White House spokesman Sean Spicer tells reporters, “You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” Continue reading
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Protesters block access to far-right leaders meeting in Koblenz
Protesters voice their anger about a meeting of European far-right politicians in Koblenz.
A look at the colourful political life of Boris Johnson, Britain’s surprise new foreign minister
Known for jokes and insults, Boris Johnson takes helm of British diplomacy as surprise choice for Prime Minister May’s new foreign minister. The flamboyant former London mayor is more known for gaffes and humour than delicate diplomacy.
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Non-violent group recalled as Germany commemorates anti-Nazi resistance
Germans remembered the brave actions taken by members of White Rose, a non-violent group that opposed the Nazi regime during World War Two, as they commemorated anti-Nazi resistance on Monday.
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“Unfathomable horrors” of Nazi camps will never be forgotten – Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the “horrors” of the Nazi concentration camps will never be forgotten, at a ceremony marking 70 years since the liberation of Dachau.
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World marks WW2 end, 70 years on: 1943 – 1945
File footage of some of the key moments of World War Two between 1943 and 1945: the Allies liberate Rome from the Germans, the Italian campaign becomes a sideshow as the Normandy landings get underway, small Jewish militant groups fight against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Paris is liberated following four years of Nazi occupation, allies firebomb the east German city of Dresden, leaders of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union meet for the historic Yalta conference, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s remains are supposedly found in a shallow bomb crater, millions of Jews are systematically killed in concentration camps, one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific war takes place on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, Germany surrenders to the allies, the U.S. drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Japan surrenders.
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