a focus of remembrance this year will be those killed during the falklands war 40 years ago. their sacrifice was remembered, and today 400 members of the south atlantic medal association will march past the cenotaph. as the service ended, from the ceiling of the royal albert hall, the poppies fell a reminder of bloodshed and lives lost. as a new king, a new commander in chief leads the country in a weekend of remembrance. # happy and glorious. # long to reign over us. # god save the king!#
only about a fifth of services have operated because the announcement came too late to prevent cancellations. negotiations will resume early next week in an attempt to resolve a long running dispute over pay, conditions and job security. an extra bank holiday will take place across the uk to mark the coronation of king charles ii! next year. it will fall on monday the eighth of may, two days after the ceremony at westminster abbey. the prime minister rishi sunak said the time off would give people the chance to come together and celebrate . pakistan s government has revoked a ban on the broadcast of speeches by imran khan almost immediately after it was announced. the media regulator had earlier said mr khan made comments that threatened national security. the opposition leader was shot in the leg at a protest march earlier this week and has accused the government and military of plotting to kill him. i m joined now by ayesha siddiqa. she s a fellow at the department of war studies at
the publisher says it sums up succinctly just how truly awful 2022 had been for so many people . the top 10 chosen also include partygate the word coined to describe social gatherings in downing street during the pandemic, kyiv the capital of ukraine and carolean marking the beginning of the reign of king charles ii. time for a look at the weather. here s matt taylor. how about splooting ? how about splooting? this is where pets were splayed out to keep cool and some of them were at it in october. the met office or that all parts of the uk saw well above average temperatures and the fourth warmest 0ctober ever and we are on track for the warmest year ever. substantially above normal in rainfall but more to come in the next few days, but there are widespread gales and in these areas
ione wells reports on yet another historic and remarkable day in british politics. the shortest serving prime minister in british history. her position unsalvageable. we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore have spoken to his majesty the king to notify him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. so attention now turns to who will replace her. tory mps have until 2pm on monday to nominate a new leader. they will need 100 nominations to make it onto the ballot. that means a maximum of three tory mps could make the cut. if only one gets 100 nominations from colleagues, they will automatically become leader.
that end your weekend forecast coming up on your friday morning serving of breakfast. it s friday 21st october and i m outside number 10 downing street. liz truss moved into this famous building when she became prime ministerjust six weeks ago. by the end of next week at the latest she ll be gone, making her the shortest serving prime minister in british history. she tendered her resignation to king charles ii! yesterday after a premiership marred by financial turmoil, a series of humiliating u turns and key ministerial sackings, and a day of chaos in parliament in which party discipline fell apart. on today s breakfast we ll be looking at what went wrong for liz truss and how the next incumbent of number ten will be selected by a week today. we ll be speaking to some of the mps backing the frontrunners, and to opposition parties and politicaljournalists here in westminster. we ll also bring you reaction from voters and businesses around the uk. first, our political correspondent