to veterans and to the public. our political correspondent helen catt has this report. seven representatives of the seven biggest parties in great britain. missing from the stage were the two men who were vying to be the next prime minister, but they weren t missing from the debate itself. within minutes nigel farage had raised rishi sunak s absence from part of thursday s d day celebrations. respect our veterans, including those with an average age of 100, who were deserted by the prime minister in normandy yesterday, which i think was a complete and utter disgrace and shows us we actually have a very unpatriotic prime minister. it was dreadful. it was cabinet minister and naval reservist penny mordaunt who had to answer for her leader. what happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised for that, apologised to veterans but also to all of us because he was representing all of us. penny mordaunt was keen to take the fight to labour s angela rayn
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Penalties for corruption. And the town of tadcaster in North Yorkshire will be reunified today when its only road bridge reopens, more than a year after it was destroyed by severe flooding. Good morning. Its friday 3rd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. First to paris where there has been an attack at the Louvre Museum in the heart of the city. Its been described the french Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve as being of a terrorist nature. Police say a man carrying two machetes and two backpacks shouted allahu akbar and tried to enter the underground Shopping Area outside the museum. A soldier opened fire and the man was seriously wounded. The backpacks did not contain any explosives. A huge Security Operation is underway, and the louvre has been evacuated. Its the latest Security Alert in a city which has become well used to them. The Louvre Museum houses some of frances most famous works of art, and is one of pariss most iconic landmarks a place which is a must
In north east england. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live with Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. The best of friends. Us President Trump eat and japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe meet. We find out what it will mean for the markets and the economy. And what do you want to be when you grow up . We find out why themepark that lets kids try out differentjobs is gaining ground here in asia. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im Sharanjit Leyl. Japans latest gdp figures are in showing the countrys economy grew at an annualised rate of just 1 the countrys economy grew at an annualised rate ofjust1 in the last quarter of 2016. The latest figures follow a weekend of meetings between these two men, this is japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe as well as the us President Trump eat in the us, and the two leaders agreed to a new economic dialogue that will focus on Monetary Policy, Corporate Projects and trade. So what will it mean for markets and the broader economy . Earlier i sp