D-day ceremonies start for 80th anniversary– in photos

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, with the 2nd world war veteran Len Chivers, on board a landing craft in Portsmouth harbour

Netherlands’ soldiers participate in an event on the beach at Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, as part of the D-Day celebrations

Rishi Sunak talks with D-Day veterans at the UK’s nationwide occasion to mark the 80th anniversary of the landings

The French navy’s school of marine riflemen honour the sailors and soldiers who arrived at 6 June 1944 in Colleville-Montgomery, Normandy

Princess Anne considers the war graves after the Royal British Legion service to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, at Bayeux cemetery in France

A lover worn reproduction 2nd world war-era military clothing on a motorbike searches as a DUKW amphibious truck gets in the sea at Arromanches-les-Bains, north-west France

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his partner, Brigitte, satisfy the United States D-Day veteran Steven Melnikoff in Saint-Lô, France

United States and Belgian military paratroopers leap from a Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplane chartered and browsed by United States team, as it flies over Normandy, north-west France

British, Belgian, Canadian and United States military participate in a parachute dive show arranged by the Royal Air Force and British Army over drop zone K near Sannerville, France, to honor the function of the air-borne forces throughout the Normandy landings

The RAF Red Arrows carry out a flypast over Portsmouth

War veterans participate in a Royal British Legion celebration service at the Bayeux war cemetery in Normandy, France

United States 2nd world war veterans collect in the town of Sainte-Mère-Église in north-west France

The 2nd world war veteran Kenneth Smith, who acted as a minor officer on board the USS Satterlee off the coast of Normandy on D-Day, states ‘What a stunning day!’ after an event honouring the United States army rangers who lost their lives assaulting German positions above the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, Normandy

Paratroopers from the British, Belgian, Canadian and United States military participate in a parachute drop in the fields of Sannerville as they reenact the D-Day landings of 80 years ago

United States 2nd world war veteran Don Graves is welcomed by a young kid throughout an American Airlines parade in Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy

The RAF veteran Bernard Morgan, 100, from Crewe, England, checks out the war graves before the Royal British Legion service to honor D-Day at Bayeux cemetery

King Charles III satisfies a 2nd world war veteran throughout the UK’s nationwide celebratory occasion for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Portsmouth, Hampshire

The United States veteran Mel Jenner, Army Air Corps 452nd bomb group radio operator, shakes hands with observers in the streets of Sainte-Mère-Église, north-west France

The SNP’s deputy leader, Keith Brown, speaks with the 2nd world war veteran Terry Webb at Lothian veterans’ centre to mark the anniversary of D-Day in Dalkeith, Scotland

Army artists carry out at an international parachute drop as 400 British, Belgian, Canadian and United States paratroopers leap to celebrate the contribution of air-borne forces as part of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, in Sannerville, Normandy

Kayakers from the Royal Marines Association paddle group reach Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, Normandy, after crossing the Channel from Portsmouth. The group included 9 serving and 8 veteran royal marines and paddled through the night on two-person Klepper folding kayaks

Images are predicted on to a substantial screen throughout the UK’s nationwide celebratory occasion for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, hosted by the Ministry of Defence on Southsea typical

2nd world war re-enactors dance in Sainte-Mère-Église town square, Normandy, France

Emma Barton carries out throughout the UK’s nationwide celebratory occasion for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, on Southsea typical, Portsmouth

Vocalist Marisha Wallace carries out Sing, Sing, Sing throughout the D-Day events in Portsmouth

Members of the United States joint military service academy choir beverage coffee in a bar before an event at Utah beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy