US President Joe Biden is to give a keynote speech in the northern French region Normandy on Friday in defence of freedom and democracy as part of a visit to France that includes D-Day commemorative events. According to the White House, Biden is planning a speech on the power of democracy and the fight against aggressors and autocrats against the historic backdrop of Pointe du Hoc on the northern French coast. Pointe du Hoc is a stretch of coast in Normandy where Allied troops landed 80 years ago, on June 6, 1944, now known as D-Day, which marked the beginning of the liberation of France and W…