the, the, this is dw news live from berlin. people around the world celebrates the new year. new york is among the latest cities bringing in 2024 following countries from asia to europe. we have highlights from some of the world's biggest celebration, also coming up for strikes on garza and no new year piece initiative. there seems no hope that the seeds fire can be tell us to me in territory, as israel's military leaders planned for the long haul and their campaign gift. the

. i'm sarah kelly, welcome to the program and happy new year to you. people around the world are celebrating the start of 2020 for new york city is the latest metropolis to follow suit with revelers packing time square to watch the traditional lighted ball drops at midnight and earlier fireworks lit up the night skies and cities from auckland to rio de janeiro for many of the start of the new year is being accompanied by hopes for better fortunes. in 2024 people across the world to be not sharing in the stalls at the new. yeah. as

cluck's chime to midnights and the u. k. london has watched the cities land smoke, ferris wheel sparkled in the cab side, fireworks sets off by ordinary berlin as around the tvs house across the city side with the official extravaganza at the landmark. brandon, but gates with policy go is shed that hoops for the new. yeah, i that what we hope things come down and ukraine and elsewhere, the people stay healthy and that we can finally move width and for each other again in harmony as off. no, not truly. my hope is that the world will finally become more peaceful because the way things stand right now, it's not good kind of call and go on like that. for every one of us, i wish not happiness and good health. i'm going to type the raffles interests

crammed into paris is main avenue, the shown. so these a for a best of you and the best to show of the festive show, the sprains it's pyrotechnic display with a monument from its pulse, celebrating its hopes for the future. the mean time for many in the middle east, it was a very different passage into 2024 is rarely as marks the new year to the sound of air raid sirens after her mos militants fired rockets out of gaza and posted in civilians. in the narrow territory so little hope for a better year, as israel's military said, that it was planning for a long war to eradicate him off after it's october 7th attacks against israel.

the stroke of midnight, roger rockets and slayers light up the sky over garza sirens activate, tomas spires and new wave of rockets intercepted over tell of the new year brings no respite for both sides. palestinians displaced in the mo i see. can see there is nothing left to celebrate by saturday. my tragedy aside me, most of the outside world does not feel it at all. but let me see, let them have their celebration the seasons and leave me to live in my tragedy. but many still hope their wishes for 2024 can somehow become reality. the dream of one day returning to their homes. an morning all they've lost. the kids,

newport. i lost my son, my son in law, the most precious people. how will i received the new year out of washington? my wish was to return to visit their greet a little fritz free of the bodies under the rubble with them. this is my wish for 2024. a boy should. earlier in the day, as is really troops carried out more rates and gaza is really military and now and some of its own plans for 2020 for israel said thousands of reservists will be allowed, a temporary return to civilian life. the 2nd, middle, some of the reserve, as soldiers, will return to their families and their jobs this week. this will allow a significant relief for the economy will allow them to gather strength ahead of the coming activities in the next year. and the fighting will continue and we will need them. these adjustments are meant to ensure planning and preparation for the rest of 2024. if it's not, this limits of out a clear signal that israel is in this for the long haul.

and here now are some other stories making headlines. type ones president side in gwen has been, has said that relations with china must be decided by the will of the people she called on beijing to jointly seek a way to peacefully co exist ahead of an election this month. the statements comes after time as leader, she is in pain repeated his claim that quote, reunification with the island is inevitable. when i went to the u. s. navy says that it has sunk several. yeah, many who see rebel boats in the red sea killing. some cru us troops, us on helicopter, stopped the militants from warning a merchant ship, who these admitted 10 fighters were killed and warned of consequences. rebel group has been attacking ships that they say are linked to israel. the amenities president felix, she's a k. b has been re elected in the democratic republic of congo. official results

show that he 173 percent of the vote. election was marred by irregularities. voting had to be extended by a day, several opposition candidates, a choose the governments of fraud to clean margaret's house. the 2nd of denmark has announced her surprise application. during her new year speech, the 3 year old monarch said that she will step down in january after 52 years on the throne. she will be succeeded by her eldest son, crown prince frederick, who go through him, insisted you to see that well people in northern latitudes may be enjoying relative comfort during the winter. many of the southern hemisphere are feeling the effects of the global climate crisis. intense heat during the brazilian summer reflects another year of extreme weather events and the urgency of doing something about it . resilience are used to sweltering temperatures as the ends. it is summer

after all, but this is heat, waves began months earlier than usual. i think the systems, my other people are fainting, the subway. people don't feel well, it's too hot a heat that people aren't used to book some others for 2023 trying to global climate records. oh boy, the world meet your logical organization says it's the hottest year on record. about $1.00 degrees celsius warmer than in pre industrial times. and optic sea ice has never been center. and the sea levels rise. so the greenhouse gas concentrations but that's the 1st told me that with this whole series of connected indicators, as long as those greenhouse gas concentrations, companies increase the energy in the climate system, the temperature,

this will keep on increasing screen house gas is made by funding fossil fuels making stream where the such as flooding in somalia, but it's more common and more intense. vital eco systems of breaking down as ice sheets melt. permafrost bows and coral rates die at the un crime. it talks in due by well fleet is agreed for the 1st time to transition away from fossil fuels. it was hell does a break through and yet, many activists say the deal doesn't go far enough because it fails to specify phasing out fossil fuels. but the missing is final step is massively needed to support developing countries to transition away from fossil fuels.

scientists, one that if countries don't tact, fast enough, more climate records will be broken. dates of the past 2 years, i've been doing this. we said very similar things every single year until one for us that trends. if we ask us concentrations going up and down the sphere, then we'll continue to see it. so brazilian space and even hotter 2024. the german chancellor. all off schultz has used his new years message to warn of difficult times ahead. but on a positive note, he urges germans to have faith and themselves. laugh schultz is new years, address is a message of optimism, despite 2 thirds of germans being dissatisfied with his leadership. and this will be if i'm, did you remember where we stood? one year ago, numerous experts had full cost and economic downturn of 345 percent. many said that prizes would keep on rising pipe. so this is and the things turned out differently

because we held back that economics down to we saved energy and we made timely preparations. we all did together in mind. some shots defense is government's handling of domestic issues such as providing tax relief for germans on low incomes . and he thinks those who have helped in the flooding that has caused widespread damage in some areas of germany. while the world outside is into an oil sholtes season and so to international conflicts in europe, and in being prepared for whatever happens in next use race for the white house, the i'm fine, we have friends in europe and across the globe. these are partners with whom i discussed on a daily basis, how we will guarantee ya, security in germany and europe after world rushes of war and the east of continents is no saver. nor is the armed conflict in the middle east. the year ahead would also bring presidential elections in the united states, which may have far reaching consequences,

including for us here in europe. all feelings here in the hope tends to those who are politically active in germany. he calls for mutual respect. it was nothing gets better if we just talk about each other instead of to each other. our strength for science and our readiness to compromise in the efforts we put in for one another. while last year, his address was dominated by far and it says this year the chancellor is urging germans to have faith in themselves. british tennis player and the condo returns to action this week after an 8 month absence, due to injury, brand, new condo, became an overnight sensation after winning the us open in 2021. but her fortunes have dwindled since then. now she's hoping for a fresh start in 2024. beginning with this week's a s. b classic in oakland. when an already economy,

one us say pending 2021. she was on top of the wells age just 18. she was transformed into an overnight style with invitations to gone to events in film premiers. but expectation of the course didn't meet reality on its runs of poor form, and a series of injuries followed, not to mention a revolving door of coaches. surgery on both hands and her income, and rather con, new only plays 9 matches in 2023. now though, she's back and raring to go, i feel reborn in a way. i feel fresh, i feel ready. i feel happy. i feel excited. so everyone feeling very positive and lied to, you know, i think that switches off to be a sofa and i felt maybe a bit more like wait till my shoulders,

but now i feel like completely fresh. one is ready. connor, whose biggest problems has been a struggle with consistency and settling on a coach that suits her needs to think off to the initial getting the feel of matches. again, i think it's really import for me to just like approach that with the identity of like how i want to play tennis and know that anything else dictate that roger connelly's 1st big target should be able to be the australian open rates of this month. but you get to ask, you rightly need to go through qualifying 1st reminder of the top story we're following for you this. our new york is among the latest cities welcoming in the new year. crowds packed time square for the traditional ball drop at midnight. elsewhere fireworks slips the night skies here in berlin and cities around the world to celebrate to start 2024. that's all from us for this our next and is this digital living show shift looking

at the new opportunities being made possible with the help of quantum computers? i'm sarah kelly in berlin. happy new year to all of you. take care the imagine that you're eating a hamburger and as you're biting into this juicy bird or your dining companion says to you, actually that hamburger is not made from cows. it's made from golden retrievers. 2 2 should we. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2