Welcome you to the magnificent world war ii memorial. My name is alex kershaw, i am a member of the board of directors at the friends of the National World war ii memorial. I have written several books about world war ii, including one called the longest winter, which is about the battle of the bulge and americas most decorated platoon from world war ii. It is my great honor to serve today as your master of ceremonies. Thank you all for joining us on this chilly, beautiful day, as we mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in world war ii. In fact, the largest fought by the u. S. In its entire history. Friends of the National World war ii memorial is a Small Nonprofit Organization Whose Mission is to honor and preserve the National Memory of world war ii and to create the next greatest generation of tomorrow. This mornings ceremony is part of the friends of the National World war ii memorials fouryear wor
Of nato and the minister of Foreign Affairs of poland, radoslaw sikorski, also said that poland supports ukraines strikes on military facilities on the territory of russia, thank you very much for support, but whether the reason lies in washington or in berlin, that until now it is not there, well, in fact, you can probably say that both in this and in this place, but in fact the reason. And this only increases the number of victims and causes the war to last longer, and not to be able to end, it will end, mr. Darich, but for the polish brothers the same dilemma, it seems to me, because two times it has already flown in one way or another into the airspace of poland, and here you know that there is an official appeal to poland to help close the sky at least in western regions of ukraine. We saw how they were pounding the lviv region, in particular the stria, and all the time, every time these missile attacks began, the air force of the republic of poland had to be raised, the f16s were
Sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh woozencroft. Coming up this evening we look at the winners and losers in world cup qualifying as lionel messi fires argentina into next summers tournament. We speak to Northern Irelands Carl Frampton as he looks forward to his homecoming fight in belfast next month. And sir Bobby Charlton at 80 on his birthday we celebrate one of englands most iconic footballers. Good evening. Lets start with some breaking news, and the england all rounder ben stokes has apologised to katie price and her disabled son, harvey, after a video emerged of the england all rounder impersonating the pair. In the last hour he has released a statement on social media apologising to katie price and her son. He said in a statement he should never have done this, he is sorry, it was never my intention to offend harvey, katie or anyone else. He goes on to say he has written to them and offered to meet them in person with a view to getting behind their petition about
So really looking nice. Nahar was 15 when she rejected the advances of a teenage boy in bangladesh. Then one night, he came to her house and doused her in acid. After my attack, i started my life off. I had to go back to my studies, but now im more confident and i think i cannot change my face, but i can change my life. This is your dress, its beautiful. Sonali was just two weeks old when she was splashed with acid as she slept between her parents. That was over a dispute about land. Disfiguring a girl is seen as robbing her of her most valuable asset, her beauty. Bangladesh has made some progress, the government there has put restrictions on the sale of acid which has helped reduce the number of attacks to fewer than 100 every year. But countries like india, pakistan, columbia and uganda continue to see hundreds of cases annually, and most attacks still go unreported. The uk is also tightening controls on acid sales after a sharp rise in cases here. More than 400 have been reported in
Investigation. We meet some survivors of japans devastating earthquake and tsunami five years on. The european refugee crisis claimed yet more lives, five people including a baby have drowned as the boat they were in capsized while they were trying to make the dangerous crossing from turkey to greece. This latest tragedy and so many others will be weighing on the minds of these men, the european interior ministers currently meeting in brussels. Theyre considering the plan to return ref jeers and migrants from europe back to turkey, and the decision by some of the European Countries to close their borders completely to refugees, leading to this sprawling tent camp on the greek side of the border with macedonia. Its reckon that had up to 14,000 people are struck there with conditions steadily worsening. We have the latest from there. The conditions are getting worse by the day. Yesterday, we were walking it appalling, today there is no word to describe it. You see behind me now, it might