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and coming up on bbc news. another shock at the french open as fourth seed elena rybakina is knocked out byjasmine paolini. the italian s through to her first grand slam semifinal. of the d day landings. i m at the bayeux war cemetery, where more than 4,000 commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the normandy campaign are buried. june 6, 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war two. throughout the day, commemorative events have been taking place both here in france and in the uk. 0n the south coast in portsmouth, the king, the queen and prince william paid tribute to the last remaining d day veterans. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy, the youngest 98 years old. it comes ahead of the main event tomorrow at the britis ....
lone piper plays. tonight at 10:00, a vigil in normandy here at the bayeux war cemetery to remember the fallen on the eve of the 80th anniversary of d day. more than 4,000 gravestones are lit up one by one a tribute to those who never returned. in portsmouth, the king tells the last surviving d day veterans, we are eternally in your debt. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy i ve been speaking to one of them. all these memories of d day and all the men in the water, swimming, sinking, scrambling ashore in the sands and the other main stories on tonight s programme. wales s first minister, vaughan gething, gets emotional and loses a confidence motion after barely two months in the job. scientists say may was the hottest on record globally, as the un chief warns the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. and how president putin s war economy is funded by the countries buying russia s oil. and join us later for bbc london, whe ....
immediately step back into the relationship- immediately step back into the relationshi -. , ., ~ relationship. do you think we will re oin the relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu in relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu in your relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu in your lifetime? it| rejoin the eu in your lifetime? it is hard to say, it will take time, we cannot do it overnight. thanks for oinin: we cannot do it overnight. thanks forioining us- let s take a quick look at a few of the stories on the front pages. the financial times, rishi sunak is accused of resorting to lies over the £2000 tax rise claim, by keir starmer. we will be commemorating the anniversary of d day in just a second. i plan to save the rivers in the uk second. i plan to save the rivers in the uk a plan. the guardian, rishi sunak lied to the country over labour tax and spend plans, says keir starme ....
the focus of events to start things off in france this week. it is the city, the first city to be liberated by british troops after d day, so it is a hugely significant location for france to begin its d day commemorations. have you seen pictures from the cathedral, i have come back from the service of remembrance been held there, a service designed to reflect the shared history between the uk and france. there are also prayers and said for peace and to honour the heroism and courage of the d day veterans attending that service at bayeux cathedral. this evening, events shift by care to the extraordinary bayeux memorial ceremony, and when you come into 70 like this, you cannot be helped but be moved by what you re seen, the perfection of the graves, the way they are set out here, it is quite something, particularly when you know the loss of life here was so brutal and difficult. events will switch here this evening once that cathedral service is complete. there will be a ....
and first of two days of commemerations in europe to mark the 80 years anniversary of the normandy landings. good evening, a day is a long time in politics. this morning the front pages brough some brief respite to the conservatives. snap polls suggesting that it was rishi sunak who had come out on top in the first leadership debate of the campaign. the prime minister had referred several times in that debate to a so called independent assessment of labour s spending plans, which the tories suggest will mean every working family paying £2000 more in taxes. the prime minister said that was a figure that had been signed off by civil servants at the treasury. the only problem is it hadn t. the bbc has obtained a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler who wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservativesclaimed. as you would expect, labour is furious. here s our political e ....