welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: commemorations mark 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 were there, most in their ‘90s, to remember one of the biggest military operations in history. i was terrified, i think everyone was. you don't show it, but it is

there. i am was. you don't show it, but it is there. iam honoured was. you don't show it, but it is there. i am honoured to be stood here today with these other vetera ns. here today with these other veterans. we must never forget. as the bodies of a0 protesters are pulled from the river nile in khartoum, activists reject an offer of talks, saying military leaders can't be trusted. and south koreans suffer from chronic air pollution — but who or what is to blame? we have a special report. 75 years since the d—day landings, queen elizabeth has joined 16 world leaders in thanking and paying tribute to those who took part in the seaborne invasion that helped turn the tide of the second world war. it was the biggest combined land, air and naval operation in military history. at an emotional ceremony in portsmouth, 300 veterans — all at least 90 years old — were applauded for what they did to liberate nazi—occupied europe. reeta chakra ba hti reports.

pomp and pageantry were on full display in portsmouth to mark 75 yea rs 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. we shall fight on the beaches. we shall fight on the landing grounds. archive: 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. archive: 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 it wasn't all solemnity. there was a

shoe tapping boogey, part of a celebration of the countries which fought and won. but the focus of the day was the veterans. 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. 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. 3 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 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. for the veterans, a chance later to meet the queen and president 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 really good turnout from portsmouth, and a really good, quality service. and what did this mean to you, watching this today? i'm 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 chakra barti, bbc news, portsmouth. much more to come, but there is more for you, any time, on the events to mark the 75th anniversary of d—day on bbc.com/news. that will also keep you up to date on thursday's ceremonies in northern france. in the sudanese capital khartoum, opposition activists say dozens

of bodies have been pulled from the river nile, as the military cracks down on pro—democracy protesters. doctors linked to opposition groups say at least 100 people have been killed by the rapid support forces, former members of the feared janjaweed militia. activists have rejected an offer of talks from the ruling military council, saying they cannot be trusted. catherine byaru hanga reports from khartoum. the injured keep coming into hospitals in and around khartoum. surgeons say they have been working relentlessly for days. the latest outbreak of violence began when security forces broke up the main protest area, something they said they would not do. 0utside this hospital, security forces race past. in some cases, they are accused of attacking doctors, nurses and patients. it's pretty quiet here in the city centre. but out in the neighbourhood, we understand that the rsf militia

are beating, whipping and even shooting at civilians. also, shocking allegations that some of the victims have been thrown into the river nile. doctors claim a0 bodies have been found floating. protesters have been building barricades and roadblocks near their homes. they say it's for their own protection against the security forces. but this could also be the start of a new mass protest movement, similar to the one that led to the overthrow of president 0mar al—bashir. this 44—year—old general is accused of being behind the violence against protesters. he heads the feared rsf militia. a group he formed out of the janjaweed militia that attacked civilians in the darfur region. hemeti, as he's often called, now says it's a shadowy group carrying out crimes

against civilians, and not his men. the conspiring group will not get through to the sudanese people. now, we are warning from here. warning to all sudanese people that there are false vehicles in the neighbourhood, in disguise as the rsf, threatening and attacking people. 0fficially, sudan's military rulers say they're willing to reach an agreement with opposition groups. but this violence has broken the little trust that existed between them. let's get some of the day's other news. a police raid in australia on the headquarters of the public broadcaster abc has raised concerns about press freedom. the raids are linked to allegations, based on leaked defence documents, about unlawful killings and misconduct by australian troops in afghanistan. as a partner organisation to abc, the bbc has issued a statement saying it is "deeply troubling" for a broadcaster to be targeted for reporting in the public interest. the man who led a military coup in thailand has been elected

as the first civilian prime minister in five years. retired general prayut chan—o—cha secured the 375 votes needed in a combined ballot by both houses of parliament. 0pponents say the vote was rigged. ajapanese government minister has drawn fire for defending company dress codes that require women to wear high heels at work. a petition injapan calling for change has drawn thousands of signatures. the movement is called kutoo, a play on ‘me too', and also the japanese words for shoe and pain. the health and labour minister claimed the rules were "necessary" and "appropriate." denmark's centre—left social democrat party has emerged as the winner of wednesday's general election, with more than 26% of the vote. its leader now looks likely to become the country's youngest ever prime minister, aged 41. gareth barlow reports. a night of celebration for the social democrats. i'm so happy to see that this is such a broad backing for a new political direction where we put our welfare in front, where we have big ambitions

on education and on climate. the end of an era for the liberal party. there is no doubt that we went into the election with the number one priority of keeping lars lokke rasmussen as prime minister. having the blue block alliance stand behind lars as prime minister and now it looks like that won't be possible. throughout the election, welfare, the environment and immigration dominated the debate and led to change in copenhagen. a lot of parties want to spend money, but not a lot of them are focusing on who's going to pay for our welfare system so, that's my main concern. the main topic for me in this election was the environment and the climate. at 41, mette frederiksen is poised to become the country's youngest ever prime minister.

she held the win as the first climate election in the history of denmark. which became the third nordic country in a year to elect a leftist government, following in the path of sweden and finland. now after the danish people have spoken, the job is to try and create a new government. i'm convinced it will be possible. because the support the danish people have given, we cannot let go to waste. we have an opportunity to put denmark on a new course. in denmark tonight, the social democrats are celebrating success. as the new day dawns, so, too, does a new political landscape. now to the growing trade row between the us and mexico. from next monday, president trump is threatening to slap rising tariffs on mexican imports, unless the government there does more to stop illegal drugs

and migrants reaching the us border. the american vice—president is meeting the mexican foreign minister for talks. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler gave me the latest. the issue of tariffs has not been discussed, according to the mexican delegation. instead, the focus has all been on immigration and about this real problem at the us border with mexico, where we have seen large groups of migrants coming from central america and trying to claim asylum. in simple terms, america wants that to stop. they want to try to stem the flow of these migrants coming to the border. and tariffs are being used as the threat to try and address all of that. and in a tweet from donald trump, he made very clear that as far as he was concerned, progress was not being made to a sufficient degree, and that these tariffs which would start at 5% from next week, and then rise by 5% each month, up to a maximum of 25% on all mexican imports from october.

he said those tariffs would come into place unless there is an agreement. and although we heard from the foreign minister, mexico's foreign minister, that he was somewhat optimistic, that he was going to remain optimistic. actually, the two sides are pretty far apart. and that comes down to the simple idea that actually, america and mexico have very different views on how to solve the problem. mexico is looking towards a longer—term solution. they want to try and address some of the issues in central america that is leading people to flee, that is leading people to go and claim refuge at the us border. those things like corruption, like violence, like poverty, like drugs. that'll take a lot of time and a lot of money. the us, on the other hand, wants to see a short—term fix. and they want to see ideas for example, like people who come through mexico to try and claim asylum in the us, then remaining in mexico. that would regard them as a third country status and all of this, so they could stay in mexico while they waited for their case to be heard in the us. but of course, that has

all sorts of difficulties. as for the president, although he's trying to force these tariffs through, and says he will do so if there is no deal, he's facing a bit of pushback from some in his own party. there are republicans who are concerned about the economic impact on the us as well as mexico. it's worth pointing out when the tariffs are put in place, it will of course be american customers and american companies who end up paying them. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: another show of courage — one of those who parachuted into normandy 75 years ago takes to the skies again. 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 bbc world news, the latest headlines: the queen has joined 16 world leaders at commemorations marking

75 years since the d—day landings. she praised the courage and sacrifice of the wartime generation. the bodies of a0 protestors have been pulled from the river nile, in khartoum. 0pposition activists have rejected an offer of talks, saying sudan's ruling military council can't be trusted. it's cardinal george pell‘s second day in court in his appeal against his conviction for child sexual abuse. he's the most senior catholic figure found guilty of such crimes. he was jailed for six years, but argues the verdict was unreasonable. hywel griffith is in melbourne for us. today it's the turn of the prosecution to set up why they believe these convictions are deserved, why cardinal pell should remain in prison. they argue he took advantage of the power and status he enjoyed as the archbishop of this city in the late 1990s, also making use of a small window of opportunity to carry out the abuse of two choirboys that he happened to meet in the back

of melbourne's cathedral. yesterday we heard from the defence team who thought the jury was unreasonable, they not considering all of the evidence that was there, that the abuse didn't happen. today we're more likely to look at the evidence that the one surviving victim gave late last year. it's up to a panel of threejudges to decide whether these convictions stand. it may take a few weeks or a month or two to consider their decisions. the eyes of australia and the world are on their decision because this is by far the most senior catholic figure to have been convicted of child abuse, he hasn't yet been cut off entirely by rome and retains his title of cardinal. it will be able to the judges to decide whether the law has treated him fairly.

californian prosecutors say a man who heads the light of the world church was attained at the airport. he faces 26 charges which both he and the co—defendants deny. south korea is one of the most polluted countries in the world. it's estimated around 18,000 people die each year from related illnesses, but for decades there's been a debate around what's causing the toxic smog. a bbc team was the only international broadcaster on a special monitoring flight, as scientists in seoul tried to find out the source. laura bicker was there. 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 car emissions and 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. some of the aircraft used on d—day have recreated their flights across the channel, 75 years ago. the dakota ‘daks‘ are the very planes that dropped the first airborne assault troops in normandy. lucy williamson has this report. just after midnight 75 years ago tonight, a dark constellation appeared in the night sky above normandy. thousands of allied troops dropped quietly into nazi—occupied france.

among them was harry reid, a 20—year—old signaller with the sixth airborne division. told to complete his mission whatever the cost. we had a conviction that we had to fight, we had the most evil things happening in the world. that were it not for the channel, we would have been caught up with it as well. it was a case of national survival. today, he parachuted into france again at the age of 95, to mark the d—day anniversary. that one up there has got a crown on it. at the landing site, crowds watched for him among the paratroop displays. this time, harry made the jump with a member of the parachute regiment. landing, not to enemy gunfire, but to applause and a hug from his daughter. memories of the men hejumped here with 75 years ago brought tears to his eyes. what would be your

message for them today? that their sacrifice was worthwhile, though tragic. like me, they were willing to die for what we knew to be necessary. fall out! paras, harry told one interviewer, learn to keep going when other people stop. 75 years after he first dropped into france, he's proved that again today. lucy williamson, bbc news, normandy. let's just finally look back on those memorable events on the south coast of england. veterans, royalty, presidents and prime ministers all paying tribute to those who helped liberate europe on d—day, 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 northern 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. and 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 miguel. it's expected — so we're keeping a watch and brief — but it's expected to bring some very wet and windy weather towards our 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the queen has paid tribute to the "heroism, courage and sacrifice" of those who died in the d—day landings. she was joined by 16 world leaders to commemorate the 75th anniversary of history's largest combined land, air and naval operation. in the sudanese capital khartoum, opposition activists say dozens of bodies have been pulled from the river nile, as the military cracks down on pro—democracy protesters. activists have rejected an offer of talks from the ruling military council, saying they cannot be trusted. president trump says not nearly enough progress has been made in talks with mexico to avert his threat to impose new trade tariffs on monday. the us is insisting on immediate measures to reduce the flow of migrants travelling through mexico to the us border.