>> june 5th, 1944. the evil , >> june 5th, 1944. the evil, pitiless third reich was devastating the world. nazi germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force . brute force. >> how fortunate we were . and >> how fortunate we were. and the entire free world that a generation of men and women in

the united kingdom and other allied nations did not flinch when the moment came to face that test. >> now, you were part of the landing craft and crewed a landing craft and crewed a landing craft and crewed a landing craft which came over in the second wave. i mean, tell us what you remember about that day. >> well, i went in between an lci and a landing craft tank, the lci, as they were coming down the scrambling nets, they were being mowed down. >> good afternoon. this is gb news. >> i'm martin daubney and i'm truly honoured to be here on the 80th anniversary of d—day. >> over the next three hours we'll be live across the uk and in france as we pay tribute to the great men who gave their lives so we could be free. >> but before that , here are the >> but before that, here are the news headlines with sophia wenzler .

wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. it's 3:01. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your top story this hour. the king has expressed his profound sense of gratitude to all those who fought on normandy's beaches exactly 80 years ago. veterans could be seen wiping their eyes with tissues as his majesty addressed a crowd of veterans in france, praising their bravery and sacrifice. during d—day, prime minister rishi sunak and labour leader sir keir starmer also attended the event, along with us president joe biden and french president emmanuel macron i >> -- >> it is with lam m >> it is with the most profound sense of gratitude that we remember them and all those who served at that critical time . we served at that critical time. we recall the lesson that comes to us again and again across the decades. free nations must stand together to oppose tyranny .

together to oppose tyranny. >> in the uk, d—day commemorations are also underway across the country. in lisburn in northern ireland, the town crier delivered a d—day proclamation . scunthorpe has proclamation. scunthorpe has also marked the event and a beacon lighting ceremony will take place in kent. the princess royal joined chelsea pensioners at the royal chelsea hospital in london for a special d—day commemoration, and commemorations have also taken place in worksop today . the place in worksop today. the prime minister has pledged to boost veteran benefits in an election offering. rishi sunak says he wants to make the uk the best place in the world to have served in the armed forces. the policy pledge on the 80th anniversary of d—day includes reducing the price of veterans railcards from £30 a year to £21 and extending the existing national insurance relief for employers who hire ex—military members. labour claims the tory record on veterans is shameful, and their election plans mean no

change. but secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride says it's an important step forward . forward. >> we are to be re—elected and there will be looking at further plans and strategic plans that there will be a duty on ministers to come forward with. we're going to be decreasing the cost of the rail car to veterans from 30 to £21. we're going to be extending the national insurance reductions that are available to employers that recruit veterans, for example, where we know we have higher employment rates amongst veterans than we do across the population more generally. so we stand full square with them. and i think, you know, this is an important step forward . important step forward. >> but shadow defence secretary john healey says labour would go further for veterans. >> unfortunately, the government's created over 14 years of postcode lottery on help for veterans. >> they've halved the support on employment and they've allowed veterans homelessness to rise

over the last year, not end it. and there's much more that can be done and needs to be done, we would start by putting fully into law the armed forces covenant. now, that would reinforce and strengthen the rights of veterans to services and also of service personnel and also of service personnel and their families. we'd also legislate in the first year of a labour government for a new independent armed forces commissioner. >> meanwhile, liberal democrat leader sir ed davey said it's critical to pass on the memory of d—day to young people , so of d—day to young people, so it's critical we remember them and that we pass that memory on to our children and young people i >> -- >> it was the most important moment in our country's history, and i think the world's history. it was a fight for freedom, a fight for democracy. if those brave men and women hadn't fought that day and gone onto those beaches, we might not be having the election of this at the moment. we might not have the moment. we might not have the freedoms we enjoy. that's how important it is. and so we must remember them and thank

them. >> in other news, a search operation is underway on the greek island of symi, followed by the disappearance of tv doctor michael moseley . it's doctor michael moseley. it's understood he was on a walk and didn't return to where he was staying. the 67 year old is known for appearing on programs like this morning and the one show, an appeal has been launched, urging anyone who spots him to get in touch with local police . and boeing's space local police. and boeing's space capsule has sprung more helium leaks during its first test flight with astronauts. the starliner already had one small leak when it rocketed into orbit yesterday, but two more cropped up just hours into the journey. the aircraft manufacturer says there are no safety issues for there are no safety issues for the test pilots on board. and finally, actor nicholas ball, best known for his roles in detective shows hazel and eastenders, has died aged 78 after suffering from a short illness . ball after suffering from a short illness. ball was after suffering from a short illness . ball was best known for illness. ball was best known for playing terry bates in the long

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very much. well, my gb news colleague ellie costello is in normandy. ellie, welcome to the show. just the most incredible state of affairs. the sights we've seen, the. it's just been astonishing. can you talk us through the highlights of today .7 through the highlights of today? >> well, good afternoon to you, martin. and what a beautiful and poignant and emotional day it has been here on gold beach, which is so important to british tourists, british families of veterans, veterans themselves who have come to gold beach today. this is where 25,000 british troops stormed onto this very sand. they went inland six miles and defeated the germans. it really was the most incredible feat for what was 18, 19, 20 year old boys in some cases. and it has been a day filled with emotion. it started .

filled with emotion. it started. before dawn here at gold beach. we've been here since about 5:00 this morning, and at 625, it started martin with a lone piper who started to play his music at precisely 625. that is, 80 days precisely 625. that is, 80 days precisely to the minute since british troops stepped on the sand here at gold beach. 80 years to the minute since d—day began. years to the minute since d—day began . and martin, you couldn't began. and martin, you couldn't hear a pin drop at that moment, gold beach was packed full of tourists from all around the globe. generations were here on the seawall watching that piper being brought up by amphibious vehicle onto the shoreline here and now. you could just see so many people walking freely on gold beach, and that in itself makes you feel emotional, doesn't it , makes you feel emotional, doesn't it, martin? because these are the freedoms that we all enjoy . now look at all the all enjoy. now look at all the waving. i mean, it's just the

loveliest afternoon. and it is the story of two parts. martin because we are commending and respecting the great loss that occurred on these beaches, we can only imagine the horror and the chaos, and they were full of obstacles and mines and horrific things for our troops to encounter on that morning of the 6th of june, 1944. but here we are, 80 years later, walking freely, remembering those who fell, remembering the great sacrifice that they made , and sacrifice that they made, and also enjoying the freedoms and the liberty that they gave us. and perhaps this world wouldn't look the same if those men hadnt look the same if those men hadn't have been so brave and so courageous on the 6th of june, 1944, the day that changed the course of the second world war, it led to the liberation of france . we were in pegasus france. we were in pegasus bridge yesterday, meeting the first liberated child in nazi occupied france. and she is now

an 84 year old woman, so emotional and so grateful to the british for everything that the british for everything that the british did in 1944. and she still hosts our veterans. now for a champagne toast on the eve of d—day. every single year. and as we speak, martin, it has just gone very quiet. but there is a veterans parade taking place, which is just so fitting that the veterans are at the centre of this parade. there are hundreds of people here to see those veterans. there is a military band playing. they are at the very centre of this ceremony right now. their testimony is going to be shared to the crowds that are waiting here. and later on, martin, there will be a fireworks display . so like i said, it's a display. so like i said, it's a day that's been of two parts. it's been a really sombre and emotional occasion. talking to veterans and hearing about the losses on these beaches. but it's also about to be a day of celebration and celebrating these veterans whilst they are still here with us.

>> and ali the king spoke so movingly earlier on, saying very many of them never came home. they lost their lives on the d—day landing grounds just right behind you there, ali, or in the many battles that followed. this is with the most profound sense of gratitude that we remember them and all those who served at that critical time. and, of course, are there even more poignant this time, because perhaps the final large gathering , the youngest of the gathering, the youngest of the british veterans, of course, now being 97 years of age, ali. >> it is so poignant this year. now more than ever, martin, as you say, the royal british legion acknowledging to us yesterday, this is probably the last major anniversary where we will have a significant number of veterans , just 23 veterans of veterans, just 23 veterans able to make it from the uk to normandy this year. that's compared to about 230 that were able to make that very same journey in 2019. so there is

very much a focus across the board in all of the commemorative events that we have been at this week, that this is the very last occasion where we can really soak up and learn from that first hand testimony, those first hand accounts of those veterans that were here. and it's so right that they are being applauded and revered so much by the crowds that have come from all over the world in the past hour or so. martin prince william, the prince of wales, actually came across the square here in ormond, which is just up from gold beach, and he spoke to some veterans that have served in northern ireland, in iraq and afghan varne. and it was quite interesting. we actually spoke to those veterans ourselves this morning, and they hold the men that stormed these beaches. and so much higher regard than they do themselves. they see them as the great men that went before them, and they see it as their

duty and their honour to come to normandy every year and pay their respects to the men that served in 1944. so let's hear from them now. the names of stephen hall, clarence heal and paul hayward, they're from the gloucestershire regiment. >> people, the soldiers that came here and said 80 years ago , came here and said 80 years ago, what they've done has changed the whole world. and not just for them, but what they sacrificed is what we've got today. and it's just i can't even think of a word of what actually it meant and what they actually it meant and what they actually did for us lot. it's i think we need to carry it on for the next generation. >> so people, it's all about the veterans. it's not about us today. it's about the veterans and the sacrifice they made so we could all live free. and that's why we're as part of the regiment and representing we go we need to remember, and the next generation needs to remember, and carry it on because we can't do it for the re st. rest. >> we'll do it for the rest of

our lives. but they need to carry on. and in 100 years, when the 100 years celebration comes on, they want to be here celebrating this. you know, for as much as it is for us to be here. >> well, thank you to those veterans from the gloucestershire regiment to speaking to me a little bit earlier. and they then went on to meet the prince of wales, which i'm sure they're very honoured to do so. and prince william spent so long with them heanng william spent so long with them hearing their testimony from iraq, afghanistan and also from northern ireland. it is so clear how passionately the royal family feel about this and what a special connection the royal family has with our armed forces as well. that was very, very much clear today . but at the much clear today. but at the centre of this, martin, we have to remember the 22,442 brave men and boys who, under british command, died on d—day or in the days that followed in the battle of normandy. they are at the centre of this , and they are who

centre of this, and they are who we commend and respect today. live more . than early that that live more. than early that that that voice is ringing out behind you. >> and a moment ago you know, the pipes and the drums. you know the sweet sound of liberty. those boys could only have dreamed of hearing that ali costello . fantastic. such a costello. fantastic. such a moving start to the show. thank you very, very much for joining us live from normandy. my god, it's only 3:15. can i keep my eyes dry for the rest of the show now? just a little earlier, we saw vladimir zelenskyy, the president of ukraine, and the labour leader sir keir starmer, arriving at the d—day ceremony. you can see them there. world leaders , of course, descending leaders, of course, descending on this event from all around the world to pay their respects . the world to pay their respects. there is at the moment a commemorative event with those world leaders. now the national arboretum memorial, worrisome star again, the national memorial arboretum in

staffordshire is an incredibly important place, of course, and is where we remember the people who have given their lives for this country. a home and security editor, mark white, is there for us today. mark, welcome to the show. massively emotional event on both sides of the channel. just incredible scenes of serenity now in normandy. in vast contrast to what would have been happening 80 years ago, painted a picture of what's going on at the national memorial arboretum . national memorial arboretum. >> well, this is, of course, an event that is hosted by the royal british legion . and they royal british legion. and they always put on a very emotional and poignant event. and we were joined here by 26 of those veterans. i heard you speaking with ellie and talking about how the youngest veteran was 97. well, according to the british legion , they had a 96 year old legion, they had a 96 year old d—day veteran here. and of course, you do some quick calculations and you think he

couldn't possibly have served? he would only have been 16, but he actually altered his ration book so that he could go off and join his comrades across on the beaches of normandy to fight for his country. and he survived . his country. and he survived. and he was back here for this service as were, as i say, 26 others. the oldest here was 104 years old, and it was all about the whole, commemoration. understandably focusing on the veterans past, understandably focusing on the veterans past , the and veterans veterans past, the and veterans who are still alive today . but who are still alive today. but of course, the young servicemen who gave their lives on the beaches of normandy and in a very poignant moment, we had recollection's that were read out by military cadets serving cadets today, reading out the poems of servicemen across in normandy who would have been no older, maybe even younger than

they were today. this is what one of them said. >> it's the 6th of june, 1944. >> it's the 6th of june, 1944. >> my name is keith whiting and i'm 18. >> from 5 i'm18. >> from 5 am. i'm 18. >> from 5 am. onwards, the hms ramillies was bombarding the german targets with a spotter plane, communicating to me and my crew where to fire and what to target . to target. >> but we were just doing our job, trying to protect those troops landing on the beaches. >> so they had a chance. we didn't realise that 80 years on, we would all be part of history and there wasn't a dry eye around here. >> when another one of the veterans, 99 year old les marsh, a former gunner and radio operator, took to the stage and he read out that heart wrenchingly moving poem for the fallen they will grow not old as we that are left grow old. >> age will not weary them or

the years condemn. at the going down in the sun and in the morning . we will remember them . morning. we will remember them. we will remember.

>> and those words from les marsh were so absolutely fitting. the very eldest of gentlemen up there on stage talking about how they shall not grow old as we grow old. it really was so very moving . really was so very moving. >> amazing stuff. mark white at the national memorial arboretum. that band of brothers unbowed by history and unbowed by age. thank you so much for sharing that with us. okay, we'll have lots more on d—day in a few minutes time. and of course, throughout the rest of today's special show. and there's plenty of coverage on our website, gbnews.com. and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. now, a change of gear because it's officially summer and we've got a brand new summer giveaway and there's £15,000 in tax free cash to make summer

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welcome back. it's 326. i'm martin daubney on gb news now. let's cross live now to normandy. sophie reaper. my colleague is at a parade in the town of arromanches in the honour of the d—day veterans. sophie, welcome to the show. tell us what's what's happening ? tell us what's what's happening? >> greater love. >> greater love. >> good afternoon to you, martin. we are currently hearing from the chaplain here in parade square in arromanches. i'm going to get my cameraman to pan

around. so we can take in a little bit of that. on the way, however, you will see some of those veterans who are here to be honoured after what they did on d—day. they risked their lives for us here on gold beach. but now you will hear the chaplain speaking and in memoriam of those who lost their lives, but also in respect of those d—day veterans who remain with us today, god of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish and those whose names we will never know . never know. >> we thank you for the veterans of d—day and the battle for normandy, who have carried the torch of memory for so many years, but who are passing from our midst as age takes its toll, we pledge ourselves anew to serve you and all humanity in the cause of peace among the nations. >> for the relief of want and suffering and the praise of your

name. guide us by your spirit in the ways of wisdom, justice, and peace , as remaining faithful to peace, as remaining faithful to you now and always. >> amen . >> amen. >> amen. >> we bring our prayers in the words that jesus taught us, and as we say this prayer, we say it in our own languages. our father, who art in heaven , father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. >> thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom , the power, and is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.

>> amen . and that is the lord's prayer. >> of course, martin, that we've just heard here in parade square, in arromanches. in the rest of this parade, we will be heanng rest of this parade, we will be hearing the last post, as well as the national anthems. i'm sure that will be incredibly emotional, not for just the veterans who are here with us, but for everyone who's gathered to pay their respects. 80 years on from d—day conflict since that time, sophie reaper in arromanches, a beautiful coming together in peace as they did on that day in war. >> 80 years ago, a band of brothers from a plethora of nafions brothers from a plethora of nations sat side by side, perhaps for the last time , the perhaps for the last time, the last big time. they do this on d—day. sophie reaper. last big time. they do this on d—day. sophie reaper . absolutely d—day. sophie reaper. absolutely wonderful stuff. thank you very much . now let's continue our much. now let's continue our coverage of d—day and head back to britain, because our reporter, will hollis is in worksop . down the road from

worksop. down the road from where i'm born in nottinghamshire, will welcome to the show. i know that part of the show. i know that part of the world, my home turf, very, very much respect and honours and pays homage to veterans . and pays homage to veterans. tell us what's happening today. >> yes. good afternoon. >> yes. good afternoon. >> well, the national focus is across the channel in normandy and here in england as well at the national arboretum . but it the national arboretum. but it is in towns and villages, smaller parts of the country where people have been gathering to remember the men who went away to fight , to remember the men who went away to fight, many of them dying on those beaches and never had a chance to come home and experience peacetime in places like worksop, here in bassetlaw, nottinghamshire. >> now . now, a lot of these >> now. now, a lot of these events have been quite similar . events have been quite similar. there's been the last post, there's been pipers honouring there's been pipers honouring the story of bill millin, who marched up and down sword beach for 20 minutes, rousing the troops unarmed except for his

bagpipe instrument playing the tune highland laddie. >> we've heard bagpipes here today , but we've also been today, but we've also been heanng today, but we've also been hearing the reasons why it is so important, particularly in these parts of the world where there might not be any veterans left to join the commemoration is that people gather in gardens like the memorial garden here in worksop. and remember, and i've been speaking to the lord lieutenant of nottinghamshire, the king's representative here in the county, veronica pickering , about why she thinks pickering, about why she thinks it's so important that we do remember it is where most of those young men and women came from. >> the small towns and villages across the uk represented all of us. it wasn't one army from a small place , or one large town small place, or one large town and one large city. these small towns, and in fact, most of the working people in these small towns, are the ones who went over to normandy , are the ones over to normandy, are the ones who fought in the first and

second world wars. this is where our history sits. this is where our history sits. this is where our history sits. this is where our history belongs, and it should be shared . should be shared. >> yes. well, as fewer veterans come to these sorts of events, having young people gather at gardens like this will be so important to telling that d—day story in the future . story in the future. >> well, hollis, thank you so much for joining >> well, hollis, thank you so much forjoining us live from much for joining us live from worksop. beautifully put. thank you very much. now we'll of course have much more on the d—day commemoration. and in a few minutes our political edhon few minutes our political editor, chris hope, will talk us through the latest on the election campaign as a shock poll shows the reform party could be overtaking the tories in the midlands and the north of england . but first, it's time england. but first, it's time for your latest news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. it's 332. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. your headlines as we've been hearing, the king has expressed his profound sense of

gratitude to those who fought in the d—day invasion as he addressed veterans during the 80th anniversary commemorations in normandy . veterans could be in normandy. veterans could be seen wiping their eyes with tissue as charles made his address at the national commemorative event in france, they were joined by prime minister rishi sunak , labour minister rishi sunak, labour leader sir keir starmer and french president emmanuel macron. meanwhile, us president joe biden is also in france, where he was joined by president macron at a d—day ceremony in normandy . and in the uk. d—day normandy. and in the uk. d—day commemorations are also underway across the country. in lisburn in northern ireland, the town crier delivered a d—day proclamation . scunthorpe has proclamation. scunthorpe has also marked the event and a beacon lighting ceremony will take place in kent and the princess royal joined chelsea pensioners at the royal chelsea hospital in london for a special d—day commemoration . in other d—day commemoration. in other news, more than 100 people are being treated in hospital after an e coli outbreak. it's being

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course in france to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day. but before that, let's get the latest on the general election and to a poll conducted after nigel farage said that he was going to stand for parliament and the yougov poll for sky news has reform uk just two points behind the conservatives, it has the tories on 19% and reform just behind, nibbling at their heels on 17. now the labour party are well clear. of course, they still have a 21 point lead over the conservatives and i'm joined now in our studio in westminster by our political editor , chris hope. chris, we editor, chris hope. chris, we were waiting for the first poll to drop after nigel made . nigel to drop after nigel made. nigel farage made his announcement. now it's come tell us more interesting, isn't it? >> so monday and tuesday, carried out after an over and after the announcement made by nigel farage. big bump to two points bumped. so reform on 17 points bumped. so reform on 17 points tories 19 points. labour

40 points. it's a yougov poll. we're approaching the a big word that could happen this weekend on these trends cross over what that means, martin. you know jolly well we discussed it before in your show. it means that reform become the second biggest party, according to the polling. of course , they are polling. of course, they are fielding candidates, so no mps left anymore. they might get zero mps. after all the election on july the 5th, one month away today. but really, this is worrying and shows the effect that we thought. nigel farage declared i've you look now at reform uk and everyone is in the right place. you've got richard tice , as the chairman, not so tice, as the chairman, not so good at the kind of retail politics that farage is. you got him as the leader. he's obviously fronting up reform uk and a big debate tomorrow. seven way debate are all parties, the bbc tomorrow night will be there in the green room for gb news viewers in the spin room, not the green room, but nigel farage. subtweeted wrote on twitter or x about this. we're just getting started. and that

will be the alarm bells in central office and an unlikely ally in the shape of nadine dorries . dorries. >> she came in and she was saying by my prediction, she said last night that the reform party might overtake the conservatives by saturday, doing so without any real policies . so without any real policies. >> the policies which actually do seem to fall apart to some degree on closer inspection, as we saw with our colleague camilla tominey a few nights ago, this net zero policy. and how many do you want? 600,000. nigel farage is it? is it one in, one out? and how on earth do you make that work? and let how can so you know, health health bodies plan for any kind of workforce if it's one in, one out. i mean, it's not explained . out. i mean, it's not explained. i think we are waiting to see a manifesto from this party. we may not even get one because of course, they're not like other parties. >> well, we don't see a manifesto, i think, from all of the parties. >> probably next week we're quite nice to see them. show us your medals next week should be show us your medals given today. why not? should be next week. we think manifesto week. >> okay, let's quickly move on.

there's been a row raging since that itv debate about tax. first, it was a £2,000 extra under sir keir starmers labour party . party. >> now pensioners, the tories think you're onto something here. they are trying to drive forward, trying to do various locks on, on on tax increases. you're hearing from jeremy hunt they won't increase taxes on capital gains tax, stamp duty, council tax bands. they think those are the spaces where labour are looking. so the tories are trying to forced labour to make commitments which haven't happened yet. for labour its point of view, is accusing them. the tories are failing pensioners. they're saying over 65 who pay income tax has nearly doubled 8.5 million pensioners in the 14 years of them being in power. so while there may be a pensioner lock or a retirement tax, as the tories call it, that labour might might try and push through. in truth , they're all through. in truth, they're all at it. >> suburbs of chris o'shea and we'll have much more from you later in the show. always a pleasure to have you in the studio now. we will of course, have lots more on d—day between

now and 6:00, but in a few minutes we'll head to wales , minutes we'll head to wales, where first minister vaughan gething is fighting for his political life. i'm martin daubney on gb britain's news

welcome back. it's 347. i'm martin daubney , and 347. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, the first minister of wales. vaughan gething has been in normandy today to honour the welsh soldiers who lost their lives on d—day . but less than 24 hours d—day. but less than 24 hours ago, though, he lost a vote of no confidence in the senedd. and our political correspondent, katherine forster is in cardiff. catherine, welcome to the show . catherine, welcome to the show. >> 78 days ago i was here talking to you on gb news about vaughan gething becoming welsh first minister. how times have changed. yesterday he lost a

confidence vote in the senate and his position is now very, very perilous. now it all centres around a £200,000 donation to his campaign, which he accepted from a firm linked to a man who has twice been convicted of dumping waste . that convicted of dumping waste. that led to a lot of questions lie—ins unhappiness right across , all the opposition parties and indeed within the welsh labour party itself . and so he lost party itself. and so he lost this vote just by two yesterday. but two, labour mps were off sick. and i think worth noting that one of them was a minister, that one of them was a minister, that he had recently sacked . that he had recently sacked. another had been a very, very vocal critic of him. so make of that what you will. now, despite losing this confidence vote and calls for him to resign, he says

that he is going nowhere. he says that he hasn't broken any rules. and that's what sir keir starmer told me last week too. but, the welsh conservatives who brought this motion forward, they are saying that it's about judgement, transparency and honesty and that it shows bad judgement. there's also other questions about deleted covid message during the pandemic , message during the pandemic, which he was health minister at the time. so an extraordinary term of events we're listening to used to hearing about chaos in westminster and then look what's happened up in scotland with the snp. a humza yousaf lasting only just over a year. we don't know yet whether vaughan gething will hang on or not, but talking to some people in cardiff earlier, let's see what they had to say .

what they had to say. >> but the person who has taken the donation off is not a very respectable person. so you know you can't sort of call call out other parties and ask them to resign and then not do the decent thing again. but that's labour all over, isn't it? >> probably be the decent thing to do. is field a vote of no confidence. so his own people do want them so he hasn't been in very long, has he? well, it doesn't really matter. look at the british prime ministers. somebody lasted a lettuce. was it the life of a lettuce or something? so it don't really matter. the term. the term doesn't really matter. it's whether you can do the job or not. >> i believe so, very little love there for the welsh first minister i think is incredibly difficult. the position he is now in, of course, all this is deeply unhelpful for sir keir starmer in the middle of the general election campaign . general election campaign. >> thank you catherine. now they've given him the vaughan ultimatum . will it be they've given him the vaughan ultimatum .will it be a case of ultimatum. will it be a case of i'm getting out of here now, let's you bring bring you more now on d—day, we've got some

live pictures i think we can show you now from normandy . the show you now from normandy. the international parade is currently going on. i'm delighted to say i'm now joined in the studio by the military historian chris newton, who will be with me throughout the rest of the show. chris, welcome to the show delight to have you. hugely moving and significant moments across the uk, across france and a lot of people will be understanding of d—day. of course, a lot will be not so certain. the younger generation perhaps, chris, as a military historian, what first moved you to become so interested in d—day . good afternoon. the first thing i should say is that you are doing some excellent coverage all throughout the two days. very kind and very moving coverage. your reporters are excellent, so i just want to get that in to the start with. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> but in terms of what got me interested in d—day, it was dunng interested in d—day, it was during the 50th anniversary, vie and i was just a small boy at that point, and i was just

fascinated by the stories and, and, and the sheer accounts of the danger which the men faced on on that day and, and, and afterwards. >> and so i was, i was fascinated, you know, just just the, you know, just to find out, you know, what how what were they thinking , you know, and they thinking, you know, and what, what were they experiencing doing such extreme, actions and risking their lives to , to, to secure their objectives. >> and of course, what happened in my generation growing up, you know, my grandfathers both fought in world war two and we grew up with a, a boys own , a grew up with a, a boys own, a commando, a victor, an action man, a war movie as a romanticised picture of history. and of course, the more you delve into it, the more the true accounts came out . chris, we accounts came out. chris, we understood that young lads were suddenly faced with the most unimaginable horrors. yeah and it's just it's just something

for us in our society today. >> we just cannot, it imagine and we have to remember and recognise that the freedom, the prosperity that that we enjoy today or the relative prosperity that we enjoy today, it wasn't it just it just didn't appear overnight . it it was based on overnight. it it was based on the sacrifices and the risks that these young men were taking i >> -- >> okay. and actually, we can cross live now to omaha beach, where the prince of wales and keir starmer draw more than 25 heads of state and veterans from around the world at the official international ceremony. and chris, this is another part of the d—day 80th anniversary commemorations , very much a commemorations, very much a coming together of the plethora of international allies . chris of international allies. chris unhedin of international allies. chris united in war and now united in peace. >> yeah, it's you know, it's really good to see all these nafions really good to see all these nations coming together.

>> you know, we were once at war, but now we can we can remember these these events in in peace and omaha is, a very significant on the day it was a beach where the americans landed, and it was an operation which went kind of awry initially, the, the naval and the air bombardments didn't really achieve what they set out to do in terms of weakening the german defences , and the troops german defences, and the troops were released , early. so, so were released, early. so, so they were wading through sort of extremely deep water and many of them didn't make the shore and, and they ultimately got, you know, were pinned down on the beaches, on the beach initially . beaches, on the beach initially. and, and it was very touch and go. and indeed, the whole operation at omaha was nearly called off. it was just, a, an error in, in terms of the radio signals that that didn't

actually reach eisenhower. and and the operation continued. but the americans did eventually manage to get ashore and, and to make progress on that day . and make progress on that day. and if that hadn't happened, then that would have left a gap in the, in the allied line, which the, in the allied line, which the germans could have potentially exploited. so it's very thankful that even though things went wrong, and that that ultimately the operation was, was successful and they were able to secure a lodgement on, on the beach on the day and that brutal, bloody, heroic quick landing on omaha beach is one that has been greatly covered in movies. >> of course, band of brothers , >> of course, band of brothers, in fact, they played the tune there earlier on, and steven spielberg and tom hanks are at omaha beach , remembering that omaha beach, remembering that there was a red arrows fly past early on, nine of them flew past the. it was during the american ceremony, and it's temporarily

interrupted the speeches there. but of course there are so many live events going on at any one time, almost like 3d chess doctor chris newton, that these things happen. but wonderful, wonderful scenes and particularly , you know, i'm particularly, you know, i'm struck when i go around the world and my, my sister married into the us forces, like i say, my, my grandparents fought in this that common bond, that special relationship. we talk about that a lot. but truly this was the beginning of something truly, truly special between america and the uk right here on this beach. >> yeah, and you know, it was a americans, british and canadians as well. and yes, the british and the americans, you know, really did kind of forge forge their relationships, you know, this happened , you know, this happened, you know, beforehand as well, it has to be said that it wasn't always kind of plain sailing. said that it wasn't always kind of plain sailing . the of plain sailing. the relationship the, the british and the americans had a

disagreement over strategy between 1942 and 1944, the british, the americans actually wanted to conduct this operation much earlier in 1942. the british said , no, we need to british said, no, we need to wait. we need to prepare properly. we need to weaken the axis forces in in the in the mediterranean, in the mediterranean, in the mediterranean and north africa, sicily and italy and so in 1942 and 1943, the british were able to convince the americans that, let's not do this yet. let's wait. that's let's prepare, let's prepare for this. and ultimately, we ended up with this operation in 1944. but but, you know, this was a very well coordinated operation between the british and the americans . the british and the americans. >> and we saw, the french president , >> and we saw, the french president, emmanuel macron, there sat with the american president, joe biden, earlier on, emmanuel macron. i think a very special moment. he awarded

france's highest distinction to a 104 year old british d—day veteran , that was chris veteran, that was chris christian lamb, who helped to plan the d—day landings in normandy . plan the d—day landings in normandy. that's legion d'honneur, of course, established by napoleon bonaparte in 1802. so 80 years later, you know, an astonishing sight . you know, these these sight. you know, these these commemorations, chris, still being given out. i thought it was a wonderful moment. >> yeah. i mean, again, a very moving moment. it's been an extremely, incredibly moving , extremely, incredibly moving, two days. and, you know, it's very important that we get the perspective of, of these veterans . you know, the second veterans. you know, the second world war is still what kind of historians call a living war, a living war in which we can still go living war in which we can still 9° 9° living war in which we can still go go to veterans and ask them about their experiences, unfortunately, that won't be the case. you know, at some point , case. you know, at some point, hopefully not for a very long time, and then it will be to,

for people like me and for, for his , for historians to then tell his, for historians to then tell tell that story to young, younger generations and generations coming up. >> and you hit on a hugely significant point there. chris and that is the legacy, the passing , the baton of passing, the baton of remembrance. we did a report on gb news. so and there's such a shockingly low level of awareness, particularly among younger people around d—day , its younger people around d—day, its significance, even what it stands for. and yet we saw on those big screens there behind those big screens there behind those veterans , now bowed by those veterans, now bowed by time but not bowed in their magnificence . pictures of the magnificence. pictures of the nazis walking under the arc de triomphe. this is only a heartbeat away in the in the in terms of human time, we saw people there crying mothers, children, you know, locals crying as the nazis took france and of course, this day, d—day was the was the time when that page began to turn . page began to turn. >> yeah, and this, you know, in

terms of the significance of, of d—day, this, this kind of represented, you know, to the germans that there were there was absolutely no way they were going to turn things around and, and, and going to win this war. this was. yes, the germans were, were being beaten on the eastern front and, and there were operations in north africa and italy. but, but this, this also signalled the beginning of the end. >> there's a beautiful children's choir singing. now let's take a little listen here. live, live in amherst . live, live in amherst. >> oh, believe it again . zahawi >> oh, believe it again. zahawi vie pearl davis bucha d emotionally . oh facility for

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de—man . as he could believe . who de—man. as he could believe. who was he who joined ? all eager to was he who joined? all eager to come. was he mo mowlam? is he ? come. was he mo mowlam? is he? lay down again , sure. so lay down again, sure. so albuquerque for de faux pas taylor . oh, see he taylor. oh, see he. >> and donald chris newton. what i find so moving about things like that is just imagining 80 years ago now, those boys who'd be like face down on that beach,

you know, the memories that you read about , you know, the memories that you read about, of the flail of bullets, people just walking out, as you said, they often beach too soon. they're in deep water. they were sitting ducks. they were just getting decimated. just to think that 80 years on, there'd be a children's choir. it's almost unimaginable. the contrast . unimaginable. the contrast. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, i was just about to say what a what a contrast. and, you know, that was a magnificent display there, the serenity, the peacefulness of, of, of that performance there. and as you're right, contrast that to the bitter struggle, the fighting that that took place , the, the, that that took place, the, the, the bombardment, the naval bombardments, the air, the air bombardments, the air, the air bombardment as well, and, you know, the bitter fighting, the chaos, the fog of war. and as i mentioned earlier, you know, in omaha beach , there was, you omaha beach, there was, you know, there was chaos and, and people didn't know whether this

was whether omaha or whether the americans would be successful at omaha. and then contrast it to now and, and you can hear the piano in the background and it's , you know, as we've mentioned earlier, extremely moving scenes, extremely moving music, and, and that's how, you know, this is, is the symbol of, of the future as opposed to the scenes of the past or indeed what's what's going on in places like , like ukraine, extremely like, like ukraine, extremely vie, again, just and the significance, chris, of these beaches, of course, a 50 mile stretch, these five beaches, this was not the easy route. >> it would have been far easier to go on one of the peninsulas, but that, of course, strategically may have been pinched off, may have been cut off and of course, that was very much expected. but this, as you can see by some of those aerial shots, there are huge open

expanse, nowhere to hide, nowhere to take cover. literally walking into death. >> yeah. amphibious warfare is one of the most complex operations that that you can can you can conduct. there's a limit to how much fire support that you can have. >> and we have an english speaker here, i think. >> can we have a listen in to see what the gentleman is saying? >> if the plan could have been worked out with the wholehearted support of all the nations , then support of all the nations, then there never would have been a world war ii, as we call it. >> and just think how wonderful that would have been. and no other wars either .

the whole difficulty seems to be that each new generation must find out for itself how dreadful, costly, and futile war is. instead of being able to profit by the knowledge gained

by other generations who have also found out the truth to their great sorrow . this also found out the truth to their great sorrow. this has been the second world war in my lifetime , and i know those who lifetime, and i know those who fought in world war i hoped never to see another . i know never to see another. i know also that those of us who are fighting in this one hope never to see another . but it may be to see another. but it may be that there are too many people of all nations who did not actually live, fight and witness actually live, fight and witness actual combat . and for that actual combat. and for that reason do not know it in all its horrors . horrors. >> hugely emotional there. that was a performer reading out a letter as a giant screen there of a us servicemen that was

clearly a letter he'd written back to his family. his sweetheart art, and he was talking about the unimaginable horrors of the second war he'd seen in his lifetime. there, doctor chris newton. and looking on there , we saw president on there, we saw president macron and his wife. we saw joe biden , the american president, biden, the american president, justin trudeau, prime minister of canada, and prince william. also on the end, so who'd have thought that letter sent back from the terror of war 80 years ago would now be read out to a world stage? astonishing, chris. >> yeah, i mean , you know, >> yeah, i mean, you know, really kind of moving and astonishing as well. >> and the words that he said as well is , you know, what he said well is, you know, what he said about kind of his always a repeat of history that each generation has to find out for themselves and that , you know, themselves and that, you know, how horrible, how ghastly war is , sorry. >> that is my piece.

>> that is my piece. >> come on. yep. so. >> yeah. so it's and unfortunately, it's a, a phenomenon that, that, you know, we still have to have to experience to this to this day , experience to this to this day, and one of the things that i believe that kind of underpins, you know, as as to why we've, we've enjoyed peace in our generations is that , you know, generations is that, you know, we had understood that deterrence is important. >> and we can see some parachutists landing in now gently landing to earth. of course , we saw at 1 pm. course, we saw at 1 pm. yesterday a talismanic drop of parachutists. of course , as you parachutists. of course, as you said, doctor chris newton, this was an invasion not only by land, but by sea. and from air. >> yeah, yeah. so in addition to the five beach landings, you also had, airborne landings on the flanks and, and the and guder the flanks and, and the and

glider landings as well . and, glider landings as well. and, and the objective of these was to, was to secure the flanks and, and ensure that the germans didn't know disrupt allied progress on, on the, on the flanks. you also had, as, as you mentioned, a big naval bombardment as well. preliminary preliminary bombardment that preceded the actual landings. and those were ultimately were to destroy the german defences and in particular the concrete bunkers and, and the big guns that that were on, on, on the normandy beaches and also by air as well , you normandy beaches and also by air as well, you had in, in the days and weeks preceding the operation, you had, a allied bombers and performing interdiction operations , bombing interdiction operations, bombing communications, performing bombing railway lines and that would and the aim of that is to prevent german reinforcements from , from retreating, reaching from, from retreating, reaching the battle area as as as well.

so, so it's important that this is a, you know, multi—dimensional operation . multi—dimensional operation. it's an operation that is carried out from the sea and, and britain's maritime, history as well is, you know, is extremely important. and in for order this operation to succeed, you needed both command of the engush you needed both command of the english channel and also, air superiority as well. without those then then this operation would, would be pretty much impossible . impossible. >> and of course the us airborne division massively significant in this. they were dropping behind lines, behind enemy lines, and they were taking towns from the rear. and of course, san mare eglise is one of the one of the ones we know most about . of the one of the ones we know most about. i've of the one of the ones we know most about . i've been to that most about. i've been to that town myself, an incredible place , until very recently, the mayor of that town was a us serviceman who helped to liberate that town. shortly after d—day. he

married a local lass and he stayed there. the original us flag that was first put up over that church when they ripped down the nazi flag, was still on that church wall chart card with bullet holes. a genuine piece of history . when you see those us history. when you see those us servicemen now, doctor chris newton staring up at those parachutists in the air, can only wonder what memories come flooding back to them. >> and that's kind of one of the attractions of this. of what? this, operation, what these commemorations , had for me when commemorations, had for me when i was watching this some 30 years ago and the 50th anniversary, i, i was attracted to the stories, the individual stories of d—day and stories like that and, and also my granddad didn't fight at normandy, but, but and but he fought in the war and his stories as well, kind of, you know, as fascinated by and, and

inspired as well. and so. okay so we need to quickly move on now. how. >> now. >> we'll have plenty more from doctor chris newton throughout the rest of the show. now, today is an emotional and a hugely significant day, of course. and eight years ago today, british troops, together with other members of the allies , invaded members of the allies, invaded normandy. it's believed that more than 4000 people, including almost 1500 brits, died on d—day, june 6th, 1944. today we are remembering the fallen and honounng are remembering the fallen and honouring all those to whom we owe so much now, homeland security editor mark white is at the national memorial arboretum. mark we just saw astonishing pictures there from omaha beach in normandy. what's the latest from the national memorial arboretum ? arboretum? >> well, the service here was incredibly emotional as you would expect, i've been through a couple of them now this week. and the royal british legion, of course, organised this particular event at the royal, memorial arboretum . and it was

memorial arboretum. and it was an incredible spectacle. it has to be said to tell us a bit more about that. we can speak to one of the organisers, mr metcalf , of the organisers, mr metcalf, thank you for speaking to us. just tell us if you would . how just tell us if you would. how how did it go? oh, we are so pleased it went so well. >> i mean, of course, we put at the heart of today's event the 26 veterans that we had here today from the d—day in the normandy landings. >> the youngest one was, you know, approaching 96, 97, sorry, the oldest one 100, 104. and it was really important we placed their stories at the heart of it and their personal testimonies and their personal testimonies and their personal testimonies and the films that they made. you know, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. it's so important that we listen to their experiences 80 years ago on those beaches. >> yeah, of course, when les marsh, 99 years old, took to the stage and read , of course, that stage and read, of course, that very heart wrenching poem to the war dead, it was just incredible. >> oh, it is . >> oh, it is. »- >> oh, it is. >> you know, they are such a resilient generation and we but we mustn't take their

experiences for granted. when they landed on those beaches and they landed on those beaches and they liberated western europe, you know, from the nazis, they produced the freedom and the liberty that we take so for granted today. so it's really important that we treasure that and we make sure we pass that , and we make sure we pass that, pass that torch on to the next generation. >> and i think really, as part of that thinking we saw here today, schoolchildren reading out those thoughts, those poems as well . as well. >> yeah, of course. >> yeah, of course. >> and we had, you know, cadets who were 17 and 18 themselves, reading experiences from guys who hit the beaches the same ages as them. and you look at them and think, they look so young, but that's what those guys were, you know, 80 years ago, 16, 17, 18 and upwards. and you know, what they went through and what they achieved is absolutely amazing. and we must make sure that we educate the next generation on their service and their sacrifice. >> we thought on the 75th anniversary, it would be the last hurrah, really, for these veterans, but they show such resilience and determination and it's because, of course , it's it's because, of course, it's not that they want the

attention, they want the attention, they want the attention to be on those who fell back in 1944. >> yeah. i mean, they are such a humble generation . humble generation. >> and it's often, you know, until they approach later in their age, they start talking about their experiences. but of course, we all know that, you know, this is probably the last chance we'll ever get a big group together here in the uk and in normandy, but we'll still look to commemorate d—day and other commemorations every single year , and to make sure single year, and to make sure their stories is passed on. >> well, thank you very much indeed for speaking to us. we know that you always do a tremendous job here, and it really is, i think an event that that will have done these veterans proud and their families as well. and the thousands of others who came along here who weren't necessarily part of the thousands who were invited guests here, but just wanted to be part of this very special ceremony to mark what a beautiful message. >> passing the baton of remembrance to the next generation. thank you very much

for joining us. and let's cross forjoining us. and let's cross live now to normandy, where sophie reaper is in the town of arromanches, where there has been a parade in honour of the d—day veterans. i can hear those pipes majestically blaring out behind you there. sophie reaper what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> walmart in the news that you're hearing behind me right now is the fabulous piping of the somme battlefield pipe band. >> they've been playing a few songs now just to round off this parade , this service in in parade, this service in in memory and in commemoration of those veterans. now, there were some british veterans present here. they were sat along the sides. >> they have now all gone. but it was absolutely fabulous to see them here. in fact, once the commemoration had finished, i think we can we can show you the crowds. how many people have gathered here to see those veterans and to pay their respects, as those veterans were leaving the parade square here

in arromanches, they were given absolute rounds of applause, cheers and cuddles even. and they were absolutely loving it . they were absolutely loving it. it was so heartwarming to see i even got to see a couple of my veterans. i call them , who i've veterans. i call them, who i've worked with now for many years, including bernard, who i spoke to you about yesterday. martin. i of course , got quite emotional i of course, got quite emotional speaking about bernard yesterday, and i got the chance to see him and have another conversation with him, which is always truly just so special to get to hear those stories, and it was it's really just so poignant and so heartwarming for me to be able to see those veterans getting the respect and the commendation that they so truly deserve. the rounds of applause and the handshakes that that they deserve because of what they did 80 years ago today. i think behind the piping band, you can see the channel which is gold beach, which is

where, some of those veterans would have landed on the 6th of june, 1944, eight years ago today , there was a really rather today, there was a really rather poignant line, in fact, that we heard from the mayor of arromanches, part of the service he said that on this day 80 years ago, there was the ordinary that was taking place. for example, the baker was making his bread . people were making his bread. people were going about their ordinary lives, trying to get on with things as world war ii raged around them. but he said, then there was also the extra ordinary, and that was the veterans , those troops on that veterans, those troops on that day landing on the beaches , day landing on the beaches, risking their lives to try and bnng risking their lives to try and bring liberation and freedom to both france and of course, all of europe. incredibly moving scenes we heard the last post, we heard the national anthems, and in fact, i think my favourite moment from it was when we saw the veterans stand. those who could stand, of course , they crossed hands and they danced to auld lang syne . it was danced to auld lang syne. it was a truly moving moment here in

arromanches on the most special and the most moving and the most historic of days here in this part of france is something i'm sure i and everybody here will truly never forget . truly never forget. >> an extraordinary time 80 years ago. an extraordinary scenes today . sophie reaper. you scenes today. sophie reaper. you know, nobody can fail to be moved . by the way, you've been moved. by the way, you've been reporting on this and seeing those old boys standing up and joining hands. it's the stuff, the memories to cherish for a lifetime. and those pipes, you know, the sweet pipes of freedom behind you. sounds that those boys could only have dreamed, dreamed of on that day. thank you very much , sophie reaper, you very much, sophie reaper, for another fantastic report. we're sure to come back to you throughout the rest of the show. thank you. now moving on. keir starmer are spoken to reporters at normandy, where he is attending the d—day 80th anniversary celebrations on behalf of the labour party. >> today's event has been moving and powerful, and it is.

>> it's truly a privilege to be here on behalf of the labour party to , give our tribute to party to, give our tribute to and pay our respects to the armed services, our armed forces. and in particular to remember those involved in d—day . we've got veterans here. and so it was incredible to hear from them and to be able to thank them and to say to them that we will never forget , never that we will never forget, never forget their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their comrades. my message to the veterans is thank you.thank message to the veterans is thank you. thank you for all of us who have had the freedom that they fought for so courageously as individuals and as a group, and to say thank you through them to those that never made it back, but also so to say that we know that it but also so to say that we know thatitis but also so to say that we know that it is our duty , as they get that it is our duty, as they get older, to continue to tell the story , to make sure the history story, to make sure the history is told. so that we say when we say we, we will never forget,

thatis say we, we will never forget, that is because we take on the duty of ensuring that those stories, that history is always told and retold . told and retold. >> and that was keir starmer in normandy earlier and coming up, we'll be crossing over to scotland to get the latest d—day coverage with our scotland reporter north of the border and viewers on screen now, you can still see pictures from that astonishingly moving international ceremony on omaha beach. world leaders gathered joe biden raisi prince william there also, justin trudeau, the prime minister of canada , and of prime minister of canada, and of course, president emmanuel macron and his wife, choral music, children singing incredibly different scenes to what would have been there 80 years ago. astonishing stuff. please stay with us. i'm martin daubney on gb news, news channel

welcome back 425. i'm martin daubney on gb news, and viewers can now see pictures live from omaha beach in normandy. there's an international ceremony going on. as we speak, world leaders are gathered. president joe biden, emmanuel macron, the french president justin trudeau. prince william is there from the arctic kingdom. we just seen a choral display from children . we've display from children. we've seen some magnificent parachutists glide down in serene conditions, has to be said in stark contrast to the weather we know was treacherous on that fateful day 80 years ago.the on that fateful day 80 years ago. the contrast and the emotions today. and see, hear and see now a beautiful child singing away . now those lads on singing away. now those lads on landing on those beaches could only have dreamed of sights and sounds like this. let's listen in a way to die. >> go ! glory, glory! >> go! glory, glory! >> go! glory, glory! >> what a hell of a way to die. he ain't gonna jump no more for.

>> vroom vroom vroom vroom. >> vroom vroom vroom vroom. >> he was just a rookie trooper. >> he was just a rookie trooper. >> and he slowly shook with fright . fright. >> he checked all his equipment and mature his back was tight. >> he had to sit and listen to those awful engines. >> were you and gonna jump? no more glory. >> glory! what a hell of a way to die. glory, glory , what to die. glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die. >> glory , glory, what a hell of >> glory, glory, what a hell of a way. >> tonight he ain't gonna jump no more . [10 more. >> no more. >> vroom vroom vroom vroom . room >> vroom vroom vroom vroom. room is everybody happy? cry the sergeant looking up. how here are feebly answered yes. and then they stood him up in jump into the icy blast. he start to climb and hugged, and he ain't gonna tap no more .

gonna tap no more. >> glory, glory! what a hell of a way to die. >> glory, glory, what a hell of a way to die. glory, glory . what a way to die. glory, glory. what a way to die. glory, glory. what a hell of a way to die. he ain't gonna jump no more. he be counted long. he counted loud . counted long. he counted loud. he waited for the shock. he felt the wind. he felt the cold. he felt the awful drop . the silk felt the awful drop. the silk from his wisdom. spill out. and wrapped around his legs. from his wisdom. spill out. and wrapped around his legs . and he wrapped around his legs. and he heard god a dove no more glory. >> glory was a hell of a way to die . glory, glory, what a hell ! die. glory, glory, what a hell! >> the way to die. glory glory,

what a hell of a way to die. >> he had gotten the most far. >> he had gotten the most far. >> absolutely magnificent. that was blood on the risers, sung to the tune of battle hymn of the republic. that's a song that tells the germ of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy, resulting in him falling to his death. an amazing rendition still stood off by a young child, finished off by a young child, finished off by a group of servicemen. incredible stuff. if you're joining us now, this is a live international ceremony from omaha beach. live in normandy on the 80th anniversary of d—day. and let's continue our d—day coverage now, and let's come back to british soil . we cross back to british soil. we cross now to bbc reporters. tony mcguire at glasgow cathedral.

tony, welcome to to the the show. we've just seen astonishing pictures there from the beach in normandy, back to north of the border . of course, north of the border. of course, this day remembered with equal power and beauty . power and beauty. >> yes. good afternoon martin. i think you know your retailing there of the story of the tale of that paratrooper behind that song. >> it's actually cuts right to the heart of what so many discussions have been about today. >> you know, after the 75th anniversary of d—day, many people thought that would be it. >> you know, we the next anniversary , we would not be anniversary, we would not be able to share with the veterans that that fought on the beaches of normandy. >> and yet here we are, how blessed we are to have so many of them here today, both in normandy and here in britain. and that idea of education and taking their stories forward to

new generations, made up a huge part of reverend mark johnson's sermon here today at glasgow cathedral , a sermon here today at glasgow cathedral, a real celebration, emotionally charged in front of representatives from all the armed services as well. here was the glasgow's lord provost , who the glasgow's lord provost, who again hammered home that point of it falls on us, all of us, not just those in places of some kind of power, but all of us through families , friendship through families, friendship groups, etc. to pass on those stories and keep that significance alive. another person i spoke to today was the deputy chairman for legion scotland, and i asked him again , scotland, and i asked him again, you know, about the importance of education. and he informed me that over the last few years we've lost one significant educator up here in scotland . educator up here in scotland. >> sadly, we're losing history and is vitally important . and is vitally important. >> and one person in particular who i wish could be here today was a chap called ian forsyth.

ian was a great friend, but also ian was a great friend, but also ian served in d—day. >> ian used to teach in the schools and give that education. i think it's vitally important that our schools and our education continues that tradition and also we continue that tradition and an allegiance scotland. we will always honour those who went before us and those who went before us and those who went before us and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and there we have it. >> so let's let let's all make sure that that we do our part in the years ahead and keep this spirit of d—day. the soldiers on those beaches going forward . those beaches going forward. >> tony mcguire at glasgow cathedral. beautifully put . cathedral. beautifully put. thank you very, very much for giving us the picture from the north of the border, united kingdom united on this 80th anniversary of d—day. and of course, we've got lots more on the 80th anniversary of d—day between now and 6:00. but first, here's a roundup of today's top stories with polly middlehurst .

stories with polly middlehurst. >> yes, the top stories this hour as you've been watching and listening veterans , senior listening veterans, senior royals and major political figures are at events today in normandy in france to mark 80 years since the d—day landings, the largest amphibious military operation in the history of warfare . warfare. >> his majesty the king thanked those who'd made it for home their bravery and sacrifice alongside their perished colleagues, while prince william said everyone involved was a hero. let's show you once again if you're watching on television those live scenes at omaha beach, where world leaders including vladimir zelenskyy , including vladimir zelenskyy, president joe biden and emmanuel macron have gathered for the official ceremony commemorating british, american and canadian troops landing there . earlier, troops landing there. earlier, veterans could be seen wiping the tears from their eyes as his majesty the king addressed those attending the ceremony in france

i >> -- >> it is with lam m >> it is with the most profound sense of gratitude that we remember them, and all those who served at that critical time . we served at that critical time. we recall the lesson that comes to us again and again across the decades , as free nations must decades, as free nations must stand together to oppose tyranny i >> -- >> and moving from france to commemorations here in the uk, in lisburn in northern ireland, the town crier delivered a d—day proclamation . scunthorpe has proclamation. scunthorpe has also marked the anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in military history, and we understand a beacon lighting ceremony due to take place at dusk tonight in kent. meanwhile, the princess royal joined chelsea pensioners at the royal chelsea pensioners at the royal chelsea hospital in london for a special d—day event there and

commemorations have also been taking place in worksop in nottinghamshire today, as those present laid wreaths in memory of the fallen . now, in other of the fallen. now, in other news, today , an urgent health news, today, an urgent health warning has been issued after an outbreak of e coli that's more than 100 people in hospital across england. it's being unked across england. it's being linked to a nationally distributed food item. that's all the details we have on that . all the details we have on that. but the uk health security agency isn't naming which food is thought to be responsible. they say testing indicates that most of the 113 cases reported in the uk are part of a single outbreak. we to hope learn the source of that and if we do, we'll bring it to you. and a major search operation is underway on the greek island of symi. following the disappearance of the tv doctor michael mosley. it's understood he went on a walk but didn't come back. the 67 year old is best known for appearing on

programs like this morning and the one show. an appeal has been launched, urging anyone who spots him to get in touch with local police . and boeing's space local police. and boeing's space capsule has sprung more helium leaks during its first test flight, with astronauts on board the starliner already had one small leak when it rocketed into orbit yesterday, but two more have cropped up just hours into the journey , the aircraft the journey, the aircraft manufacturer says. though there are no safety issues for the test pilots on board, those are the headlines for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report, taking your daily look at the numbers now, and here's how the markets are rounding up the pound, buying you $1.2779

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