Ceremonies to mark World War dead

Services of commemoration are being held around the world to mark the end of World War I in 1918. Angela Merkel will become the first German chancellor to mark Armistice Day by attending the main French commemorative event in Paris.

In London, the Queen, politicians and armed forces chiefs will be mark the passing of the WWI generation.

Australia have already held remembrance services, and later the US will hold Veterans Day events.

The memorial service in London, at Westminster Abbey, is being held following the deaths this year of the final three veterans of the war living in the UK.

But the last surviving British World War I veteran shunned Remembrance Day commemorations in Australia because he was against the glorification of war, his family has said.

Claude Choules, 108, lives in a nursing home in Perth, Australia, and in July became Britain's sole survivor from the 1914-to-1918 war, following the death of fellow veteran Harry Patch at the age of 111.