the government says it won't reconsider its decision to raise employers�* national insurance — despite businesses warning that the tax increase will cause closures and job losses. meanwhile, mr trump has announced that there'll be no place for his former secretary of state, mike pompeo — nor former un ambassador, nikki haley, in his new administration. administration. king charles and other king charles and other senior royals lead events senior royals lead events to mark remembrance sunday. to mark remembrance sunday. hello. hello. across six regions. i'm martine croxall. i'm martine croxall. ukraine and russia have ukraine and russia have launched their biggest drone attacks against each other launched their biggest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. since the start of the war. according to the ukrainian according to the ukrainian military, russia launched 145 military, russia launched 145 drones overnight targeting drones overnight targeting various parts of the country. various parts of the country. ukraine s air defence says they ukraine s air defence says they were able to down 62 drones. were able to down 62 drones. meanwhile, russian officials meanwhile, russian officials stated that they had stated that they had

destroyed 70 ukrainian drones destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions. according to the mayor of moscow, 32 ukrainian drones were destroyed as they approached the russian capital, resulting in the temporary closure of two of moscow s international airports. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. well, there are a lot of drones in the sky. to put it mildly. you know, since russia started targeting cities in this way with these drones since 2022. last night was a record. more than 145 were reportedly launched at cities and regions

sense, but they fly over. you can hear their the sound of the engines. you can also hear air defences as well. and to be honest, this is a record night which follows a record month in october. more than 2,000 drones like this were launched across ukraine. sirens go almost every night and people have disturbed night's sleep. night and people have but this was also a night when ukraine launched its own drone attack on russia. you have the mayor of moscow saying more than 30 were intercepted on their way to the city. it caused two international airports to be closed. there's footage of of these unmanned ukrainian drones which are manufactured here in ukraine, flying overhead in russia. more than 30 intercepted in western russia on targets close to the border with ukraine. we've got the military here saying that they successfully hit an ammunition depot. so it really has

been an eventful... night in the skies. and this always goes in tandem with the fighting on the ground. we're still seeing fierce battles in the east, where russia is inching forward. but still moscow is able to wage these aerial campaigns and ukraine tries to hit back where it can. does this represent an escalation in the conflict overall, though? i think this is a par for the course, but especially so, let's put it like that. i think it is clear because these drones are relatively cheap, costing tens of thousands of pounds compared to millions with a missile. russia is able to sustain these kinds of attack. it is true that russia is advancing on multiple parts of the front line. it clearly is trying to take as much of ukraine as possible, not least with the us presidential presidential election outcome, not least with uncertain political times ahead on whether there will be

some kind of negotiation. but clearly russia is going for it, and it is escalating in a sense that it is leaning on north korea more. we are seeing the geopolitical footprint of this war enlarge, too. so perhaps an escalation, but in a war of attrition, it's about who loses first. and at the moment it is ukraine very much on the receiving end of this relentless invasion attacks from the sky. and it's looking to get any kind of leg up where it can. let's speak to dr samuel ramani, who is an associate fellow at royal united services institute and author of the putin's war on ukraine book. thank you very much forjoining us. what is your assessment of this extraordinary exchange we have seen overnight? it is this extraordinary exchange we have seen overnight?— have seen overnight? it is an acceleration _ have seen overnight? it is an acceleration of _ have seen overnight? it is an acceleration of the _ have seen overnight? it is an acceleration of the drone - have seen overnight? it is ani acceleration of the drone war we are seeing here, it started since the late summer, since july and later over. we are

seeing that in the front line where there have been dropped in various areas and we are seeing the ukrainians launch a in various areas and we are seeing the ukrainians launch a series of attacks on kyiv —— series of attacks on kyiv —— key russian economic areas. the key russian economic areas. the chemical plant being one. what chemical plant being one. what chemical plant being one. what do ou chemical plant being one. what do you make — chemical plant being one. what do you make of _ chemical plant being one. what chemical plant being one. what do ou chemical plant being one. what do you make — chemical plant being one. what do you make of _ chemical plant being one. what do you make of the _ chemical plant being one. what do you make of the timing - chemical plant being one. what do you make of the timing of do you make of the _ chemical plant being one. what do you make of the timing - chemical plant being one. what do you make of the timing of this then with the regard to this then with the regard to the outcome of the us election the outcome of the us election in particular?— in particular?— in particular? severalthings are involved. _ in particular? severalthings are involved. _ in particular? severalthings are involved. ukrainians - in particular? severalthings in particular? severalthings are involved. ukrainians - in particular? severalthings are involved. ukrainians are| are involved. ukrainians are trying to build the war to the are involved. ukrainians are| are involved. ukrainians are trying to build the war to the russian people. i did not seem russian people. i did not seem as if it was able to change the as if it was able to change the russian public perception of russian public perception of the war because the general the war because the general narrative that was coming, the narrative that was coming, the russians would overcome it. russians would overcome it. theyjust needed to stay theyjust needed to stay patient and it seems to work. patient and it seems to work. it does seem as if the it does seem as if the ukrainians want to create a ukrainians want to create a

psychological unrest in russia. psychological unrest in russia. these are things that russians have become used to. it shows that the ukrainians are showing to try and strike various ammunition depots and the chemical facilities ammunition depots and the chemicalfacilities and ammunition depots and the chemical facilities and energy facilities even before there are peaceful negotiations to rebuild in the short—term. that is to watch for. $5 rebuild in the short-term. that is to watch for.— is to watch for. as far as the strategy _ is to watch for. as far as the strategy of _ is to watch for. as far as the strategy of bringing - is to watch for. as far as the strategy of bringing the - is to watch for. as far as the l strategy of bringing the water russian soil is concerned, how effective is that proving to be? i effective is that proving to be? ~ ., , ., ., be? i think that it is one of the challenges _ be? i think that it is one of the challenges the - be? i think that it is one of i the challenges the ukrainians haveis the challenges the ukrainians have is getting the russians incensed and getting them to protest against it to express a severe amount of discontent. so far no matter what the ukrainians managed to do, whether it be striking in kursk

or striking energy facilities are basically showing that even moscow is vulnerable, it has not really done that. there will be a core of russians who will be a core of russians who will remain opposed to the war, most russian men of her —— it is their day—to—day life. as long as there is an economic boom of sorts, and they perceive economic growth this year, it is harder and harder for the ukrainians to change the psyche of the russians. i think they are trying as hard of they can to alert their russians as to what is happening but it has not worked because at least in the short term, resilience of the russian economy. term, resilience of the russian economy-— term, resilience of the russian econom . ., ~ , . economy. thank you very much for our economy. thank you very much for your time. _ the latest russian and ukrainian drone strikes come as the head of the uk

armed forces said russia had suffered its worst month of losses since the start of the war in ukraine. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, said an average of 1,500 russian soldiers were killed or wounded every day in october. he added that russia had now lost more than 700,000 troops in the war, and was spending more than 40 percent of public expenditure on defence and security. he was speaking to laura kuenssberg. russia is paying an extraordinary price for putin's illegal invasion. so october was the worst casualty figures for russia so far. on average, over 1,500 people either killed or wounded every single day. every day? every single day. and that is for tiny increments of land. there is no doubt that russia is making tactical territorial gains, and that is putting a pressure on ukraine, because ukraine is having to put more people to the frontline. and ukraine is also under pressure from the airborne attacks and

the long—range missiles that are impacting on their energy infrastructure, which again hits the morale of the nation. but at the higher level, you then need to come back to russia. russia is spending over 40% of its public expenditure now on defence and security. that's more than it spends on education and health combined. that's an enormous drain on russia as a country. and yet, from the outside looking at this, it looks like there is a horrific stalemate going on where on both sides there are dreadful losses, innocent civilians being caught up in a war and there is no sign of any breakthrough. but are you suggesting that putin can't sustain this? so i'm saying that the longer the war goes on for russia, the more difficult it is. russian economy is under pressure. it will be ok this year. it can survive next year. as you look through next year and into 2026, the russian economy is under

more and more pressure. and the western approach has been to be really clear that western countries will maintain their support to ukraine and to do that for as long as it takes. and that's the message that president putin has to absorb. and that's the reassurance for president zelensky. donald trump has completed his decisive victory in the us presidential election, with a projected win in arizona. it means he defeated kamala harris in all 7 swing states.

be part of the new government. ms haley described mr trump as �*unhinged' when she ran against him in the republican primaries, although she eventually endorsed him. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes, sent this report. we have taken back control of the senate. wow. that's great. within hours of the polls closing early on wednesday morning, donald trump knew that he'd won. but the projected result from arizona, a state that he lost four years ago, completes the election count and gives him a clean sweep of the swing states. a final tally of 312 votes overall in the us electoral college, compared with 226 for vice president kamala harris. a thumping victory. the president elect is spending the weekend here at his home in florida, where he's working on who to appoint to the top jobs in his new administration. late last night, he took to social media to confirm two high—profile figures

from his first presidency who won't be coming back. there will be no invitation for the former secretary of state, mike pompeo, orformer un ambassador nikki haley to work for donald trump again. in washington on saturday, some people staged protests expressing concern about the impact of the new regime. i think it puts me in a position where i feel like i'm not being accurately represented. it's frustrating. i feel a little powerless. i think that society was moving towards a direction that was much more open and progressive and inclusive of people like us, and it's scary to think that we might be going back in the next couple of years. joe biden has invited the president elect to meet him in the oval office at the white house on wednesday. he's promised full cooperation from his administration during the transition of power over the coming weeks. peter bowes, bbc news. top pub and restaurant

bosses have warned the chancellor that tax rises in last month's budget will "unquestionably" cause closures and job losses. chancellor rachel reeves has said that the tax increase will generate £25bn, which would aid funding of public services, such as the nhs. but the shadow foreign secretary says the government could have made different choices. with me is our politics correspondent harry farley. harry, what have business leaders been saying today? all sorts of warnings from business leaders today to the amount of tax employers pay on their national insurance contributions. more than 200 hospitality business owners in a letter to the chancellor today warning there will be business closures. they say that because the threshold at which they pay national insurance contributions have been lowered, it will be regressive because it will have an impact on those who are lower paid. he was asked this

morning about whether the government would reconsider. i think the public would recognise that bigger. businesses are more able to burden some of the . contributions that we need to make to the state. - and actually getting the nhs back on its feet so workers l who are off sick can get back. to work is probably something that we take as a benefit from, as well as all the other- measures that we have put forward in the budget. - these things have to be paid for and we've designed - the system that protects working people and tries to protect smaller businesses. so, the bigg business — tough, suck it up? so, the big business — tough, suck it up? well, there are more measures broadly in the budget _ that we think that are good . for business, good for growth, good for the economy- but on the tax contributions, yes, it's been designed in that way. _ darrenjones very clear darren jones very clear that the government is not going to reconsider those changes announced in the budget. priti patel, then you shadow foreign secretary. she opposed the changes made in the budget. it's all about political choices, clearly. we do need a stronger economy, first of all, to be investing

in our defences which means we need to have good economic growth forecast. now, i know we are not here to talk about the economy but i think some of the measures that have been put in place, many of them in this budget, are not going to achieve the long—term economic growth that we need. you've asked what we could do. there are things that can be done. obviously, we laid out a programme previously around looking at changes around... literally performance of the civil service, where we could bring in efficiencies, all sorts of changes there. these are serious choices that governments should be looking at. priti patel saying the government could make different choices but the message from the treasury this morning, they will not change their mind on the measures they have announced in their budget. find announced in their budget. and the impact _ announced in their budget. and the impact the _ announced in their budget. and the impact the presidency of donald trump could have alan ukraine and how much the uk could spend on defence. the

chief of the _ could spend on defence. tue: chief of the defence could spend on defence. tte: chief of the defence staff spoke this morning how crucial he sees the need to increase defence spending. labour, they worded it carefully, they promised to set out the path of spending two point 5% of gdp on defence. they set out the path to spending 2.5%, they did not say when it would happen or if it would happen in this parliament. darrenjones was asked about that again this morning. he said there would be a timeline set out in spring, we expect the spending review of all government spending in the spring and it will be announced then. i have spoken to sources in the last few months, it is when not in. they say that election of donald trump has in their words focused minds on the need to increase military spending. thank you very much.

there are reports that dozens of palestinians were killed overnight by two israeli airstrikes in northern gaza. according to the hamas—run civil defence agency, an attack on a house injabalia left at least 25 people dead — including 13 children. and in a seperate attack, 5 people were killed in a strike on gaza city, with several more still missing. in response, the israeli army, which has been operating in northern gaza for several weeks, said, that it had �*eliminated dozens of terrorists' in jabalia, as well as a weapons store. 0ur correspondent jon donnison is injerusalem — and told us what more is known about the attack. well, look, it's difficult to verify those numbers because israel does not allow foreign journalists uncontrolled access to gaza. but as you say, this does seem like a significant strike. a house targeted injabalia. 13 children among 25 people killed. there are apparently still people trapped. trapped under the rubble. i've just looked at some footage reportedly from the scene, and it's one of considerable devastation and confusion, chaos

in that area injabalia. and i think it's important to remember that this comes just two days before a us set deadline for israel to significantly improve humanitarian access to gaza, and also to take measures to reduce the number of civilian casualties. the united nations put out some figures last week, saying 70% of people killed in gaza in a six—month period have been women and children. we were hearing yesterday about the demand for hamas to no longer have a base for talks in qatar. how, how confident can we be that that is the case because there were denials by hamas yesterday. yeah, they've been denied by hamas and denied by qatar as well. but look, you have to see this as pressure being put on by the americans.

the source of this story came from american state department officials, and they clearly want to send a signal that hamas is being isolated. so while it seems that hamas are not actually being kicked out of qatar, certainly they've been much more low profile there in recent weeks. and if qatar is going to stop being the key mediator between hamas and american officials to try and secure a ceasefire deal, then that does leave hamas more isolated. and it begs the question, you know, where will they go if they can't be based in qatar because it's been shown they're not safe in iran. we had ismail haniyeh assassinated by israel there, the hamas political leader. they're not safe in lebanon. they've been targeted there, too. and the only other place really could possibly be turkey, which of course is a nato ally. but would turkey want them based in istanbul?

we have no indication that they would. lebanon's health ministry says at least 20 people, including three children, have been killed in israeli strikes near the port city of byblos. there has also been a series of air strikes by israel's military — on targets in the bekaa valley — including this one, in the village of sareen. israel says it is targeting hezbollah militia operating in lebanon. remembrance services have been taking place across the uk today to mark the sacrifice made by military personnel and civilians in the two world wars and later conflicts. king charles led a two—minute silence at the cenotaph in london. queen camilla wasn't there — she is recovering from a chest infection. this is the scene in central london at the cenotaph in whitehall where dignitaries and crowds gathered to commemorate british military service members who have died. and sarah is at the cenotaph

in central london. thank you. you were talking there about the king. he laid there about the king. he laid the first wreath at the steps of the cenotaph. it was held here just after 11 o'clock. of the cenotaph. it was held herejust after 11 o'clock. we are the march past, organised the royal british legion, involving 10,000 veterans from hundreds of different organisations, marching past including six veterans from d—day. it is the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings, so very special to see them here today. this brings me to my next guest. you have a connection to d—day. tell me about your grandfather. thank _ tell me about your grandfather. thank you, my grandfather was a royal— thank you, my grandfather was a royal marine in a sherman tank on the — royal marine in a sherman tank on the beach on d—day. when i was _ on the beach on d—day. when i was a _ on the beach on d—day. when i was a child _

on the beach on d—day. when i was a child he would tell me about— was a child he would tell me about d—day for school projects and where he landed and the dates— and where he landed and the dates involved and what not. it was not — dates involved and what not. it was not until after i wanted to come — was not until after i wanted to come back to the uk and find out it— come back to the uk and find out it difficult to talk to about _ out it difficult to talk to about what you might see in operations. my grandad started to open— operations. my grandad started to open up about more of his experiences on d—day and the second — experiences on d—day and the second world war, we saw the parallels — second world war, we saw the parallels of then and now. what did he tell _ parallels of then and now. what did he tell you _ parallels of then and now. what did he tell you about _ parallels of then and now. what did he tell you about his - did he tell you about his experiences and being part of that? , ., , that? they were all very personal. _ that? they were all very personal, not _ that? they were all very l personal, not large-scale. that? they were all very - personal, not large-scale. he personal, not large—scale. he would — personal, not large—scale. he would tell_ personal, not large—scale. he would tell me after that event that for— would tell me after that event that for example his tank was the only— that for example his tank was the only one that got off the beach— the only one that got off the beach and his platoon. how much that affected him and how extraordinary he found it to have — extraordinary he found it to have survived the first day. that — have survived the first day. that him _ have survived the first day. that him and his crew came across— that him and his crew came across the _

that him and his crew came across the body of a german soldier— across the body of a german soldier during the first week who— soldier during the first week who he _ soldier during the first week who he said was the spitting image — who he said was the spitting image of— who he said was the spitting image of his uncle said who died — image of his uncle said who died the _ image of his uncle said who died the week before. they stopped for a couple of hours in the — stopped for a couple of hours in the afternoon and dug a grave _ in the afternoon and dug a grave and made a headstone out of wood — grave and made a headstone out of wood for him. he found the entire — of wood for him. he found the entire experience is very personal one. and after coming back— personal one. and after coming back in— personal one. and after coming back in the _ personal one. and after coming back in the morning after the war, — back in the morning after the war. how— back in the morning after the war, how their friends and colleagues went back to their ordinary— colleagues went back to their ordinary lives. it colleagues went back to their ordinary lives.— ordinary lives. it is interesting - ordinary lives. it is interesting that. ordinary lives. it is interesting that he j ordinary lives. it is - interesting that he did not really talk about is experiences that you having your very difficult experiences in afghanistan. i guess it was maybe mutually helpful for him to talk about what he went through and what you went through. most of us thankfully never experienced that? perhaps so. m never experienced that? perhaps so- my exoenses _ never experienced that? perhaps so. my expenses afghanistan - so. my expenses afghanistan were — so. my expenses afghanistan were particularly bad. ——

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