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Francesco Fontemaggi with Aurelia End and Stuart Williams in Paris

Western Leaders Remember D-Day Under Ukraine Shadow

Three days of events in France will peak Thursday with ceremonies attended by world leaders (Credit: AFP)

Western leaders were Thursday to remember the 1944 World War II D-Day landings in northern France to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation, mindful of the over two-year war raging again in Europe after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron will host US leader Joe Biden, King Charles III of the UK and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, representing the Allied powers whose troops gave their lives in the landings on the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944.

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