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Also the actions of individuals. A number testified to the great sacrifice, death and combat. The National Cemetery in arlington, virginia is the resting place of more than 400,000 people, including nearly 5,000 unknown soldiers. In 1921, a single unknown soldier was chosen to represent all of those who have died without being identified. The soldier of world war 1 was laid to rest with so many lemm ceremony attended by those of the highest ranks. On Film Documents the progress of that soldiers remains from france to the United States. And the newly built tomb of the unknown soldier. As the ce...

will meet his swedish and finnish counterparts as the two countries considerjoining nato. a nationwide curfew in sri lanka has been extended until thursday as violent unrest continues in some areas despite the deployment of thousands of troops. the biggest lottery win ever in the uk. someone has won last night's euromillions jackpot and it's £181; million. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 1.5 million households in the uk will soon face food and energy bills that are greater than their disposable income. that's the warning from a think—tank, the n...

time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. loveit love it or hate it we finally seeing some proper rain across england and wales this morning and further showers pushing across the uk. here is the satellite picture with this area of cloud bringing the more persistent rain and showers dotted about across scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. a wet afternoon to come but getting brighter behind that system. fresher than yesterday thanks to the presence of the rain. in the sunshine it should still be quite a pleasant afternoon and into the evening eastern areas j...

our army and passers—by that we were tv. there was the first shot. returned and found her on the ground. borisjohnson signed a new host security deal with amanda swindon. both countries are considering joining the nato military alliance. ukrainian forces are advancing against russian troops just north of the country's second largest city, kharkiv. kharkiv is just 30 miles from the border and the operation may pose a wider threat to russia's war in the east. you can see in purple in this map the ukrainian counter attacks, which have taken a number of towns and pushed russian artille...

the russian leader, vladimir putin, has addressed the huge victory day military parade in moscow, saying the invasion of ukraine had been provoked by the west, and that russian troops fighting there, were "defending the motherland". what he didn't say was anything about the progress of that invasion, let alone how or when the war might end. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports now from moscow. it is the annual pomp to showcase russian power. across red square they marched, thousands of soldiers, in a parade marking a glorious victory — the defeat of nazi germany. upbeat marchi...