they don't have political correspondent thomas sparrow joins us from outside the lenses central station welcome thomas what is happening in germany capitals right. there are various protests here in the center of the linnean fact the protest that you see right behind me is against. the far right rally which was also organized from here from central it was a very controversial rally in the first place in fact some local politicians tried to ban it because they believe that it was not proper to have such a protest today when so many things are being commemorated celebrated in in berlin those events that we saw in our reports and what we seeing right behind here is one of the counter demonstrations there are various counter demonstrations in the city so this is how such a day of remembrance ends in berlin it began with angela merkel with the german president saying those words i was on a report on it ends right here in the streets with protests with counter-demonstrations with people with different views thinking what talking about what they believe is important about those events that we

are i to for more now i'm joined by do we have political correspondent thomas sparrow he is standing outside. central station tell us i see a crowd behind you what's going on in the german capital on this historic date. well after a very long day of remembrance a very solemn day of remembrance as we saw in our report what's going to happen now behind where we're standing at the central train station is a protest by a group described as far right they have planned their protest for eighteen thirty local time not far away from where we're standing also counter demonstration and this is a approaches that has been extremely controversial here in berlin in fact local politicians tried to block it arguing that it was inappropriate to hold such a protest here in a day as important as it is for german history but in the end it was allowed to take place and that's what we're seeing both this demonstration and counter-demonstrations also slowly organizing not far away from where we're standing are so we'll have to see how that situation unfolds behind you but next up i mean three truly histori

let's get more on today's commemorative events from political correspondent thomas sparrow who is in front of balance iconic brand of great wealth of thomas what's going on there. well right here not much but today there was obviously a lot happening here in berlin germany as you know phil is a country very conscious of its historical responsibility and that was a show right throughout the day this morning with these events that we saw in our report mocking those three incredibly important moments for german history in fact german president found by this time my are referring to those events something that revealed both the light and the darkness in germany it was a day where politicians obviously look back at the past try to understand historical lessons and obviously also drew parallels to today where we're seeing again rising anti semitism where we're seeing the rise of populists where we're seeing many problems in germany's political development and that's something that we clearly heard today from germany's political leaders so three major historical events for germany on the sam

lessons that have to be learned from the events in the past and that can be applied today by thomas sparrow reporting from the center of berlin and i see the cry crowd behind you growing larger or catch up with you in the next bulletin for now thank you so much. i now as the world remembers the end of world war one france is also finally marking the sacrifices made by african soldiers then on their french colonial rule mali and president abraham bakker cape town joined his french counterparts in my new iraq home this week at a mine went to those who suffered and died in the war. this is what commemorating a world war can look like. but the actual purpose of the money will not cost visit to us was this a 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. now both of us who see this is important because this is part of africa's and france's history and we're here today because this is ali history this is u