[ ] when the world needed heroes, you called the greatest generation to courage and their answer still echoes in the soul of the nation. [ ] everyone under the probability of dying was real but they did it anyway. they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and dying for. [ ] people will not be forgotten as long as we keep talking about them. [ ] [ ] [ ] the missing man formation flying over normandy brands at america and the world were members d-day and the invasion that went and started 80 years ago today. 156,000 allied troops storming the beaches of normandy pack more than 4000 would diet at day including 2500 americans. in the end, more than 73,000 allied forces would die the battle that would drag on for more than 70 days. today cackles freedom fighters and survivors of the war honored by president joe biden. the world is much different place today is antiquity what we learned them and still learn now. welcome everyone i
brought the united states into the second world war. he and president obama are due to visit a memorial that honours the sailors and marines killed in the 1941 attack. before his departure from tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. the bbc‘s laura bickerjoins us from washington. what do we know about the form of this visit? first of all, he has arrived in hawaii. he will meet with president obama over the next few hours. it will be their finalsummit the next few hours. it will be their final summit together and then the pairof them, final summit together and then the pair of them, both presidents, will visit the memorial, the uss arizona, where shinzo abe abbey will take pa rt where shinzo abe abbey will take part ina where shinzo abe abbey will take part in a ceremony to remember the lives lost there, the majority of them were killed on that battleship, them were killed on that battleship, the uss arizona.
fisher has died aged 60. she suffered a cardiac arrest while on a flight suffered a cardiac arrest while on a flight between london and los angeles last week. lizo mzimba has a look back at her life. what the hell are you doing? somebody has to save our skins. clever and confident, occasionally caustic. i take orders from just one person, me. it s a wonder you re still alive. will somebody get this walking carpet out of many i way? carrie fisher s leia wasn t your typical princess waiting to be rescued. her most famous character was outspoken on screen. i should have expected to find you holding vader s leash. i recognised your foul stench when i was brought on board. carrie fisher was often equally plain speaking in real life, sharing details of her volatile relationship with her mother, screen legend debbie reynolds, and her own struggles with addiction. people used to ask me, right after i got sober initially, so are you happy now? i would say among other things, happy is
to try to discover why the plane crashed with 92 people on board. and in half an hour, we take a look at the front pages, including the daily telegraph, which reports the wea ker daily telegraph, which reports the weaker pound has left the military underfunded. good evening and welcome to bbc news. let s ta ke let s take you straight to hawaii. the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is in hawaii for an historic visit, seeing him pay his respects at the sight of the japanese attack on pearl harbor in1941. shinzo abe side by side with barack obama, the united states president. let s listening through the translator. dotmacro when aerial bombing tore the uss arizona in two. even 75 years later, the uss arizona, now rests atop the sea bed, is the final resting place for a tremendous number of sailors and marines. listening again, as i focused my senses alongside song of the seas and the rumble of the rolling waves, i can almost discern the voices of those crewmen. voices of liv
in distress. he did not want a stereotypical princess, incapable of dealing with the situation without the guys. he wanted a fighter. the galactic printers grew up hollywood celebrity. she dropped out of school at 15 and took up at it. she made herfilm debut while at 15 and took up at it. she made her film debut while still a teenager opposite warren beatty in the romantic comedy shampoo. throughout her acting career, she battled drug addiction and mental illness. writing about it was a form of therapy. her semi autobiographical novel, postcards from the edge, was turned into a film. that was over-the-counter medication. ma am, he did not give children sleeping pigs. the central character played by meryl streep while the mother was played by shirley maclaine. people used to ask me, right after i got sober, they would ask so, are you happy now? and i would say, among other things. hgppy i would say, among other things. happy is one of the many emotions i will go through in a