France - US Relations: Much to disagree on as Trump, Macron meet on D-Day

The bilateral talks lasted for about two hours, including lunch. Trump and Macron discussed all major issues they disagree on, including Iran, world trade and climate change.

The meeting was "positive," a top official at Macron's office said after Trump left, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. He noted that being able to have long talks on dividing issues shows that "there's mutual trust."

There was no immediate readout on the meeting from the U.S. delegation.

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D-day: World leaders minus Vladimir Putin gathered in UK for the start of the 75th D-day commemorations

World leaders gather in UK for start of 75th D-Day commemorations 

Queen Elizabeth II is set to join British Prime Minister Theresa May and other world leaders for a ceremony on the southern coast of England that will start two days of commemorations for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

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France: Tourists angered by shutdown of U.S. D-Day cemetery in France - by Lucien Libert and Nicholas Vinocur

American tourists visiting a D-Day cemetery in Normandy, northern France, expressed anger upon discovering that the white-cross memorial they had travelled thousands of miles to see was closed due to a U.S. government shutdown.

Thousands of Americans flock to Normandy each year to see the beaches and sharp cliff-faces where Allied soldiers made their first entry into Nazi-occupied France during a massive invasion on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day.

A year from the invasion's 70th anniversary, many came especially to visit the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, known for its pristine rows of white crosses, only to discover that its gates were chained shut.
"Due to the U.S. Government shut-down this site is closed to the public," read a sign on the gate. Dozens of roses had been strewn underneath by visitors.

A political standoff in Washington between Republicans and Democrats over the U.S. budget has shut down non-essential government services, including the American Battle Monuments Commission (AMBC) that manages dozens of cemeteries for U.S. servicemen in foreign countries.

The AMBC's website said its cemeteries and memorials commemorating some 125,000 American war dead abroad were closed temporarily due to a funding gap linked to the shutdown.

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telegraphjournal.com - Normandy, France - An old soldier's memories of D-Day - by Bruce Bartelett

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Normandy, France - An old soldier's memories of D-Day - by Bruce Bartelett

Blake McCullough sits in his living room in Rothesay, near St.John, New Brunswick, Canada, effortlessly recalling events from 65 years ago when he was 22 and the Allies began landing troops in Normandy to take Europe back from the Nazis.The ranks of those who can remember the D-Day landing of June 6, 1944 are shrinking with each passing year. McCullough sits tall and speaks with a hearty voice, full of camaraderie, that must have served him well as a lieutenant and then a captain with the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars out of Montreal.When D-Day started he knew it was happening. "We were locked in, but boy the air traffic, you knew bloody well it had started. There was so much air traffic we knew this was it," he says. His troop, driving armored half-track vehicles, went ashore in France four days later. Because of the number on his vehicle he was directed into a field and, within a few hours, all the men under his command were there. "One of my sections arrived and they were all cheering in a German half-track, and I said where did you guys get that and they said: 'Well ours drowned on landing and we found this and the thing worked.' I said get rid of it, somebody is going to shoot at us, so we finally got another one."