police this year alone and that they're under enormous stress so it's in that background i think is to why we're seeing the french president the interior minister and a french prime minister on the scene at paris police headquarters catherine thank you. here in germany other countries marking the anniversary of reunification 29 years ago east and west germany became one nation after decades of hostile division joining the cold war the official commemoration ceremonies took place in the northern city of kill german chancellor angela merkel hailed the countries of progress in treating fixation but said more must be done to bridge the gap between east and west. sound lines evoking the shifting counters of germany's history as a country marked its 29th birthday in a northern city of q chancellor and go america has severed product of the former