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the centre of the memorial signifying the invasion by land, sea and air here at gold beach on the north coast of france. and i'm naga munchetty in the studio. also in the news this morning... the first minister of wales, vaughan gething, faces an uncertain future after losing a vote of no—confidence — he insists he'll carry on. premier league clubs will vote on whether to scrap the use of the video assistant referee, after a season of notable errors and mounting scrutiny. good morning from hms belfast, one of the first warships to arrive at the normandy beaches. it is a cold star...

Landing troops would have encountered on 0maha beach for example. some of the 25 tanks made it safely onto the ground here. it was also described as the most strategically ambitious landing because the men were charged with getting eight miles inland to a city by the end of the day, in fact it took six weeks. the german defences were reasonable if not formidable and a lot of these houses were used by the germans, they were bolstered there, and they became part of the atlantic wall itself. 29,000 men landed on this beach, 603 of them died, and a lot of them were from the royal ulster rifles, no...