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the archbishop of should the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, resign over the horrific abuse scandal? and do you think that children should have to prove their age in to order use social media, or should parents have tighter control ? there is lots to control? there is lots to discuss tonight. keeping me company till seven. my panel. annunziata rees—mogg, a former member of the european parliament, and andy williams, a political commentator. but before we get stuck in, let's cross live for the 6:00 news headunes. headlines. >> good evening. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines from the gb newsroom. the nation fell silent this morning to mark armistice day , honouring the 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
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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 arboretum in staffordshire. the duchess of edinburgh also spoke at the service . while the prime at the service. while 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 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 leaders strongly agreeing on the importance of beanng agreeing on the importance of bearing down on illegal migration at every stage of a
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migrants journey. meanwhile, overin migrants journey. meanwhile, over in the us, president joe biden and vice president kamala harris have taken part in a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier in arlington national cemetery to mark veterans day. staying with the us now, the kremlin has today denied reports that president elect donald trump spoke with the russian president , spoke with the 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. and sir keir starmer has defended his visit to a climate change summit 2500 miles from the uk , insisting he is from the uk, insisting he is using the trip to boost the economy and tackle the small boat crisis. the prime minister arrived in azerbaijan for the annual un cop29, attended by
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world leaders . meanwhile, the us world leaders. meanwhile, the us envoy has said the fight against climate change is bigger than one election. john podesta was speaking at the summit after his party lost to republican candidate donald trump, who some say is a climate sceptic but a defiant mr podesta said this is not the end of our fight for a cleaner, safer planet. the climate negotiations are set to discuss funds for poor countries to cope with climate change, and increasing ambitions on cutting emissions . sir keir starmer has emissions. sir keir starmer has refused to give his backing to the archbishop of canterbury over his handling of child abuse claims. the prime minister said it was a matter for the church. as pressure grows on justin welby to stand down, it comes after a report into the suspected abuse of over 100 children by a well—known barrister associated with the church of england. the report also claims that the institution had played a role in covering up
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the accusations. when details initially came to light in 2013. a petition by some members of the church's parliament has gathered more than 1500 signatures, urging justin welby to stand down. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michelle for the very latest gb news to direct your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news. >> com forward slash alerts . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much for that. my >> thank you very much for that. my name is michelle dewberry and i'm keeping you company until 7:00 tonight alongside me. i've got my panel . annunziata got my panel. annunziata rees—mogg, the former member of the european parliament, and andy williams, the political commentator. good evening to both of you. you're very welcome tonight, as are each and every single one of you at home. what's on your mind tonight on this very special day, isn't it
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armistice day? how does today make you feel? did anyone just watch that show just before mine ? watch that show just before mine? that chap there, john king, a hundred years old today. sharper than i don't know what. wasn't he? how remarkable. listening to his story and all the gentleman like him. veterans. proud veterans at that. you can get in touch with me all the usual ways tonight. you can email me at gb views @gbnews. com. you can go to the website gb news .com, slash yourself. or of course you can tweet or text me. but look a very poignant day to day isn't it? you were just telling me a story. share it. >> i live in lincolnshire and the school from louth. king edward's was representing the youth at the cenotaph today, and i did find the service so moving. and i think someone said that yesterday everyone had to be there. they were the great and the good, and it was part of their duty to be there. but today the actual date, the right
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time, the anniversary, it was people who wanted to be there. and i think that's the real power of this country is how committed we are to our servicemen. and women, but also to our say , our democracy. to our say, our democracy. >> yeah, and i think it's so important as well for the younger people in society to have all of these stories passed down, the memories, the respect, the regard. it's just so important that we don't lose that. >> it is. and i think it's really crucial that the next generation learn about it, understand it, and know why we're doing it, that this isn't just some symbol, it actually matters. and that fighting for democracy is something we all have to do every day of our lives. >> indeed, andy, i couldn't agree more. and i think it's so precious to have people, you know, at the age of 100, there aren't that many people left who saw world war two, who fought in world war ii. and it's really important. while they're still with us, to hear those stories from them, i think. >> yeah. i mean, what does it
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mean to you when you listen to these stories? how how does it move you? i mean, i was just listening to that chap literally a few minutes ago. have you missed it? you can watch it back on, catch up on the app, or you can go to youtube, youtube and so on. but it's really remarkable. his stories so huge gratitude and respect to all of our veterans , quite frankly. but our veterans, quite frankly. but look, get in touch with me. let me know your thoughts today. but also i've got to start my programme with the annual. some would say lunacy, others would say the essential act of all of these so—called great and goods . these so—called great and goods. they get on to their private jets and off they off they pop to convene themselves this time cop29. it is the annual un climate meeting looking at what we all should do. i say we all because i don't really put them in the same bracket as us. i feel so many people, they sit on their their ivory towers , their their ivory towers, looking down essentially on the plebs telling us how we are going to change our life, how we
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are going to have to put our handsin are going to have to put our hands in our pockets to deal with their fanatical visions. sometimes when it comes to things like net zero and the timelines of which they put on it, well , i'd timelines of which they put on it, well, i'd love a figure of how many private jets have flown to azerbaijan. >> i was chatting to two people who have gone last week, who are clearly themselves committed to the climate change agenda , and the climate change agenda, and even they were saying it's basically a great big jolly that we they have these conferences people fly in from all over the world. they host them in what, 28 was in dubai, a very oil based state. this one's in azerbaijan, biggest foreign investor is bp, not exactly known as the greatest green giant in the world. and yet they come out and they just decide, oh, we've used all this money, we've spent all this time, we've used all this political capital, and let's have another conference and see what happens. this morning. they couldn't even decide the agenda. they this morning. they couldn't even decide the agen
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