:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, I'm Hayley with your Newsround update.
:00:00. > :00:12.Two men's lucky escape from a falling tower.
:00:13. > :00:21.And the video game that's celebrating its 30th birthday.
:00:22. > :00:25.First to the amazing story of the veteran who didn't want to
:00:26. > :00:27.miss out on yesterday's D-Day celebration so decided to go
:00:28. > :00:32.90-year-old Bernard Jordan caused some worry when he went missing from
:00:33. > :00:37.his carehome but has just returned home from his secret trip to France.
:00:38. > :00:40.He decided to go it alone when couldn't get a place
:00:41. > :00:45.The celebrations were commemorate the day, 70 years ago, when British
:00:46. > :00:50.Forces landed in France to fight Hitler's army during World War Two.
:00:51. > :00:52.It was the biggest seaborne invasion in history.
:00:53. > :00:57.A massive military force set out from the UK towards France.
:00:58. > :01:00.Thousands of British soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy
:01:01. > :01:04.and started to break through the German army's defences.
:01:05. > :01:07.One of those soldiers was Bernard Jordan.
:01:08. > :01:10.He was a young officer in the navy who crossed the English Channel to
:01:11. > :01:14.fight on the beaches of Normandy and kick the Germans out of France.
:01:15. > :01:20.At 90 years old, he lives in a care home in the south of England.
:01:21. > :01:23.He was desperate to join his collegues, but when he was told
:01:24. > :01:27.it couldn't be arranged in time, he decided to hide his medals under
:01:28. > :01:30.his grey coat and set off to France without telling anyone.
:01:31. > :01:34.At 90, it's not an easy trip to make and Bernard did forget
:01:35. > :01:40.But after making friends with some young
:01:41. > :01:44.soldiers on the ferry and joining in with some singing on board the boat,
:01:45. > :01:48.he was befriended by a collegue and made it to the celebrations.
:01:49. > :01:53.He had a really good time meeting friends.
:01:54. > :01:59.The message I have got back from him if he's looking forward to going
:02:00. > :02:07.back next year with the same veterans from Brighton.
:02:08. > :02:10.On his return back to the UK today, Bernard told the press
:02:11. > :02:14.He's now back at his care home where he's having a
:02:15. > :02:21.well-deserved rest and hopes to go back to Normandy again next year.
:02:22. > :02:23.Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko has been sworn in
:02:24. > :02:28.He won a landslide victory at the elections two weeks ago.
:02:29. > :02:31.It's hoped a new leader can help stabilise the country
:02:32. > :02:34.which has had lots of changes in the last couple of months, including
:02:35. > :02:37.the region of Crimea splitting off and coming under Russian control.
:02:38. > :02:40.There is still fighting in East Ukraine because some people there
:02:41. > :02:44.Mr Poroshenko and Russian President, Vladimir Putin,
:02:45. > :02:46.have agreed that the fighting in Eastern Ukraine should be brought
:02:47. > :02:54.It's the final of Britain's Got Talent tonight
:02:55. > :02:57.and all 11 acts will be hoping they'll be voted the winner.
:02:58. > :02:59.One of the finalists is violinist Lettice Rowbotham.
:03:00. > :03:06.She spoke to Ricky who asked her how she would feel if she wins the show.
:03:07. > :03:14.I would be so overwhelmed and so happy if I did win. I would be so
:03:15. > :03:18.grateful and I think it's important if you are about to perform, not to
:03:19. > :03:22.be nervous and really enjoy it and go, this is really fun. I'm going to
:03:23. > :03:24.go out there and try to make people smile.
:03:25. > :03:27.There's a full list of the finalists over on the Newsround website.
:03:28. > :03:30.And you've been telling us who you want to win.
:03:31. > :03:34.Camilla in Oxford says, "I want Bars and Melody to win because they're
:03:35. > :03:38.Emily in Daventry says, "Me and my sister want Paddy and
:03:39. > :03:42.Nico to win because it is different and you would need a lot
:03:43. > :03:47.And Phoebe in Surrey says, "I want Darcy Oake to win because a
:03:48. > :03:52.magician has never won the show and what he does is mind-blowing!"
:03:53. > :03:55.Next, it's the addictive, yet simple game that keeps hundreds of millions
:03:56. > :04:00.We're talking about Tetris and this week it turned 30 years old.
:04:01. > :04:05.Ricky has been taking a look at the key to its success.
:04:06. > :04:08.It's a game of moving around different shapes made out
:04:09. > :04:13.of four blocks to fill a full line which in turn disappears.
:04:14. > :04:17.It's a simple idea, but 30 years after it was first developed,
:04:18. > :04:25.I've been playing the game for 25 years.
:04:26. > :04:36.I feel very relaxed about it when I play it and I'm really passionate
:04:37. > :04:41.about the game. Tetris was created in 1984 in Moscow
:04:42. > :04:44.by Russian scientist He decided on its name by combining
:04:45. > :04:48.the Greek word for four, "tetra," Its popularity soon spread and in
:04:49. > :04:52.1989 the Nintendo GameBoy launched The handheld console sold
:04:53. > :04:56.around 35 million copies. Even now you can still play Tetris
:04:57. > :05:08.on your phones or tablets. How come it's still such a popular
:05:09. > :05:13.game? Simplicity. Modern games are very absorbing and time-consuming
:05:14. > :05:17.but something like this you can pick up and play for ten minutes and if
:05:18. > :05:25.you want to do, you could play for hours because it's a very good game.
:05:26. > :05:27.Its catchy tune might have helped too.
:05:28. > :05:31.To celebrate its 30th year, the game reached new heights by being played
:05:32. > :05:36.And now to a touch and go tumbling tower that suffered
:05:37. > :05:41.Instead of the usual explosives used to knock down huge buildings,
:05:42. > :05:44.two men in the Belarusian city of Zaslavl decided to use a masonry
:05:45. > :05:48.Perhaps not the safest way to demolish something
:05:49. > :05:53.Luckily the men had just enough time to run out of harms way
:05:54. > :05:59.That's all from me today but I'll be back tomorrow morning at 8.55am.