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Starmer is first UK PM to mark Armistice Day in France since 1944

The British prime minister is the first to do  since Winston Churchill joined General de Gaulle in 1944.

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Sir Keir Starmer will attend Armistice Day commemorations in France today - the first UK leader to do so since Winston Churchill joined General de Gaulle in 1944, reports Sky News.

Towns and cities across France will mark the 106th anniversary of the Armistice agreement in 1918 that brought fighting in the First World War to an end.

Sir Keir will attend the events at the personal invitation of President Emmanuel Macron and the pair will join British and French veterans and the public in paying tribute to the fallen.

It comes as the prime minister announces more than £10m to mark the 80th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day in the UK next year.

Read more of this report from Sky News.