French and German leaders commemorate centenary of Battle of Verdun

Francois Hollande of France welcomed Angela Merkel of Germany and together they commemorated the centenary of the longest battle of World War I on Sunday at the German cemetery of Consenvoye, near Verdun in eastern France. The 10-month Battle of Verdun in 1916 killed 163,000 French and 143,000 German soldiers and wounded hundreds of thousands of others.

• German, French leaders mark 100 years since Battle of Verdun