don't think it's all over. because it is now. happy new year, london! well, what did you think? did sadiq khan's promise come true that it was going to be the best firework display that london has ever had? i think he might have got it right. what an extraordinary, spine tingling site it was. over the river thames. it must have been quite deafening down there. can we hear them singing? let's hear them.

we'll take a cup of kindness, dear... # should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? for auld lang syne, myjo, for auld lang syne, we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne. and surely ye'll be your pint—stowp! and surely i'll be mine! # for auld lang syne, myjo, for auld lang syne, # we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,

for auld lang syne. we are into 2020. happy new year, london, thank you very much for joining us this evening. it is going to bea joining us this evening. it is going to be a massive sum of football as well... i wonder what the revellers thought of that? all those people down by the thames who have travelled such a long way to see those incredible fireworks over the river thames. we will try to speak to our correspondence, charlotte gallagher, who was amongst the revellers in central london in just a moment. let's take you back to

edinburgh and see... oh, we have lost edinburgh for a moment. not to worry. we can always pop back to london. we speak to charlotte gallagher. charlotte, high expectations, where they met, what do people think? i think does fireworks have perhaps rather spoil things for our sound. we can't speak to charlotte at the moment. we will speak to lorna gordon, she is in edinburgh tonight for the hogmanay celebrations. tell us how it unfolded. what an amazing night. the fireworks at midnight, a mark ronson soundscape, dancing in the street. happy new year, edinburgh! cheering. happy new year, edinburgh! cheering.

happy new year, edinburgh! cheering. happy new year! there's fun in the town! where are you from? you have come well—prepared tonight. town! where are you from? you have come well-prepared tonight. yes. well wrapped up. well fired up. come well-prepared tonight. yes. well wrapped up. well fired uplj saw people dancing and singing. well wrapped up. well fired uplj saw people dancing and singingm isa saw people dancing and singingm is a good scottish tradition. we sing and we dance and we drink good scotch whiskey. the couple beside you, where are you from? french. have you been to edinburgh before for the new year celebrations? are you enjoying yourself? a good time. i saw you doing some dancing earlier on. having a good time? an incredible night. it is amazing. the celebrations are mental. we are ready as well, absolutely. where have you come from? london, this evening. you have come from london

for hogmanay? the fireworks are so much more impressive here, can i saver? aye am pleased to hear that. thanks very much. powerful. eight minutes long. very, very impressive. and making the most of the music that goes with it. very impressive. what a bang. what an absolute bank. would you be tempted to come back ain? would you be tempted to come back again? never. it was amazing. thank you for this. are you going to be standing upfora you for this. are you going to be standing up for a while yet? you for this. are you going to be standing up for a while yewm you for this. are you going to be standing up for a while yet? it is not like it clears out at midnight. it is going to go on. happy new year. happy new year to you. i don't know if my cameraman can manage it. bear with it. you get a sense of what is going on in and broke when you lived above the crowd a little bit. a lot of partying, a lot of chair. but you have to say people

here really know how to have a good time. this gentleman, where are you from? i'm from brazil. do you work here, study here? just here for hogmanay. here to enjoy the party. the best party in the world. really? we are here, all brazilian. we want to sing a song, a brazilian song for new year. all right. if it is short. singing. well, there you have it. that is definitely a first. a brazilian new year's song sung here in edinburgh. the party isjust getting started and will go on for a

few years yet, i think. an international affair in the widest possible sense. a lot of brazilians there in the uk. thank you for putting in the resilient voices in london and now in edinburgh as well. i was talking to you earlier about stonehaven in aberdeenshire on the coast, and this is the parable ceremony. the viable festival they have there —— fireball ceremony, the fireball festival they have. fireballs are lit on a chain which is on fireballs are lit on a chain which isona fireballs are lit on a chain which is on a wire, and they spin them around their heads. they are going towards the harbour. there is no charge to go to this event. if you can get to stonehaven in time before they close the roads, you can be pa rt they close the roads, you can be part of this. i can't believe i've never heard of this before. i don't know where i've been living. this is extraordinary, isn't it? it looks spectacular. and dangerous, it has

to be said. and then when they get to be said. and then when they get to the end of the road they fling these fireballs into the harbour and then they have their own firework display. that is on my bucket list. iam going display. that is on my bucket list. i am going to spend a new year in stonehaven. it's going to be a new idea. let's go back to charlotte gallagher and see if we have restored communications with her. she is down by the terms. charlotte, we we re she is down by the terms. charlotte, we were asking you what people made of the fireworks this year?|j we were asking you what people made of the fireworks this year? i think people absolutely loved it. we had people absolutely loved it. we had people flying in from all over the world to be here stop what did you think of the fireworks? it's great! i had the best time ever, the best time ever! it was really good. you came all the way from brazil. you really wa nted came all the way from brazil. you really wanted to be had tonight. what did you make of it? it was so much fun, i had so much fun here.

just to be here and see the fireworks — like, all the explosions and stuff around was so insane. you loved it as well? yes, very nice. lots of singing and cheering at the end, that ten minute display left a lot of people speechless, actually. people were watching it with their mouths open. and as the mayor of london, sadiq khan said, there were references to the football world cup taking place now this year in 2020. we saw euro 2020 lit up with fireworks underneath the wheel, the wheel itself still lit up now, three lions, the football song, a lot of football commentary, really don't get people in the mood for those football games. i'm sure sadiq khan is hoping it will bring a lot and lots of people to london. let's try to speak to a few more people. how

did everyone find the fireworks down here? did everyone love it? there are it's absolutely fantastic, yes. you came from india for the night? it was wonderful. amazing, amazing, totally worth it, yeah. wasn't worth queueing up for hours and hours? we came along way and we waited for a long time. we came from cornwall. my mother's is at the end of cornwall, it's a lovely place, and we came all the way down and we had the best night even though we stood here for 4.5 hours. you are wrapped up at least, not like our brazilian friend down there wearing shorts. know, wrapped up nice and tight. i'm glad you had an amazing night anything like it really was that spectacular event that was promised to people. charlotte, thank you very much. so glad that all those people had a

very good evening and it isn't overly they yet. charlotte gallagher down by the terms in central london. let's show you what happened in edinburgh as the clock struck. piping boom

well, that was what was happening as the clock struck midnight and we said goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020 in edinburgh for the hogmanay celebrations, where we've been hearing from lorna gordon throughout the evening, being having a fantastic time there, all 75,000 of them. of course half the world has 110w them. of course half the world has now welcomed in the new decade. let's show you what paris has been up let's show you what paris has been up to this evening. these are always

remarkable, aren't they, this late so we are remarkable, aren't they, this late so we are seeing cast onto the arc de triomphe at the end of that wonderful avenue, the champs—elysees, all lit up in the customary red lights of christmas. somewhat support the choice if you go to paris. a quarter of a million people aligning the champs—elysees, looking down to the arc de triomphe, one of the focal points for the new year's celebrations. some people park themselves at the sacre coeur oi’ park themselves at the sacre coeur or under the eiffel tower. it's a pretty classy base, isn't it, to spend new year? let's show you again

how london did it big ben strikes the hour big ben strikes the hour welcome to 2020. the's yet for this bbc news vessel, in a moment we will have the weather. let's look back on how the new year was seen in around the world. happy new year from eve ryo ne the world. happy new year from everyone here at bbc one use. —— bbc world news.

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big ben strikes the hour hello. we've ended 2019 on a fairly quiet note. parts of scotland's awesome project —— saw some spectacular sunsets. and this continues under this area of high pressure. but notice the isobars are slightly closer together across northern ireland and scotland — an increasingly windy day here, and a much cloudier day across the uk. the cloud could be thick enough for the odd patch of drizzle but for most will be dry, best chance of any brightness across eastern counties of scotland and england, maybe north wales, too.

later gentle winds for most, away from the western and northern isles of scotland, where the winds will be strengthening through the day, perhaps gusts of 40—50 miles an hour. still critical fields of the uk across the day, 10—11 for northern scotland in south—west england. cloud cover stays with us to the evening and overnight again we could see some patchy drizzle. for most, it's dry although iran will start to approach far north—western scotland on the west of northern ireland as we head towards thursday morning. underneath the cloud cover, temperatures will stay above freezing —— it's mostly dry. milderair stay above freezing —— it's mostly dry. milder airflooding across stay above freezing —— it's mostly dry. milder air flooding across the uk with this yellow, with it comes a set of fronts, and that is going to bring some wetter, windier weather across scotland and northern ireland initially, slowly it slides its way south and here stood throughout the day, weakening as it does. some heavy rain across the highlands of scotland, maybe 40—50 millimetres.

dries the further south and east you are, but some gusty winds, perhaps 50-60 are, but some gusty winds, perhaps 50—60 miles an hourfor northern are, but some gusty winds, perhaps 50—60 miles an hour for northern and western scotland, 30—40 miles an hour wait widely. the it's a wet, blustery day across the country but most will be in double figures. those fronts push their way south and is goods, behind it we start to see the blue colours returning. we are back in the cold air is we go into friday. what that also means is clear conditions, much more in the way of sunshine, cloud and rain clearing away from south—east england, showers peppering the north scotland, perhaps wintry in nature, but much of the uk will and we dry with sunshine but it will with much more sunshine but it will be feeling a little bit colder again. as for the weekend, it's looking mainly dry, there will be some cells of sunshine, a little bit milder but potentially turning wetter and windier into next week. —— spells of sunshine.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the united states is to send more troops to protect its embassy in baghdad, which has been attacked by thousands of protestors angry at american air strikes. president trump has blamed the attack on iran. worsening bushfires in australia have claimed two more lives and dozens more properties in new south wales. thousands of people in the south—east of the country have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped. the military has deployed aircraft and ships to victoria and new south wales, the two worst—affected regions. revellers across the uk have rung in the start of a new decade, with fireworks displays held in london, edinburgh, and other major cities. in london, some 12,000 fireworks lit up the capital's skyline. european cities, including paris, berlin, madrid and athens, have also seen in the new year with firework displays. and those are your headlines on the bbc.