Jun 09 Macron dissolves France's National Assembly, calls snap election after defeat in EU vote By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France's parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the… Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Biden honors U.S. soldiers killed in World War I at military cemetery in France By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects to U.S. soldiers who fought in World War I at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped when he was president. Continue reading
Jun 08 WATCH: Biden and French President Macron affirm close alliance during state visit in Paris By Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press President Joe Biden said France was America's “first friend” at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at… Continue reading
Jun 07 Paris Olympics organizers unveil the 5 Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower By Associated Press The structure of rings, made of recycled French steel, was displayed on Friday on the south side of the 135-year-old landmark in central Paris, overlooking the Seine River. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on democracy at Pointe du Hoc in France By Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Biden on Friday plans to use the site to rally Americans in defense of democracy, which he says is under threat from Donald Trump in this year's election. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 8:02 Veterans, world leaders gather in Normandy to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day invasion By Malcolm Brabant World leaders visited Normandy, France, to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings ushered in the bloody final chapter of World War II. Both President Biden and French President Macron extolled the uncommon valor of ordinary men and women who… Continue watching
Jun 06 As Zelenskyy visits for D-Day, Macron says France will provide Ukraine with combat aircraft to defend against Russia By Samya Kullab, Sylvie Corbet, Barbara Surk, Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron says France will provide Ukraine with its Mirage combat aircraft to be able to defend their country against Russian aggression. Continue reading
Jun 06 WATCH: World leaders and veterans mark 80th anniversary of D-Day in France By John Leicester, Sylvie Corbet, Danica Kirka, Associated Press On Thursday, a dwindling number of World War II veterans in a parade of wheelchairs joined a new generation of leaders to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 7:56 D-Day veterans return to Normandy for 80th anniversary of Allied invasion By Malcolm Brabant, Trine Villemann Eighty years ago, the liberation of Europe from the horrors of the Nazis began with Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Nearly 200,000 thousand soldiers, principally Americans, Brits and Canadians, landed on June 6, 1944, across five beach sectors. Continue watching
Jun 05 Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western democratic alliances face threats at home and abroad By Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Associated Press He will arrive at a time when the Western alliances that were forged in that era are being threatened in the United States and overseas. Continue reading