with our reviewers anne ashworth, associate editor at the times, and the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brownus for that. good evening. the french president, emmanuel macron, and the german chancellor, angela merkel, have taken part in one of the key ceremonies this weekend marking the centenary of the end of the first world war. today, the two leaders unveiled a plaque as a symbol of reconciliation at the site just north of paris where the armistice was signed. earlier, mr macron held talks with donald trump amid on going differences over europe's financial contributions to nato. from paris, here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. 100 years ago, their nations were still at war. today, under a damp, grey sky, president macron of france and chancellor merkel of germany came to a forest clearing north of paris, where the great war finally came to an end. it was here, in a secluded train carriage, that the armistice was agreed, ending hostilities across europe. in a replica of that carriage, the two leaders sat where the allied and german delegations had negotiated the agreement, com