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music in paris, tens of thousands of people bringing in the new year. 2025 is upon us there in europe and several different countries. you can see the chump to lazzez, the arc de triomphe, incredible display there. so many people outside,

bringing in this next year, 2025 but also lots of celebrations, of course, taking place among family, among friends inside —— veep one. we want to go to madrid and now, a country that adjusting the new year coming in. we canjoin we can join potential family television taking place there in madrid. i believe we have yazmina, yazmina garcia, with herfamily. there yazmina, yazmina garcia, with her family. there she yazmina, yazmina garcia, with herfamily. there she is. i love your outfit. who is celibate and with you? your family? celibate and with you? your famil ? , . , , celibate and with you? your famil? , _, family? yes, happy new year, in sain it family? yes, happy new year, in spain it is— family? yes, happy new year, in spain it is already _ family? yes, happy new year, in spain it is already the _ family? yes, happy new year, in spain it is already the new - spain it is already the new year, so happy new year to all of you and, yes, i am here with all my family and we just had the 12 breaks of luck which is a big tradition in spain. tell us about — a big tradition in spain. tell us about these _ a big tradition in spain. tell us about these traditions. every country does on the different in new year's. good

luck grapes, right? what takes place there at the stroke of midnight with these grapes in spain? midnight with these grapes in sain? . ~ . spain? the clock in the centre madrid is _ spain? the clock in the centre madrid is the _ spain? the clock in the centre madrid is the centre _ spain? the clock in the centre madrid is the centre of - madrid is the centre of festivities, so as this clock strikes we have one paper each time of the clock and the goal is to finish your grapes before the last bell tolls. which is quite a challenge to let me tell you! struggling a bit earlier! . , , ., ., earlier! has everyone done it behind you. _ earlier! has everyone done it behind you, did _ earlier! has everyone done it behind you, did everybody i earlier! has everyone done it. behind you, did everybody get their grapes done in time? yes. their grapes done in time? yes, es, their grapes done in time? yes, yes. everybody _ their grapes done in time? yes, yes, everybody has _ their grapes done in time? yes, yes, everybody has done - their grapes done in time? yes, yes, everybody has done it - their grapes done in time? yes yes, everybody has done it on time, we are set to have a very, very urgent year. and do ou very, very urgent year. and do you know. _ very, very urgent year. and do you know, yazmina, _ very, very urgent year. and do you know, yazmina, this- very, very urgent year. and do you know, yazmina, this is- very, very urgent year. and do you know, yazmina, this is an| you know, yazmina, this is an interesting tradition, i have not seen this done in many other countries, do you know where this comes from? where does this great thing, from cordial it is unclear it comes from, but the first reports

come from 1882. it from, but the first reports come from 1882.- from, but the first reports come from 1882. it looks like the elites _ come from 1882. it looks like the elites in _ come from 1882. it looks like the elites in spain _ come from 1882. it looks like the elites in spain used - come from 1882. it looks like the elites in spain used to i the elites in spain used to have champagne and grapes for dinner at new year's eve, and in 1882, a group of madridians, asa way in 1882, a group of madridians, as a way of mocking the risk of let's say, ate the grapes in an ironic way in a developed into what it is today. i ironic way in a developed into what it is today.— what it is today. i love it, i think it — what it is today. i love it, i think it is _ what it is today. i love it, i think it is a _ what it is today. i love it, i think it is a fantastic - think it is a fantastic tradition. i hope this brings you and your entire family all kinds of luck. just before he let you go, is there anything you're hoping to see in this new year in 2025? i you're hoping to see in this new year in 2025?- you're hoping to see in this new year in 2025? i think that toda in new year in 2025? i think that today in spain. _ new year in 2025? i think that today in spain, everybody - new year in 2025? i think that today in spain, everybody is l today in spain, everybody is thinking about the victims of the flash flooding that happened in the western area of spain, valencia, back in october, so i hope for this next year is for all these

people to get some kind of normality back into the lives. i think that's what everybody in spain is thinking today. yazmina, thank you for inviting us into your home with your family to celebrate new year's in a very unique spanish way with those grapes. thanks again and happy new year to you and all yourfamily. and happy new year to you and all your family.— all your family. thank you. ha - all your family. thank you. happy new _ all your family. thank you. happy new year! _ all your family. thank you. happy new year! europe i happy new year! europe continues _ happy new year! europe continues to _ happy new year! europe continues to bring - happy new year! europe continues to bring in - the new year celebrations across the continent, including in paris. that celebration well and truly under way. you can barely see the arc de triomphe there in paris, amid all of those lights, fireworks going off. we are about nine or ten minutes into the new year across much of the continent there in europe, that is the display there in the city of lights. looks like we may be getting the grand finale. let's just listen in on those festivities in paris.

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laughter that is going to be hard to beat. we still of course have plenty of fireworks shows to come, not least in london, in less than an hour or so, we will be heading over there. the celebrations will be taking place there along the river teams. we have our correspondent greg mckenzie there in london for us. it is great to see you. we are closing in on midnight, of course, in london, aren't we? what is the atmosphere like where you are?— what is the atmosphere like where you are? the atmosphere here is incredible. _ where you are? the atmosphere here is incredible. we _ where you are? the atmosphere here is incredible. we are - where you are? the atmosphere here is incredible. we are just i here is incredible. we arejust under an hour now away from 2025, where behind me, the iconic london eye will come alive with 12,000 fireworks, a 12 minute spectacular. there will be music sink and iced with those fireworks, i would just like to add to a london host the biggest fireworks display in europe, so those pictures you've just seen in paris, they are nothing

compared to what you are about to see here in london! 100,000 people have managed to get tickets here. we are alongside the iconic river teams in central london and ultima the people will watch the new year come in. big ben, you will hear the chimes, then on midnight, the chimes, then on midnight, the chimes, then on midnight, the chimes will ring, big ben will ring and that will mark the beginning of the first few seconds of 2025. each year in london, the fireworks have a theme. last year, it was unity to bring the whole country together. the london mayor has told the bbc in the last few hours this year's team will be hope. there will be messages played out and tributes to army veterans, to the d—day landings and much more of yesterday will be remembered in the year that is being told it —— more of yesteryear. hope, we are being told, is the theme for this year, and ultimately this is and will be the biggest fireworks display in europe,

12,000 fireworks over 12 minutes. it takes them months to organise the event and five days to actually read the fireworks to the london eye behind me a bushel, life, the midnight sky will be alike with colour, and there is also a light show this year, something we've not seen before. the last year, there were drones, this year, there were drones, this year we are told 420 light to illuminate the london sky here as it marks the beginning of 2025 as we say goodbye to what was 202a. 2025 as we say goodbye to what was 2024. , , ., ., was 2024. greg, it is hard to believe that _ was 2024. greg, it is hard to believe that any _ was 2024. greg, it is hard to believe that any chauffeur i believe that any chauffeur could be bigger than what we just saw in paris, so we are looking forward to seeing what takes place behind you in less than an hour. you canjoin greg, you canjoin and nicky schiller in less than an hour. we will have special coverage of the london fireworks spectacular along with celebrations from the rest of the world. the special programme starts

at 11.30 gmt tonight. of course, plenty of other cities, plenty of other countries bringing into the new year. these pictures show the spectacular fireworks display in hong kong earlier. type a also putting on quite the show, to welcome in 2025 —— taipei. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the veteran bbc dj johnnie walker has died at the age of 79 just two months after stepping down from the radio 2 rock show and sounds of the 70s because of ill health. he firstjoined the bbc in 1969, with his lunchtime radio 1 show pioneering new names such as fleetwood mac, the eagles and steve harley. wayne rooney has left plymouth argyle by mutual consent, seven months after being appointed head coach. rooney recorded just one win in his last 14 games

as manager, with the team now bottom of the championship table. the former england captain thanked fans for their support and said argyle would always hold a special place in his heart. notable names have been reacting after being recognised in the new year honours list. in the new year honours list. stephen fry said he was stephen fry said he was "startled and enchanted" "startled and enchanted" to receive a knighthood, to receive a knighthood, while the happy valley while the happy valley actor sarah lancashire actor sarah lancashire said being made a cbe said being made a cbe was an "unexpected delight". was an "unexpected delight". more than 1,200 more than 1,200 people have been people have been recognised in the list. recognised in the list. you're live with bbc news. you're live with bbc news. and peace efforts. the world is still remembering the world is still remembering the former presidentjimmy the former presidentjimmy carter here in the us postal carter here in the us postal much ofjimmy carter's much ofjimmy carter's legacy was built after he left legacy was built after he left the white house through his the white house through his humanitarian work. humanitarian work. he and his wife rosalynn he and his wife rosalynn helped to build, helped to build, renovate and repair more than 4,000 homes renovate and repair more than 4,000 homes through their partnership through their partnership with habitat for humanity, with habitat for humanity, an organisation that an organisation that provides affordable housing to disadvantaged families. provides affordable housing to disadvantaged families. they also established they also established

the nonprofit carter center, the nonprofit carter center, focusing on global health focusing on global health and peace efforts. the centre has worked to end guinea worm disease a parasitic

the centre has worked to end guinea worm disease a said ;itic his side of the bargain, said he would become interested in global health and he did exactly that, but he became more than interested, he became obsessed with it. and then he became an activist. and he made many trips to africa and i think the most significant thing that he demonstrated was that if we want to attack public health problems, you need a combination of both politicians and public health people, because public health cannot be funded unless there is some political decision to do that, and he would meet with heads of state, they would get there cabinet together, he would make his case and if the head of state wanted to do this, he would direct is minister of finance and minister of finance and minister of finance and minister of health to get involved. so, he really demonstrated a new way to attack global health. he negotiated _ attack global health. he negotiated a _ attack global health. he negotiated a cease—fire, i think it was in sudan, just so

that his public health workers could come in and start to do what was necessary to battle disease there. just going in and even getting both sides to agree to a cease—fire. and even getting both sides to agree to a cease-fire. exactly, and that's _ agree to a cease-fire. exactly, and that's much _ agree to a cease-fire. exactly, and that's much more - agree to a cease-fire. exactly, and that's much more difficult| and that's much more difficult than anyone can understand, to get people to stop fighting for three months and then for six months in order to work on diseases. months in order to work on diseases-— diseases. just incredible. let's talk _ diseases. just incredible. let's talk about - diseases. just incredible. let's talk about that - diseases. just incredible. l let's talk about that guinea worm. we mentioned some of the statistics about how much he really was able to have success in battling that parasite. in fact, he said back in 2015 he would like the last guinea worm to die before i do. he was nearly successful in that, wasn't he?— nearly successful in that, wasn't he? , . wasn't he? he was very close, and one of— wasn't he? he was very close, and one of the _ wasn't he? he was very close, and one of the problems - wasn't he? he was very close, and one of the problems was l and one of the problems was guinea worm, it is not a disease of cities, therefore ministers of health often did not know they had a problem. i think one of the great stories is when he met with the president of nigeria, nigeria

was reporting about five or 6000 cases a year, but they did a one—time survey and they found almost 700,000 cases of guinea worm at one time, and the president was so impressed with that, he put $1 million of nigerian money into the programme that day. this was not flashy _ programme that day. this was not flashy work, _ programme that day. this was not flashy work, was - programme that day. this was not flashy work, was it? - programme that day. this was not flashy work, was it? a - programme that day. this was not flashy work, was it? a lot| not flashy work, was it? a lot of whatjimmy carter did after the presidency was pretty quiet, it was pretty low profile, working on diseases that, like a guinea warm, few people knew about. why do you think he chose to go that route? a lot of this came under the radar. i route? a lot of this came under the radar-— the radar. i think he chose this because _ the radar. i think he chose this because they - the radar. i think he chose this because they were i the radar. i think he chose i this because they were truly neglected diseases and he would often ask if we would propose a programme, who else is working on this? and if other people working on it, he say, they don't need me, and so he was

after the neglected diseases, and now there are programmes for most of the neglected diseases, river blindness and trachoma and lymphatic trigger prices and so forth, so he has had an enormous impact on the trajectory of global health. yeah, quite the legacy he leaves behind. you were his former cdc director of also helping to eradicate smallpox, we should mention, butjust in terms of the carter center, helping some 22 countries eliminate at least one disease within their borders. william foege, we appreciate your time. thank you very much for having me. �* . ., ., me. and we continue our discussion _ me. and we continue our discussion of _ me. and we continue our discussion of the - me. and we continue our discussion of the former | discussion of the former presidentjimmy carter. joining me live now to discuss his legacy is the reverend al sharpton, an american civil rights activist. as we think of president carter, what legacy do you

think he lives don't make leaves behind in terms of civil rights? leaves behind in terms of civil ri . hts? ., , , ., rights? you muster member that jimmy carter— rights? you muster member that jimmy carter was _ rights? you muster member that jimmy carter was the _ rights? you muster member that jimmy carter was the first - jimmy carter was the first president elected from the deep southin president elected from the deep south in 100 years. he came after the nation had been shaken by the watergate scandal of then—president richard nixon, who was forced to resign from office in the middle of that scandal. we were still in the grip of the vietnam war. and in all of that, we saw jimmy carter, an unknown governor from jimmy carter, an unknown governorfrom georgia in the deep south, become president. he immediately embraced martin luther king senior, dr king had been killed some eight years before his election, he embraced his father, he erased his widow and work with civil right leaders like brendan jordan and jesse jackson and others of that time, and he fought for voting rights. he

called racial discrimination to be not only outlawed but enforced, for voting rights to be enforced, andjimmy enforced, for voting rights to be enforced, and jimmy carter lead this nation by a .1 of dr king's chief aids, andrew young, the ambassador from the united states to the united nations, so he not only talked the talk, he walked the walk and became a unified force around race after the diction forward era.— around race after the diction forward era. ., ., ., forward era. -- nixon ford era. he was also _ forward era. -- nixon ford era. he was also a — forward era. -- nixon ford era. he was also a religious - forward era. -- nixon ford era. he was also a religious man, i forward era. -- nixon ford era. he was also a religious man, a| he was also a religious man, a self disrupted born—again christian. you wrote about his religious background recently. you wrote, you know, he did not use it for show, this is something he lives. explain what you mean by that. he tau~ht what you mean by that. he: taught sunday school, even when he was in the white house. he would teach sunday school. in his hometown of plains,

georgia, he taught sunday school until he was disabled, not long before his passing, and anytime i would meet him, he would say to heat, i see you out there with your optimism, but what about your ministry? i said, that is my ministry, socialjustice. i don't pass to one parish, i need a national organisation based on my religious beliefs in the tradition of martin is looking junior, and he said, don't forget... he was that in private exchanges. he did not use religion as fear, he used to because he believed in it, but before he went into the presidency and the many decades after. ., , ., ~' after. reverend, do you think emilyjimmy _ after. reverend, do you think emily jimmy carter, - after. reverend, do you think emily jimmy carter, who - emilyjimmy carter, who famously promised he would never tell a lie to the nation, do you think he would have a chance at being elected president today? it chance at being elected president today? it would be resent

challenging at best. i think we are at a culture now that we accept duplicity, we accept chauvinism against women, against blacks and others of colour, against immigrants that have become popular and is the day's body politic. it would be very challenging forjimmy carter, but that is why it is important we raise the point around the world that it is better to have a humanitarian and one election should not turn that around. if we really want to honourjimmy carter, we honour what he stood for and what he enacted. just briefly, we have about _ what he enacted. just briefly, we have about a _ what he enacted. just briefly, we have about a minute - what he enacted. just briefly, we have about a minute or. what he enacted. just briefly, we have about a minute or soj we have about a minute or so left, reverent, but what kind of legacy do you think you these behind politically? a democratic, one term president. how do you think his party will be looking back, a lot of

people making some parallels between his presidency and the presidency ofjoe biden. i think that we could say the legacy ofjimmy carter is it's better to surfer what is right then to win for what is wrong. history will sayjimmy carter was a noble man, even won the nobel peace prize after being president. history will say others won elections but help to bring the country back to days of draconian times, and i think that i would rather be one term about what is righteous then to be able to be elected twice to try and resend the rights of human beings. reverend al sharpton, they are on the legacy ofjimmy carter, thank you for your time. happy new year to you, reverend, thank you forjoining us on bbc news as we are counting down, of course, the minutes now to new year's, 2025, in the city of london. we can show you the

scene there, the london eye along the thames. greg mckenzie promises us the largest fireworks spectacular in all of europe, so definitely stay tuned for that if you're judging by past years, it is an absolute spectacular show. we will have special coverage of new year's eve and he celebrations coming up there in london injust a matter of minutes. greg and our colleague nikki schuller will be taking over from nikki schuller will be taking overfrom here. and there it goes! that is all from us here in washington —— nicky schiller. hello there. we've got more strong winds, heavy rain and some snow as we head into the new year. the heavy rain has moved away from scotland, but it's moved further south, and it's across this part of north—west england that we have an amber rain warning from the met office. 100mm of rain in the hills — likely to be flooding and travel disruption. there's our band of rain in the morning.

and on the rain end, particularly south of it, some very gusty winds arriving, particularly so in the southwest and coastal areas. north of the rain band the winds won't be as strong, but it's getting colder. there'll be some snow and ice to start the day in northern scotland. through the morning this heavy rain and squally winds will push down into southern england. then things calm down for a while. another band of rain and hill snow moves southwards across scotland towards northern ireland, later into northern england. sunshine and snow showers continue in northern scotland and we're getting a northerly wind. it's not going to be as strong as the southwesterly wind ahead of the rain, but it is going to be introducing colder air. last of any mild areas across southernmost parts of england. but it'll be a wet end to the day. that weather front does clear away. and then we introduce this arctic air right the way across the whole of the country. temperatures will be dropping. a widespread frost for thursday morning. could be some icy patches following any overnight showers as well. most of the snow showers on thursday are going to be across northern scotland. a few wintry showers for northern ireland, near the west coast of wales, more especially along some of these north sea coasts, but for large parts of the country it's going to be dry and sunny. certainly going to feel

a lot colder everywhere, but away from those north sea coasts, at least, the winds are not going to be particularly strong. but we're going to stay in that colder air as we head towards the end of the week. and there'll be some more snow showers across the north and northeast of scotland. a few more wintry showers for northern ireland, perhaps towards the north wales, and a few showers getting close to those north sea coasts. but again, many places on friday will be dry and sunny. and again it's cold — temperatures in scotland struggling to get above freezing. things could get very interesting later in the weekend. this low pressure threatening to bring some wet weather into the cold air on sunday. but ahead of that on saturday, that weather front across the north may well bring some rain, sleet and snow to scotland. one or two wintry showers further south. some patches of fog for northern parts of the uk. the winds are going to be quite light. it is going to feel cold as we head into the weekend. again, highs of only around 3—5 celsius.

hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the roof of broadcasting house here in central london, and the new year's eve live as we countdown

to 2025 here in london and across the united kingdom. we are now less than half an hour away from welcoming in the new year. behind me you can see the iconic regent street. this building i am standing on was originally built back in 1932. around three miles from here is the river thames and that is where the world—famous where the world —famous fireworks where the world—famous fireworks are going to take place in less than half an hour's time. it is of course 25 years since the first fireworks display in london. lots of people think they have been going for decades but actually not just 25 years, back going for decades but actually notjust 25 years, back in 1999, to see in the millennium, which is when the first fireworks display was. crucial to any new year is knowing when a clock strikes midnight. and of course here in london we have probably the most famous clock in the world on the houses of parliament. it is of course known as big ben. let me put that up on the right—hand side of your screen so you can see how long we have to go

until we welcoming