<span style="color: #222222;">World leaders gathered in Paris will lead global commemorations today to mark 100 years since the end of World War one. Around 70 leaders including the US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice in the French capital. British Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth will attend a separate event in London.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Paris commemorations, centred on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe, are set to feature warnings about the modern-day danger of nationalism.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Merkel will give the opening address alongside UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a conference called the Paris Peace Forum which will take place after a memorial service on the Champs-Elysees today morning.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Paris Peace Forum is a new annual event based on a idea that international cooperation is key to tackling global challenges and ensuring durable peace.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other side of the world, New Zealand and Australia are holding their own World war one ceremonies to remember more than 80,000 of their nationals who died in the carnage of the trenches.</span><br />''