from an an incredible moment from an interview i did earlier on today with an astonishingly brave world war ii veteran called john king. long live the king, who is celebrating his 100th birthday today. celebrating his 100th birthday today . and reports say that today. and reports say that president elect donald trump spoke with russian president vladimir putin today, urging him not to escalate the conflict in ukraine. although the kremlin denies that such a call ever took place. whilst donald trump's son don jr shares a video appearing to mock volodymyr zelenskyy is losing his allowance . what will this his allowance. what will this second trump presidency mean for the conflict in ukraine? well, it's finally come to an end. and also, the archbishop of canterbury faces calls to resign by one of his own bishops over as the church of england child abuse scandal escalates . and now abuse scandal escalates. and now the prime minister refuses to back the archbishop. is justin welby position now simply and completely untenable , and

completely untenable, and backlash from farmers continues over hikes of inheritance tax, as it's reported that 5 million acres of land are now at risk of being sold off, as farmers will need to find six figure sums in death duties . need to find six figure sums in death duties. is their entire way of life at risk? now that is a meaty menu full of fun. but first, here's your news headunes first, here's your news headlines with sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. it'sjust >> martin. thank you. it's just gone. >> martin. thank you. it's just gone . 7:00. these are your gone. 7:00. these are your headunes gone. 7:00. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom . headlines from the gb newsroom. france and the uk have pledged to support for ukraine as long as necessary to thwart russia's war of aggression . that's war of aggression. that's according to the french president, emmanuel macron, and sir keir starmer. the prime minister marked armistice day in france today well becoming the first uk leader to do so since sir winston churchill . sir keir sir winston churchill. sir keir starmer and his french counterpart 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. a statement from the elysee palace said the two leaders had reaffirmed their commitment to supporting ukraine unwaveringly . meanwhile, over in unwaveringly. meanwhile, over in the us, 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. that's to mark veterans day and staying with the us. the kremlin has today denied reports that 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. now, sir keir starmer has defended his visit to a climate change summit. 2500

miles from the uk , insisting he miles 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 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 the republican candidate, donald trump, who some say is a climate sceptic and the prime minister has refused to give his backing to the archbishop of canterbury over his handling of child abuse claims. sir keir starmer said it was a matter for the church as pressure grows for 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 the accusations. when details initially came to light in 2013. and some breaking

news to finish with. gary lineker is to quit the bbc after the 2026 world cup, according to reports in the sun newspaper. it's understood the star will stop presenting match of the day at the end of this season. but as part of an 18 month contract extension, the 63 year old will stay on to anchor the corporation's 2025 2026 fa cup coverage and the next world cup. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in an hour 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 . >> com forward slash alerts. >> com forward slash alerts. >> welcome to the show on armistice day and today britain honours its fallen soldiers on armistice day, marking the

sacrifices made by generations past in a historic gesture, the prime minister has travelled to paris today to commemorate our wartime alliance with france , wartime alliance with france, the first british leader to do so since winston churchill did the same in 1944. after attending the annual remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph in london yesterday and earlier today, i spoke with a remarkable world war ii veteran celebrating his 100th birthday. i'll be sharing his reflections on service, sacrifice and the and the meaning of remembrance in a few moments time. john king 100. today. in fact, he stood in the westminster arms, now opposite. he got a standing ovation when he walked in, and god bless him, 100 years young he had a shot of rum. always a sailor . 100 years young he had a shot of rum. always a sailor. but nigel farage has accused the establishment of preventing him from laying a wreath at the cenotaph because of rules restricting wreath laying only to party leaders who have more than six mps. whilst reform uk, of course has five. now is that

a snub that keeps the big parties in charge or is it just a case of keeping to the rules ? a case of keeping to the rules? so tonight i am asking you should nigel farage have been allowed to lay a wreath at the cenotaph? let me know by tweeting hashtag farage on gb news or email farage @gbnews. .uk . well, let's introduce my .uk. well, let's introduce my panel now and i'm joined by the former spokesman for reform uk, gawain towler, and the gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. gentlemen, welcome very much to the show . may we very much to the show. may we start with that clip of john king, the world war ii veteran who turned 100 today. we had him in the studio earlier on an astonishing moment. absolutely beautiful . let's have a little beautiful. let's have a little listen to john king. >> well, the first thing we've done, we went up to ancona and we fired torpedoes into the harbour, and it wasn't very long before they got out of range. so we scarpered out there and coming back down the coast, we

see this steam train. we could see this steam train. we could see the fire off of it. so we opened up on it and then all of a sudden it was missing and we assumed that it had gone into a tunnel. well, it had, because when it came out, the other end, we got a direct hit on it. >> it was genuinely, genuinely moving story. but of course, a lot of fun was thrown in there too. and also just to explain there in the studio, those are there in the studio, those are the two individuals, astonishing people themselves. matthew hellyer, he's a former sas operative , served in three operative, served in three decades of conflict, been in over 400 operations for queen and king and country, and also johnny gallagher, who runs a taxi charity for veterans raised over a quarter of £1 million for them to help people like john king get to the cenotaph because of course, they're unable to take public transport. let's react to my panel, gawain .

react to my panel, gawain. astonishing story. 100 years old and what was so incredible is not only talking about john remembering the sacrifices and he still got very, very choked up looking back. he was on a ship that was sunk, hms janus, only 52 survived, that was torpedoed. he survived. but also the whole panel talked very, very movingly of how young people now seem to be completely forgetting the importance, the relevance , the significance of relevance, the significance of remembrance and armistice . i remembrance and armistice. i don't actually agree. >> when i was first going to my local war memorial, when , 30 or local war memorial, when, 30 or 40 years ago, there were a small handful of old and bold. >> today there are hundreds. same war memorial. i think that the almost as far as it gets further away, more people turn up the demand that poppies are everywhere. the flows of poppies from churches, the putting up the shadow , those steel shadow the shadow, those steel shadow men , the remembrance has become

men, the remembrance has become an industry rather than commemoration to a certain extent it does concern me that it's it has become very, very commercialised. >> but better that than we than we simply forget it or even admonish it. >> i don't think we are in danger of forgetting when again, when i think of going to the service i went when i think of going to the service i