today, president macron hosted a centrepiece event close to omaha beach. us presidentjoe biden warned that democracy in europe was once again under threat, in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. earlier, at the new british national memorial at gold beach, a service of commemoration. the king laid a wreath for the fallen. and alongside the solemn ceremonies, it s also been a chance for attendees to meet and speak with the guests of honour, the veterans themselves, each of whom played such an important part in one of the defining days in european history. our correspondent daniela relph looks back now at the day s events. bagpipes memories fade. the living testimonies dwindle. but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary normandy landing, a group of royal marines, wading ashore as those before them had done in 1944. but these are now peaceful waters, thanks to the sacrifices made on d day. archive: this is it, | they re
house. we are going to stay here. there we go, let s have a listen to resident biden. president biden. mundy during the fifth 1944, the evil third reich was devastating the world, nancy germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force. lies, and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions ofjew, in the holocaust, millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him fought thought democracy was weak and the future belong to dictators. here, on the coast of normandy, the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined, here, on that morning in june, president emmanuel macron, secretary antony blinken, distinguished guests, most of all, our honoured veterans who met that test, the test of aegis in that moment 80 years ago. 80 years ago today. on behalf of the american people, as commander in chief, the highest honour to salute you in normandy once more. all of you, god love you. applause winston churchill
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Hes been tweeting about the us. If you wonder what he means by true face. These are the first significant remarks from Ayatollah Khamenei about president trump. For his part mr trump has not been hiding his feelings about iran. This was a few hours ago. I could have brought you many examples. Thats a reference to the Iran Nuclear Deal which mr trump has indicated hed like to scrap. He is unhappy with the situation between iran and other countries with reference to the nuclear deal. Rana rahimpour is with bbc persian. First let me play you this. He always has a purpose, whatever he says, it is the reason he says it. He wasnt attacking President Club as much as he attacked president obama, the former president. President trump. He said that he imposed tougher sanctions on iran, obama, so he was more angry with him. He was a bit cautious with president trump. We think there are two reasons, either he is genuinely worried about what mr trump may do to iran, or hes waiting to assess and fin