berlin. remembering d-day 75 years on.

world leaders pay tribute to the fallen and marked the historic landings that helped turn the tide of the second world war. burton's queen elizabeth was joined by world leaeaders and veteransns at portsmouth naval base inn southern england, and emotional commemoration of the biggest amphibious invasion in military history. also coming up tonight, fresh outrage in sudan as dozens of bodies are pulled from the nile river. the country's transition to civilian rule appears to be in jeopardy. and the european union's patience wearing thin. it could make italy pay for breaking eu fiscal rules. also coming up, austrian police under fire for their heavy-handed treatment of climate change protesters. video has emerged of officers violently detaining demonstrators at a vienna rally.

it has left police facing a storm of criticism. i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. world leaders have gathered on the southern coast of england to watch the 75th anniversary of d-day, the date in 1944 when alan forces landed in normandy, france. the beginning of europe's liberation from nazi, germany, d-day began with operation overlord, a massive naval mission to ferry u.s., british, canadian, and other allied forces to the french coast. almost 7000 ships and landing craft headed for a 50-mile stretch of the french coast. the code names of the landing

beaches are etched in history. we know them all by heart. utah, omaha, gold, juno, and sword. today's commemorations did not begin in france but at the english naval base of portsmouth. from there, d-day veterans will depart on a ship and head for normandy. >> remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice with drums and the words of the fallen. among the 16 heads of state in attendance, canadian prime minister justin trudedeau, , frh president ememmanuel macron, and just two days before she steps down, british prime minister theresa may all reading letters

from soldiers. one was from a soldier who would die two weeks later. another from a member of the resistance who would not survive the war. donald trump read a prayer that was broadcast n nationwide by u. presesident frananklin d roosevt on d-day.. > almighty god, our sons, pre of our nation, this day hath set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity. >> many thought the past d-day commemorations to mark the 60th and 70th anniversary's would be the last to honor those who took part in the invasion of normandy, but john jenkins, a 90 nine-year-old veteran from portsmouth, was one of several hundred veterans in attendance. when he took to the stage, he was greeted with a standing ovation.

>> the historic sacrifice of so many is being honored 75 years on. we must never forget. thank you. >> a host of the ceremony, queen elizabeth, honored jenkins and his fellow veterans. >> it is with humility and pleasure on behalf of our entire country, indeed, the whole free world, that i say to you all, thank you. >> commemorations continue in normandy on thursday. brent: these are the leaders who were at those commemorations today including the german chancellor, angela merkel. she was also on hand and called her participation in the ceremonies a gift of history.

>> it wasas a unique military operation, unprecedented. for us in germany, it led ultimately to liberation from nazi socialism. it claimed an unbelievable number of lives -- hundreds of thousands of soldiers were involved, a huge logistics operation, and it was to lead to somethininthat we cacan be very proud of todayay. namely, reconciliation and unity within europe and the whole postwar order that has brought us peace in europe, now for more than seven decades. the fact that i as german chancellor can be part of this today, that today we are working together for peace and freedom, that is a gift of history that we need to protect and maintain. brent: that was the german chancellor speaking earlier today. the world caused to pay tribute to those of veterans. >> almost 300 veterans left

portsmouth tonight setting sail for normandy in a special cruise ship. they are reliving and reenacting the jojoney theyy did 7 75 years ago in the operation overlord. earlier in the day, the queen and 15 heads of state and government honored the veterans in a a very emotional commemoratioion event. whwhen the 99-yeyear-old vetete, john j jenkins, entered the sta, everybodody got up to its feeee. even the queen gave standing ovations to the veterans. the queen said in the name of the country and the free world, i say thank you. john jenkins, the veteran, said this day should never be forgotten. also, the german chancellor and u.s. president donald trump took part in the commemoration, which will be continued in normandy on thursday. brent: two sudan now, where

opposition leaders say the death toll from a crackdown on protesters in the capital has jumped to more than 100. security forces attacked a pro-democracy protest amp. the country's ruling military council says it has begun a rare investigation into the violence which has led to a complete breakdown in talks with the opposition over the transition to civilian rule. >> this man is one of the lucky to survive. opposition activists claimed dozens have been killed this week and a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests with the number of victims rising. doctors linked to the opposition's a 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 second-largest city. >> we are putting up barricades as an act of disobedience

against a military coup and a massacre that took place by the military council against innocent protesters. our only solution is to continue with acts of disobedience because we, the people, are calling for a simple thing -- a civilian government. protesters say this week's actions are a massacre by a feared military group known as the rapid support forces who are linked to atrocities in the darfur region. sudan's ruling transitional military council appeared to justify their actions. >> we will not allow chaos and we will nonot go back onon our convictitions. we must enforce and respect the laws of this country. this week's events have broken any trust supporters had in the military council. opposition leaders reject the military's plan. 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's regime to hold onto power. protesters continue their fight for civilian rule. brent: here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. u.s. president donald trump has left d-day commemorations and moved on to the republic of ireland. the trumps met with the irish prime minister, but otherwise, it has been built as a low-key visit with the couple spending two nights at one of mr. trump's golf resorts. tylan's parliament has voted to keep its prime minister for another five years. the foformer army y chief led a military coup and has been in charge ever since. his victory today was all but assured because the upper house of parliament was handpicked by the military.

in denmark, the country's centerleftft oppositn,n, the socialal democrats, arare poiser a resoundining general election victory. votersrs cast their ballots tody with many predicting a strong showing for the country's leftist bloc after they pledged to maintain denmark's strict immigration laws. exit polls indicate they will take 90 of the 179 seats in parliament. that will pave the way for the party leader to form a government. for more on this, i'm joined by the international reporter at dabo swinney a station. we just sasaw a couple of weeks agago, the left really taking a beating. yet, here we have social democrats pulling off a great big victory in denmark. how do you explain that?

>> part of the story is that social democracy in europe today is two different things. you have a more classic version and you have social democratic parties among them. the danish social democratic party in fact breaking free, seeking new ground -- breaking new ground. maybe momoving a little bit to e left on wewelfare policy but the going steeeeply to the rigight n migration and value policy, justice policy, and that is really key to their success. one could say the mix between social democracy, classic anti-populism, centric populism, maybe, is whahat has handed them the power, but having said that, they have earned the power thanks to the supporting three parties.

brent: what it sounds like we are seeing is the social democrats in denmark are still maintaining the left, also appropriating parts of the center right. what is thatat mean fofor partif the center-right? -- what does that mean for parties s of the center-righght >> right now, we see quite a disintegration among liberal and conservative parties in denmark. i mean a lot of different parties actually trying to get elected onon a right-wing ticke. riright now, it appears as if 11 parties in total are being elected to parliament tonight, which is a lot of different partieies. that is part of the reason, i think -- too many parties, too little coordination on the right wing. also, the right wingng has invid populism on board and is losing

that battlee and, i thinknk, haa signgnificant job to do tryingno be identify -- re-identify their spirit a after this. brent: we understand the country apart just -- we understand the danish people's party has seen a surge of support. as well as a search for the far right party. how did you explain ththat? >> the far right party, which is extremely far right, nothing like we have seen before in this country -- it does not appear to make it above the threshold to make it into parliament at this point. there has been some support, at 1.8%, at this moment, more or less.

they want to throw everyone that does not have at least two danish grandparents out of the country and other very extremist policies. it has appeared that there has been a room to the right of the danish people's party for more extreme policy, and i think denmark has some reckoning to do at this point. also the party that resembles but is not as extreme does appear to have made it above the threshold. brent: valaluable analysis o oft general election in denmark. thank you. chinese president xi jinping is in moscow for talks with vladimir putin, and he has said that ties with russia have never been better. the leaders are working to further improve relations to

counter mounting pressure from washington. >> a reception in the st. george hall in the kremlin. the expectations are high. china wants to show its muscle in the trade war with the u.s., and since western sanctions have been in effect, russia wants to get closest to its bigger new -- gets closer to its biggest neighbor. it's russian rock materials like oil and gas that russia a is mot interested in. the russian energy group wants to become china's most important gas supplier. >> last year, we set a goal to reach 90 billion euros' worth of bilateral trade. thanks to the efforts of our teams, our feet of governments, we have exceeded this number. in the first quarter of the year, trade is also on the increase.

>> we've met almost 30 times in the last six years. russia is the foreign country i have visited the most and president putin is my closest friend and a good colleague. >> the warmer ties between the states are visible in tourism, too. for a long time, germans made up the bulk of visitors to russia. now it's china. the number of chinese tourists has almost doubled in the last five years. brent: the european commission has taken the first step in triggering disciplinary action against italy for breaking eu fiscal rules. the dispute centers on the country's ballooning debt, currently valued at 130 2% of the country's total economic output, more than double what is allowed by regulations. >> the european commission's message is loud and clear -- it's the end of the line for italy's ballooning public debt.

>> this pass for renewed reform effort and not spending more when there is no fiscal space to do so. >> italy's current debt stands at 100 32% of annual gdp. in other words, the country owes far more than the value of its entire economic output. under eu rules, never states are not supposed to a mass debt that exceeds 60% of their annual gdp. italy has been ruled by a coalition. during the election, they promised to end government cutbacks and boost social spending while reducing taxes. in addition, the government hopes to lower italy's retirement age. the coalilition says the measurs will help kickstart italy's sputtering economy and cut

unemployment. >> i don't even have a job. the politicians before were foxes. now these do nothing as well. it always seems to get worse. i'm worried by many things, to tell you the truth, a little but also about eu disciplinary procedures as well, but they are only one of many things that had me worried. >> critics say the program would likely call -- cause italy's debt to grow even further, something the commission is hoping to prevent. brent: images are disturbing. police in the austrian b in a facing criticism after several videos appeared on social media showing officers' violent detention of climate change protesters. take a look at this. this video shows someone being beaten alongside an incident where a man's head is shoved under a police van. police face accusations of unnecessary force and endangering that man's life.

brutal pictures there. tell us more about the videos. >> these videos have made the rounds on twitter over the last few days following these climate change protests in vienna. the first protest we saw, you can see the protester being beaten. it's unclear why, but police have come out and said in a statement thatat they did use physical force if demonsnstratos resisisted arrest.t. probably the incident that has caused most of the of ror is the second video where you can see a man being shoved under a police van. the driver of the vehicle starts the vehicle and appears to be about to roll over his head before he is pulled away at the last minute by the arresting officers. brent: all these officers are watching us this is going on,

too, right? >> es. the question is if police not only in danger to his life but tortured him, basically. brent: what has been the reaction to this on social media? >> there has been plenty of reaction. we have the reaction from the protester himself who was under the car. he said go ahead and scream, no one will believe you anyway, that is what i was told by the officer twisting my arm. i guess he was wrong. we will have reaction from a berlin police officer who after studying the footage sided with protesters. he said this is in no way a mistake, and that's awful. brent: what are the the and a police -- the vienna police say about this? >> they came out first saying the media coverage was biased, especially about this incident with the man who ended up under the vehicle.

obviously, then, the video was released and now they have backtracked. they have changed their tune and posted a tweet saying this video perspective shows a dangerous situation. regardless of the criminal investigation that is already under way, the incident will be included in deployment tactics and mission training that are part of police evaluations. brent: dangerous situation -- so they are not admitting to doing wrong after >> one of the officers in question has been taken off the streets and placed behind a desk. they are also clarifying that the incident has the highest priority. brent: all right. as always, thank you. here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. youtube has updated its guidelines on hate speech. the video shararing platform sas it will begin removing content that glorifies nazi-ism, white supremacy, and other extremist views. the google-owned company is also removing videos that glorify the holocaust and other violent

events such as school shootings in the united states. in australia, the most senior catholic cleric to be found guilty of child sex abuse has launched an appeal against his conviction. 77-year-old cardinal george pell is asking an appeals court to overturn his conviction for molesting two choirboys in the 1990's. he was sentenced to two years in prison back in march. muslims around the world have been celebrating the end of the holy month of ramadan. in the indian capital, thousands gathered to pray at the country's largest mosque. the timing of the event depends on the siting of the new moon, and it varies from country to country. fifa's president has been reelected for four more years, and he was the only candidate. his first term saw dramatic reforms introduced including the

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my wife became ill and passed away, and my daughters left the house to live on their own. so every time i come home, i feel really lonely. >> this is already the ninth time he has used the service since he discovered it two years ago. the office worker enjoys playing the role of a husband again and tries to make up for past regrets. >> i took care of my wife after she got sick. but after 10 years, i said horrible things to her. i said things like, why are everyone else's lives healthy and your like this? even though i know it does not make up for what i did, when my rental family comes to visit me, i think about my sadness for my wife, and i try to show them kindness. >> the rental service is

provided by family romance. the idea emerged after the owner met a single mother who struggle to get herer childld into kindergarten, who said she did not fit society's ideal. >> in japan, we care a lot about what others think of us. we tend to hide our real feelings and our identity from others. we want to create an image that fits the standard for others to see. >> a perfect family is pricey. he thinks the idea has a lot of potential, giving japan's aging population. >> some of them do not have families like grandchildren or a wife and kids that are there for them. i think ththat over time, this sort of family rental service

will become more popular. >> even if rental relatives cannot replace real family members, in an age in japan, it is a way to keep the family table full. brent: here's a reminder of the top stories we are following for you -- britain's queen elizabeth has joined world leaders including german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. president donald trump to mark the anniversary of d-day, the largest seaport innovation in history in 1944 was the beginning of the end of world war ii. a violent crackdown on protesters demanding a return to civilian rule has now risen to more than 100. that's after 40 bodies were pulled from the nile river in the capital khartoum. you are watching "dw news" from berlin. after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." stick around.

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twenty four dot com. thank you watching live from paris on france twenty four the headlines this hour. the heroism courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten persons queen elizabeth leads tributes to the tens of thousands of american brbritish and canadian forces. who took part in d. day seventy five years ago? opposition leaders in c. don rejects talks with the army as dozens o of bodies discovered in the river nile they believe to be the victims of monday's crackdown on pro democracy supports is. brininging the death toll. to one hundred and it's today's political leaders slam a warning from brussels eyes ofof roadsdsd mounting debt but in the european commission