lone piper plays. tonight at 10:00, a vigil in normandy here at the bayeux war cemetery to remember the fallen on the eve of the 80th anniversary of d day. more than 4,000 gravestones are lit up one by one a tribute to those who never returned. in portsmouth, the king tells the last surviving d day veterans, we are eternally in your debt. more than a0 british veterans have travelled here to normandy i ve been speaking to one of them. all these memories of d day and all the men in the water, swimming, sinking, scrambling ashore in the sands and the other main stories on tonight s programme. wales s first minister, vaughan gething, gets emotional and loses a confidence motion after barely two months in the job. scientists say may was the hottest on record globally, as the un chief warns the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. and how president putin s war economy is funded by the countries buying russia s oil. and join us later for bbc london, when we l
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how has it been? today has been absolutely wonderful. apart from my old knees, it s been absolutely beautiful! we have had a couple of lovely singsongs. this was an upbeat embrace of a country clinging to these last few veterans and the glory of their hard won victory. d day started with paratroopers dropping to take out german defences, something recreated in normandy. and this evening, at bayeux, a service in remembrance, among the war graves of france s largest second world war cemetery. bayeux was close to the landing beaches and the first city to be liberated by the british on the 7th
d day started with paratroopers dropping to take out german defences, something recreated in normandy. and this evening, at bayeux, a service in remembrance, among the war graves of france s largest second world war cemetery. bayeux was close to the landing beaches and the first city to be liberated by the british on the 7th ofjune. the city s hospitals were soon full of the wounded from the surrounding battlefield. for those who could not be saved, this was their final resting place. then a moment of silent reflection for the thousands killed forcing back the nazis.
KOHIMA The Kohima Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship (KBPF) organised the annual Resurrection Sunrise service at the Naga Students’ Federation Solidarity Park, which was attended by hundreds of residents from the capital city. The Easter Sunrise service is usually held at the Second World War Cemetery, Kohima, but this year the permission to conduct the service there was said to be denied to the KBPF, according to sources. At the NSF Solidarity Park where the service was held for the first time, young and old from across the city turn up to participate in the sunrise service, which began at 5 am. “The proof of the resurrection is us, you and me. Resurrection has given us a testimony of a reason to go out and serve. Let us go out and serve the Word,” General Secretary of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho said in his resurrection greetings. He lamented that believers today have taken Christianity and faith for granted. “We are influenced so much by w