:00:13. > :00:16.Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers
:00:17. > :00:19.will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are author and broadcaster,
:00:20. > :00:27.Dreda Say Mitchell and David Williamson of the Western Mail.
:00:28. > :00:31.The Independent has a striking image of a lone piper
:00:32. > :00:33.Arromanches. And asks, as the world remembers D`Day, "what, if anything,
:00:34. > :00:38.have we learnt"? "The Great Escape" of Bernard Jordan makes the front
:00:39. > :00:41.if anything, have we learnt"? absconded from a care home to join
:00:42. > :00:46.his comrades on the beaches of The Daily Mail.
:00:47. > :00:53.pictured on the front of The Daily Express as she lays a wreath in
:00:54. > :01:05.Bayeux but it headlines the arrival of monsoon weather this weekend. The
:01:06. > :01:10.The Western mail reports that Peter Hain will stand down as an MP at the
:01:11. > :01:15.general election. And the financial Times says Western authorities have
:01:16. > :01:22.handed Turkish authorities a list of 5000 people they fear are trying to
:01:23. > :01:26.travel to join Al`Qaeda groups. Where else should we begin but the
:01:27. > :01:32.incredibly moving commemorations we have seen on the beaches of Normandy
:01:33. > :01:35.throughout the day. A gift for photographers, and the papers making
:01:36. > :01:42.the most of the pictures they have been offered. D`Day, the final
:01:43. > :01:47.tribute, commemorating the invasion that rescued Europe from the Nazis.
:01:48. > :01:54.That is 99`year`old Bill Price on Gold Beach. Men of this age,
:01:55. > :02:02.determined to be there, even if they are frail and ill. That makes you
:02:03. > :02:06.feel choked, just to think of that. It does, really. One of the things
:02:07. > :02:10.that really moved me was not just that they were there, but their
:02:11. > :02:14.families were there. I remember yesterday watching a programme on
:02:15. > :02:18.someone pulls my granddaughter was talking about her grandfather who
:02:19. > :02:21.had just passed away. She had a wonderful picture of him with his
:02:22. > :02:29.medals, but also has a handsome young man. Prince William was
:02:30. > :02:32.talking today. Young people mustn't forget. That is why it is key that
:02:33. > :02:39.we continue to commemorate this as long as we can. That is what makes
:02:40. > :02:44.this poignant. Yes, it is a special anniversary, the 70th. The next
:02:45. > :02:51.commemoration, the big one, the 80th year, these men will not be here.
:02:52. > :02:55.They want. And when you think of how society has changed as a result of
:02:56. > :03:01.their victory, these are the men who made possible the birth of democracy
:03:02. > :03:05.across so much of the world. And some of them, like Bill Price who we
:03:06. > :03:09.see standing here, have lived to see their victory. When we talk about
:03:10. > :03:15.the numbers of the fallen, the 4000, more than September the 11th, that
:03:16. > :03:24.personal experience of disaster and tragedy, suddenly perhaps in our
:03:25. > :03:29.society after 9/11 macro, we have been reminded that history is full
:03:30. > :03:32.of surprises. History follows a narrow course of events, and these
:03:33. > :03:37.men define the course of events that made democracy and freedom possible.
:03:38. > :03:40.And now as we look at the rest of the world thrown back into
:03:41. > :03:45.uncertainty and new threats, we can't take this for granted, now
:03:46. > :03:49.that the Berlin Wall is down. The Independent also have a very
:03:50. > :03:54.beautiful picture on the front page, a piper playing a lament on Gold
:03:55. > :03:58.Beach as the Royal Marines landing craft arrived at Arromanches at the
:03:59. > :04:02.start of the D`Day commemorations. But the headline, the world
:04:03. > :04:05.remembers, but what, if anything, have we learnt, making the point
:04:06. > :04:09.that there were diplomatic manoeuvring is because of what is
:04:10. > :04:13.happening in the Ukraine, in Syria and how it is spilling over and
:04:14. > :04:17.affecting Europe. The divisions within the European Union, that all
:04:18. > :04:24.of that was present on these beaches today. It is the whole thing about
:04:25. > :04:30.human beings. Do we ever learn? I don't think we do ever learn. It
:04:31. > :04:34.seems when you look at history, we are always commemorating wars. Some
:04:35. > :04:38.that we think are just, and this was definitely a just war. That is one
:04:39. > :04:43.of the reasons I think we have to commemorate it. It is also the 100th
:04:44. > :04:48.anniversary for the great War, and here we are again with all these
:04:49. > :04:52.conflicts. In my home, I have a fabulous carpet that I bought in
:04:53. > :04:57.Syria. I often look at it and think, I can't get on a plane and go there
:04:58. > :05:00.now. I sometimes think, are we ever going to learn? I sometimes think,
:05:01. > :05:03.we are not going to learn because we we are not going to learn because we
:05:04. > :05:12.are human beings and I wonder if conflict is part of our psyche. That
:05:13. > :05:14.context makes the events of D`Day more extraordinary. Here were
:05:15. > :05:19.nations coming together in the biggest ever invasion force. This
:05:20. > :05:25.was not an invasion to occupy, it was an invasion which literally
:05:26. > :05:36.confronted evil, and one. And then left. We are still talking in school
:05:37. > :05:42.rooms about battles from over 2000 years ago. I think, as time passes
:05:43. > :05:46.the events of D`Day will become more extraordinary, simply because what
:05:47. > :05:52.other precedent is there for a battle of freedom? Another
:05:53. > :05:56.interesting thing, and why I think we need to commemorate the D`Day
:05:57. > :06:00.landings and what happened in World War II, is that there is no grey
:06:01. > :06:05.line with this will stop it was a just war. However, I think we have
:06:06. > :06:10.moved in modern times, if you think about the Vietnam War, the war in
:06:11. > :06:14.Iraq, the forces that were in Afghanistan, what is happening in
:06:15. > :06:21.Syria, we have these wars that are very grey, not so clear`cut. It
:06:22. > :06:24.would be very interesting in the future, are there going to be
:06:25. > :06:28.commemorations of those wars? If you think about the Vietnam War, it is a
:06:29. > :06:32.war that in America people don't really talk about. So I think this
:06:33. > :06:37.one is a very important one in terms of reminding us about our values as
:06:38. > :06:46.human beings in society. The Daily Mail says after Charles accused
:06:47. > :06:53.Putin of behaving like Hitler, the Russian leader brazen it out on
:06:54. > :06:58.D`Day. Is that the right verb? Millions of Russians died in the
:06:59. > :07:01.Second World War. Exactly. Millions of Russians will be watching him
:07:02. > :07:09.there and remembering the sacrifices that their communities made. And the
:07:10. > :07:14.danger is in reporting anything like this that we see it as rain much a
:07:15. > :07:19.European event. This genuinely was a world war. Today, the politics that
:07:20. > :07:22.Putin stands surrounded by our not just European politics. Through the
:07:23. > :07:26.Cold War one of the criticisms of the response from the West was that
:07:27. > :07:29.we always thought whoever was the Russian premier was thinking about
:07:30. > :07:34.Europe, when they were thinking just as much about China. And now he's
:07:35. > :07:39.looking across and seeing China's ambitions in the South China Ocean
:07:40. > :07:43.and such things. There is an opportunity for Russia still to be
:07:44. > :07:48.brought in from the cold, and Putin still has an opportunity to go down
:07:49. > :07:54.in history as a great state maker. The pressure is on him to make
:07:55. > :07:59.overtures of some sort to the new President`elect of Ukraine. He is in
:08:00. > :08:09.no doubt about how the Western leaders feel that his relationship
:08:10. > :08:14.should progress with Ukraine. I think one of the issues is that some
:08:15. > :08:17.people would disagree with how we are talking about this and would say
:08:18. > :08:21.that Western leaders have two make overtures. Once again, the conflict
:08:22. > :08:26.in the Ukraine is one of those that is not clear`cut. If you stand on
:08:27. > :08:29.both sides, you can see where they are coming from. What is interesting
:08:30. > :08:35.with this story, there is a wonderful quote. Mr Putin cut an
:08:36. > :08:41.isolated figure while otherworldly does clustered around the Queen. So
:08:42. > :08:42.you get this image that everyone should be together but nation states
:08:43. > :08:49.are not actually together at all. should be together but nation states
:08:50. > :08:55.Like David Cameron's entreaty that they should do that. Let's take a
:08:56. > :09:03.look at a lighter story from the D`Day commemorations on the Daily
:09:04. > :09:06.Mail. Navy veteran defies care home ban and absconds to join comrades on
:09:07. > :09:11.D`Day beaches. This is a man by the name of Bernard Jordan, who lives in
:09:12. > :09:16.Hove. I think at 89, if you are a veteran, you can do what you like
:09:17. > :09:21.today. I think he should be able to do what he likes every day. There is
:09:22. > :09:25.poignancy to this story. He was one of the men who came back from the
:09:26. > :09:29.beaches and was part of the generation that created the welfare
:09:30. > :09:33.state. It does make you think about how many other heroes are sitting in
:09:34. > :09:39.nursing homes, which this year has come up the agenda so much. If we
:09:40. > :09:43.are going to honour their contribution, it can't just be for
:09:44. > :09:49.one day. It has to be the care that they receive. Absolutely. That is
:09:50. > :09:54.one of the issues that came out of this, and even some of the use of
:09:55. > :10:01.language `abs gone, escaped. It gives a view of what we think of
:10:02. > :10:05.care homes. Don't you think they are saying it in a valiant way, good on
:10:06. > :10:09.him for doing it? Yes, but underneath there is this thing about
:10:10. > :10:15.how we treat older people in care homes, and a sense that we will all
:10:16. > :10:21.end up as older people and are we going to be subject to carers? If
:10:22. > :10:26.lots of veterans were in care homes, why wasn't there a concerted
:10:27. > :10:30.strategy to get them to Normandy? Mr Jordan, also a former mayor, decided
:10:31. > :10:36.to come back early and is on board an overnight ferry. We understand he
:10:37. > :10:42.found the whole experience far more emotional than he expected and he
:10:43. > :10:51.missed his wife. I hope you have a comfortable berth on the ferry back,
:10:52. > :10:54.Mr Jordan. One more story. The Western Mail. We have to have that.
:10:55. > :10:58.Peter Hain top stand down. 23 years Western Mail. We have to have that.
:10:59. > :11:07.Peter Hain top stand down. he has been the Labour MP for Neath.
:11:08. > :11:11.They will miss him there. One of the things that are outstanding about
:11:12. > :11:14.Peter Hain is he was able to combine the micro`and macroin an outstanding
:11:15. > :11:18.passion. He was able to command in the world stage, arguments and at
:11:19. > :11:21.the same time would be fighting about the closure of a court there
:11:22. > :11:26.and there was never any conflict between the two. You were aware of
:11:27. > :11:33.him a very long time ago because of his involvement ` he was very, very
:11:34. > :11:36.focal antiapartheid campaigner. I studied African history. He was one
:11:37. > :11:40.of the pivotal people for me because ` I believe, you know, he talks
:11:41. > :11:45.about ` both his parents were part of the Liberal Party in South Africa
:11:46. > :11:49.and they were antiapartheid activists. He remembers as a
:11:50. > :11:53.teenager, the police turning up at his home and coming to look for
:11:54. > :11:59.documents. He was part, when he came to London, Stop the '70 Tour and the
:12:00. > :12:05.South African cricket and rugby tour if '69 and '70. Do you remember all
:12:06. > :12:09.of that, New Zealanders digging up pitches. When you look at Peter
:12:10. > :12:12.Hain, you have a real grossing of a life in politics, not just in
:12:13. > :12:18.Parliament, but as a young man, at the grassroots fighting for justice.
:12:19. > :12:23.He is said it is not over yet but he is making us wait to see what he is
:12:24. > :12:30.going to get up to next. That's it for the now but my guests will be
:12:31. > :12:35.with me in the next hour to look again at the papers. Stay with us
:12:36. > :12:38.for more from the D`Day commemorations in Normandy.
:12:39. > :12:56.Coming up now, time for the sport. Hello and welcome to Sportsday.
:12:57. > :13:01.Andy Murray is out of the French Open. He lost in straight sets to
:13:02. > :13:04.Rafael Nadal who will now play Novak Djokovic in the final.
:13:05. > :13:05.With just eight days