Sombre bugles and bells mark Armistice Day around the globe as ongoing wars drown out peace messages

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The day is the 105th anniversary of the first Armistice Day which is commemorated every 11 November to mourn soldiers killed in the First World War and all subsequent conflicts.

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00:00 Somber scenes in Paris as rows of French troops marked the 105th anniversary of Armistice

00:06 Day. President Emmanuel Macron visited the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday where he honored

00:11 the eternal flame, commemorating all those who died in World War I, the war that was

00:15 supposed to end all wars. This is Ukrainian troops are facing their second winter fighting

00:21 against Russia's full-scale invasion, while in the Mideast Israel's incessant bombing

00:25 campaign in Gaza is entering its sixth week. Across the British Channel there was similar

00:30 pomp and flair in London. According to the National Archives, more than one million British

00:34 military personnel died during the First and Second World Wars. At 11am a two-minute silence

00:40 was accompanied by a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. These military marches are

00:46 coinciding with what is expected to be the largest pro-Palestinian rally in the capital

00:51 since the Israel-Hamas war began. Demonstrators are calling for an immediate ceasefire.

00:56 (whooshing)

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