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about her vital role in the d day landings ahead of the 80th anniversary. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news we ll get the latest from roland garros, in what s been a bad french open for british players so far. can katie boulter reach the second round? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. israeli tanks have reached the centre of rafah in southern gaza for the first time the city where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been sheltering. the hamas run health authority says at least 21 have been killed today after an explosion in a tented evacuation zone on the outskirts of the city. it comes two days after dozens more were killed when an air strike triggered a blaze on another tent camp near rafah. internationaljournalists are prevented from entering gaza by israel and egypt. lucy williamson is in jerusalem for us tonight. israel s allies have warned for months against any operation in rafah that would put siblings at risk ....
hello. rishi sunak is promising to increase the tax free allowance for pensioners if the conservatives win the general election. he says the policy would mean retirees are £95 better off from the beginning of the next financial year. in a moment, we ll be on the campaign trail with labour and the reform party. but first, harry farley reports on the new conservative pledge and the reaction to it. the prime minister at a pottery factory in stoke on trent, painting his offerfor pensioners. under current government plans, the tax threshold are frozen, so as the state pension rises under what is known as the triple lock, more pensioners would be dragged into paying tax. now the prime minister is promising the tax free allowance will increase for pensioners, but not everyone else. for will increase for pensioners, but not everyone else. will increase for pensioners, but not everyone else. for people who work hard all not everyone else. for people who work hard all their ....
so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people ....