Two American soldiers have been hurt after their Army lorry carrying ammunition skidded off an icy road in Poland, the country's defence ministry said.

Polish leaders are holding a welcome ceremony for the biggest deployment of US troops to Europe in decades.

British and other airmen have attended a military ceremony marking 70 years since the Great Escape of Allied officers from the Nazi prisoner camp near Zagan, in western Poland.

The man thought to be the oldest surviving and longest serving British prisoner of war has died aged 98.