BEIJING, Sept 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A massive military parade in Beijing attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin began on Wednesday, with the two guests of honour flanking President Xi Jinping.

Soldiers marched in ranks and there was a gun salute as the showpiece extravaganza to mark 80 years since the end of World War II got under way in Tiananmen Square.