this is what we do is live from berlin remember indeed world leaders few tribute to the fallen and mark the historic landings that helped turn the tide of world war 2 britain's queen elizabeth the joined by world leaders and world war 2 veterans at portsmouth naval base in southern england to mark the 75th anniversary of the biggest and 50 u.s. invasion in military history also coming up a grim discovery in sudan as dozens of bodies are pulled from the river nile over 100 people are now confirmed dead in

a violent crackdown as opposition leaders reject talks with the country's military rulers. on my arctic you so much for your company everyone world leaders have come together on the southern coast of england to mark the 75th anniversary of d.-day the day in 1944 when allied forces landed in normandy well it was the beginning of europe's liberation from nazi germany d.-day began with operation overlord a massive naval mission to ferry american british canadian and other allied forces across the english channel to the french coast oil raise the largest assault of its kind in the history of modern warfare almost $7000.00 ships and landing craft headed for a 15 mile stretch off the french coast well the. code names of the landing beaches

are still etched in history you've got utah omaha gold juno and sword or today's commemorations didn't begin in france but at the english naval base of portsmouth from their d.-day veterans will depart on a ship from normandy. the ceremony commemorated the soldiers who landed in normandy 75 years ago tomorrow weather had forced the one date postponement of the invasion which was supposed to be june 5th 1944 the queen was among those present to honor the operation to liberate western europe from nazi german occupation it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of the entire country indeed the home free world that i see you all think killed more than 160000 allied troops from britain the us and canada set off from england to land on a heavily fortified stretch of french coastline the d.-day invasion was supported

by 5000 ships and 13000 aircraft. ron cross and bob jones now both in their ninety's were on board one of those ships. a group that grips. people. that they're in what they do and in the war. of the you think they get up and join me where i am now i was made on thursday the actual anniversary of the landing in normandy another commemoration will take place on the northern coast of france. and germans as an america was also on hand to pay her respects she called her own participation in the ceremonies a gift of history. in the. dog of the in the military it was a unique military operation unprecedented for us in germany it lead ultimately to liberation from national socialism it claimed a number leave

a ball number of lines hundreds of thousands of soldiers were involved a huge logistical operation. and it was to lead to something that we can be very proud of today namely reconciliation and unity within you and the whole post will order that has brought us peace in europe now for more than 7 decades. on the fact that i as a german chancellor can be part of these today that today we are working together for peace and freedom that is a gift of history that we need to protect a maintain. that chancellor speaking there in our correspondent karen triggered is in portsmouth and he joins me right now poor parents are good to see you now ongoing medical one of the many world leaders who joined the queen a to mark this very special anniversary put this in perspective for us how significant is it that a german chancellor participates in these ceremonies.

the coming of the time here is this certainly a strong the symbol for the fact that germany is part of this international community that germany is part of the alliance of the allied forces and no longer an enemy or no bad feeling or something like that and this is also seen in the decoration of the 16 heads of state and government that attended these commemoration today they all issued a statement that says we stand together as a free democracy is. to stand up to any any me that threatens freedom and independence and only as a very small sign of the state fair close to the scum edition there was also german brock was on and portsmouth is of course the sister city of do spoken germany so no bad feelings here all right now lots of a world leaders in attendance where you are but this day is really about the fallen

and the veterans world war 2 veterans who some of which were in attendance as well . you have and john jenkins for example aged 99 walked on the stage. it was a seat anymore even the queen stood up and gave standing ovation to this veteran who was stood for 300 residents in attendance and the cooperation was about the the life stories of these brave men and women who. took part in the operation over a lot of there were no long speeches was a really excellent of the preparation of these operations a very emotional very impressive and the queen said i am part of this generation and we are very resilient and she got lots of applause for the my band stand by for a 2nd going to get back to you in just a moment because i'd like to take a look now back at the events of 75 years ago that changed the course of history.

at 1st glance it's hard to see any sign of the horrors that the stretch of sand played host to. but 75 years ago on june 6th the fate of an entire continent rested on the soldiers who came ashore here on omaha beach. operation overlord saw a combined force of nearly 160000 american british and canadian troops land on the beaches of normandy. gaining a foothold in nazi occupied france came at a heavy price. the fighting on d.-day and in the weeks afterwards claimed the lives of tens of thousands of allied soldiers. but their sacrifice hasten the defeat of hitler's 3rd reich. commemorating the fall and became an important ritual for the victorious allied powers a reminder that they fought on the side of right in a just war. the germans also suffered heavy casualties but it wasn't until

2004 that france invited a german chancellor to take part in the engle commemorations. what was once viewed in germany as a calamitous defeat is now seen as marking the start of the long road to peace and liberation. do it if you live in roseville the successful invasion completely changed europe for the best they brought us democracy we lost the war. we've had 70 years of peace here. all the people lying in the cemeteries there. this is what goes through my head when i visit them on d.-day. all those people died for us so that we could live in peace. you know. when france and germany 1st commemorated the invasion of normandy together it was seen by observers as a sign of deepening european unity in the face of strained transatlantic ties. and

faced with threats both foreign and domestic the bond of european unity continues to be put to the test 75 years after the events of d.-day. all right want to go back to my colleague who is at portsmouth parents how significant are these commemorations and nowadays i mean does it still resonate with people. there sometimes it's very good to remember where you come from and 65000 people watching these events here and it's also about strengthening or remembering the transatlantic ties because the invasion. 75 years ago it was of course that the special relationship for team america and great britain and the other allies and today these transatlantic ties are under stress so it's good that donald trump there as president was here he didn't say a bad good and everybody is happy now that this is also a symbol for the friendship between the continents. are banter eager to reporting

from portsmouth thank you. one as i now about some of the other stories making news around the world. president trump has now left the d.-day commemorations and moved on to the republic of ireland it's his 1st visit to the country as u.s. president the trumps met with the irish prime minister earlier varadkar other ways of spending bills as a low key visit with the couple's spending 2 nights at one of trump's gulf resorts . china's president xi jinping has met with of lattimer putin in moscow the 2 leaders signed an agreement to develop a comprehensive partnership and spoke of the closest ties ever between their 2 nations as part of the trip to chinese telecoms company while way signed a deal to develop 5 chief in russia. thailand's parliament has voted to keep the per unit to shout as the country's prime minister for another 5 years while the former army chief led a military coup back in 2014 and has been in charge ever since so much as

a victory today was all but assured because the upper house of parliament was handpicked by the military which is. muslims around the world have been celebrating in a fit which marks the end of the holy month of ramadan in the indian capital delhi thousands gathered to pray at the country's largest mosque the timing of each depends on the sighting of the new mood in varies from country to country. to sudan now where opposition leaders say the death toll for a crackdown on protesters in the capital hard too has jumped to over 100 on monday security forces attacked a pro-democracy protests camp in the country's ruling military council says it has begun a fair and independent investigation into the violence which has led to a complete breakdown in talks with the opposition to transition to civilian rule. this mine is one of the lucky to survive. opposition activists claim dozens of

being killed this week in a violent crackdown on pro-democracy. the protests with a number of victims rising doctors linked to the opposition say bodies have even been pulled from the river nile. but despite the violence protesters are still taking to the streets like here in sudan's 2nd largest city of. putting up barricades as an act of disobedience against the military coup and the massacre that took place by the military council against innocent protesters are only solution is to continue with acts of disobedience because we the people are calling for a simple thing a civilian government. with. protesters say this week's actions are a bloody massacre by a feared paramilitary group known as the rapid support forces who are linked to atrocities in the darfur region these images claim to show them pretty in the

streets of the capital khartoum sudan's ruling transitional military council appeared to justify their actions. we will not allow chaos and we will not go back on our convictions we must enforce and respect the laws of this country. this week's events of broken any trust protesters had in the military council their opposition leaders reject the military's plan for rapid elections they want larger structural change before a vote is held before that they say elections will not be free and fair and could allow elements of former president omar al bashir is regime to hold on to power. protestors have vowed to continue their fight for civilian rule. is now for your fist president gianni infantino has been reelected for 4 more years was the only candidate in fenty nose 1st term saw dramatic reforms introduced in

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