:00:15. > :00:17.Hi, I'm Hayley with your Newsround update.
:00:18. > :00:20.Coming up... The video game that's celebrating its 30th birthday.
:00:21. > :00:23.And we hear from one of the Britain's Got Talent finalists.
:00:24. > :00:26.It's 70 years since D-Day, a really important moment in World
:00:27. > :00:29.War II, when British Forces stormed the beaches to fight Hitler's army.
:00:30. > :00:32.Yesterday, hundreds of ex-soldiers went to France to remember the day.
:00:33. > :00:37.With celebrations and events on the beaches of Normandy,
:00:38. > :00:44.But there was one guy who although he tried to go on an organised
:00:45. > :00:51.This is Bernard Jordan, who at 90 years old decided to pack
:00:52. > :00:54.up his medals and leave his nursing home without telling anyone and make
:00:55. > :00:59.It was the biggest seaborne invasion in history.
:01:00. > :01:02.A massive military force set out from the UK towards France.
:01:03. > :01:05.Thousands of British soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy
:01:06. > :01:07.and started to break through the German army's defences.
:01:08. > :01:09.One of those soldiers was Bernard Jordan.
:01:10. > :01:13.He was a young officer in the Navy who crossed the English Chanel to
:01:14. > :01:18.fight on the beaches of Normandy and kick the Germans out of France.
:01:19. > :01:32.At 90 years old, he lives in a care home in the south of England.
:01:33. > :01:35.He was desperate to join his collegues but when he was told
:01:36. > :01:39.it couldn't be arranged in time, he decided to hide his medals under
:01:40. > :01:42.his grey coat and set off to France without telling anyone.
:01:43. > :01:46.At 90, it is not an easy trip to make, and Bernard did forget
:01:47. > :01:50.But after making frineds with some young soldiers on the ferry
:01:51. > :01:53.and joining in with some singning on board the boat,
:01:54. > :02:01.he was befirended by a collegue and made it to the celebrations.
:02:02. > :02:07.I am not surprised, if he made up his mind to go somewhere, he would
:02:08. > :02:14.do it. I hope he makes it back safely, but this is entirely in
:02:15. > :02:16.keeping with him. Bernard said it was a first-class show, and he hopes
:02:17. > :02:20.to be back there next year. And to find out more about the D-Day
:02:21. > :02:23.celebrations, go to the website, where you can hear
:02:24. > :02:25.from 10-year-old Molly about why it was important to her to
:02:26. > :02:29.go to Normandy with her grandad. Ukraine's new president,
:02:30. > :02:32.Petro Poroshenko, has been sworn in He won a landslide victory
:02:33. > :02:36.at the elections two weeks ago. It's hoped a new leader can help
:02:37. > :02:39.stabilise the country, which has had lots of changes in
:02:40. > :02:43.the last couple of months, including the region of Crimea splitting off
:02:44. > :02:46.and coming under Russian control. There is still fighting in east
:02:47. > :02:49.Ukraine because some people there Mr Poroshenko and
:02:50. > :02:54.Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed that the fighting
:02:55. > :02:57.in eastern Ukraine should be brought Next, it's the addictive yet simple
:02:58. > :03:05.game that keeps hundreds of millions We're talking about Tetris, and
:03:06. > :03:11.this week it turned 30 years old. Ricky has been taking a look
:03:12. > :03:26.at the key to its success. It is a game of moving around
:03:27. > :03:29.different shapes and blocks to make a full line, which in turn
:03:30. > :03:33.disappears. It is this implied here, but 30 years after it was first
:03:34. > :03:41.developed, it is still as popular as ever. I have been playing this game
:03:42. > :03:45.for 25 years, I love it still. I feel really relaxed when I play it.
:03:46. > :03:51.I am completely passionate about the game, it is a fantastic experience
:03:52. > :03:55.for me. Tetris was created in 1984 in Moscow by a Russian scientist. He
:03:56. > :04:03.decided on its name by combining the Greek word for four, and tennis. Its
:04:04. > :04:10.popularity spread, and in 1989, Nintendo launched it as a free
:04:11. > :04:14.game, and the hand-held console sold around 35 million copies. You can
:04:15. > :04:18.still play it on a mobile phone or on a tablet. The formula has not
:04:19. > :04:25.changed much, but some things have, like the music. Soak how come, after
:04:26. > :04:32.all these years, Tetris is still such a popular game? It is the
:04:33. > :04:34.simplicity. Modern games are very absorbing and time-consuming, but
:04:35. > :04:39.something like Tetris can you can pick it up and play it for ten
:04:40. > :04:43.minutes, and if you wanted to, you could play for hours, because it is
:04:44. > :04:50.addictive. Catchy tune might have helped as well. To celebrate its
:04:51. > :04:51.30th year, it reached new heights by being played on a skyscraper in
:04:52. > :04:53.America. It's the final of
:04:54. > :04:55.Britain's Got Talent tonight and all 11 acts will be hoping they
:04:56. > :04:59.will be voted the winner. One of the finalists is
:05:00. > :05:00.violinist Lettice Rowbotham. She spoke to Ricky,
:05:01. > :05:15.who asked her how she would feel I would be so overwhelmed and so
:05:16. > :05:19.happy if I did win. I would be so grateful, and I think it is
:05:20. > :05:23.important, if you are about to perform, not to be nervous and just
:05:24. > :05:25.really enjoy it and go, this is fun, I am going to try and make people
:05:26. > :05:26.smile. There's a full list
:05:27. > :05:29.of the finalists over on the Newsround website, and you've been
:05:30. > :05:32.telling us who you want to win. That's all from me,
:05:33. > :05:56.Newsround's back just before two.