i'm ben bland in london. the headlines: commemorations take place marking the 75th anniversary of d—day, which helped liberate europe from the nazis. 75 years ago, hundreds of thousands of young soldiers, sailors and airmen left these shores in the cause of freedom. more than 300 veterans of d—day were there, most of them in their 90s, to remember the great military achievement in liberating europe. i was terrified, i think everyone was.

you don't show it, but it's there. i'm honoured to be stood here today in front of so many other veterans. we must never forget. i'm rico hizon in singapore. also in the programme: an outcry in australia after police raid the headquarters of the public broadcaster abc. and the man who led a military coup in thailand has been elected as its first civilian prime minister in five years. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning 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. the queen, who was joined by world leaders, including presidents trump 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. pomp and pageantry were on full display in portsmouth to mark 75 years since one of the most audacious military invasions in history. some of those who fought were also here, grandfathers or great—grandfathers now, reliving their part in a mission of supreme daring and bravery. over 30,000 men were at work... they watched the retelling of that story, the largest assault by land, air, and sea in history.

you are about to embark on the great crusade towards which we have striven these many months. 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 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're likely to make the same argument that they did during the trial — fundamentally, that cardinal george pell took advantage of all the power and status that he enjoyed when he was archbishop of this city, and took the opportunity, the small window of opportunity, he saw to abuse two young choirboys in back rooms of melbourne cathedral in the late 1990s. now, the prosecution argue 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's likely that his evidence, what he had to say about what happened, will be the backbone of their argument. hywel, the cardinal's lawyers have been speaking. why are they saying that the verdicts are unsafe? yeah, 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 said to have taken place, at the exact time. it's all about time and location. they say there are 13 fundamental hurdles against what the jury found. therefore, they've had their opportunity to try and persuade the panel ofjudges. now, it's the prosecution's turn. and when are we likely to know,

hywel, 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, at the end of today, 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 weigh 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've established close working relationships and deep personalfriendship with president putin. in the past six years, we've met nearly 30 times, and russia is the country i've visited the most. mexican security forces have dismantled three synthetic drugs labs in the northern state of sinaloa. the state's public safety secretary, cristobal castaneda, said it was the biggest blow to meth trafficking this year. the authorities have also seized 17 million doses of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $160 million. in sudan, the death toll in a crackdown on the pro—democracy protests has increased to more than 100 in the capital, khartoum. doctors linked to the opposition said a0 bodies were pulled from the river nile. over 200 are injured. 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 that is clearly in the public interest

has come to light. and it's the obligation, it's the duty ofjournalists, to edit 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? i think the — i was reading this morning that the amendment to the very many national security laws that have come in since 9/11 2001, i think that was about seven years ago that that came 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, 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're calling for these laws to be wound back now. some have suggested that it is a coincidence that there have been these two raids relating to unconnected stories, within days of each other, relating to stories that were published some time ago. what are people getting at when they make that suggestion? well, i think if you believe that it was a coincidence, i'd like to interest you in buying

the sydney harbour bridge. because the fact that you've got a raid one day after the other, which the police itself say 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 that 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 threat of tariffs on mexican goods. it could cost $1 billion to supplies. the hong kong south china morning post is looking at the close relationship between china and russia, following a meeting in moscow, president xijinping russia, following a meeting in moscow, president xi jinping said russia, following a meeting in moscow, president xijinping said he and president putin were unified in

their opposition to us sanctions against iran. and the d—day commemorations from france. this is a photograph taken 75 years ago in normandy of some of the ten of thousands of soldiers who were part of the campaign to liberate nazi occupied north—west europe. 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 was chosen in a vote of members —— prayut chan—o—cha. of both houses of parliament following a debate lasting 12 hours. let's go live to bangkok and speak to our correspondent, jonathan head. was there an alternative to the new prime minister? there was. in fact, the opposition all agreed on the

dynamic young billionaire thanathorn juangroongruangkit his party had done exceptionally well to come from nothing to the third—largest. the pheu thai opposition withdrew all its candidates so they could have one unified candidate around which they could unite but, in the end, they could unite but, in the end, the numbers were against them. there was some speculation before the parliamentary session started, the first actual democratic process we have seen in thailand since the coup, that perhaps some of those who we re coup, that perhaps some of those who were thought to be on the military side might waver, some might dissent from their partyline. in the end, the 250 appointed senators, appointed by the general‘s geneneral prayuth. the only abstentions. the

numbers stacked up as we perspective. it goes back to a constitution which favours the military to the way the seats were allocated, to all the many legal cases that have been filed against opposition figures are not against anyone else and no surprise geneneral prayuth has been returned. interesting to see that nearly 12 hours of debate was allowed before the vote. during that debate, a lot of people did stand up and forcibly express their views that geneneral prayuth was not elected, did not go for a seat. some quite heated debate about the suitability of what is in effect the continuation of military rule. now that prayut chan-o-cha is the prime minister, what kind of

government is expected to lead?m is interesting. you mentioned the first civilian leader but he is not a civilian. but it will be a civilian government. it is 19 parties bargaining furiously to get the best cabinet posts stop we are not even sure if all the deals are done. a lot of conflict about who gets what post. it will be messy and it will be interesting to see how geneneral prayuth, thin—skinned man, how he copes being challenged in parliament by a very robust and indignant opposition. i think we are infora indignant opposition. i think we are in for a very lively political scene in thailand and a lot of questions about how effect of a government can be when it is going to spend so much of its time trying to hold this opposition together. thank you for joining us from bangkok.

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 blanketing its capital has been declared a social disaster. no—one's sure if it's created by the country's car emissions and coal plants, or whether it's brought here by china. but at its worst, some have to battle just to breathe. among them is four—year—old koo hyeon—woo. he's shy in front of our cameras at first, but eventually he has to get up for his medication. woah! laughs. 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 calling for more to be done to deal with pollution. translation: it was sad to see that my child started to learn not just words like ‘mum' and ‘dad' but also ‘air pollution‘ early on. i even thought 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 china 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 power plants. coal—fired stations produce over 40% of electricity here, car emissions, too, are thought to contribute to this smog. but there are other readings. this is a known very toxic material.

it would be designated as a cancer originator pollutant by the who. the further west that we fly, the higher the readings that they are getting on these scientific instruments. in other words, the closer to we get china, the more polluted the air becomes. emissions from china's industrial plants are brought to south korea on prevailing winds. in spring, that's also mixed with fine particles of sand from desert regions. where is it coming from? how much is coming to korea? and then, what is it that we have to corroborate with other countries to reduce our air pollution? so is this new enemy in the air from within or without? we await the scientists' findings. the government has said it will tackle domestic issues such as coal use in car emissions

over the next few years. but the boy's mother believes that drastic action is needed now to save the health of south korea'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. 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 part of a month's rainfall has fallen in a day, that's nearly 50 millimetres of rain. fortunately, it doesn't look as wet through the day ahead but there will be showers around, notjust in northern ireland, but elsewhere. at the moment, we're sandwiched between these two areas of low pressure. this one has taken precedent. and through the night that's brought some intense storms across the low countries which have been making their way northwards through the night across the southern north sea, just flirting with english coastlines. so don't be surprised if you see some lightening here and even catch some rain. but elsewhere, a little bit of dawn fog and a cool start with temperatures in single figures. given it'sjune, i think it will feel quite fresh this morning. but otherwise, some sunshine.

before this rain makes its way into scotland, still potentially intense and heavy and for the northern isles, a wet day. but for northern ireland, near the area of low pressure, not as wet as it was yesterday, but with some slow—moving and heavy showers it's just persistent, heavy rain for the northern isles. we could see 15—20 millimetres of rain falling here through the day. heavy showers following on behind. now elsewhere across england and wales, i wouldn't like to rule them out anywhere. there could be a rumble of thunder but it doesn't look as wet or as cloudy in southern and eastern areas as it was yesterday evening. so some stronger sunshine around. but almost the calm before the storm after the thunderstorms, we've got this more dominant area of low pressure bringing, we think, some disruption to iberia and the low countries, france in particular. it has been named as storm magellan. it's expected — so we're keeping a watch and brief — but it's expected to bring some very wet and windy weather towards out shores on friday. so it's heavy, driving rain, only slowly moving northwards, as it brightens there will be heavy thunderstorms following, so even though it's relatively warm

air coming from the south, it won't feel that way with driving wind and rain. it does, however, look drier for northern scotland and quite warm in the north—west highlands, we could see 20 degrees. but by saturday, that low pressure's bringing the wind and the rain to the north. further south, by 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. you can it's thoroughly wet for some parts of england and scotland. northern ireland, heavy, slow—moving showers. still a few showers in the south and breezy, so it won't feel the 18 or 19 that we might see but it will be gradually drying up. sunday looks as if the winds ease, the rains pulling away, but there'll still be plenty of showers around. so, not ideal but it does look like at the moment look like the drier, slightly warmer day of the weekend. as ever, there's more on the website.

i'm ben bland with bbc news.

our top story: queen elizabeth has joined 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.