steinmeier said germany's neighbors had needed time to trust the country again and accepting german it's required an emotional understanding of the past. germany's past is a fractured past responsibility for the murder of millions and the suffering of millions. that breaks our hearts and that's why i say that this country can only be loved with a broken heart in them how it's the leaving in britain the royal air force famous display team the red arrows flew over london's landmarks. 2 minutes of silence was observed across the country. a poem written about the victory 75 years ago was read by prime minister boris johnson. now the great vision which we did believe through slow and savage years it's all alright that summit which we will we now would she uncertainty the poses the unknown. in france president emmanuelle not gone let a ceremony of the ark to triumph monuments the event was held without the public france is under a strict lockdown until monday. u.s. president donald trump and the 1st lady visited the world war 2 memorial in washington d.c. . following the wreath laying ceremony

a suitable distance from each other at the country's central memorial to the victims self-will steinmeier said germany had accepted its own guilt over time and taken part in its own internal liberation. people firing on such film and feel liberation of $945.00 was imposed from outside it had to come from outside this country had descended too far into the evil the guilds it brought upon itself. but we too played a part in the liberation in our internal liberation this did not take place on a single day rather it was a long and painful process. schmetz after vic. germany's neighbors had needed that time to trust the country again he said and accepting german this required an emotional understanding of the past. past is a fractured past with responsibility for the murder of millions on the suffering of millions. that breaks our hearts. and that is why i say this country can only be loved with a broken heart. ambivalence to about making the day a public holiday this year it was but only in the capital and only this time iran. could then talk i think it should be a memorial day in all of germ

she is not a woman of many emotions, looks very contemplative, next to the germany president, steinmeierotograph the kind of national pain and contortions they've had for the last 75 years. it isa they've had for the last 75 years. it is a difficult moment for them. made more, gated by being —— made more completed by the reunification. in east germany, the day was marked for a long time, it's only been re ce ntly for a long time, it's only been recently marked in the rest of the country. and as you say, they have now, what was a moment of national shame is now a new moment where they try to celebrate democracy and this is actually one of the things i think we need to remember. you had early before we went under, the broadcast from germany, from france and elsewhere, but this was the reunification of europe and the sort of great peace, they call it, an incredible achievement of the decades of warfare we have that on this contact. rachel, obviously a significant moment for germany. they have had different experiences from us have had different experiences from us in the war and it seems in

respect he said of nations around the world so these are very important messages of that voter steinmeier has made before but i thought it was very moving to see him there on the steps of the nor saying that kind of thing again. in a very moving speech our correspondent and young as we said on the ground covering commemorations leave it there with you thank you very much and our chief political correspondent linda crane with us here in studio and i also want to get your thoughts of simon said that we heard you know german president. touching on a bunch of points that he has in the past as well but it was especially moving in this moment absolutely. it was and as simon just said that image of those 5 sitting sofa space so far apart in a completely empty center of berlin i have to say coming here on my bicycle this morning i have rarely seen that central part of berlin as empty as it is today and he said we were alone in 1905 we are not alone now and i think that for me was a very powerful part of the speech is testimony to multilateralism and to germany's role and place in europe and the f