i'm anthony held welcome to the show i believe is about to bring in the new year so let's take you live to the countdown at the brandenburg gate. tens of thousands have been waiting here they said live pictures from the brand a big guy with barely a dozen tourists the mixing to welcome in the new year and the new decade revelers have been waiting here for the far west display in 10 seconds or on the countdown some of them old by the gates to this area have been shot since pm already to not to prevent overcrowding of this is the moment. that we have welcomed in a new you happy new year thoughts and welcome to a new decade. tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people come to this place every year over a 1.5 kilometer stretch of the avenue that runs through the brandenburg gate it's been blocked off for the party hundreds of thousands of this. they've already witnessed some into time and from east 17 and despite that there are still tens of

thousands of people there. hasa curity 6000 projectiles will be used to help welcome in that new. security as pools try their best to prevent the bed linens. celebrating in very personal was. bringing their own followers the bit of a thing here in the german capital and looks absolutely spectacular of the center as we speak. in the 1st minutes of heat 2020. the. the the. the. and of course is not just building my just cities across the globe have been putting on spectacular shows to welcome in the new year and the 20 twentieth's of

course new zealand was one of the 1st to see in the new decade with a fiber to extravaganza in. shortly afterwards taiwan's one o one tower in taipei was lit up in front of a cheering crowd. it's north korea also put on a show thousands of people gathered in pyongyang to see the new year in. n.g. by world's tallest building the burj khalifa was the center of celebrations in the u.a.e. also in moscow russians were treated to a fireworks locking up the sky of the red square. well ahead of the new year's celebrations we sent our correspondents out to walk a number of people in a number of cities about their hopes and wishes for the ne. i hope hong kong will become a long time for us hong kong has always been called a cultural it doesn't because we focus on economic development we young people

should show hong kong's cultural uniqueness to the world. for the coming decades i wish for the lebanese people to wake up and become aware that their religious and political affiliations would you did no way and would never be and you would never have been because. i would like lattimer putin to stop dallas that he's been in power for over 18 years and i'm tired of it and i want to change for russia. stupid even just. obvious good governance and good economic growth and i want to get out of poverty to. just me leave now is for peace and prosperity and that we get along with our neighbors. i just want to allow for younger people i feel like

a lot of the older people get more privileges and better everything and the people decide about life is up. by 20 so i like i wish that venezuela will become financially stable and that those who have left the country can come home. although i think in the next decade the united states really focus on the people who are really the benefits that we have a citizens here but also a lie or lolling immigrants to enter the country is equal because that's what we're all about. he has welcomed the new year. despite the many other parts of the country. there are growing fears for residents. trapped. 3 people have been confirmed dead in the last 24 hours killed while trying to save their homes. stranded by the seaside. thousands of tourists and locals being held hostage

by raging wildfire in the town. to leave so they can do is wait along the beach for help to calm. the fires along. and they have a look at. those across the region have made the difficult decision to stay behind but the authorities are there now on their own. and their mining. communities.

temperatures on tuesday peaked at 41 degrees celsius. in some places the places are so intense the thick smoke turnkey tonight and aerial reconnaissance and water bombing have to be hold it the fires are causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting fires. when fawaz arkwright in there on with them have a super hot columns that go up to 131415 kilometers in the air it's not saif then there is obviously the the very common sense issue of not being out of the city so much my son much so much impact in terms of moving around australia has been battling huge bushfires for several months mostly on the eastern coast on tuesday almost $300.00 fire as well registered and the places have consumed more than 40000

square kilometers of land. and i'm joined now from melbourne by luke hagen he's the spokesman for victoria's state center for emergency management like we're seeing apocalyptic scenes in victoria particularly in the coastal town of melaka to a new day has dawned there what has died light revealed in that corner of the state . what we. need more broadly across the land regime which is where they far as any is that we've had significant impacts to property site lots of property losses we don't know the exact numbers but we know that it has been significant recently received from people who were in military use or number of passes unfortunately. melaka it or he's continuing to provide its claws to that community so if you know what it drops and supplies into that community we're all site city

a place barge across to support that community we supply has to die longer tonight and challenge is how we continue to support that community but also a number about the communities across that region who are currently ocelot it is not right access to a number of communities right now communities are we debt has without telecommunications access sorry it's a challenging situation for the residents who are living in that part of this site at the moment and that's why we've sort this instance of the deface force in this trial yet here you regard a sweets nighty a crop in 90 baseballs it will be outed as support the supply to the community but also assets that will see stocks with farming these fellows look at my saying difficult to comprehend for those of us watching from elsewhere in the will but could the situation get any worse in the coming hours and and dice. well

unfortunately even our it's the new eat this is only the 2nd month of some the forest starting to die that means that we've got at least 2 months of of hard drive with the head of a small marley we're not saying any writing in the forecast and that's what we need to how consign these far as unfortunately that means that any time we say strong we these far as are going to continue to spray that means we're going to continue to threaten the communities that have been cut off far far above change we threaten new communities throughout they skip strange things a very very large far as they are not just been a ski plane now a the burnie in the northeast of as tight and we've also got a number of far as that are very new south wales right across the state border out . of the whole northeast of victoria parts of new south wales that are really suffering from those who knew far as locating ennobling thank you

and you. well crowds of protesters have attacked the u.s. embassy in the iraq iraqi capital baghdad in response to recent u.s. airstrikes targeting an iran backed iraqi militia u.s. president donald trump has accused iran of focus driving the protests washington says all u.s. personnel at the embassy are safe and that the additional forces will be sent to god the compound. the hezbollah brigade supporters crossed the river tigris in the morning and marched toward the u.s. embassy to demonstrate. their protest began after a funeral service for fighters killed in u.s. airstrikes on sunday. the militia officers had previously killed a u.s. citizen. the demonstrators broke through the embassies external security barriers and made it as far as the last security wall of the embassy building in baghdad among the demonstrators shiite clergy and

a radical militia leader. the other look on the unit this is the command center for the destructive operations it was from here that iraq's sovereignty was violated. the demonstrators managed to force their way into the compound in the afternoon they remained there until security personnel deployed tear gas to disperse them. washington says it's confident it knows who's backing the shiite militia as president donald trump tweeted earlier. iran is orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible. it was only after several hours that iraqi security forces arrived to protect the embassy grounds. time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. one is in lebanon after skipping bio in japan where he was awaiting trial for financial misconduct in

a statement claims he was not fleeing justice but was escaping political posts persecution his legal team said it was shot by their clients. and goa has frozen the assets of the daughter of the former president the move against isabel dos santos is part of an anti corruption drive known as africa's wealthiest woman she amassed a fortune through stakes in angola and companies during her father's term in office she denies any wrongdoing. musicians from the parasol perhaps given an impromptu performance on the steps of the city's famous bastille opera as part of a protest against president a man woman crimes pension reforms the union spokesman said the reforms would damage the quality of the troops performance. in sports currently resting during the winter break so i follow the season mentioned glad back of being one of the best teams in the league raising hopes that the falls

could win their 1st top flight title since 1977 so here's a look back at a hof season filled with promise for what is to come in the ne. he's a big reason for the team's performance market the coaches' formula for success pressure the opponent switch quickly from defense to office and shoot more on net indeed the fullness of being quite a surprise. this is the future we're enjoying our high position in the standings it's important that we also understand what's happening internally is something special for us but it didn't come by accident we worked hard for it in the 1st half of the season and that's why we're all so proud of it. looks very stable and can bounce back it also helps the newly signed players braille and bolo and mark was adapted well to the teen. but this one for one and we've always made sure that we get along with each other off the pitch as well as in the locker room every player who gets a chance shows the qualities he has and that he can demonstrate those qualities in

a gaming the most important thing is that was successful together. strong team spirit and successful soccer that's what makes the lock box stand out and awakens memories of the 1970 s. when the team won the league 5 times and twice the u. a pickup the forerunner of today's europa league one of its former stars tells us more offers for here we are in for munching gladbach is a club which certainly has a lot of history. but at the moment we're working on getting the club on stable footing and it's enter dition and future prospects definitely go hand in hand art here he said. so far things are working out in fact blood is ready to write some more history as it enters the final half of the bundesliga season the. spanish record holder israel madrid held up in practice at the stephan

a stadium before taking a couple of days off. it was a relaxed session for los blancos players warmed up did some drills and then some match practice in front of an adoring crowd. zenit in sedan side also had some presence for the spectators the 18 matches played around madrid a 2nd in la liga with 30 seconds 37 points rather 2 behind archrivals the run. of the seesaw elliott kept choking to stun the world of athletics by running the 1st marathon distance in under 2 hours however his final time of one hour 59 minutes and 40 seconds will not count as an official world record because a team of pace setters were used and the race was a time trial with kit being the only real competitor some have also put the athletes record breaking performance down to his foot with. the secret to the success of the shoe nike markets as vapor fly lies in the soul the technology

appears to help runners break fruit previously insurmountable band breeze. shore gay wore them in october when he made marathon history that he is the man to run under 2 hours you know that inspired many people to tell people that pinoy human is limited in the same type of shoe and a day later. brought the women's world record jeffrey come were a previously run a world's best in the half marathon critics say the high tech shoes make too much of a difference for all 3 the governing body of world athletics has launched an investigation it's not rocket science a little bit used but do you notice that she lives a really. fast this in the amount of alone in the world is there is a no more she is but the person although this is a human being that sounds beyond good stuff some sees it differently the sports scientist an expert in motion analysis has been testing running shoes for 20 years the nike vapor fly he says is again changer. that one.

above all the difference is this carbon plate which runs through the soul here to take the roll back more from the point of the big toe joint under the front toe area. and then again a distance of 2 centimeters a slight centimeter. that means the shoe helps lengthen every stride by the length of the big toe there minute stuff so if you assume that could choke it takes 21000 steps with this effect he gains 420 meters and distance stands does the paper fly work for every rona d w reporter peter viles is an active marathon runner and attempted a 20 kilometer test but he weighs 25 kilograms more than keep chugging and says he's running technique is different to professionals on the test run his feet in

tendon started to 30 early on after 10 kilometers he had to give up. going to see you doing 345 kilometer runs with this you but i recommend that amateurs who want to do a marathon train sufficiently. and explicitly train with the shooter prepare. because the shoe affects the legs calf muscles very differently and. if you want to keep up even as an amateur you may need to really learn how to run nike's competitors are announcing models similar to the vapor fly the big money athletic apparel firms are betting that the rule makers of track and field will side with them and allow the new shoot technology. a group of orcas has stunned researches by traveling more than 6000 kilometers from iceland to the mediterranean sea in just a few weeks it was spotted by fishermen in italy who could hardly contain their.

excitement. this amateur video captured a sight few people would ever have expected in the mediterranean. these 2 italian fishermen certainly never imagined that when they went out into the strait of messina near sicily they'd encounter 3 massive killer whales swimming alongside their boat the 1st thing they noticed was the giant fins reaching out of the water . we'd never seen anything like it and then we realized it was a killer whale 1st we were scared animals are twice the size of my boat but then the excitement overcame the fear but we managed to film the video. uploaded to. researchers say the orcas are part of the same group that came from iceland and was spotted off north western italy earlier this month it's one of the longest migration routes ever recorded for the species the killer whales can be found

around the globe they generally favor cold waters and are rarely seen in the mediterranean it's unknown why the animals ventured this far from their usual habitat were where they'll travel to next. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you building has welcomed the 20 twentieth's with a fireworks display at the brandenburg gate celebrations have also taken place in cities from oakland to athens london and up. you're watching to dublin news from pearl then stay tune for german chancellor angela merkel's means address wherever you're watching have a good. height the object in munich no i'm diggin in the snow and ya'll. in the noise scenes. it's been about you have been good to go in there to physically susan just inventing

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