Friday, 11 November 2016

Britain, France observes two minutes' silence to commemorate armistice day



French President Francois Hollande and Britain's Prince Harry led commemorations as the two nations marked Armistice Day on Friday to remember those killed in war.



At 11 a.m, millions across Britain observed two minutes' silence, marking the time fighting ended on the Western front of World War One on Nov. 11, 1918.
Hollande laid a wreath under the Arc de Triomphe during particularly solemn tributes in Paris which came roughly a year after 130 people were killed when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the city's Stade de France sports stadium, cafes and the Bataclan concert venue.


"November 11 marks the memory of the First World War and of a rising wave of nationalism that could not be contained. We must continue to remember it," Hollande said.
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