flanders means endless endurance. flanders means blood and scraps of human bodies.urage until death. the story of passchendaele has been told for 100 years. tyne cot is likely to remain a place of pilgrimage for generations to come. robert hall, bbc news, flanders. among the first over the top when the battle of passchendaele began 100 years ago today were the welsh infantry. some lived to tell the tale. others were killed within hours. sian lloyd has been talking to the relatives of two men who went out to fight that day. marking the moment the battle began, 100 years ago. infantrymen of the 38th welsh division advanced through these fields. at dawn today, they were remembered. 3000 welsh soldiers were killed or wounded within the first three days of fighting. they were sent into battle with the words, "better death than shame." some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice are buried here in this cemetery, among them a 30—year—old welsh poet. private ellis evans was better known by his pen name. hedd wyn. inspired by the landscape around his home in snowdonia, he

flanders means endless endurance. flanders means blood and scraps of human bodies.and faithfulness unto death. the horrors of passchendaele have been passed from family to family for 100 years. flanders is likely to remain a place of pilgrimage for generations to come. robert hall, bbc news, tyne cot. a serving royal marine commando who led a double life, making bombs for a dissident republican group in northern ireland, has been jailed for 18 years. ciaran maxwell was described by the judge at the old bailey as a dangerous man, who threatened the political stability of northern ireland. june kelly reports. soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, he was servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker, who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republican groups. and undoubtedly i believe th

you do not know what flanders means. flanders means endless endurance.an foreign minister will be joined by the queen of the belgians and the duchess of cambridge, and they are going to collect posies from three local children. they are children that live locally in the community, the municipality of zonnebeke. # the day thou gavest, lord, is ended # the darkness falls at thy behest # to thee our morning hymns ascended # thy praise shall sanctify our rest. # we thank thee that thy church unsleeping # while earth rolls onward into light # through all the world her watch is keeping # and rests not now by day or night # as o'er each continent and island # the dawn leads on another day # the voice of prayer is never silent # nor dies the strain of praise away # the sun that bids us rest is waking # our brethren ‘neath the western sky # and hour by hour fresh lips are making # thy wondrous doings heard on high # so be it, lord, thy throne shall never # like earth's proud empires, pass away # thy kingdom stands and grows for ever # till all thy creatures own t

flanders means endless endurance. flanders means blood and scraps of human bodies.ge and faithfulness unto death. the horrors of passchendaele have been passed from family to family for a hundred years. flanders is likely to remain a place of pilgrimage for generations to come. robert hall, bbc news, tyne cot. well, among the first over the top when the battle of passchendaele began 100 years ago today were the welsh infantry. some lived to tell the tale. others were killed within hours. sian lloyd has been talking to the relatives of two men who went out to fight that day. whistle. fire! marking the moment the battle began a hundred years ago. the cannon was fired as part of a dawn service in the field where infantrymen of the 30th welsh division began their advance. 3000 welsh soldiers were killed or wounded within the first three days of fighting. they were sent into battle with the words ‘gwell angau na chywilydd', better death than shame. some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice are buried here in artillery wood cemetery. among them, a 30—year—old welsh po

did the white house recruit flanders? probably. lenders have matched the previous week but is very good friend white house chief of staff and former new hampshire governor, sherman adams. flanders in the speech asked about joe mccarthy. to a party does he belong? the vermont senator said that his is a one-man party and its name is mccarthyism. flinders concluded his speech with a rift on mccarthy's persecution of irving perez. he goes into his war groups. he goes forth to battle and proudly returns with the scalp of a pink army, unquote. flanders saturday sent a copy of his remarks to eisenhower who publicly commended them. edward r. murrow, eloquently condemned to mccarthy on his vietnam television program. he included quotations from the flanders speech. the senator as a one-man committee who had demoralized the president state state department and level charges of conspiracy against the army, including declaring the general ralph snookered was signed to serve. moral argued that the line between investigating and persecuting is a

flanders means endless endurance. flanders means blood and scraps of human bodies.courage until death. the story of passchendaele has been told for 100 years. tyne cot is likely to remain a place of pilgrimage for generations to come. robert hall, bbc news, flanders. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight, are laura hughes, political correspondent at the daily telegraph, and journalist and political commentator, daisy mcandrew. a serving royal marine who made and stashed potentially deadly bombs for a dissident republican terror group in northern ireland, has been jailed for 18 years. ciaran maxwell, who's now been discharged, led a double life — a proud commando training hard with his brothers in arms, while at the same time supplying the continuity ira with explosives and ammunition. june kelly reports. soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. the seemingly proud commando was an opponent of the state in un

the debris of war in the flanders clay. co nsta ntly debris of war in the flanders clay.on the surface. i went to visit one of the teams still clearing up 100 years after the battles. drie, twee, een. this is a corner of europe where first world war shells explode every working day. the belgian bomb disposal team is based in poelkapelle and they deal with at least 200 tonnes of unexploded munitions each year. you may think that after 100 years this iron harvest would be reducing. it's simply not true. during the first world war, along the western front, 1.5 billion shells were fired and of those, one in three failed to explode. that left 500 million still in the ground. a few miles from poelkapelle, another call. a farmer has left several unidentified shells for the squad to collect. this is a 11.5 inch british. another 11.5 inch. if we look at the length and the fuse, this is high explosive. this as well. we have no chemical shells here. one third of the munitions that the team recover contain chemicals such as mustard gas. the firstjob is to clean them up, and not alway

you don't know what flanders means.s means endless endurance, blood and scraps of human bodies. flanders means a red carriage and faithful son death. tyne cot may not see an event on this scale again, but it has been a place of pilgrimage for a cemetery and is likely to remain so for generations to come. —— fora —— for a century. 0ne one of the most harrowing, heartbreaking stories of the battle of passchendaele is that of 48—year—old harry moorhouse and his son, ronald, who wasjust 48—year—old harry moorhouse and his son, ronald, who was just 22. 48—year—old harry moorhouse and his son, ronald, who wasjust 22. they fought alongside each other in the first world war and then at passchendaele. but they were killed within an hour of each other, both of them, a father trying to save the life of his son. i am joined by harry's great—granddaughter, rebecca. an extraordinary story. just tell us what happened? they we re just tell us what happened? they were a very close family. they were in the same battalion together. in the

flanders means endless endurance. flanders means blood and scraps of human bodies.until death. the story of passchendaele has been told for 100 years. tyne cot is likely to remain a place of pilgrimage for generations to come. live to the white house, where president trump is awarding the medal of honour to be medics for rescuing troops under fire, but the talk in washington is that the white house has confirmed that president trump has fired his new communications director only ten days after he was appointed. jim's dad taught a simple but powerful lesson, never do anything halfway, a lwa ys lesson, never do anything halfway, always do your best. jim took that lesson very much to heart. he played forfour lesson very much to heart. he played for four varsity sports lesson very much to heart. he played forfour varsity sports in high school and very in college in august 1968jim was drafted into the army. within six months he was trained as a medic and arrived in vietnam. right awayjim poured all of himself into his duties, treating the sick and the wounded. the four a

robert hall, bbc news, flanders.f the battle of passchendaele which began on 31st of july 19 17. we can talk to glynn, an historian with the commonwealth war g raves historian with the commonwealth war graves commission. we talk about passchendaele as synonymous with the horror and futility of war. it is a battle that has come to epitomise the first world war in our imagination, in britain particularly. historians have explained the conflict was notjust about mud and blood and carnage, but when you look at this battle, it is ha rd to when you look at this battle, it is hard to escape the conclusion. imagery of the blasted wasteland, quagmire, swamps, that is what we think of when we think of the first world war. they were worst rains in 30 years, bad luck in a sense for the generals planning the attack. not all the battle was fought in those conditions, the middle part was successful for the british army with the german army losing heavily but the majority of the battle was fought under atrocious conditions, which re

in flanders fields of poppies blow between the crosses.ight, dame helen mirren spoke the words of the war poetjohn mccrae who recounted the horror he had witnessed. the likes still bravely singing fly. scarce heard amid the guns below. winston churchill wanted to keep the ruins of ypres preserved for prosperity that we would not forget. but instead, it was agreed the city would be rebuilt exactly as it once was. the story of men now gone was retold in a place that has kept its promise and continues to remember their passing. officially known as their passing. officially known as the third battle of ypres, passchendaele lasted until november 1917. fought in the west flanders region of northern belgium. it became infamous not only for the number of deaths but also the mud. co nsta nt number of deaths but also the mud. constant shelling and the heaviest rainfor30 constant shelling and the heaviest rain for 30 years created a muddy wasteland it became so deep, men and horses drowned in it. the last post has been played at ypres through the dec

the third battle of ypres in west flanders lasted for three months.entenary. they are in good condition. what happened is, during the battle of passchendaele, everything was destroyed. and so were all possible shelters and so on. we are now six metres underground, as this was used asa metres underground, as this was used as a shelter. these small rooms of this passage, these were where men could sleep? yes. beds or storage rooms. at least they have some shelter from apartments and resting places. this has been a massivejob to open this up to the public? yes. the dugout was discovered in 1989. the dugout was discovered in 1989. the arts colleges were trying to do some research. when they found the original entrance of the dugouts. when you open this up, what did you think? it's extraordinary, it is preserved totally. because of the water. this is the main reason. the dugout is normally completely underwater, the custom level of the grand... because the wood is underwater, that's the reason why it is so well preserved. this has been a lot of work the pe

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses...es' main square last night, dame helen mirren spoke the words of the war poetjohn mccrae, who recounted the horror he had witnessed. the larks, still bravely singing, fly. scarce heard amid the guns below. a trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted to keep the ruins of ypres preserved for posterity, so we would not forget. but, instead, it was agreed the city would be rebuilt exactly as it once was. the story of men now gone was retold in a place that has kept its promise and continues to remember their passing. officially known as the third battle of ypres, passchendaele lasted until november 1917, fought in the west flanders region of northern belgium. it became infamous not only for the number of deaths, but also the mud. constant shelling and the heaviest rain for 30 years created a muddy wasteland, that became so deep, men and horses drowned in it. last post sounds. the last post has been played at ypres through the decades. the menin gate has over 5a,000 names carved int

robert hall, bbc news, flanders. that's it for now. hello, you're watching bbc news.pm. a record number of criminals have had their sentences increased under a scheme which allows members of the public to ask for them to be reviewed. last year, 1111 criminals in england and wales had their sentences increased. the government says it wants to extend the scheme to include a number of terror—related charges. aisling mcveigh reports. sarah sands stabbed a man to death in november 2014. she was convicted of manslaughter and given a 3.5—yearjail sentence. her neighbour, michael, was a convicted paedophile and sands, a mother of five, claims she lost control, stabbing him eight times. but it was in january last year that the punishment was considered to be unduly lenient. judges at the court of appeal ruled that because sands took a knife to his flat she must have intended to cause serious harm and her sentence was doubled to 7.5 years. 1111 criminals have had their sentences increased in the last year, according to the attorney general‘s office. the unduly lenient sentence

the words of the poet killed on flanders field in world war i. there's another tree inherent in park that marks something special. a landmark for the time that's cut down to two bureaucratic oversight. >> it many jersey family suffered personal losses on september 11, 2001. in bergen county alone 107 people were lost. to honor their friends and family, people put together memorials, some are large like the one at highland seals that lists the names of every person that was lost. others are small like the tree that was dedicated to andy o'grady here at harrington park elementary school. three weeks ago, that tree was cut down. it used to be right here but it was cut down as part of a parking lot project. the school needed 15 new parking spaces and the tree was simply unmarked and in the way. i spoke to doctor adam, superintendent of the school district to get to the truth. >> this was a terrible accident done by the district contractor. >> the real reason for the tree removal? public safety. >> this project was run the concept of trying to provide

cornucopia of commemoration and social media join us in connecting those who fought in world war one in flanders fields belgium this remembered maybe the fact that czarist russia really catalyze the slaughter with the defeat of the so-called korean ski offensive that czarist russia that was supported by britain and its allies against the bolshevik revolution that would take place in russia in a few months off the passion dale the soviet union's policies would have the effect of reducing the number of dead and wounded of world war one but the battle itself was part of what u.k. liberal prime minister lloyd george at the time would call a senseless campaign and the shadow of the future energy of war was fought from london continues to today here is a veteran labor m.p. tony benn mentor of current u.k. labor leader jeremy corbyn put it in parliament ahead of the iraq war war is an easy thing to talk about not many people of the generation that remember. the sexual arousal i never killed anyone but i wore uniforms but i was in london in the blitz and i'd be forty living in the millbank tower where i

one in fourjobs in flanders depend on trade with the uk.have now. that means to make sure that we can trade in the way we are doing now with no import taxes, no trade barriers whatsoever. that is the job that should be done. you can take political positions and you can play negotiation games and political games, but at the end of the date it is about the people and theirjobs and you have to make sure these jobs are not lost. professor, your take on what we have heard at the end of four days. we hear it was all robust. i wonder what your take is on that. i would be worried if they were not robust. it is a negotiation and we have two different positions and they will clash eventually. i have to say with all due respect to my belgian collie, yes, there are fun and games going on in our politics, but the photo of david davis is neither here nor there and we have a very well briefed team of civil servants behind this negotiation. the fact we have not revealed our position on the trade talks yet should be no surprise because we have not started t

our special correspondent, allan little, reports from flanders, on a battle that has come to symbolisee about to record their tribute to a man they will never meet, but a man who has become part of their lives. a man called george. #a man named george, i visit you today.# we looked up where the grave of george baxter was, a local soldier near our school. when i saw his grave, it was like we knew him. it is very hard. but i feel by doing this song i have become more confident. that is because i am not doing it for myself. this is notjust a tribute. it is an expression of anger and frustration. as they prepared for this weekend's commemorations, the school performed their tribute in a city rebuild from the rubble. their words and music are new connection to one man from a distant past.|j think he would be proud of this music, proud and pleased. he is not with us, but with this song, it is like is sitting to us. so, wejust wa nted like is sitting to us. so, wejust wanted to give him something. robert hall, bbc news, belgium. a fitting tribute. if you want to get in touch with us here at b

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses.poke the words of the war poet john mccrae to try to express the horror he witnessed. the larks scarce heard amid the guns below. i was in the front—line trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted the ruins of ypres left as a memorial. tonight, meticulously rebuilt, they told the story of men now gone, their generation may have left us, but this city still marks their passing, still keeps a promise it made all those years ago. and a century on, a parade marches of the street to the hall were so many now lie. robert hall, bbc news, ypres. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. a pioneering programme in china to bring love and hope to some of the millions of children needing special end of life care. cheering the air space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armargh, once an everyday part in the soldiers' lot, drudgery in danger now no longer after almost four decades. if

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses... the words of the war poetjohn mccrae to try to express the horror he witnessed. the larks scarce heard amid the guns below. i was in the front—line trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted the ruins of ypres left as a memorial. tonight, meticulously rebuilt, they told the story of men now gone, and a century on, a parade marches of the street to the hall where so many still lie. robert hall, bbc news, ypres. when you think of street art, you probably think of banksy, the mysterious british painter renowned for his politically charged work. now, a group of polish artists have been inspired to do something similar. but for their canvas, they have chosen the tiny village of staro zhelezare, in bulgaria. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. in this particular part of central bulgaria, art meets politics meets agriculture. these polish painters, coming into town on the back of a tractor, wave banners saying, "long live peasant art." it may be a strange place to do this, but they are thi

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses...poke the words of the war poetjohn mccrae, trying to express the horror he witnessed. the larks still bravely singing fly, scarce heard amid the guns below. i was in the front—line trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted the ruins of ypres left as a memorial. tonight, meticulously rebuilt, they told the story of men now gone, and a century on, a marching column once more wound its way up the street to the hall where so many still lie. robert hall, bbc news, ypres. children in china suffering from terminal illnesses will often receive little or no palliative care. some may even be abandoned by their parents, desperate but unable to help them. one woman is helping some of those children in the city of changsha. that's nice. the main difficulties were trying to get people to understand that we weren't killing children, that we weren't not fighting for them. my name's lyn gould. i'm the co—founder and ceo of butterfly children's hospices. we provide and pioneer palliative care fo

mark the ce nte nary of see live coverage to mark the centenary of the battle of passchendaele from flandersbuilt at the heart of our great towns and cities for centuries but in the face of falling congregation numbers and rising repair bills they are being forced to modernise. one of england's most treasured landmarks. now some of its own treasures are being put on permanent display. the sanctuary knocker. it was the passport for criminals or those fleeing justice to get an extension on their sentences. they could come here, they could claim sanctuary for 37 days. for me, personally, this is literally the jewel of the exhibition. it is saint cuthbert‘s pectoral cross. he probably wore it as a bishop's cross during his lifetime. over 700,000 people visit durham cathedral every year. but entry is free and running costs are high. at the moment our running deficit is around half a million a year. what we are trying to do is turn the ship and turn it into financial sustainability. this tower renovation alone costs £5 million. at guildford cathedral, costs and repairs there have been so high that

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses.ds of the war poet to try to express the horror he witnessed. the larks scarce heard amid the guns below. i was in the front—line trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted the ruins of ypres left as a memorial. tonight, meticulously rebuilt, they told the story of men now gone, their generation may have left us, but this city still marks their passing, still keeps a promise it made all those years ago. and a century on, a parade of much of the street to the hall were so many now live. -- a parade marched up many now live. -- a parade marched up the street to the hall where so many now lie. you been watching newsday on the bbc. and before we go it's football — but not as we know it. robocup 2017 is a four—day event — dedicated to the beautiful game — although this time in robot form — taking place in nagoya injapan. around 3000 researchers and engineering students — representing a0 countries — took part. they're studying the use of artificial intelligence in robots. 0n the final

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses.s main square, dame helen mirren spoke the words of the war poet to try to express the horror he witnessed. the la rks express the horror he witnessed. the larks scarce heard amid the guns below. i was in the front-line trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted the ruins of ypres left as a memorial. tonight, meticulously rebuilt, they told the story of men now gone, their generation may have left us, but this city still marks their passing, still keeps a promise it made all those years ago. robert hall, bbc news, ypres. ben brown is at the menin gate, just a few miles from here, where prince william laid a wreath earlier this evening. and, ben, descendants of those who died were watching on, 100 years later. poignant poigna nt scenes this poignant scenes this evening. yes, exactly, sophie, 100 years ago tonight, british and commonwealth soldiers would have marched along this road right behind me here, where the menin gate now stands, on their way to the front line, on their way

our special correspondent allan little reports from flanders on a battle that has come to symbolise theunitions lost in 1917. human remains, too, of men who disappeared a century ago. just a metre beneath this fertile topsoil, there lies hidden a substratum of dense clay, through which water doesn't drain. passchendaele was the infa ntryman‘s graveyard. we called it the slaughterhouse. even the most seasoned veteran, felt he'd be lucky if he went out there and came back. if you're wounded and you slip off the duckboards, you just sank into the mud. not only that, but every pool you'd fall in with decomposed bodies of humans and mules. the point was to break through and capture the belgian channel ports, to stop german u—boat attacks. but, like the battle of the somme a year earlier, the breakthrough never came. the iconic images of the battle, the moonscape, the water—filled craters, "they died in hell and called it passchendaele", has really sunk deep into our memory of the war. but it's not a rerun of the somme. mistakes were made, some incorrect approaches were taken. but, overall, t

our special correspondent, allan little, reports from flanders.lost in 1917. human remains, too, of men who disappeared a century ago. just a metre beneath this fertile topsoil, there lies hidden a substratum of dense clay, through which water doesn't drain. passchendaele was the infa ntryman‘s graveyard. we called it the slaughterhouse. even the most seasoned veteran felt he'd be lucky if he went out there and came back. if you're wounded and you slip off the duckboards, you just sank into the mud. not only that, but every pool you'd fall in with decomposed bodies of humans and mules. the point was to break through and capture the belgian channel ports, to stop german u—boat attacks. but, like the battle of the somme a year earlier, the breakthrough never came. the iconic images of the battle, the moonscape, the water—filled craters, "they died in hell and called it passchendaele", has really sunk deep into our memory of the war. but it's not a rerun of the somme. mistakes were made, some incorrect approaches were taken. but, overall, the british

robert hall, bbc news, flanders.ng attended by the duke and duchess of cambridge and the king of belgium. a first class degree from cambridge is an achievement for anyone, but for a refugee who was born blind and came here to escape the war in iraq, it's all the more impressive. allan hennessy received one of the top marks in his year and he says he refuses to let any of his circumstances keep him in his lane. hannah gelbart has been to cambridge to meet him. when people ask me about my life. certainly people in cambridge, they think, god, he has had a difficult life. the reason i am able to be getting on with it, is i look back at my family in iraq and ourfriends, and i think i am very privileged. allan is a long way from the war—torn streets of baghdad where he was born totally blind. at six months old, allan came to the uk for an eye operation. his vision was partially restored in one eye. growing up on a london council estate and going to the local state school, i neverfelt different to any of the other kids. my

in flanders fields, the poppies blow between the crosses.main square, dame helen mirren spoke the words of the war poet to try to express the horror he witnessed. the larks scarce heard amid the guns below. i was in the front—line trench at passchendaele. winston churchill wanted the ruins of ypres left as a memorial. tonight, meticulously rebuilt, they told the story of men now gone. robert hall, bbc news, ypres. president trump says he's "very disappointed" with china, for not doing more to stop north korea's weapons programme. his comments, in a tweet, came after pyongyang launched its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month, which landed in the sea off the japanese coast. the north koreans say it's a "stern warning" to washington, that the "entire us mainland" is now within striking distance. from tokyo, here's rupert wingfield—hayes. the unmistakable shape of an american b—i bomber, sweeping low over south korea this afternoon. this is president trump's pointed response to north korea's latest missile test. it was accompani

see live coverage of the commemorations to mark the centenary of the battle of passchendaele from flandersple had to be evacuated from a dance music festival in spain after fire tore through the main stage. the organisers of the tomorrowland unite event in barcelona say a technical malfunction started the fire. no—one was hurt. tim allman reports. this was not the sort of spectacle that thousands who had come here had been expecting. this stage at this dance music festival in barcelona lit up by a giant fire. initially some took photos, perhaps they thought it was part of the show. but if these were pyrotechnics, they appeared to have gone badly wrong. very soon, the audience was cleared. thousands quickly moved to safety. there are no reports that anyone was injured. people ran towards the exit. there was no panic but many people were inside the festival at this hour. the firefighters took 30 minutes or so to put the fire out and the police also took time to get all the people off the stage. tomorrowland unite is a multi—venue festival held in eight different countries including spain. th

the battle 100 years ago on the fields of flanders left behind the shattered, broken landscape and in its wake of a million men killed or wounded. passchendaele touched the lives of so passchendaele touched the lives of so many families from all corners of the earth. they lost fathers, brothers, sons and uncles. and so on this centenary, in the words of siegfried sassoon, we look down and swear by the slaying of the war that we will never forget. for now, from my guests here at tyne cot, i say thank you to them for their contributions and to the entire bbc tea m contributions and to the entire bbc team who have brought all this coverage from belgium. thank you, goodbye. remembering the fallen, one hundred years after the start of the world war i battle of passchendaele, commemorations are taking place in belgium. this is tyne cot cemetery, most of those buried here died in the 3 months of fighting near ypres. members of the royal family and the prime minister are here for a special service to remember those who fought and died here in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought. the batt

among the guests, descendants of those who fought in 1917 in flanders fields.

of commemoration and social media join us in commemorating those who fought in world war one in flanders fields. this remembered maybe the fact that czarist russia really catalyze the slaughter with the defeat of the so-called korean ski offensive that czarist russia that was supported by britain and its allies against the revolution that would take place in russia in a few months after passion dail the soviet union's policies would have the effect of reducing the number of dead and wounded of world war one but the battle itself was part of what u.k. liberal prime minister lloyd george at the time would call a senseless campaign and the shadow of the future energy of war was fought for. london continues to today he was a better neighbor impeach honeybun mentor of current u.k. labor leader jeremy corbyn put it in parliament ahead of the iraq war war is an easy thing to talk about not many people of the generation that remember. the destruction rajiv i never killed anyone but i wore uniforms but i was in london in the blitz and i'd be forty living in the millbank tower where i was born som

it is made from material taken from flanders field.ber the men who died and their bravery. it's not the only way passchendaele is being remembered. to help the next generation understand the brutality of the battle, the british legion has created these 360—degree videos. like these cadets, they want the public to download and watch them for free. it makes it a lot more real. so you get a lot more respect for how horrific it must have been. all the effects are so much more real, like the explosions and just the mud and rain. it's all a lot more realistic. it definitely gives depth to the knowledge you're gaining. you get to see lots of different bits around you. what they would see. also, the way the information is given to you, you take it in much better. the mud soldier will be worn away by rain, falling to the air. but the hope is, the memories it invokes will not wash away so easily. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... donald trump has taken the unusual step of publicly attacking his own attorney

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the fields around us are so green and peaceful, these flanders fields, but we were looking at some ofom 100 years ago and the battlefields we re 100 years ago and the battlefields were muddy swamps, weren't they? that is right. we have created something where people can reflect on those times but also see what people expect from the commonwealth war graves commission in delivering a resting place, if huge tribute to the sacrifice that so many men made. last night we had a ceremony at ypresjust down last night we had a ceremony at ypres just down the road. at menin gate thousands of paper poppies were released into the evening sky. you we re released into the evening sky. you were in charge of that and each one representing one of the missing at menin gate listed on the wall. that is right. that is something we been have doing for a number of years. every year on november the 11th we doa every year on november the 11th we do a poppy drop. it is a very emotional moment for everybody, one p°ppy emotional moment for everybody, one poppy representing emotional moment for everybody, one pep

they are so green and peaceful, these flanders fields, but we were looking at some archive pictures ofttlefields we re 100 years ago, and the battlefields were muddy swamps, when they? absolutely. we are trying to create something where people can reflect on both times but also so that the commonwealth war graves commission can deliver a resting place, a tribute to the huge sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice that so many men made. last night we had a ceremony at ypresjust down made. last night we had a ceremony at ypres just down the road. at menin gate thousands of paper poppies were released into the evening sky and you were in charge of that, each one representing one of that, each one representing one of the missing there at menin gate. that is right, that is something we have been doing for a number of yea rs have been doing for a number of years now. on the 11th of november every year we do a poppy dropped through the three holes. it is an emotional moment for everybody. 0ne p°ppy emotional moment for everybody. 0ne poppy leaf representing each name of the missing on the menin gat

when their regular army sort of melts away into the trenches and mud of france and flanders of 1914,arly 1915, they resort to volunteers. these are enthusiastic young men. go to war with your friends. the problem is, in a massive total war, the state now has to balance the needs of all segments of society. so i have to figure out who i can send to the front to serve in uniform, but i also have to keep skilled workers in the factories to make munitions and keep farmers in the field to feed everyone and i have to also maintain civil servants to keep the civil society running. when you do this on volunteering there is no orderly way to make that work. and after the british stumble through this belatedly in january of 1916 they come to conscription. so wilson is watching all of this develop over across the ocean. that's what drives his decision to ultimately go to conscription more than anything else. when he goes to congress to ask for a declaration of war on the 2nd of april, 1917, as part of his message it is a request that, when we raise the army, it will be on the basis of universal

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