lives for our freedoms. it comes with an ominous warning, though, from the british army chief, who says the world has now entered a new and dangerous period. what must we do to ensure our safety in an era of competition and contest? and we're reflecting on the princess of wales who looked, i have to say, absolutely vibrant this morning, making her second public appearance since undergoing chemotherapy as she gradually returns to our royal duties. i'm dawn neesom and this is the weekend . weekend. firstly, thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. it is a very special day and incredibly emotional for many of us. myself included. and it's a very special day, a very special feeling. and i hope you are

indeed our having a wonderful sunday. however, you're thinking about those we have lost and those who gave their all for us. and indeed, this show is especially today about you and your views. and i particularly want to hear your stories about what today means to you and about family members. you may want to talk about from the first and second world wars or modern day conflicts. let me know your thoughts on all the stories we're talking about today, and more importantly, about your story. that's what i want to hear today, what your experiences are, what you're thinking today, what you're feeling today. very simple to get involved, just visit gbnews.com/yoursay and join in our conversation. i'm thrilled to say i've got a great panel for you today keeping me company on today's show is author and political organiser james schneider and broadcaster mike parry. thank you very much for joining me, gentlemen. but before we get into today's stories, let's get the news with katie bowen .

katie bowen. >> dawn, thank you. very good afternoon to you. it's just gone 1:00. these are your latest headunes 1:00. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the king led the nation through a two minute silence to mark remembrance sunday and honour the fallen at 11:00. big ben chimed 11 times, and the last post was played before king charles, dressed in his royal navy uniform of the admiral of the fleet, laid a wreath at the cenotaph. he was joined by members of the royal family, including the prince and princess of wales , the prime princess of wales, the prime minister, sir keir starmer and the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch. both laid wreaths. they were also joined by former prime ministers. today is also the first time since the start of the year that the princess of wales , who is princess of wales, who is recovering from cancer, is

carrying out two consecutive days of public official engagements. 10,000 veterans have marched past the cenotaph as part of the royal british legion's parade. earlier on, stephen and anne spoke to wing commander howard, leader, about the importance of today. >> mish. there's a much deeper , >> mish. there's a much deeper, almost like peeling an onion, really, of a set of considerations that are be thinking about every remembrance. and that's to do with, of course, paying our respects to those who've lost their lives. but remembering also that a great many people who have been put into those very challenging circumstances forever carry the sometimes extreme physical injuries that have come with that, because they've been involved in an incident that's cost them arms and legs or whatever , and the and legs or whatever, and the mental stress stays with a lot of people to , to the us where of people to, to the us where overnight , president elect overnight, president elect donald trump won the state of arizona , meaning he has now won

arizona, meaning he has now won all seven swing states. >> the white house announced yesterday that president biden hasianed yesterday that president biden has invited donald trump to a meeting in the oval office on wednesday. it comes as the president elect has begun appointing his top team. last night, he shared that former republican presidential contender nikki haley and former secretary of state mike pompeo will not be asked to join his administration. sticking to us politics this morning, chief secretary to the treasury darren jones has said that it is probably unlikely that the government will work with nigel farage as an intermediary to the trump administration, adding that mr farage should focus on working with his constituents in clacton as opposed to being a transatlantic commentator . the transatlantic commentator. the sunday telegraph is reporting today that farmers are threatening to target ports and disrupt supermarket supply chains in reaction to rachel reeves budget, which changed the rate of inheritance tax for farmers. ahead of the rally organised by the national farmers union on the 19th of november. a separate splinter rally has also been organised alongside the official mass lobby event, which will see

around 1800 nfu members. lobby parliamentarians in westminster. the nfu have said that they cannot take responsibility for people in the streets . 572 people in the streets. 572 illegal migrants were intercepted crossing the channel intercepted crossing the channel in nine small boats yesterday, taking the total so far this year to almost 32,700, a 22% increase compared to this time last year. the latest crossings come as prime minister sir keir starmer has entered into a new initiative to intercept criminal gangs smuggling migrants through the western balkans, as part of efforts to bring down the number of small boat crossings. a home office spokesman said that the people smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit, live or die as long as they pay , we will stop long as they pay, we will stop at nothing to dismantle their business models and bring them to justice. rafe to ukraine, where ukrainian forces attacked moscow this morning with at least 34 drones. the biggest drone strike on the russian capital since the start of the war in 2022. flights have had to

be diverted from three of the city's major airports, and at least one person has been injured. russian air defences have reportedly destroyed 70 ukrainian, ukrainian drones this morning over six different russian regions. ukrainian forces say that they attacked an arsenal which resulted in at least eight explosions and a large fire. yesterday, a russian airstrike hit odesa, where two people were injured , and finally people were injured, and finally thousands took to the streets in spain last night in protest against the management of emergency flood responses after the recent deadly flash floods in certain regions of the country, people , police and country, people, police and protesters violently clashed in valencia during the rally, which demanded accountability for the government's response to the floods that killed 217 people. protesters argued that a lack of effective emergency protocols exacerbated the tragedy, which caused destruction across the country . those are the latest gb country. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to dawn for the very latest gb news direct to your

smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you very much, katie and thank you for joining me on remembrance sunday. really appreciate your company, as i do every weekend. but today just feels a little bit special, doesn't it? it's always very emotional for me. i think of my granddad and friends that have been lost in more modern day conflicts. so i'm really grateful for your company this afternoon and i would just like to say a huge and genuine apology for the technical issues that happened earlier on on the station . it was out of our station. it was out of our control. but please do accept personally my apologies and the station's apologies for that. okay, let's get straight on to the stories today. well, there's only one story in town, isn't there? the king has led the nafion there? the king has led the nation in a two minute silence at the cenotaph this morning to mark the armistice of the first

world war and all other conflicts involving british and commonwealth forces. members of the royal family and senior politicians, including former uk prime ministers, also attended the national service of remembrance in whitehall. the royal british legion's veteran parade will see 10,000 veterans marched through the streets of the capital this afternoon. so let's cross live to gb. reporter jack carson, who is in whitehall for us. jack, thank you very much for joining for us. jack, thank you very much forjoining us. an incredibly emotional morning. and can you just paint a portrait of what it's like for you there today ? you there today? >> i mean, it's been absolutely fantastic , dawn, as you were fantastic, dawn, as you were mentioning there, 10,000 veterans, civilians as well , veterans, civilians as well, part of this royal british legion march past the cenotaph. it happens every year. but when we saw them all line up perfectly here at horseguards earlier today, we've just seen

the final of those 10,000 march past, taking a salute from the prince of wales, prince william as well, taking that salute as they get back here to horse guards, many of them really poignant, really personal time. a lot for a lot of people as well. for those who have served, it's a chance for them to re see old friends and have that reunion with them. and joining me now is sue libor liburd, who, m.b.e, who's me now is sue