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BBCNEWS BBC News November 11, 2017

Two minutes silence has been observed around the country for Armistice Day. It marked the moment in 1918 when the fighting came to an end in the first world war. There were ceremonies at the National Memorial arboretum in staffordshire, and at the cenotaph on whitehall in london, from where our correspondent Adina Campbell reports. As the crowds gathered into whitehall to the sound of the pipes, looming in front of them the stark cenotaph war memorial, a sobering reminder of the many lives lost in conflict. Big ben was also heard chiming, despite being silent for the last three months, due to repair work. Big ben chimes. Shortly after the two minutes silence, thousands of people watched on as pipes and drums from the london scottish regiment marched through whitehall in a captivating display. I thought it was really emotional because so many people died. Yes. Its a very good way to pay respects. Ive been thinking about the memorial coming back in 1920, thinking about the families that lined the streets here and how important having the mow merials in memorials in this country must have been to the widows and children. Todays events has been a chance for many people to remember those who fought and what they fought for. Adina campbell, bbc news. Our correspondent phil mackie is at the National Memorial arboretum in satffordshire. He witnessed the ceremony there this morning and sent us this a short time ago. It was a moving service, as it always is here at the National Memorial arboretum, which you may forget has only been here for ten years, but it now has become an integral part of our annual collaborations, both today on Armistice Day and tomorrow for remembrance sunday. You can see lots of people have come and to gather lay wreaths, you have got the various statues and in the back the obelisk, which is the centrepiece, which was lit up beautifully in the sunshine at 11am. Two people who have come in since that service are alan and glyn whove come from mid wales . North wales. Youve come a long way. You served in the royal welch fusiliers, didnt you . How long ago was that and how long were you in for . In the 80s. Many years ago. Where did you serve . Everywhere. Northern ireland 7 yeah. Why did you come here and feel like it was worth making the pilgrimage, which i suppose it is . There is a lot of names of royal welch fusiliers on these plaques over the years. Ive been before and ill come again. Do you have particular individuals in mind when you come to an event like this . Family members. Because you come for a military family, like so many people do. You have had people in previous generations who fought. Do you think Armistice Day, remembrance sunday, is still very important, notjust for your generation, my generation, but for younger ones as well . Everyone. I think everybody should remember them, remember everyone. Alan, you did not serve but you have come as well, you have, along with glyn. Yeah, we come from the same village. I live in the lower half, which is a small village but in the world wars we had some service men here. They are not in this one but we have a few names up and down there. Have you found them . No, we havent found them. I found the regiment, which is most important. One of the things i often see when people come here is they scan the walls and amongst hundreds of thousands of names, its quite hard to find the ones youre looking for. I am pleased that i found the regiment that im looking for. For somebody who is not for a military background, why do you think today is such an important day . For me, personally, id like to say it is for, i have come here for my family as well. My father and grandfather were in the first and second world war. The i have not been in it but ijust wa nted the i have not been in it but ijust wanted to find out more over at everything, really. What do you think of the place . Fantastic. It should be on the school curriculum, to bring the children here. Should be on the school curriculum, to bring the children herei should be on the school curriculum, to bring the children here. I know they do locally. I understand that but from where we come from i do not think they do. Thanks very much. Lots and lots of people now coming around and even more tomorrow. The Service Today was restricted to invited guests only so they have just opened it up to the public and tomorrow is more of a public event. Next year at the centenary of the end of world war i will be either massive event, Armistice Day and remembrance sunday be on the same day and this will be a huge event, as there will be across the world. The husband of a british woman jailed in iran is asking for an urgent meeting with the foreign secretary. It follows remarks by borisjohnson, which suggested Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe had been in iran training journalists when she was arrested. Herfamily insist she was on holiday. This morning, Richard Ratcliffe told bbc breakfast her ordeal was taking a huge toll on his wife. What shes been through is just awful and the process of cruelty and isolation and manipulation and threatening her, and at a point she was so traumatised she couldnt walk. Obviously, the physical consequences of that, but the psychological consequences. Sometimes on the phone shes 0k, sometimes shes really down. President trump held talks with president putin at the sidelines of an International Summit of asia pacific nations. One of the subjects they discussed was russias alleged meddling in the us 2016 elections, which president putin continues to deny. A short time ago, our correspondent Aleem Maqbool sent us this update from vietnam. Yes, it absolutely has been a huge issue back in the states and, as soon as people find out that the two leaders were going to be at the summit together, of course, all eyes were on donald trump and Vladimir Putin and it appears they wanted to keep their meetings out of the eye of the media as much as they could but donald trump admitted on air force one to journalists that they had brief conversations. When asked if he brought up russian interference in the us election, he said he had and that Vladimir Putin had said he did not meddle. Donald trump said he believed the russian president and said he felt Vladimir Putin had been very insulted by the accusations. Donald trump said he thought the whole story was concocted by his political opponents and that is precisely what mr putin said when leaving the summit as well. If either of them think that means the story is going to go away, of course, they are very much mistaken because the Usjustice Department investigation goes on. 11 countries from across the Pacific Region have agreed to press ahead with a major free trade agreement, despite the deal being ditched by the United States. It comes after President Trump took his America First message to the region and made it quite clear to leaders the us would no longer tolerate what he called chronic trade abuses. Jonathan head reports. Apec has always been a celebration of this regions prosperity. Leaders representing more than half the Global Economy talking about how they can do even better. But this year, there was a spoiler. President trump came with a different message that the us no longer wants to lead on free trade. In fact, he wants to withdraw from regional evers which he says are unfair to america. We are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of any more. That hasnt stopped the 11 remaining countries in the Trans Pacific partnership, the trade pact President Trump pulled out of earlier this year. They vowed to push ahead without the United States. The member government say theyll continue to pursue trade liberalisation, but without the americans, the largest economy in apec and always its driving force, there have to be doubts about how far free trade can progress in this region. But there are even bigger doubts over President Trumps new strategy of only negotiating with individual countries. He may get slightly better deals. China is already making some concessions. But, the us is losing its place as the most influential power in the region. Jonathan head, bbc news, da nang, vietnam. Police are searching for the owner of a stolen vehicle after a woman was killed in a crash in west sussex. The car had failed to stop for Police Moments before the incident on the a21; in horsham. Lets talk to our correspondent simonjones whojoins me now from horsham. What more can you tell us mac . In the crash happened at 2 30pm yesterday. The 70 year old woman driving her ford fiesta down that stretch of road behind me was hit by a stolen black mercedes. She was declared dead at the scene. She also had a passenger in her car, a friend, she escaped with minor injuries. She was taken to Hospital Hospital and subsequently released. The driver of the stolen mercedes ran off and there was a police hunt for home involving the helicopter and sniffer dogs but they found no trace of him. Police believe he may have tried to flag down a lift from other vehicles after the crash. The police first spotted the stolen mercedes and another stolen mercedes 11 minutes before the crash. The police tried to stop both cars but neither of them stopped, the driver of the second mercedes made of and crashed into a hedge. The police say they have arrested an 18 year old man on suspicion of burglary. Officers have described what happened here as a tragedy and offering support to the family of the 70 year old woman who died. At the time of the crash the mercedes were not been preceded by the officer but what has happened has been referred to the independent Police Complaints commission as a matter of course. One of the latest hollywood figures to be accused of Sexual Harassment has admitted that all the allegations against him are true. Five women have made claims against the american Comedian Louis ck. Hes expressed remorse for his actions, as our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. Be warned this report contains flash photography. Another hollywood figure accused of sexual misconduct. But to louis ck admits he did it. The New York Times first reported the claims of five women who said he subjected them to various acts of indecency, and two of his accusers say it happened in his hotel room in a comedy festival in 2002. In a statement, the comedian said the stories were true and he was now aware of the extent of the impact of his actions. He said the power i had over these women is that they admired me, and i wielded that power irresponsibly. He adds the statement doesnt include an apology to the women. Hi, everybody. Nice to see you all. Whats up . Louis ck is best known as a stand up comedian. He is also a successful writer, producer and actor. Hollywoods response to the allegations against him has been swift. His latest film, due to be released next week, has been scrapped. He has been dropped by several tv networks and netflix has cancelled plans to a stand up special. The streaming service cited the comedians unprofessional and Unacceptable Behaviour with female colleagues. The american goalkeeper, hope solo, has accused former, fifa president sepp blatter, of sexual harrassment. The world cup winner said mr blatter groped her moments before they went on stage at the ballon dor event in 2013. A spokesman for mr blatter has described the accusation as absurd. The headlines on bbc news a two minute silence has been observed around the country for Armistice Day. The husband of a british woman jailed in iran said he hopes to meet borisjohnson as soon as possible. Donald trump has held brief informal talks with Vladimir Putin at the International Summit of asia pacific nations in vietnam. The bbc understands that the labour mp, Kerry Mccarthy, will submit letters to Party Officials on monday which she says show she received unwa nted attention from her fellow labour mp, Kelvin Hopkins. Mr hopkins is currently suspended from the party, following accusations of inappropriate behaviour, which he denies. Heres our Political Correspondent, iain watson. Kerry mccarthy says she is speaking out to support the young labour activist Ava Etemadzadeh, who alleged hopkins had acted inappropriately towards her after a meeting at Essex University four years ago. Kelvin hopkins is currently suspended by the labour party while those allegations, which he denies, are investigated. Kerry mccarthy is not making a new formal complaint. Instead, she is submitting information which she believes could be helpful for the Ava Etemadzadeh. She says she first suffered unwanted attention from mr hopkins in 1994, and more recently, she received a letter in which he described as a very attractive woman and confided he had a dream about her. She is submitting this letter to the labour enquiry on monday. In a statement, Kelvin Hopkins describes Kerry Mccarthy as a long term friend and says he is disappointed she appears to have gone to the press rather than telling him that she was unhappy. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent emma va rdy. Kelvin hopkins is already suspended from the party because of those previous allegations. Do you know why Kerry Mccarthy, the latest mp, has come forward with these accusations now . It is believed she saw this young labour activist, Ava Etemadzadeh, spell out her own claims about Kelvin Hopkinss behaviour and Kerry Mccarthy wanted to reveal her own experiences and she did this, she said, to support Ava Etemadzadeh and investigation. Kerry mccarthy has said since Ava Etemadzadeh spoke out she has seen her come under attack from what she called misguided and in some cases malicious individuals. And that is another factor that helped to make her mind up. Kerry mccarthy says she has been to seek the chief whip and the labour Leaders Office but said they did not know before this point. She has obviously given it some thought because she is a labour mp and has worked closely with Kelvin Hopkins in the past so by making these accusations it is not something that will be comfortable for her, the party or all sorts of relationships at this point in time. She addresses that and says in her statement, i do not relish being in the public eye over this but the decision to speak out is not a difficult one to make in the circumstances. Members of Lewis Hamiltons Formula One Team have been robbed at gunpoint in brazil. A minibus carrying the mercedes technical staff was stopped as they left the interlagos circuit in sao paulo. A spokesperson for the team says valuables were taken but everyone is safe and uninjured. Hamilton tweeted about the incident, saying formula 1 needed to do more to keep teams safe. On the line is the formula 1 commentatorfor bbc on the line is the formula 1 commentator for bbc five live. Or as hamilton clearly very angry at what has happened. Its a scenario that happens quite often in brazil. Jenson button experienced the same thing himself. There is a particular set of traffic lights on the way out of the circuit where this kind of thing is prevalent and last night the teams were leaving after dark. The brazilian authorities have put ina lot the brazilian authorities have put in a lot of police this year but when the teams are leaving at laying pm at night, things can get slightly sketchy. We heard all the build up in the running up to the real olympics last year. Lewis hamilton says formula 1 needs to do more to protect teams, one wonders what he has in mind. That is the problem. There are ten teams in sao paulo, around 300 journalists, so sao paulo, around 300 journalists, so five or 600 people making up the eve ryo ne so five or 600 people making up the Everyone Group travelling around the world and they will all be staying in different places around the city so formula 1 and the circuit itself can do all they can end the perimeter of the actual venue, but if you have teams staying ten miles in that direction or ten miles in that direction there is only a certain amount formula 1 can do. Short of not going to result in a more. How large a team doesnt Lewis Hamilton travel with . The actual Mercedes Team is around 100 people on the site, Lewis Hamilton, when he finished his driving would have spoken to his engineers and then left the circuit around 6pm. But it is the mechanics and engineers that would have stayed at the circuit longer, doing all the dirty work, i suppose, while hamilton is back in his hotel and it is them leaving late at

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