News Headlines - 06 June 2014

▽D-day anniversary: emotional swansong for UK veterans of Normandy | The Guardian

Many leaned heavily on sticks. Others were helped by younger service personnel providing an obliging arm to lean on. But many more walked unaided behind the Normandy veterans' standards to loud applause.

▽CIA sends out first tweet – and shows it has a sense of humour | theguardian.com

The US Central Intelligence Agency on Friday did something anathema to its usually secretive mission: it joined Twitter.
And the agency's first tweet was, well, snarky.
CIA ✔ @CIA
We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.

▽Putin Meets Obama, Poroshenko on D-Day Event Sidelines

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held brief talks on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary celebrations in Normandy, France, on Friday.
A White House official confirmed the two met for about 15 minutes after a luncheon for world leaders at the Chateau de Benouville.

▽Lego asks government to remove Scottish independence images | The Guardian

It was supposed to be a brick-by brick demolition of the economic case for Scottish independence, but the UK government's attempts hit an unexpected brick wall of their own – toy manufacturer Lego.
The company asked the government to remove images of Lego figures used in a press release telling Scottish voters all the ways they could spend the money they would apparently save by voting against independence.

▽Google Apologizes for Google Doodle Not Honoring D-Day

Search giant Google has apologized for a row caused by not honoring the 70th anniversary of D-Day via its Google Doodle.
The seach giant instead briefly posted a doodle on its UK site honoring Honinbo Shusaku, a Japanese Go player who was born June 6, 1829.