D-day commemorations: Veterans honoured during Normandy events

Summary

Events take place in northern France to remember the largest seaborn invasion in history
D-Day veterans are joined by Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau
The day began with the sound of bagpipes marking the exact moment Allied troops landed 75 years ago
Prime Minister May and President Macron attend a ceremony for a new memorial in Ver-sur-Mer
A service is held at Bayeux Cathedral, at which veterans and church figures give readings
President Macron and President Trump pay tribute to US forces in a service at Colleville-sur-Mer
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau speaks at a ceremony at Juno Beach, where many Canadian forces landed
A service of remembrance is held in Arromanches, where wreaths are laid by veterans

Live Reporting

Matt Cannon, Toby Luckhurst and Shamaan Freeman-Powell

Ivanka Trump pays homage to US troops in the Netherlandspublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Watch: Queen arrives in Portsmouthpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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'I couldn't sit by and do nothing' - Trump protesterpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Claire from Portsmouth is among those at a demonstration against President Trump at the city's Guildhall Square.
She says: “There is no way that he wasn’t going to get attention wherever he went, and I couldn’t live with myself knowing that he is coming to my city if I just sat by and did nothing.
"He claims everything is fake news and everybody loves him - well this is one person who doesn’t.”
75th anniversary of D-Day in numberspublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
D-Day event: Crowds begin to gatherpublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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People have started to gather for the commemoration event in Portsmouth which is due to start shortly.
Protester 'respects' D-Day but wants to make a standpublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Protester Anna, from Petersfield, Hampshire, has arrived in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth.
She says she finds President Trump's actions "abhorrent" and wants to make a stand - while also respecting the D-Day event at Southsea Common.
Police have set up a protest area in the square away from veterans and world leaders on the common.
How close will Trump be to protesters?published at 10:58 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
A designated protest area has been set up in Guildhall Square in Portsmouth, away from the D-Day events on Southsea Common.
The square is just under a two-mile drive away from the common on the seafront where veterans and world leaders are gathering.
Civic leaders were worried protests near the main event could upset veterans.
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How the BBC reported on D-Daypublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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25 UK armed forces to fly over commemorative D-Day eventpublished at 10:56 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Queen arrives in Portsmouthpublished at 10:56 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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The Queen arrives in Portsmouth for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Donald Trump arrivingpublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Trump steps out of Marine One to commemorate 'greatest battle ever'published at 10:50 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
Mr Trump has said he is looking forward to going to Portsmouth to commemorate what "may have been the greatest battle ever in history".
Fifteen world leaders from countries that fought alongside the UK are attending.
D-Day commemoration: Trump arrives in Portsmouthpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Donald Trump arrives in Portsmouth where he will join the Queen, the PM and other leaders to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
'She cooked for hundreds of men - then there was nobody'published at 10:41 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
Scottish Secretary David Mundell tweets about his mother's memory of D-Day
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Royal British Legion prepares for D-Day commemorationspublished at 10:31 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Protesters gather in Portsmouth ahead of Trump's arrivalpublished at 10:28 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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Demonstrators are starting to arrive in Guildhall Square in Portsmouth.
Police have set up a designated protest area in the square away from the D-Day commemoration at Southsea Common, where President Trump is due to arrive shortly.
Organisers say their demonstration will start at 11:00 BST.
Campaigners had called for the president's visit to Portsmouth to be cancelled because of what they described as his "appalling" comments on environmental, racial, gender, sexuality and disability issues.
The comments will be displayed on a "wall of shame" in the square until 14:00, the Together Against Trump Campaign says.
'Donald Churchill?'published at 10:23 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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'He made sure the ships could land safely on the beaches'published at 10:21 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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BBC Radio 5 live has been hearing from people whose relatives played a part in D-Day.
Surgeon Commander Jo Keogh is a doctor with the Royal Navy. Her grandfather Lieutenant Commander Charles Lawrence Carroll was on the minesweeper HMS Rifleman.
“They swept the channel, channel number eight, which was the approaches to Juno beach… through the night to the 5 June, they were acting in a flotilla of vessels in the dark, preparing the ground… so that all those ships could land safely on the beach.
“They had the threat from German E-boats as well as the mines themselves.
"They weren’t able to signal towards to coast… so they were doing some complicated manoeuvring in dangerous waters and all the time attempting to remain undetected.
“The scale, the number of ships, the armada of vessels... (it) was very clear to him what their role was, and it was critical that they cleared the way...
“He didn’t talk about it a huge amount - he boxed things up almost literally and put them in the attic."
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In Jo’s parents attic, the family found the original set of orders which her grandfather had kept.
“At the top it says top secret, it lists all the vessels in incredible detail."
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What were the D-Day landings?published at 10:10 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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D-Day is actually a military term for the first day of an operation. But it came to be the name for the largest military operation ever attempted.
D-Day marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe in World War Two.
Troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944.
Tens of thousands of troops landed simultaneously on five separate beaches in Normandy.
Read more about D-Day here.
Royal Family shares pictures of D-Day commemorations in 2014published at 10:07 British Summer Time 5 June 2019
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