fireworks, the fireworks being launched from well—known landmarks like sydney opera house, sydney harbour bridgearound 1 million people watching from the harbour as sydney is lit up. what a brilliant start to 202k. happy new year! the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it's the second assault by iran—backed houthi rebels on the ship within 2a hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 meteres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there were more air strikes by israel overnight. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is insisting that the war in gaza will continue until all hostages have been released — and hamas has been dismantled. yolande knell reports. a giant campsite for the displaced. crammed into an ever shrinking area, tens of thousands of gazans who fled the fighting have set up makeshift tents and shacks by the egyptian border. israel says it's n

new zealand became the first major city to mark the start of 2024 with this light show on its harbour bridgerlier. sydney followed on from auckland with huge crowds gathering to watch a spectacular firework display over the harbour bridge and the opera house. countries across the rest of the world are still gearing up for midnight celebrations and in some places preparations are still under way. in london, the fireworks display later is over in minutes, but is months in the making. planning started in august, but a small team of 22 have spent three long days on the final touches. 10,000 fireworks are loaded onto three barges ready to head down the thames to the london eye, where they'll be set off at midnight. we've got over 30 tonnes of equipment that gets loaded onto the barges, 50 kilometres of cable and wiring, 11,500 keys that are all need to be wired 11,500 cues that are all need to be wired in and tested already for the midnight moment. preparations on the day itself are often close to the wire, with the london eye rigged just 2 hours before the display starts. with the london eye rig

crowds gathered in sydney for one of the world's most spectacular fireworks displays over the harbour bridgerts. five, four, three, two, one! new year celebrations have officially begun. auckland in new zealand became the first major city to mark the start of 2024 with this light show on its harbour bridge and sky tower. sydney followed on from auckland with huge crowds gathering to watch a spectacular firework display over the harbour bridge and the opera house. japan has welcomed in the new year with this bell—ringing ceremony in tokyo. followed shortly after by seoul in south korea. fireworks then lit up the sky in hong kong while in taiwan crowds enjoyed this display at the taipei 101 skyscraper. countries across the rest of the world are still gearing up for midnight celebrations and in some places preparations are still under way. in london, the fireworks display later is over in minutes, but it's been months in the making. planning started in august, but a small team of 22 have spent three long days on the final touches. 10,000 fireworks are loaded onto three barges ready to head down

crowds at the harbour bridge, that is one of the most recognisable landmarks, and of course the operam. i think it was about eight tonnes of pyrotechnics that will be launched from the landmarks and several barges and skyscrapers also taking part in the festivities. stay with us on bbc news. hello. 2023 is finishing on an unsettled note. it's a day of sunshine and showers today. the showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder at times as well. we have the same area of low pressure with us today that we had yesterday. the centre of the low, which is just here, is not that windy. we do have stronger winds affecting the south—west of england and also the north—east of scotland. the legacy of the recent wet weather we have seen now for a number of weeks is that we have a number of flood warnings still currently in force. today, showers initially started off across western areas but they will become widespread today, blown along by gusty winds in the south—west, gusting into the odd 50s mph. 60mph gusts for shetland, with rain here and rain returns into aberdeenshire later on this aft

being launched from a number of spots, including the country's most recognisable landmarks — the harbour bridge music isn't that spectacular? they estimate a crowd of1 million are watching at the moment, watching those fireworks are launched from harbour bridge and the opera house. this display has been 15 months in the making. it will lastjust 12 minutes and it spans six kilometres. the midnight display is set to an original score, created to work as a choreographed dance between fireworks, lighting and projections. we will just listen to fireworks, lighting and projections. we willjust listen to some of that music now. beautiful pictures. an hour ago we brought you pictures from

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of pyrotechnics will be launched from two of the country's most recognisable landmarks — the harbour bridgend the opera house. take a look at the celebrations there in auckland, where fireworks are being launched from auckland's sky tower and lights are also shining on the harbour bridge. we will take a listen. we are watching the fireworks in auckland, the first major city in the world to bring in 202a. fireworks being launched from the sky tower. the pacific islands also brought in 2020 for an hour earlier. here we have auckland. let's listen. explosions we are watching auckland's sky tower, where fireworks are being launched to welcoming 2024, with thousands of people gathered to watch those fireworks. it is the first major international city to welcome in 2024. the first eurostar service today to paris has left london, following a day of cross—channel chaos. all trains were cancelled yesterday due to flooding in tunnels under the river thames. these pictures are of passengers boarding at st pancras this morning. eurostar says all services will run to and from london, but there are warni

. the sky tower, and its harbour bridge.oul welcomed 2024 at 3pm uk time, tokyo celebrated with 108 strikes of this bell, the last landing at midnight. shortly after, hong kong marked their new year with this fireworks musical. dubai kicked their year off in serious style from the top of the burj khalifa. in the uk, it�*s the final countdown for each of the four nations. tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a hogmanay street party in edinburgh with pulp headlining a concert in the gardens. really excited about tonight. it�*s really nice to see everybody out and about and just getting back into the vibe, especially after the covid years. so it�*s really nice to see everything getting back to normal again. in the capital, london�*s mayor, sadiq khan, promises a night britain can be proud of. tonight's fireworks, the music, the lights, the surprises will mean that tonight's going to be the best night we've had for a number of years. i think the best fireworks ever. like last year, tens of thousands are gathering h

the famous harbour bridge and sydney opera house were alight with colours and sparkle .mark has shocked the nation , denmark has shocked the nation, announcing in her new year's message that she'll vacate the throne. queen margaret the second has reigned in denmark for 52 years. she made the announcement on live television moments ago. we'll bring you more as we get it and you can get more on all those stories by visiting our website at gb news.com. now it's back to . through until 7:00 this evening. gb news is the people's. channel. >> good afternoon . this is >> good afternoon. this is coming up to 41 minutes after 5:00 on gb news online and on digital radio. it's time now for the great british debate. this houh the great british debate. this hour. and i'm asking and ponder the question . and i'm asking, is the question. and i'm asking, is there any point of the british family or royal family in this day and age? so let's see what my panel make of that. joining me, labour adviser me, former labour adviser matthew laza. and also our political commentator lois perry. the

on the famous harbour bridge in sydney, opera house were alight with colours and sparkle . from landmarks and boats scattered throughout the water. earlier, the in auckland , new the sky tower in auckland, new zealand, in zealand, was illuminated in blazing colour as the country became one of the first time in the new year that beaten the new year that was beaten by the new year that was beaten by the pacific nation of kiribati, which entered the new year at 10:00 this morning . for more on 10:00 this morning. for more on all of those stories, you can visit our website at gbnews.com. now back to dawn . now back to dawn. >> thank you. tatiana. welcome back to gb news sunday with me, dawn neesom on your tv, online and on digital radio. now before the news we heard from former government minister and widikum are talking about her look back at the year , which wasn't very at the year, which wasn't very complimentary. was it an and getting a crystal ball out ? getting a crystal ball out? looking forward to 2024 politically. um charlie, i mean, you used to be an adviser to michae

the famous harbour bridge in sydney opera house were alight with colours and sparkle and you can get more on that on tv, online, dab plus radio. this is gb news news and i'll be back with more news in the top of the hour. so good evening. >> i'm here in birmingham. we've got a very big audience and they're very enthusiastic and this is my last gb news show of the year. >> i'm going to be back on new year's day, and it's a time in many ways for us all to reflect on the year that's gone by. i have to say, personally, i've had a pretty cracking year. um, i've just come back from a little trip to australia to and this audience have seen a lot of me. in fact, the country has seen an awful lot of me for some reason , itv thought my naked reason, itv thought my naked showering was something that should be shared with the nation, but i thoroughly, thoroughly. oh well, there are some fans of it here. i have . to some fans of it here. i have. to say, doing the jungle was a really good thing to do. it was a chance to reach out to a younger audience and a chance for me as a person to try and con

the famous harbour bridge and sydney opera house were alight with colours and sparkle. your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play . play. gb news. >> welcome back to free speech nation. let's look ahead to 2024 now with our lovely audience here and i'm joined by comedians bruce devlin and josh howie, who . i've got a question from vicky . where's vicky? hi. hi there. .where's vicky? hi. hi there. >> are you confident i'll be able to afford to put my heating on again in 2024? >> well , vicky, are you >> well, vicky, are you confident? i mean, heating pnces confident? i mean, heating prices keep going up every month. there's another news item about how they've hiked it again. uh do you feel that this is something that affects you personally? it does. >> yeah. and i've been doing lots to try and save money. um, correct . correct. >> borrowing from, like, martin lewis. heavily at the moment. >> is he giving out money? >> is he giving out money? >> he's not. he's giving out his tips. it's always just it's a lot of people are

in australia, the famous harbour bridge and sydney opera house were alight with colours and sparkle . and in dubai they had a sparkle. and in dubai they had a showstopper display with fireworks showing off the burj khalifa. the world's tallest building . this is gb news across building. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news choose. good evening and welcome to new year's eve. >> live with me , andrew doyle. >> live with me, andrew doyle. we'll be looking back at the highlights of 2023. the good and the bad. plus, we'll be joining our fellow comedians live from new parties around new year's eve parties around the country. and don't forget, we'll have tomorrow's front pages at 1030. should let pages at 1030. now, i should let you know we did have an incident last week on christmas day when one of our panellists, louis schaefer, overstepped schaefer, kind of overstepped the mark. i to fire him. i'm the mark. i had to fire him. i'm going brutal about that. going to be brutal about that. so two so tonight we'r