king charles iii will lead the nation in honouring those who lost their lives at war in his first remembrance sunday service as sovereign.the royal family will lay wreaths at the cenotaph and the uk will fall silent at 11 o'clock this morning as part of the commemorations. daniela relph reports. there is so much that is familiar about remembrance sunday — the rhythm of the day unchanged for decades. but this year, as the final preparations are made, there will be one significant difference. for nearly all of her 70 years on the throne, queen elizabeth ii was at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday, honouring service and sacrifice. this year, after her death, she will be one of those we remember today. later this morning, for the first time as monarch, the king will lay a wreath here at the cenotaph. it is a new design that will incorporate his racing colours

of scarlet, purple and gold — a tradition set by his mother, his grandfather and his great—grandfather. fanfare. last night, the king led the royalfamily, paying tribute to servicemen and women at the festival of remembrance. it began with a tribute to his mother, the queen, and her role as commander—in—chief of the armed forces and patron of the royal british legion. a focus of remembrance this year will be those killed during the falklands war a0 years ago. their sacrifice was remembered, and today 400 members of the south atlantic medal association will march past the cenotaph. as the service ended, from the ceiling of

# long to reign over us. # god save the king!# let's go to whitehall and our royal correspondent sarah campbell who's there for us. good morning. the crowds really building up here along whitehall. some 10,000 people expected to line the pavements today. after the service it will be the march past, 10,000 veterans and those associated with the service will be marching past the cenotaph. harvey filmon,

who will you be marching for? how very personal reason for you. i’m very personal reason for you. i'm with the very personal reason for you. in with the survival equipment association. my dad was in the raf and sadly in 2,000 he passed away. it is a really proud moment for me to honour him marching here and to be with the families. this to honour him marching here and to be with the families.— be with the families. this is the second time — be with the families. this is the second time you _ be with the families. this is the second time you have _ be with the families. this is the second time you have marched | be with the families. this is the - second time you have marched past. what does it mean to you? it is an absolute honour to be here to march for my dad, to remember the fallen and the veterans who dedicated their lives to us. you and the veterans who dedicated their lives to us. ., ., , ' ~ _, lives to us. you are 'ust 16 come across lives to us. you are 'ust 16 come lives to us. you are just 16 come across your generation - lives to us. you are just 16 come across your generation how - lives to us. you are just 16 come - across your generation how important is it for people of your generation? i think it is so important to get the younger people involved because their ancestors have thought of this country and it shouldn't be forgotten. country and it shouldn't be forgotten-— country and it shouldn't be foruotten. , , ., ., forgotten. piers lewis, leading to 656 squadron. — forgotten. piers lewis, leading to 656 squadron, the _ forgotten. piers lewis, leading to 656 squadron, the army - forgotten. piers lewis, leading to 656 squadron, the army air - forgotten. piers lewis, leading to| 656 squadron, the army air corps association. tell us about your background and how much it means to you to march. this

background and how much it means to you to march-— you to march. this is the seventh time i have _ you to march. this is the seventh time i have marched _ you to march. this is the seventh time i have marched here. - you to march. this is the seventh time i have marched here. it - you to march. this is the seventh i time i have marched here. it means so much _ time i have marched here. it means so much to— time i have marched here. it means so much to me. it is so important to me, especially as leader of the association and having done three tours _ association and having done three tours in_ association and having done three tours in afghanistan where i have lost friends. it tours in afghanistan where i have lost friends.— lost friends. it is quite critical for us. lost friends. it is quite critical for us- at _ lost friends. it is quite critical for us- at 11 _ lost friends. it is quite critical for us. at 11 o'clock _ lost friends. it is quite critical for us. at 11 o'clock in - lost friends. it is quite critical for us. at 11 o'clock in the - lost friends. it is quite critical- for us. at 11 o'clock in the silence happens here, it is such a moving moment. ., , ., , ~ ., moment. you will you be thinking of? a mixture. particularly _ moment. you will you be thinking of? a mixture. particularly the _ moment. you will you be thinking of? a mixture. particularly the queen, . a mixture. particularly the queen, seeing _ a mixture. particularly the queen, seeing as— a mixture. particularly the queen, seeing as we lost her this year, king _ seeing as we lost her this year, king charles, and friends that i have _ king charles, and friends that i have lost— king charles, and friends that i have lost in afghanistan, family members — have lost in afghanistan, family members who are lost in world war i am friends _ members who are lost in world war i am friends who are lost in northern ireiand~ _ am friends who are lost in northern ireland. ., ., ., ,~/ ~ ireland. how important do you think it is for people _ ireland. how important do you think it is for people to _ ireland. how important do you think it is for people to stop _ ireland. how important do you think it is for people to stop and - ireland. how important do you think it is for people to stop and pause i it is for people to stop and pause for two minutes? it is it is for people to stop and pause for two minutes?— for two minutes? it is critical. it is only two _ for two minutes? it is critical. it is only two minutes _ for two minutes? it is critical. it is only two minutes at - for two minutes? it is critical. it. is only two minutes at peoplelives. it is is only two minutes at peoplelives. it is so _ is only two minutes at peoplelives. it is so critical to be part of this crowd~ — it is so critical to be part of this crowd. , ., ~ , ., it is so critical to be part of this crowd. , . ~' , ., , crowd. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed- _ crowd. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. i'm _ crowd. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. i'm sure _ crowd. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. i'm sure it'll- crowd. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. i'm sure it'll be - crowd. gentlemen, thank you very much indeed. i'm sure it'll be a . much indeed. i'm sure it'll be a moving moment, as it always is here

at 11 o'clock. less than an hour now before the king, for the first time as will take his place at the cenotaph, and lay a wreath. his mother, the queen, died just after two months ago, the person who was the longest serving commander—in—chief of the armed forces here in great britain, so are particularly poignant remembrance service this year. particularly poignant remembrance service this year. spending cuts of about £35billion and plans to raise some £20 billion in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out in thursday's autumn statement. none ofjeremy hunt's decisions have been officially confirmed, but it is understood most of the extra revenue will come from freezing tax thresholds. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is with me.

nothing officially confirmed yet, but what do we understand will be in that statement? s, but what do we understand will be in that statement?— but what do we understand will be in that statement? a few days ahead of that statement? a few days ahead of that important _ that statement? a few days ahead of that important statement _ that statement? a few days ahead of that important statement on - that important statement on thursday, we are getting a broad picture of what he is going to announce. it won't be confirmed until the chancellor stands up in the house of commons. he has set at every turn over the last few weeks, as has the prime minister, that they will have to take difficult, even eye watering decisions to increase confidence, restore confidence in the uk economy and public finances after the fallout from the mini budget under liz truss and quality karting and couple of months ago, and also to bring down debt, which is devastated aim over the next couple of years. they are proposing tax cuts and tax rises, sorry tax rises and spending cuts. jeremy hunt did not say exactly what he was going to do, and you wouldn't expect him to this far out from that

statement, but he did have one very broad message about the fact that everyone is going to have to bear some of the burden. we are going to see everyone paying more tax, we're going to see spending cuts, but i think it's very important to say that we are a resilient country, i think that, as simon sharma would say, we've faced bigger challenges in our history in the past, and we are also a compassionate country. we will introduce a plan that will see us through the very choppy waters that we're are in economically, but we'll make sure that we protect the most vulnerable and, in particular, deal with the single biggest worry for people on low incomes, which is the rising cost of their weekly shop and rising energy prices. economically, that make sense too because, as pauljohnson was saying, inflation is much higher than it should be and that is destabilising people's family finances, as well as being very bad for businesses and the economy.

he said he wanted to make sure that any recession that the uk went into was a short and shallow as possible, he said he would not hide the fact he said he would not hide the fact he was putting up taxes, that is as far as they went to acknowledging that there will be a freeze in the income tax threshold, which whereas it doesn't increase the rate at which they pay tax, but it does mean that as salaries go up more people pay tax as a result. energy support, the open—ended nature of the energy support package announced in the previous administration was one of the things that lead to the turmoil that we saw on the markets and jeremy hunt talking about that support continuing, but not unlimited on that basis. he said there would be some restraint there. labour are saying that this is a mess of the conservative's own

making and that the lack of economic forecasts that came with the previous budget is a big part of the problem. this shadow chancellor set out what her party would do in power a little earlier. it is disappointing that we still don't know the state of the public finances. the last chancellor gagged the office for public responsibility, so we haven't been able to see the details of what our public finances or the state of economy are. i think there are two important things that i'm looking for from the chancellor on thursday and that i would prioritise if it was me as a labour chancellor making the autumn statement. the first is about fair choices to manage the public finances. the second is a serious plan for growth to stop us languishing at the bottom of the global league tables of growth and, instead, see some of the big opportunities for the industries of the future and investment and jobs here in britain.

there is a political debate surrounding what the chancellor is going to do later this week, because for all of the talk of the government filling the fiscal black hole, finding tens of billions of pounds worth of savings through tax rises and spending cuts, some people, not least many conservative mps, argued that if you raise taxes it will have the opposite of the intended impact, constraining the spending power of people, putting the brakes on the economy growing and make the problem worse in the long term. jeremy hunt answered some of those critics in his own party and some of those arguing he is taking the wrong approach by saying that if we went too far in the other direction and cut taxes as liz truss did as prime minister to that extent, then we saw the fallout for all to see, so he is talking wherever possible about sensible, fair decisions, but not hiding the impacts that is likely to come. iuntimely

impacts that is likely to come. when do we aet impacts that is likely to come. when do we get the _ impacts that is likely to come. when do we get the statement? _ impacts that is likely to come. when do we get the statement? thursday. thank you. hello, there. for some of us it really has been a murky start to remember on sunday. a of low cloud, mist in dense fog in places, but the one weather a team that unites the country is just how exceptionally mild it is and it will can take —— continue to be so throughout the day. the fog will lift and we will see some sunshine coming through as we are still under this influence of high pressure to be so throughout the day. the fog will lift and we will see some sunshine coming through as we are still under this influence of high pressure the wind is coming from, it won't arrive until after darkness. so the fog will gradually thing for many. made —— may across parts of the lincolnshire and yorkshire it will linger throughout the day. some sunny spells in the afternoon. the

winds will be a feature, particularly across scotland, and ahead of that weather front starting to strengthen here. more cloud into northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. look at the temperature is once again, incredibly mild, well above the average for this time of year, 11 up to 18 celsius the overall high. as we move through sunday evening, that rain will start to move into northern ireland, a speu to move into northern ireland, a spell of wet weather moving into northern ireland, western fringes of scotland, wales and south—west england overnight. we will also see some fogs, some of the dents in places over central and eastern england. we do get the clear skies, perhaps temperatures into single figures here, that fog could be quite dense in places and be slow to clear away. at the same time, the cloud and rain will start to nudge in from the west. it weakens off as we bump into that high—pressure, so a narrow band of rain behind and we will see brighter conditions developing through the afternoon. top temperatures of around 11 up to 15 degrees, so a degree or so down

in recent days. a spell of wetter and windy weather to come on tuesday. the rain quite heavy for a time and it is going to move its way across the whole of the country throughout the day on tuesday. that wet and windy weather sweeping its way eastwards, quite a clear —— quite a clearance behind for sunny spells. top temperatures through the afternoon 11 up to 30 degrees, down to where we should be for this time of year. that unsettled theme will continue as we go through the week, with temperatures no higher than 13.

this is bbc news. the headlines... king charles will lead the remembrance day service as the nation falls silent for two minutes at 11am. ukraine's president says russian troops destroyed all critical infrastructure in the city of kherson and nearby areas before they withdrew. an iranian exile who lived in a paris airport for 18 years now we're going to share an act

of kindness that has been remembered for almost 80 years. in 1944, normandy veteran reg pye gave a piece of bread and jam to a stranger whilst fighting in france. he's kept a photograph of the girl he helped in his wallet ever since, but never expected to see her again. fortunately, luck was on his side. lucy vladev reports. we landed upon the beach, because it was late getting there. we broke down on the way up, it was american landing craft, you can see that. and the corvettes were circling us. some memories neverfade. for reg, both the harshness and humour he found during the war still burn brightly. myself, an american airborne boy, rushed for a hole in the ground because of the bombing, and we spent the night with a rabbit, a nanny goat and a pig.

a normandy veteran, he was building bridges and taking up mines, which landed him in a village in northern france in 1944. one afternoon, with rations of pilchards and jam on bread in hand, he suddenly noticed a girl. she was staring at me and i thought, what's she staring at? i looked down and it was the bread. so i offered her the bread, i don't remember her taking the bread, but i remember her running across the village square and going into the church. i never saw her after that. but then in the morning we were pulling away, carry on wherever we were going, but in my cab i had a quantity of milk, don't know how much, i don't even remember if i drank it or not, but in amongst that was a photograph. and reg kept that photo for nearly 80 years, never telling

anyone his story until now. so this armistice day, they finally reunited. with bread and jam, of course. jam sandwich. they laugh. it was a chance to rekindle a connection started decades ago. and despite the hard times for reg, who turns 99 today, humour always wins out. so she is going to dump her boyfriend in the home now and she is going to marry reg. she is going to marry you? laughter. that is what the interpreters said, she is going to marry you, she is going to dump her boyfriend. there we are. a new chapter, perhaps, in an extraordinary life. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans are being encouraged to take part in a new government review which will consider the impact of the ban on homosexuality

in the armed forces. the restrictions, preventing individuals from serving, were lifted in the year 2000, but it's hoped those affected will now feel more able to share their experiences. phil mccann reports. this year i will be laying a wreath on behalf of the lgbt foundation. carl will be among those marching to manchester's cenotaph today. he was the city's first openly gay lord mayor, but years before that he was in the raf as a fireman... the first warning of the crash came about 12:50pm. ..where, amongst other things, carl was commended for rescuing a pilot from this plane crash in devon, who later died in hospital. in 1997, though... the air force called me in, in april, and just asked me, do you have homosexual tendencies? carl was dismissed for being gay. i rememberjust driving outside the camp gates and sitting there for about three

hours, just crying. because of the fact that i had just now lost everything, just because of my sexuality. it had no impact on anything that i did within the armed forces or within the air force. a ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces has been lifted. a legal challenge led to the ban being lifted 22 years ago, and now a government review is looking at the impact the ban had on lesbian and gay, bisexual and transgender veterans. manchester's lgbt foundation is helping. the review is going to be important in terms of finally acknowledging some of those injustices. some of the most horrific stories are finally going to be documented, so that we can really kind of look into the history of that. but going forward, what we are also hoping is that this acknowledgement is going to lead to a greater relationship between the lgbt+ community and the armed forces community, and hopefully make sure that the armed forces community is much more inclusive going forward. it is hoped those affected by the ban will be prepared to relive painful memories as the country gets ready to remember.

let's cross live to witehall, where king charles iii will lead the nation in honouring those who lost their lives at war in his first remembrance sunday service as sovereign. there will be services taking place across the country at 11am, people will fall silent to remember. central london, whitehall, the cenotaph, members of the royal family, including king charles, will be laying it wreaths. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell is at the cenotaph.

good morning. good morning, the final minutes _ good morning. good morning, the final minutes of _ good morning. good morning, the final minutes of build-up - good morning. good morning, the final minutes of build-up now - good morning. good morning, the| final minutes of build-up now until final minutes of build—up now until the service and the two—minute silence at 11am, just before then the king, for the first time as monica, will take his place around the cenotaph and lay a wreath followed by other members of the family —— first time as moderate. the march passed after with some 10,000 members of the british legion veterans. many people having their own thoughts, their own reasons why the hair, links with the armed forces. i am pleased i have this sergeant, a critical care nurse with me, yourfatherfought in sergeant, a critical care nurse with me, your father fought in the falklands conflict, remembering this year because it is a0 years since that conflict, you were very little at a time, what has he told you? i

was about a year—and—a—half old, i had never— was about a year—and—a—half old, i had never seen my father before then, _ had never seen my father before then, he — had never seen my father before then, he was in the falklands war, he taught— then, he was in the falklands war, he taught us about the hardships he went through, everything was dire and cold, — went through, everything was dire and cold, he said all the training he had _ and cold, he said all the training he had was not enough for any wall, -- any— he had was not enough for any wall, -- any war. — he had was not enough for any wall, —— any war, but he talked about it passionately and emotionally, because — passionately and emotionally, because he lost one of his friends. he called — because he lost one of his friends. he called him... hejoined because he lost one of his friends. he called him... he joined the miiitary— he called him... he joined the military at_ he called him... he joined the military at the same time as he did, he lost _ military at the same time as he did, he lost his— military at the same time as he did, he lost his life, he talks about him very emotionally. that is one of the things— very emotionally. that is one of the things that — very emotionally. that is one of the things that pops in my head every time i_ things that pops in my head every time i talk— things that pops in my head every time i talk about the falklands war and remembrance. unfortunately my father— and remembrance. unfortunately my father couldn't be here today to share _ father couldn't be here today to share that remembrance with me,

but _ share that remembrance with me, but... , ., , ~' share that remembrance with me, but... , ,, but... 255 people killed back in 1982, in but... 255 people killed back in 1982. in the — but... 255 people killed back in 1982, in the thoughts - but. .. 255 people killed back in 1982, in the thoughts of- but... 255 people killed back in 1982, in the thoughts of many, i but... 255 people killed back in - 1982, in the thoughts of many, since you joined the army as a critical care nurse you have seen your fair share of difficult moments, what will you be thinking about at 11am? i will be thinking about all the fallen— i will be thinking about all the fallen soldiers, to be honest. i take _ fallen soldiers, to be honest. i take interest in all the world wars and i_ take interest in all the world wars and i will— take interest in all the world wars and i will be thinking about all the soldiers _ and i will be thinking about all the soldiers before our generation who sacrificed _ soldiers before our generation who sacrificed their lives for our freedom _ sacrificed their lives for our freedom and democracy and way of life, freedom and democracy and way of life. so— freedom and democracy and way of life. so i_ freedom and democracy and way of life, so i will be thinking of all of them _ life, so i will be thinking of all of them. but since world war ii until— of them. but since world war ii until now. _ of them. but since world war ii until now. i_ of them. but since world war ii until now, i have a few friends who were _ until now, i have a few friends who were involved in afghanistan, iwill be thinking about them as well, some of them _ be thinking about them as well, some of them didn't come back from the conflict, _ of them didn't come back from the conflict, so — of them didn't come back from the conflict, so i will be thinking about— conflict, so i will be thinking about along with all the veterans from _ about along with all the veterans from falklands and world wars. you were ve

from falklands and world wars. gm. were very involved in the battle against covid recently, so it has been a difficult few years, despite not being in a conflict zone, there has been struggles for all of you to cope with. has been struggles for all of you to co -e with. ., has been struggles for all of you to coewith. . , cope with. yeah, i suppose so, it was a conflict _ cope with. yeah, i suppose so, it was a conflict insider _ cope with. yeah, i suppose so, it was a conflict insider own - cope with. yeah, i suppose so, it. was a conflict insider own country, a difficult — was a conflict insider own country, a difficult situation for all. the staff— a difficult situation for all. the staff working in hospitals, especially in critical care, we were overstretched, pushed us beyond our limits _ overstretched, pushed us beyond our limits and _ overstretched, pushed us beyond our limits and boundaries, i will be thinking — limits and boundaries, i will be thinking about all the people who showed _ thinking about all the people who showed their great camaraderie and team effort with me, all the staff, and people who sadly passed away during _ and people who sadly passed away during the pandemic.— and people who sadly passed away during the pandemic. thank you for takin: the during the pandemic. thank you for taking the time _ during the pandemic. thank you for taking the time to _ during the pandemic. thank you for taking the time to talk _ during the pandemic. thank you for taking the time to talk to _ during the pandemic. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. - during the pandemic. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. you i taking the time to talk to us. you can hear the build—up starting, one person who will be many people post my thoughts today is britain's longest serving commander—in—chief,

the late queen, who died two months ago, herson the late queen, who died two months ago, her son for the first time as momnarch will be leading the nation in remembrance today. —— as monarch. the bbc has calculated that more than a0,000 migrants have crossed the channel from france to england in small boats so far this year. it's the highest number since figures began to be collected in 2018. two years ago there were just over 8,000 arrivals. the governing conservative party says this level of migration is not sustainable. 0ur corresondent simon jones is in dover, reaching the milestone of a0,000 people having made the crossing so far is a difficult moment for the british government, which has made such a play of saying it would take back control of british borders. weather—wise, in the channel today, it is very, very calm, and that means, for the border force, for the lifeboat and for it is going to be anything but calm.

we are expecting people to arrive in large numbers as they did yesterday. we are told that britain and france are inching ever closer to a new deal try to stop, or at least reduce the crossings. we are told that britain is going to have to give france millions of pounds to fund extra police officers on the beaches over in northern france. those will be french police officers. at the moment, france is said to be stopping just over a0% of crossings, but the authorities think that figure needs to be more like 70% or 80% to really begin to break the business model of the people smugglers who are organising the journeys. this agreement is also likely to see british immigration officers based in control rooms over in northern france for the first time, so they have a much closer view of what is actually happening there. but we are unlikely to see british border officer

boots on french beaches — i think that would be a difficult issue for the french authorities regarding sovereignty. in terms of other ideas to stop the crossings, the british immigration minister, writing in the sunday telegraph this morning, says he wants to stop what he calls the lure of hotel britain, the fact that many people making the crossing end up getting put up in hotels because there isn't other suitable accommodation for them. he thinks that is acting as a bit of a magnet, he says he wants more functional accommodation, such as looking into perhaps using former student accommodation or disused holiday parks, but groups which support refugees here in the uk say the idea that people are coming across simply wanting to languish in hotels is false and the big problem is the huge backlog in asylum claims waiting to be assessed at more than 100,000. in terms of what we are expecting today and tomorrow, with the weather calm,

we are expecting more busy times. failings in the energy market have cost £2.7 billion — that's almost £100 per household — according to a group of mps. the public accounts committee said the industry regulator, 0fgem, had been too late to spot problems before a spike in wholesale energy prices last year, which caused dozens of suppliers to go bust. our business correspondent, mark ashdown, reports. until 2016, the energy market was dominated by the big six suppliers — including british gas and edf. 0fgem's efforts to create more competition and cheaper prices led to dozens of smaller firms flooding in. but, within a couple of years, problems started to emerge. and this group of mps says the regulator was too slow to get a grip. it was a balance between how financially resilient they are where something went wrong. and when problems of their financial

resilience became apparent in 2018, 0fgem didn't act till 2019, and a regulator needs to be there on the side of a consumer. and, in this case, they really missed that boat. and that, this report says, came at a cost. sincejuly last year, a total of 28 energy suppliers have gone out of business. that's affected around a million households. it's being paid for in all our bills to the tune of £2.7 billion, or £9a per household. the report says the energy price cap only gives limited protection to households. since it was first introduced in 2019, the typical bill payer has seen their costs go up by 221%. this committee now fears that wholesale prices could force the current cap of £3,500 for an average household significantly higher. in a statement, 0fgem said the sheer scale and pace of this once—in—a—generation global energy price shock meant supplier failures were seen all over the world. but the supplier of last resort scheme acted as a vital safety net

for british consumers, ensuring they continued to receive energy when their supplier failed. the committee of mps is also calling on the government to lay out how it plans to reform the energy market to support households as it moves away from fossil fuels towards more renewable energy supplies. mark ashdown, bbc news. an iranian man ,who lived in a paris airport for 18 years, has died. mehran karimi nasseri's experience inspired the 200a film the terminal, starring tom hanks. lacking the correct paperwork to travel, he had made a small area of charles de gaulle airport his home. emer mccarthy reports. mehran karimi nasseri's story was stranger than fiction. an iranian exile, he lived in paris' charles de gaulle airport for 18 years after being refused entry to britain and france because he had no papers.

here he is speaking back in 1999. i think nobody can live 11 years in such a situation. and i am a unique immigration case. i have appealed to two, three, four governments, and some have been successfully granted, and some refused, but in this situation, i am a unique immigration case. all of his possessions were stored in boxes and bags on an airport cart, and he would wash and shave in airport bathrooms. mr navorski, follow me. his story grabbed the attention of the famed director steven spielberg and inspired the 200a film the terminal. there is a man walking around the terminal in a bath robe.

tom hanks played the role of viktor navorski who was based on mehran karimi nasseri, and found himself stranded athk. despite being granted refugee status and the right to remain in france in 1999, mehran stayed at the airport until 2006. he then spent time living in a hostel, using the money he had received for the terminal. an airport official said he returned to the airport a few weeks ago, where he lived until he died of natural causes in terminal 2f. he was 76. the country will soon come to a standstill to remember all those who have fallen, died and was passed, protecting the uk and wider principles of democracy and freedom.

let me show you some pictures from witehall, where king charles iii will lead the nation in honouring those who lost their lives at war in his first remembrance sunday service as sovereign. the royal family will lay wreaths at the cenotaph and the uk will fall silent at 11 o'clock this morning as part of the commemorations. there will be remembrance services right across the uk, people will be coming out and paying their respects. just moving from london to edinburgh for the service here.

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me talk you through what we are expecting over the next half—an—hour or so. expecting over the next half—an—hour orso. guests, dignitaries will already have been arriving at the foreign office, not far from where we are watching this band playing right now. members of the royal family will arrive at the foreign office also about now, they should office also about now, they should be gathered there now. in the next minute or so we are expecting a petition to leave by the front door of the foreign office building and take its position around the cenotaph. and now we are going to leave you here and we willjoin a special programme on bbc one with david dimbleby.

as the sound of nimrod fades away, the music is taken up by henry purcell�*s dido's lament, as we await the arrival of the procession of the clergy and choir who will read the service of remembrance and the members of the armed forces, and the politicians who will come out here, and finally, members of the royal family and the king himself for the two minutes' silence which is now just under eight minutes away. this is a new processional cross, incidentally. it is made from sandringham oak come up with welsh daffodils and irish shamrocks, english roses and scottish thistles. and seven silva studs, it was made

for the queen's platinum jubilee. the choir of the chapel royal, and the police behind them. the bishop of london. dame sarah mullally. and now the generals procession, the general 0fficer commanding london district. christopher ghika and his chief of staff and aide—de—camp. he is in command of all the personnel on parade here today.

next, the procession of politicians, led by the prime minister, rishi sunak, and sir keir starmer, leader of the labour party. king scouts standing as guard of honour on the steps of the foreign and commonwealth and development office. which is where the politicians will emerge. they have reached their highest level of scouting.

solemn melody is a music playing now and we are still waiting for the politicians. here they come. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer. ian blackford, in the kilt. the scottish national party, ed davey from the liberal democrats. former prime ministers. david cameron, theresa may, tony blair, john major, gordon brown. and members of the cabinet. following on

behind. borisjohnson on the left. and to his right, liz truss, who was briefly prime minister. so all the prime ministers standing there. theresa may in the black hat in the middle behind rishi sunak. and keir starmer. and now the chiefs of staff, the chief of the defence staff. admiral sir tony radakin, and representatives of the merchant navy and fishing fleets. and they take their position. just to the side of

their position. just to the side of the cenotaph. and they are followed ljy the cenotaph. and they are followed by the high commissioners. and ambassadors. so these ambassadors and high commissioners form a three sided square with the cenotaph at the end of it. all three sides representing so many different countries who, most of them, contributed in one way or another, with men fighting men in support for the war, women in more recent years. and they are followed

by representatives of many, many different faiths. 22, in all here today. and now the royal party, led by his majesty the king. followed by his son, the prince of wales. the princess royal. the duke of wessex. and on the balcony, the queen consort. and now big ben starts the chimes. leading up to the

two minutes' silence at 11 o'clock. big ben strikes the hour

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king's troop with the gun is signalling the end of the two—minute silence. not that king moves forward in his uniform, of the uk armed forces. —— 110w. —— now. now the wreath is laid on behalf of the queen consort as she is watching from a balcony as the wreath is laid on her behalf. and now the prince of wales, uniform

of royal air force officer, seven and a half years of military service, working as a search and rescue helicopter pilot. he is followed by the earl of wessex, uniform of an honorary colonel of, undera wessex, uniform of an honorary colonel of, under a number of regiments in canada. princess royal, she is handed her wreath, admiral chief commandant for women in the royal navy, her

uniform. also a general in the army and air chief marshal in the royal air force. and now captain charles longstaff, the duke of kent's equerry, he lays a wreath on his behalf. 0n the left, on the balcony, sir timothy laurence, husband of the princess royal. the war graves commission, which has owned over 20,000 graveyards to protect and something like 150 countries. now they stand

at ease and we come to the laying of wreaths first by the politicians of the united kingdom. led by the prime minister, rishi sunak. sir keir starmer, leader of the labour party.

ian blackford, he lays his wreath on behalf of the scottish national party which he leads at westminster and also on the of plaid cymru, the welsh nationalist party. —— on behalf of plaid cymru. sir ed davey, leader of the liberal

democrats. sirjeffrey donaldson, on behalf of the democratic unionist party of northern ireland.

and now side by side, the two speakers, one of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle, and the other, on the left, lord mcfall, lord speaker of the house of lords. and now the foreign secretary, james cleverly. and on his left, the home secretary, suella braverman, she lays her wreath on behalf of the intelligence agencies.

and now wreaths laid on behalf of the crown dependencies and the united kingdom's 0verseas territories. including the chief minister of guernsey and jersey, do isle of man, representatives from anglia, bermuda, british virgin islands, cayman islands, falkland islands, cayman islands, falkland islands, gibraltar, saint helena,

ascension and the turks and caicos islands. the channel islands, the only part of the british isles that were actually occupied by nazi germany during the second world war. next it is the turn of the high commissioners. first from canada, australia, new zealand, south africa, india, pakistan, sri lanka, ghana and malaysia. all those countries which played a crucial part in both world wars. almost1

million australians served in the first and second world wars. and south africa, 200,000 people served in world war i. the second group is made up of high commissioners from nigeria, cyprus, sierra leone, tanzania, from jamaica, from trinidad and tobago, from uganda and from kenya. and it has now been noticed in perhaps a way it wasn't in the past, many african troops fought in the first world war and the second, who were killed, they do

not have known graves, their deaths were not marked, but here, today, they are remembered. and now high commissioners from malawi, malta, zambia, the gambia, singapore, guyana, botswana, lesotho and barbados.

wreath now laid on behalf of mauritius. eswatini. tonga, fiji, bangladesh, the bahamas. grenade. papua new guinea. the seychelles. ——

granada. the commonwealth of dominique. st lucia and st vincent and the grenadines. and now the last group of high commissioners from belize. antigua and barbuda. the maldives. saint christopher and naevus. brunei. namibia, cameroon, mozambique and uganda. the bonn and togo. mozambique was a portuguese colony invaded in world war i after

portugaljoined the allies and was part of forces fought over in east africa, but all now members of the commonwealth. —— and rwanda. and the ambassador of ireland martin fraser and the ambassador of nepal will lay wreaths together. gyan chandra acharya. in the first world war, something like 200,000 people from ireland volunteered, this was before partition, to fight. and the gurkhas of course have for many years been part of the british army, way back in 1816, the first commission, today, over3,000 in 1816, the first commission, today, over 3,000 of them serve in the british army. the chief of the

services admiral sir tony radakin and sir ben key chief of the naval staff and chief of the general staff general sir patrick standards, the chief of the air staff, air chief marshal sir mike wigston. and they are followed by the civilian chief representatives of the merchant navy, air transport auxiliary association and the civilians services. andrew pascoe for the merchant navy and the fishing fleets. john lumsden for the air transport auxiliary association. and the chair of the national fire chiefs council, mark hardingham. and that ends the formal wreath laying and the service follows, led by the

bishop of london. 0 almighty god, grant, we beseech thee, that we who here do honour to the memory of those who have died in the service of their country and of the crown may be so inspired by the spirit of their love and fortitude that, forgetting all selfish and unworthy motives, we may live only to thy glory and to the service of mankind, through jesus christ our lord, amen. music: 0 god, our help in ages past # 0 god our help in ages past # our hope for years to come # 0ur shelter from the stormy blast # and our eternal home

# beneath the shadow of thy throne # thy saints have dwelt secure # sufficient is thine arm alone # and our defence is sure # before the hills in order stood # 0r earth received herframe # from everlasting thou art god # to endless years the same # a thousand ages in thy sight # are like an evening gone # short as the watch

that ends the night # before the rising sun # 0 god our help in ages past # our hope in years to come # be though our guard while troubles last # and our eternal home #. teach us good lord to serve thee as thou deservest, to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labour and not to ask for any reward,

save that of knowing that we do thy will, throughjesus christ our lord, amen. 0ur father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory for ever and ever amen. unto god's gracious mercy and protection we commit you the lord bless you and keep you make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you

and give you his peace this day and always amen. you're watching bbc news on remembrance sunday. the british royalfamily and senior politicians have laid wreaths at the cenotaph in london to commemorate those who lost their lives in war. we aren't leaving the programme but we are going to stay on these pictures and pause for a few moments to reflect on the service that is taking place.

music: god save the king # god save our gracious king # long live our noble king # god save the king # send him victorious # happy and glorious # long to reign over us # god save the king #. we will leave the coverage that on those images of king charles iii at the cenotaph in central london. time to look at the days other news. democrats will keep control of the us senate after holding the state of nevada. in a tight race their candidate catherine cortez masto defeated the republican adam laxalt, who'd been endorsed by donald trump. the democrats now have 50 seats to the republicans' a9.

the remaining seat, georgia, is going to a run off in december. in the event of the senate being divided equally between the two parties, vice president kamala harris has the casting vote. president biden told reporters that he was �*incredibly pleased' with the result. congratulations to senator schumer, he has a majority again, ifeel good about where we are. i know i'm an optimist, i understand that, but i'm not surprised by the turnout, i'm incredibly pleased by the turnout, and i think it's a reflection on all of our candidates. they are all running on the same programme. president biden reacting to the results. an interesting picture for politics right now, the us senate, the upper house controlled by the democrats although legislatively,

the legislation originates in the house of representatives so a difficult time forjoe biden's agenda over the next couple of years. we will be returning to the us to get more analysis on what exactly that result means. for the moment, thank you. you are watching bbc news. wejust moment, thank you. you are watching bbc news. we just had to pause as we said goodbye to our viewers watching around the world. if you are here in the uk, thank you for staying with us. the rest of the day's news. in ukraine, president volodymr zelensky has said russian troops destroyed all the critical infrastructure in kherson, including water, heating and electricity, before they abandoned the city. ukrainian officials have imposed a curfew there, because of what they say is a continuing security threat. ukraine regained control of the city, after moscow said 30,000 russian troops were pulled out of the area on friday. but there are reports

that the kremlin's forces are making new fortifications on the left bank of the dnipro river. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse sent this report from 0dessa in ukraine 36 miles north of kherson, a reminder that liberation is rarely simple. this is the kakhovka dam — one of ukraine's biggest hydroelectric power plants. it's not clear who did this. a section's clearly been destroyed. if it collapsed, more than 80 locations would be flooded, including kherson. for now, the city is full of relief and celebration. the sight of ukrainian soldiers marks the end of eight months of russian occupation. recovery will take longer. translation: before fleeing from kherson, the occupiers i destroyed all critical infrastructure, communication, water supply, heat, electricity.

russian forces everywhere have the same goal. mockery of people as much as possible. but we will restore everything, believe me. russian forces may have retreated across the dnipro river, but they haven't gone away. we have been warned yesterday by our general staff of the ukrainian armed forces that russians are making new fortifications on the left bank side of the dnipro river, and there is a likelihood of massive artillery shelling. ukraine forcing russia out completely is still a long way off. but, in a war which brings more bad news than good, this is a country savouring kherson's liberation. now time for a look at the weather. hello there. our morning has been dead dominated by some dense fog but the story will improve as we move

into the afternoon, that fog gradually lifting into low cloud and breaking up, perhaps retreating and lingering across the east coast. elsewhere it is going to be a sunday of some sunny spells for many and, for most, lighter winds. the strongest of the wind is perhaps across scotland and this is where the front that is moving into northern ireland but that is not going to arrive until after dark. in terms of the feel of the weather, incredibly mild for this time of year with highs of around 11—18 c. that rain will gradually move into northern ireland through the evening and overnight, a spell of heavy rain but quite a narrow band moving through northern ireland, western fringes of scotland, south—west wales, and south—west england. ahead of it we will see some fog. the rain will gradually sweep its weight steadily eastwards.

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