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and more than 150 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli police at the al aqsa mosque in occupied eastjerusalem. three israeli police officers were also hurt. tensions have been high in recent weeks as the fasting month of ramadan coincides with passover forjewish people and easter for christians. that s it for me for now. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show. i had underground in naples to get a sneak preview of an amazing archaeological discovery. on my gosh! look at this! plus find out why a certain famous footballer has a shrine dedicated to him in the city. as restrictions are rolled back, cat is back in the uk to take a rollercoaster ride. and we had to sri lanka to find out about a cleanup campaign along one of the country s historic canals. this is one of the most archaeologically significant sites in the world. the roman city of pompeii was destroyed almost 2000 years ago in 709a.d when nearby mount vesuvius erupted. metres of ....
in the past 2a hours, triggering a series of by elections and raising questions about the future of rishi sunak s government. the latest to announce he s stepping down with immediate effect is nigel adams, a big supporter of former prime minister boris johnson. on friday another political ally of mrjohnson, nadine dorries, announced she was quitting, swiftly followed by the former prime minister himself, claiming he was the victim of a witchhunt. that s after he received an advance copy of a report into whether he deliberately misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. charlotte wright reports. he is rarely farfrom the headlines, and last night he made more. borisjohnson bowing out with a blistering statement. criticising everyone from the privileges committee who were due to decide whether he lied to parliament over lockdown breaching apartments in downing street, to sue gray, who wrote the first report on those breaches, and the direction of his ....
as frank gardner reports. war planes from another time. memories from 80 years ago. today, a chance to honor those men and women who took part in d day, the operation that helped end the second world war. service chiefs, prime ministers past and present, the royalfamily and of course, the veterans. roy haywood was 19 on that day, a trooper in the sherwood rangers. i landed in on the evening of d day, and three weeks later i was so badly damaged that they had to amputate both my legs below the knee. i returned home eventually, and i have to say that i always considered myself one of the lucky ones that survived because so many of us didn t. this was the largest ever amphibious invasion in human history, over150,000 british, us, canadian and french troops landing on normandy s beaches under withering fire from german defenses. let us once again commit ourselves always to remember, cherish and honor those who served that day and to live up to the freedom they died for. hon ....
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On a beach before, they hadn t been on a beach before, they hadn t been on a boat before. it had not faced military action and they were going into battle, it must have been incredibly terrifying and we heard the stories of some of those soldiers today, one of them walked on stage and said he was 19 on d day and he was part of a tank regiment and he was part of a tank regiment and he was very badly injured and he lost both his legs below the knees, but he said he felt he was one of the lucky ones because he survived any came home. he said in fact he was here today to represent all those comrades who are no longer here. it is an shrinking group unfortunately of d day veterans, the youngest are in their late 90s and a lot of them say how important it is for them to share their stories and memories, so what they did and their friends dead isn t forgotten. it is a sad statistic, friends dead isn t forgotten. it is a sad statistic, i friends dead isn t forgotten. it is a sad statistic, ....