Veterans gatherer in northern france to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dday. We are waiting, watching some biting their nails. Within the hour, will europes central bank take battle stations and deliver an action plan to reduce the slumping economy . In 45 minutes well find out what the bank says and discuss if measures will be successful. Hello. It is midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. Washington, in haley, idaho, the hometown of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl, the u. S. Servicemen released in the taliban swap. It has now cancelled the home coming ceremony. Many believe bergdahl was a desserter that left the post in afghanistan and cost americans their lives. Speaking exclusively to bbc katty kay, chuck hagel has defended the decision to release the five from Guantanamo Bay without first going to congress. The president feels strongly about this. I feel strongly about it. Ive been to war. I know something about this. This was the right decision for the right reasons. We dont leave our people behind. How circumstances, why the disappearance, the army has already address had the. These are strong people. Theyre thankful their son is safe. Theyre prepared to get him put back together. American senators were briefed last night. Many are not convinced. What was the urgency in doing this deal . What specifically made you do it without going to congress saying we want to give you a heads up here . Obviously i cant get into the specifics of the detail, intelligence information. We are doing that so youre aware of it. We had three hearings yet not hearings but briefings. To all members of the senate to staff member, senior staff members. Well follow on with this next week when all members are back. Were being completely transparent and where we need to be. Hes out now do we know the health issue . Yes, well get to all those questions. Im going to answer your bigger question. Theres a lot of classified information in how we got him out, when we got him out, methods used. These are important classified documents. Were sharing these things by the way in classified forms with appropriate committees. To your bigger question, why now . It was our judgment based on the information that we had that his life, his health were in peril. Imminently . You say imminently, its easy for us to sit here and look behind and say well 24 hours, 48 hours it was our judgment and it was unanimous by the way i might add. It was the secretary of defense, secretary of state, chairman of joint chief of staff, director of intelligence, attorney general. We all came to the same conclusion. We didnt want to take chances here. Defense secretary speaking to katty kay. Lets go to jonathan marcus. How much pressure is building on the administration over this deal . Theres pressure to put out in the Public Domain why they took this position now, what potential risks are, and the great unknowns in this. The exact circumstances about Sergeant Bergdahl s disappearance in the first place. Theyre promising a full inquiry into circumstances, making a clear distinction between the one hand getting him back and then investigating what actually happened. Clearly in terms of that investigation, not having had the man himself there to question. It has always been a difficult problem. It would be doubly embarrassing if this ended up in a Court Marshal with this soldier charged with desertion. That would be embarrassing. Clearly he has been in captivity a good length of time. It may be decided thats punishment enough. We dont know if there are medical, psychological issues involved. Clearly the concerns on capitol hill are in part about their prerogatives and whether they should have been notified in the allotted period. Thats caused anger. Obviously too theres concern in many quarters about the release of taliban figures into the custody. Its not entirely clear what the circumstances of their future of captivity captivity is the wrong word, but future circumstances will be. Theres a lot of concern as to what they may contribute in future to taliban activities. President obama said it was a sacred duty of america to return servicemen from overseas held captive. Is this a president in recent times . This goes back a long way in the history of the u. S. Military. Chuck hagel is a former sergeant in the military. U. S. Doesnt leave people behind. There are branches looking for servicemen from the vietnam, korean war and conflicts before that. This is a very important issue this the american military. Of course the exact circumstances of this particular soldiers disappearance, well that is in a sense an important but separate issue. Okay jonathan. Thank you very much. Well, chuck hagel also spoke about ukraine on the same day president obama met six fellow heads of state. President putin is the one leader not invited to that summit which was the g 8. The u. S. Secretary says it has ignited. A senior team in ukraine this week working with administer of defense and his people on how we can help continue to build their capacity, train, cooperate, assist, economic assistance. There are many channels of assistance well provide, continue to provide. Thats also in coalition with our european partners. Countries are particularly nervous about the russian threat. Can you guarantee to nato members in the east of europe that you would defend under article five every single inch of nato territory . We have reassured and committed to that. We are very responsible members of nato, the United States of america. We are committed to our 27 allies in nato. Article 5 is not just a piece of paper. I said that once again in the last two days in brussels. The president made it clear. Secretary kerry made it clear. Our actions over the last few months have also had on that point. You would go to war with russia . Thats a hypothetical two miles in. The bigger point is article five of the treaty is very clear. If any of those members of nato are violated or invaded, then all of nato, all of the 27 other members have a responsibility to come to the defense of our partners. Chuck hagel there. Now the g7 summit is happening in brussels. Matthew price joins me from there. Daniel live in moscow. Coming to you first, thats changed now to brussels. The threat of further sanctions, do we have anything specific . Well if they did impose further sanctions against russia, they move to what is termed in this city as phase three sanctions, moving beyond the individuals sanctioned up to this stage and targeting the russian economy. I dont think were anywhere close to that point at the moment. If anything were further from it where we were a couple of months ago. Theres a sense among the leaders of the g7 that they see a some positive signs emerging from the russians. Some partial withdrawal of troops from the border with ukraine. No explicit condemnation of the elections held ten or so days ago in ukraine for the next president. Indeed even on French Television last night from the russian president vladimir putin, he didnt dismiss the possibility that the world war ii commemorations to be held in western france tomorrow that he might meet the president elect of ukraine. So it looks as though from a g7 perspective things are moving in the right direction. Sanctions are still there. They really hope in bilateral meetings this afternoon and evening in paris between putin and britains cameron and frances president , they hope to persuade him to move forward. Is there any suggestion that is going to happen . President obama is not going to speak to putin later today. Several other european leaders are. Yes, the presence of president putin in western europe when the g7 summit is taking place, without him the g 8 have been trimmed back to g7. Obviously many symbolic. Hell meet many leaders including british Prime Minister cameron. Although he didnt rule meeting the ukrainian president poroshenko, when he was asked whether he supported him, he left a bit of wiggle room. He said we support the will of the ukrainian people and will work with the ukrainian authorities. In there theres the group of people in Eastern Ukraine who have expressed the desire to join russia, not necessarily the majority in those regions. Certainly a significant minority in those regions. Russia has done little to discourage them from aspirations and also nato complaining theyve done little to stop weaponry, vehicles and personnel coming through the leaky border. Thats the bit western leader. Whether he can give guarantee to make that border more secure and secondly if hell try to discourage those in Eastern Ukraine that say theyd like to join russia. And briefly, several European Countries are compromised with russia, not in terms of energy but the french warship. The training of russian seamen which is a contract they dont want to lose. I think therein lies the problem for European Countries involved in this. America United States and canada removed geographically and economically. U. S. Trade with russia say percentage of gdp, far less than over man trade. Angela merkel here october. All along shes been adamant there needs to be a process engaging the russians all along. She still wants to maintain that approach at the moment. She believes ultimately that it will bear fruit. Obviously as daniel is saying, not all signs are positive. At the moment of the g7 theyre latching on to positives rather than negatives. Thank you very much indeed. Now wherever the g7 talks may lead, it is already too late to hope the slide towards civil war in ukraine, the Eastern Region of donetsk which declared itself a peoples republic. We have spoken to the man who appointed himself chairman to find out how far the area is from reconciliation with kiev. Translator the worst thing is that people are becoming used to war. Despite what the media are saying, especially the ukrainian media, this is now a full scale civil war. Innocent civilians are being killed. These deaths are no longer creating such a shock as the first victims did. The fact that ukraine has held a president ial election and poroshenko has won it, that doesnt change the situation. We think hes the one giving the orders now. They want to get all the dirty work done before his inauguration to make him look whiter than white. Will they succeed . Well see. Were not going anywhere. This is our home. So youre saying theres no way back to a united ukraine for donetsk . Translator we have passed the point of no return. If there had been no aggression by kiev, no victims, then we could have held a referendum about being part of a federal ukraine. Now anyone who suggests being part of a united ukraine would be seen as a criminal. The state of ukraine doesnt exist anymore. Do you exclude having talks with the new president . Translator talks isnt the right word. Dialogue is possible. We view russia in that role. There are two questions we could discuss. First exchange of prisoners and second withdraw of all Ukrainian Military units from our territory. How important is assistance from russia . There are reports of volunteers from the Russian Federation to fight on your side in ukraine. Translator the volunteers keep coming. There are more from russia because we and the russians are one people. We were born in the same country, soviet union. We grew up with the same ideals and have the same heroes. Our fathers and grandfathers defeated the nazis. 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A gunman shot dead three Police Officers in south eastern canada. Another two officers were wounded. The man theyre hunting is armed and dangerous. The patrol car with shattered windows, crime scene tape, evidence of say of monkton after they came under fire. There were reports of a man wearing camouflage clothing. Streets are closed and people are urged to stay inside as Police Search for the gunman. Three officers were shot and killed. Two other officers were also injured, but theyre life is not a threat at this time. One eyewitness reported seeing a man standing in the street pointing a weapon at police cars and heard a burst of automatic gunfire. Police are looking for a 24yearold suspect who they believe is in the area. The Canadian Police have been brought in from across the region to assist. Mo moncton is a city of 70,000 people. The mayor has spoken of the communitys shock. We as a city must pull together as a family to support those who have suffered losses in this terrible tragedy. Police have set up roadblocks in parts of the city as they continue their search for the gunman. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the dday is drawing thousands of visitors to the beaches in normandy in france including some of the few survivors of the largest sea born invasion ever mounted. We are speaking to some of them. The high banks of normandy have stories to tell. Now europe and her allies are gathering to remember one summers day and the men who still lie in this lush country side. My journey through the battlefield began in the Hill Top Village of rawville along the shady wall of churchyard, graves of those that landed here to seize bridges, strong points head of the main force. This 29yearold is said to be the first casualty. His daughter was born to weeks after he died. A mile downhill, pegasus bridge still owned by the family who tended the wounded that night and have welcomed veterans ever since. I was born into it. Im part of history. Its a mission. Its a mission you take very seriously . I feel that its absolutely vital. Outside the group swap dday stories and remembered absent friends. I was 20 the next day. In the navy you didnt get until you were 20. Fascinating commemoration isnt it . They never came back to the white cliffs did they . Im representing my grandad. He passed away two years september. Im wearing his honors and medals to honor him. World Leaders Take Center Stage today. Theres no doubting who the vips are. We were brothers. You know where the phrase comes from . The first one to praise that. Its true. Every beach, every site of remembrance will host a ceremony. Will will be held when the normandy veterans host their last formal parade here. I lost six good comrades in normandy. I come back here every year to pay my respects along with my comrades. Those that became heroes never came back. The main ceremonies are tomorrow attended by president obama and other world leaders. Today Prince Charles has been talking to veterans in france. He was there with his wife camilla close to pegasus bridge in the glory sunshine as you see there. He also paid respects to men and women who died. Dday, the beaches where thousands of troops were killed as they met such stiff resistance from german forces. As robert was saying in the report there, this event tomorrow likely to be the last time a major anniversary marked by large numbers of veterans, most of whom are now in their 90s. Prince charles and camilla at pegasus bridge. A key early objective of the invasion force. After laying wreaths and paying respects and speaking to veterans, Prince Charles watch aid parachute drop by soldiers from the allied nation, recreation of events 70 years ago. The main ceremonies will be taking place tomorrow attended by queen elizabeth, french and american president s and other world leaders. President putin also attending those dday commemoration tomorrow as well. Here in london, a fire alert that led to the evacuation of people working at the tallest building in western europe. Thats following reports of smoke coming from the basement of the building roughly 300 meters tall. 50 firefighters are on the scene. They dont have evidence yet of a fire. Youre watching gmt on bbc world news. Coming up in the next half of the program, in just a weeks time, many of us will begin a month of endurance suffering the effects of very early mornings or extremely late nights. To catch the action in brazil of the world cup. The home team are the hot favorites this this year. Well look at the huge pressure on the team. Stay with us for more on that. The eyes may be the windows to the soul. But in the case of the lexus ls. Which eyes . 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