the skies

On the eve of a top-level meeting in Paris, John Healey told the BBC in Kyiv that Ukraine's allies would "help make the skies safe, to make the seas safe, and to secure the land", once a peace deal had been struck.

After a long display of cutting-edge weaponry, including nuclear missiles, the parade concluded with thousands of doves and balloons released into the skies over Beijing.

Thousands of doves and balloons were later released into the skies above Tiananmen Square to mark the end of the parade.

The parade finished on a crowd-pleasing fly past before thousands of doves and balloons were released into the skies over the capital.

Paul Bennett, Mr Shelley's carer, said the 99-year-old was on HMS Milne on D-Day "supporting the chaps going off to land in craft ashore in Normandy, and he was a gunner keeping the skies clear of enemy aircraft".