of scarlet, purple and gold a tradition set by his mother, his grandfather and his great grandfather. fanfare. last night, the king led the royalfamily, paying tribute to servicemen and women at the festival of remembrance. it began with a tribute to his mother, the queen, and her role as commander in chief of the armed forces and patron of the royal british legion. a focus of remembrance this year will be those killed during the falklands war a0 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
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at 11 o clock. less than an hour now before the king, for the first time as will take his place at the cenotaph, and lay a wreath. his mother, the queen, died just after two months ago, the person who was the longest serving commander in chief of the armed forces here in great britain, so are particularly poignant remembrance service this year. particularly poignant remembrance service this year. spending cuts of about £35billion and plans to raise some £20 billion in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out in thursday s autumn statement. none ofjeremy hunt s decisions have been officially confirmed, but it is understood most of the extra revenue will come from freezing tax thresholds. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is with me.
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music: god save the king # god save our gracious king # long live our noble king # god save the king # send him victorious # happy and glorious # long to reign over us # god save the king #. we will leave the coverage that on those images of king charles iii at the cenotaph in central london. time to look at the days other news. democrats will keep control of the us senate after holding the state of nevada. in a tight race their candidate catherine cortez masto defeated the republican adam laxalt, who d been endorsed by donald trump. the democrats now have 50 seats to the republicans a9.