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but the welsh conservative senedd leader said he had "lost the confidence of the people of wales". you're live with bbc news. thursday marks the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings — and commemorative events have been taking place in france and in the uk. june 6th, 191m was the day that british, american, canadian and french troops landed on the beaches of normandy, taking the germans by surprise and changing the course of world war two.(oov) in portsmouth two. in portsmouth on the english south coast, the king, the queen, and prince william paid tribute to the last remaining d—day vetera ns. more than a0 british veterans have travelled to normandy — the youngest is 98 years—old. the main event will go ahead thursday at the british normandy memorial at ver—sur—mer. danjohnson is in portsmouth where commemorations began.