# don t know where, don t know when # but i know we ll meet again some sunny day # we ll meet again # don t know where, don t know when # but i know we ll meet again some sunny day # keep smiling through # just like you always do # till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away # so will you please say hello to the folks that i know # tell them i won t be long # they ll be happy to know that as you saw me go # i was singing this song # we ll meet again # don t know where, don t know when # but i know we ll meet again # some sunny day. # applause by the time the sun had set on d day, thousands of allied lives had been lost. the normandy campaign would claim tens of thousands more in the weeks to come. a generation of brothers, fathers and sons who never made the journey home. but their sacrifice was not in vain. the course of the second world war had been altered. the fight for democracy would soon be won. across the ports of southern england, as nightfall fell, some stopp
and coming up on bbc news. another shock at the french open as fourth seed elena rybakina is knocked out byjasmine paolini. the italian s through to her first grand slam semifinal. of the d day landings. i m at the bayeux war cemetery, where more than 4,000 commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the normandy campaign are buried. june 6, 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah beaches just miles away from here, taking the germans by surprise in what was the largest ever amphibious invasion. it changed the course of world war two. throughout the day, commemorative events have been taking place both here in france and in the uk. 0n the south coast in portsmouth, the king, the queen and prince william paid tribute to the last remaining d day veterans. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy, the youngest 98 years old. it comes ahead of the main event tomorrow at the british norm
lone piper plays. tonight at 10:00, a vigil in normandy here at the bayeux war cemetery to remember the fallen on the eve of the 80th anniversary of d day. more than 4,000 gravestones are lit up one by one a tribute to those who never returned. in portsmouth, the king tells the last surviving d day veterans, we are eternally in your debt. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy i ve been speaking to one of them. all these memories of d day and all the men in the water, swimming, sinking, scrambling ashore in the sands and the other main stories on tonight s programme. wales s first minister, vaughan gething, gets emotional and loses a confidence motion after barely two months in the job. scientists say may was the hottest on record globally, as the un chief warns the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. and how president putin s war economy is funded by the countries buying russia s oil. and join us later for bbc london, when we l
immediately step back into the relationship- immediately step back into the relationshi -. , ., ~ relationship. do you think we will re oin the relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu in relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu in your relationship. do you think we will rejoin the eu in your lifetime? it| rejoin the eu in your lifetime? it is hard to say, it will take time, we cannot do it overnight. thanks for oinin: we cannot do it overnight. thanks forioining us- let s take a quick look at a few of the stories on the front pages. the financial times, rishi sunak is accused of resorting to lies over the £2000 tax rise claim, by keir starmer. we will be commemorating the anniversary of d day in just a second. i plan to save the rivers in the uk second. i plan to save the rivers in the uk a plan. the guardian, rishi sunak lied to the country over labour tax and spend plans, says keir starmer. on