it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in here in the uk, where queen elizabeth led tribute to the troops who fought in the d—day landings on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the invasion. i'm ben bland in london. the queen, who was joined by world leaders including presidents trump the headlines: and macron, praised the courage and resilience of the wartime generation. but it was the veterans themselves who remained the centre of attention. reeta chakra ba hti reports on the day's events. commemorations take place marking the 75th anniversary of d—day, which helped liberate pomp and pageantry were on full display in portsmouth to mark 75 years since one of the most audacious military invasions europe from the nazis. in history. some of those who fought 75 years ago, hundreds of thousands of young soldiers, sailors and airmen left these shores in the were also here. cause of freedom. more than 300 veterans of d—day were there, most of them in their 90s, grandfathers or great—grandfathers now, reliving their part in a mission to remember the great military achievement in liberating europe. of supreme daring and bravery. i was terrified, i think everyone was. they watched the retelling of that

story, the largest assault by land, air, and sea in history. you don't show it, but it's there. i'm honoured to be stood here today you are about to embark on a great in front of so many other veterans. we must never forget. crusade towards which we have i'm rico hizon in singapore. striven these many months. also in the programme: when british and commonwealth an outcry in australia after police troops, along with their american raid the headquarters allies, crossed in the dark of the public broadcaster abc. to the shores of normandy to begin the liberation of german—occupied france. the free men of the world and south korea has are marching together to victory. chronic air pollution, 00:01:20,893 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 but who or what is to blame? it was an act of international cooperation that led ultimately to the allied victory against the nazis in europe. among the world leaders in attendance was president trump, on the final day of his uk visit. he read the words of his 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 republic, our religion, and our civilisation, and to set free a suffering humanity. but the focus of the day was the veterans, men

like john jenkins, portsmouth resident and former platoon sergeant. he is now 99, and brought everyone, including the queen, to their feet. i was terrified, i think everyone 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 engagements as leader of her party, read a letter from a british captain written to his wife, days before being killed in normandy. 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. # we'll meet again. # don't know where, don't know when. .. as the wartime anthem we'll meet again resounded across the arena, it was left to the queen to bring the ceremony to a close. 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. 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 chakra barti, bbc news, portsmouth. cardinal george pell faces a second day in court to appeal against his child sexual abuse conviction.

he is the former treasurer for the vatican and the most senior catholic figure to be convicted of child abuse crimes. he was jailed for six years after being found guilty last year, but has argued that the verdict was unreasonable. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is outside the court in melbourne. he says the prosecution will today argue why the cardinal's conviction should stand. they are likely to make the same argument that they did during the child, fundamentally, that cardinal george pell took advantage of all the power and the status that he enjoyed when he was archbishop of the city, and took the opportunity, the city, and took the opportunity, the small window of opportunity, he sought to abuse two young choirboys in back rooms of melbourne cathedral in the late 1990s. now, the prosecution argued that he knew his power and status would buy the silence of those victims, and although it took more than two

decades for him to be convicted, they say that conviction should stand. during the trial, they only really had one key witness to support the prosecution argument. that was one of the surviving victims. and although he won't be returning to court to give his evidence again, it is likely that his evidence, what he had to say about what happened, will be the backbone of their argument. ca rdinal‘s backbone of their argument. cardinal's have been speaking. why are they saying that the verdicts are they saying that the verdicts a re u nsafe 7 are they saying that the verdicts are unsafe? yes, during yesterday's hearing, which cardinal pell attended and sat and listened to very intently, they argued that the convictions were unreasonable. they say that the jury that convicted him hadn't taken into account all the weight of evidence that suggested he couldn't have been in the place where the abuse is set to have taken place at the exact time. it's all about timing and location. they say there are 13 fundamental hurdles against what the jury found. therefore, they have had the

opportunity to try and persuade the panel ofjudges. now opportunity to try and persuade the panel of judges. now it opportunity to try and persuade the panel ofjudges. now it is the prosecution's ten. and when i we likely to know the judge's decision? it could come today. more often, in australian cases, they reserve their decisions for a couple of weeks. but cardinal george pell could potentially by the end of the day be a free man, if they decide to overturn his convictions on the basis that that jury was unreasonable, it didn't consider the doubt or didn't way in the doubt they should have had. he will find out his fate when the judges hand down their decision. also making news today: chinese president xijinping has presented two pandas to moscow's zoo at a ceremony with vladimir putin. mr xi's visit to russia comes at a time moscow's ties with the west are at post—cold war lows, and beijing's relations with the us are strained by a trade war. after russia and china signed a package of trade and investment deals, mr xi spoke of his close

relationship with mr putin. translation: i have established close working relationships and deep personalfriendship close working relationships and deep personal friendship with president putin. in the past six years, we have met nearly 30 times, and russia is the country i have visited the most the man who led a military coup in thailand has been elected as the country's first civilian prime minister in five years. retired general prayuth chan—ocha secured the 375 votes needed in a combined ballot by both houses of parliament, but the opposition say the vote was rigged. an injured hiker was taken for a dizzying ride in phoenix, arizona when the basket of a rescue helicopter began spinning wildly as she was airlifted. the 75—year—old woman fell on a mountain in the middle of the city.

as helicopter crews attempted to lift her, the stretcher began to spin faster and faster. a localfire official said she was treated for nausea and dizziness, but was otherwise unharmed. police in australia have raided the offices of the national broadcaster abc over allegations it published classified material. the raid is connected to a story broadcast in 2017 detailing alleged misconduct by australian troops in afghanistan. it came just one day after police raided the home of a newspaper journalist over another, unrelated story, and a third journalist says he was approached by the government to reveal the source of a story about asylum seekers. the events have been condemned by media outlets around the world as an attack on press freedom. as a partner organisation to abc, the bbc has issued the following statement.

marcos strom is the president of the media, entertainment and arts alliance, which represents journalists. he strongly criticised the raid. well, i thinkjournalism forever has revealed information provided by whistleblowers. so we're dealing with a situation where information thatis with a situation where information that is clearly in the public interest has come to light, and it's the obligation, it's the duty of journalists, to that material and present it to the people, so they can make up their own minds about what the government is doing in their names. the powers under the

warrant that the police have carried out this search under seem to say that they can add, copy, delete or alter the material they find on the abc's computers. has that always been the case, or has the law been extended in recent years?” been the case, or has the law been extended in recent years? i think the... i was reading this morning that the amendment to the very many national security laws that have come in since 9/112001, i think that was about seven years ago that m, that was about seven years ago that in, and we raised concerns about it. a number of people raised concerns about that particular amendment. and people kind of assumed that it wouldn't be used, that these just exist on the books in case. well, i mean, show me a government that doesn't use powers that are on the books to cover up or to protect its own interests, anywhere in the world. and unfortunately australia is no different, it seems. and it is

just chilling that you have federal police sitting in the public broadcaster with the power to amend, delete, change any document that it comes across, and that it sees fit. that's a very wide ranging power, and we said at the time that it shouldn't be allowed, and we are calling for these laws to be wound back now. some have suggested that it isa back now. some have suggested that it is a coincidence that there have been these two raids relating to uncanny stories within days of each other, relating to stories that were published sometime ago. what people getting out when they make that suggestion? well, i think if you believe that it's a coincidence, i'd like to interest you in buying the syd ney like to interest you in buying the sydney harbour bridge, because the fa ct sydney harbour bridge, because the fact that you've got a raid one day after the other, which the police itself they are completely unconnected, the only thing that connects them is the timing of them, which means this is a clear attempt

to intimidate journalists and whistleblowers in australia from bringing information to light embarrasses the government, or u ncove i’s embarrasses the government, or uncovers potential war crimes. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: taking to the skies with scientists investigating the source of south korea's chronic air pollution problem. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. 0utspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a good fighter.

he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century". this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: queen elizabeth hasjoined world leaders to begin commemorations marking 75 years since d—day. an outcry in australia after police

raid the headquarters of the public broadcaster abc. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times is looking at the impact of president trump's tariff threat on mexican goods. it reports that toyota is concerned the move could cost its major suppliers up to $1 billion. hong kong's south china morning post is looking at the close relationship between china and russia. following a meeting in moscow, president xi jinping said that he and president putin were "unified" in their opposition to us sanctions against iran. and finally, the french daily, le figaro is — like us — leading on the d—day commemorations. here's a photo taken in normandy 75 years ago,

of some of the tens of thousands of soldiers who were part of the campaign to liberate nazi—occupied north—west europe. ajapanese minister has defended companies that force women to wear high heel shoes to work. thousands of people have signed a petition calling for changes to dress codes at work. the movement is called kutoo — a play on the japanese words for shoe and pain. butjapan's health and labour minister takumi nemoto said the controversial practice is "necessary and appropriate". cosmetic chaint giant sephora closed its us stores to hold diversity training for its employees. this comes a month after singer sza said she had been racially profiled at a store. the afro—american singer tweeted she had security called on her "to make sure she wasn't stealing". sephora told reuters it was aware

of the incident but said the training was not "a response to any one event". doctors linked to the opposition in sudan say that a0 bodies have been pulled from the nile, bringing the total number of pro—democracy protestors killed this week to 100. people in the capital, khartoum, have told the bbc they're living in fear, as members of the rapid support forces loyal to the government roam the streets. catherine byaru hanga reports from khartoum. on most days, there is gridlock in khartoum. now it is eerily quiet. apart from the rapid support forces, who are everywhere, they are accused of committing a massacre against protesters. their alleged victims lie in hospitals like this one, many with similar stories to tell. translation: they shall be from close range.

—— shot me. the rsf were the distance you are to me now. the bullet entered here and they carried out an operation and they took it out from here. and the violence has not stopped there. doctors, nurses and even patients are apparently still being targeted. many doctors are too scared to come to work. so some medical students like this man have stepped in to volunteer. there was a child six years ago brought to the hospital, he died. hospitals across khartoum are dealing with an influx of injured patients. most of them shot. and now the disturbing news that some of the victims could have been thrown into the river nile.

this is the site of the sit—in where the worst of the killing took place. dozens of bodies have pulled out of the river nile after protests were crushed by the militia. the commander said it was not his men who carried out the violence, but vowed to crack down on any demonstrations. translation: we will not allow chaos and we will not go back on our convictions. we must impose respect in the country by rule. there were demonstrations after eid prayers. the opposition have rejected further talks and say they will oppose the country's rulers until they get justice for those killed, as they called for civilian rule. catherine byaru hanga, bbc news, khartoum. south korea is one of the most polluted countries in the world. each year, 18,000 people are thought

to die from related illnesses, but for decades there has been a debate around the source of the toxic smog. 0ur bbc team was the only international broadcaster allowed on a special monitoring flight as scientists in seoul try to find out the origin of the pollution. laura bicker has this report. south korea has a new enemy — the toxic air blanking its capital has been declared a social disaster. no—one is sure if it's created by the country was make car emissions and cold plants, or whether it's brought here by china. test coal —— coal plants. some have to battle just to read. 0ne coal plants. some have to battle just to read. one of them is this four—year—old boy. he is shy at first, but eventually he has to get up first, but eventually he has to get upfor first, but eventually he has to get up for his medication. he suffers from various respiratory problems

made worse by the air pollution. he spent his young life in and out of hospital. his mother as part of a growing protest movement: four more to be done to deal with pollution. translation: it was sad to see that my child started to learn notjust words like mum and dad but also air pollution early on. i even thought of moving out of the country but i really wa nt of moving out of the country but i really want to live in korea. so i'm going to do whatever i can to help solve the problem. but who is really to blame? is the air from solve the problem. but who is really to blame? is the airfrom china really choking south korea's children? 0fficials really choking south korea's children? officials are taking to the skies over the yellow sea to find out. from here we glimpse some of south korea's our plans. coal—fired stations produce over 40% of lectures lecture city here, car emissions, too, ithought of lectures lecture city here, car emissions, too, i thought to contribute to the smog. —— 40% of

the electricity. the further west that we fly, the higher the readings they are getting on their instruments. you know —— in other words, the closer to china, the more polluted the air becomes. emissions from china's industrial plans are brought to south korea on prevailing winds, in spring, that's also mixed with fine particles from desert regions. how much is coming into korea and then how much — we have two collaborate with other countries to reduce our air pollution. so is this new enemy in the airfrom within pollution. so is this new enemy in the air from within or without? we await the scientist‘ findings. the

government says it will tackle domestic issues such as coal use in car emissions over the next few decades. but the boy‘s mother believes that drastic action is needed now to save career‘s next generation. laura bicker, bbc news. we end this edition of newsday looking back on memorable events on the south coast of england. veterans, royalty, presidents and prime ministers, gathered to pay tribute to all those who took part in the d—day landings three—quarters of a century ago. the countries agreed to make a joint state and urging the unimaginable horror of war is never repeated —— statement.

i was terrified. i think everyone 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. the tide has turned. the free men of the world are marching together to victory. that morning, they said, we're going to give you live ammunition and this is the real thing. it was an horrendous inferno to go into. just over 17 on that day, but we were in trouble and, like every other service, we were just doing a job. 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. hello there. it‘s been a really wet period for northern ireland. the best pa rt period for northern ireland. the best part of the month‘s rainfall has fallen in a day, nearly 50 millimetres of rain. fortunately, it doesn‘t look as wet through the day ahead but there will be showers around, not just in ahead but there will be showers around, notjust in northern ireland, but elsewhere. at the moment we‘re between these two areas of low pressure. this one‘s brought up of low pressure. this one‘s brought up first. they‘re making their way northwards. just flirting with english coastlines, don‘t be

surprised if you see some lightening here and cut some rain. elsewhere, a little bit of dawn fog and equal start with temperatures in single figures. given its june, start with temperatures in single figures. given itsjune, it will feel quite fresh. but otherwise, sunshine. before this rain makes its way into scotland, potentially a heavy and wet day for northern ireland. not as wet as it was yesterday, but with some slow—moving and heavy showers it‘sjust persistent, heavy rain for the northern isles. 15—20 millimetres of rain falling through the day. heavy showers elsewhere across england and wales, i wouldn‘t want to rule them out anywhere. there could be a rumble of thunder but i wouldn‘t wa nt to rumble of thunder but i wouldn‘t want to say there wouldn‘t be any. before the calm before the storm we have this dominant area of low pressure bringing some disruption to iberia and france in particular. it has been named a storm, ellen. so

it‘s heavy, driving rain, only slow—moving northwards, there will be heavy thunderstorms following, so even though there is relatively warm aircoming from even though there is relatively warm air coming from the south it won‘t feel that way with driving wind and rain. it‘s trailerfor feel that way with driving wind and rain. it‘s trailer for scotland and warmerfor rain. it‘s trailer for scotland and warmer for the north—west highlands, almost 20 degrees. wind and rain to the north, further south at the time we get to sunday it‘s a day of sunny spells and showers. now saturday, let‘s put some more detail on that. it's let‘s put some more detail on that. it‘s thoroughly wet for some parts of england and scotland. northern ireland, heavy moving showers. so it won‘t feel the 18 or 19 that we might be but it will be gradually drying up. the reins pulling away eventually, but showers pulling around. it does look like a slightly warmer day for sunday on the weekend —— the rain.

i‘m ben bland with bbc news. our top story: queen elizabeth hasjoined world leaders to begin commemorations marking 75 years since d—day. hundreds of veterans gathered in portsmouth, to remember the 19114 normandy landings, which were the largest combined land, sea and air operation in history. further events will take place in northern france on thursday. police in australia have raided the offices of the national broadcaster, abc, over allegations it published classified material. it came just one day after police raided the home of a newspaper journalist over another unrelated story. and this video is trending on bbc.com an injured hiker taken for a dizzying ride in arizona when the basket of a rescue helicopter began spinning wildly as she was airlifted. as helicopter crews attempted to lift her, the stretcher began to spin faster and faster.

she was treated for nausea but otherwise wasn‘t injured that‘s all. stay with bbc world news.