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A day of remembrance as Britain honours its war dead. | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
At the Cenotaph, the Queen leads the tributes to men and women killed | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
Thousands of military personnel and veterans were | :00:14. | :00:24. | |
among those gathered in London, with similar ceremonies across the UK. | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
We have the story of one Afghanistan veteran's journey to march | :00:31. | :00:33. | |
The Labour leader clashes with the head of the armed forces over | :00:34. | :00:41. | |
The British holidaymakers waiting to fly home as an Egyptian investigator | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
says a bomb almost certainly caused the Russian plane crash. | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
And a huge turnout in Myanmar for the election that could end 50 | :00:54. | :00:56. | |
The Queen has led the nation's tributes to military | :00:57. | :01:20. | |
personnel killed in conflict, laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in London. | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
She was joined by politicians, and thousands of service personnel | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
and veterans, as the traditional two minute silence was observed. | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
It was one of many ceremonies held across the UK on this Remembrance | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
Sunday, as our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
It is a day when differences are put to one side | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
as the nation pauses to remember those who gave their lives in war. | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
Making his first appearance at the Cenotaph, and getting a guiding hand | :01:54. | :01:56. | |
from the Prime Minister on where to stand, the Leader of the Opposition, | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
Jeremy Corbyn, in a dark jacket and tie, and a red poppy in his lapel. | :02:00. | :02:09. | |
No-one has more experience of these occasions than the Queen. | :02:10. | :02:11. | |
It is 70 years now since she attended her first | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
Then, she was a 19-year-old princess. | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
Now she is approaching the age of 90. | :02:19. | :02:26. | |
At the stroke of 11, a field gun signalled the start | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
of the two-minute silence, observed in Whitehall and around the nation. | :02:30. | :03:08. | |
At the Cenotaph, the Queen placed her wreath | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
on behalf of the United Kingdom and the countries of the Commonwealth. | :03:11. | :03:16. | |
For the first time, some members of the Royal Family laid their wreaths | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
in groups, to shorten the time the Queen and World War II veterans | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
So, Princes William, Harry and Andrew stepped forward together. | :03:24. | :03:30. | |
The Prime Minister placed a wreath on behalf of the Government. | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
There had been a plan for opposition party leaders to lay | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
their wreaths as a group, too, but it had to be shelved. | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
After the wreath laying, a short service and the singing of | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
the national anthem, in which all the party leaders joined - | :03:48. | :03:50. | |
some with perhaps more confidence than others. | :03:51. | :03:57. | |
After the politicians had gone, past the Cenotaph came | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
the veterans, turned out in their best to show respect | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
Nicholas Witchell, BBC News, at the Cenotaph. | :04:03. | :04:11. | |
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has become embroiled | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
in a row with the head of the armed forces over his views on | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
The Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, said | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
the Labour leader was undermining the deterrent value of Trident | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
Mr Corbyn says the military should remain politically neutral. | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
The Labour Leader is a life-long campaigner against nuclear weapons. | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
Jeremy Corbyn opposes the renewal of Trident and has said he would | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
Now Britain's most senior military officer has said he would be very | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
worried if anyone with such views is in power, because it would | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
completely undermine the country's nuclear deterrent. | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
When people say, "You are never going to use the deterrent." | :04:56. | :04:58. | |
What I say is - you use the deterrent every second | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
The purpose of the deterrent is you don't have to use it | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
Most of the politicians, I know, understand that. | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
I think that, dare I say, the responsibility of power is | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
probably quite a sobering thing and you come to a realisation and | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
Jeremy Corbyn, who was at Remembrance Sunday events today, | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
accused the Chief of Defence Staff of breaching the constitutional | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
principle that the military should be politically neutral. | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
The Armed Forces obviously must advise, obviously must put | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
their point of view, obviously have a great deal of access to the | :05:39. | :05:42. | |
Secretary of State for Defence, the Prime Minister and of course every | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
I do not think it is helpful if they start making political comments of a | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
It is highly-unusual for such a senior military officer to be | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
drawn into political controversy but this row between the Chief | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
of Defence Staff and the Leader of the Opposition, also highlights the | :06:03. | :06:05. | |
difficulties within the Labour Party, about the future | :06:06. | :06:07. | |
Despite Jeremy Corbyn's views, Labour's annual conference endorsed | :06:08. | :06:16. | |
the party's current policy in favour of keeping Britain's | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
nuclear deterrent - though the issue is now the subject | :06:21. | :06:23. | |
of a review - and the Scottish Labour Party has voted to scrap it. | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
The Government is committed to renewing the Trident system | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
and will put the issue to a vote in Parliament within | :06:31. | :06:32. | |
Despite the opposition of the Labour Leader, ministers are confident they | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
will get the backing of MPs to build a new generation of nuclear weapons. | :06:39. | :06:46. | |
Meanwhile, David Cameron faces a crucial week ahead for his bid to | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
On Tuesday he'll lay out some of his terms in a letter to the President | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
of the European Council, that will then for the basis for negotiations | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
Let's get more from Carole Walker, who's joined me in the studio, | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
as details emerge tonight about a speech the Prime Minister's | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
Yes, this speech will really set the agenda for the next phase of these | :07:08. | :07:18. | |
formal negotiations. Already we are hearing that much tougher tone from | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, warning that if they | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
don't get what they want then they are prepared to consider a life | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
outside the EU. Now, we are hearing tonight that David Cameron will also | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
be saying that it's not just about whether Britain could survive | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
outside the EU, it is whether we would be more successful, | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
economically, in or out. He's also going to be stressing that the | :07:43. | :07:45. | |
choice that we will all get in that referendum will probably be the most | :07:46. | :07:48. | |
important we will make in our lifetimes. There will be a huge | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
focus on the letter that will be published on that day to the | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
President of the European Council, setting out the Prime Minister's | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
demands, undoubtedly Eurosceptics will be saying he is not asking for | :08:02. | :08:05. | |
enough, we are not hearing enough. But, crucially, once David Cameron | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
has set out the key changes he wants, only then will we started to | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
get a more clear idea of whether the other 27 EU leaders will allow | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
Britain to have a very different relationship with the EU from the | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
one that they have all signed up to. Carroll, thank you. Carol Walker, | :08:24. | :08:24. | |
our political correspondent. One of the Egyptian investigators | :08:25. | :08:26. | |
working to determine the cause of the Russian plane crash in Sinai | :08:27. | :08:28. | |
says he is 90% certain it was The Egyptian government says it is | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
still too early to know Our Middle East correspondent | :08:33. | :08:35. | |
Orla Guerin is in Sharm El Sheikh Well, British tourists have | :08:36. | :08:48. | |
continued to depart from this red Sea resort today. The latest we have | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
from the Foreign Office tonight is that around 1900 people are left on | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
eight flights. That would bring the total number of departures in recent | :08:59. | :09:03. | |
days to 5300. In Russia today, there was a memorial for all those that | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
boarded a flight here last weekend and never made it home. | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
The Bell told in St Petersburg today. 224 times. | :09:13. | :09:27. | |
Mourners packed into Saint Isaacs Cathedral, remembering the victims | :09:28. | :09:34. | |
of Russia's worst air disaster. Among the dead, a cathedral employee | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
and her teenage daughter. At the airport they departed from, in Sharm | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
El Sheikh, we can only film from a distance now. The authorities will | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
not allow our cameras inside. But there are growing questions about | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
security in the terminals and on the runway, before the Russian plane | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
took off and fell from the skies. Egyptian investigators are looking | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
at airport staff who had access to the plane, including baggage | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
handlers. They were supposed to be monitored by close circuit TV, but | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
according to one report, those screens were often abandoned and | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
many cameras inside the airport were broken. We filmed this security | :10:17. | :10:23. | |
screening on Friday, when staff were being vigilant. But the Foreign | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
Secretary has told the BBC that if the so-called Islamic State or Isil | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
did bring down the plane, there are implications across the Middle East. | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
If this turns out to be a device planted by an Isil of operative, or | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
somebody inspired by them, clearly, we will have to look again at the | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
level of security we expect to see in airports in areas where Isil is | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
active. For now, thousands of British holiday-makers are grounded | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
here, including these couples from Suffolk. They were supposed to leave | :10:59. | :11:01. | |
on Thursday, but when we met this morning they were still waiting to | :11:02. | :11:08. | |
hear from their airline, easyJet. Just to get in touch with us and | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
tell us what is going on, rather than leaving us dangling. Well, you | :11:14. | :11:17. | |
are all right, you are in a hotel, five stars, sit back and relax, we | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
were told this morning. Some British tourists here are continuing to do | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
just that. Savouring every minute in the sun and the swimming pool. | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
Brenda and Kevin Davies, due to go in a few days' time, say they will | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
definitely be back. It's been fantastic. Sharm El Sheikh is | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
wonderful, the people absolutely brilliant, they are friendly, | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
helpful. It's been absolutely great. The authorities here are hoping | :11:50. | :11:52. | |
these are the kind of images and visitors will take away. But tourism | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
could be another casualty of the crash. | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
Votes are being counted in Myanmar - formerly Burma - | :12:01. | :12:02. | |
after its first openly contested election since 1990. | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
Among those voting today was opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
whose party is expected to win the most seats in parliament. | :12:10. | :12:12. | |
But the current constitution prevents | :12:13. | :12:14. | |
her from becoming president and the military retains a strong grip | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
Our special correspondent Fergal Keane's report from Yangon | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
It is literally one minute before they open the gates. | :12:23. | :12:35. | |
A government official, in his first free election. | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
To those who remember when these streets were filled with fear, this | :12:41. | :12:50. | |
Generations who doubted they'd ever see this day joined those who | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
hoped their children will inherit a democratic nation. | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
Exciting. So exciting. | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
And this has come about through non-violent struggle, | :13:07. | :13:14. | |
something exceptional in a world beset by conflict. | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
That's because this woman, pro-democracy campaigner | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
Aung San Suu Kyi, always refused to countenance violence during decades | :13:24. | :13:25. | |
Our camera caught the moment when she voted. | :13:26. | :13:38. | |
But to form a government, her party needs | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
a landslide to counter the built-in advantage enjoyed by the military. | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
Her opponent, sitting President Thein Sein, is a former general. | :13:47. | :13:50. | |
He's backed by the military, who have a quarter of the seats | :13:51. | :13:53. | |
That is their insurance against losing influence | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
as the country transforms under the eyes of the world. | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
There are high stakes for the country. | :14:03. | :14:03. | |
It's an historic transition that they are in. | :14:04. | :14:06. | |
We cannot expect this election to be perfect. | :14:07. | :14:08. | |
It's the first time international observers have been invited to | :14:09. | :14:11. | |
We believe this, in and of itself, constitutes progress. | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
Aung San Suu Kyi visited polling stations. | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
Even if she does win a landslide, the challenges are immense. | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
Many of the country's Muslim minority were disenfranchised | :14:25. | :14:26. | |
and faced threats from militant Buddhists. | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
Grinding poverty is the lot of the nation's majority. | :14:30. | :14:33. | |
As Aung San Suu Kyi continues to tour her constituency, there is | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
After years of human rights abuse, military rule, a great deal | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
And at a party headquarters tonight, a constellation | :14:43. | :14:54. | |
Now that the polls have closed and the waiting has begun, by this time | :14:55. | :15:01. | |
tomorrow people here should know of the election has delivered the | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
A brief look at some of the day's other news stories: | :15:06. | :15:16. | |
Sebastian Coe - the new head of athletics' governing | :15:17. | :15:19. | |
body the IAAF - says he's shocked by allegations of bribery within | :15:20. | :15:21. | |
the organisation - bribes that it's claimed were used to cover up doping | :15:22. | :15:24. | |
More details of the allegations are expected to | :15:25. | :15:27. | |
be revealed in a independent report to be published tomorrow. | :15:28. | :15:33. | |
Britain's biggest steelmaker, Tata, is demanding that | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
its suppliers cut their prices as turmoil in the industry deepens. | :15:38. | :15:39. | |
Last month the firm said it was cutting 1,200 | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
jobs in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire amid a fall in global steel prices. | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
Global warming could push 100 million more people into poverty | :15:48. | :15:50. | |
across the world, according to a report from the World Bank. | :15:51. | :15:53. | |
It says the poor are more vulnerable to climate-related shocks | :15:54. | :15:56. | |
A major summit on climate change will begin | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
And Andy Murray has suffered a straight sets defeat to | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
Novak Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters. | :16:09. | :16:10. | |
The Serbian took the first set 6-2 before Murray rallied | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
in the second but could not do enough to stop the World Number One | :16:15. | :16:17. | |
from taking the second set 6-4. It's the 10th time | :16:18. | :16:20. | |
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, arrives in Britain later this | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
He'll have lunch with the Queen and hold talks with | :16:32. | :16:34. | |
David Cameron - which are expected to lead to new trade deals | :16:35. | :16:37. | |
The UK is already a big investor in India. | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
But as our correspondent Justin Rowlatt discovers in | :16:42. | :16:45. | |
Varanasi, some feel Britain should be doing much more to tap | :16:46. | :16:47. | |
His report contains some flashing images. | :16:48. | :16:55. | |
Varanasi, India's most holy city and the parliamentary stronghold | :16:56. | :16:58. | |
of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
Mr Modi sells himself as a no-nonsense technocrat who | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
transformed his home state, Gujarat, into an economic powerhouse. | :17:09. | :17:14. | |
And he won a landslide victory a year and a half ago on the promise | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
And the Indian economy is moving along at a fair clip. | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
It recently overtook China to become the world's | :17:27. | :17:28. | |
Mr Modi has invited the world to come here, to India, to do business. | :17:29. | :17:43. | |
His team conjured a virtual lion to promote his Make In India policy, | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
And British businesses are taking up his call. | :17:48. | :17:57. | |
India's new middle class is prospering and wants a taste of the | :17:58. | :18:12. | |
Jamie Oliver has just opened his first restaurant here. | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
For us, it's a fascinating long-term market, because few markets globally | :18:16. | :18:18. | |
What a 25-year-old wants in New York or San Francisco, or Tokyo, | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
these days is often very similar to what the same age group wants | :18:25. | :18:27. | |
Triumph motorbikes, Vodafone and Costa Coffee are just | :18:28. | :18:30. | |
some of the British company is prospering in India. | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
But the relationship could do with a bit more pep. | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
These days, Britain doesn't even make the list of India's | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
British industry has not engaged with the new liberalised, | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
It is a competitive market, it's got other big players in it | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
and Britain must therefore show much more aggressiveness, | :18:55. | :18:56. | |
much more patience in engaging with India to promote its trade. | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
India can seem otherworldly to British eyes. | :19:03. | :19:05. | |
But we actually have a lot in common. | :19:06. | :19:07. | |
Think curry, cricket and a taste for tea with milk. | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
Mr Modi says this is India's century, and he's probably right. | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
The hope is, Britain will use his visit to build closer trading ties. | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
Finally, let's return to our main story | :19:23. | :19:33. | |
and the ceremonies that have taken place to mark Remembrance Sunday. | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
Among those at the Cenotaph today was Shaun Stocker, who lost | :19:38. | :19:40. | |
his sight and both of his legs during the conflict in Afghanistan. | :19:41. | :19:42. | |
Step by step, Shaun Stocker is starting a new life. | :19:43. | :19:54. | |
He became a veteran just three weeks ago, leaving the Army more than five | :19:55. | :19:58. | |
years after the bomb blast that took both his legs and his sight. | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
Today was his first Remembrance Service, using prosthetic limbs. | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
I've only been able to come down once. | :20:11. | :20:12. | |
So, it is really good to be actually able to walk. | :20:13. | :20:22. | |
After eight weeks in a coma and 40 operations, | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
The explosion happened just days before he was due to end | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
It took a few seconds to actually figure out what happened. | :20:34. | :20:42. | |
I could feel the guys putting torniquets on my legs and | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
so I knew something serious went on down there but I didn't really | :20:46. | :20:51. | |
know what happened to me until I heard someone say on the radio that | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
Being a 19-year-old lad, I didn't really want to use | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
His injuries changed everything, including Shaun's hopes of becoming | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
a father. But surgeons froze some of his sperm and, earlier this year, | :21:12. | :21:14. | |
He has got stronger over the past few years, more confident. | :21:15. | :21:22. | |
Walking is making him more confident. | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
Having someone that loves you and spends all their time with you | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
Determined nothing will get in his way, Shaun's next challenge | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
is to walk 100 kilometres, raising money for other blind veterans | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
That's all from me, stay with us on BBC1, it's time | :21:37. | :21:49. | |
for the news where you are. | :21:50. | :21:52. |