the duke of edinburgh. as a young royal navy officer, he was on board a british warship in tokyo bay for the signing by the japanese of their surrender. and captain sir tom moore, another veteran who served in the burma campaign, has voiced the hope of all of his comrades. i respectfully ask britain to stop whatever it is doing and take some time to remember, he said. nicholas witchell, bbc news. good news about penguins. satellite observations have found a raft of new emperor penguin breeding sites in the antarctic. the locations were identified from the way the birds‘ poo, had stained large patches of sea ice. the discovery increases the known number of emperor penguins by between five and ten percent to more than half a million birds. victoria gill has more. they‘re the biggest and possibly the toughest
japan surrendered and british servicemen returned home. but britain by then was a country eager to move on. the feeling that their sacrifice had been forgotten was exacerbated. but at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire on saturday august 15, the 75th anniversary of victory overjapan, or vj day, the prince of wales will lead the nation‘s commemoration of the moment when the global conflict that was the second world war finally came to an end. the service, which will include a national two minutes‘ silence, will be attended by a number of veterans who fought in the far east, and it will be broadcast by the bbc. the duke of cambridge will take part in a programme, vj day 75, the nation‘s tribute to be broadcast on bbc one. among the veterans who will feature in the programme will be the duke of edinburgh. as a young royal navy officer, he was on board a british warship in tokyo bay for the signing by the japanese of their surrender. and captain sir tom moore,
ended in august 1945 after the allies had dropped atom bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki. japan surrendered and british servicemen returned home. but britain by then was a country eager to move on. the feeling that their sacrifice had been forgotten was exacerbated. but at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire on saturday august 15, the 75th anniversary of victory overjapan, or vj day, the prince of wales will lead the nation s commemoration of the moment when the global conflict that was the second world war finally came to an end. the service, which will include a national two minutes silence, will be attended by a number of veterans who fought in the far east, and it will be broadcast by the bbc. the duke of cambridge will take part ina programme, vj day 75, the nation s tribute to be broadcast on bbc one. among the veterans who will feature in the programme will be the duke of edinburgh. as a young royal navy officer, he was on board a british warship
be broadcast by the bbc. the duke of cambridge will take part in a programme, vj day 75, the nation s tribute to be broadcast on bbc one. among the veterans who will feature in the programme will be the duke of edinburgh. asa in the programme will be the duke of edinburgh. as a young royal navy officer, he was on board a british warship in tokyo by the signing by the japanese of their surrender. and captain sirtom the japanese of their surrender. and captain sir tom moore, another vetera n captain sir tom moore, another veteran who served at the burma campaign, has voiced the hope of all of his comrades. i respectfully ask britain whatever it is doing and ta ke britain whatever it is doing and take some time to remember, he said. we must all take the time to stop, think and be thankful. nicholas witchell, bbc news. hospitals have been overwhelmed and buildings have been destroyed in beirut after a huge blast killed dozens of people. it hit the port of the lebanese capital yesterday. ab
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