The U.S. is repositioning some of its troops and military equipment within Niger. More than 1,000 U.S. service personnel are in Niger to combat the growing threat from various groups of Islamic extremists. Leon Gautier was the last surviving member of an elite French unit that joined U.S. and other Allied forces in the D-Day invasion. Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of inmate recruits and other mercenaries, has arrived in Belarus after failed rebellion. World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on the beaches of Normandy. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has echoed throughout the events leading up to this year's commemorations of the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy. By Tara Copp, AP
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