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Across the UK and globally, services are taking place to commemorate Armistice Day, marking the end of World War One. A national two-minute silence will occur at 11:00 GMT on November 11th. In London, a service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall includes government officials, military leaders, and schoolchildren, while the National Memorial Arboretum hosts its own ceremony. French President Emmanuel Macron also participated in commemorations in Paris by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Commons ORG · 1× Emmanuel Macron PERSON · 1× Forsyth PERSON · 1× French NORP · 1× Karen Spilka PERSON · 1× Lindsay Hoyle PERSON · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× Paris GPE · 1× Senate ORG · 1× Staffordshire GPE · 1×

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Commemorations have been taking across Europe on Wednesday and in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron attended a ceremony during which a wreath was laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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A national two-minute silence will take place at 11:00 GMT to mark the end of the war and to remember those who have died in all conflicts since.
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Services being held across UK to mark Armistice Day · assertive framing

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- Published Services are being held across the UK and around the world to mark Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War One. asserted
Services → publish → War
A national two-minute silence will take place at 11:00 GMT to mark the end of the war and to remember those who have died in all conflicts since. asserted
who → take → conflicts
A service at the Cenotaph memorial in Whitehall will be attended by government ministers, senior international military figures, schoolchildren and cadets. asserted
service → attend → ministers
At Westminster, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord Forsyth will lay wreaths, while Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka will read a poem. asserted
Spilka → lay → poem
The Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of World War One as a prelude to peace negotiations, began at 11:00 on 11 November 1918. asserted
Armistice → end → November
Commemorations have been taking across Europe on Wednesday and in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron attended a ceremony during which a wreath was laid at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. asserted
wreath → take → Soldier
On Remembrance Sunday King Charles III led the nation in a solemn two-minute silence in London to honour veterans who had died in conflict. asserted
who → lead → conflict
He laid a wreath at the Cenotaph before a march-past by 10,000 armed forces veterans. asserted
He → lay → veterans
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