one quick. surfers fighting against unseen city starting january seventh and g.w. . this is deja news live from but the celebrations as the world welcomes twenty eight see thousands of redness turn up at new york's countdown long time square despite mirek ordered low temperatures and tight security to take a look at the festivities then and around the walls. also coming off

anti-government demonstrations of aid iran defiance threats of a crackdown president hassan rouhani of pills but calm that means they'll be no tolerance for what he calls on the rest with protests showing no signs of stopping the islamic republic copts access to social media and arrests more than two hundred people. i met in the home free good to have you with us new year's revelers round the world been treated to spectacular displays of pyrotechnics as the world welcomed the security arrangements were tight as people assembled at iconic venues around the world we began our report at the brandenburg gate here but it. the. germans may have a reputation for being reserved but not at new year the country goes firework crazy

nowhere more than the capital berlin thousand strong the streets around the brandenburg gate to welcome two thousand and eighteen and t w reporter rebecca rivers was there to soak up the excitement. despite something here to give fans this year the business entities have gone off without a hitch couldn't just buy all the alcohol they can seem to night is the maid here his bentley and the people just want to have fun. just ten hours earlier the sky above sydney harbor was a blaze with colors as australians greeted the new year. another harbor another wonderful spectacle this time in hong kong. there were no fireworks in dubai this year they settled instead for a breathtaking a laser display at the city's eight hundred twenty eight metre high burj khalifa

tower. to another tower now and london's famous big ben rang in the new year in the british capital. and france perrie's and looked on from the shells easy as fireworks soared above the uk to tell us. of course rio's copacabana beach in brazil is never one to skip a party. and revelers in new york's times square watched the iconic crystal ball drop. this year's new year's eve so. the second coldest temperatures on record and lovers were outlawing lips to keep warm. some even decided to seal the deal as they said

goodbye two thousand and seventeen hello two thousand and eight team. i. well north korean leader kim jong un has delivered a new year's address with a warning for the united states he said he has a new a a button on his desk at all times to be able to respond to any u.s. attack kim said the u.s. will be unable to wage war against north korea because it was in range albeit only right then but he was more conciliatory towards south korea saying he was a good talks and hope to know a military tensions between the two may this. other while he does have used their annual new year addresses to give their outlook for twenty eighteen we've compiled some of their case statements for you starting with german

chancellor angela merkel she is testbench to urge the country to pull together noting that she was aware of thing is that a rift was opening up in german society and the people becoming divided over a range of issues she was a call for greater european solidarity. with boyd's plans in all of this germany's future is inseparable from the future of europe the twenty seven countries of europe must be motivated most strongly than ever to hold together as a community and this will be the crucial issue of the coming years this will be a matter of whether we europeans represent our values in a globalized and digital world assertively and in a spirit of solidarity both internally and externally but the on the need is writ. on the international level we will be facing several fights in twenty eighteen and determined actions the fight against islamist terrorism in the middle east and africa and on non-national soil. we must take the

path of reform and openness to develop a modern china and bring about the chinese dream two thousand and eighteen marks forty years since china began to reform and open up we should use this anniversary to surmount all obstacles and carry the reform further to its ultimate triumph we've missed you but we are all together in this new year's night and we're all together in our daily pursuits as well our solidarity friendship and unconditional love for russia multiply our strength giving us the power to do noble actions and great achievements history now some of the other stories making news around the walls protesters in hong kong have accused the mainland chinese government of violating the territories autonomy itself to beijing said part of a home call the train station would come on to mainland no beijing insists the move will make travel more convenient and will not impinge on hong kong's special status

. investigators in costa rica are working to establish what caused a charter aircraft to crash in a wooded area in the country's northwest the plane crashed soon after takeoff to move twelve people on board ten of them were u.s. citizens. and indonesia more than four hundred couples have taken part in a mass wedding ceremony in the capital jakarta a new year's eve tradition is designed to help the poor who are unable to afford debts and marys. two more people have been shot dead in iran as a wave of protests spread across the country for a fourth day on sunday the regime responded by blocking social media sites and making arrests at least two hundred people are in detention since protest began against corruption and inflation have since turned into wider protests against the country's islamic rule this. despite warnings of

a government crackdown on demonstrations have continued across the islamic republic the protests have been serious enough to warrant a response from the president hassan rouhani. one point must become clear to everyone that we are a free nation according to the constitution and people are absolutely free to criticize or even to protest however we should also be mindful that criticizing and protesting should be done in such a way that will improve the country situation but others in government were less diplomatic. hammy are pretty good that in all those who join the protests in recent days and those who provoked it behind the scenes their relations and connections those who misuse cyberspace and spread violence are absolutely known to us and we would definitely confront them in due time has money.

but protesters have had support from u.s. president donald trump. he took to twitter to warn the iranian government against human rights abuses rouhani however cast doubt on the sincerity of trump's concerns in although you can lose that this guy in america who wants to sympathize with our people today has forgotten that he called iranians terrorists a few months ago let it go he still meet but if he was looking for iranian backing trump need only have glanced out the window that a. week. before the white house dissident group the people's mujahideen of iran showed their solidarity with protesters in tehran back in iran the protests rejoin the next few days will show whether demonstrators he drew honeys call for calm or trumped call to action. as a more on this now we're joined by athey correspondent eric randolph in teheran

eric and two more protesters have been killed what more can you tell us about that . but we are quite limited information we know they were shot dead certs because of limited media coverage and travel restrictions we don't know exactly how you died we also know that two other people were reportedly burnt out of the protesters stole a fire drill in another town west. heard certainly get rid of social media to many senses it's quite difficult to verify information that was heard those warnings from law thorson's threatening to come down hard on protesters what does that mean and is there further sign that that's happening. but so far from what we can sell the police have taken a relatively soft approach to the protesters the government does accept and the president did except on the jets of economic grievances driving the. rest so they

want to see taking those seriously even obviously drawing the line when it comes to using the islamic system as a whole out carrying out by that or damaging public property did however poets or government buildings and religious asunder is being attacked in some places and nights and that would be a red line for the regime whether or not they actually bring the revolutionary guard really crack down remains to be seen eric where can we expect protests to go from here and do they have broad support in iranian society. it's hard to tell the there is a that of any kind of leadership structure or clearly there's a there's a reckoning many people out economic problems in this country unlike the last mass demonstrations in two thousand and nine there are clearly does that and directly these protests it's hard to see how something this is more for us to continue along

but addressing those back and over consigns to people out is going to be a very difficult situation for the government for the president so certain it's likely that the disquiet and the fresh ration of. is going to continue it won't form or another all right erica randolph monitoring the situation for us from tehran thanks for that update tennessee's and a is about to get underway with the australian i thin saucing in just two weeks and if superstar annie mom serena williams decides to take part the spotlight will surely be on the form of wild number one she's returned to the game less than four months off to giving both. along with her twenty three grand slam titles serina billions can now also add motherhood to her accomplishments millions gave birth to daughter back in september and has shared her experiences on social media

. but the urge to pay saw the former number one return to the court at a tournament in abu dhabi but admits motherhood has been a whole new ball game have biggest distraction her tiniest of fans. in the middle of the match looked over and i was like is limpy ok because usually i always with her. so i don't know how i'm going to be able to manage that but maybe i'll just always look over in the middle of a gram is a limpy ok when she is older she'll be able to actually come out to the mashers. williams lost a french open champion yelena a stepping cohen have pressed match since having a baby. she put up a good fight but didn't take many risks. this was a wonderful opportunity for me to kind of test to see where i am not only

physically but mentally it's like mentally like you have to get over that hump of like go for the shot you're going to be ok you know because it's a lot that goes on through a female's body if you have a baby's. serina williams has not yet decided if she'll defend her title at the australian open this month what is known is that she wants to continue competing for more championships. more news coming up at the top of the hour the so now we're going to linger with some images of remarkable new year's fireworks as countries around the world rang in twenty eighty joy and from all of us here at d.f.w. topping. this.

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