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new challenge of handling the new challenge of handling donald trump .7 donald trump.7 >> yes, donald trump has already beenin >> yes, donald trump has already been in conversation with vladimir putin over ukraine. could the president elect now expect a united franco—british proposal to boost weapon delivery ahead of his inauguration .7 inauguration? >> and amid it all, the cop climate conference kicks off in baku.the climate conference kicks off in baku. the prime minister will jet there after his meetings with macron and on the agenda. cash, cash, cash. developing countries want your money to deal with the effects of climate change? will the prime minister handit change? will the prime minister hand it over ? hand it over? yes. so once again, once again, we're being asked to cough up more money for climate change measures around the world. they want a $1 trillion pot now of money to send to developing countries, to
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help them with things like climate change mitigation, climate change mitigation, climate finance. what do you make of that, tom? >> $1 trillion is about a third of the entire british economy. obviously, the brits won't be asked to provide it all, but a significant sum will have to come from us. with the sixth largest economy in the world. it does seem that these climate conferences are getting more and more frequent. i know they're once a year, but my goodness me, i've now covered. i think this is the fourth i might have covered for gb news you went to glasgow? i went to glasgow cop26. as it was, i spent two weeks up there. it was a it was a carousel. i mean, my goodness me, the amount that was going on there, the sort of silliness around the fringes, but also the intense negotiation that goes on there and then the binding agreements that have come up with with all of these, all of these countries . big question these countries. big question mark now with this one is, of course , because i think it was course, because i think it was cop 22 or 23 was the paris accords, and everyone signed up to that. when donald trump became president in 2016, he pulled america out of that agreement. big question mark
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over whether the world's largest economy will actually sign up to anything that's agreed in baku. >> it's a bit farcical, isn't it, really? because as far as i know, the united states aren't present there. joe biden is not there. india's not there and china's not there. and guess what? those are the three biggest carbon emitters in the world. so we're going there as our little country, which doesn't emit all that much in terms of less than 1%, less than 1% of emissions. and yes, you can say some of that is exported around the world through manufacturing and whatever . but manufacturing and whatever. but we're a small, small country with regards to carbon emissions, but we're going to be there, you know , leading the there, you know, leading the agenda, saying how much money we should give to other countries to help them with their climate change crusade. does it stack up? >> well, it'll be interesting to see what is put together at the end of this. at the end of this long conference conference of the parties. what cop stands for parties to all the agreements over the over the years, and they seem to be getting more frequent. but this one, this one is of course about cash. cash,
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cash. what do you think about it? do you want your money going to some of the developing countries so that they can have lovely new infrastructure to protect from climate change? or do you think that should be spent here? gbnews.com/yoursay all to come after your news headunes all to come after your news headlines with katie bowen . headlines with katie bowen. >> tom. emily, thank you and good afternoon . your latest good afternoon. your latest headunes good afternoon. your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the nation fell silent a short while ago to mark armistice day , while ago to mark armistice day, honounng while ago to mark armistice day, honouring the moment peace was declared in 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, with a two minute silence. a service has taken place at the cenotaph in london, where wreaths have been laid and prayers have been read, and a procession of the congregation set off. a short time ago , set off. a short time ago, senior representatives of the armed forces and the ministry of defence have attended a service at the national memorial
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arboretum in staffordshire. the duchess of edinburgh also spoke at the service. our reporter, charlie peters, spoke to honorary vice president of the western front association, lady louise , lady lucy french, about louise, lady lucy french, about the importance of today . the importance of today. >> for me it is incredibly important. it's vital that we do continue to remember that we do fall silent at 11:00. it's part of humanity and the instance that we begin to forget or i think we're all the prime minister has marked armistice day in france today, becoming the first uk leader to do so since sir winston churchill. >> sir keir starmer was invited to paris personally by the french president, emmanuel macron, and a short time ago, the two leaders were at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the arc de triomphe, where they laid arc de triomphe, where they laid a floral tribute. it comes as the government announces more than £10 million to mark the 80th anniversaries of ve and v—j day in the uk next year. minister for veterans alistair khan spoke to eamonn and isabel this morning. >> well, i think , you know,
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>> well, i think, you know, going out there makes absolute sense from my perspective. you know , the war was fought in know, the war was fought in france. so being alongside the french to remember those that have fallen is fantastic news and i fully support it. you know, i had the i had the privilege yesterday of marching for the first time in the front rank of veterans past the cenotaph. and it's a moment for this country to reflect and remember the sacrifices of so many people who laid down their lives to protect the freedoms we enjoy . so the pm going over to enjoy. so the pm going over to france is a good thing to stand along the french and remember the sacrifice that took place. >> some brief breaking news this afternoon. former soldier daniel khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at woolwich crown court to escaping from hmp wandsworth in september 2023, but continues to deny all other charges. the 23 year old escaped from hmp wandsworth in southwest london in september 2023 by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck using a sling made from kitchen trousers . khalife faces kitchen trousers. khalife faces charges contrary to the official
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secrets act and terrorism act, and is accused of perpetrating a bomb hoax . the and is accused of perpetrating a bomb hoax. the kremlin has today denied reports that us president elect donald trump spoke with russian president vladimir putin. casting the media reports as pure fiction. the washington post and reuters news agency both previously reported that the call had taken place. it comes as joe biden is reportedly set to make a personal plea to donald trump about the importance of funding ukraine, urging the president elect not to walk away from the country. elsewhere, defence secretary john healey has rejected reported comments by ukrainian officials suggesting that kyiv is unhappy with the labour government's level of support. it comes after the guardian reported officials in kyiv have said relations have deteriorated since labour took office, and voiced frustration over britain's failure to provide additional long—range weapons. more than 2 million gp appointments are at risk from changes being made to national insurance in the chancellor's budget, new analysis from the liberal democrats has shown. the institute of general practice
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management has estimated that the average gp surgeries tax bill will go up by around £20,000 a year after rachel reeves increased, employers national insurance contributions that would amount to more than £125 million a year. in additional costs for gp practices in england. the equivalent cost to providing 2.24 million appointments to the nhs and public sector are exempt from the employers national insurance tax rise, but most gp's, many of which are run as small businesses, will be hit . small businesses, will be hit. the annual un climate conference is getting underway in azerbaijan today, with world leaders including sir keir starmer attending the summit over the next two weeks. the climate negotiations are set to discuss funds for poor countries to cope with climate change, and increasing ambitions on cutting emissions. the meeting is being held after the latest deadly weather events , including floods weather events, including floods in valencia and the hurricane helene in the us. those are the latest gb news headlines. now let's go back to tom and emily.
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>> good afternoon britain. it is eight minutes past midday and today of course, is armistice day. earlier this morning, britain fell silent. remember our fallen heroes on this day in 1918? peace was, of course, declared in europe, bringing an end to more than four years of intense fighting . intense fighting. >> sir keir starmer marked the occasion at a ceremony in paris this morning. the first prime minister to do so since winston churchill. he laid a minister to do so since winston churchill. he l
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