this programme continues on bbc one. good evening. welcome to our weeknight newsnight extravaganza of interviews and intoxicating insight. here in the studio, a critical friend of the conservative party, the commentator tim montgomery, the former leader of the scottish labour party, kezia dugdale, and the uber pollster, luke tryl, the uk director of more in common. first, that debate in nottingham, only the second time sunak and starmer have shared a stage in the last five weeks. we ll show some of the most interesting bits, but was this the moment of the debate? interesting bits, but was this mr sunak, i think you made a fair job of being chancellor. but you re a pretty mediocre prime minister. sir keir, i think that that your strings are being pulled by very senior members of the labour party. are you two really the best we ve got to be the next prime minister of our great country? applause. there was just that moment, wasn t there kind of a whoa . your reaction to the deb
this is albert keogh we are looking at, 98. he is a royal navy veteran. do i hear applause? applause look at his face as who takes it all in. he hails from scotland and the smile on his face, because the thing is, he survived, james. he understands what the loss is because he had a life. ~ . , , , life. what must they be feeling, thou~h? life. what must they be feeling, though? the life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, - life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, for| life. what must they be feeling, - though? the fact that they, for some reason, they have cheated, they cheated death in 1944 and had cheated death in 1944 and had cheated it ever since and here they still are. cheated it ever since and here they stillare. how cheated it ever since and here they still are. how wonderful cheated it ever since and here they stillar
overlooking one of the beaches where allied troops first came ashore onjune 6th, 1944. never before or since have so many troops from so many nations landed by sea to liberate an occupied country. the british, american, canadian, and french troops landed on five beaches sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah as the airborne troops dropped behind enemy lines to secure the roads and bridges. 156,000 troops overwhelming the germans they had taken by surprise. the main event this afternoon was at omaha beach, where heads of state stood alongside the veterans to pay tribute and remember. more on that in a moment but first, our correspondent daniela relph takes a look back at all the day s events in the company of some of the british veterans who were there to see it. 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 t
Siemens the. Praises saudi arabias vision of a high tech future but after the killing of a saudi journalist he says business as usual is no longer an option also coming out of the u. S. Federal reserve surprises no one keeping rates on hold with a high kicks pated expected play to eat at the year. And schools of mysterious wooden towel was all over hungry journalists blame corruption and im gary and one says. This is your Business Update on how the whole frame but then glad you could join me well German Industrial Powerhouse siemens posted a mixed bag of results on thursday net profit for the fiscal year remained just over Six Billion Euros thats a slight increase on the Previous Year the companys had some setbacks recently in securing new orders vying for a multibillion euro order to build
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Investors drop saudi stocks in light of the caution case and the last of the big Foreign Companies pulls out of a key Investment Summit in rio officials are scrambling. Just one notch above junk status a Credit Ratings downgrade for italy but other markets actually worried. Joe kayser the c. E. O. Of german industrial giant siemens announced today that hell pull out of the davos in the desert now thats the massive Investor Conference set to begin this week in riyadh move may not be a surprise in the wake of the suspected murder of journalist jamal. But for kaiser and his company its not an easy one. Preparations are well underway the mood though is muted said his future Investment Initiative a conference known by some as davos and the desert kicks off in riyadh on tuesday
but the number of participants is dwindling delicious Business Leader to pleasure the event is this man seaman c. E. O. Joe kayser he announced his withdrawal following pressure to respond to allegations of saudi invo