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A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, a new study shows the benefits to mother and babys health of a swedish law that allows fathers to take up to 30 days paid leave in the year after birth whilst the mother is still on leave. Tell us what you think just use bbcthebriefing. In the us theres no mandated paid leave for dads. After a day of politics where President Trump hailed what he called, the extraordina...

Well be live all morning well be on board a specially from portsmouth where the queen, Prince Charles and President Trump chartered ship to see families willjoin veterans to commemorate relive the journey of those the bravery of those who helped to liberate europe. Who took part in d day. We cannot comprehend what these but for now lets go to ben, in the breakfast studio, for the rest of the days news. Ladies and gentlemen did to us to in other news, its the last day give us ourfreedom. Of the u...

Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle summoned media and even some politicians are giving Julian Assange new look and its no wonder a case can be made the u. S. Crusade against assad is a blueprint for criminalizing journalism what fate is in store for us will journalism suffer the same. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest under walker in london he is a new York Observer columnist and in los angeles we crossed he is a comedian a frequent guest...

That i would shirk nothing. I wouldnt surrender. If i had to have my little fight with the germans on my own, i would do it and die. That i would be true to the traditions that had grown up around our kind of unit, and i would pay the price if necessary. D day was a low leveljump from a dakota plane. Today, harry will exit the same aircraft type, but will freefall attached to one of the red devils display team. He has done one before, last autumn, but was 94 then. Now he is 95, but still young a...

A violent crackdown as opposition leaders reject talks with the countrys military rulers. On my arctic you so much for your Company Everyone World Leaders have come together on the Southern Coast of england to mark the 75th anniversary of d. Day the day in 1944 when allied forces landed in normandy well it was the beginning of europes liberation from nazi germany d. Day began with Operation Overlord a massive Naval Mission to ferry American British canadian and other allied forces across the Eng...

minister and the mayor of london. mitt romney has back pedalled and walked back some of the commen comments. in an interview with our own piers morgan, he sidestepped the question and said that london is ready for the games. >> you have been slightly criticized for knocking the british enthusiasm as if you have not picked up on the enthusiasm, and have you seen it n now? >> well, i was excited to see the enthusiasm around the torch. last night i watched an entire program on the bbc abo...

what do you think about what he has said so far since hes been there and how is everybody receiving him in your eyes? >> i think mitt romney came at the perfect time for britain. for the last month all that any brits have been doing is moaning about the olympics, about the traffic, about the security, about everything in fact that mitt romney touched on. he was absolutely right in what he said. its just a bit like going into somebodys house and saying, i dont like the color paint youve...

i mean, i dont have anything else to say. its just the -- i thought it was -- he was an odd guy. >> reporter: kwiatkowsky was a frequent customer at the restaurant that cross owned. crossed there was something odd about him, and he told strange stories. >> a story about his fiancee dying in a tragic car accident five days before his wedding. of course my reaction was, oh, my god. but he had told stories about his dog having diabetes. >> reporter: cross is now part of a class action sui...

games. the olympic torch has finished its final leg on the river thames. next time youll see its flames itll be tonight. the big london secret though, the opening ceremony and, better yet, piers morgan is not going to be missing the event. he is on his home turf for goodness sake. lots of secrecy about the opening ceremonies. i know youve got your sources, my friend. probably family members. clue us in. >> reporter: ive been sneaking around. ive been putting my nose in everywhere it sh...

brit, mitt romney. now i toss over to fredricka whitfield, and good day to you whitfield, and good day to you all. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, everyone. im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. in this hour, mitt romney manages to make headlines with foot in mouth mments that offended the british prime minister and the mayor of london and other stories that we are following and right to it. people are mopping up and assess ing the damage in parts of the northe...