ukraine's the plug on ukraine's multi—billion dollar war chest, and sir keir starmer is at something of a crossroads. does he do a trade deal with trump's booming america, or tie himself to a sinking european union? will sir keir starmer do what's best for britain, or what's best for brussels and a multi—millionaire hotel and dnnks multi—millionaire hotel and drinks tycoon from chesterfield is scrapping plans to expand his empire by £20 million because he says that labour's budget is absolutely anti entrepreneur and anti—business. i'll speak to steve perez, the boss of the global drinks brand , and what global drinks brand, and what a pleasure this is. on this armistice day today, i'll be joined in the studio by world war ii veteran john king and today's an extra special day for john because it's his 100th birthday. so as well as getting a letter from the king, mr king will be appearing on gb news. i simply cannot wait. what a legend that's all coming up on

today's show. what a wonderful day it is out there today on armistice day. the sun is shining. there are veterans still around here in westminster. yesterday i had the great, great pleasure of having a drink. or perhaps one too many with so many servicemen and servicewomen in westminster at the cenotaph in westminster at the cenotaph in the pubs around here. it was so , so wonderful to meet you all so, so wonderful to meet you all and to say hello to me for a lot of gb news fans out there, and thank you all of you for your service. who served past, present and indeed future. god bless the king. what a wonderful country this can be. i want to hear from you. get in touch gbnews.com/yoursay . but now it's gbnews.com/yoursay. but now it's your headlines and here's sophia wenzler john mauger. >> martin. wenzlerjohn mauger. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon . it's just gone. 3:00. afternoon. it's just gone. 3:00. these are your headlines from

the gb newsroom. the nation fell silent this morning 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 took place. senior representatives of the armed forces and the ministry of defence have attended a service at the national memorial. a arbitrium in staffordshire. the duchess of edinburgh also spoke at the service . well, the prime at the service. well, the prime minister has marked armistice day in france today, becoming the first uk leader to do so since the winston churchill. and ahead of the commemorations , sir ahead of the commemorations, sir keir starmer and president emmanuel macron spoke about the war in ukraine and the situation in the middle east. the two leaders laid a floral tribute at the tomb of the unknown soldier

at the arc de triomphe, according to a downing street spokesman. the two leaders also spokesman. the two leaders also spoke about the situation in the channel spoke about the situation in the channel, with the leaders strongly agreeing on the importance of bearing down on illegal migration at every stage of a migrants journey. minister for veterans alastair cairns spoke to eamonn and isabel this morning. >> i think, you know, going out there makes absolute sense from my perspective. you 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 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 france is a good thing, to stand along the french and remember the sacrifice that took place . the sacrifice that took place. >> in other news, 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 president elect trump not to walk away from the country. meanwhile, russia reportedly suffered its deadliest day of the war, so far, with 1770 troops killed yesterday. a short time ago, ukrainian military warned that russia is preparing to step up their offensive in the south of their offensive in the south of the country. now , the number of the country. now, the number of small boat migrants crossing the engush small boat migrants crossing the english channel is likely to hit 40,000 by the end of the year. that's according to maritime security sources, as almost 30 33,000 have already made the illegal journey so far this yeah illegal journey so far this year. over the weekend, a further 781 migrants crossed from france. the latest

crossings come just days after prime minister sir keir starmer entered into a new agreement to intercept criminal gangs smuggling migrants through the western balkans. sir keir announced deals to boost intelligence sharing and cooperation with serbia, north macedonia and kosovo. a home office spokesman said we will stop at nothing to bring the people smuggling gangs to justice. 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 the south—west of london in september 2023 by clinging to the underside of a food delivery truck using a sling made from kitchen trousers. khalife faces charges contrary to the official secrets act and terrorism act, and is accused of perpetrating a bomb hoax and the threat french

authorities have announced they will deploy 4000 police officers in paris for thursday's football international between france and israel. a warning that you may find the following images distressing. the match will come a week after maccabi tel aviv fans were attacked by pro—palestinian protesters in amsterdam. the israeli government has warned citizens abroad, including in the uk, to avoid sporting and cultural events. the government has said that it will not allow events to be by anti—semitism . those are be by anti—semitism. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour. >> thank you sophia. now today of course, is armistice day. and earlier britain fell silent to remember our fallen heroes on this day in 1918, peace was declared in europe , bringing an declared in europe, bringing an end to more than four years of fighting . sir keir starmer fighting. sir keir starmer marked the occasion at a

ceremony in paris. the first prime minister to do so since winston churchill was there in 1944. as he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier alongside british and french veterans. services of remembrance also took place across the uk. this morning, as defence secretary john healey laid a wreath at the cenotaph here in whitehall and gb news reporter national reporter charlie peters now joins us live from the cenotaph in whitehall. charlie , the sun is shining on charlie, the sun is shining on the good and the great magnificent weather out there. remembrance sunday yesterday was an absolute triumph. tell us about today . about today. >> good afternoon martin. well, as you just mentioned, sir keir starmer is in paris today marking armistice day with the french president, emmanuel macron. he's the first british prime minister to be in france for armistice day since 1944, when winston churchill did the same with charles de gaulle . same with charles de gaulle. that's a significant moment with both world leaders. there.

speaking about the need to thwart russia's aggression very much using a memory of the past to bring it forward and reflect on the challenges that europe andindeed on the challenges that europe and indeed the world is facing at the moment. amid the looming prospect of expanding war. and that's the message i heard this morning from others attending the cenotaph here. we heard from lady lucy french. she's the great granddaughter of sir john french, who led the british expeditionary force in 1914. she told me it's vital that we remember that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past. i spoke to several other people who were linked with the western front association, who were delighted , really, that they delighted, really, that they were able to attend and commemorate the great war, in particular at the cenotaph . particular at the cenotaph. remembering 1914 to 1918 and actually being here from very early in the morning before 6 am, right up to 11 am, we had am, right up to 11 am, we had a feeling that we were repeating the process that was carried out in 1918, because the armistice

treaty was signed at 5 am, but it didn't actually go into effect until, of course, the 11th hour of that 11th day, some 2000 men were still killed fighting on the western front after peace was signed. in those six hours before it came into effect. i know many people who were gathered here for that