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Bastille Day celebration in France: Show of 'unity' amid crises

France will celebrate the Bastille Day with the traditional military parade on the Champs-Élysées boulevard in Paris, under the motto "Share the Flame," meant to evoke the resistance during World War II and call for unity in the face of current crises.

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Marching guest soldiers from the Baltic states, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia will open the parade at 10 am (0800 GMT).