Three officers is now in custody. Hello. Thank for joining us here on bbc world news. It was a moment when the tide turned decidedly against nazi germany and it happened exactly 70 years ago today, World Leaders, veterans and tens of thousands have come together to remember those who fought and died in the dday landings on the beaches of normandy. Among them of course president of the united states, barack obama who has been addressing veterans and those gathered at the American Cemetery just on the edge of omaha beach and utah beach where American Forces made their first pitch into the invasion in northern france. Here with the french president that is overlooking after he delivered a stirring address about the efforts, the courage, the bravery and the challenges facing american troops in particular at this very spot and what was one of most hard fought moments for the troops. Breaking ground on to firm land in france. Now, president obama will shortly be moving on to not very far from one of guests by the lunch being provided by the french president. There are tens of thousands who have gathered along the normandy coast to commemorate this very special day. With me is jonathan marcus, jonathan every year, its a special year, of course, for the veterans concerned in particular, their families, their friends. When you hit a big milestone like this, it brings it all home, i suppose. It does absolutely. The 70th anniversary, many of these veterans are very elderly gentlemen. This is going to be the last large commemoration. Its an extraordinary moment really. Its a moment to remember what an extraordinary operation it was. Probably one of most decisive and extraordinary operations in history, certainly the largest ever am fibbious landing. The risks were enormous. It was a huge roll of the dice. Everything was put into this operation and if it had failed, history might have turned out very differently. Its fascinating there, we heard an impassioned speech from president obama speaking to veterans at the cemetery there. He described normandy as democracys beachhead. He had stories of american personnel from recent wars, afghanistan and iraq. He made the wider points about the spread of democracy around the world. You are referring to there what he called dem crass sis beachhead, at this moment didnt arrive out a few week of quick thinking. It was an uncredibly longterm planned event of any the logistics, the effort that went into this. You are right. Obviously the focus of the attention on the moment is on that narrow moment, where people are to had to claw their way to shore. The problem was to be able to build up the allied forces, before the germans could bring in reinforcements. The allies had significant command of the skies. It was an extraordinary difficult operation. The artificial har bors that were built piece by piece. The pipelines, the fuel that was toed across the channel. The fact that they were able to build up their forces at such a rate with huge losses and materiel, nonetheless, they were able to win that. German was quite extraordinary in places. It shows you the extraordinary effort that took place at this couldnt flilkt. Conflict. Ultimately, marshalling the resources is what prevailed. A man more than any other in history brought americans and europeans together united. We just saw a pat on the back between the french and u. S. President. Once again, they are being drawn together because of problems with regard to russia. There may be dining with putin. I think if you need reason to figure out what your role is in europe, today is the day. Im sure you are absolutely right. The heads of state will be having dinner this evening. There will be plenty of opportunity to talk about the major events of the day, and problems of the day, which of course is ukraine. America took a late but decisive entry into the First World War on the side of the allies. Its tough to overlook all of the other countries who played their part. Of course, its Americas Industrial part and industrial might that was actually crucial in actually providing that arsenal of democracy if you like. Commemoration services will continue. Weve already had more than a few. We wrap up the morning. Amid the brilliance of a sunny day, the queen make her entrance at the commonwealth war cemetery. For this very special commemoration of the unique moment in history, the longest day. The queen of course will have vivid memories of her own of the events of the 6th june 1944. Earlier in the magazine any of i sans magnicnence of a thee cathedral. The turning point of the second world war. Politicians mingled with veterans to pay homage to those who died and to honor the dwindling band of those who survive. For the young, the events of 70 years ago must seem almost unimaginable. Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. The lord had routh great power over them. Men renouned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding and declaring prophecies. Im very lucky that im here, and my Company Commander, they are all dead, they didnt make it, you know. Im just lucky. Reporter earlier for the last formal time on such an occasion, the british veterans raised their standard above where so many of their number had fouth their way ashore of the troops of the allied invasion force. At the American Cemetery, above omaha beach, president obama and his french counterpart arrived to greet American Veterans and to salute their dead comrades near the sight of the bloodiest fighting on dday. We dont just commemorate victory. We just dont honor sacrifice, as grateful as the world is. We come to remember why america accident our allies gave so much for the survival of liberty at this moment of maximum peril. We come to tell the story of the men and women who did it, so that it remains seared into the memory of a future world. Reporter in the town of come, the president of france laid a wreath to commemorate this moment. The events are far from over because the main heads of government are beginning to wind their way to where they are meeting. That is the host where he departs one scene and he moves on to the chateau where theres an important state occasion, a luncheon for all the heads of government gathered there and among them of course will be angela merkel, the german chancellor, and it is perhaps reflecting the fact that for all of those forces coming in, there was a german force, individuals, soldiers had to face that also and one of them who is still alive today was just an 18yearold guard at pegasus bridge at the time of the dday landing began. Reporter this man was the first german soldier to face the dday invasion. He was at a bridge when the first british plane landed. The bridge was crucial. Allied forces wanted it captured to stop German Forces from arriving. Helmut rumor was on guard. I was the first one to notice when the gliders and the troops landed. I raised the alarm and i lighted a flare and that was it. That was how the invasion of normandy started and that was all that i did. Reporter dday was a big step in the defeat of nazi german. If you want to know how total it was, today, the nazi bunker, flattened, destroyed, nothing more than a car park. [ Foreign Language ] reporter at the time berlin had read about dday, hitler welcomed the invasion because it brought the enemy closer. Today, dday is not marked much according to the German Military historian. It never has, the sense of liberty in which it had in brit dan or u. S. Or france because it did remind us not only of defeat but also of the war crimes. Reporter theres a footnote, 70 years on, the captured german soldier, is grateful for the time in the prison of war camp. It was like he said a holiday camp. Stephen evans, bbc news berlin. Just one of extraordinary stories revolving around the day of the dday landing. Well keep you apprised of the events of the day. Some other news including harsh words from the former American Ambassador for syria. Seize the summer with up to 40 off hotels from travelocity. You need to see this. Show em the curve. Do you know what this means . The greater the curvature, the bigger the difference. [scifi tractor beam sound]. Sucked me right in. Its beautiful. Gotta admit one thing. Cant beat the view. Introducing the worlds first curved Ultra High Definition Television from samsung. 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. Whether its building the worlds most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. At boeing, one thing never changes. Our passion to make it real. Still running in the morning . Yeah. Getting your vegetables every day . When i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] couldve had a v8. Two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. The latest headlines, the main events marking the 70th anniversary of the dday landings in northern france are well under way. After a big manhunt in canada, police have captured a suspect who is accused of killing three Police Officers and wounding two others. Well get the latest on that now because as i say Police Arrested the man suspected of shooting dead the Police Officers in the city of moncton in news brunswick, this coming after a massive manhunt for a suspect heavily armed and dressed in camouflage gear. Reporter from house to house they searched, a city on lockdown with Police Hunting this man, identified as 24 jrled justin bourque. He is accused of shooting dead three Police Officers and injuring two others. He had lives all over his pants, all the ammo geared up. He had the most blind look on his face like he was on a Mission Ready to do something. My stomach dropped. That was the worst feeling in mygut. Reporter he had been spotted by others in the city too but he managed to avoid authorities as large portions of the town were cordoned off. Michelle tweeted she witnessed the arrest. She wrote the s. W. A. T. Team arrived at my house and unloaded and started screaming in my backyard for him to surrender and he did. They had him sprawled on my front lawn for some time and then loaded him into the s. W. A. T. Vehicle. They are now checking my yard for firearms. Reporter this is the deadliest attack on the countrys police force in almost nine years. The countrys president who is in france. Our men and women put their lives on the line every day to protect us. Our thoughts and prayers are with those killed and the others wounded in this terrible incident. Reporter the officers killed and injured were part of the Royal Canadian mounted police. Justin bourque is now in Police Custody and authorities have told residents its safe to resume their normal lives but what has happened has shaken the community. The former American Ambassador to syria has criticized proposal hand president obamas handling of the conflict. He says why he resign from the u. S. State department earlier in the year . As a good professional, you salute and you carry on and you try to get to the goal with the tools made available. Frankly, the reason i had to leave this year in february was that it was just clear we cant get to the goals with the tools we have. How would you describe current policy . Secretary kerry has been i think very clear about this. He still hopes to see a negotiated solution. The question is are we doing things on the ground in syria in coordination with other allies and partners in the region that will get us to the negotiated political solution that i think all of us want. And whats happened . I think the answer is clear, the answer to the election is im not negotiating. So lack of i dont want to put words in your mouth. Theres a mismatch between our stated goal and the practical steps were implementing to get to that stated goal. What are the consequences on the ground of what you call a mismatch . Were going to have a growing problem of terrorist groups implanting in syria and our experience in places like afghanistan and somalia and yemen, where you have spaces where terrorist groups are implanted you will have security threats that can even reach out and touch you inside your own borders. Do you feel that policy makers understand that . Its something im going to have to keep raising myself publicly. We certainly have raised it in private. We dont have to have american troops deployed. We dont have to use the American Air Force to strike targets inside syria. There are other tools in our tool kit to help this and let syrians take the lead. You think they should be concerned because eventually it will be, yeah. Robert ford former u. S. Ambassador to syria. The searchers in germany have uncovered evidence that the moon was created from a planet crashing into the earth. Reporter four and a half billion yeergeds, its thought that another planet crashed into the earth. Debris from both plaents come together to form the moon but where is that other planet now . No one has found any evidence until today. A german led team has found microscopic traces in moon rock. What weve been looking for as scientist is actually the chemical fingerprints in the moon rock. And people having looking for this a long time and scientists in germany say they have certainly found it. Reporter 900 pounds of moon rocks were collected by apollo astronauts in the late 1960s and early 70s. Ever since then, scientists have been searching for traces for the other planet. Its only now that scientists have found evidence in the samples. Its taking so long, that the difference between moon rock and the other planets rock is very tiny. It backs the view that our moon was formed as a result of another planet. It raises another question why is there no little evidence on the moons surface now . Lets bring it back over to earth. Straight over to normandy once again. I want to show you pictures of the royal naval band playing. Were back at ouistreham beach. This is the location where an International Ceremony is to took place a little bit later in the afternoon as president of france plays host to not only World Leaders but also to 1,800 veterans who have made their way to normandy to share in the commemoration 70 years after the start of the invasion of normandy, the dday landing, which of course led eventually to the conclusion of the second world war. Theres pictures there of president obama who has just flown in for a speech at the American Cemetery. Well bring you more of course on bbc world news. 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Well, it was the moment when the tide turned decisively against nazi germany and it happened exactly 70 years ago today. World leaders, war veterans and tens of thousands of others have come together in northern france to remember those who fought and died on the beaches of normandy. Were going to have a look at what has happened in a morning of sar moans ceremonies so far with plenty more still to come. Reporter amid the brilliance of a sunny day, the queen makes her entrance at the commonwealth war graves entry. For this special commemoration of a unique moment in history, the longest day. The queen of course will have vivid memories of her own of the events of the 6th of june 1944. Earlier in the cathedral, the remembrance of the sacrifice of so many of that extraordinary day. The prince of wales a uniform in the admiral of a fleet and the duchess of cornwall was there too. Politicians mingled with veterans to pay homage to those died and to honor the dwindling band of those who survived. Reporter for the young, the events of 70 years ago must seem almost unimaginable. Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. Through his great power from the beginning. Such as did rule in their kingdoms, men renouned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding and declaring prof if is i feel very lucky that im here, and my my Company Commander and they are all dead. They didnt make it, you know. Im just lucky. Reporter earlier for the last formal time on such an occasion, the british veterans raised their standard above where so many of their number had fought their way ashore among the 150,000 troops of the allied invasion force. Reporter at the American Cemetery above omaha beach, president obama and his frempling counterpart arrived to salute their veterans. We dont just commemorate victory, as proud of that victory as we are. We dont just honor sacrifice, as grateful as the world is. We come to remember why america and our allies gave so much for the survival of liberty at this moment of maximum peril. We come to tell the story of the men and women who did it, so that it remains seared into the memory of a future world. Reporter in the town, the president hollande already laid a wreath to commemorate those who died. Heads of government and heads of state are all gathering for a special lunchen hosted by president hollande and then will be the main dday ceremony of the day so well be keeping you updated with all the developments in normandy through the course of the program. The frontrunner in afghanistans president ial election, abdullah, abdullah has survived an attack in kabul. There were several casualties when two blasts hit a site of a rally. Mr. Abdullah says some of his body guards were among the injured. The election is due to take place just next week so that is a significant moment. No group having yet said it has carried out the attack. What more can you tell us of this . Obviously, its a deeply disturbing moment. Reporter absolutely. This is the first serious attack on Abdullah Abdullah and being directly targeted. There have been other attacks before in different parts of the country. This is the first time that he himself narrowly escaped this bomb attacks. There are some major conflicts about the nature of the attack itself. One Police Source says it could have been a suicide bomb attack. Looking at the extent of the damage to his car, it seems just a couple of bombs wouldnt make that damage unless it was a big explosion. 14 people dead and many injured. There are a lot of crowds gathering outside of the hospital and thats where mainly the injured people are brought in and as i say this is just over the week to the runoff elections. So the security will be a big issue for the candidates and the abdullahs rival was also very quick to condemn the attack, saying it was the work of the enemies of afghanistan and say that it has been to disrupt the elections. Nothing will kind of attacks will prevent them from carrying out further election rallies. By the sound of the explosion, hes extraordinarily lucky to have survived let alone to get out unscathed effectively. But some of his close aides are dead. Is this going to impact the next round of voting . Reporter well its definitely will have some impact on the way that the both candidates have been conducting the Campaign Rallies or gatherings other holding the different part of the election rallies in afghanistan. Dr. Abdullah is not under attack from insurgents. They will work hard on their security measures and they will definitely call on the Afghan Government to provide more security for them. But as far as security in afghanistan is concerned, they say these attacks are expected to happen, but they say they will hold the elections and they say they wont be any election with the election security. Thank you very much indeed. Theres been some violent clashes at the Golden Temple in indian. The holy shrine of the sikh religion. Just looking at those extraordinary pictures, what started that off . Well, a large number of sikh dell agees have gathered to take part in the ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the attacks inside the temple, the military action that is known as Operation Blue star in 1984. This is the 30th anniversary and what we are told that the clashes occurred following a minor dispute as to who would address the ceremony first. One group wanted to address, the other wanted to to. That led to the groups attacking each other with sticks that left a dozen people injured. Now police has restored calm. Will there still be a ceremony and does this have any rest anance beyond what sounds like a local difficulty . Absolutely. I mean, even though it lasted for about 30 minutes, the entire media is covering it in india, we could see lots of pictures and the clashes, angry groups attacking each other. The sikh politicians have roundly condemned the attack, the incident that has taken place. They are saying its an occasion to mark the 30th anniversary of the Operation Blue star, but it became a shameful day because it is the holy shrine of the sikh religion and there is no place for clashes inside the Golden Temple and actions will be taken. The culprits will be punished as the body that controls it has indicated. Police in hatei fired tarry gas. 5,000 protesters in portauprince. Anti government protests have been on the increase in the last few months. The president says the opposition is just about Foreign Investment into the country. 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Abdullah has survived a gun attack on his convoy. Dday was a turning point for northern europe. What actually happened . British, u. S. And Canadian Forces invaded occupied france. It was the first stage to free france which had been under invasion by nazi german. How is dday remembered in present day germany . Steve evans has been speaking to one german veteran who found himself open the other side of the dday landing. Reporter helmet rumor was the first german soldier to face the dday invasion. He was at the pegasus bridge. It was crucial. Allied forces wanted it captured to stop German Forces from arriving. Helmet was on guard. Translator i was the first one to notice when the gliders and troops landed. I raised alarm and a fired a flare that was it and this is how the invasion of normandy started and that was all that i did. Reporter dday was the big step in the defeat of nazi germany. If you want to know how total that defeat was. Come here, the nazi neurocenter, hitlers bunker, flattened, destroyed, nothing more than a car park. [ Foreign Language ] reporter at the time of dday, hitler said, though it wasnt the papers, welcomed the invasion because it brought the enemy closer. Dday is not marked much in germany. It never has the same significance of which it had in britain or u. S. Or even france because it would remind us of not only of the defeat but also of war crimes. Reporter theres a footnote, 70 years on, the captured german soldier is grateful to the british and canadians for his time in a war camp. He was taught english and entertained. It was like a holiday camp. Well, its certainly a day for remembering and commemorating and many leaders have been in normandy doing precisely that. One ceremony president obama paid tribute to all the american soldiers who fought. Omaha, normandy, this was democracys beachhead, and our victory in that war decided not just a century but shaped the security and wellbeing of all posterity. We worked to turn old adversaries into new allies. We built new prosperity. A wall tumbled down and an iron curtain too, from western europe to east, 70 years of Democratic Movement spread. The nations that once new only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessing of freem. None of that would have happened without the men who are willing to lay down their lives for people they had never met and ideals they couldnt live without. None of this would have happened without the troops president roosevelt called the live blood of america, the hope of the world. They left home barely more than boys, returned home heroes. To their great credit, that is not how this generation carries itself. After the war, some put away their medals, were quiet about their service, moved on. Some carrying shrapnel and scars found that moving on was much harder. Many, like my grandfather who survived in pattons army, lived a quiet life, trading one uniform and set of responsibilities for another, as a teacher or a sailsman or a doctor on an engineer, a dad, a grandpa. Our country made sure millions of them earned a college education, opening up opportunity on an unprecedented scale and they married those sweet hearts and bought new homes and raised families and built businesses. Lifting up the greatest middle class the world has ever known and through it all, they were inspired, i suspect, by memories of fallen brothers, memories that drove them to live their lives each day as thes they as best they possibly could. Whenever the world makes you cynical, stop and think of these men. Whenever you lose hope, stop and think of these men. Barack obama. Lets go to other news now. Police in canada have arrested a man suspected of shooting dead police three Police Officers in moncton, news brunswick. A large part of the town has been in lockdown for the last 24 hours. Reporter from house to house they searched a city on lockdown on hunt for this man for justin bourque. He is accused of shooting dead three Police Officers and injuring two others. He had several guns on his back, knives, cross bows. He had the most blind look on his face like he was on a Mission Ready to do something. My stomach dropped. I had the worst feeling in my gut. Reporter he had been spotted by others in the city too but had managed to evade authorities as large ports of moncton remained cordoned off. Then a break through in the early hours of friday morning. Michelle, a local resident, tweeted she saw the arrest. The swat team arrived at my house and unloaded and started screaming in my backyard for him to surrender and he did. They had him sprawled on my front lawn for some time and then loaded into the swat vehicle. This is the deadly attack on the police force in almost nine years. The countrys Prime Minister had this reaction. This should remind us that our men and women in Law Enforcement put their lives on the line every day and our thoughts and prayers with those killed and the others wounded in this terrible incident. The countries elite, the royal mounted police, were killed. Whats happened in this city has shaken the community. Details of another shooting for you here. A lone gunman at the University Campus in seattle was eventually brought down by a Student Armed with pepper spray. One person died, three others were injured when a gunman walked into the university and opened fire. The police have praised the student who brought him down. The searchers have found evidence that the planet that crashed into the earth billions years ago formed the moon. Traces of the planet were found in analysis of the moons rocks. Reporter four and a half billion years ago, its thought that another planet crashed into the earth. Debris from both planets come together to form the moon but where is the other planet now . No one has found any evidence of it until today. A germanled team has found microscopic traces of it in moon rock. What weve been looking for as scientists is actually the fingerprints of the planet. People have been looking for it for a long time. Reporter 900 pounds of moon rocks were collected by apollo astronauts in the late 1960s and 70s, ever since then, scientists have been searching. Its only now that scientists have found evidence of a little piece of the other planet in the samples. Its taking so long because the traces are very tiny. It raises another question. Why is there so little evidence of the other planet on the lunar surface now . Let me take you to the chateau where president hollande is welcoming the heads of states and government for lunchen occasion before they will all make their way just down the road for the main dday ceremony of this the ownershipth dsh 70th anniversary of the dday landings. Of course, we will be keeping you informed as the developments take place. You can also go to the website, bbc. Com news. 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. Whether its building the worlds most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. At boeing, one thing never changes. Our passion to make it real. Still running in the morning . Yeah. Getting your vegetables every day . When i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] couldve had a v8. Two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. Two full servings of vegetables you need to see this. Show em the curve. Do you know what this means . 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