With quiet moments of memory or military pomp, leaders and citizens across Europe marked 70 years since the Nazi defeat and the end of a war that ravaged the continent. However, the East-West alliance that vanquished Hitler is deeply divided today.

David Cameron is preparing for another term as the UK's Prime Minister, as the General Election put his Conservative Party on the brink of securing an absolute majority in the House of Commons.

Yesterday’s marches, ceremonies of remembrance and defiance, were among the greatest expressions of solidarity and determination seen in Europe since VE Day — May 8, 1945 — when the final destruction of an evil as malignant as that expressed in France and Nigeria last week was celebrated.

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I IMAGINE the only reason Bertie Ahern was in Moscow this week was because he likes a Smirnoff chaser with his pint of Guinness and that it had nothing to do with the VE day celebrations.

George W. Bush will not be touching down at Shannon Airport today.

George W Bush was given a seat of honour today in a reviewing stand next to Lenin’s tomb to watch goose-stepping soldiers and flags adorned with the Soviet hammer-and-sickle that recalled days of communist might.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is among more than 50 world leaders gathering in Russia today for a ceremony commemorating VE Day.

SOLEMN commemoration services and street parties drew huge crowds yesterday as Europe celebrated the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat and the end of the continent’s most devastating war.

SOLDIERS marched and medal-bedecked veterans waved from military trucks rolling down a main Moscow street lined with police and overflown by helicopters yesterday, as Russia began a pomp-filled, high-security celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.

SURVIVING World War Two veterans joined thousands of people at events across Britain yesterday as the nation marked the 60th anniversary of VE Day.

Solemn commemoration services and street parties drew huge crowds today as Europe celebrated the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat and the end of the continent’s most devastating war.

US President George Bush paid homage today to the “terrible price” paid by World War II soldiers who never came home from their fight against tyranny.

Sir Harry Secombe has died aged 79, his daughter Jenny has announced.