In half an hours time, we take a look back on events earlier in the year, marking the 75th anniversary of the d day landings. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker 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. The hotel says its continuing to co operate with the investigation. 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 walki
Watched Christmas Day programme of the decade. And later on i will be looking at the stories that weve covered from britain by the coastal towns this year, thats an half an hour with me simon mccoy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Spanish police have named a british holiday maker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve. Gabriel diya, who was 52 and from london, died with his 16 year old son, praise emmanuel and his nine year old daughter, comfort. The family had been staying at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is under way. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. Here he is with nine year old comfort, on a family holiday when, on Christmas Eve, she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died,
Looking unstoppable. Liverpool thrash Leicester City 4 0 to go 13 points clear at the top of the premier league. Sam curran stars for england taking four wickets on day one of the opening test in south africa. And clan des obeaux makes it back to back wins in the King George Vi chase with victory at kempton. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Welcome to the programme. First to liverpools statement win tonight they are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league with a game in hand, after thrashing second placed Leicester City 4 0 at the king power stadium. It comes just five days after they won the Club World Cup in qatar. Patrick geary reports. A chance for leicester to look livable in the eyes. To keep them on their side of the horizon. There is a probable chasing liverpool, the relentless pace, most are stretched leicester to breaking point and the just about stayed intact. Like managers all over the world, Brendan Rodgers tried to crack the puzzle but if you focus on one red mena
Parliament, tomorrow. Vigils are held in vietnam by families who fear their loved ones are among the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup, after losing to south africa in the semi final. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. Donald trump says the leader of the so called Islamic State group, abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, has died after a military operation, conducted by Us Special Forces. Hed been described as the worlds most wanted man, and mrtrump said capturing or killing him, had been the Top National Security priority of his administation. Al baghdadi had been under surveillance in Northern Syria for weeks, and was eventually cornered in the village of barisha. Hes said to have detonated an explosive vest, as his compound came under attack. Heres our middle east correspondent, quentin somerville. Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi died in the dark in Northern Syria. The ferocious sound of the firefight was heard for miles. Pictures of donald trump watching the oper
But we start with the Rugby World Cup and wales devastation after losing in their semi final to south africa. The two sides were evenly matched for most of the game, but the springboks just edged it 19 16. It means there now wont be an all british final as our Sports Correspondent andy swiss explains from yokohama. The anticipation was deafening, wales fans, hoping for history, could they join england in the World Cup Final . Well, their passion was obvious. But they would need poise as well. A scrappy first half wont have revealed much to watching england coach, eddiejones, but the springboks edged it. Andre pollard booting them 9 6 ahead at the break. After it, wales task got even tougher, as de allende bulldozed through to put south africa in command. But wales are a side of remarkable resilience, and back they came. Commentator world cup semifinal try josh adams giving their fans fresh hope. Suddenly it was 16 16. What drama. With less than five minutes to go, a penalty to south af