A rare and superficial show of unity by world leaders at Armistice commemorations in Paris.

Leaders have marched together through the French capital, on the one-hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I.

French president Emmanuel Macron used the event, to speak against divisive nationalism.

Paris correspondent Catherine Field told Mike Hosking the atmosphere between leaders remained tense throughout.

"The body language between the American President and the French President was absolutely ice cold [with] no sign of the bromance we had seen in previous meetings."

LISTEN ABOVE AS CATHERINE FIELD SPEAKS WITH MIKE HOSKING