good afternoon. people across the uk have been paying their respects to those who have lost their lives during war. at the cenotaph in london, king charles led his first remembrance sunday ceremony since acceding to the throne. the service was followed by a march—past of 10,000 veterans. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell reports. a solemn ceremony of national remembrance in its familiarform

amid the colours of autumn, but with one notable absence. at 10:59am the king, charles iii, took his place at the cenotaph for the first time as britain's monarch. for so many decades of the nation's remembrance had been led by his late mother queen elizabeth. now she too is remembered for her service. at 11 o'clock, the national two—minute silence. big ben strikes the hour.

music: last post at the cenotaph the last post marked the end of the two—minute silence. the king laid his wreath in tribute to all those from the united kingdom and countries of the commonwealth who lost their lives in the world wars and more recent wreaths were led by political leaders headed by british prime minister rishi sunak. and then after the commonwealth representatives and the commonwealth representatives and the military chiefs, it was the turn of the veterans. 10,000 men and women who served on many different battlefields. 0n parade today, a0 years after the falklands war, 500 veterans of that conflict. so many with their own memories of comrades who never came home, remembered today with gratitude. nicholas

witchell, bbc news. the chancellor has told the bbc that "everyone" will pay more tax — and there will be spending cuts — when he gives his autumn statement on thursday. jeremy hunt said the most vulnerable would be protected, but "difficult decisions" had to be made. and he said in future there would be "constraints" on the government's support for people's energy bills. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. he's been warning us for weeks. this government — he's been warning us for weeks. this government will— he's been warning us for weeks. ti 3 government will therefore take whatever tough decisions are necessary. we are going to have to take some very difficult decisions. it's not going to be easy, there are going to be some very difficult choices. and this morning the chancellor said, in the starkest terms yet, what his statement in a few days' time will mean for us all. we are going to see everyone paying more tax, we are going to see spending cuts. but i think it's very important to say that we are a

resilient country. the chancellor will not say yet what is coming but changes to income tax, a squeeze on government spending and energy firms giving up more of their profits are all expected. the principle i approach is i will not be hiding anything i do. i'm a conservative chancellor and i think i've been completely explicit that taxes are going to go up. that's a very difficult thing for me to do because i came into politics to do the exact opposite so i will be honest, i will be fair, and it will be a balanced approach that recognises that the economy is struggling at the moment, businesses are struggling, families are struggling, and we need to help people through a difficult time, whilst putting in place a long—term plan that gets us through to the other side and allows our economy to take off, as i really believe it can. , , , , ., can. help with energy bills would continue, can. help with energy bills would continue. mr— can. help with energy bills would continue, mr hunt _ can. help with energy bills would continue, mr hunt said, - can. help with energy bills would continue, mr hunt said, but - can. help with energy bills would i continue, mr hunt said, but scaled back from previous plans. 0ne back from previous plans. one of the reasons for the instability that followed the mini

budget was that people were worried that we were exposing british public finances to the volatility of the international gas market, so there has to be some constraints to it. but yes, we will continue to support families. labour argues the conservatives are largely to blame for the state of the economy, and that a shift in long—term thinking is needed. it is long-term thinking is needed. it is so important _ long—term thinking is needed. it is so important that we have a serious plan for— so important that we have a serious plan for growing our economy and improving — plan for growing our economy and improving living standards of ordinary— improving living standards of ordinary people. that will give us the money— ordinary people. that will give us the money to invest in public services, _ the money to invest in public services, butjust because you have to make _ services, butjust because you have to make difficult decisions doesn't mean _ to make difficult decisions doesn't mean you — to make difficult decisions doesn't mean you have to make the same decisions — mean you have to make the same decisions. the decisions and choices that labour— decisions. the decisions and choices that labour would be making would make _ that labour would be making would make our— that labour would be making would make our tax system fairer and would .row make our tax system fairer and would grow the _ make our tax system fairer and would grow the economy so we have the money— grow the economy so we have the money for— grow the economy so we have the money for those essential public services — money for those essential public services. ,, ., money for those essential public services. , ., , money for those essential public services. ., , services. some conservatives worry raising taxes _ services. some conservatives worry raising taxes could _ services. some conservatives worry raising taxes could make _ services. some conservatives worry raising taxes could make things - raising taxes could make things worse, whatever political case is made big decisions with a big impact are looming. jonathan blake, bbc

news. the government has confirmed that almost a1,000 migrants have now crossed the channel to the uk so far this year. there were more arrivals at dover this morning — the ministry of defence said 972 people made the crossing yesterday. a police officer with the lancashire force has been charged with attempted murder. it follows an incident at a hotel in manchester when a woman was taken to hospital. james riley, who's 27, has been remanded in custody, to appear in court tomorrow. in the united states, the democrats have retained control of the senate in the mid—term elections, after winning a pivotal race in the state of nevada. president biden said he was incredibly pleased by the results, which are a blow to donald trump's hopes of running again for the white house. 0ur north america editor sarah smith, sent this report. after a nail—biting wait, democrats can now celebrate a result they didn't dare hope for when voters went to the polls last week. i am so

crateful went to the polls last week. i am so grateful to all of _ went to the polls last week. i am so grateful to all of you. _ went to the polls last week. i am so grateful to all of you. the _ grateful to all of you. the democratic _ grateful to all of you. the democratic incumbent . grateful to all of you. the democratic incumbent in nevada catherine cortez masto was considered to be one of the party's more vulnerable senators but us networks now project she has defeated her republican challenger adam laxalt, a trump acolyte who repeats the big lie about the 2020 presidential election having been stolen. chuck schumer is the democratic senate leader. this election is _ democratic senate leader. this election is a — democratic senate leader. this election is a victory, _ democratic senate leader. this election is a victory, victory and a vindication — election is a victory, victory and a vindication for democrats, our agenda, — vindication for democrats, our agenda, and for the america and for the american people.— the american people. control of the house of representatives _ the american people. control of the house of representatives remains l the american people. control of the | house of representatives remains to be decided is around 20 seats haven't yet been declared. whichever party wins, it looks set to have a very narrow majority. i’m party wins, it looks set to have a very narrow majority. very narrow ma'ority. i'm predicting that, as very narrow ma'ority. i'm predicting that. as we — very narrow majority. i'm predicting that, as i've said _ very narrow majority. i'm predicting that, as i've said all _ very narrow majority. i'm predicting that, as i've said all along, - very narrow majority. i'm predicting that, as i've said all along, it - that, as i've said all along, it will— that, as i've said all along, it will be — that, as i've said all along, it will be perilously— that, as i've said all along, it will be perilously close. - that, as i've said all along, it will be perilously close. we i that, as i've said all along, it. will be perilously close. we can that, as i've said all along, it - will be perilously close. we can win it, will be perilously close. we can win it. whether — will be perilously close. we can win it. whether we _ will be perilously close. we can win it, whether we are _ will be perilously close. we can win it, whether we are going _ will be perilously close. we can win it, whether we are going to- will be perilously close. we can win it, whether we are going to win - will be perilously close. we can win it, whether we are going to win it. it, whether we are going to win it remains — it, whether we are going to win it remains to— it, whether we are going to win it remains to be— it, whether we are going to win it remains to be seen. _ it, whether we are going to win it remains to be seen. this- it, whether we are going to win it remains to be seen.— remains to be seen. this victory means even _ remains to be seen. this victory means even if _ remains to be seen. this victory means even if republicans - remains to be seen. this victory means even if republicans win l remains to be seen. this victory i means even if republicans win the run—off election in georgia scheduled for the 6th of december that democrats will remain in

control of the senate as vice president kamala harris casts a deciding vote. historically the party in power in washington usually loses a considerable number of seats in the mid—term elections. the democrats' performance this year is the best for any governing party in 20 years. sara smith, bbc news, washington. cricket and england have beaten pakistan by five wickets to win the t20 world cup. ben stokes hit the winning runs, he finished on 52 not out. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. a world cup final staged where 100,000 could come. melbourne's cricket ground. but if pakistan play anywhere on earth, theirfans follow. all they need is a flick of the wrists, like this from mohammad harris, and some celebrations begin. this is what england were taking on. but control matters. harris hit, and hoped, and waiting beneath it, ben stokes. and you know what, there were england supporters around, too. england bowled and caught and pakistan stumbled.

babar azam gone for 32. the total, 137. enough? well, now pakistan bowled and they can bowl. shaheen shah afridi a star. jos buttler caught and gone for 26. the game was alive. but when afridi got injured, ben stokes attacked the other bowlers decisively. england have built a squad to succeed anywhere, but it was stokes, who else, to end this final. this trophy to go with the 50—over world cup. england are true world champions. joe wilson, bbc news. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5:55. bye for now. hello. you're watching

the bbc news channel. it's1:10pm. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris. good afternoon. england are double cricket world champions, achieving the feat for the first time in the men's game. they've added the t20 world cup to the 50 over title from 2019, beating pakistan by five wickets in the final in australia. pakistan set england 138 to win at the mcg, with sam curran taking 3—12 in a man of the match performance that also netted him the player of the tournament award. the pitch by no means offered up an easy chase, nor did the famed pakistani pace attack, with shaheen shah afridi bowling alex hales in the first over. butjust like three years ago, ben stokes was england's foundation. from a5—3, he helped england rally with an unbeaten half century, while pakistan had to manage without shaheen who was injured taking a catch. england got over the line with an over to spare, and for captainjos buttler, a world cup win only six months after taking thejob.

amazing. it's been a fantastic tournament, to now be sat here with the trophy is just a massively proud of everyone involved in the tournament and getting up to the stage. we really deserved it tonight. we have obviously made the changes, the geneva teams been on, to have one in 2019 and now the world cup as welljust shows the vision that people have had of where we can get you as a team and there is no reason why we shouldn't go on from strength to strength. after defeat for england in the men's rugby league world cup semifinal yesterday, attention today turns to the wheelchair tournament. england's semi against wales is later at 2:30pm. let's head over to bbc two, where right now australia are playing france in the first of the two matches in sheffield.

as you can see it as a fairly healthy lead, france have 60 points, they have just made it 6a to australia's 16. they have just made it 6a to australia's16. beautifully timed. france 6a—16 australia. france very much the favourites for this tournament and are showing that with a big lead over australia. in rugby union's premiership this lunchtime, leaders saracens host fourth place northampton saints. saints took an early lead with tries from mike haywood and fraser dingwall. saracens winger sean maitland has pulled back two tries for the hosts though. full commentary on bbc five live could mercedes win their first race of the formula one season in brazil this evening? they'll have the best possible start with george russell on pole after winning yesterday's sprint race in sao paolo. he started from third at interlagos and fought an epic battle with new world champion max verstappen. he got past the dutchman just

after the halfway point and went on to win comfortably. carlos sainz finished second, but a five place penalty for his ferrari's engine change sees lewis hamilton move up to second alongside his mercedes team mate. just so, so proud of everyone in the team. and it just feels it feels good to be able to get a good result for them. i saw george overtake, so i got to watch a great race and really, really proud of him as well because together worked really hard with his team to get to this position. boxing, liverpool's natasha jonas added another super—welterweight title to her collection by beating marie—eve dicaire by unanimous decision. the 38—year—old won her first world title in february and then unified the division in september. she capped a memorable year for herself and women's boxing by claiming her third world title in nine months. play has resumed at the uk snooker championships this

afternoon, with coverage available across the bbc with neil robertson, luca brecel and john higgins all in action today. former champion, jimmy white, has however been knocked out of the competition. his dream run was ended by ryan day in a 6—2 defeat. white had won four matches to qualify for the last 32 but day led from the start. he'll face england's sam craigie next, who knocked out defending champion zhao xintong. that's all the sport for now. it is of course the final day of premier league action before the world cup in qatar. aston villa travel to brighton, whilst fulham play manchester united. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. people across the uk have been paying their respects to those who've lost their lives during war.

king charles has led his first remembrance sunday ceremony as monarch, at the cenotaph in london. music: last post 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has been at the cenotaph today. well, for over 100 years,

the service of remembrance has been led from here, the cenotaph. and for most of those decades, of course, has been led by the former commander in chief, the queen. but after her death two months ago, the king, her son, for the first time, led the nation in remembrance today here at the cenotaph. so he was the first to place the sovereign's wreath upon the steps of the cenotaph. another first, there was a wreath laid on behalf of the queen consort and then the prince of wales, prince william, laid his wreath. and probably the music you can hear behind me is what follows on from that. after the two minute silence, the laying of the wreaths, and then the march—past of the 10,000 veterans who gather here today, such an important moment for them to take part in this service. as i say, the first time the king as monarch has laid his wreath

upon the steps of the cenotaph. of course, due to the queen's illnesses over the last few years, he has done it, but always on behalf of the queen. so this was the first time that it was laid on on his behalf. and as i say there, prince william, the prince of wales, laying his own wreath for the first time. so a really significant day, i think, for the royalfamily, the queen consort watching on as her wreath was laid from the foreign office balcony. and now it's the march—past of the veterans. 10,000 veterans will march past the cenotaph today. very important time for them. the largest contingent today, numbering around a00 from the south atlantic medal association. and that, of course, commemorating those who took part in the falklands conflict in 1982. so a0 years ago. also amongst those marching past are veterans from the second world war. of course, very few and far between, several of them over 100 years

old and are marching past today. but again, just to give you an idea of how important it is for them to take part in this march—part. and as we've been saying all morning, the person who's very much in the minds of many of those marching past the cenotaph today, they've told me, it is the queen, the late queen, their commander in chief, the queen for 70 years, somebody who epitomised service and duty and somebody who, as i say, is in many people's thoughts today. i just want to introduce captainjames phillips, who i'm here with, because i think, although we're talking about conflicts past and people remembering people from conflicts past, you're very much involved with training the ukrainian army in their ongoing battle. i think a reminder that war in europe is continuing. yeah, absolutely. so i'm involved with the training of ukrainian recruits here in britain and our support

to them with the war against russia. and i think it's really moving and a reminder that war is still ongoing and we need to support them as much as we can. and how is that happening? so we're taking ukrainian recruits, many of whom start as civilians, and we're training them up over a five week course and giving them the best training we can before they go back to ukraine to fight for their country. well, it's really interesting to hear that that's going on. and ijust wonder at 11am when that silence came and you were here and the gun salute booms out across central london, what was in your thoughts? who was in your thoughts as you listened to that silence? so absolutely, i think about those guys that we've trained and sent back to the ukraine, also the falklands veterans and those who lost their lives. it's a big year for the welsh guards. a0 years on from the conflict.

we lost a2 people there. so, yeah, a big yearfor us. thank you for talking to us. a really diverse number of people, i think, in people's thoughts from those serving at the moment, people in ukraine you just heard there and of course, those veterans from all across the years and of course, the former commander in chief, the queen who died two months ago. the headlines on bbc news. the king led the nation on remembrance sunday observing a two minute silence and laying a wreath in memory of those who have died in war. the democrats have retained control of the us senate providing a boost to presidentjoe biden and dealing a blow to donald trump. ukraine's president says russian troops destroyed all critical infrastructure in the city of kherson and nearby areas before they withdrew. 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 international editor, jeremy bowen has the latest. here in the central square in kherson there is a sense of relief and joy, patriotism as well. they are loving the fact that they can wave the ukrainian flag. but there is trepidation too. they saw the russians close—up for more than eight months. and they are very aware that even though the russians have gone, they are not far away, in range, potentially.

and many hard months, if not years, of the war lie ahead of them. as well as that, there is talk about what happened while the russians were occupying the city, and who collaborated with them. this always happens after an occupation, we have spoken to people here who say they need justice and if they don't get it, they say that some people might take law into their own hands. 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 8000 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 the coastguard 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 pounds, that's almost £100 pounds 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. the cost of living crisis could lead to some foster carers quitting if extra money is not provided to help cover increasing costs. support service "foster talk" said some carers were reaching a "crisis point" and has called for urgent action. 0ur social affairs correspondent emma glasby has this report.

we started fostering in 2007. so just coming up 16 years. i was brought up in a big family. i seem to have this ability to look after huge numbers of children. that's just what i do, and i love doing it. at their home in scarborough, jacqui and her husband are foster carers as well as bringing up their own children. they take in foster children long term in emergencies, and often look after traumatised children with extra needs. but jacqui's concerned foster care allowances are not covering the rising cost of living. foster carers are already subsidising these children's lives. and so, yeah, i am worried because, you know, not all foster carers are in a position where they can do that, and we are already so short of foster carers, you've got to worry for the children that are coming into care. where do they go?

fostering payments vary. jacqui fosters for north yorkshire county council. for a child aged between five and ten, she gets £195 a week to cover costs. for 11 to 15 year olds, it's £2a2. it's to cover food, possibly school meals, clothing, transport to school orfamily visits, toiletries, pocket money, days out, internet, perhaps a mobile phone. it's also for activities like swimming, football or gymnastics, which jacqui says are vital. these children often have very low self—esteem. they suffer from anxiety. they need these things probably more than your own children do, because they need outlets that are creative, something that they can find that they're good at. but if you're not in that situation where you have additional income from whatever, those things are just

going to have to stop. so the children suffer? so the children suffer, yeah. the government says no foster carer should be out of pocket because of the support they provide, but told us that fostering service providers are responsible for setting their own payment structures, using the national minimum allowance. north yorkshire county council told us that in october, it took the unusual decision of increasing fostering payments for the second time this year because of concerns about rising costs. more than 70% of children in care are in foster placements, but many older carers are leaving, and it's a struggle to replace them. some foster carers can have jobs, but jacqui looks after extremely vulnerable children, and says working would be impossible. some children are awake all night. some children abscond. we've had to kind of drive to places looking for these children, reporting things to the police, waiting up on phone calls