they play fanfare. when you go, tell them, tell them about us, and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. and in there, the british ambassador, lord lewin, and the defence minister, step forward, if we can see them, as reeds are presented to them, so that they can be placed at the duzel wall, on behalf of the united kingdom and france. there, the ambassador and the minister stepping forward to, to place a british race, of red poppies, and a french race of blue cornflowers, the french flower of remembrance. the reeds are placed at the foot of the d day wall, which are inscribed the names of the m75 british servicemen who died on the three d day beaches where british forces land, together with those members of the royal and merchant navies, who were lost at sea. and members of the royal air force, lost in the air. and it is to the sea, that we look now, because aircraft are inbound. aircraft from the royal air force. ladies and gentlemen, to mark the opening of the british
case rates have risen a little, but the good news is that hospitalisations come the number of people arriving in hospital is broadly flat. borisjohnson will tell global leaders he wants the whole world to be vaccinated against coronavirus, by the end of next year. el salvador says it wants to be the first country to adopt bitcoin as an official curency. charities are warning that cuts to foreign aid are casting a shadow over the uk s influence at the g7 summit. hello and welcome to bbc news. a memorial to commemorate british and commonwealth serviceman who died on d day is to be unveiled in normandy this morning. the monument honours more than 22,000 serviceman who died on this day exactly 77 years ago and in the fighting that followed. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield reports. d day, the normandy campaign. the thousands of british and commonwealth soldiers who died to liberate europe. it s here that future generations are going to come to honour their memory. part temple of
a two minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. may god bless our veterans, their families, and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. as a result of the operations around d day during the operations around d day during the battle of normandy. around a hundred veterans who were unable to travel to france because of the pandemic laid wreaths at the national memorial arboretum. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the health secretary matt hancock has said that the delta variant of the coronavirus, is 40% more transmissible. he also said that the variant, first identified in india, makes life more challenging, making it harder to decide if it s safe to lift remaining restrictions in england on the 21st june as planned. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent helen catt who gave us an update on the timeline for the government s
a two minute silence has been held at the british normandy memorial to honour more than 22,000 members of the armed forces, who died after the d day landings. may god bless our veterans, the families and all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice as a result of the operations around d day and during the battle of normandy. around 100 veterans, who were unable to travel to france because of the pandemic, laid wreaths at the national memorial arboretum. and the vast system of camps scattered across the united states holding more than 20,000 migrant children. that s detained in america in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. the health secretary, matt hancock, has said that the new delta variant of coronavirus, first recorded in india, is about 40% more infectious than the version detected in kent. mr hancock said increased transmissability was making the decision on whether to lift all remaining restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune more difficult , and that