LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologised on Friday (Jun 7) for leaving the D-Day commemorations in France early to give a domestic television interview, the latest self-inflicted setback to h
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty arrive to attend the United Kingdom 's D-Day commemorative ceremony at the World War II British Normandy Memorial in northwestern France on Jun 6, 2024. Political opponents accused Sunak of"a total dereliction of duty" by skipping a major international ceremony with world leaders on Thursday, while he also attracted criticism from his own Conservative party colleagues.
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Jun 6, 2024, the day of the international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings. Tory leader Sunak said in his post that the anniversary"should be about those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country"."I care deeply about veterans and have been honoured to represent the UK at a number of events in Portsmouth and France over the past two days and to meet those who fought so bravely."
The D-Day ceremonies marked the 80th anniversary of the launch of Operation Overlord, when tens of thousands of Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in northern France on Jun 6, 1944.
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