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anniversary, china's president xi jinping's three—day visit to russia to mark the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. bloomberg says millions of britons are facing financial hardship in old age. with the over—65s projected to account for a quarter of all people in the uk within the next 20 years, the institute for fiscal studies said britain is woefully unprepared for the challenges posed by an ageing population. and on the mail online website, are we becoming far too lazy to even be bothered to make ourselves a sandwich as the popularity of online food delivery apps surges throughout the world. algorithims for companies such as deliveroo and just eat show that orders of basics such as a bacon butty or a simple cup of tea are now increasingly considered normal. with me is henry bonsu who's a broadcaster and commentator on international affairs.
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i don't know about you but i found this also moving, the stories are amazing and moving. it's very powerful. it's amazingly powerful. and le figaro says the morning of victory. you see how they set what happened 75 years ago today in contact and how there was the dawn of freedom and peace for europe. a ce ntre—left of freedom and peace for europe. a centre—left newspaper says further down the page, we've got a legacy from that courage, and it really has been an example of people coming together, cooperating to dominating and defeating the third reich and pave the way for american governments but also an explosion in
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technological, economic and cultural peace and cooperation and power. it is really an arresting image when you see those soldiers there lying in the water. this huge invasion in military recorded history. it's quite something to behold. in 40 minutes time it will be time that these thousands, millions of troops arrived on the beaches in normandy. we will be marking that moment. there would be a single paper to mark that moment. extremely poignant, as you say. that is the french paper le figaro, but all of the british papers have this on the front page. the times looks atjohn jenkins, the age of 99 he was given a standing ovation, even the queen stood up. you would have too. you couldn't help but be moved by what he had to say and he was so clear. at 99 years old... the killer line here in the times coverage says the politicians who walk in their
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shadow, because you may be the president of the united states or her majesty the queen, or political elite in canada, but you will never be called on to make the kind of decisions that these people made 75 yea rs decisions that these people made 75 years ago. remember, it was a very very risky move, not something that was foregone. in the end, they knew they had to do that, take advantage that the russians were taking the fight to the eastern front. just looking at the events taking place in portsmouth yesterday, which is where the real focus was. today it is very much the beaches of normandy. the stories are incredible when you hear about these men who are now in the 90s talking about good as they had no idea, these are live pictures now. look at that, a dog running as the sun rises. i mean, these men in their 90s talking about that they had no idea what they were heading into. they were
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teenagers or in their early 20s. yes. i remember there was a line from the queen when she gave her presentation and she said when i attended this for the 60th anniversary, people talked about it being the last time, but we are a resilient generation. resilience in age, courage, boldness, this may not be the last time they get together, there are only 300 left. that we could see them for the 80th, because which leader is going to say i don't think we should commemorate this anymore? when you just consider how important it was to western civilisation. absolutely. as i say, special coverage continuing and features on our website. i will tweet some of those articles we mentioned on bbc online. let's move to other stories the media is focusing on. president trump is back and forth, he will be in normandy today, he was in portsmouth
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yesterday, he is going back to ireland to play some golf and visit his own resorts there. might forget the golf! no, you can't. yesterday was important in terms of commemorations, there is controversy on the front pages about what he had to say about the irish border. that's right. it is in stark contrast to this on the mentee, clarity, the cooperation of yesterday —— solemnity, then he goes to ireland, speaks to that his shock and says your situation is just like oui’s and says your situation is just like ours in mexico with that border while, it's extraordinary. it's amazing he has that his shock who was 35 years younger. it's just that he had to keep up until he could get a word in, is not the same, they don't want a order while, they want
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cooperation. when trump is unleased, he shows the gaps in his knowledge and that the fact that he hasn't read his briefing or his entourage hasn't bothered anymore because he's not serious enough. —— meeting with the taoiseach. he's talking to his voters, i think that is what in his mind. it's one of the reasons why he's so pleased that he got the red carpet rolled out to him by the royalfamily, carpet rolled out to him by the royal family, visiting westminster abbey, visiting the church hill wall rooms, that's what he wants to see, how he wants to set himself up. —— war room. i'm going to skip over the south china morning post, please forgive me. this is president xi jinping, in moscow. we spoke a
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little bit on this yesterday, i want to move onto bloomberg which is looking on the millions of britons heading to a poor old age according to the institute of this school studies. quite an influential think tank, what are they saying? millions of families face a catastrophic effects of losing all of their assets to pay for their old age. those people may be my age you're a little younger like you, they are going to struggle because the provisions we took for granted in the postwar settlement will not be there in the government will not be there in the government will not be there to fund out. and the provisions are not there you and your older age, but also trying to provide for your children in many cases. and leaving something behind, i would hope. the bank of mum and dad is kind of squeezed out both hands, isn't it? those people who have a safety net will have to drain all of that before the state will step in, so it will be very risky.
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you are right, pin stood both hands. why bother saving, in that case? people aren't saving, they are spending its own food delivery according to the mail0nline, and they are having scrambled eggs delivered to their home. wouldn't that be cold ? delivered to their home. wouldn't that be cold? but according to the algorithm, that is what is going on. there is laziness, but it's a lifestyle choice, something that would cost you 23p to make it yourself you are paying £2 50 or £3, and then a £3 delivery charge. i've got some mention a few tweets because they are very funny. mr bogart says having a cuppa delivered to my house on your bike? james martin, a regular tweeted earlier saying something like a cup of tea, a piece of toast delivered, that ta kes a piece of toast delivered, that takes the biscuit! not a single one of the viewers would ever do something like that, but clearly many people are for this to be a big
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story like this and for the algorithm to recognise it.|j story like this and for the algorithm to recognise it. i must recognise that i've never had a delivery like that just recognise that i've never had a delivery like thatjust because i'm living out in the boonies. you know me too well, i'm not living in a city. two graves with sugar and lemon, also wholeness with either bread and salad was delivered for loa ns bread and salad was delivered for loans —— pita. you don't really need to make that, you just take the lid off? but you would need to do some labour. beans on toast delivered for £4 20, why? that would take you five minutes to make it at home. the carbon footprint on this delivery driving adds up. i've had a lot of viewers as well who work for the company and say they are doing very well, thank you very much. thank you, henry for your time and your
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opinions. thank you for your comments. hello there. the best part of the months rainfall has fallen in a day, nearly 50 millimetres of rain. there will be showers around, notjust in northern ireland, but elsewhere. at the moment we are wedged between these two areas of low pressure. it's just moving up along the north sea, don't be surprised if you see some rain. still, lots of cloud and plenty of showers to come. still a very unsettled picture. the dominance of the heavy rain has taken precedence over the lower countries and this has really been intense. lots of lightning strikes but it is expected to skirtjust up the east coast. there will be some dawn fog. it will be quite a fresh start forjune, temperatures
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in single figures. then it warms up, heavy rain for scotland and the northern isles for much of the day, some heavy, slow—moving showers. heavy, slow—moving showers for the rest of scotland. we should see mid and high teens in the sunshine. some cloudy skies for northern ireland, just not as wet as yesterday. it doesn't look as wet or cloudy around southern and eastern areas as it was yesterday. some stronger sunshine around. but always the calm before the storm, we have this more dominant area of lopressor ringing in some disruption to iberia, it has been named as storm miguel, we have a watching brief, it is expected bring windy weather. heavy, driving rain, only slowly moving northwards. as it brightens heavy thunderstorms will follow, that warm air coming from the south won't feel that way with the driving wind and rain. quite warm in the north—west highlands, we could see 20 degrees.
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by highlands, we could see 20 degrees. by saturday that lopressor is bringing wind and rain to the north. further south, by we get —— by the time we get to saturday, some warmer spells. it looks thoroughly wet for some parts of england and northern ireland with those showers. some sales in the south and breezy. so it won't feel like 18 or 19 that we made see but at least it will be gradually drying up. sunday looks like the winds will ease, but still plenty of showers around, it does at the moment look ok drier, slightly warmer day of the weekend. as ever, there is more on the website.
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good morning. welcome to breakfast, from normandy, at the start of a day of events marking the 75th anniversay of the d—day landings. on these beaches on 6june 1944, tens of thousands of allied troops began their invasion of nazi—occupied europe. ceremonies marking the key events began shortly after midnight. this was the scene at pegasus bridge. after a massive send—off in portsmouth, hundreds of normandy veterans have sailed to france to take part
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