nicky schiller has the details.more than a0 centimetres of snow falling overnight friday into saturday. these pictures are from the city of munich, where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. here at the airport, more than 700 flights were hit with cancellations and very long delays the passengers. some resorted to even walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the buy in munich game against berlin was called off but the snow as you can see gave the children a chance to get out their sledges. children a chance to get out theirsledges. neighbouring austria has also been hit by heavy snowfall, firefighters brought in to clear fallen trees. in the city of dawn butler and there was a landslide which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities there have also warned the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. this was the scene in the czech republic where there wa

nicky schiller reporting there.ong as the sky isn't too cloudy or affected by light pollution. in perfect conditions, viewers can spot up to 120 meteors an hour. nasa has called the geminids one of the year's "best and most reliable annual meteor showers". and before we go, if you think taking part in a marathon is tough, take a look at this. 68 runners have taken part in the annual antarctic ice marathon. it takes place just a few hundred kilometres from the south pole at the union glacier. no shorts were worn for this race, as the participants faced sub—zero temperatures and strong winds. that's all the time we have here on newsday. do stay with bbc news. hello. milder weather is set to develop across many parts of the uk over the next couple of days. that mild air spreading from the west — with it, a lot of cloud. yes, there'll be some sunshine, but i think it will often be cloudy. and the further north and west you are, particularly the north—west of scotland, we can expect strong winds and some heavy rain. but

hello, i'm nicky schiller.o dubai in the united arab emirates where they are welcoming in 2024. the centre piece is the burj, the world's tallest tower. the display has taken ten months to plan and includes 15,682 fireworks that are being fired from 365 positions. the show also includes over 6,600 lights. they will bounce of the tallest tower in the world. it has taken them ten months to produce this display which they say, the dubai officials, the brightest, biggest and most colourful fireworks show that they have ever had. let's just listen and to see thereby welcoming in 2024. ,

hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start in the middle east.s its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it's the second assault by iran—backed houthi rebels on the ship within 2a hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 metres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there have been more air strikes by israel. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is insisting that the war in gaza will continue until all hostages have been released and hamas has been dismantled. this report is from shaimaa khalil injerusalem — 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.

but as our reporter nicky schiller explains the must have prop is out of this world.terrestrial, and the bond he had with elliott, the little boy who found him. the steven spielberg movie won four oscars, and children in playgrounds around the globe were saying "et, phone home." well, now the original alien head is up for auction. it comes from the collection of the original designer, carlo rambaldi. although it is showing some signs of age, it's expected to sell for up to $1 million. incredible movie that we can still watch and enjoy today. and this was before cgi. so everything was mechanically operated. the eyelids, the nostrils, the tongue, the neck. all of that was done by manual operators with cables phenomena. operators with cables. phenomenal. so it's really a special piece. another item that could fetch half a million dollars is this the original b9 robot from the pioneering 19605 sci—fi series, lost in space. more than 1000 bits of memorabilia will go under the hammer, including the batman costume worn by michael keaton in batman returns. dumbledore's robes

hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start in the middle east.destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it's the second assault by iran—backed houthi rebels on the ship within 2a hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 metres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there have been more air strikes by israel. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is insisting that the war in gaza will continue until all hostages have been released and hamas has been dismantled. this report is from shaimaa khalil injerusalem — 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.

hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. to declare that israel is carrying out genocidal acts in gaza. the israeli government has reacted furiously, calling south africa's case a "despicable and contemptuous exploitation of the court". meanwhile an estimated 150,000 palestinians are being forced to flee parts of central gaza, as israeli forces advance in the terrority. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil sent this report from jerusalem. explosions. a massive israeli bombing in northern gaza turns an extensive network of hamas tunnels into dust. these idf pictures show a well—equipped infrastructure of long and branched—out tunnels in which the army says senior hamas members moved and operated. in central gaza, more than 150,000 people were ordered to evacuate two of the area's biggest refugee camps. and this is where they were told to go for safety —

and a weather warning is in place for winds, rain and show for parts of the uk.( our reporter nicky schillerin the newsroom with more. what services are affected? thameslink which operates out of st pancras is warning of major disruption notjust today but until 5pm on new year's day. it is not down to the weather rather a staff shortage. thames like operate across the south—east of england, from brighton to bedford with services from king's cross towards peterborough and cambridge and they are seeing that you can expect your train to be may be cancelled, it could be running late and it may not run at all, and particularly will not have any services on new year's eve in the evening so a lot of people will use terms like to come into central london for the fireworks display or to gloat in central london, thames link are seeing no services will run post—midnight, no overnight services on thameslink and they will not be an alternative offered, sometimes they put on buses, that will not happen so revellers hoping to use terms like to get home after new year's eve celebrations will have to find an

but as our reporter nicky schiller explains the must—have prop is out of this world.the homesick extraterrestrial, and the bond he had with elliott, the little boy who found him. the steven spielberg movie won four oscars, and children in playgrounds around the globe were saying "et, phone home." well, now the original alien head is up for auction. it comes from the collection of the original designer, carlo rambaldi. although it is showing some signs of age, its expected to sell for up to $1 million. incredible movie that we can still watch and enjoy today. and this was before cgi. so everything was mechanically operated. the eyelids, the nostrils, the tongue, the neck. all of that was done by manual operators with cables. phenomenal. so it's really a special piece. another item that could fetch half a million dollars is this the original b9 robot from the pioneering 1960s sci—fi series, lost in space. more than 1000 bits of memorabilia will go under the hammer, including the batman costume worn by michael keaton in batman returns. dumbledore's robes from harry potte

well there are weather and flood warnings currently active across the uk, as nicky schiller reports. people. there are a number of weather warnings in force. lets start in scotland where there is a yellow warning enforce the rain and snow until midnight. in terms of the rain, we get up to 25 millimetres lower ground whilst the large parts of scotland have had snow in the past weeks, the forecasters are saying there could be a significant amount in northern scotland. they could be up to 20 centimetres of snow in the highest ground. down the country, there is a yellow warning for gusty winds in force for wales and southern and eastern england. you can expect gusts of up to 75 mph. in northern ireland, heavy rain also forecast. forecasters are saying because of this wet and windy heavy conditions, you can see that he might expect disruption to travel. talking of disruption, thames link, which operates services across south—east england, is warning of disruption untilfive england, is warning of disruption until five o'clock england, is warning of disruption untilfive o'clock on england,

hello, i�*m nicky schiller.ver the famous parthenon temple and the acropolis. and next to ukraine, this is the scene in kyiv�*s independence square, as you can see there are no people we have welcomed it in asia in many parts of asia, already in 202a. still to come, europe. this is the first bit of europe. we had russia an

nicky schiller explains.ost streamed artist on spotify of 2023 and now taylor swift has another record for her tour. welcome to the eras tour. it has become the highest grossing in music history, bringing in more than $1 billion in her first 60 shows between march and november of this year. trade publication pollstar, which tracks music sales, says taylor made $1.04 billion. they called that staggering. but taylor is not only making more money, she is doing it faster. the previous record holder was eltonjohn. he made $939 million, but that was over the course of 328 shows on his farewell tour. taylor is making more money because she is playing stadiums which hold bigger crowds. indeed, the experts say if she continues on her scheduled world tour, she could make over $2 billion. second on the list of highest grossing this year is beyonce, followed by bruce springsteen, coldplay and then harry styles. indeed, the top 100 global tours made over $9 billion, up 46% on last year. for taylor, it'sjust one more recor

nicky schiller explains.on spotify of 2023, and now taylor swift has another record for her tour. welcome to the eras tour. it has beceome the highest grossing in music history, bringing in more than $1 billion in her first 60 shows between march and november of this year. trade publication pollstar, which tracks music sales, says taylor made $1.04 billion. they called that staggering. but taylor is not only making more money, she is doing it faster. the previous record holder was eltonjohn. he made $939 million, but that was over the course of 328 shows on his farewell tour. taylor is making more money because she is playing stadiums which hold bigger crowds. indeed, the experts say if she continues on her scheduled world tour, she could make over $2 billion. second on the list of highest grossing this year is beyonce, followed by bruce springsteen, coldplay and then harry styles. indeed, the top 100 global tours made over $9 billion, up 46% on last year. for taylor, it'sjust one more record in a record—brea

schiller has more.ss europe, with a0 centimetres falling overnight, friday into saturday. this is from the city of munich where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. at the airport, 700 flights were hit with cancellations and long delays for passengers, some resorting to walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the bayern munich game against union berlin was called off. although the snow, as you can see, did give the children a chance to get out their sledges. neighbouring austria has been hit by heavy snowfalls. firefighters were brought into clear fallen trees. there was a landslide in one city which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities have also warned the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. this was the scene in the czech republic where there was a 20 kilometre—long trafficjam that built up after a truck came off the motorway in t

but as our reporter nicky schiller explains, the must—have prop is out of this world.elliott, the little boy who found him. the steven spielberg movie won four 0scars, and children in playgrounds around the globe were saying "et, phone home." well, now the original alien head is up for auction. it comes from the collection of the original designer, carlo rambaldi. although it is showing some signs of age, it's expected to sell for up to $1 million. incredible movie that we can still watch and enjoy today. and this was before cgi. so everything was mechanically operated. the eyelids, the nostrils, the tongue, the neck. all of that was done by manual operators with cables. so it's really a special piece. another item that could fetch half a million dollars is this — the original b9 robot from the pioneering 19605 sci—fi series, lost in space. more than 1000 bits of memorabilia will go under the hammer, including the batman costume worn by michael keaton in batman returns. dumbledore's robes from harry potter and hundreds of items from the big lebowski. part of those proc

schiller has more.a0 centimetres falling overnight, friday into saturday. this is from the city of munich where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. at the airport, 700 flights were hit with cancellations and long delays for passengers, some resorting to walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the bayern munich game against union berlin was called off. although the snow, as you can see, did give the children a chance to get out their sledges. neighbouring austria has been hit by heavy snowfalls. firefighters were brought into clear fallen trees. there was a landslide in one city which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities have also warned the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. this was the scene in the czech republic where there was a 20 kilometre—long trafficjam that built up after a truck came off the motorway in the freezing cond

well, there are weather and flood warnings currently active across the uk, as nicky schiller reports.or many people across large parts of the country. there are a number of weather warnings in force. lets start in scotland where there is a yellow warning in force the rain and snow until midnight. in terms of the rain, we could get up to 25 millimetres in lower ground whilst the large parts of scotland have had snow over the last week or so, the forecasters are saying there could be a significant amount in northern scotland. there could be up to 20 centimetres of snow in the highest ground. as we move down the country, there is a yellow warning for gusty winds in force for wales and southern and eastern england. you can expect gusts of up to 75 mph. in northern ireland, heavy rain also forecast. forecasters are saying because of this wet and windy heavy conditions, you can see that he might expect expect disruption to travel. talking of disruption, thames link, which operates services across south—east england, is warning of disruption until five o'clock on new year's day. not down to

with more on this is our news reporter nicky schiller. for her listeners to hear she was standing down because she has been reburied due to since 2008 and has done a variety of programmes starting with a quiz show, and she also had a programme in 2016 on sundays. —— because she has been with radio two. but she took over the sunday morning programme when graham norton decided to leave radio two and go to virgin radio, so she has been there for almost three years now and she has a feature on the programme caught the news at ten because the programme runs from ten o'clock till one o'clock and she asked its listeners to let her know about their news at ten, and today it was a different story, her news at ten, and this is how she announced she was stepping down to her listeners. here's the thing, and it is such a boring cliche, so i apologise. time is going too fast. my daughter is getting ready to leave home and she was three about five minutes ago. i still have a little one who wants to be with me — i don't know how long that will last — and

hello, i'm nicky schiller.start in the czech republic where the government declared that saturday will be a national day of mourning following a mass shooting in which at least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured. the shooting happened in the heart of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university's faculty of arts — in the city's old town — a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. as you can see from these pcictures, some climbed on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police said the gunman was a 24—year—old student who's been named by local media as david kozak. the shooting is the deadliest in the czech republic's history — in a country where gun crime is relatively rare. sarah rainsford reports from prague. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this point

hello, i'm nicky schiller. mass shooting in which 13 people were killed and dozens more injured. in the past few minutes, the country's interior ministry said one of the dead in yesterday's shooting is the head

hello, i'm nicky schiller.start in the czech republic where the government declared that saturday will be a national day of mourning following a mass shooting in which 13 people were killed and dozens more injured. in the past few minutes, the country's interior ministry said one of the dead in yesterday's shooting is the head of the institute of musicology of charles university faculty of arts, lenka hlavkova, adding that three of the injured —— faculty of arts. this is the scene where we expect the police news conference very closely turn shortly. lenka hlavkova was at the head of the institute of musicology. tow killed in the shooting are foreign citizens — one from the netherlands and two from the uae. all the deceased were czech nationals. the shooting happened in the heart of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university's faculty of arts — in the city's old town — a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put — and lock themselves inside classroo

our reporter nicky schiller has more on this. yes.rnight friday into saturday. these pictures are from the city of munich, where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. here at the airport, more than 700 flights were hit with cancellations and very long delays for passengers, some resorting to even walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the bayern munich game against union berlin was called off, although the snow, as you can see, did give the children a chance to get out their sledges. neighboring austria has also been hit by heavy snowfalls. firefighters were brought in to clear fallen trees in the city of dawn burn. there was a landslide which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities there have also warned that the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. now, this was the scene in the czech republic where there was a 20 kilometer long trafficjam that built up after a truc

our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more.worst hit areas across europe with more than a0 centimetres of snow falling overnight friday into saturday. these pictures are from the city of munich where residents were advised to stay—at—home for their own safety. here at the airport, more than 700 flights were hit with cancellations and very long delays for passengers, some resorting to even walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and lots of train services were not running and the bayern munich game against berlin was called off, although you can see that the snow did give the children a chance to get out their sledges. neighbouring austria has also been hit by heavy snowfall and fire fighters were brought into clear fallen trees in the city of dawn bone, there was a landslide which blocked a bridge, chopping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours, —— trapping nearly. there is a warning that the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. there was a 20 kilometre long trafficjam i

hello, i'm nicky schiller. let's go live to dubai in the united arab emirates where they are welcoming in 202a. the centre piece is the burj, the world's tallest tower. the display has taken ten months to plan and includes 15,682 fireworks that are being fired from 365 positions. the show also includes over 6,600 lights. they will bounce of the tallest tower in the world. it has taken them ten months to produce this display which they say, the dubai officials, the brightest, biggest and most colourful fireworks show that they have ever had. let's just listen and to see thereby welcoming in 2024. , c dubai. so there we go. that is them welcoming a new year in dubai. don't forget that you can follow all of the celebrations around the world on the celebrations around the world on the bbc news website and app. the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it's the second assault by iran—backed houthi rebels on the ship within 24 hours

hello, i'm nicky schiller. we want to start by taking you to three more countries that are welcoming in 2024, but in different ways. let's start in greece, this is the scene in athens where there is a firework display over the famous parthenon temple and the acropolis. and next to ukraine, this is the scene in kyiv�*s independence square, as you can see there are no people we have welcomed it in asia in many parts of asia, already in 202a. still to come, europe. this is the first bit of europe. we had russia an hour ago first bit of europe. we had russia an hourago and first bit of europe. we had russia an hour ago and athens now and we also will of course have places like paris and berlin. in our�*s time and of course we will also have london as well to come but those of the celebrations in athens. it is a different picture in ukraine. it is a different picture in ukraine. and next to ukraine, this is the scene in kyiv�*s independence square, as you can see there are no people on the streets there. a curfew is

our reporter nicky schiller has more on this.rnight, friday into saturday. this is from the city of munich where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. at the airport, 700 flights were hit with cancellations and long delays for passengers, some resorting to walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the bayern munich game against union berlin was called off. although the snow, as you can see, did give the children a chance neighbouring austria has been hit by heavy snowfalls. firefighters were brought into clear fallen trees. there was a landslide in one city which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub for several hours. the authorities have also warned the risk of avalanches is high in the western part of the country. this was the scene in the czech republic where there was a 20 kilometre—long trafficjam that built up after a truck came off the motorway in the freezing conditions. also there were some power cuts in some area

our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more.ome to the eras tour. it has beceome the highest grossing in music history, bringing in more than $1 billion in her first 60 shows between march and november of this year. trade publication pollstar, which tracks music sales, says taylor made $1.04 billion. they called that staggering. but taylor is not only making more money, she is doing it faster. the previous record holder was eltonjohn. he made $939 million, but that was over the course of 328 shows on his farewell tour. taylor is making more money because she is playing stadiums which hold bigger crowds. indeed, the experts say if she continues on her scheduled world tour, she could make over $2 billion. second on the list of highest grossing this year is beyonce, followed by bruce springsteen, coldplay and then harry styles. indeed, the top 100 global tours made over $9 billion, up 46% on last year. for taylor, it'sjust one more record in a record—breaking year. just this week she was named person of the year by time magazine. a

our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more.. trade publication pollstar, which tracks music sales, says taylor made $1.04 billion. they called that staggering. but taylor is not only making more money, she is doing it faster. the previous record holder was eltonjohn. he made $939 million, but that was over the course of 328 shows on his farewell tour. taylor is making more money because she is playing stadiums which hold bigger crowds. indeed, the experts say if she continues on her scheduled world tour, she could make over $2 billion. second on the list of highest grossing this year is beyonce, followed by bruce springsteen, coldplay and then harry styles. indeed, the top 100 global tours made over $9 billion, up 46% on last year. for taylor, it�*sjust one more record in a record—breaking year. just this week, she was named person of the year by time magazine. and the re—recording of her 1989 album is best—selling of the year, the movie of her tour made over $250 million, and looking ahead, she is up for album of the year at t

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