the bridge. and the truck in an exclusive report starts november seventeenth g w. n e. global come to the aid of you news french president emmanuel mccrone joins the world leaders including british prime minister theresa may for commemorations marking a century since the battlefields fell silent german chancellor merkel is expected to shortly and we'll have live coverage. also coming up the fire and goals entire communities in california. sometimes

a close a skate from a deadly forest fire as hundreds of thousands are forced to evacuate their homes even some of the most prominent u.s. celebrities have no option but to flee as fast as they can. and enjoy my soccer league leaders dortmund are hoping to put one over on by on when the two sides meet and they blew this lead on clash of the titans. i'm calm assman welcome to dub used special coverage of the send tenor of the armistice that ended or old war one french president emmanuel mccrone is hosting a series of events to mark the occasion and we'll be bringing you live coverage throughout the weekend this afternoon the focus is on the special relationship between former adversaries france and germany france lost one point four million soldiers and. seventy two million in the conflict of course it was dubbed the war

to end all wars the two sides though were pitted again against each other in world war two just two decades later to mark their alliance despite their blood stained history mccrone will shortly welcome german chancellor angela merkel to france before they make their way to commemorations at north of paris the site where the armistice was signed on november eleventh nineteen eighteen. medical is one of some sixty world leaders in france this weekend for the world war one commemorations u.s. presidents don't trump is also attending president mccrone welcome to him in paris but their meeting followed a public spat over mccrone suggestion that europeans should rely less on the united states or defense today trump assured the french leader that the u.s. would help defend europe but he also repeated his insistence that nato allies pay a higher contribution.

joining me here in the studio is that he will muddle along he's a correspondent with the french daily paper lace a cold welcome to you oh thanks for having you could have here and in paris my colleague max hoffman will be following all the commemorative events in and around paris this weekend max let's start with you just talk us through what we're expecting today. what we're expecting today is two fold basically and one part of it you can see behind me this is where everybody's getting ready for what's happening here tomorrow or the commemorative event and you said it earlier about sixty heads of state government some even say seventy i think they're not entirely sure who's actually going to come in the end but an enormous amount of heads of state and government here so paris of course very tight security as you mentioned the u.s. president is here and so they have that part and it starts today with a dinner at one of the biggest museums you press paris the musical scene there will also be a concert we've heard about the meeting between trump and mccall and each of those

heads of state and government has their individual program on top of that so that's part one but part two you also mentioned that already is of course a matter of michael and the german chancellor are going to makkah meeting about eighty kilometers north from here in companion where tomorrow one hundred years ago the armistice was signed between the allied forces and germany so it doesn't get much more significant when it comes to the history of world war one absolutely let's turn now to how important of an event is this particularly for france they're hosting the events this weekend. i think it's quite important the first world war plays a quite an important part in the collective memory more than in germany i think. everyone remembers the unknown soldier and the berries and. i think it's really the first world war has as much importance as

a second world war and it's also important for mark or i guess we talk about it but this is now in a specific time of his mondays with a few months before the european election and he's made quite a big event out of these commemorations. so it's if you look at the press for instance the french voices is food has been full of. the coverage of the whole the week before the eleventh of november sixth a tour that he's on right yeah. we've never seen that before they been is been away for six days. and this is the year i mean today and tomorrow will culminate the whole week so no it is very important that's an important event of we want to take a closer look now at the site that uncle americal and emmanuel will be visiting today it's as of course historical significance the forest of.

history was written in this train carriage in comps janja eighty kilometers north of paris on november eleventh one thousand nine hundred eighteen the allies and germany signed an armistice to end their fighting the signing ceremony in the dining car was a de facto end to world war one. the carriage has since been reconstructed and campian yet remains one of the most important places in french history a statue of the delegations leader has been erected here it is still a place of pilgrimage for many french citizens. for the front. is tremendously important to the french everyone in france knows the place and its significance they know the end of world war one was sealed there and with it france's victory over germany. nov eleventh is still a national holiday in france. it is also

a day of remembrance for the one point five million fallen french soldiers the fact that twenty two years later during the second world war the nazis dictated to france the conditions for a cease fire at the same location is now just a footnote because in one nine hundred sixty three german chancellor conrad out an hour and french president agreed to end the historic rivalry between their countries forever with the ellie's a treaty a treaty of friendship helmut kohl and francois mittal renewed the close ties in one nine hundred eighty four at the cemetery in there don. it's really amazing to see what germany and france have accomplished together. these former historical rivals who fiercely fought each other and occupied each other's territory have now become the driving force behind european integration with us the by only that those countries are more closely interwoven in terms of

politics economics and civil society than any other two nations in europe has star perhaps even in the whole world. today angle americal and emmanuel mccall although they might view the future of the e.u. somewhat differently still valued the close ties between their countries and together they're marking the anniversary in comp janja the place where the horrors of the first world war were put to rest. all right max often in paris as we heard they there are a historic occasion and a highly symbolic meeting today between course these two former enemies now very strong allies. i think that's obvious i mean what both of them are trying to do here and have to do of course is remind everybody what happened here one hundred years ago and that's only

the first world war for the germans of course the second world war has even greater significance although the french call the first world war like all. the great war which is possibly even more in their collective conscience here then the second world war so look back at that and also look at the roots of the european union while doing that because the e.u. is rooted in the necessity to have peace on this continent at the same time show them that the german french friendship the german french engine within the european union is still there is even progressing and given outlook what their conclusions are from the past for the future. as you mentioned max hosting some sixty even seventy world leaders at these remembrance ceremonies over the weekend how significant is this as a bilateral event though between the french president and the german chancellor. those two countries are at the heart of what happened on this continent for the

last one hundred years germany and france close neighbors they have swapped territories over the last hundred years and even before that so they have been very very tough enemies but now they are very close friends. of europe really depends on those two nations so this is at the heart of what is happening here even if the sheer number of sixty to seventy heads of state government is impressive those two are the most important alongside the other allies so this is probably. the most significant event that we will see during this whole commemorative marathon and you can see the significance there right behind you in all those sirens the police cars coming through a lot of discussion as well of about this joint commemoration by medical and the crown this kind of echoing two of their predecessors tell us more about that. yes a number actually of predecessors you had some consolations you know with the with

the french president and the german chancellor that have gone down in history but none of them so as of course false on the tell all and in one thousand nine hundred four when they visited those were extremely touching pictures that have made history so the echoes of that are there and they will unveil a commemorative plaque today income genya will along the lines of how important the german french friendship nowadays is also for the future of europe we expect that to be the inscribing on that plaque would it be as significant as for example me to have all called that's hard to say because those were different times i remember when i used to live here in this city in paris in the ninety's and back then as a german there was a lot of hostility still from some of french especially older french people towards germans that has seized so that the memory of course of these events are fading young people growing up now understand that france and germany are natural friends not natural enemies that changes things so that might take away some of those some

of those historical moments that we've seen in the past between german chancellor's and french presidents where there was a real a real reconciliation work still to be done. just saw those historic pictures from the past a coal emitter all day as you mentioned they're from a different generation this is a generation of post more leaders they've lived through world war two for them they understood of course you know european unity was then literally the difference between war and peace and how do you think medical and mccrone are reflecting on that do they have that same awareness. of course they have that awareness first of all they're both very intelligent people second of all you have to look at the view of i'm going to macro she grew up in eastern germany which was controlled by the soviet union which was a direct result of hostilities between france and germany of course other allies as well and then you have a better way and my colleagues is completing this marathon six day marathon you

talked about a car earlier who really wants to show that he understands how important the roots of the european union are in the e.u. is rooted in peace but of course we have other problems today that you migration a lot of people are worried about the economy they don't think they don't get up every morning thinking about the peace project that is the e.u. and that might be one of the reasons why you have right when populism on the rise on this continent so i think what both are trying to do is remind everybody that the most important thing that the e.u. delivered was peace and what we shouldn't forget that even if today there is bickering and you know dispute about other topics how about the president personally mean as we've been discussing he's on this six day tour he's visiting towns and villages across the country that were affected by this more i mean he is really engaging with this anniversary is there something more at stake for him. well there's sort of a hybrid week i have

a feeling and sometimes it didn't really go well together because first of all of course he's trying to visit all those places that were very hardly hit by the first world war but those those areas are often those areas where today the right wing populists of every strong with my mean look penn so he had to discuss a lot with people on the ground and that wasn't always friendly on the other side he really wants to commemorate what happened. one hundred years ago when there was some extremely interesting venues for example i got to visit him in the house that was tuesday when he focused on on a part that not many people are aware of and that's called the black army so african soldiers from back then the french colonies who fought for the french during world war one i think about three hundred thousand african soldiers did that and they unveiled a monument for those soldiers in the house and here's here's my report on that.

this is what commemorating a world war can look like. but the actual purpose of the money will not cause a visit to us was this the monument for the black army it's a no mas to the two hundred thousand africans from the french colonies that fought in world war one. one hundred years later their service is still relevant especially for french citizens of african descent this is. down both of us you see this is important because this is part of africa's and france's history and we're here today because this is our history this is unprecedented for once the black being on it when they leave. even mali and president kate came to mark the occasion of. the monument is a source of great pride for many africans. the original was built after world war one and then stolen by the nazis but the new version does the trick.

everybody is talking about the black army again not all of them are people of color by the way one of its white veterans from the second world war had a special message. going to them to have a few to give a ticket to it was a moment grandfather fought in world war one my father also one of my uncles was killed so what we need in my eyes is the end of enmity between the peoples we can't have that anymore so if you go to where the warriors of peace or did you wanted to give you their love. this resonates in the house more than anywhere else. the city was one of the key battlegrounds in france. allied forces managed to hold off the germans the city has been making a comeback ever since because whatever the obstacles there's always a whole bunch better days ahead the power of the human race is that we know how to

stick together in difficult times the city has reinvented itself with the help of engineers architects and international solidarity but especially with the force of the people love. him well and with the help of the black army thirty thousand african soldiers lost their lives for friends during world war one although. is only eighteen years young this stirs up strong emotions in her the demand of the city mad must feel that heads yes it does the senate of the ivory coast and mali died for france it's true that france colonized them but it wasn't their choice most of them had to fight for fronts that was unjustified you could almost say that they died for nothing at least not for their country it hurts to think about that that will be you don't see these if you manage to see. but one hundred years later it's also a reminder of the value of peace for europeans and after all isn't it

amazing how you have these stories popping up one hundred years later you were forcibly. aware of these things but you still learn something almost every day about something that is so far back in history and what really impressed me when we did the report was when we had the old veteran from world war two sitting with these young people of african descent and really having this exchange of course it took much longer than you could see in that report because we don't have enough time to show all of it but that that really went on for an hour and they really really had a lot of things in common and to share and i think it was extremely beneficial for the young people to heard it to hear from a from a real veteran what it means to be in a war. so much history that will be being able to touch on this week and that's often the thank you very much for that report i want to turn now back in the studio to. journalist with echoes here in berlin what's your opinion why do you think president mccrone he's been so involved with this world war one commemoration is

this maybe a welcome distraction for him from domestic politics. yes surely. i mean it's been planned for months if not he is it required see of the time how the specific time would be but these last two or three months have been quite difficult for michael. easy kind of magic touch we saw with after the summer when a couple of ministers resigned and michael did have difficulties to build a new team and then we saw him in i mean you see these difficulties at least what is popularity you know you sort of populates you're a declining very strongly. what happens is i guess people are. to some extent to be disappointed with reforms they see some of them see the effects on

their own. veil or their own finances. and i think what also plays a role is the style it has been quite controversial he's been elected someone bring in you when the french politics is connected to the people and what we saw since he's been elected he's a president who's quite like he's put assesses very much presidential and not very connected to the real people so i guess this is has been this six day two has been a in the tent also to reconnect with the people whether it succeeded that's a question max just mentioned it was the right a rough week i think we have all the other present of course in town in france the u.s. president donald trump here this weekend donald trump already arriving for the commemorations his plane had barely landed on friday evening when he already took

a swipe at his host emanuel across on twitter this is that tweet he said. president mcchrystal has just suggested that europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the u.s. china and russia very insulting perhaps europe should first pay its fair share of nato which the u.s. subsidizes greatly let's bring max hoffman back max i'm sure you read that tweets what was your reaction to that. that it was an unfortunate moment for this kind of discussion but the elysee palace sort of went to step back and said they didn't want to attack in the eyes and of course they didn't want to have a european army against the u.s. americans when the two met this morning afternoon apparently they toned it down a little bit this seems to be one of those typical moments where he's very harsh on social media but when they meet you always keeps repeating that they're very good friends. we saw them meeting of course in the u.s.

and they had a kind of these nice buddy buddy moments so it seems like maybe one of those moves we'll come back to you later for more coverage of today's world war one commemorations as soon as uncle americal and mccrone begin beating thanks for now. to mark this weekend's centennial has produced a series of reports delving into the history of what was then called the boer and all wars. in history. the story of the first world war two different perspectives by peter green from the eastern european perspective from the african perspective from the perspective of the other new book. w dot com slash w w one. now to some the other news making headlines around the world nine people have died and hundreds of thousands are displaced as wildfires continue to rage across california on thursday flames engulfed the town of paradise in northern

california driven by strong winds and fed by a parched landscape the blaze destroyed thousands of homes separate fires have forced two hundred thousand people from their homes in thousand oaks that's in ventura county on friday the entire city of malibu also had to be evacuated. authorities say the blaze is spreading and firefighters are struggling to contain it it's already the most destructive fire in california's history. there. was a terrifying drive to safety all around flames rage out of control. in this buildings. this couple one of the lucky ones others trying to flee the town of paradise in northern california didn't make it that bodies found

in that but the cools down marsh street there's probably if i had to guess where tori to how there's two that are left in the fire burned from one house to the next house to the next house until they're pretty much all gone. in something california this situation is not much better. the entire city of malibu home to some of hollywood's biggest stars has been ordered to evacuate if i saw the flames coming over the mountain right next to our house and i felt them burning to and various and i knew that how to get out because it's if it's for my safety the house is a house but the fire is coming all now is going to go under. most of those living in thousand oaks a city already grieving from a mass shooting this week have also been told to leave it's a devastating. welcome welcome to hell. even you would say we're

all walking around and it creates the magnitude of the destruction that we're seeing is really again unbelievable and heartbreaking we know that there have been injuries and we know that there have been loss of life. for those trying to bring these wildfires under control it must feel like i'm losing battle but the fight against the raging flames continues. police in australia say the man who carried out friday's stabbing attack in melbourne held extremist views and was known to intelligence services the somali born assailant killed one person and injured two others before being shot dead by police. archaeologists and east china have discovered a three thousand year old historical site and an ancient tomb dating back fifteen hundred years yes started in late september on an island the site is seen as invaluable for research in the area well preserved burial objects and pottery

fragments are part of the discovery. twelve people died and many others are injured after heavy rains caused flash flooding in jordan in the ancient city of petra a torrent of water forced hundreds of tourists to find higher ground and that comes just two weeks after twenty one people including children were killed in another flash. flood. a political crisis in sri lanka where the president has sacked the country's entire parliament and called for fresh elections the us britain and other countries have condemned the move comes after the president was unable to hand a controversial ex-president the job of prime minister. sri lanka is used to political turmoil but president palace here is seen as moved to dissolve parliament has triggered outrage across the spectrum the dissolution of parliament last night by presidency this is a blatant violation of constitutional it follows two weeks of chaos after

serious enough fired prime minister ronald wickramasinghe and replaced him with former strongman mahinda rajapaksa seen left that led to an intense power struggle many ordinary sri lankans are angry. and they may be what i say is get rid of this lot and let a new group of people run the country the opposition accuses syria scene of dissolving parliament and when it became clear it wouldn't back rajapaksa they say his gamble is just an effort to buy time so very fact that this parliament was dissolved at a time when we were preparing to show a majority that president has violated the constitution yet again the country's largest party has called the president a tyrant and said it plans to fight the move in the courts.

in friday's blueness league action hung over were out for revenge when they hosted both burke would ousted them from the german cup just ten days earlier on over drew first blood lynch in a minor open the score in the thirty first minute that is the teenager's first ever i just think it go on over added another one from the penalty spot in the second half but both most bird then hold one back from the spot a little too little too late to one the final score there that's one overs first win over votes for since january twenty fourth. while germany's biggest match of the season takes place today it pits buddhist legal leaders brucia dortmund against defending champions fire munich in the league dortmund are undefeated this season that makes them the hottest club right now and it gives them the best chance they've had in years to finally beat byron to the

title. dortmund have looked like a well oiled machine through the first ten bundesliga matches no losses three draws and a league high thirty goals still i it's perfect timing to welcome the defending champions by in munich to their own backyard because when we lose or draw dortmund will remain table leaders in fact they haven't lost in the league since losing five that took over but the coach thinks there's still room to grow. for she took him out we've made progress in the last three or four months but we still have a lot to learn tactically. we have a young team and they need time to develop that's normal when you're nineteen or twenty you're not fully mature and funds have to be snuffed to additional five. historically byron have won the lion's share of the fixtures against or this season byron's form has been lackluster under new coach nico kovacs resulting in the team

dropping in the standings but the byron boss remains as calm as can be i devise a system. i know a lot gets made of this fim pressure. well believe me i don't feel any pressure. two and a half years ago if frankfurt and i had the relegation playoff that was about survival that was real precious. existence and so therefore we're going to enjoy the game against don't mind. biron dominated the last three bundesliga meetings between the two sides however the last time dortmund were victorious over biron they were leading the table like they are now. we return now to france in our special coverage of the send ten array of the armistice that ended world war one president emmanuel mccall and german chancellor angela merkel are due to arrive now any moment at the armistice clearing in the on the site where the

truce was signed on november eleventh one nine hundred eighteen it's a highly symbolic visit designed to underline the two countries special alliance after decades of reconciliation between the former adversaries. i have with me here in the studio french journalist people mahdi young he is in paris we have our colleague max hoffman of course standing by for all of the commemorative events in and around paris this weekend and i believe we actually should have live pictures now of mccrone and uncle americal of driving there in france. and i know what's go to mass often max do we know exactly when they're expected to be arriving it should be any moment. as far as we know they have arrived we see we have a light feed here we see michael shaking hands with dignitaries in kenya so it should take much longer for the ceremony you just start. to see french president emmanuel mccomb there already shaking hands with the team and erin's.

can you give us a little bit of a preview of what we expect now from across america. well the place where they meeting is the leader of i know this is. the i missed his was signed in. a century ago. it's it's it's. first pacific place because you've designed the armistice in one thousand nine hundred eighteen. and then i was. born over france in nineteen forty. eight and made it very clear that he would sign the capitulation of france i got very place. in nineteen forty so it's a very some border between all of the country. and beat actual spot where this armistice was signed that's a rail car right yeah it's about a car. in there they put in the forest. and then the red car was then moved

from here to germany and then it went back up into france afterwards. so it was this group of school you you see all the pictures of this were kind of a one knows that there's a trolley. to the front. bryan match commemorates the one thousand four thousand nine hundred eighteen war far more than germany i think also because. germany. when france was. victorias. so what exactly does this particular site then mean for the french. i mean if you. i guess the. pictures what we have in mind in france is the call for a companion and one of the other pictures of the war is the symmetry

of the woman and the you know the field of. because it was the biggest and the longest doing the first world war that's the two main sites we have in memory i think. but but we should also have in mind the bottom of the song which was actually commemorated yesterday by my corps and terrorism a british prime minister. but as a child i mean to give you an example we go to school i went to the symmetry of the woman when i was about twelve that's normal thing to do with those who read through this just to give you a sense of how important the first world war is. you're watching special coverage of the one hundred year anniversary of the armistice that ended world war one you're seeing live pictures now from france says chancellor angela merkel and

president emmanuel mccrone mark that special occasion we see the president of france there standing by we have not yet seen the chancellor arrive at this site so we're awaiting a medical now what would you say is the measure of how how important this state is for france what about in germany you mention it's not as big of an event here in germany. i mean obviously the two countries have a different view on this piece of history. but it's far more important and in france i think. the just to mention the what the how important that is for my core and medical to meet. i think the both. very high hopes on the trial though michael when he got elected in may two thousand

and seventeen was regarded as the savior not only of france but russo and all of europe here in berlin and the opposite was also true i think michel when you go to elected which was whether a surprise election if you consider a form where you came. very much hope. to reform europe together. and since then it has been rather difficult. the french call you to hold even more case it's a missed opportunity that way and this theory. of things to do but the rebuke quite difficult i mean one expects and hopes to get america a real deliver on things they actually decided last summer and is a better. but regarding for instance european army your whole. budget but america being in difficulties now which would be rather difficult so

these two political leaders i think both have very high sense of history and their role in history. constrains and it would be very interesting to watch whether they can put something together in the next few months you're seeing the pictures there of the french delegation in call pyongyang in the glade of the armistice that's a wooded area it's about sixty kilometers north east of paris and we are awaiting now the german chancellor angela merkel for this ceremony to begin.

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a reminder you're watching special coverage of the one hundred year anniversary of the end of world war one now one century later. of france and germany s americal gathering to mark that occasion and now we see the german delegation along with the french delegation. now this is called the glade of the armistice it's a clearing just outside of paris about sixty kilometers this was a remote location chosen in nineteen eighteen because it was far away from the public and this is where the armistice was signed to end one of the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. and it's like we have some vehicles arriving now this is likely the german chancellor. i.

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just joining us this is special coverage of the one hundred year anniversary of the armistice that ended world war one you see german chancellor angela merkel now joining french president emmanuel. young and for a number ations marking of that century since the battlefields all signed. reviewing being troops of the franco german brigade.

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ago and expected to be unveiling a plaque because he will commemorate. area and they're in his rants. for now these ceremonies continue it all glossy home to call in their last chef who want yours are going to come up with we've got. the two leaders now making their way expected to be unveiling us national black they're on the side let's bring in w.'s max hoffman who's in paris max you have more on exactly what this plaque there represents. we do we don't have the exact wording of what's going to be on the plaque but the sense of it was

conveyed from some officials who said that it is supposed to underline the special significance of the reconciliation of germany and france also for the future of europe so what we've been talking about before called basically recognizing what happened one hundred years ago and also trying to look forward at the same time basically our king between the past the present and the future are trying to draw lessons from from what happened back then the significance of peace and the european project and how to go forward it's almost seems like my call who has this kind of right of marathon is really trying to regain force not only personally as a politician but also for the european project by remembering the horrible fate of the first world war back then of course when you think the first world war automatically a lot of people on this continent will think about the second world war as well and they realize all of this is not so long ago. max meo watching the live pictures as medical emerged and they had the two leaders sharing

a very warm embrace can you talk a little bit about this weekend and what the relationship is like now between uncle americal and the call. in the beginning it seems like this was the dream team for the european union when michael was elected here in france and of course you had medical being just before all those trouble she's experienced in the last year in germany so before her. reelection to the fourth term. ever since it has emerged that they're not necessarily on the same page for a number of topics for example when it comes to the reform of the euro zone that's probably the most important one they don't have the same style of conducting politics but that just doesn't seem that important at an occasion like this one this is something that overrides all the if i may say so smaller problems of the present that are basically policy problems something where you need to find compromise and that of course is something that the european union has been doing a lot in the past years this is about war and peace and life. nice to see now the

two leaders unveiling this plot here at the site let's take a look. you can you translate for us. obviously. we have. to see if they. can get a better look even if we didn't have an advance notice of what exactly would say. this. is. a long day studio with us if you just walk us through again the significance of this exact word that is being unveiled this week i'm not sure i could there were

words but there's celebrating the franco german french and their relationship with we've just seen these moments of. emotion a bit between that and then michael that i don't wish to see in. one of the pictures of today's commemoration. being very close to each other. in this particular moment and so the representing the close is now between the two nations as we absolutely see them laying a wreath now at the site of the plaque. that

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to be a good thing. if. you're . going to. be. happy if you're just joining us you're watching special coverage of the one hundred year anniversary of the end of world war one german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall there we are just observed a moment of silence for the fallen soldiers of world war one more than one point four million french soldiers two million german troops and civilians killed in world war one and then we heard from course the national anthems of both countries the other two leaders now expected soon in a moment to head towards the historic railcar where that armistice was signed that

they will then. sign a guest book within the car. this is the site of that historic signing of the armistice in one thousand and eighteen one hundred years ago tomorrow about sixty kilometers or northeast of. i don't know where your own government falls this is just. your museum or you americal amoco making their way towards that visitor center. i'm joined by a french journalist mother long it will be in the studio i will bring him in in a moment this is the side of the horse this remote forest was chosen for that signing in one nine hundred eighteen because it was away from the public and it was done in a rail car because of became in fact

a symbol of germany's humiliation in the second world war and the surrender of france to the nazis then in one nine hundred forty that armistice was then also signed in that railcar after the signing ordered the park to be destroyed many of the monuments were dismantled and taken back to germany the original rail car was actually taken then to berlin by the nazis and put on display. after world war two this park that you're seeing was rebuilt with a replacement rail car one that was built a similar factory was a built in the same time as the first one and the spot where the train stood for the signings is now called the clearing of the armistice. for. the spring and. tell us more about this the history of this rail car in the signing there it's interesting what once these men just misses mechanism are corners and.

he is the head of the association taking tail the of the sides. and they're about to sign these evil gold. which has been signed for the first time between french and german. in one thousand and twenty seven and we see that railcar there now exactly. is just reminded that. of europe france and germany and europe as a whole been in peace for seventy three years it's the longest time they've been in peace in history. the song sung by these children was also very moving they called. all

ancestors and. it's a cover version of the french national him he was in the musée years and they say this would be normal war anymore for all children let's join together to make sure no warning will. be crucial of michael's face was quite moved by that. the medical appears to be the first to sign the book the first and the last apparently the last page of this book that's what the. head of of the association just saved. certainly of a fitting last page so that he has a medical and. that final page in closing one hundred years of history.

we have any idea of the other names that would be in this golden book they're looking through it now. certainly many people over the years the visited this historic site as we mentioned rebuilt since world war two when it was destroyed or destroyed by the nazis but this was a site one hundred years ago when leaders of the two nations signed the armistice to end world war one and and one of the bloodiest conflicts of the twentieth century. but. we also have to use mass hoffman standing by in paris i'm sure you're following

along with us the two leaders now have signed the book apparently the last signatures to be put inside of this commemoration book so we're seeing actually pictures inside of that replica train car with such a fascinating history behind it can you walk us through again a little bit of the history behind this train car that was the site of one of the most historic events of the twentieth century. well the commemorative book is probably the nicest thing that's ever been inside the wagon although of course you said it's a replete you have to keep in mind. is the symbol from its past for humiliation and also for revenge the germans felt humiliated by what had happened by the army of course later by the peace treaty. and then. that's why hitler insisted that the armistice with the french for the

second world war nine hundred forty be signed at that same at that same point in that same very same place so that was revenge so basically this place. during the second world war was was a symbol of hatred between those two countries and now seem the german chancellor and the french president by the way for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty five you have the two heads of state slash government from germany and france being there together seen them there and hearing the german national anthem at that center very same place is indeed quite historic and it gives you a sense of how far those two different countries have come. max we just saw medical mccrone with one embracing and a handshake very reminiscent in fact of of similar event events just a few decades ago. it is reminiscent but

this is a personal opinion and it's probably not as powerful as what we saw in the past one false when it's all and had the french president and the german chancellor back then quite simply because a lot of the work of reconciliation has been achieved in the last twenty thirty years relationship between the two countries has fundamentally changed so this is keeping up the work progressing continuing just their german french friendship and also as the german french engine within the european union but it's not groundbreaking in the sense that the germans admit to something the french admit to something that for the first time they appear in public you have two personalities here who did not participate in the war who were not alive at the time of the second world war so this is probably very symbolic of where we stand the french and the germans at the moment but it's probably not as significant. as tower full.

and cool in the past but of course this is not the fault of michael and that it's actually a good side it means that the friendship between the germans and the french in our times has become something normal. t.v. i want to bring you in on that of course not the same historic significance but perhaps there is an emotional significance for medical and a man you might call you mentioned the emotions you saw on the face during the singing part of the ceremony in america looking quite moved as she signed this is story book here as well. yeah i thank you for both of them but it's it. was meant to be an important moment but they're they're both. experiencing as very specific difficulties all the problems in their own countries. and that makes it more even more moving i think. i would

just we i didn't catch exactly what was written on the plate but i'd like to remind you of what's been written before in one thousand eight hundred from the french. just jump on what max just say the site of revenge just hears it here on the eleventh of november one thousand eight hundred six the criminal trial of the german rai's vanquished by the free peoples we should try to enslave i mean if you compare how these two countries talk about each other and talk to each other today and how it was hundred years ago although it was at the armistice then you could tell the seeds of hatred and in the hope the future the second world war. would you present then which is definitely different today i think. even though these two leaders are very conscious about the historical moment we're

going through and tensions in the european union. so in the personal strong personal relationship between the two and now much stronger and indeed a very strong relationship between the two countries course compared to those turbulent times you see a chance the medical and mental mccrone now walking through the grounds there as we mark the one hundredth anniversary of the end of world war one the two leaders overseeing the inauguration of a new plaque on this site about sixty kilometers outside of paris and india. and now signing in fact the last signatures in the visitors book inside of the rail car where that armistice was signed on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of one nine hundred eighteen.

next on the agenda they will head to meet the local dignitaries members of the two delegations and in fact meet those young children as well that we heard the very moving singing earlier. and this is just part of six days to recall meeting tomorrow a large summit with some sixty leaders from around the world meeting in paris for a peace conference there bud's this has been a whirlwind tour from a crawl and now angle americal joining him today you're watching live pictures of the armistice centeno reach outside of paris. but. both leaders were very much. influenced

something by the. christopher clarke this new cool kids which tells about how you were sliding into a wall. and the time before that before nineteen fourteen thought piece was taken for granted and then how you up just and nationalism really . in a. predictable way turned you up into a bathroom scene. and i think both made quite often references to the. tennis business students. when they would be talking to. one. side he's apparently

a refugee. he's visited yesterday but if you're in it and now he's unconscious and . you haven't been through it. he has a wish he would like to make a picture with. you looks like he gets a picture bonus picture of it emmanuel graunt as well nice moment there. you know. and then you know. max hoffman standing by in paris and max you know we we saw this military parade from the franco german brigade earlier during the ceremony it's quite a unique military body it's one of the few or the only joints military. brigade between two nations what can you walk us through not only the symbolism but also the very real consequences of this brigade that we saw today. well you have

that war with the netherlands as well but of course when it was founded and you mentioned it i think it was in one thousand nine hundred seven it was highly symbolic the two countries that fought each other in two devastating world wars having at least parts of their army together it doesn't get much more symbolic today headquarters as in move time in germany but of course the german french brigade apart from being symbolic is also a very real entity of european army activity there integrated very closely integrated by the way in europe core so the closest thing you get to a european army at the moment which of course was also a topic this way the european army it's a different thing they have been very active in the balkans balkan states in the ninety's for example when there was a lot of trouble in conflict there back then there were also active in mali which is one of the hotspots of the french army where they are very much engaged with the germans in the framework of the german french big brigade also helped out so not

only sabbahi these people also know what they're doing. max of course we heard the news and we saw the tweets from u.s. president donald trump critical of mentioning that perhaps europeans would need their own military to protect themselves defense was was not the fact that my call called for european army because that's not new that's something the european commission president. has done repeatedly apparently what happened is that trump understood the words from my craw in the sense that the europeans might need this european army also against the united states the elysee was very quick to backpedal and say this is not at all what we meant but when it comes to security policy it's been a constant hot topic with the u.s. president he's been calling for more engagement. from the european countries especially germany in the framework of nato at some point strong even apparently

said that they could do their own thing if the europeans didn't start contributing and the european leaders just recently at the nato summit in brussels this is something the u.s. president likes to discuss likes to maybe even take advantage of because it's something that residents it resonates well with his voting bases of course today the focus on the ceremonies at hand with a mental mccraw and chancellor merkel there to mark the one hundred year anniversary of the armistice that ended world war one they are at that site and. where they have signed a book and unveiled a plaque to commemorate the end of that war. we have seen them now. using the now unveiled the bike and in fact we have now what that plan says that reads on the occasion of the send ten or a of the armistice on the eleventh one thousand and eighteen mr emanuel mccrum

president of the french republic and mrs uncle americal chancellor of the federal republic of germany reaffirmed at this place the significance of franco german reconciliation in the service of europe and peace and we see that plaque there of course written in both languages in france and french and in germany. well. before that you know we see the two leaders now meeting with dignitaries with locals and in fact even a young refugee there that want to bring in. what was your impression of the ceremony we just saw of the emotional significance and what you saw today. it's interesting i find that made it very. quite simple in a way it was just. this plot plank and. question and then this meeting with the students we'll see how it unfolds in later during the day but if you compare.

two thousand and sixteen remember when the two met invalid. it was also known that the time was on going to america there was a correct rough the done so as it was very moving it was more you could you could tell it was more of an event this time he is quite low key no way and still very solemn. so what i find interesting mechanism is being done to parys and also taking part tomorrow at the. peace conference. which is a reminder of what happened in vice and it's in the one thousand nine hundred was the same type of conference in paris and that's what my coin is trying to do. to remind i think these to. use the world days today.

myself and you're there in paris can you walk us through then the events that we can expect tomorrow what will be seeing from the world's leaders gathered there. you already get a sense of what's going to happen you tomorrow baby are covered and martin can show us a little bit on the left over there you see the. those tent like structures that's where you're going to have dignitaries. military representatives of course and sixty to seventy heads of state government nobody could really agree on the exact number but he heads of state government we're going to have here tomorrow hundreds of journalists as well there will be music there will be speeches for example from mark hall there will be paying tribute in respect to representatives of the military there will be. accounts of the first world war written accounts by soldiers of different nationalities read by children i've seen some of those

accounts they are very moving and of course the uk to tee off that you see behind me is a very important location to do this although it was not built in honor of any of the world wars but the french revolution and already those dignitaries and those heads of state government have started arriving in paris you have massive police presence some of that you could have seen by need during our special coverage here there will be a concert tonight for the heads of state government there will be a dinner at the music hall say which is one of the most important museums here in paris so this is a very special weekend in france's capital. and of course this weekend all about remembering the more and conflict that engulfed europe for so many decades and now looking ahead and really not taking for granted the decades of peace that resulted afterwards and there's this a peace conference scheduled and in fact will be opened by anglo-american what's

exactly will take place there and what's on the political agenda and charms of of looking towards maybe more decades of peace on the continent. and this is exactly what i was talking about earlier what they're trying to do specifically in many ways my call is take the past draw conclusions from the past remind everybody how bad a situation can be on this continent and try to take this as a result for the future and the commemorative part on sunday will be looking into the past but then the peace forum will be looking into the future trying to figure out solutions and governance for example that enhanced peace but it's also to enhance lateral is something that has been especially with the election of the u.s. president on the child in danger you have a lot of the. international institutions that were taken for granted in the past for example the world trade organization that are no longer working correctly

because the united states aren't participating the way they did in the past any more the culture way to that or germany and france at the moment it's least so that european union as a whole but of course those two countries being the most powerful politically influential economically important countries in the european union you also have n.g.o.s you will have reporters without borders so this is the first time that we're seeing it it's we'll have to see how it plays out but it's important initiative with speeches for example by the german chancellor i'm going to back. going back now to our live pictures in and you know at this hour president emmanuel monochrome and german chancellor angela merkel have been marking the centennial of the armistice that ended world more one. as a joint visits now to that sign where the truce was in fact signed on november

eleventh nineteen eighteen course a very highly symbolic visit designed to underline the country's national alliance now after decades of reconciliation between really two former adversaries we saw the two leaders laying a wreath and unveiling a ceremonial plaque at this memorial site. and the two leaders unveiled this plaque to commemorate their visit to the. company and it reads in french and in german on the occasion of the tenor of the armistice on november eleventh one thousand nine hundred eighteen mr emanuel mccall president of the french republic and ms uncle americal chancellor of the federal republic of germany reaffirmed at this place the significance of franco german reconciliation in the search. of europe and it's.

in with me now in studio following those events we have french journalist people and in paris our colleague max hoffman as well you know this is the place everyone in france knows how significant is has the german leaders visit ben on this anniversary. and i just quite significant when. you mention the commemoration tool which lasted for six days it started actually it's caused by the time by the. president and finishing was going to matter because today. i guess it gives germany and france very important role in that week into a very specific week. and it's a very clever way i think to underpin falls within the you can actually do elected the poem but also reminding of the time when france was

united which wasn't the case during the second world war when for the first world will. is very. related to a sense of bravery. military leaders and i think this is very clever to play on these two. dimensions of the european project and also a sense of which is today more accepted. a max as you said earlier this course ahead of a peace forum there in paris what lessons do you think can be brought in and learn from how germany and france have now reconciled after those two world wars. exemplary for how these things can play out nobody knows a little bit about. history but i think we also have to keep in mind here this is just a breather we're having here this weekend with dignitaries like everyone in the city

poutine in the city so the russian president the u.s. president and the sixty to seventy heads of state and government here they're not all are all going to start shaking holding hands and singing heart condition after this weekend just because they were reminded of the end of world war one they're very much aware of so this is a breather just to gather your thoughts just to realize what happened in the past but of course as of monday or tuesday we're going to be back with the old conflicts we have let's say between russia and the european union between turkey and the european union between the u.s. and the european union that's going to change that but if it can help you know a little bit for people to realize how far europe especially is common also the german french friendship i think that's something that the french president and moderate michael would qualify as a success and whether this peace forum sticks and brings out results establishes itself because that's very important for this type of conference if you look for

example at the munich security conference or the yearly meeting in davos that's something everybody looks to but that usually happens after a couple of years after a number of years these things need to establish themselves it's certainly a strong start that micro is giving this form by having it on the same day as these huge commemorations of world war one but really to see whether it gets any traction is something we'll see in the coming years or not this year. and recapping our live coverage of this our present emanuel crown and german chancellor angela merkel marking the centennial of the armistice that ended world war one a joint visit to company it's the site where the truce was signed on november eleventh nineteen eighteen a highly symbolic visit of course designed maybe to underline the two countries special. lines after decades of reconciliation between the former adversaries we saw the two leaders laying a wreath and unveiling

a ceremonial plaque at that war memorial. want to thank our guests first each of us nice often in paris and of course a tivo and along here in studio with us a journalist based in paris thank you very much for your insights today during this historic event thank you. even watching news from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's d.w. dot com thanks for joining us.

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