George Clooney attends Armenian Genocide memorial a century on from the event

George Clooney has attended a remembrance service at the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan, a century on from the event.

Clooney joined the president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan in the solemn ceremony a day after the actor called for the events of 1915 to be recognised internationally as genocide.

Armenians say the Ottoman Empire killed 1.5m of its people, beginning on April 24, 1915.