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two days of co ordinated events in the uk and france are taking place to mark 80 years since the d day landings. tributes are being paid on the beaches of normandy and there will be a special service of thanksgiving later our royal correspondent daniela relphjoins us now. being here in the bayeux war cemetery during a week of such significance is a very moving experience and you cannot help be struck by the perfection and precision of the graves here knowing that the loss of life was in the most brutal of circumstances 80 years ago. later on here this afternoon at this war cemetery there will be a service of commemoration attended by british d day veterans and by the princess royal princess anne. it marks a shift of events from the uk to france in the next couple of days marking that 80th
and coming up on bbc news. another shock at the french open as fourth seed elena rybakina is knocked out byjasmine paolini. the italian s through to her first grand slam semifinal. 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. june 6, 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course