Reverse itself. We are going to turn back a little bit to the beginning of the american participation in the war and take that right through dday. The next time we will do the dday invasion. There are the bases in east anglia. It is only about 60 miles from london but it might as well be six centuries away. As i say in the book, it is shaped like a giant hachette aimed at nazi, germany. Flying across from here this is the closest in england that you can run a bomber operation. The fighter boys were down here. The british raf pilots and Bomber Command was north near york. I have this map in your book. It is pretty good although it is not in color. You have the ranges of the fighter aircraft. How far they could get roundtrip from england. That tells you the course of the year were. Air war. In the beginning, the americans could only do shallow penetration missions. If youre trying to knock out uboats then, and that is featured in the great film, 12 00 high. They are mostly british spitfi
Our Second Special report on the plight of Rohingya Refugees fleeing violence in myanmar now in camps in bangladesh. I think she wants to be that side of the camera. Tributes to sir peter hall, one of the giants of british theatre, whos died at the age of 86. And the experts wonder whether apples new iphone design can replicate the huge success of the past. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news a tough night for celtic, as they faced paris Saint Germains formidable forward line on the Opening Night of the Champions League group phase. Good evening. The cap on Public Sector pay rises will be lifted, but the only groups to benefit, at this stage, will be police and prison officers in england and wales. Some Union Leaders have responded angrily by demanding a pay rise for all Public Sector workers whove been affected by a combination of pay freezes and pay caps for the past seven years. Prison officers in england and wales have been awarded a rise of 1. 7 . While police pay will go up by
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Police in spain are searching for three members of the Jihadist Group which carried out the attacks in barcelona and cambrils. They include younes abouyaaqoub, the man the police now believe drove the van into crowds on las ramblas. Steve bannon says he will continue to take on president trumps opponents, despite being sacked as his chief strategist. Mr bannon said he would take on the powers that be in politics, the media and business. Aid Officials Say more than 16 Million People have been affected by seasonal flooding across south asia. The floods in nepal, bangladesh and india are thought to have killed about 500 people and are expected to worsen. Stars from stage and screen have continued to pay tribute to one of the greats of british television, sir bruce forsyth, who died yesterday at the age of 89. Now on bbc news, time for the travel show. India. 70 years after independence, this emerging world power of more than a billion people is still changing. Im on a journey to two extre