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
welcome to bbc news. this might have been the day when theresa may and the eu could signal that there was enough progress in brexit talks to start moving on to the next stage. but it wasn t to be. the main obstacle is what to do about the border between northern ireland and the republic. earlier today, it seemed the issue of the border had been resolved. but the dup in belfast objected to any suggestion that northern ireland could be treated differently to the rest of the uk. ireland s prime minister accused theresa may of backing away from an agreement. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in brussels and sent this report. here to reveal the deal, or was it slipping away? the prime minister didn t exactly look delighted, but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on. she d only parked up for lunch, but it turned into a long lunch, and then later and later. by tea time, look at their faces. it was off for today. we have been negotiating hard and a lot of p