26 man squad for germany. good evening from normandy where world leaders havejoined some of the last remaining veterans to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. at the british normandy memorial this morning, a service of commemoration attended by more than a0 british veterans overlooking one of the beaches where allied troops first came ashore on 6thjune 191m british, american, canadian and french troops landed along this coastline on beaches that were named sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah more than 150,000 men fought in the d day landings. it was the largest ever seaborne invasion. there ve been events right along this coastline and this afternoon at omaha beach an international event attended by the us president and ukraine s president zelensky. our first report comes from our correspondent daniela relph. bagpipes. memories fade. the living testimonies dwindle. but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary n
today, president macron hosted a centrepiece event close to omaha beach. us presidentjoe biden warned that democracy in europe was once again under threat, in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. earlier, at the new british national memorial at gold beach, a service of commemoration. the king laid a wreath for the fallen. and alongside the solemn ceremonies, it s also been a chance for attendees to meet and speak with the guests of honour, the veterans themselves, each of whom played such an important part in one of the defining days in european history. our correspondent daniela relph looks back now at the day s events. bagpipes memories fade. the living testimonies dwindle. but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary normandy landing, a group of royal marines, wading ashore as those before them had done in 1944. but these are now peaceful waters, thanks to the sacrifices made on d day. archive: this is it, | they re
many people say that england have never had more options for the national men s team. as southgate has acknowledged, in many ways, it just makes his job has acknowledged, in many ways, it just makes hisjob more difficult. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening. some of the surviving veterans of the d day landings gathering normandy to mark the 80th anniversary. and over 100 cases of illness across the uk due to the bacteria e. coli. coming up on sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm, another step towards three in a row. iga swiatek makes the final of the french open, beating coco gauff to extend her winning run at roland garros to 20 matches. in the run up to the election, we re getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning local people. in a moment, we ll hear from lucy ashton who s in rotherham, but first let s join susana mendonsa, who in chipping barnet, in north london.
get why people smoke. this was michael mosley a couple of months ago, appearing alongside his wife on the bbc s morning live programme. it s now more than 2a hours since michael mosley vanished. for his family and friends, the wait for news must be unbearable. helena wilkinson, bbc news. a body has been found in the search for a two year old boy who fell into a river in leicester. xielo maruziva entered the river soar while he was with his family in february, prompting a major search operation of more than 200 police officers. leicestershire police at a body was recovered this morning and formal identification will not take place. 113 people have become ill with the bacteria e coli in recent weeks, and experts believe it is most likely linked to a nationally distributed food. the uk health security agency says testing of samples suggests
113 people have become ill with the bacteria e.coli in recent weeks and experts believe it is most likely linked to a nationally distributed food. the uk health security agency says testing of samples suggests all of the cases in the past couple of weeks are part of a single outbreak . our health editor hugh pym joins me there are serious concerns. yes, officials are concerned. they say this strain of e. coli is clinically severe. of those cases, 18 are in wales, 13 in scotland, one in northern ireland, but somebody who recently visited england, the rest are in england, which nearly 40 were people who went to hospital or are in hospital needing treatment. it s been difficult for officials, because normally they can isolate the source of an outbreak to a stretch of contaminated water or one site, but these are very