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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Julian Borger in Washington

Biden: D-day heroes would ask US to stand up to aggression ‘abroad and at home’

Joe Biden makes a speech from a lecturn with the sea behind him
Joe Biden, the US president, made a speech at the Ranger Monument at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Joe Biden has said that the heroes of D-day would have wanted today’s Americans to stand up to aggression “abroad and at home”, in what appeared to be a reference to both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Biden pointed to the looming threats to democracy in remarks he made at the Pointe du Hoc in France, where US Rangers scaled the cliffs in a pivotal moment in the D-day landings 80 years ago.

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