Ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II are being held across the continent. The newly elected German Chancellor Freidrich Merz will join a wreath-laying ceremony in Berlin.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the German Bundestag in the early morning. Friedrich Merz is set to be elected Germany's new chancellor on Tuesday, as ...

In the dying days of the Second World War, German forces were in full retreat as the Russians approached from the East and British and American forces closed in too. Amid what seemed like certain ...

Parades and memorials across Europe marking 80 years since Nazi Germany's surrender at the end of World War II. Eighty years ago today, Britons gathered around their radios. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...