scheme, for example. we were excluded from that. we have never been able to build up a pension pot. once the female pension age was 60, now it's 65 like men, 66 next year. these women are asking for a back payment of all the pension they would have picked up, had they been able to get the state pension from the age of 60. but critics say it is asking for too much because the total bill for the taxpayer,

if they got all that, would add up to more than £70 billion. somejobs might be fine at 66, mine isn't. a 64—year—old ambulance driver in margate had little more than a year's notice that she would not be able to retire at 60 and she is still working. iam angry. i feel discriminated against. i wasn't told. i think it is either because of gross incompetence of the government or they did not think it through, the impact on 1950s women. the government says it decided more than 20 years ago it would make the pension age the same for men and women, as a long overdue move towards gender equality, and this has been clearly communicated. but she believes she has lost £49,000 and she wants the money back.

let's return to events marking the 75th anniversary of history's largest combined land, air and naval operation. all the uk's armed forces came together for a spectacular display, watched on by 16 world leaders and the queen who quoted a broadcast by king george vi, at the time of the operation in world war two. the queen thanking the hundreds of thousands of people 75 years ago, hundreds of thousands of young soldiers, sailors and airmen went on in the course of freedom. in a broadcast to the nation at that time, my father, king george vi said what is demanded from us george vi said what is demanded from us all is something more than courage and endurance. we need a

revival of spirit. a new uncomfortable resolve. —— on comparable resolve. that is what they brought to the battle as the fate of the world depended on our success. many of them would never return. in the hero wisdom, courage and sacrifice of those who lost their lives will never be forgotten. it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of the entire country, indeed, the whole free world that i say to you all thank you. the queen thanking the hundreds of thousands of people involved in d day. the red arrows soared over the skies in portsmouth in a fly—past, which included an historic spitfire. later they were joined in the sky by the dakota "daks" the planes that dropped the first airborne assault

troops in normandy as the invasion got under way. and hundreds of parachutists have simulated jumps on historic landing sights in normandy including a 94—year—old british veteran who took part in the d day landings. back on land the atmosphere of world war ii was recreated through songs, dance and an hour long production told the story of the invasion, and amidst it all, veterans told their own moving accounts of d—day. earlier today our presenter simon mccoy spoke to d day veteran eric chardin about today's commemorations in portsmouth, and his experiences during the war. my my neck what was going on, will you

feeling on that day? we had training exercises, auntie did something was difficult to convince myself that it was getting another exercise really, because this time it was for real. we would go and have our helmets on and we still got soaking wet and we we nt and we still got soaking wet and we went off and headed for the beach. i think it is fair to say that the worst of the opposition have probably passed by the time we landed. the earlier troops probably cleared the bigger areas of the beach, still lots of gunfire and sadly, for the first times in our lives, we are all over the place, it was a bit of, i mean, my only

family, my father and was a bit of, i mean, my only family, my fatherand brothers... we re family, my fatherand brothers... were also world war veterans and my father died when i was quite young and one of us was killed so, we made it possibly unwise and it all went wrong, it was a rather horrible place for a while, i think it was sort of a dungeon, i think. for several weeks and very poorly fed and then were taken to paris and and

just as a bit older than and be held off there for a while. it was a sense of a waste of it all, all of these, i can feel sort of, we desperately want to get back to normalcy very quickly. because a lot of us, unlike now, we wanted to settle down and get on with jobs and get married and generally, introduce a normal life. it'd an awful shame if all this trouble to collect the european, big nations together to break it all up now, it would be a crying shame i feel. has a recently said thank you? i do not think so.

canl? 0n said thank you? i do not think so. can i? on behalf of everybody watching, just say thank you. thank you for your courtesy. it is a great pleasure, thank you so much. a great pleasure, thank you so much. a great pleasure to meet you. i have a bit of work to do. you have just been on live across the nation, i should've orange of that beforehand. now you tell me! he deserved every second and every minute, fascinating to hear all of those recollections. let me bring you some breaking news from our collea g u es you some breaking news from our colleagues at bbc in cardiff, bbc wells are telling us this is about the meeting that is planned tomorrow, the leaders represent

workers at the plant have been summoned to a meeting with executives at the uk headquarters in east london. we understand that our colleagues, there will be an announcement of a proposed closure of ford's engine company, it is expected tomorrow, the unions have already signalled that they feared the worst. this was not a planned meeting, there was no routine in the diary tomorrow and making an announcement of that kind, a lot of the explanations, if they have taken this decision of why, he remembered the ford announcements a few months back that they were looking to make some reductions. they talk about big closures in germany, they have not talked about the uk in any detail, they talked about white—collar jobs in the uk, but this is the actual

closure if confirmed, 1700 jobs directly employed, and how many beyond that in terms of supplies service to the factory, we will bring you more on that this evening i'm bbc news and of course will have full coverage of it. the dakota plains, the us planes very much associated with the invasions, they were the ones that dropped the first airborne assault troops as the invasion got under way. those who parachuted that day on 1944 have today repeated theirjumps. day on 1944 have today repeated their jumps. lucy has day on 1944 have today repeated theirjumps. lucy has this report. just after midnight, 75 years ago tonight, a dark constellation appeared in the night sky above france. thousands of allied troops dropped quietly into nazi occupied territory. signalling the invasion that changed world war ii. among the troops dropped into normandy that night

was harry read, a 20—year—old signaller with the sixth airborne division. today, harry, now 95, prepared to repeat his jump over normandy in honour of the d—day anniversary. you had to push hard enough to miss the back of the whole, so that your parachute didn't push you forward. that banged your nose on the other side. which they called "ringing the bell", by the way. the young paratroopers were told they had to complete their mission, whatever the cost. before he took his place in the dakota, in seat number 12, harry took a moment to absorb the risks he was facing. there was an almighty fireworks display going on just ahead of us. it wasn't, of course, fireworks. and we were going straight into it. immediately we were assailed by the shelling and the tracer

bullets, and all of the stuff they got us with. it was an horrendous inferno to go into. harry took off from duxford airfield today and flew towards the french coast, with fellow veteran jock hutton. paras, he said, learned to keep going when other people stop. 75 years from when harry first dropped into france, he is proving that again today. among those veterans, re—enacting parachute jumps was john hutton. among those veterans, re—enacting parachutejumps wasjohn hutton. a paratrooper who said it was great to be back on french soil. in temperature, landed in one of the drop zones from 1944.”

temperature, landed in one of the drop zones from 1944. i promised my friends that i would come and visit them every year if i could. 0k, friends that i would come and visit them every year if i could. ok, you say they do not know and it gives me satisfaction to know that while i'm here, and i'm still on my two systems, and i am still raring to go. he is 94 and a former paratrooper but not today. that is it for now, we will leave you with some of the images of this dd commemoration. some of the images of this d—day commemoration. i was terrified, everyone was. you don't show it but it is there. i look back on it as a big part of my life, it changed me. the tide has turned. the free mend of the world are marching to another victory. we

shall fight on the beaches, fight on the landing grounds. that morning, they said they are going to give you live ammunition and this is the real thing. give you live ammunition and this is the realthing. just give you live ammunition and this is the real thing. just over 17 on the day, but we were in trouble and like every other service, we were just doing herjob. every other service, we were just doing her job. —— every other service, we were just doing herjob. —— ourjob. every other service, we were just doing herjob. -- ourjob. is with humility and pleasure on behalf of the entire country, indeed, the whole free world that i say to you all... thank you.

fairly changeable conditions in the coming days, some big weather contrasts from one day to the next, though certainly the case, where torts parts of scotland look at the peninsula and southwest wales enter tomorrow, there'll be a bit more sunshine for many of us. a little bit of rain with tensions turning to this one, bringing in some rain to its eastern counties of england, particularly east anglia as we go through the first part of the night ina through the first part of the night in a closed other english counties in the east later on. the rain turns a little bit heavy, the less persistent and parts of scotland and northern ireland in most places become dry overnight, and clear skies we could see some mist and fog patch one or two towards cornwall and southwest wales, temperatures in the single physics, —— figures, could be across the north of

scotland, we could see rain developed anywhere north of the area andi developed anywhere north of the area and i could be consistent in the afternoon across shetland and shai was breaking up further south. northern ireland is having a brighter day, showers most likely to the western areas and at across england and wales, few thunder showers possible, mainly in the north and west. many seeing sunny spells with that sunshine. going into thursday night and the early hours of friday, quite nasty pressure will be pushing across france, damaging winds across france but we'll see what the developer england and wales at a friday and the day stresses sunshine and make the day stresses sunshine and make the most of it because rain will spread across most areas, including the western avenue in england and wales, throughout much of the day, wells and southwest could see some flooding issues. someone could break out, some thunder showers develop an turning weather after sunny starts to scotland and northern ireland but they will stay dry and we could see of the past two days, they have a

scotla nd of the past two days, they have a scotland could see around 19 or 20 degrees. but into the start of the weekend, the low pressure will be in place, clearing off and a sunday and that means out of the two days, greater chance of staying dry. and northern ireland, driver england and wales, but it could be for the most pa rt wales, but it could be for the most part on sunday, wanted to showers in there and more will develop on monday. bye for now.

hello, i'm kasia madera, this is 0utside source. 75 years on from a turning point in world war two — d—day is being remembered. the queen has been joined by other heads of state and government — to pay tribute to those who changed the course of the second world war — injune1944. it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of of the entire country, indeed, the whole free world, that i say to you all... thank you. doctors say at least 100 people are dead in sudan — with 40 bodies pulled from the river nile.