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♪ >> and a very warm welcome to "france 24." you are watching live from paris. we are continuing our special coverage with world leaders and veterans gathered on normandy beaches to commemorate the 75th anniversary of d-day, and allied operation of 15,000 troops that helped turn the tide of world war ii. be goingour, we will to our reporter, chris moore.

earlier, some 15,000 people joined emmanuel macron and the americanat cemetery. also coming up, a tug-of-war between civilian protesterss and the army continues in sudan. this as the country's pro-democracy leaders plan to fight the campaign of civil disobedience, until the ruling military leader is ousted. claimersle, 1 108 the denied by authorities. ♪ sanam: thank youou for watchchig live from paris this thursday, june 6, march the 70 that anniversary of the d-day landing, the largest allied

operation of all time. it brought together the military france, and a.s., handful of other countries to launch a full-scale assault on nancy-occupied france. -- nazi-occupied france. more than 10,000 were killeled, wounded, or missing in action. u.s. president donald trump accompanied emmanuel macron to the u.s. cemetery at the beach. let's pass live to our correspondent, chris moore. chris, what are the main takeaways from the addresses that we heard earlier from trump and of course macron? chris: well, i guess whenever you have those two together, contemporary politics will always be a little bit at the forefront given their alleged br omance that went sour.

macron these supposedly internationalist, globalist cilantro the supposedly -- globalist, and trump, the isolationist. by these landinings and what they did over the course of world war ii. he talked to the achievements made during that period, nato, the european union, thanks with donald trump has of course been sketched about. in the end, this was a talk about unity. emmanuel macron say in france would never forget, could never forget the sacrifices made by the americans, and donald trump for his part hailed many individual acts of heroism on the beaches and the campaign which came after it, saying that allies and america's will remain unshakable. those two o will be gogoing for further talks in p private.

bubut as what was said pubublic care, it was a about unity and putting aside differences. been marking this anniversary every year since 1944. why is this commemoration so significant, chris? chris: organizers have been briefing everybody here today, 75 years now -- excuse the noise. playare doing an aerial as the noise winds up. the 75th anniversary is really significant in terms of the amount of time that has passed. manyny of the men who landed hee on normandy bebeach, omaha beac, were very young, many of them volunteers who felt compelled to take the fight to the nazis. and many of them are now survivors in their mid-90's, some over 100 years of age, though just 35 of them are present here, in terms of those who landed on the beaches.

the message from organizers really is that we should pay tribute now while these men are still with us. they can once again transmit their r message for the younger .eneration sanam: our senior correspondent chris moore there now. we are in the second day of events marking the 75th .nniversary the outgoing british prime minister theresa may has attempted an inauguration ceremony in northern lands. a memorial to commemorate more than 20,000 members of the british armed forces, who died there in 1944. here is "france 24." uncle roulette with that report -- here is our "france 24" correspondent with that report. encapsulates the courage of d-day soldiers. 22,442 servicemen and women

under british command lost their lives in normandy. >> n none of them wanted t to be papart of ananother war, but whn the test came, when freedom had to be 54 or abandoned, they fought. >> at a time when divisions are once again emerging in europe, political leaders try to show a united front. ties is nothing to erased generated by spilled blood and common values. today will not weaken but strengthen our shared history and our common future. on the sixth of june, 1944, the british army's 50th infantry division landed here at the onset of operation overlord. they are among the 156,000 strong allied troops who took part in the invasion. ♪

's"hor: earlier, "france 24 mark owen was at the ceremony, and he spoke to peter ricketts, britisher ambassador. mark: with me is lord ricketts, former ambassador from britain to france. lord ricketts, tell me what the monument means. the monument: came, because even thoughh theyy had a wonderful cemeteries around normandy, there is nowhere that the whole of the story is actually told and where all of the comrades who were serving are remembered together, whether you were army or you might have been killed at the navy, the air force pilot, the merchant navy, wherever you died serving under british command some of the names will be on this memorial, and that was very important to the merits -- to the veterans. mark: what will this mean going forward? "libération it is important --

lord ricketts: it is important that we project the message of 1944, because e mories fadade, exactly what was going on. for me, the message was international cooperation. this was a huge coalition that churchill spent the whole war putting together, and in 1944, britain was surrounded by allies and fighting to preserve freedom. i think that is a message the allies consent to the future. mark: lord ricketts, thank you ray much, from where the memorial is taking place, back to you in the studio. >> barco and reporting. i would like to bring in -- mark boal and reporting. i would like to -- s reporting. rob.ld like to bring in the relationship between donald trump and emmanuel macron. accent goes in the

united kingdom and in france has been about the shared values of the alliance, as if they have been trying to pull donald trump back into the fold. if you are member, not quite a year ago, back in november, on armistice day, celebrated in paris with donald trump and other world leaders there, emmanuel macron made a strong amongst othering, things, nationalism and populism, and donald trump certainly gave the impression that he thought the speech was in large part, and i think he was probably right, directed at him. shortly after he was returned to the united states, in true donald trump fashion, he fired up a succession of tweets commenting on the low popularity ratings of emmanuel macron, for instance, and saying that the french in paris had s started to learn german before the americanans turned out to libere them in 1944. this time, the tone has been

completely different. it is this donald trump and he has been sucked into the whole atmosphere, he has become part of it. he says that he wants to share in those values, and i think that is part, obviously this is a massive commemoration, the 75th anniversary. but in large part, it is about the here and now, and making sure that the united states is firmly ankle to the a -- anchored to the alliance. we heard the speech from the queen of great britain, we heard it from a man u macron, and to a degree, -- emmanuel macron, and to a degree, too, we have heard it from donald trump. so this has been a successful attempt to really reinforce that anchor between the united states and the western alliance. >> we have that on the one hand, but on the other, vladimir putin notably missing. how should we read into that? rob: [laughs]

it is a very good question. i am not sure how much to read into it. there is no doubt that the russians feel offended by it. we heard comments today from sergey lavrov, the foreign and playingmoscow, down the significance of d-day. it is as if there are hurt feelings there on the russian side, reminding the world that, in the grand scale of things, what was happening on the eastern front at the end of the second world war were more important that what was happening in normandy. there was a massive operation in germanast numbers of divisions were annihilated, which paved the way for the rapid advance of the soviet forces through eastern europe into berlin.

so i think there is a sense on the russian side that this is not right. they should have been included, they should have been invited. but at the same time, there is no doubt a feeling at the moment, in western europe, that this should be first and foremost a reminder of the shared values of those people who were involved in fighting on the western font, values which, at this moment in time, the russians do not appear to want to share, to be part of. have seen russia involved in the ukraine, we have seen continued occupation by russia of georgia. we have seen the occupation and seizure of crimea and so on and so forth. on, think with that going as the background to it, and also i think, the feeling, too, that this is much more about values than anything else, even though president putin was

invited to the 60th anniversary of the 70th anniversary -- >> a message b being s sent. indicateoes rather that a message is being sent on this occasion. >> russians role of the popolitical fum acrosss the globe, hopes of other talks are very much on t the agenda and other world leaders.s. through that. rob: the private talk between donald trump and emmanuel macron about to take place, we do not know precisely what is on the thatnda, but one can imagine there are some obvious issues. iran, for instancece, france and the united states are completely different sides of the equatioin when it comes to what is happening in iran. france shares in position with all of the other signatories on that agreement, and they will be striving together, i am sure, through president t macron.

as far as they are concerned, this is the best way forward, despite the pressure put on other signatories for the united states to withdraraw as well.l. working toying it is stop iran from achieving nuclear weapons. why come out of that treaty when it is working, particularly when you do not appear to have anything to replace it with? and that will certainly figure. other issues with will probably figure as well -- climate change. it is interesting that when he was in london, donald trump appeared to recognize that there is a problem with climate, there is climate change, but not global warming. i think a man u macacron will be trying to work on that, some leeway at least -- i think emmanuel macron will be trying to work on that, some leeway at least. with donald trump appearing to as the united states closer toward a trade war, not just with china. or india, for that matter.

but also with the european union as well. i think he will be doing his isnedest to make sure it possible to avoid some eventuality, but it will be avoided. >> rob parsons, thank you as always for a very interesting analysis. continuing with our coverage of the 75th anniversary of the d-day landing, there are some remarkable stories of veterans who sacrifices today are honored . group of black soldiers, who not only had to face their mission but also had to face segregation. >> at 99 years of age, johnny jones, sr. is still haunted by what happened on omaha beach. the man who was a student not long before d d-day serve as an officer in a a unit unloaded supplies onto normandy. that is when german foforces

bombed their ship. mr. jones: it was struck by mines, and a lot of us got killed right there, did not get onto the ship. >> death and fear are not the only painful memories from the war. like the other 2000 black soldiers who hit the shores of normandy, the face segregation. black soldiers served and support units, barrage balloons, stopped gererman bombers, and various other positions. some were pilots, others drove tanks. the u.s. army applied against them the same racist policies applied in southern u.s. statet, separating black and white soldiers. mr. jones: they denied men the right. there was no question why they did it. they did it because i was black. >> when returning home from the frontline, again, jones faced humiliation after the military bus crossed the mason-dixon line

into southern u.s. states that apply strict segregation. mr. jones: i had to go to the bathroomom. -- prison, who i had seen in the prison camp, i had to move and give up my seat to him. hell, do you even think i like that? was released from duty, the decorated d-day veteran took on anotheher battle. he became a civil rights activist and laurier. -- and lawyer. world news, the future of sudan continues to hang in the balance of the opposition rejected an invitation to resume talks with rulersntry's military amid a bloody crackdown that has left at least 100 people dead. an official rejecting that the number was, at most, 46. >> signs the revolutionary

spirit indoors in sudan after the deadly raid on the pro-democracy sent in, demonstrators are still blocking roads and demanding change. protesters vow to keep fighting. the site of the state in was -- sit-t-in was empty wednesday. protesters say the new clashes crackdownmilitary three-day death toll to 108, including bodies hold from the nile r river. the government said no more than 46 died. today's ruling military transitional council,, foror its part, has vowed to launch a probe into cases of violencnce, and in a policy u-turn, army rulers are signaling they are open to negotiations. >> the door of dialog is open, and we, as the military council, have announced comprehensive peace for all armed movements, for all those who want peace.

but we will not practice any tolerance when it comes to the security and safety of the citizens. >> in a conversation with "france 24," however, one activist says that offer has been rejected. he says the military cannot be trusteted. >> at this point, we feel like the one thing they need to do is hand ovever power. >to actualllly help us, onene, e nee the response. right now, we feel like we are being colonized by the israeli response forces.s. they are all over the place.e. cannot leave your house without them stopping you, taking your phone, beating you up. >> right now, hanging in the tug-of-war i in the between the protesters and the others. a looks a time now for

at the business news. brian quinn joins us now. blamingiat chrysler is french politics. the french government insisting its intervention had nothing to do with the plan failure. emergent merger would have created the world's second-largest carmaker by volume. nick rushworth has the details. nick: the marrrriage is off jujt days after t the proposal. fiat chrysler proposed a merger with renault. the market is liked it, and it got the french government, however,. parents set various conditions >> no factory closures and no indudustrial job losses -- however, paris set various conditions. >> no factory closures and no

industrial job losses. nick: a balance of power between french and italian directors and guaranteed maintaining renault's alliance with nissan. the french government said three of four conditions was met, but on wednesday, they requested a delay to request nissan's approval. fiat chrysler opted out of the megamerger entirely, saying it has become clear that the political conditions in france do not currently favor such a combination to succeed successfully. that thed indicated company could say yesterday merger with a little more time, but many analysts were skeptical. the renault-nissan alliance had been on the rocks and ceo carlos carlos since ceo karl i ghosn's arrest. >> bryan, what are we seeing?

bryan: renault shares arare takg a beating, down 6.3 percent. clearly a disappointment. wearing ther is storm a bit better, up just slightly. gaining ground thursday as investors look ahead t to an expected interest rate cut from the u.s. federal reserve later in the year along with a move to boost lending by the european central bank that should be coming out later on this new and. the ftse 100 is up about .2%. the frankfurt dax not too far behind. u.s. president donald trump is of course in france for the d-day commemoration, but on his way there, he found time to threataten an escalation of u.s.-china trade war. he took questions from a reporter at the left ireland, calling the u.s. a "piggy bank

with all the money everyone else wants to take." tariffs of over $200 billion on chinese products in may, with china retaliating on american products. trump suggesested there is moreo come. pres. trump: i talked with china. a lot of things are happening. we will see what happens. in t the meantime, we e are getg 25% on $250 million, and i i can $300up another at least billion, and i will do that at the right time. but i think china wants to make a deal badly. >> bryan, staying with trump, he wants to levy taxes on all mexican imports. up, a freshg right round of talks on wednesday failed to yield an agreement inhin the two countries, say mexico needs to do more to stem the flow of migrants across the border. despite the setback, mexico's prime investors as he is still

optimistic a deal could be reached. leonard hillier has the story. leonard: despite a lack of an agreement, mexico's foreign minister say he is hopeful a deal can be reached. >> share our point of view, explain why the mexican position is that we are following regarding this issue, and tomorrow, we are going to follow the talks. > with just days until the u.s. follows throug, concerns are growing on both sides of the border. the u.s. auto industry is particularly worried. prope plastics, and across the border in the supply chain. in all, 250 billion dollars worth of goods, including $60 billion of color parts.. that argument is littlee to -- f car parts.

that argument dodoes little to swsway dononald trump. he insiststs on cracking down on migrants crossing into the border. pres. trump: swamping our border, coming up from the by the millllions. mexico hasas to stop it. otherwise we w will nonot be abo do this. it is a very simple thing. >> mexico may be already toughening its stance. on monday, at the guatemalan border, stopped someone thousand migrants from heading north to the u.s. some resisted, being tackled to the ground. but the rest boarded buses and were taken to a local immigration center. it is not clear if they will be allowed to carry on their dorney north. >> next, bryan, imf director christine lagarde has posted a message for the g20. "first, do no harm." bryan: a bit of a hippocratic oath from the guard there, a word to the wise.

they are meeting in japan over the weekend. they will be looking at issues on how best to tax multinational digital giants, like google and facebook. they are also facing economic headwinds with trade conflicts, crucially betwee

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