same historians from both the countries develop the museum on a hill in the french border region of alsace the heartland seville accompt saw months of fighting early on in the war on the death of some thirty thousand people . don't do such a flip who correspondent linda crane joins us from our parliament studio welcome milind this is a memorial to a war that happened a hundred years ago one wonders what significance it has today it has absolutely enormous significance we have to remember german and french soldiers were fighting each other one hundred years ago one hundred years may seem like a long time but but it's not and and the fact is this entire region of what is now france passed back and forth between france and germany over centuries in multiple . wars today that seems inconceivable particularly to many young europeans they cannot imagine that such enmity could be possible again within europe but the fact is nationalism is on the rise all across europe that was a topic in the speeches by both the french and the german presidents today at the commemoration nationalisms on the rise

and my prized possession, those little alsace glasses. >> david: fred's wonderful alsace glasses. >>nnest part about the restaurant business, isn't it the cutlery? just this spoon is absolutely gorgeous, you know? fred has a wonderful collection of tableware. without getting, you know, snobby or elitist, you know, the eating off vintage, uh, tableware is one of the great joys out of life. >> anthony: well, this is the interesting paradox of you guys. on one hand, you aspire to run a democratic establishment, open to all. and yet you are hopeless romantics when it comes to -- >> fred: painful nostalgics. >> anthony: the art of living. right? >> fred: yeah. >> anthony: what the [ bleep ]? sustenance is required. holy [ bleep ]. look at this. like, say, a consommé of oxtail to begin. followed perhaps by a chilled lobster a la parisienne? >> david: the art of dining is kind of disappearing, much to our chagrin. i work super hard at being an excellent dining companion. >> anthony: when seeking excellence in a dining companion, what qualities does one look for? >> david: i turn my phone of

french president and manuel mccaughan attended the opening ceremony of the french for the region of alsace some thirty thousand people died in the area during the early months of the war. russian lawmakers say they plan to make foreign media and social networks register as foreign agents this after the u.s. said it would force russian state funded channel russia today to register as foreign agents in the u.s. u.s. intelligence alleges that this channel was used to interfere in america's presidential election. afghan officials say a policeman has been killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted a police compound they say a single bomber calls the blast in the southern helmand province no one has claimed responsibility. the united nations climate conference is taking place in bonn this week and one of the big topics there is how to protect the world's most vulnerable regions from climate change the african continent is already feeling the facts with almost two thirds of the population living off the land our next report comes from northeast new gonda is stricken by extreme

their first joint memorial site presidents and the next ron and frank walter steinmeier travel to the alsace region on the french german border for the opening the vose mountains was the site of heavy conflict or rather heavy fighting during the conflict tens of thousands of soldiers fell on both sides the new memorial and museum is intended to symbolize the reconciliation of the former archenemies and their shared european future. a war monument a moment of remembrance here at the first franco german memorial in a sauce looking out over the graveyard known as man eater mountain german president frank. and french president emmanuel mccall paid homage to the people lost to the atrocities and devastation of world war one see that city to fit we have a shared past one that we must embrace and which at the same time forms the foundation of our common future buzz the ticket you don't have. the egg submission that the two presidents inaugurated documents the shared history. some thirty thousand german and french soldiers died gruesome deaths here in the trenches from nine hundred fifteen to the en

open the first joint museum commemorating world war one later they will travel to a mountain in the alsace region on the border between germany and france the heartland of a saw months of fighting early in the war and the deaths of thirty thousand people the new museum is being hailed as a sign of reconciliation between the former enemies. this is d.w. news live from brother and still to come too it's a crime so i come to the states to well the white supremacist the backlash has the social media giant reeling. and there are the four time world cup winners but we'll tell you why italy are in danger of missing out on a place at next year's tournament in russia. china has announced a sweeping changes that will impact a foreign investment more on the jones. thank you so much well for years the e.u. and the united states have criticized china for its restrictions on foreign investors in the finance sector now china is gradually opening up the industry that's according to the country's finance ministry foreign entities will now be allowed to own the majority in banks asset management and securit

and french president and manuel mccraw attended the opening ceremony in the french border region of alsace some thirty thousand people died in the area during the early months of the war. russian lawmakers say they plan to make foreign media and social networks register as foreign agents this after russian state funded channel russia today so that it would comply with the u.s. demand for foreign agent registration u.s. intelligence alleges the channel was used to interfere in the presidential election . afghan officials say one policeman has been killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted a police compound they say a single bomber calls the blast in the southern helmand province no group has claimed responsibility yet. and it's looking like a transpacific trade deal will happen after all kristoffer you got that story that is right sarah an agreement put in jeopardy after the united states was drool earlier this year but now japan's economy minister told reporters that the eleven nations still committed to the trans-pacific partnership or t p p have agreed on the basis fo

ceremonies historians from both countries develop the museum on ahead in the french border region of alsace the hot months even a cult the sole months of fighting the on and the war and the deaths of thirty thousand people. did of his chief political correspondent melinda crane she joins us from to do new south politics you're welcome linda so this is a memorial to a war that happened a hundred years ago what significance does it have for young people today. it has enormous significance it wasn't only on this particular hill during world war one but over centuries this entire region of. which is now part of france was passed back and forth between france and germany in the context of multiple wars ongoing conflict one hundred years ago french and german soldiers killing each other on that ground that we saw in those pictures inconceivable for many young people in europe today to imagine that kind of enmity that kind of violence between these two countries but the fact is it could theoretically happen again we've seen rising nationalism in many european countries over the course of the last