Remembering Armistice Day in Europe: Liberty should be cherished and defended

Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) — Many European leaders have marked the end 106 years ago of World War I with warnings that liberty should be cherished and defended as armed conflict has returned to the continent. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron were together on Monday under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, where dozens of wreaths were touched by a milky light and the eternal flame flickered to honor sacrifices of unknown French soldiers who perished in the first global conflict in which almost 10 million combatants died. Ceremonies were held across the old battlefields in Europe. Other nations across the world joined in the remembrance.