nevertheless, stagg came in happy. the wind would remain fresh, and while it was evident that the crossing would be uncomfortable -- tell that to the troops -- the weather would improve through the day and indeed for the next several days. no one said anything. eisenhower got up, and he walked back and forth with his hands clasped behind his back. his next words would decide the fate of thousands, change the course of history. and as you all know, the famous line -- okay, we'll go. and once the decision was made, he seemed to relax. he had put all the pieces of the operation together. he had adjudicated interallied squabbles. he had obtained the necessary shipping from a skeptical jcs. he had supervised the training, ensured that the ships and equipment were ready. now it would be in the hands of the operational commanders, not merely the admirals and the generals, yes, but also and mainly the junior officers and the non-coms and ultimately the soldiers themthselves. he left southwick house and talked informally with t

the invasion was originally planned for 5th june, but after stagg predicted bad weather in the channelwasn't ideal. strong winds and rough seas made for a difficult landing, but if the troops had waited for the next window, the fleet would have been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg's forecast allowed the troops to land on the french beaches and the tide of world war ii began to turn. carol kirkwood reporting. a moment not just to reflect carol kirkwood reporting. a moment notjust to reflect here in portsmouth and to look at the 300 vetera ns portsmouth and to look at the 300 veterans who have been taking part in ceremonies here but the viewers at home remembering parents, grandparents, great grandparents, a very moving day ahead of another day tomorrow as we remember d—day 75 yea rs tomorrow as we remember d—day 75 years on. more from portsmouth later. now back to you. thank you. serious case reviews into the brutal murder of two toddlers have severely criticised social workers with northamptonshire counci

general eisenhower's chief meteorological officer, group captain james stagg. since the last chart. the long north—eastward extension of the azores anti—cyclone has withdrawn from ireland and been forced south into the bay of biscay. we can no longer rely on this ridge of high pressure to offer any protection whatsoever to the english channel on 5thjune. obviously, i haven't conferred with colonel krick yet, but i imagine he would agree. no, iwould not. on what grounds? if you look at the charts on june 1923, you will see a similar, temporary weakening of the high pressure over the azores. within 24 hours, it had reinforced itself and pushed north—eastward again. not so in 1907, not so in 1915. you pick 1923 because it suits your purpose. are you implying dr stagg that colonel krick is distorting the truth to persuade us? not distorting the truth, no... i trust the colonel's integrity — totally. i trust his record, which is second to none. gentleman, many of my men owe their lives to the accuracy of colonel krick's forecast. this chart is exactly what i expecte

|j the best day to launch the invasion was group captain james stagg.r a difficult landing. but, if the troops had waited for the next window, the fleet would have been battered by one of the worst summer been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg‘s forecast allowed the troops to land on the french features, and the tide of world war ii began to turn. well, we are inside the actual d—day map room, and i amjoined by well, we are inside the actual d—day map room, and i am joined by colonel jeremy greene, who knows all about it. good morning. thank you, it is an honour to be here. tell us a bit about this map. it is amazing, it is the actual one used. they make absolutely, used by admiral ramsey to get the troops onto the beach for operation neptune, which was the naval operation. and the boats would assemble in this area here, called piccadilly circus because it was so busy, too clear this large german minefield which extends all the way to norway, onto the beaches. for me, the ke

the invasion was originally planned for the 5th ofjune, but after stagg predicted bad weather in thewindow, the fleet would've been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg's forecast allowed the troops to land on the french beaches and the tide of world war ii began to turn. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... the queen has joined veterans of the second world war and western leaders in southern england for events marking the seventy—fifth anniversary of the d—day landings. the us has imposed heavy new restrictions on travel to cuba — including a ban on cruises. cuba is only 145 kilometres from key west in florida to cuba and cruises have been popular since 2016 when this us cruise ship docked in the capital havana — the first one in more than 50 years. cuba and the us restored diplomatic relations in 2015 under president obama — here he is meeting the cuban leader raul castro in 2016. but the trump administration is changing that this tweet from the us treasury says the measu

the invasion was originally planned for 5th june, but after stagg predicted bad weather in the channelnext window, the fleet would have been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg's forecast allowed the troops to land on the french beaches and the tide of world war ii began to turn. that was carol kirkwood with the secrets of trying to predict those weather patterns back in 1944. but weather patterns back in 1944. but we heard from the rear admiral earlier who thinks at the crossing tonight will be rather smoother than that. but i'm going to ask our own expert about how the weather is doing. we welcome a break from the wet weather. most of that will come through tonight. still some damp conditions tonight here and there, but some of the wettest weather tonight willjust but some of the wettest weather tonight will just be but some of the wettest weather tonight willjust be close to eastern counties of england pushing its way northward. if few heavy showers in land, but most with a fine evening with clear skies th

the sanctions busting tool is called the european financial settlement mechanism or in stagg's it stablish is new financial channels to allow iran to keep selling its oil on european markets the aim is to keep the 2015 nuclear deal alive forcing iran to limit its nuclear power activity remaining parties to the nuclear deal met in vienna on friday. ports in the austrian capital . tehran had described this meeting in austria as the last chance to save the 2015 nuclear deal it certainly doesn't seem like that has happened as this meeting is wrapped up but what we have seen is that they are willing all of the sides are willing to continue talks to try and salvage what is left of the deal it's really been a rocky ground since the u.s. pulled out unilaterally in 2018. as the meeting ended the iranian side described it as a step forward but certainly not the finished deal just yet iran has threatened to exceed the enrich uranium levels that were set down in the 2015 agreement it's understood that they could do that as early as saturday sunday but we are led to believe that they won't do that imme

well i mean you do sound like a shia cleric then your followers that's what i think they mean aren't stagg here well to respond to claims of not to them in iran and they to nation media claiming iran has been attacking ships in the persian gulf is professor mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he joins me from the iranian capital mohammad welcome to going underground so before we get to any events in the persian gulf or anywhere else we just heard david horowitz that and he's calling iran's mommas nazis. he's calling your country fascist medieval barbaric jew hating western ating woman aiding gating that's what your country is yet sounds mainstream that's what we usually hear in the western media so it's not very extraordinary i never understood what the mullahs mean but my boss at the university of the head of my department is a woman and we have jews in this country and we have kosher restaurants we have churches in this country and we see celebrations during christmas especially the armenian christmas in tehran and other major cities where we have christians and. anyone who tr

the invasion was originally planned for the 5th ofjune, but after stagg predicted bad weather in theor the next window, the fleet would have been battered by one of the worst summer storms to hit the english channel in decades. as it was, the success of stagg's forecast allowed the church to add on the french beaches and the tide of world war ii began to turn. now it's time for a look at today's weather with matt taylor. weather conditions there on the south coast are much better then they wear today. lots of rain over they wear today. lots of rain over the past 24—hour is in northern ireland, nearly a month's rate of rain. we had a few showers to western parts of england and wales. now training our attention to the south—east, some rain this evening. merely part of kent towards east anglia. for many, it will be dry but partly clear skies and if he missed and fog patches tonight. as we head into tomorrow morning it'll be a little bit on the far side, temperatures down to the single figures. here we will see the sun is whether to begin with in south—west wales, it will become elizabet

theatre production of the discussions between dwight eisenhower and his chief meteorologist, james staggcame down to eisenhower. his judgement of the forecaster's hmmfi judgement of the forecaster's forecast as to whether he should trust them. fortunately he did and it worked out. he really impressed on them, telling them they had their lives and their hands. if you call it wrong, it will affect morale within the troops, it won't be able to be kept a secret because the word will be out. so there were lots of things that went into that decision? that yes, and if d—day had not worked or had gone badly in the troops had to be withdrawn, it couldn't have just been mounted again next week or the next month, it would take so long to prepare. this would have given the germans more time to strengthen their defences and give it some clues about where the allies would land. if they landed in normandy and it failed and had to withdraw, the chances were they would have to land again in normandy, or there would be again in normandy, or there would be a new lot to land somewhere else, which is getting

didn't look like that was going to be possible because of a looming storm and scotsman captainjames staggt senior commanders and generals that he wasn't sure about the weather. he reported directly to eisenhower and made a claim that the landing had to be postponed until the morning. the sixth was a weather window and he was proven correct. he and everybody who worked with him. it was a good moment to strike because the weather was so important to the combined operation's success. and that incredible work they did as operation bodyguard. throwing the germans off the scent. they thought calais would be where they would go for it. even on the day, they saw their ships and they couldn't believe that a huge invasion could possibly be carried on in those kinds of conditions. it seems incredible to us but actually the germans continue to believe that the allies would strike ona believe that the allies would strike on a different front, even once the normandy beachheads had been taken. this idea of deception was executed through the work of spies, double agents working against german intelligenc