exclusive report church nov seventeenth on w. n e. the a new. business news live from berlin marking one hundred years since the end up will all one. more than sixty meters attend a ceremony in paris one of the guns fall silent in the great pool the bloody conflicts that came to millions of lives. ceremonies marking the centenary since one august just have been taking place in other countries around the globe as well the conflict drew and soldiers from as far away as australia and

new zealand. as thousands of five just continue to battle train large wildfires in northern and southern california strong winds are making it difficult to contain the blazes which have killed more than two dozen people. including. i'm christine welcome to the program. europe has been mocking one hundred years since the fighting stops on the battlefields of world war one today in paris heads of state from around the world gathered for a somber ceremony around nine million soldiers and millions more civilians lost their lives in the four year conflicts. it was a moment that had been a century in the making played out against the spectacular backdrop of the uk to triumph in paris running late in the rain world leaders missed the exact moment

when one hundred years earlier at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns finally fell silent. but the message was clear never again the location adding extra resonance the tomb of the unknown soldier quiet symbol of the sacrifice of the millions killed in the conflict. french president emanuel macron spoke of the tragedy of war and urged the world to work together for the future. at this you're known as display let us build our hopes rather than our fears against each other. together we can avert threats because all of the specter of global warming poverty hunger disease inequality and ignorance we've engaged in this fight and we can win it. let us pursue it for victory is possible. before you. perceive it.

there were readings from the time of the armistice during on the wars rich literary and poetic tradition words read by one of today's young students recalling the day a century ago when the great war ended. there. is over. i understand in an hour we will leave. we will never have to come back here. later german chancellor angela merkel opened a new global peace forum hosted by the french president the world she said must remain vigilant against the dangers of nationalism. and then there was this war that senseless bloodshed shows what national vainglorious ness and military arrogance can lead to it makes us aware of the devastating consequences of lack of communication and willingness to compromise in politics and diplomacy. in politics

. u.s. president donald trump chose not to attend the peace forum visiting instead an american military cemetery. but the abiding images will be the poignant scenes at the uk to triomphe the french capital for turnover in the first and later the second world war now uniting old enemies remembering together. our chief correspondent max often was at that event at the op to trawl this morning hi max europe remembered one of its defining days this morning what was that moment like for you. that this was not really a military event that might have come as a surprise for some this was almost a pacifist event the bulk of the whole ceremony was taken up by

a lot of children we almost saw more children than we saw soldiers and a lot of music so those parts really gave us a lasting impression there especially i thought bull their old by maurice ravel not only because relatives self was a very impressive personality who also participated in world war one but also the way it was conducted and presented by the european union youth orchestra with a lot of verbs with a lot of passion to me that was the highlight. maxwell fulfill franz this victory turned out to be somewhat base to be country suffered heavy losses caution in leading to its capital missions to nazi germany in one thousand nine hundred eighty how are the french remembering on this to stay. in my new room i call really tried to take ownership of this common aeration he had a marathon week starting last sunday going to eleven different departments with

mixed results because interior policy interior french policy got in the way sometimes but he certainly put his stamp on the ceremony here behind me at the arc de triomphe today on sunday he really managed in his speech in front of all the other world leaders to highlight what was important for him a multilateral structure in the world and patriotism versus nationalism he really had worn what was up ahead if more and more nations turned toward nationalism and what was interesting of course is that he said that in front of leaders like donald trump from the us a lot of your putin from russia so really michael try to take this call and get the great nor as it is called here in france and distill a message from it for the president but also for the future. all right. chief correspondent max often in paris for us today thank you ceremonies marking the santini rescinds will. have been taking place in other

countries around the globe as well the conflict in most of the countries that existed at the time. the chimes of big band. sound the moment the guns fell silent. british political leaders and members of the royal family attended the main commemoration and london prince charles laid a wreath on behalf of the queen he was joined by german president frank volatile. in new zealand the traditional silence was broken with a one hundred gun salute on the wellington waterfront.

across the country church bells rang out and horns blared recreating the outpouring of relief that greeted the armistice. the war to cause huge toll on new zealand one hundred thousand of its soldiers died during the war. in australia cannon fire and buglers. eleventh hour of the eleventh the of the eleventh month. prime minister of all strata national ceremony the prime minister summed up the sentiment at last silence a silence from that day to this that the actions of prayer for daughter of peace

and a lasting peace in hong kong two veterans paid tribute to those who felt. the new country outside europe sent more troops to the great war than india one profound three million. barrel a scottish pipe played at the delhi war cemetery where those who never came home are buried. for more on this weekend centenary head to our web site that's. there you'll find a special series delving into the history of what was then caught the wall to end all. history shows the story of the first one we are told from different perspectives by peter green from the eastern european perspective from the conference room perspective from the perspective of turkey from the arab world. t w dot com slash w w one. in

poland today states has even more significance nov eleventh marks the one hundredth anniversary of the country's re founding president presided of a state ceremony paying tribute to the leader of the country for independence he and prime minister. then a controversial march through the capital that included members of nationalist groups really a european council head and form of polish prime minister donald tusk greeted crowds and walsall and said that what unites poland is stronger than what divides it. residents of the eastern ukraine regions controlled by russia backed separatists have voted for local governments they went to the polls to choose heads of government and they made in these self-proclaimed donetsk people's republic way separatists have battled ukrainian forces since two thousand and fourteen and the

west say the vote is illegitimate because it's conducted way ukraine has no control . giant wildfires continue to rage at both ends of california at least twenty five people have died in the blazes most of them in the northern mountain town of paradise which was almost entirely consumed by the flames over one hundred people are still missing there more than a thousand firefighters are battling the fires in southern california thousands of homes have been evacuated officials say strong winds could worsen the situation in the coming days. for the latest on those fires we're joined now by janice chase and capital and ridge on the beach at los angeles and jason. on the beach in los angeles tell us about the fi is near you. i'm about forty minutes or so south of the fires and as you can see behind me the smoke is completely engulfed

the south bay down here in southern california the helicopters are up the airplanes are up and they're dropping massive amounts of water on the flames the problem that they're running into is people are not evacuating when they're being told to evacuate and about one hundred fifty and that one hundred fifty homes have been destroyed but that number is expected to climb firefighters just can't get into neighborhoods it's still too it's still too dangerous jason what about the weather conditions it sounds as though they are fearing the fires that's absolutely correct the winds are expected to gust about seventy miles an hour today later on this afternoon and that's exactly what's happening is now firefighters have to chase this fire towards the coast and they can't catch up it's just bringing embers from a fire in one area and they can carry the winds can cherry the embers about three miles and then you've got another fire there right now the fire here near malibu is

standing at about one hundred thirty square miles and it's a massive massive blaze and firefighters are doing all that they can those winds are expected to continue through tuesday. and what is the situation in northern california. it's complete devastation where the fire that burns on the camp fire has destroyed incinerated hundreds of homes and thousands of homes actually and people are had to evacuate and they were told to get out at a moment's notice people left behind their cell phone they left behind their i.d.'s their money and people are now stuck in shelters hoping for the best and hoping that at some point firefighters can get a handle on that fire and they can see if their homes still standing jason campbell reporting for us in los angeles thank you ok sport now in the been deceived on sunday frankfurt put on another in a performance to be three nil and. the rest of the results from the weekend.

and three nil dortmund down by an inset a day's classic bremen suffered a third league defeat in a row this time against this little thumb to better than four one freiburg fail at home hoffenheim squeeze pasta out spoke to one ship got one in nuremberg had won the doggy on friday. and it's take a look at the bundesliga table now that all of the matches have ended dortmund stay top and are joined in the champions league places by life and frankfurt by and drop down to fifty after their defeat on saturday i'll be back in the bottom hof but otherwise there are big changes despite the bottom teams all winning their matches this week and it wasn't enough to lift them out of the relegation zone. you're watching the news live from berlin station fold wall coming at the top of the hour you can check out our website that steve column follow us on twitter we're

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