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as well as king charles. there will be about 200 veterans mostly from the us, britain, canada and france. this 80th anniversary is focusing minds on the need for unity in the face of new conflicts. 0ur europe editor katya adler reports. les america. the americans are back in town. and it s feeling like the 1940s. from all over europe, the young and a little less young, clad in world war two allied military uniforms, celebrating and commemorating soldiers who landed here on d day to liberate nazi occupied france. these men changed the course of history. 99 year old donald cobb s modesty is humbling. i don t feel like a hero. i mean, wejust did what we were told. i m happy that we were able to help. 80 years on, they are still huge heroes here. it is really a lot of emotion for me. brave french men and women played their part in d day too. katharine s father and brother were members of the resistance. this street, now named after them. translation: the allies i is needed ....
antarctica is melting. a warm welcome to the programme. a large migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos is being evacuated after fire broke out at the facility. images on social media showed flames inside and outside the centre, which is home to nearly 13,000 people. the cause of the fire is still not immediately clear. joining me now for more on this is our correspondent mark lobel mark, what more can you tell us? sally, there arejust itsines at dispatch maria refugee camp that houses four times as many refugees as it has capacity for. people staying in shipping containers and tens and they are now watching their worldly belongings going up in smoke. many of them being moved on by the police in this fire ravaging through this migrant camp, fanned by strong winds on the island of lesbos. it is obviously difficult to manage a camp like that, which has been criticised anyway for his living conditions by aid agencies, in a pandemic. last week somebody, a somalian refuge ....
Second world war fighting against nazi germany. it is very unfortunate that one of the forces that was fighting against nazi germany is now being the aggressor in ukraine and that isjust being the aggressor in ukraine and that is just terrible to see, terrible to see europe flame again and we wish it wasn t happening.- flame again and we wish it wasn t happening. alex, lovely to talk to you wasn t happening. alex, lovely to talk to you on wasn t happening. alex, lovely to talk to you on such - wasn t happening. alex, lovely to talk to you on such an - to talk to you on such an important day, thank you for being up so early and with us on bbc news. as you can see, preparations are well under way as this extremely important anniversary takes centre stage. we will be live with the events throughout the day and bbc news for you so that you can take in all the moments as they happen. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has called for a global ban on fossil fuel advertising to he ....
These are live pictures we are receiving this morning from normandy, where of course all of these events took place. 80 years ago. now, let s cross live to normandy to speak to alex fitzgerald black executive director of the juno beach centre association. thejuno beach centre in normandy is where the canadian military landed on d day. canada s prime ministerjustin trudeau will be there today among other world leaders. talk us through the canadian element to today. us through the canadian element totoda. , to today. absolutely, the canadians to today. absolutely, the canadians landed - to today. absolutely, the canadians landed on - to today. absolutely, the i canadians landed on juno to today. absolutely, the - canadians landed on juno beach canadians landed onjuno beach 14,000 canadians landed onjuno beach 1a,000 strong and alongside some british troops, one third of the troops landing onjuno beach were british. the forces were closely integrated. we also had a parachute battalion ....