but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary normandy landing, a group of royal marines, wading ashore as those before them had done in 1944. but these are now peaceful waters, thanks to the sacrifices made on d day. archive: this is it, | they re on the beach. few truly understood the onslaught they d face. young men, thrust into the brutality of war. 80 years on, those who survived and grew old honoured lost friends. it is all because of gummy s quick thinking, his desire to help those around him, that i can stand before you today. i wish i could tell him i have never taken his sacrifice for granted. and we ll always remember him and ourfriends. so, gummy, thank you, my old friend. a tribute, from the one who made it home. at the british normandy memorial, the service of commemoration put the veterans centre stage. relegated to the back rows, the king and queen, and president macron. watching the service wasjoe mines. he
a sudanese pro democracy activists committee has reported that up to 100 people have been killed by the paramilitary rapid support forces group in a village south of the capital, khartoum. this footage posted on social media shows dozens of bodies the attack took place in wad al nourah, in gezira state, which the rsf took control of in december. the group denies the attack. the rsf, who ve been fighting the sudanese armed forces for the past 13 months, have also encircled al fasher, the capital city of the darfur region, where the world food programme is expanding its operations to try and prevent a famine. the us special envoy for sudan says the geopolitical fallout from the spiralling civil war could be immense, potentially leading sudan to become a failed state like libya and somalia. myanmar s opposition and local residents have accused the army of killing at least 50 people who d been detained in a village close