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Normandy campaign veterans pose in the 'Map Room' which shows the large diagram of the D-Day invasion plans, at Southwick army base near Portsmouth, England, Monday, June 3, 2024. The map was used by Naval planners under the command of of British Admiral Bertram Ramsay. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew

The British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in Northern France didn’t need a calendar to remember June 6, 1944.

Gilbert Clarke a D-Day veteran smiles as he is interviewed near his home in east London, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Clarke, now 98, is one of more than 3 million men and women from South Asia, Africa and the Caribbean who served in the British military during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead

Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as president

Iceland’s national broadcasting service says Halla Tomasdottir, a businesswoman and investor, has won Iceland’s presidential election, topping a crowded field of candidates in which the top three finishers were women.

Marie Scott who was a serving Wren and switchboard operator at the time of D-Day, at her home in London, Thursday, April 25, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Radio operator Marie Scott provided a link to D-Day beaches at age 17

Marie Scott experienced British forces landing on the Normandy coast through her earphones. Stationed in an underground tunnel below the south coast of England, Scott was safe from the carnage. But she heard it all.

Christian Lamb who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, looks through a photograph album at her home in London, Thursday, April 11, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day

As a young Women’s Royal Naval Service officer in World War II, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy’s beaches under enemy fire.

Patricia Owtram who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, shows a photograph of herself in wartime uniform, at her home in London, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII

Pat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. It came to her. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father hired Jewish refugees to cook and clean at the family home in Lancashire, where the Owtram family raised pedigreed shorthorn cows and Pat rode a pony named Dolly.

Dorothea Barron who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, holds up a photograph of herself in uniform during WWII, at her home near Sawbridgeworth, in England, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Allied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Dorothea Barron watched over men who tested portable harbors for D-Day

Dorothea Barron got a sneak preview of the Normandy landings from a watchtower on the coast of Scotland.

Marie Scott who was a serving Wren and switchboard operator at the time of D-Day, holds up a photograph of herself in 1944, at her home in London, Thursday, April 25, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed

The history of the D-Day invasion that changed the course of World War II is often told through the stories of the men who fought and died when the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

BHP Group drops its bid for Anglo American, ending plans to create a global mining giant

BHP Group has dropped its 38.6 billion pound or $49.3 billion bid for Anglo American. That ended plans to create a global mining giant focused on copper and other minerals that are expected to drive the transition to renewable energy.

Mervyn Kersh D-Day veteran who fought in the Normandy Campaign, at his home in London, Monday, April 8, 2024. A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Pvt. Mervyn Kersh was summoned by his commanding officer and threatened with arrest even as he prepared to embark for the battlefields of Normandy eight decades ago.

FILE - Britain's King Charles III meets members of the public during his visit the Discovery Centre and Auld School Close to hear more about the 3.3million pound (4.1 million US dollars) energy efficient housing project in the area, in Tomintoul, Scotland, on Sept. 13, 2023. King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks _ and it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. Shortly after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called early parliamentary elections for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the royal family were cancelling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign. (Jane Barlow/Pool Photo via AP, File)

King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks amid election campaign

King Charles III won’t be out and about much over the next six weeks. And it’s not because of his ongoing cancer treatments. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an early parliamentary election for July 4.

FILE - This combo image shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, left, and Leader of the opposition Labour party and Keir Starmer, right, in London, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo)

A UK election has been called for July 4. Here’s what to know

The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in five years in a country reeling from the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas war and deep divisions over how to deal with migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from Europe on small inflatable boats.

A screenshot taken from AP video showing a general view of northern Gaza as seen from Southern Israel, before it was seized by Israeli officials on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating the country’s new ban on Al Jazeera. Shortly before the equipment was seized, it was broadcasting a general view of northern Gaza. (AP Photo)

Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave The London Clinic in central London, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event a few miles away as he continues to be treated for cancer. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

King Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day

King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event a few miles away as he continues to be treated for cancer. , Buckingham Palace said on Friday that Charles and Queen Camilla

Artist Jonathan Yeo, center, and Britain's King Charles III at the unveiling of Yeo's portrait of the King, in the blue drawing room at Buckingham Palace, in London, Tuesday May 14, 2024. The portrait was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then Prince of Wales's 50 years as a member of The Drapers' Company in 2022. The artwork depicts the King wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards, of which he was made Regimental Colonel in 1975. The canvas size - approximately 8.5 by 6.5 feet when framed - was carefully considered to fit within the architecture of Drapers' Hall and the context of the paintings it will eventually hang alongside. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)

King Charles III unveils his first official portrait since his coronation

King Charles III unveiled his first completed portrait since the coronation, a vivid image in reds depicting the monarch in the uniform of the Welsh Guards. The unveiling of the portrait by Jonathan Yeo took place at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

Chi Leung Wai leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London, Monday May 13, 2024. Three men have appeared in a London court on charges that they helped the Hong Kong intelligence service gather information in Britain amid growing concern that hostile states are trying to interfere with democracy and economic activity in the U.K. Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, Matthew Trickett, and Chung Biu Yuen, were granted bail during a brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

3 men charged in the UK with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service

The office manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London and two other men appeared in court Monday on charges that they helped Hong Kong’s intelligence service gather information in Britain, amid growing concern hostile states are trying to interfere with democracy and economic activ

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, center left, hold a meeting with universities leaders and representatives from the Union of Jewish Students in Downing Street, London, England, Thursday May 9, 2024. Pro-Palestinian protesters have begun building encampments at universities around the U.K. over the past two weeks as students and academics call on the institutions to cut ties with Israel over its offensive in the Gaza Strip. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

As pro-Palestinian encampments spread to European campuses, UK government seeks to head off unrest

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is calling for an end to “antisemitic abuse” at U.K. universities as protests against the war in Gaza expand and the government tries to prevent the type of unrest seen on American campuses in recent weeks.

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the coronation ceremony in London, Saturday, May 6, 2023. King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey. (AP Photo/ Andreea Alexandru, File)

King Charles III’s openness about cancer has helped him connect with people in year after coronation

King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch connect with the people of Britain and strengthened the monarchy in the year since his dazzling coronation at Westminster Abbey.

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla are shown Coronation Rolls of previous monarchs after being presented with their own Coronation Roll, an official record of their Coronation, at Buckingham Palace, central London, Wednesday May 1, 2024. King Charles III gaped at the 70-foot-long (21.4-meter) hand-lettered scroll as it was presented to him earlier this week at Buckingham Palace, thanking the artisans who produced the document that serves as the official record of his coronation almost a year ago. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

A scroll for the king, a website for the people: Coronation document to be released digitally

It is a record fit for a king, but it’s going online for everyone to see. King Charles III gaped at the 70-foot-long (21.4-meter) hand-lettered scroll as it was presented to him earlier this week at Buckingham Palace, thanking the artisans who produced the document that serves as the official record

Handout footage from a doorbell camera of police officers tasering a sword-wielding man in Hainault, north east London, after a 14-year-old boy died after being stabbed following an attack on members of the public and two police officers, Tuesday April 30, 2024. (PA via AP)

2 London police officers remain hospitalized after confronting sword-wielding suspect

London’s police chief says two officers remain hospitalized after suffering “horrifically serious” injuries as they rushed to stop a sword-wielding attacker on a suburban street.

Britain's King Charles III holds up flowers he was given as he leaves after a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The King, Patron of Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support, and Queen Camilla visited the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, meeting patients and staff. This visit is to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and will highlight some of the innovative research, supported by Cancer Research UK, which is taking place at the hospital. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

King Charles III returns to public duties with a trip to a cancer charity

King Charles III has returned to public duties with a visit to a cancer treatment charity, beginning his carefully managed comeback after the monarch’s own cancer diagnosis sidelined him for three months.

FILE - Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf delivers a speech on the Scottish economy and independence, at the University of Glasgow, in Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 8, 2024. Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, has resigned on Monday, April 29, 2024, rather than face a no-confidence vote just days after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP, File)

Scotland’s leader resigns after conflicts over climate change, gender identity weakened government

Scotland’s first minister, Humza Yousaf, has resigned. It triggers a leadership contest as the governing Scottish National Party seeks to heal internal divisions and strengthen its position ahead of U.K.

FILE - Britain's Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, left, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, participate in The Archewell Foundation Parents' Summit "Mental Wellness in the Digital Age" as part of Project Healthy Minds' World Mental Health Day Festival, Oct. 10, 2023, in New York. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will visit Nigeria in May 2024 for talks on the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and veterans, a Nigerian official said Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Prince Harry and Meghan to visit Nigeria in May for Invictus Games talks

Nigerian defense officials say Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit the West African nation in May for talks about the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of servicemembers and veterans.

FILE - Britain's King Charles III, center, walks in the Coronation Procession after his coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, May 6, 2023. King Charles III is on the comeback trail. The 75-year-old British monarch will slowly ease back into public life after a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

As Charles announces a return to public-facing duties, a look at recent events involving the royals

King Charles III is on the comeback trail. The 75-year-old British monarch will slowly ease back into public life after a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer.

This satellite picture taken by Planet Labs PBC show the construction of a new aid port near Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. A new port is being built in the Gaza Strip ahead of a U.S. military-led operation to surge needed food and other aid into the besieged enclave as Israel's war on Hamas there grinds on, according to satellite images analyzed by Thursday, April 25, 2024, by The Associated Press. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

British troops may be tasked with delivering Gaza aid, BBC report says

The BBC is reporting that British troops may be tasked with delivering aid to Gaza from an offshore pier now under construction by the U.S. military. U.K. government officials declined to comment on the report Saturday.

FILE - Britain's King Charles III waves as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, March 31, 2024. Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer. The announcement on Friday April 26, 2024, comes almost three months after Charles took a break from public appearances to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. (Hollie Adams/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says

Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer.

FILE - World War II veteran Britain's Bill Gladden attends a ceremony outside the Pegasus Bridge memorial in Benouville, Normandy, Monday June 5, 2023. Gladden, one of the dwindling number of veterans who took part in the landings that kicked off the campaign to liberate Western Europe from the Nazis during World War II, died Wednesday, April 24, 2024, his family said. He was 100. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time

British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so he could honor the men who didn’t come home.

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the Border Force following a small boat incident in the Channel, on Tuesday April 23, 2024. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said "nothing will stand in our way" of getting flights to Rwanda off the ground, as the Government braced itself for legal challenges to the scheme to send asylum seekers to the east African country. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

More deaths in the English Channel underscore risks for migrants despite UK efforts to stem the tide

Five more people have died in the English Channel, underscoring the risks of crossing one of the world’s busiest sea lanes in overloaded inflatable boats just hours after British lawmakers approved a controversial migrant bill to stop the traffic.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at a press conference at Downing Street, in London, Monday, April 22, 2024. Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

UK Parliament approves Rwanda deportation bill, ending weeks of legislative stalemate

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July.

FILE - Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley speaks in London, Nov. 9, 2023. London's police commissioner will meet with senior members of the Jewish community on Monday April 22, 2024 after the force bungled its apology for suggesting an "openly Jewish'' man's presence along the route of a pro-Palestinian march risked provoking the demonstrators. (James Manning/PA via AP, File)

London police to meet with Jewish leaders as protests spark concerns about the safety of Jews

London’s police commissioner will meet with senior members of the Jewish community on Monday after the force bungled its apology for suggesting an “openly Jewish″ man’s presence along the route of a pro-Palestinian march risked provoking the demonstrators.