the prime minister has marked armistice day in paris. the visit comes at a time of delicate diplomacy. also on the programme. the archbishop of canterbury faces calls to step down over his handling of a child abuse scandal over his handling of a child abuse scandal. former soldier daniel khalife changes his plea to guilty — for escaping from wandsworth prison. how smart your smart meter is could depend where you live. we look at the north—south divide in how well they work. paddy mcguinness tells us how sir chris hoy helped him train for a 300 mile children in need bike ride — all on a chopper bike. he's got a lot going on in his own personal life, but he still picks up the phone, gets me out on the bike, brutalises me, i might add! if you're watching, chris! and coming up on bbc news... a new era begins at manchester united.

ruben amorim is expected to fly in to the city today and says he's ready for the challenge at old trafford. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the nation has fallen silent to mark armistice day. thousands of people in schools, streets and offices across the uk stopped what they were doing to remember those who lost their lives in war. our correspondent sarah campbell reports. music: last post. the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, engraved with the names of 16,000 service personnel. they, and the millions who have died in the war since 1914, were remembered today. they shall grow not

old as we that are left grow old. age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. the moment the first world war came to an end in 1918.

music: reveille. when you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today. the duchess of edinburgh laid a wreath on the central plinth of the armed forces memorial. and in paris, united in remembrance, the british prime minister and the french president. across europe, and the uk, generations standing side by

side to honour those who gave so much for freedom. sarah campbell, bbc news. as you saw there the prime minster was taking part in events in paris with the french president emmanuel macron. he becomes the first british prime minister since sir winston churchill to travel to france to commemorate armistice day. diplomacy was also on the agenda — with the two leaders discusing ukraine and the middle east. 0ur dipomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. beneath the iconic arc de triomphe in paris two men sending a powerful message. president macron personally invited sir keir to attend france's national commemorations. standing side by side for a morning of ceremony and symbolism. not since the end of world war ii, according to no.10, has a british prime minister done this.

grainy images show the french wartime leader charles de gaulle standing beside winston churchill, who you can just see here, tipping his hat. together today, they laid wreaths of remembrance. but pressing modern day problems also preoccupy these men, which they discussed away from the cameras, including the crisis in the middle east and the war in ukraine. drumroll. european leaders are unnerved by the implications of donald trump's incoming presidency, what it means for the continent's security, and american military support for ukraine. the fighting has escalated recently. kyiv wants more help from its western allies to push russian forces back. donald trump said on the campaign trail he could end the war within a day, though no—one knows quite what that means. if the reports of his call with putin last week are right,

then president trump is exactly right to warn putin against escalation of the conflict in ukraine, and now�*s the time for ukraine's staunchest allies to remain with them and step up our support. today, two allies stood together, remembering the past and rekindling their countries�* relationship after brexit. singing la marseillaise. and they agreed to deepen cooperation on a host of shared concerns, including migration and climate change, in new, uncertain times. caroline hawley, bbc news. as we've been hearing — the two european leaders were expected to discuss the relationship between the white house and the kremlin. in a moment we can speak to our our correspondent samira hussain in washington. but first our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. and reports today that the president—elect has had

a conversation with vladimir putin. what more do we know? those reports you refer to appeared in the washington post which alleges that last week there was a conversation between donald trump and president putin on ukraine and i can tell you that today the kremlin categorically denied that there was any such call or conversation for putin, his spokesman said that the reports in the washington post do not correspond at all to reality and are completely made up and pulls information. he added that putin has no concrete plans at the moment to make contact with trump but having said that i saw the spokesman on state television yesterday talking about positive signals coming from the trump camp and he said at least that he talks about peace rather than inflicting a strategic defeat in russia. and last week that putin himself said that the trump claimed

that he could end the war in ukraine deserves attention. butjudging by the donald trump's lack of criticism of vladimir putin and instead his criticism of the tens of billions of dollars worth of military assistance and economic assistance that america has been sending to ukraine, the fear is that if trump helps to end the war in ukraine it will be in a way that is beneficial to moscow. steve, thank you. let's speak now to our correspondent in washington, samira hussain. samira, donald trump is not president yet. how significant could this closing period of the biden administration be? and the remaining 70 days the biden administration is going to try to push through as much as it can from its agenda. and of course part of thatis its agenda. and of course part of that is going to be pushing through any more funding and weapon aid to ukraine. because as we know mr trump has been highly critical of the amount of money that the united states has been pouring into that

effort. in the meantime we know that mr trump is effort. in the meantime we know that mrtrump is going effort. in the meantime we know that mr trump is going to be visiting the white house to see mr biden on wednesday and it is likely that we are going to hear that the president is probably going to be pushing mr trump to keep supporting ukraine. now mr trump trump to keep supporting ukraine. now mrtrump is trump to keep supporting ukraine. now mr trump is also building his cabinet so now we're hearing about some of the positions, people who are going to make up his administration. 0ne are going to make up his administration. one person that we know of is going to be elise stefanik and she will be the us ambassador to the united nations. but also we know tom holman is going to be what mr trump is calling the borders start in charge of both the southern and northern borders and he is likely going to be very tough on immigration. is likely going to be very tough on immigration-— the bishop of newcastle, helen—ann hartley, has become the first senior member of the church of england to call for the archbishop of canterbury to step down over his handling of a child abuse scandal.

0ur correspondent harry farleyjoins us now. harry, growing pressure forjustin welby to resign? it is growing and over the weekend a petition was launched by members of the church of england general synod calling for the archbishop of canterbury to resign but this is the first time that a bishop has joined those calls forjustin welby to quit. it all relates to a man called john smyth who abused children at christian camps attended byjustin welby. they described some of the beatings as horrific. the review found that before smyth died the church knew about the abuse at the highest level but its response was ineffective and amounted to a cover and smyth went on to abuse other boysin

and smyth went on to abuse other boys in south africa and zimbabwe. today bishop of newcastle doctor hartleyjoined growing calls for the archbishop to quit and said she was devastated by the report published last week and said that the impact of it was that people cannot trust the church is a moral voice and it cannot get its own house in order. she went on to say thatjustin welby�*s position is untenable. justin welby for his part said that the first time he was told of the abuse was in 2013 and he apologised last week for failing to make sure they are locations where in his words, energetically investigated at the time. he did say he had considered resigning but was given advice against it. and lambeth palace said this morning the archbishop reiterates his horror at the abuse but was not intending to stand down. the abuse but was not intending to stand down-— 2024 is due to be the hottest on record according to the un's climate scientists. the warning comes as the international community meets to discuss climate change at the cop29 conference in azerbaijan. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt

is in baku for us. justin, what will be be top of the agenda? top of the agenda here undoubtedly is finance, hard cash. there is a huge discussion here about how much richer countries should be playing to the poorer countries to help them transition away from fossil fuels and also make their countries more resilient to climate change. why are richer countries paying? the argument runs that they have the benefit of fossil fuels when they were developing and they burned carbon dioxide which is causing climate change now and that is what made them rich. developing countries say we are actually far more vulnerable to the effects of climate change then you are and you owe us, you need to press back. so how much we talk about? at the moment $100 billion per year, sounds like a lot of money but developing nations are saying that they need hundreds of

billions if not more than $1 trillion. so that is what is on the table, trying to get $1 trillion from rich countries. that is a big ask and particularly difficult as you say because donald trump has been elected and says that he wants to pull out of this process. that means even if the us promises money than donald trump could turn around and say i do not agree with that promise. so there is a lot to play for here. i'm not saying that they will not achieve it, they might do but it makes it all very interesting to watch here in baku.— but it makes it all very interesting to watch here in baku. justin, thank ou. a former british army soldier who was at the centre of a nationwide manhunt last year after escaping from prison has pleaded guilty to the offence. daniel khalife is in the middle of giving evidence at his trial at woolwich crown court, which is continuing on three other charges. he had originally pleaded not guilty to the escape. 0ur uk correspondent daniel sandford is outside court for us. daniel, what more can you tell us?

this trial has been running since early october. daniel khalife has been giving evidence for three days and the jury were told at the start of the case that he had pleaded not guilty to escaping from lawful custody. but during his evidence he said that he did escaped from wandsworth prison because he was being held in the vulnerable prisoners unit at wandsworth prison with sex offenders and had been warned that if he was moved to one of the main wings he could be attacked by terrorists as he put it. and he had escaped so that when he was recaptured he will be moved to the high security unit at belmarsh prison. he was on the run for three days. as a result of that evidence this morning ladyjustice grab as for the charge of escaping from lawful custody to be put to him again and from the witness box he pleaded guilty to the charge and one of thejurors pleaded guilty to the charge and one of the jurors returned a verdict of guilty on the charge. but the trial will still continue on the other three charges that he faces, charges

that he was originally being held in wandsworth prison because of, those charges are collecting information and sending it to iran, collating names of special forces soldiers that might be useful to terrorists and also perpetrating a bomb hoax by leaving a fake bomb on his desk at his barracks in stafford. he denies all three of those charges and is now being cross—examined by the prosecution. the time is 13.15. our top story this afternoon. two minutes' silence have been observed across the uk, to remember those who have lost their lives in conflict. and we'll see how the tower of london is being lit up with images of those who fought and died in britain's darkest hours. coming up on bbc news...captain fantastic. jos buttler hits 83 from 45 balls to guide england to victory in the second t20 against west indies in barbados. that's a 2—0 lead for england in the five match series.

the body that represents energy companies has admitted for the first time to a north—south divide in smart meter technology. there are an estimated 36—million smart meters in use in britain. the government's ambition back in 2011 was to have one installed in every household and small business by 2019. but the latest figures show a third of homes or businesses stll aren't currently using one. it's also thought that around 3.5 million devices aren't working — meaning some customers are unable to keep track of their bills and are being charged incorrectly. whether or not your smart meter works properly can also depend on where you live — with customers in northern england and scotland appearing to have the most problems. as zoe conway has been finding out. hartesh batu lives in glasgow.

so this is my smart meter in here in this cupboard. he got a smart meter, hoping it could help lower his energy bills, but he says it never worked. in fact, that's actually my sixth smart meter because i've had them replaced that many times. a smart meter is meant to send data to your energy supplier, but if the signal isn't strong enough to reach your house, it won't work. when i caught up with hartesh a few weeks later, he said that's the problem his energy supplier diagnosed. basically, they said that because i'm so far north that there will be a problem with the signals or something, some kind of signalling issue. you know, ijust thought that was a bit... that was bonkers, because i live in glasgow. i'm hardly, you know, up in the shetlands. i'm not rural at all. in the north of england and scotland, long range radio signals are used for your smart metre to send data to your energy company. in the midlands and south of england, the mobile phone or cellular network is used to send the signal.

smart meter engineers, who spoke anonymously to bbc panorama, said the difference can make it harder to connect devices in the north of england and scotland, compared to the rest of great britain. energy uk has confirmed for the first time to panorama that there is a regional divide. there are issues in the north. we do know that. we've been talking to... all the suppliers, have been sort of sharing their experiences so that there's a really good picture of what is and isn't happening and where things are going wrong. what do you mean, there are issues in the north? so there are sometimes issues with the network signal in terms of how it transmits and how it kind of pings information back and forth, and theyjust aren't strong enough in certain areas. it was the coalition government's decision to split the communications network for smart meters 12 years ago. at the time, it was decided radio signals would work best in northern england and scotland, because they could reach rural communities more easily. hartesh's supplier 0ctopus energy

say they've now fixed hartesh's meter by taking the unusual step of connecting it to the mobile phone network instead. it said it was frustrated by government regulations that dictate it must use radio waves technology in scotland and northern england. capita, which runs capita, which runs the communications network, the communications network, said it advises against alternative said it advises against alternative solutions because there'd be no solutions because there'd be no contractual or consumer contractual or consumer protections for the meter user. protections for the meter user. it says it provides 99.3% it says it provides 99.3% coverage across britain, coverage across britain, and it's currently exploring and it's currently exploring alternative technology solutions. alternative technology solutions. at 8pm tonight. most experts agree smart meters can most experts agree smart meters can help to deliver lower bills help to deliver lower bills and lower carbon emissions. and lower carbon emissions. but if the tech problems continue, but if the tech problems continue, that could put people off having that could put people off having them and undermine the government's them and undermine the government's goal of getting them in every home. goal of getting them in every home. zoe conway, bbc news. zoe conway, bbc news. bbc panorama s the truth bbc panorama s the truth about smart meters' is on bbc about smart meters' is on bbc iplayer now and bbc one iplayer now and bbc one

at 8pm tonight. victims of one of the most prolific online child abusers ever convicted, have said they hope more people will report similar sex crimes. they've spoken in a new bbc documentary series about alexander mccartney from northern ireland. he posed as a teenage girl online to trick children into sending him

one of them was the girl whose picture mccartney used in his fake identity online. he used my photos to catfish other girls and it does make me angry. i think doing this will help me a lot to feel closure. just feeling like i'm wrapping up, like, this chapter of my life. the victims who speak in the documentary were around the same age when mccartney contacted them. we're protecting their identities, and they've chosen to tell their stories with their real voices. ivy was in new zealand. at 12, i was very much like a nerd. it was hard making friends. ijust rememberfeeling weirded out, but kind of flooded at the same time. a girl is interested in me! it was exciting. she sent images first. she recounts that when she sent

mccartney an explicit picture of herself, he turned on her. "i will send these to your friends and family. it's going to be everywhere unless you send me more." i was just confused and scared. another of mccartney's victims took her own life. he was convicted of causing the death of 12—year—old simran thomas from west virginia. alexander mccartney, 2nd of the 4th,1998. the film shows mccartney's police interviews for the first time. what's a catfish? no comment. come on, alex, you know what a catfish is? no comment. at the moment, we have 266 victims. there's six in australia, two in belgi