this is you know when you fly from berlin the respect and reverence remembering d.-day and the moment when allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy to free europe from nazi occupation 75 years ago. u.s. president donald trump george's french counterparts in many remark call to pay respect to veterans and the fallen during a moving ceremony at the u.s. military cemetery. also coming up the worst serial killer in modern german history is sentenced to life in prison

a german court convicts former hospital nurse kneels of her goal of killing 85 patients that were in his care over a 5 year period in a case that has shocked the nation. the heart thank you so much for your company everyone on this day 75 years ago the biggest invasion force of its kind in history began the assault that would lead less than a year later to the total collapse of nazi rule in europe but the days victory came at a heavy cost thousands of allied troops lost their lives fighting to break through nazi defenses on the beaches of normandy the leaders of britain france and the u.s. have all pay tribute to those who died there along with the surviving veterans of this historic battle.

a long paper marked the moment 75 years ago when british troops began coming ashore on the normandy coast. some of those who fought in and survived to d.-day returned to take part in the anniversary events. who. would like to do it again because. more than 150000 allied troops stormed the beaches of nazi occupied france in 1904 in what remains the biggest ever naval invasion thousands were killed within hours u.s. president donald trump and french president emmanuel maicon looked out over one of the beaches captured by american soldiers as planes flew a red white and blue tribute in the sky overhead i think was in their speeches to veterans the 2 leaders honored the men whose courage ultimately liberated france and europe from nazi dictatorship. today we

remember those who fell and we honor all who fought right here in normandy. they won back this ground for civilization. to more than $100.00 several. veterans of the 2nd world war who joined us today you are among the very greatest americans. who will ever live we know what we. do you get the runs all freedom. on behalf of my nation. i just want to say thank you. carol for many of the elderly veterans this year's d.-day anniversary will be their last visit to the battlefields of their youth but the rows of crosses will remain a reminder to future generations of the allies joint sacrifice to defeat evil.

and you don't use macs hoffman was at the ceremony today in normandy at this analysis of today's commemorations at least for one day the french president and i knew him i call him the us president donald trump laid aside their differences they showed real partnership real friendship and stressed that the bond between the u.s. and france was very good or to put it in the words of donald trump even unbreakable but the center of attention here come over ations in france of course were the veterans probably one of the last years to feature so many of them and they had a clear message to the rest of the world the message was get along everybody so nobody ever has to experience something like they experienced here on the beaches of normandy ever again. the d.-day landings in normandy not only took the german occupying forces by surprise it came as a shock to local french people as well you know they used catherine martin's met

one frenchman who found his family home being taken over by advancing american troops. to normandy beaches the stage for a major act in world history they are closely bound to the personal history of some french people here. we will introduce you to the man whose family home in the aftermath of the normandy landings was transformed into a little just stick headquarter for the american soldiers not far from omaha beach is john paul who is someone's home he's 89 years old and he still lives there many of his memories come from family stories he was 14 when the d.-day landings happened only a few hours after the allied forces had taken the beaches the americans reached his house which at that time was still occupied by german soldiers.

this is where the americans came in and you could hear them quite clearly having told us it was all just cold water bottles taking sound every step of. the noise acted as a warning for the german occupiers hold them on says it took the u.s. soldiers 2 attempts to take the house and set up their logistics operations center there for 4 months the g.i.'s went in and out of here and each room has its own story. as a cargo ship arrived the commander gave orders after this and that on board so many trucks such and such an amount i mean. and it especially that of all the trucks go here. nearly half the american army needed something they call it here. to try to treat the major d.-day landings began in the early morning precisely at 6

30 am here at the market the operation overlord as it was stopped was the largest landing operation in history nearly 200000 soldiers were engaged against nazi germany the allies conquered 5 great chats with over a 1000 of them dying on the beach on june 6th alone exactly that morning same spot same time a young french boy labored with a splash out here on the coast and here i witnessed the 1st landing of american troops in normandy. michelle back 15 years old at the time saw the whole thing the rocky coast point york was heavily bombed on the morning of june 6th 1904 he had his father here in the fields certainly he heard a deafening noise. ready that day it was plowing right in the

edge of the cliff i saw a plane flat over the sea it disappeared for a 2nd then suddenly rose sharply and flew directly over me as the blades of the grass around me were completely flattened by the wind of the plane i still have it like a photo in my head. thinking. he wasn't afraid he says not even of the ground troops. i was surprised i never thought the soldiers would actually climb the 40 meter high cliff and i was even more surprised when the americans arrived. back to the old the american stayed in their house for several months and his wife are dead still feel close to the americans one of the g.i.'s became a friend he often visited them here in normandy up until his death. at 9 in the morning 108 he set up his office in our house. just one day

later from here. for example who is a man who wants to tell the story of his house this is important to him in memory of all the soldiers who gave their lives here in normandy. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. sudan's for democracy demonstrators say they're determined to continue their campaign of civil disobedience until the ruling military council is ousted all this comes as the african union announces its suspending sudan's participation in all african union activities until a civilian government is in place dozens of people have been killed in 3 days of clashes between the military and protesters. and eastern uganda at least 6 people are feared dead and dozens missing after heavy rains triggered

a series of landslides hundreds of houses have been destroyed in the mountainous region the red cross has warned of outbreaks of disease due to continuing rainfall . the european drugs agency has warrant the continent is being inundated with unprecedented amounts of cocaine all its latest report states almost one in 3 european adults have tried illegal drugs and consumption is rising but already sees a record amount of cocaine last year according to the report. and denmark the social democrats have emerged as the winners of national elections taking a quarter of the vote party leader metaphysics and is now on track to become prime minister if she can secure support from parliament told and market to become the 3rd nordic country within a year to elect a left leaning government following sweden and finland. here in germany

a court has sentenced one of the world's most prolific serial killers to life in prison former hospital nurse kneels has been found guilty of killing 85 patients in his care prosecutors said he deliberately induced cardiac arrest in patients so he could then resuscitate them and impress his colleagues many of her goals interventions failed and patients died so had already been serving a life sentence for 2 previous murder convictions from his killing spree which lasted from 20022005. and you know we correspond mario miller has been reporting from that trial in the city of oldenburg she met with a former colleague of neil circle who worked with him in one of the hospitals where he murdered dozens of patients. frankly the man still reflects on the time working alongside news who care the former nurse was his colleague for 2 years at the main clinic and book lock someone quickly became aware that there was something wrong

with her going to. double up one big cloud of it was obvious he wanted to be the action hero who saved people but you sometimes get that people who work in rescue services who are under the illusion that they're the big heroes hugel is one of those. who are not afford. the man only became suspicious after around a year and a half that's when he started to notice that patients would suffer cardiac arrests more often when who was on duty. paid at 1st we just thought it was bad luck until the colleagues who go on duty again. despite rumors circulating neither locks the minority of his colleagues reported to the police he did tell a superior about it though when he noticed that a patient had elevated levels of potassium in his blood but there was no consequences it was later discovered that huguely would inject patients with potassium in order to bring on cardiac arrests so that he could reanimated them and appears the grade. life saving hero again and again and then on

a single weekend on who could shift there were 14 resuscitations and 5 tests and yet hoover was simply transfer to another ward and the clinic lied all the reason why a clinic director a chief physician or a nursing director stay silent is to prevent the reputational damage to the clinic because we all know that that would mean fewer patients coming into our care in the belief. it took several further resuscitations in the new world for the head of the clinic to decide that google had to go now the nurses alleged to have killed 36 people by this point he was dismissed from his post with glowing references he then applied for a job at a clinic in dam and haws just a few kilometers away where he continued to murder unabated 64 more patients were to die it who could send their. grandfather was one of his victims he underwent a gastrointestinal operation shortly before he was to be released he suddenly suffered

a cardiac arrest so. my grandfather was resuscitated by the murderer and then 2 or 3 days later the same thing happened again. so he was practically murdered tries. a war. in 2005 who was finally caught red handed as he was about to administer an injection to a patient it was the end of a killing spree unprecedented in germany a nurse who doesn't help sick people but secretly murders them possibly in more than $100.00 cases. it's hundreds often comes from reaching these verdicts we have achieved as much transparency as is legally possible the hope now is that many of the relatives find pieces of evidence. still the legal proceedings have not yet been completed fellow nurses doctors supervisors who among them was complicit in this crimes then the stations are ongoing. and that does it for us for now don't forget you can always get did everything is on the go just download our out from

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