so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people of fra
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 start to the day, across the board, sunshine and blustery showers, most of which will be in the north. all the details later. it s thursday the 6th ofjune welcome to normandy where 80 years ago today, more than 156,000 allied troops launched an attack on german forces which would change the course of the second world war. it would forever be known as d day. it was just before 6.30 in the morning onjune 6t
a spokesperson said there were no civilian casualties during the operation, but the bbc found evidence that civilians were killed from jerusalem. here is your land were killed from jerusalem. here is your [and now, and a warning, you may find her report difficult to watch. amid ruins that reeked of death. ..palestinians poured over what was once gaza s biggest and best equipped hospital after israeli forces withdrew. israel s military raid in march was the second at the site and it was dramatically destructive. four mass graves containing local search teams say hundreds of bodies have now been dug up at al shifa, prompting international calls for an investigation into possible war crimes. there are reports of suspicious finds shared with us. translation: we ve discovered bodies of women and children i and people without heads, as well as torn body parts. israel s military says it exhumed says it exhumed bodies which palestinians had buried earlier as it searched for hosta
the regional governor vadym filashkin said the situation there continued to deteriorate. greek police are searching for the bbc presenter and author michael mosley, who s gone missing on the island of symi. doctor mosley was last seen early on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone. he presents a range of programmes on health that often see him experiment on himself. the first crewed flight of the boeing starliner spacecraft has developed two small leaks of helium, but is due to dock with the international space station today as planned. nasa said the affected helium valves were shut off, and the spacecraft remains stable. a very warm welcome to the programme. on the 6th ofjune, 1944, aid the chaos of battle and the shouts, and screams of those soldiers ascending the beaches of normandy, was the sound of bagpipes. amid the chaos. as there was this morning, to mark the beginning of the 80th commemoration of dday. in 1944, the piper was bill millin, from glasgow
as well as king charles. there will be about 200 veterans mostly from the us, britain, canada and france. this 80th anniversary is focusing minds on the need for unity in the face of new conflicts. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports. les america. the americans are back in town. and it s feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war two allied military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d day to liberate nazi occupied france. these men changed the course of history. 99 year old donald cobb s modesty is humbling. i don t feel like a hero. i mean, wejust did what we were told. i m happy that we were able to help. 80 years on, they are still huge heroes here. it is really a lot of emotion for me. brave french men and women played their part in d day too. katharine s father and brother were members of the resistance. this street, now named after them. translation: the allies i is needed detail