Trump ally at D-Day ceremony calls for stronger European defence at Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery; Colleville in Normandy hosts memory and politics.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has used an 82nd D‑Day commemoration speech in Normandy to liken migration to an "invasion," saying "boats and men arrive" on European beaches. His remarks have provoked condemnation from historians, UK ministers and local residents in Langrune‑sur‑Mer, who had urged the cancellation of his visit. European officials and rights groups have criticised the politicisation of the ceremony.