00:00Countries across Europe observed Armistice Day on Tuesday, the memorial that marks the
00:05end of World War I. In France, President Emmanuel Macron paid tributes to all those who died
00:12for France during the ceremony marking the 107th anniversary of the Armistice of 1918.
00:19In the UK, where Armistice Day is known as Remembrance Day, wreath-laying ceremonies
00:26were held across the country. Queen Camilla laid a wreath at Paddington Station in London,
00:33while Kate, Princess of Wales, did the same at the ceremony at the National Memorial in
00:38Stadforshire. In Belgium, authorities unveiled a renovated memorial for the slain soldiers
00:48and victims in Ypres, the Belgian town that became synonymous with the brutality of World
00:54War I. Several local communes in the Brussels capital region also held commemorative ceremonies.
01:07From 1914 to 1918, the armies of France, the UK, Russia, Italy and the United States fought against
01:16a coalition including Germany and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. The war resulted in the deaths
01:24of up to 10 million soldiers, many of them in unmarked graves, and millions of civilians.
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