as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who s played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for him shone through as rob made his private battle a public one to help
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, when we l
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, when we ll be bringing you and later on the programme, a day after the major cyber attack affecting eight london hospital, health officials say the extent of the hack is still not known. good evening from normandy, on the eve of the 80th anniversary 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. the 6th ofjune1941i was the day that british, american,
the world for help. now he returns home to the war, and a peace conference he hopes can break the deadlock, on his terms. suranjana tewari, bbc news, singapore. china has landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon for the second time. the mission is difficult because this region of the moon permanently faces away from the earth, making communications difficult. the probe is expected to use a drill and mechanical arm to collect rock and soil, and transport them back to earth. this week marks the 80th anniversary of the d day landings and as part of the commemorations, a mass parachute drop has taken place over normandy. those who took partjumped from world war ii era planes into the now peaceful skies. 0n the 6th ofjune1941i, troops from the uk, the us, canada and france attacked german forces on the coast of northern france. it marked the start of the campaign to liberate