a quarter of a million people aligning the champs—elysees, looking down to the arc de triomphe, one ofnts 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. cheering and music 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

general american posture has been toward iran which has as center piece and america's maximum pressure elysee that is meant to bring iran into a new nuclear agreement with much more stringent terms on iran down the previous administration had signed with the iranian government but also this other military component that would be directly addressing the assassination. general i think we're seeing the 1st come on and being rolled out which is iran standing firm and pulling back from the commitments that it had signaled earlier it would withdraw from if the united states or the europeans that got fortified nuclear deal. so you've talked about the 1st component what do you think is going to happen next. that's anyone's guess i think we're in uncharted territory when it comes to iran possible response to an assassination of a military commander iran has never been in this position in the past when it has suffered casualties on the battlefield. it has been and they heat of battle so tit for tat revenge if you will at tax could happen in a much more sensible fashion it now finds itself in a very pec

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.ad arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations. a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. we will bring you the latest on a sad story that has come into us in the last hour or so. two men aged 25 and 23 and a woman aged 20 have died after a collision between a lorry and car in stanwell in surrey last night. a fourth person, a woman, is seriously injured in hospital. surrey police have appealed for any witnesses to get in touch via the 101 police number. the headlines on bbc news. at least eight people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the fires that ripped through australian on n

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. it was a similar sight in taiwan as taipei 101 sparked into a kaleidoscope of colour against an inky night sky. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations — a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. just taking you back to new york times square is around i million people there are celebrating new year's, it just hit people there are celebrating new year's, itjust hit new york on the east coast of the united states, lots of people enjoying the ball drop at the stroke of midnight there. they would have been gathering for many, many hours to get a good view and we

parisians partied along the champs—elysees. arc de triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. it was a similar sight in taiwan as taipei 101 sparked into a kaleidoscope of colour against an inky night sky. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations. a flaming, spinning spectacular, you should not try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. we will keep you up—to—date on all the celebrations around the world. the united states has announced the immediate deployment of 750 troops to the middle east, after militiamen and their supporters attempted to storm the american embassy in baghdad. the demonstrators were angered by us air strikes on sunday which targeted an iranian—backed militia group in

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.rc de triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. it was a similar sight in taiwan as taipei 101 sparked into a kaleidoscope of lights against an inky night sky. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. the new year began in new zealand where 2020 is well and truly under way. next stop, the americas and then the challenge of sticking to new year's resolutions. gareth barlow, bbc news. asa as a wonderful fireworks display in rio continues, you can have a look at how the rest of the world has been celebrating the beginning of the new year. that is just on our website. there you can also see what the world's leaders' new year mesage has been, including, of course, from london, the new year message from the uk's pr

parisians partied along the champs—elysees. arc de triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. it was a similar site in taiwan as taipei 101 sparked into a kaleidoscope of lights against an inky night sky. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. the new year began in new zealand where 2020 is well and truly under way. next stop, the americas and then the challenge of sticking to new year's resolutions. gareth barlow, bbc news. and a happy new year to wherever you are. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has said the attack on his country's embassy in baghdad was organized by terrorists "abetted by iranian proxies." 750 troops are being sent the region after a crowd of demonstrators tried to break into the compound. our diplomatic correspondent paul

in france, salutations, parisians partied along the champs—elysees, the arc de triumphe announcing 2020rrived. in dubai, the world ‘s tallest building, okra one, was transformed into a tower of lights and pirated eggs. —— pyrotechnic. it was a and pirated eggs. —— pyrotechnic. it wasa similar and pirated eggs. —— pyrotechnic. it was a similar site in taiwan as taipei 101 spiked into a collider scope of lights against an inky sky. as pa rt of scope of lights against an inky sky. as part of australia are ablaze amid relentless bushfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. the new year began in new zealand where 2020 is well and truly under way. next stop, the americas and then the challenge of seeking to new year's resolutions. a happy new year to you. if you want to look at how the celebrations along the globe are going, you can look on our website. there are still celebrations to come in both brazil and the united states. we will keep you across those here on bbc news. the us secret

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations. a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery. a very good afternoon to you and happy

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.he arc de triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, the political firestorm focused on syd ney‘s political firestorm focused on sydney's display but the fireworks did go for the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations. a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. let's see what the weather prospects are. a little duller for us, let's see what the weather prospects are. a little dullerfor us, but never dull with carol kirkwood. happy new year to you, and you are still remembered at barometer world in north devon. i was there last week and they said to say hello. how lovely! happy new year to them, to you and to you at home. it is a dull start of the day to day. we have had some fog and fros

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.ad arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa,

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.he triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations. a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. police in hong kong have clashed with pro—democracy protesters during a new year's day march by tens of thousands of people in the city centre. this is the scene in hong kong now. police fired tear gas and some demonstrators responded by throwing petrol bombs. they are trying to contain the action there. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is there right now — following riot police as they move in on protestors. what has been happening in the last couple of hours? the police are pushing

accorording to the elysee palace they now it's investments totaling some four billion euros.rse micros business from the reforms having that it plenty of controversy here. the for the french president monday at the latest sign the changes- paying off send brett b. supports. the shot two of us. a grand setting. man not. ground mission. to woo business leaders encouraging them to invest in frontt. marking mondays choose from summit a number of big players sets out plans to do just t tha. the government announced a two billion year a contract for the french shipyard of son knows that to build to cruise ships for nsc. alongside them pharmaceuticals company astrazeneca announced four hundred and fifty million euros in u. investments over the next five years while coca cola said it would invest one billion euros over the same time period. in the banking sector jp morgan announced that it would expand its paris haute transparency financial services from london post brexit. the bank credited macron's reformist agenda for the meeting if you don't seem as you. these messages introduced

. >> they sent an email saying it is not our elysee to make public comments about things in litigationhis wife are losing thousands of dollars each month on a rental income that is unlivable. they hope for a quiet life in retirement. . >>> in san francisco, terry l jackson became the first black woman to be the state's first district court of appeal. they voted unanimously to vote her in today. this is another first for judge jackson in 2002 she was the first black woman appointed to san francisco's superior court. >>> they are recalling roughly 6 million vehicles claiming that there are glitches with airbags, honda is recalling 2.4 million vehicles, the invaders exploded and through shrapnel, and the vehicles were exposed to excessive moisture. and this has resulted in deaths of people. the repairs will not start for a year. >>> the toyota recall is 3.4 million vehicles. the airbags did not inflate during a crash. these are certain models from 2000 on. eight people were killed when airbags failed to properly of fate this back insulate. notice these options,. >>> it is raining in some

parisians partied along the champs—elysees.hailing 2020 had arrived. and in dubai, the world's tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. as parts of australia are ablaze amid relentless wildfires, a political firestorm focused on sydney's display, but the fireworks did go off over the city's harbour bridge. bright lights amid dark days. and in scotland, an alternative take on new year's celebrations. a flaming, spinning spectacular, you shouldn't try at home. gareth barlow, bbc news. as a new decade arrives, businesses around the world are under pressure to improve their sustainable credentials to consumers — and the fashion industry is no different. globalfashion production produces 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon per year, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. how can an industry of mass consumerism change? could swapping rather than selling help? simon browning reports. a new style of shopping for a new decade. they call it a "swap shop". bring the

. >> in paris the new year was celebrated on the champs-elysees.secutive day of protests over the french pension system. >> we will be covering all the celebrations throughout the morning. >>> we turn to other news and that escalating crisis in iraq. >> that's right, president trump is threatening to hold iran responsible for the attack by iraqi demonstrators on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. outraged protesters storming the gates, retaliating against air strikes targeting an iranian-backed strike in iraq. secretary esper announcing american soldiers are heading to the middle east. abc's james longman has more. >> reporter: chanting "death to america," an unprecedented assault. hundreds of shiite militia and their supporters laying siege to the u.s. embassy in baghdad. it's supposed to be one of the most secure in the world, and yet crowds tried to storm the compound, setting fire to guard posts and embassy walls, prying an embassy plaque off the entrance, trying to break through windows, just a pane of glass separating guards from protesters. americ

reporter who has done a legion of work, along with recent books be greg jarrett, judge janine pirro, elyseemith is right up there in terms of getting out the fact we know but the biggest political scandal in modern american history. >> host: you write that in his latest book, the war for america's soul, audrey in california, thank you for holding, you're on the air. >> caller: yes. good morning, sir. i'm in california. not by choice but because of responsibility. do admire you so very, very much. my question to you, sir, is why didn't the administration immediately ask for all of the relation nation do-resignations of the obama holeovers and therefore had he, i would all of this not have come to fruition? i've beened a out indicator for 50 years. teaching them -- and am immigrant, teach egg american hit and american government economics. i'm retired but i feel that my platform and my voice is no longer there. i do agree with you. our social media, i'm on facebook all the time. >> making comments in supporting our president. but going back to my question, do you think that would have been mo