Programme of the decade. Join us, the brexitcast gang, in half an hour, to look back at the year that was in the world of brexit. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holiday maker and his two children who drowned in a Swimming Pool on christmas eve. Gabriel diya had been staying with his family at a resort on the costa del sol. Police say the pool appears to have been working normally at the time. Emily unia reports. According to Spanish Police, gabriel diya, who was 52, died trying to rescue his nine year old daughter, comfort, after she got into difficulties in this hotel Swimming Pool. His 16 year old son, praise emmanuel, tried to help and also died. Postmortem examinations confirmed that all three drowned. A 14 year old girl, the childrens sister, raised the alarm. A british tourist whos staying at the resort told the bbc she spoke to the childrens mother. I noticed a woman was walking towards where i was. She looked really distraught. When
By the man, salute hello, ken, how are you . 75 years ago, these men set sail for the normandy beaches. I was wounded on sword beach, the first wave in. Everything all right, yeah . Now, helped by the Royal British legion, 300 of them are returning to normandy. The veterans were part of one of the most ambitious military operations ever attempted, d day. Newsreel boarding ship for the battle of normandy, the army group carrying out the assault is made up of british, canadian and american forces. Some of them have been back before, but never on a journey quite like this. This will be my third visit. Itll be totally different to the other two. Cos the other two, we were just a small group of normandy veterans. But nothing as big as this one. Theyre aged between 90 and 101. For some, this will be the last time theyre able to make the trip. Did you ever go to caen . 0h, did i go to caen well, we shelled the hell out of it. We took caen on the 8th ofjuly. Itll be an amazing adventure. I kep
Of a rare eclipse from the middle east to asia people have been marvelling at the ring of fire. Hello and welcome to world news today. Voting has now ended for the leadership of israels governing likud party which, for 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led with an iron grip. Mr netanyahu and his rival made last minute appeals to likud members for their support. More than 100,000 Party Members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran Prime Minister should lead them into the next election. Barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. The man who would be king. Gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. Translation i feel a great awakening on the ground. People understand that a change has to come today. With the help of god, together we will make that change today. He wants Party Members to vote for change because he says the Prime Minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. There is a growi
But questions are raised over how it will be funded. The National Trust says Climate Change has led to an increase in wildlife migrating to the uk. Englands cricketers rally, after a shaky start, in the second day of the first test against south africa. And in half an hour, well look at some of the highlights of the travel show from 2019. At least 12 people have died, after a passenger plane crashed in kazakhstan. The bek air flight had just taken off from the countrys biggest city, almaty, and was travelling to the capital, nur sultan, when it crashed into a building. 60 others were injured in the crash. 98 people were onboard the flight, including five crew. Our moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gave us this update. If you see those pictures and you see the wreckage of the plane that not only crash landed but also slammed into a building, a two story brick building, and also through a concrete perimeter fence, from the airport at almaty, you would think there were no survivors. Bu
With a group of friends who are doing bad things, this film shows you the end result of that. If you want to keep a career as a gang member. The bodies of 16 vietnamese people who were found dead in a lorry trailer in the uk have arrived back in vietnam. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has admitted people on lower incomes could pay more tax if labour wins power. In a bbc interview with andrew neil last night, the labour leader was challenged over his partys plans to scrap the marriage tax allowance and reform dividend taxes which could affect people with private pensions. Our assistant political editor, norman smith is in westminster. Jeremy corbyn will be talking about the nhs, rather more comfortable ground than it seemed at times last night. Whats your assessment of that interview . Well, for the first time in the election, you really felt thatJeremy Corbyn had been taken out of his comfort zone. We are used to seeing him talk about how he