biala gast. managed by from. business news live from berlin one hundred years since the end of the first world war the french president and german chancellor make history with a joint visit to the side where one of the bloodiest conflicts of the twentieth century was officially forced to wait in. these homelands fire engulfed entire communities in california at least nine people have been

killed and hundreds of thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes including overseas living nearby. and russian backed cities in ukraine prepared to hold elections and what critics describe as a move to cement from the rest of the country. welcome to the program europe mocks the moment hundred years ago when the battlefields of fell silent at the end of the world war one the leaders of france and germany coming together today in the highly symbolic ceremony president emmanuel crown of france and german chancellor angela merkel laid a wreath and unveiled a proc in the forest at the armistice clearing in companion the moment highlights the special alliance at the heart of europe. the culmination of

a decades long process of reconciliation this was the first visit to campian year by a german leader in decades and emmanuel micron greta chancellor merkel with demonstrative warmth. reviewing the troops of the euro corps franco german brigade the two leaders cross the clearing that there is testimony to a defining moment in european diplomacy. it was here that germany capitulated to france and its allies on november eleventh one nine hundred eighteen ending more than four years of carnage on the western front. mccrone americal unveiled a plaque in both languages reaffirming the value of franco german reconciliation in the service of europe and peace then another warm exchange before the pair later wreaths in tribute to the victims of the great war.

they then moved on to the museum that houses a replica of the carriage used by the french general marshall founded on force as its headquarters at the site it was inside this wagon that fosse received the german delegation for the signing of the armistice they agreed the truce would come into effect on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at exactly eleven o'clock twenty two years later in an act of revenge at all hitler dictated the terms of france's capitalization to the nazis in the very same wagon. merkle him across the sign the visitor's book french officials underlined there would be the last signatures. an act that literally closes the book on the animosities of the past. for more on this i'm joined now by french journalist pascal civil he is the burden correspondent for radio france international. being here today so there's been a lot of discussion looking at these two leaders michael and michael and across

strong echoes of their predecessors helmut kohl and franzl michelle han yeah i think when you when you meet at that place in compiegne where two french german humiliations took place one hundred eighteen one hundred forty when you go there after the handshakes between need to honk or nineteen eighty-four and after order big big speeches for example from the former german president in france four years ago it's i mean you have all these is story you have the history of the world and you have also what your predecessors did and you have to you have to invent or i don't know new something new and maybe also to to have a look to the future reckon that's a bold new not only is to commemorate the past but also to look to the future that's the goal of this conference tomorrow in paris i mean when we talk about the

predecessors when we talk about helmut kohl and when we talk about france only to haunt they lived through world war two and so when they talk about european unity it's essentially the difference between peace and war is that the same lens that these two leaders see it through of course situation for them is different because they never experienced a war. council america experienced a cold war but it's another one. but i think they are very aware of. all these historian about the very very complicated history france and germany had in the last century especially in the last one of the two world wars and with all what the predecessors did after after nine hundred forty five history is very important mark or as well as we have already seen in the last eighteen months with a big with a lot of symbols with the great mall from him for history sort of

sort of sort of history of france in europe but also in africa the former colonies i think it's a very important chapter because you can also build a bridge between the past. and the future and just talking about french president manual can he he's engaged very strongly with this anniversary hasn't he of course i mean there's a day is an important point is that the memory of these were of the great war or as we say in france is much more important than any in germany. should morial week one week ago during the last weekend with the german president. and today a day where he was with. him tomorrow there will be a summit in paris with a lot of polygynous from all over the world so it was a very important week for for him for the french history but also it was an it was

an occasion from him to meet a lot of french people in a period where he's popularity is. not what he would like to be and this week was with a good occasion it was not always simple. some dialogue show you had with with french people during this week but that's us president donald trump had planned to. visit a military cemetery in france to pay respects to the american soldiers who died fighting involved one but the white house scrapped the plans due to bad weather president had earlier held in a paddock or. a palace this off to the us president described trade calls for a defense force esquire's very insulting. and demanded that europe.

in california at least eleven people have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced as wildfires continue to rage in multiple locations on thursday flames engulf the town of paradise california driven by strong winds and fed by parched landscape the blaze destroyed thousands of homes. have forced two hundred thousand people from their homes in thousand oaks in ventura county on friday they. also had to be evacuated. malibu home to the rich and famous but it's wealthy residents have been ordered to leave for their own safety as residents took to the highways and fled a wall of fire swept towards the pacific ocean emergency services are struggling to contain the wildfires more than two hundred thousand people have been evacuated from their homes and all thirty there could be worse ahead. so there's not going to be really.

eight hundred kilometers to the north another wildfire is raging flames have already consumed the town of paradise more than six thousand seven hundred homes have been burned here making it the most destructive blaze in california's history nine people died trying to escape and many of those who survived left with nothing . no i was just coming up the street in my neighbors and again i did very well by all of the roads. are out there business in a matter of suckers only thing we got our credit cards and our bank cards we had virtually nothing though we're starting over president trump is blaming california for poor forest management and he's threatening to hold back some federal aid

payments right now the residents of california have more pressing concerns. it's get you updated now on some of the stories making news around the world thousands of central american migrants were back on the move saturday special mexico city subway trains whisked members of a caravan headed to the u.s. border to continue their journey u.s. president donald trump has sent the military to the border to prevent the migrants from interest. turkey's president. says his country has shared recordings related to the death of journalist jamal khashoggi with saudi arabia and other countries was killed last month after he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul riyadh admits he was made it in what it called a broke operation. in eastern ukraine russian backed separatists hold elections and to self became for publics on sunday it's an apparent bits to cement this that for the rest of the country the self-styled donetsk and luhansk

people's republic snowflakes of the as the don bus region have been outside of kids' control since two thousand and fourteen the elections have been strongly condemned by kiff and the european union. true donbass region with a russian heart proclaimed these election posters the acting leader of the donetsk people's republic dennys pushilin makes no bones about the territories reliance on moscow. but of course russia supports us but that's just temporary assistance and to where better place to use our own resources despite the complicated situation that we're currently in the moment that we need. this simmering conflict has torn open wounds in eastern ukraine and around two million people live daily with the danger of mine sent unexploded munitions fitted laurie may have checked into the mind about a third of the affected territories in the muslim world that we would have the

capacity to clear more areas but that's just not possible because they are too close to the front line is almost impossible because niña. the line of fire separates the self-proclaimed people's republic from the ukrainian controlled territory it also runs past what's left of port the scene of bitter fighting in twenty fifteen foot eager this is home in the garden he shows us where his father was killed by a grenade the fifty five year old is pinning his hopes on russia cream and they've already taken crimea and the dumbass region to that will probably be a bit too much but one day the dumbass will surely be part of russia again just like we used to be like many here in donetsk igal can see no way back to life under ukrainian rule a political crisis in sri lanka where the president has set the country's entire parliament and called fresh elections the us president and other countries have

condemned the move it comes after the president was unable to head 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. went last night by president is a blatant violation of consideration it follows two weeks of chaos after a serious enough fire prime minister ronald wickramasinghe and replaced him with form a strongman mahinda rajapaksa seen left that led to an intense power struggle many ordinary sri lankans are angry and 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 only 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. sport now and dortmund edged by in munich three in the bundesliga stop clash today the hosts came from behind to win thanks to two goals from walkover ois and the match winner from. that let's take a look at the other results so far bremen suffered a defeat in a row this time against. does a little thumbs perlin freiburg lost at home haas and i managed to squeeze past. one in your head of a one the dobie on friday and there are games and live sick and frankfurt to look forward to on sunday. you're watching news laughable and stay tuned for more of the

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