World leaders and the last surviving veterans gathered in Normandy, France, on Saturday to mark the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, with ceremonies held in Langrune-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer paying tribute to the Allied forces that launched the liberation of Europe in 1944.

France's newest nuclear reactor, the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) at Flamanville in Normandy, automatically shut down on Wednesday, just after first day of its operation.