he managed a number of clubs, including tottenham and barcelona, where he gained the nickname, el tel. andy swiss looks back on his career. he brought the feel good factor back to english football. at euro 96, terry venables took his team tantalisingly close to glory. cheering after dazzling their way to the semifinals, england s hopes ended in heartache. but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. and how old are you now? 16 so, football is your whole life? yes. you want it to go on being your whole life? yes. and so it proved. that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. singing before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tel. visca el barca! next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup, before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business deali
today, president macron hosted a centrepiece event close to omaha beach. us presidentjoe biden warned that democracy in europe was once again under threat, in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. earlier, at the new british national memorial at gold beach, a service of commemoration. the king laid a wreath for the fallen. and alongside the solemn ceremonies, it s also been a chance for attendees to meet and speak with the guests of honour, the veterans themselves, each of whom played such an important part in one of the defining days in european history. our correspondent daniela relph looks back now at the day s events. bagpipes memories fade. the living testimonies dwindle. 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
of d day veterans is unlikely to be back here for a major commemoration. their stories have been told. it is now down to us to make sure they are not forgotten. daniela relph, bbc news, ver sur mer, normandy. the us presidentjoe biden has said the war in ukraine echoed the fight forfreedom on the beaches in normandy during world war ii. he was joined by world leaders, including president zelensky, at an international event this afternoon, as our europe editor katya adler reports. the proud anthem of the french resistance, sung in normandy today by students who could be the great, even great great grandchildren of those who fought and died here forfreedom. at this international d day ceremony, heads of state and government, representatives of europe s royalfamilies stood shoulder to shoulder, hearts full of gratitude.
a cup of tea together, quintessentially british thing to do. the weather is nice. they are having those talks outside. it is significant to say that the talks are fairly compact, they will last under one hour. president biden is in the uk on the way to lithuania where he will be attending a nato summit. his day is quite busy for a bat released here, downing street, he will head to windsor castle where he will head to windsor castle where he will head to windsor castle where he will be meeting king charles stop thatis he will be meeting king charles stop that is the first time he has met him as king, because president biden did not attend the coronation in may. i am joined did not attend the coronation in may. iam joined now did not attend the coronation in may. i am joined now by political editor from the politics may. i am joined now by political editorfrom the politics home website. let as talk about the meeting in windsor today. two heads of state meeting. royalfamilies here do not
of ukraine that were in favour of the ban and called for even more, weather events, the olympics which is coming up again next year and others who are saying it is not fair, tennis should not make any discrimination is based on nationality and it s not these players bolts that their countries are doing this or so it was a range of division. i found interesting as well that some of these players, they need to sign a personal declaration of neutrality, they have to commit to not expressing any support for the war as well but there are some caveats. they definitely want to make sure there wasn t anything, no pro war rally breaking out at wimbledon which actually did happen weirdly at the australian open, there was a group of pro russian supporters, so that was a bizarre scene and wimbledon certainly did not want a repeat. wimbledon also, it is a very sacred place in british culture and it is almost a pseudo governmental event in a lot of ways, royalfamilies are patrons of it and a lot o