The BBC's female news [cue] reader somberly read the lines saying that they had staged mock explosions to commemorate the 90 year old events at the battle of the Somme!

What does that phrase mean! Mock explosions!
On the day that countless infants are being burn and
slaughtered, women being raped, elders
being starved and humiliated!

What are the lessons of the
past battles on a day like this?