World leaders gathered in Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the WWI Armistice.
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the leaders at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.
Queen Elizabeth II and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid wreaths in a ceremony at the Cenotaph in central London.
US President Donald Trump canceled a trip on Saturday to a cemetery for fallen US soldiers because of scheduling difficulties and bad weather.
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France: Putin gives Trump thumbs up at WWI centenary ceremony in Paris
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday, to take part in a ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I.
Merkel and Macron mark the end of the First World War One one hundred years ago with a solemn ceremony in Compiegne. Trump decided not to go to a ceremony at a US cemetery near Paris because the weather is a bit rainy
Another incredibly moving photo of Merkel and Macron 100 years after WW1
(? : Michel Euler/AP)
France‘s Macron pushes for ‚true European army‘
(6.8.2018) French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Europeans cannot be protected without a „true, European army“, as he marks the centenary of the World War One Armistice.
On a visit to the former Western Front in Verdun, he said Russia had shown it could be a threat and Europe had to be able „to defend itself better alone“.