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cheering times square in new york city. as always, some great headgear my proposals this year. last year there were a at this time! earlier, around two million people gathered on rio�*s copacabana beach to welcome in 202a. it's one of the world's biggest new year's celebrations and it marks the beginning of the summer holidays in brazil. every year, millions of locals and tourists party around the city dressed in white to bring good luck for the coming year. tens of thousands of people have lined the banks of the river thames in central london for the new year's fireworks display. thousands of fireworks were fired from barges on the river.

and in edinburgh, thousands gathered for hogmanay celebrations. greg mckenzie reports. big ben bongs cheering it is zero�*s biggest fireworks display, and as the countdown began, more than 100,000 people watched along the river thames as the london skyline lit up and the sounds of big ben chimed. you can actually smell the gunpowder, the air, you can smell it. it is fireworks night here, big ben, the chimes have wrong and we are now officially in 2024. , , , ., ., in 2024. the best show on earth. amazing, _ in 2024. the best show on earth. amazing, no - in 2024. the best show on | earth. amazing, no words! in 2024. the best show on i earth. amazing, no words! i in 2024. the best show on - earth. amazing, no words! i am lovin: it earth. amazing, no words! i am loving it so _ earth. amazing, no words! i am loving it so much! _ earth. amazing, no words! i am loving it so much! this - earth. amazing, no words! i am loving it so much! this is - earth. amazing, no words! i am loving it so much! this is my - loving it so much! this is my first— loving it so much! this is my first time _ loving it so much! this is my first time for— loving it so much! this is my first time for london - loving it so much! this is my first time for london comingi first time for london coming here — first time for london coming here and _ first time for london coming here and seeing _ first time for london coming here and seeing this. - first time for london coming here and seeing this. i- first time for london coming here and seeing this. i lovel here and seeing this. i love it! it — here and seeing this. i love it! it is _ here and seeing this. i love it! it is so _ here and seeing this. i love it! it is so good. _

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bagpipes skirl.— bringing communities together. bagpipes skirl. meanwhile, in scotland, edinburgh's _ bagpipes skirl. meanwhile, in | scotland, edinburgh's hogmanay celebration for revellers from all over the globe as it celebrated its 30th anniversary, a total of 85,000 people there alone. best anniversary, a total of 85,000 people there alone.— people there alone. best new year's eve _ people there alone. best new year's eve ever. _ people there alone. best new year's eve ever. new- people there alone. best new year's eve ever. new year's l people there alone. best new l year's eve ever. new year's eve on princess — year's eve ever. new year's eve on princess street... _ year's eve ever. new year's eve on princess street... is - year's eve ever. new year's eve on princess street... is the - on princess street... is the lace on princess street... is the place to — on princess street... is the place to be! _ on princess street... is the place to be! it _ on princess street... is the place to be! it was - on princess street... is the place to be! it was very - on princess street... is the i place to be! it was very cool. i liked place to be! it was very cool. i liked it- _ place to be! it was very cool. i liked it. and _ place to be! it was very cool. i liked it. and as _ place to be! it was very cool. i liked it. and as those - i liked it. and as those headed home and _ i liked it. and as those headed home and putting _ i liked it. and as those headed home and putting 2024 -- - i liked it. and as those headed | home and putting 2024 -- 2023 home and putting 2024 —— 2023 behind them, the focus now turns to a new day is 2024 is officially here. happy new year. greg mckenzie, bbc news. it looks like there might be some sore heads this morning.

happy new year to everybody. let's get some of the day's other news now. the president of taiwan has said china should respect the outcome of the island's election later this month. she urged the people of taiwan to be alert to interference by china. beijing has cast the elections as a choice between war and peace, and that it was inevitable that taiwan would be reunified with mainland china. visa restrictions on people from kosovo have been lifted across almost the whole of the european union after a six—year delay. kosovo had been the only country in the western balkans whose citizens did not enjoy visa—free access to the eu. spain will continue to require visas. it is one of the member states that do not recognise kosovo's independence. the united states has called for the peaceful resolution of any election disputes in the democratic republic of congo. the statement was issued after president felix tshisekedi was declared the winner of the election in december. 0pposition parties have called for a rerun, alleging alleged

widespread irregularities and fraud. the start of the new year has brought further hamas rocket attacks and a warning by israel that the war in gaza could continue throughout 2024. air raid sirens were heard in tel aviv and israeli towns close to the gaza strip. there were no reports of any casualties or damage. earlier, the israeli military has begun to withdraw some troops — especially reserve units — from the gaza strip. the israel defense forces said five brigades had been released, but emphasised that the campaign to eradicate hamas would continue throughout 2024. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is injerusalem and sent us this report on the situation in gaza. and a warning — you may find parts of her report distressing. street by street, the battles on the ground in gaza rage on.

israel is concentrating its ground offensive on the centre and the south of the strip with hamas fighters continuing to resist the idf�*s advances. translation: the war is at its height. - we are fighting on all fronts. we have huge success, but we also have painful cases. central gaza is the latest focus of israel's military operation, with heavy bombardment on the densely populated nuseirat refugee camp. further south in neighbouring deir al—balah, palestinian rescue workers stand around the body of their colleague. he was killed in a strike near the al aqsa hospital where many of the wounded are being treated. this is one of what israel says are safe areas where palestinians were told to go to escape the fighting in the centre. but as the military operation expands, safe areas for gazans keep shrinking.

the southernmost city of rafah has now become the last stop for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing the heavy bombardment in khan younis. many using makeshift shelters near the border with egypt. there is nowhere else to go from here. translation: | hope - that the war would end soon. i hope we can return to our homes, go back to school, return to everything that is familiar in the new year. the fallout from the war in gaza continues to be felt in the red sea with yet another houthi attack. the us central command said that navy helicopters destroyed three of four small boats used by the iranian—backed militants as they attempted to board a container ship. the houthis have released a statement confirming that ten militants were killed in the us's response to their attack on the vessel, saying the united states would bear the consequences and vowing to continue targeting what they described as israeli—linked ships. as this year draws to a close,

there is no end in sight for the war in gaza or the suffering of its people. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. thank you forjoining us. in terms of what is going on at the moment, we have heard about these rocket attacks from gaza into israel. these rocket attacks from gaza into israel— into israel. again, it shows that the — into israel. again, it shows that the israeli _ into israel. again, it shows that the israeli operation, l into israel. again, it shows | that the israeli operation, in order to hit hamas, they didn't succeed yet. the claims were not verified that they killed thousands of hamas fighters, but still, hamas fighters are able to fire rockets at israel, all of this error strikes and bombardment it shows that the people surprised are civilians.

85% of them in gaza were displaced according to the year when. some of them facing very terrible situations especially in the central gaza whether bombardment of israel is going on there rather on the border of egypt, and there is no place to sleep, they have nothing according to the lady from the un humanitarian agencies, so all of that shows that hamas, to eradicate hamas, you should have other ways. the calls for ceasefire, truths, negotiation, all of that, i think will help to achieve the aim of israel. but so far, the rockets coming from gaza shows the inability of israel to hit hamas yet, and it is on the prime minister of israel and other israel officials saying to carry on until they achieve it. now it

is almost three months. and is almost three months. and that is interesting _ is almost three months. and that is interesting because this details about israel withdrawing from gaza is something to note. there are two readings _ something to note. there are two readings of _ something to note. there are two readings of that. - something to note. there are two readings of that. the - something to note. there are | two readings of that. the first is the pressure on the israeli economy. according to economic reports, israel cannot carry on the war on this level for more than three months otherwise israeli economy will collapse. and even the spokesperson from the army said this reservist or the army said this reservist or the reservist need to maintain the reservist need to maintain the israeli economy. so it is admission from the spokesperson. the economy is in trouble. the other reading is it is adjustment to prepare for the war. this continuous war, according to israel, didn't achieve its objective yet, to eradicate hamas. they are still there, coming from inside gaza. so the redeployment or getting

troops out of gaza to prepare for another stage, yes, according to israel so they will carry on and in order to take the border, the corridor between egypt and israel, between egypt and israel, between egypt and gaza, which according to the 1979 treaty, was the only thing in egypt controlled it between it and gaza, but some israeli officials are accusing them that they need to let arms go in these areas, the border between egypt and gaza, but egypt is refusing that i'm denying that, allowing anything like that to go inside gaza. thank you very much for that. authorities in ukraine say five people have been killed in separate russian attacks on 0desa and donetsk. 0ne official said there had been "massive" shelling. these are the latest in a series of air attacks by both sides over recent days. in his new year address, volodymyr zelensky promised a big increase in the production of weapons in ukraine in the coming year.

the ukrainian president said at least a million drones would be built. he added that f—16 fighter jets would be delivered by ukraine's western partners. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. figures to be released by the home office today are expected to show the number of migrants crossing the channel in small boats in 2023 was down by more than a third on the previous year. a little under 30,000 people made the journey. two british skiers who died in an avalanche in the french alps on thursday have been named. they were 22—year—old archie vokes and his mother, kate vokes, who was 54, from manchester. they lost their lives when an avalanche swept through an off—piste section of the saint—gervais resort near mont blanc. in a statement, the family said

they are "beyond heartbroken". a crackdown on xl bully dogs has come into force in england and wales. it means owners must follow strict rules on how they are handled in public, including keeping them muzzled and on a lead. it comes ahead of a ban in february when it will be a criminal offence to own an xl bully dog in england and wales without a certificate. you're live with bbc news. europe's longest reigning monarch, the queen of denmark, has announced — live on television — that she will abdicate injanuary when she reaches 52 years on the throne. speaking in her traditional new year's eve address, 83—year—old queen margrethe said her son, crown prince frederik, would take overfrom her. here's naomi choy smith. a surprise announcement, live on national television, during queen margrethe's traditional new year's address.

translation: on the 14th of january 2024, _ 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83—year—old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate after undergoing back surgery in february. translation: the surgery naturally gave rise - to thinking about the future, whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation. i have decided that now is the right time. queen margrethe plans to hand the throne to crown prince frederik, the eldest of her two sons. he's very, very down to earth and a very, very modern person. he has four kids. and for most of his kids, they actually went to public school instead of private schools. so people feel very connected to him. for many danes, queen margrethe is the only monarch they have ever known. she's seen here visiting windsor castle in 1974, two years after she succeeded

herfather, king frederik. after the death of queen elizabeth ii, queen margrethe became the longest serving monarch in europe. denmark's prime minister thanked queen margrethe for her service, saying it was difficult to understand that the time had come for a change of throne. a feeling echoed across denmark as the nation prepares to welcome the next royal generation. naomi choy smith, bbc news. it's been two years since the james webb space telescope was launched by nasa, and it's already wowed us with the stunning images that it's beaming back. it has also made some astonishing discoveries, which are transforming our understanding of the universe. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. the beauty of the cosmos captured by the james webb space telescope. from the torrential nebula where stars are born amidst the dust to a dying stone, the ring nebula, throwing off its outer layers

as it runs out of fuel. and the phantom galaxy with 100 billion stars amongst its spiral arms. these images are stunning but also transforming what we thought we knew about the cosmos. the telescope can look back to the very dawn of the universe and revealing that game changing galaxies that are breaking all the rules. he can see the cosmos 13.5 billion years ago, just after the big bang. scientists thought the first galaxies would be primitive structures. in fact, they are forming far faster and earlier than astronomers ever thought possible. tide earlier than astronomers ever thought possible. we certainly thou . ht thought possible. we certainly thought we — thought possible. we certainly thought we would _ thought possible. we certainly thought we would be - thought possible. we certainly thought we would be seeing i thought we would be seeing things that work, i call them aussie blobs of stars and what we are actually seeing is fully formed galaxies. when you look at them, they have perfect spiral arms for the conceive is galaxies in the early universe already have those mature structures. in that sense it is

really changing scientific thinking. really changing scientific thinkini. , , ., , thinking. this is not being discovery _ thinking. this is not being discovery checking - thinking. this is not being discovery checking that i thinking. this is not beingl discovery checking that the early cosmos. the telescope is also spotting a surprising abundance of giant black holes. black holes are scattered throughout the universe. this is the one at the centre of our own milky way. they form when a massive star dies and collapses in itself. ~ ., ., ., in itself. what we are now findin: in itself. what we are now finding is _ in itself. what we are now finding is surprisingly - in itself. what we are now| finding is surprisingly large black holes already existing quite early on in the universe is to be when it has not been time to go through this process of stars forming and living their lives. what doesjess is actually this black holes are completely skipping the star formation part of the process because we are also seeing the unexpected closer to home bizarre planet like objects nicknamed jumbos. this bizarre planet like ob'ects nicknamed jumbos. nicknamed “umbos. this is the ovine nicknamed jumbos. this is the ovine nebula, _ nicknamed jumbos. this is the ovine nebula, a _ nicknamed jumbos. this is the ovine nebula, a starforming i ovine nebula, a starforming region in the milky way. look a little closer and there is something incredibly strange. huge planet like objects

floating free, not tethered to any story. these tiny pairs of light. they are called jupiter mass binary objects orjumbos and it left astronomers scratching their heads. nobody redicted scratching their heads. nobody predicted for — scratching their heads. nobody predicted for expected - scratching their heads. nobody predicted for expected would l predicted for expected would see objects the size ofjupiter orbiting around each other, freely floating. we thought we would see singles. isolated ones. but defined binaries like this is crazy. we don't expected by the answer on day one, year 1. this expected by the answer on day one, year1. this is a expected by the answer on day one, year 1. this is a long journey for all of us now. what is next to _ journey for all of us now. what is next to the _ journey for all of us now. what is next to the james _ journey for all of us now. what is next to the james webb - journey for all of us now. what is next to the james webb space telescope? no doubt they will be more if the real images and it will start to look even further back in time as it continues its quest to detect light from the very first stars to shine. rebecca morelle bbc news. a host of famous films, books, music and characters including mickey and minnie mouse enter the public domain from today. this means disney will no longer enjoy an exclusive copyright over the earliest versions of the characters in the us. our culture reporter,

noor nanji has more. it was the animation that launched the house of mouse. 1928 short film steamboat willie featured nonspeaking versions of mickey and minnie. these early images are now available to the public in the us to use as they like. this is a deel us to use as they like. this is a deeply symbolic _ us to use as they like. this is a deeply symbolic and - a deeply symbolic and long—awaited moment because of disney's perceived role and the extension of the copyright term which prevented these properties from going into the public domain for an additional 20 years. but public domain for an additional 20 ears. �* ., , 20 years. but there are still limits on — 20 years. but there are still limits on how _ 20 years. but there are still limits on how you _ 20 years. but there are still limits on how you use - 20 years. but there are stillj limits on how you use these images. limits on how you use these imaies. ~ . , limits on how you use these imaies. ~ ., , ., ., limits on how you use these imalesl. ., , ., ., images. what they cannot do you stop making _ images. what they cannot do you stop making merchandise - images. what they cannot do you stop making merchandise and - images. what they cannot do you | stop making merchandise and the same kind of product is the cells. so i am sorry teachers with mickey and minnie on it, seeing those teachers, they think they are getting a disney product when they are not, that is when trademark stops.-

is when trademark stops. other famous properties _ is when trademark stops. other famous properties now - is when trademark stops. other| famous properties now available to the public now include the silent film the circus by charlie chaplin. lester by cole porter. and 0rlando by virginia woolf. but there are few successful examples are full of successful exa m ples a re full of it successful examples are full of it all properties being used for new original content. winnie the pooh, also owned by disney, was turned into an r—rated horrorflick disney, was turned into an r—rated horror flick blood and honey after entering public domain in 2022. the movie was a far cry from the childhood book. with that in mind, it will be in disease interest to keep tight control over how their most iconic characters are used. ——in disney's interest. before we go, let's just show you some of the other celebrations around the world for the new year. this was paris, which is preparing for a year

in the spotlight — a huge display at the arc de triomphe with paris due to host the olympic games this summer. spectacular display there. the skyline of rome lit up with fireworks too as celebrations got under way in italy to welcome the new year. germany celebrates 2024 with fireworks at the brandenberg gate in the centre of the city, as well as lighting up the reichstag building. auckland in new zealand was the first major city to welcome in 2024 with a fireworks display from the auckland sky tower and a light show over the city's harbour bridge. sydney had the usual spectacular fireworks display over the harbour bridge. in dubai,

fireworks and lights on the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa. looking spectacular. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. many of us are glad to see the back of december 2023 because it's felt as though it's not stopped raining. now, of course, we've got to collate the official statistics but it does look likely that the december of 2023 was wetter than average. many of us seeing twice the monthly average rainfall but eastern scotland looks likely to have seen three times the average monthly rainfall. and we are going to start off the new year with an area of low pressure, keeping things pretty unsettled, but it is not expected to last. so, the first few days will be unsettled with some wet and windy weather at times but it does look likely to turn a little bit colder and drier into next weekend. not a bad start, actually,

to new year's day on the whole. many of us starting off with some sunshine and keeping the sunshine across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. clouding over from wales, central and south—west england — the wind strengthening, the rain will gradually turn quite heavy as darkness falls. here, we'll keep double figures, but where we've got that sunshine, let's say from liverpool, lincolnshire north, it will be relatively dry. but it's worth bearing in mind if you're travelling back after seeing friends and family over the new year period, there will be a spell of wet and windy weather through the early evening of monday, and that continues to sweep its way eastwards overnight and then, it's going to be replaced by another batch of heavy rain and strong winds during tuesday. so, we will start off on tuesday with some wet weather moving through scotland. a little bit of wintriness to higher ground. a brief window of fine weather before yet more wet and windy weather pushes in across england and wales. we could see gusts of winds close to 50 miles an hour inland, so that's worth bearing in mind. temperatures generally around 6—13 degrees. and then we see another area

of low pressure keeping things on the showery regime, until we get to the end of the week because high pressure potentially builds in from the west. that high pressure, however, will bring a change to the feel of the weather story. we're going to lose the yellows. the milder air is pushed out of the way, going to be replaced by some colder air and a north—easterly wind. so, on those exposed east coasts, it really will feel quite different. but at least as we head towards next weekend, we're likely to see single figures but, yes, a lot of dry, settled and sunny weather. happy new year.

this is bbc news. the headlines: cheering in new york, tens of thousands of revellers are continuing to party after the famous ball drop in manhattan's times square as the city celebrates the new year in spectacular style. the israeli military has begun to withdraw some troops — especially reserve units — from the gaza strip. despite this withdrawal, israel defense forces stress they will continue with their campaign to try and eradicate hamas in 2024.

the queen of denmark stuns by announcing her abdication during her new year address. queen margrethe is europe's longest reigning monarch serving 52 years on the throne. her son, crown prince frederik, will take over later this month. disney's copyright of the earliest versions of mickey and minnie mouse expires today, along with the rights for a range of other films, books and music. copyright protection lapses after 95 years. now on bbc news, lives well lived: episode two. the national portrait gallery in london, where there are thousands upon thousands of faces from the past and present. for centuries, we've immortalised them

in pencil, paint, and through the lens of a camera. and, each year, we mark the passing of people we may never have met but have meant so much to many of us there was an energy here that brought something out in me, that excited me. in 2023, we lost legendary singers and composers... cheering ..sporting greats, political trailblazers. .. 0rder, order! 0rder. ..and household names on both the big and small screens. all men are fools. and what makes them so is having beauty like what i have got. laughter they've been part of our shared experience, woven into the storylines and soundtracks of our lives. good evening and thank you forjoining us. welcome to the new series... applause what made their lives so extraordinary? the lasting legacies of lives well lived.