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music: auld lang syne.tic music studio: they said it was going to be spectacular, and it certainly was. a good ten minutes of music and fireworks extravaganza taking place in hong kong's iconic victoria harbour. beautiful and exciting scenes. lots of tunes. there was auld lang syne. very musical. let's take you to the vatican now where pope francis is holding a thanksgiving for the past service in st peter's square. it's part of the eight days of christmas, the octaves of christmas that started on christmas eve. we are now on day seven of the octave. these are the vespas. a traditional hymn will be some and after that pope francis will visit eight crib oi’ pope francis will visit eight crib or creche set up outside st peter's at the basilica and he will spend some time in silent prayer. a flavour of how the world is bringing in 2018. we have been looking at new year celebrations around the world. people in the southern hemisphere have begun welcoming in the new year. three, two, one... auckland in new zeala

auld lang syne plays. all: happy new year! that was quite a version of auld lang syne. bol of the nation. —— symbols. i think that is it. revellers have gathered in cities in europe as well as new year celebrations have reached a climax. keeping with the annual traditions in france, paris lit up as revellers celebrated new year's eve. meanwhile, in the german capital, berlin, the brandenburg gate's fireworks marked the start of 2018. and now, let's take a look at what happened in madrid, in spain. famous for its traditional new year ‘s party. the attendance was reduced to 20,000 for security reasons. well, let's go back to central london. wejust had a well, let's go back to central london. we just had a whiz around the world of extraordinary firework displays but london can proud itself on putting on a very good show. definitely. as far as everyone who is here is concerned that london will be the best there is. the london eye behind me. we are live, beaming pictures of the night's display to you and to those watching from around the world. people have come from all over

we are ringing in the new year with a special edition of auld lang syne eagles style. >> let's go.'s go, boys. >> he is in for the touchdown. >> agholor. he can't be stopped. a runaway train. a runaway train.

music: "auld lang syne" but hong kong may have outdazzled sydney.harbour to a tune most of us will be singing later. richard lister, bbc news. well, here preparations are under way around the country. big crowds are expected in london and edinburgh. jonathan blake is on the banks of the thames. and andrew black is in edinburgh. first to jonathan. yes, the countdown is on to london's celebrations, the london eye will once again be the centrepiece of tonight's huge fireworks display, a massive effort in central london. in just a couple of hours‘ time, 100,000 people will begin filling up the viewing areas on the embankment and the bridges across the river thames as well. security is tight, as you would expect, the metropolitan police say there is no specific threat, but they are asking people to be vigilant, and there are armed officers on patrol. as for the fireworks themselves, 11 minutes with, 50,000 individual explosions, all choreographed to a specially chosen soundtrack, and carefully controlled from this booth behind us on the river thames. big

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it's christmas carols round the fire or welcoming in the new year with a hearty rendition of auld lang synetail and we'll bejoining dan, lou, mike and steph to perform in a concert on wednesday night. so as preparation, we've called on some famous faces singing warm-up noises. why is lou's deeper than mine? ahhh. you can't ahhh, do that? mmm, ahh. ah no, vibration when you go up. what are the dos and don'ts? well, if you are doing a little gospel music, one thing is to make sure you have, you keep a rhythm in your body. he sings a scale. can do you do that? he sings a scale. mmmmmmmm. ahhhhhhh. and just keep the vibration going. we'll do it together. mmmmmmmmm. ahhhhhhhh. i've got the vibration. # bless that wonderful name ofjesus. # bless that wonderful name #. i mean come on, charlie, no one, you're not going to lose yourjob. no one expects you to be pavarotti up there. # here it is, merry christmas, everybody‘s having fun #. put some move into it. # look to the future now, it's only just begun. ..# gave you a hint. we will be singing with the manchester inspirational gospel choir at brid

you're listening to new york, new york and "auld lang syne", if you can make it here, you can make itn we shift into it's a wonderful life and what a wonderful world. those are things that remind you how lucky we are to be in new york. >> reporter: lucky, indeed. and it will be secure. the nypd promises the most secure event this event has ever seen. there will be vapor weight dogs which work in tandem to sniff out bombs in the air as well as on people. this is, obviously, we've had two terror attacks over the last two months. there will be police officers in hotels and office towers overlooking times square. every single person will be checked at least twice before they are put here to stand for hours to wait for theç ball to drop. there will be thousands of police officers, uniformed and those in plain clothes, thousands of security cameras focused on this 10-15 block radius here in times square. so it will be secure. and, again, the weather, it's going to be cold. 10 degree is the the forecast, making it the second coldest new year's eve in new york city history. people will be ou

it's christmas carols round the fire or welcoming in the new year with a hearty rendition of auld lang syneear that research suggests singing can lift the spirits and have real health benefits. all next week, we'll be investigating this in more detail and we'll bejoining dan, lou, mike and steph to perform in a concert on wednesday night. so as preparation, we've called on some famous faces for their top tips. none of us are seasoned singers. unaccustomed to public singing. singing warm-up noises. why is lou's deeper than mine? ahhh. you can't ahhh, do that? mmm, ahh. ah no, vibration when you go up. what are the dos and don'ts? well, if you are doing a little gospel music, one thing is to make sure you have, you keep a rhythm in your body. he sings a scale. can do you do that? he sings a scale. mmmmmmmm. ahhhhhhh. and just keep the vibration going. we'll do it together. mmmmmmmmm. ahhhhhhhh. i've got the vibration. # it's that wonderful name ofjesus. # bless that wonderful name #. i mean come on, charlie, no one, you're not going to lose yourjob. no one expects you to be pavarotti up there

market commentary that typicall includes historical illusions and thank you for tolding me what auld lang syne. it means old long ago, the good old days. >> yes. >> and it is scottish. thank you for that now tell me what the market is going to do. >> it's scottish because it's not scotch that comes out of a bottle hopefully the market is going to stay a little perky in the final trading day of the year. we've got a mini santa claus rally started here and if we can keep santa in gear, that will bode well for next year. we've only had six down santa claus phases over the last 50 to 24 years or so and the others have worked out pretty well with the following year we're crossing our fingers for that. >> as we know it has been a good year look at the dow, it's somehow statistically irrelevant given the s&p. >> well, it is. >> but they are neck in neck. >> they are very close. >> always, which is the weird thing about it. >> the price point index. >> the fourth quarter, neck in neck obama did better since -- from his inauguration to the end of the year than trump has but not bad, 25.8%. >> he does w