the former prime minister being laid to rest and the current prime minister narendra modi saying thate of its most distinguished leaders today. let's speak to paranjoy guha thakurta, who is an author and political commentator. we will come onto the legacy and a short moment but first of all can you talk to us about manmohan singh's route into public life? he manmohan singh's route into public life?— public life? he came from a very humble _ public life? he came from a very humble background, . public life? he came from a i very humble background, very poor background, growing up in a place in west punjab in what is today pakistan. he walked for miles to go to school, a very good student. many years later he would remark that the reason he wore thick spectacles was because he had to study under the light of a lantern. his family, when the indian subcontinent was partitioned, they moved to the indian side, and then through sheer grit he studied and studied at two universities in the uk, oxford and cambridge, on a scholarship. he worked very hard and he was praised by some of britain's b

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in the meantime, to seema mody now for a look at the biggest names moving into the close. >> 37 minuteseft in trade. teva pharmaceuticals and sanofi trading higher positive test results for idb treatment. patients achieved a higher rate of clinical remission. teva shares up 26%, sanofi 7%. pfizer an outlook in line with wall street expectations but that was enough to send shares higher today 4%. pressure growing on the company following activist investors starboard revealing a $1 billion position pfizer still down 8.5% this year scott. >> thank you. >> seema mody. >>> we are just getting started here next, star technician chris verone breaking out his 2025 playbook he will tell us what he is seeing in the charts heading into the new year. we are also waiting for that news conference. we will take you there live. we are live right now at the new york stock exchange. you are watching "closing bell" on cnbc. discovering innovation today, helps drive growth tomorrow. as a leading global asset manager, pgim has established a track record of helping investors capitalize on growth opportunitie

the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, membersaries. mihir sharma is an economist in kolkata. he shared his thoughts on manmohan singh�*s legacy. he ensured, essentially, that we open to the economy in 1991, as finance minister. he, as prime minister in the period between 2004 and 2014, ensured that we revised our international orientation to become more westward leaning by pushing through a very controversial at the time nuclear deal with the us, and that sort of normalised india's nuclear programme, and repaired you relations with the us. in many ways, the india that we see now, which is quite outward looking, very integrated into the world economy and quite confident, is the one he began to build a 1991 as finance minister and continued as prime minister. ~ . minister and continued as prime minister. ~ ,, ,, , , minister. what about his belief in political _ minister. what about his belief in political consensus, - in political consensus, something he talked about a lot? do you feel those kinds of sentiments have changed in the

that's professor jeremy siegel and good to see you, anastasia seema mody. >> reporter: scott, 42 minutes left in trade and booking holdings shares are higher after oppenheimer upgraded from 5500 to 6,000 that is a street high maintaining an outperform rating the tribal giant continues its year to date climb being helped by a resurgence in international bookings the stock up 50% this year it recorded better than expected profit in the third quarter earnings back in october then there are shares of hpe surging after reporting a beat across the board in its fourth quarter earnings report. ceo antonio nary telling cnbc that it brings more to the market and artificial intelligence has been, quote, a leading element of the recognition of the stock they're expecting the planned acquisition to close in the early part of 2025 as it awaits doj approval scott? >> all right seema, thanks so much for that >>> president-elect trump says he's naming venture capitalist david sacks and the move has some wondering what all of this means for the brewing battle between musk's x-ai and sam altman's openai. d

for example, prime minister modi had to take back some of his major reforms, including of agricultureuild consensus in advance. sir keir starmer has written to the uk's major regulators asking them to submit proposals for reforms that could boost economic growth. the prime minister wants each watchdog to come up with ideas by mid—january. these could include removing regulations and other potential barriers to growth. labour is under pressure after downgraded figures revealed the uk economy flatlined between july and september. you in the georgian capital tbilisi, thousands of people are have formed a human chain in support of the country's bid for eu membership, marking the second month of their daily pro—europe rallies. since november 28th, protesters across georgia have been holding mass rallies after the ruling georgian dream party announced it would delay seeking eu accession talks. the demonstration took place just one day before the inauguration of mikheil kavelashvili, a loyalist of the ruling, pro—russian, georgian dream party as the country's new president. mr kavelashvili h

so the former prime minister being laid to rest, and the current prime minister narendra modi saying distinguished leaders today. airline passengers are being warned they could face further travel disruption today as thick fog, which led to dozens of cancellations and delays across uk airports yesterday, continues. our reporter simon jones has the latest. as the fog descended at heathrow airport, so did the gloom for the passengers caught up in the delays and cancellations it has been causing. hundreds of flights at several airports, including gatwick and glasgow, have been affected at one of the busiest times for travel during the festive break. at manchester, those returning to the uk after christmas abroad were relieved finally to touch down, even if it was much later than expected. we were an hour late boarding, then when we got on the plane, they said it was going to be another hour and a half, because they were queueing up at this end because of the fog. so otherwise we would have been flying around with no fuel. i think it was delayed by two hours or something like that, due t

years, a five year term and then another successive five—year time before prime minister narendra modive you a sense of how he cut a cross party lines is evident in the way we are seeing condolence messages pouring from a cross party lines, right from a cross party lines, right from the prime minister narendra modi who said india is mourning one of its most distinguished leaders the cunner contribution he has made, notjust of the country but specifically to india's economy. but specifically to india's economy-— but specifically to india's economy. but specifically to india's econom . ., ., ~ ., economy. so often talked about as a quiet _ economy. so often talked about as a quiet politician, _ economy. so often talked about as a quiet politician, a - as a quiet politician, a different style from the bombastic and politicians we are used to.— are used to. 0h, absolutely, and that's— are used to. 0h, absolutely, and that's a _ are used to. 0h, absolutely, and that's a very _ are used to. 0h, absolutely, and that's a very important i and that's a very important point. he was always remembe

left find the rims on moti won a lamb slide in 2014 sing then went on to become a vocal critic of modi's economic policies. the indian government has announced 7 days of morning along with the state funeral for him. all of us are in morning. he was a great prime minister to serve the nation as prime minister finance booster. are you was somebody was a visionary who did a great deal for the country, seeing as survive by his wife and 3 daughters for on things legacy. i spoke earlier with shadow yada from our daily bure. but the savings legacy is really defined by the boy steps he took to open up in the us economy to the board, which really gave india a seat at the global high table. teddy, you know, he rose to political prominence. so in 1991 as a finance minister when he deal was really on the brink of bankruptcy and some then out or you know, from being the finance minister to liter, you'll be coming to prime minister of the country. he took several steps like he cut back on taxes. you know, he privatized states on companies that encouraged or for them to investment in india. and all the

gun salute the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modisingh�*s congress party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended. it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police presence here it was a massive affair as you can see just by the crowd and also the heavy police presence here because there were leaders from various political parties to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from 2040 2014. prior to that, known primarily for being the finance minister and crafting india's economic policy which liberalised the indian economy, opening it up and many say that was the time that india's economic growth story really began. that's what he is known for. an academic in, a scholarfirst and then a politician. that's why you see the kind of condolence messages that have been pouring in rig

left find the rims on moti won a lamb slide in 2014 sing then went on to become a vocal critic of modi's economic policies. the indian government has announced 7 days of morning along with the state funeral for him. all of us are good morning. he was a great prime minister to serve the nation as prime minister finance booster. are you with somebody, was a visionary who did a great deal for the country, seeing as survive by his wife and 3 daughters. south korea's parliament has voted to impeach acting, president hon books, who for the finance minister choice on mach cause, now to assume the acting presidency. there were dramatic scenes during the impeachment, 5 attempt or opposition. m p said hun had aided the short lived martial law declared by former prison unit. so can you, you and was suspended on december 3rd, opposition in peace believed hon was not fully pursuing you into impeachment process to bring him to justice. finish authorities are investigating whether a ship that left a russian port may have damaged a power cable connecting finland and estonia. the cable, which runs under

i'm seema mody in for frank holland. coming up, another bear on what he sees as the safer quantum bet for 2025. >>> first, we kick off the half hour with the check of the futures after a mixed day yesterday that saw the dow close higher for the fifth straight session. what we have seen is weakness in tech. nasdaq is down by 88 points. there are three days, trading days left in the quarter and green across the board with the nasdaq leading the pack on pace for its best quarter in a year and its fifth positive quarter in a row. sticking with the technology trade, we're keeping a close eye on apple within striking distance of $4 trillion of market cap. it needs to hit $264.63 a share. write that number down. the stock hit an all-time high yesterday. slightly lower in pre-market. trading at $258 and change. let's look at interest rates with the ten-year highest level since may. the 30-year is 4.8%. the ten-year at 4.6%. bitcoin getting a bit of play holding the line near $96,000. $96,319. up 1% this our. the group falling mo

pressure from the protesting farmer groups, that is the level of protest we saw for prime minister modis a sensitive issue they are considered to be a very prominent voting bloc as well, it is very important to see which direction this takes because the farmers continue to because the farmers continue to be camped on that location waiting to see what the government does next within the next six days. if they don't they are threatening a wider protest. jaguar has revealed a new vehicle design direction. the iconic british carmaker introduced an all—electric concept car called type zero zero in miami a short while ago. the launch comes weeks afterjaguar released a flamboyant video which went viral online. the teaser video faced backlash, with many critics pointing to the fact it didn't feature an actual car. others praised the company for being bold and shaking things up. the us has launched another crackdown on china's semiconductor industry — this time targeting chip toolmakers. the new measures curb exports to 140 chinese companies in an effort to limit beijing's ability to produce chi

i'm seema mody.es and beyonce was enough t get it over the streaming moment. >>> let's look at how markets are trading. lower in pre-market trade following the rally we saw to start the week. the dow jones indicated lower by 219. nasdaq is down 136. s&p is lower by 31. take into account four sessions to go for december trading and the dow is still on pace for its worst month since april. also, we near the end of the fourth quarter and a quick sector check at the bottom of the list is materials on pace for its worst quarter since 2022 when it fell 16%. consumer discretionary up 20% and on pace for the best quarter since 2020. tesla playing a big role there. let's talk about yields and where interest rates are right now. we know yields have been climbing higher ever since the election. the ten-year yield is yielding 4.61%. let's talk about bitcoin hovering around $100,000. $95,406. down 4% at this hour. turning back to equities and souring for mega cap tech. according to the survey, just 23% say the ma

seema mody joins us now. how important is this stealing market share and business from nvidia?to compete with nvidia, but how about two companies? that's what openai and meta and amazon are doing. they are betting on that by partnering with broadcom. each company is in the process of building in-house chips they hope will rival nvidia. even apple, frank, is working with broadcom to design a cutting edge chip and it is expected to be released in 2026 according to the report from the information. it is a significant move as all of the hyper scalers remain dependent on the nvidia models driving nvidia sales and soaring stock price. analysts say high prices are a sticking point for companies that buy nvidia chips. that is an interest in developing alternatives. did it is not easy to do that. nvidia has the advantage and the best talent to produce faster and powerful chips beyond blackwell. when broadcom reports, it will provide the progress and working with silicon valley and when an nvidia competitor could really hit the market, frank. >> looking at the charts, i'm looking at broa

that's seema modi.wd cited forces after the possibility of spinning off leaving michael kohrs as rs as remaining brand and the deal was blocked by the government and both companies decided to end discussions as it was going through the court system over the last several weeks and shares of capri are trading much lower than they were at $22 a share and in the recent earnings call after the deal fell apart, john idol fell in part that it is open to discussion about the asset and it's a public company and the company's first commitment is selling or separating jimmy choo and versace would allow the focus to be entirely on rebuilding michael kors which is the largest of the three and perhaps has the fewest obstacles in the turnaround and it would undo a strategy of becoming, quote, a global luxury group as it outlined michael kors first bought jimmy choo in 2017. >> court, thank you. >> courtney rieg eagan, phil tes about honeywell. >> stocks are moving higher after the aerospace business. remember last mon

for cnbc business news, i'm seema mody. >>> pick up pace with a.i.e and seeing major activity according to our next guest. just that one ready could dissect and ask you lots of questions. first, nice to see you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> private sector picking up pace. private investments are, i imagine, why are we picking up pace compared to 2024? >> it has been a game of two halves in 2024. anything with a.i. is a boom and valuations going back to 2020 and 021. anything that is not a.i. is not completely easy if you are a series b founder to raise capital. i'll tell you what we will see over 2025 say reset where some of the a.i. hype may cool a bit and other sectors climb in health which i'm investing in will have a great year. >> you say anything a.i. completely boom in 2024 as well. i'm given the power and margins that your business, your area of expertise. historically, you are not expecting those to work as well. have the numbers changed at all? let's be brutally honest in it, most of those with a.i. will not monetize anytime s

eastern hour. >> seema mody, thank you very much for that.asdaq. not sure about the s&p. to about 6 1/2 points away from that as we try to get to 6,100. and we have ppi minute morning which is a better read toward what matters most to the fed and that is the pce. >> it is a much cleaner inference to what pce is going to be. i do think the numbers were somewhat reassuring and then we clear the hurdle. and and the nasdaq doubling in 4 1/2 years and the 10,000 in june of 2020, i looked up it is 17% annualized growth rate, that the annualized return over that 4 1/2 year period and that is the exactly return for last 15 years. so you're going back to 2009, just after the financial crisis low. it is a remarkable trend of an index that is sort of leveraged to kind of fastest part of the economy and it is just enough kind of huge winners to keep it compounding. now it is the size that it is, i mean who knows if you could expect anything like that. but it is sort of remarkable that we have not yet had any giveback. despite the 2022 bear market that hi

seema mody. and of course, there's the headline today that apple is working to replace broadcom when it comes to having its own in-house chip for wifi and bluetooth, so -- ending the relationship in some instances, building up a new one, potentially, in others. >> that might not be a bad thing for broadcom, quite frankly, but that's another conversation. you look at the quarter, 62.7% operating margins for this company. slight miss on -- really slight miss on revenue. beat on eps. and the first quarter guide was fine. and 29 times next year's numbers-ish. i think this is still going higher. you get through 186, a level we've had trouble with and i think you're in a whole new range on the upside. >> your point about the wifi and the bluetooth chips, that's something they're going to design generative a.i. chips, so maybe that offsets it. apple is a huge customer, 17% of broadcom. and, you know, this thing is acting very contrary to many of the other names attached. telling a story about generative

in a tribute post on social media, current prime minister narendra modi called his predecessor "one ofecretary of state antony blinken also offered condolences on behalf of the us, referring to mr singh as "one of the greatest champions "of the us—india strategic partnership". for more on his life, sophie long reports. i'm joined now by kishore mahbubani, a singaporean diplomat who served as singapore's permanent representative to the united nations. very good to see you. tell us, what do you know of working with singh and his legacy? t with singh and his legacy? i fortunately certain his global advisory council with several people, so i would see him at once a yearfor several people, so i would see him at once a year for several years in a row, and there is no doubt that singh will go down as one of the greatest prime ministers india had because he carried out the fundamental u—turn that had to be taken to move india away from the old protectionist policies that locked up the indian economy and prevented the growth, and he was the first one to say let's liberalise, let's open up, and

seema mody. currency that's an interesting excuse for weak guidance. >> never love currency as a -- >> yeah. >> i know, and it's not like -- >> we've seen where the dollar is going. >> better than expected, they say constant currency. i know guy is going to say this. i'm shocked that the stock is down 8%. it's not a particularly big miss. it's 2% at the midpoint for both, you know, earnings and sales. so, to me, it's just fascinating. we talked about all the stuff in the nasdaq that's going berserk and this is down 8%? down on the year? >> it's been a tough run for a couple of really what were the software juggernauts for years, but i will say, in terms of fx dynamics, s.a.p., who is a competitor from abroad, has pointed out that actually fx is a tailwind. if you think about multinationals around the world, something that would be competing on some level, it is good news. >> if our crack staff in ec can pull up a longer-term chart, you'll see we've been in this downtrend in adobe since the all-ti

let's get to seema mody with the details. >> hey, melissa. oracle's ceo says gpu consumption is over 300% year over year, and that she adds that oracle is delivering the largest and fastest a.i. super computing scaling, up to 65,000 gpus, which is basically this powerful data center that oracle is building to run complex a.i. models, customers including openai and microsoft. the chairman just right now chiming in, saying that the use cases really span across health care and agriculture. also touting the success of oracle's cloud business, which she says is faster and cheaper than its competitors, and revenue growth is expect ed accelerate. shares of oracle down 7% in afterhours, after hitting an all-time high in today's trade. it's up 70% so far this year, melissa. >> seema, thank you. seema mody. and this, again, fits into that category of reversals of darlings for the year. all-time high today, heavy volume, didn't close at lows, but here we are in the afterhours session. >> this was at 2:33, what do you think of oracle, incoming manager re

seema mody it sounds like it's the old lines of business, dan, it's not a statement on a.i >> pcs, youw, and smartphones and -- the one takeaway, i would say -- and auto and industrial, okay, and they're also telling you okay, about capacity constraints for memory that goes into servers, well, let's see. let's see if jensen huang says if the blackwell demand is insane if it's not, micron is going to have problems. and again, apple is one of their largest customers. apple iphones did not grow this year there's an expectation they're going to grow mid to high single digits next year i don't think, with some of the news we heard, that they're working on a foldable iphone, a thin iphone, apple intelligence is a joke. i don't think it's going to be a big upgrade cycle until the fall, until they have the new phones and then it goes back to the question, with apple's multiple that's expanded five points, well, why is that happening? so, at some point, there will be a reset if you don't get some indication bay some of their suppliers that things are going to be better than expected micron is n

prime minister narendra modi has announced plans to send a person to the moon by 2040.rs are eagerly waiting a celestial event that happens once every 80 years involving a star system. researchers across the globe will be looking to the skies to catch a glimpse of it with the hope that it will allow them to study the star in more detail than ever before. earlier, i spoke to jane clark, vice chair of the cardiff astrological society. >> forecasting these things are like forecasting the weather on steroids. around the world we have all of these wonderful satellites and things with loads of data. this thing is 30,000 light years away. we have no data out there. >> this is a death star basically. so how is it that it can come back to life? >> almost. it is a pair of stars. most stars are in fact double stars. the sun is unusual in that regard. as you say, one is a dead star, no nuclear reaction. the gravity on a white dwarf is just beyond belief, one million times stronger than our gravity. if you were to stand on the surface, it's a tossup whether you would get crushed by

prime minister modi has announced plans to send a person to the moon by 2040. once-in-a-lifetime event, as the chance to glimpse the star know -- limbs a star happens just every 80 years. the boost to its brightness comes from it going nova, releasing a huge burst of energy built up over the previous eight decades. astronomers believe this rare celestial event may be imminent. rebecca morelle reports. reporter: astronomers are scanning the skies to see a celestial explosion revealing a star that is normally too faint for us to see. it is dim at the minute. it is about magnitudes 10 normally, well below what you could see with the naked eye. that could all be about to change. every 80 years or so, the star is predicted to light up the sky, but not for long. >> it will be visible to the naked eye for a couple days. if you have a small pair of binoculars or telescope, you will be able to see it from longer because you have that magnifying tool. i think it is a short stint in the sky that makes it special. reporter: it is actually two stars orbiting around each oth

narendra modi's bjp—led national democratic alliance won the nation's general election, but with a muchan predicted. something very dramatic has happened here in the last two minutes, which is that president macron has dissolved parliament and there's going to be elections here in a month. france was gearing up for the summer olympics, but president emmanuel macron�*s decision to call a snap election gave the country something else to think about. supporters of far right political leader marine le pen hoped this might be her moment. but instead socialists did far better than expected. the resulting mess, parliamentary deadlock and a continuing political crisis was blamed on the french president. in the uk, weeks of speculation about when finally ended, when prime minister rishi sunak stepped into downing street to call a general election. earlier today, i spoke - with his majesty the king to request the dissolution of parliament _ the king has granted this request and we will have | a general election on 4thjuly. but even the weather seemed to foretell bad tidings for the conservatives.

in a tribute post on social media, current prime ministeer narendra modi called his predecessor "onetate anthony blinken also offered condolences on behalf of the us, referring to mr singh as "one of the greatest champions of the us—india strategic partnership". for more on his life, sophie long reports. almost bankrupt at the time manmohan singh entered party politics, india's image was to change, driven by a booming it sector, and much of this is put down to the liberalisation, the loosening of infamous bureaucratic controls introduced by manmohan singh after he became finance minister in 1991. he put the country on the path to achieving some of the fastest growth rates in the world. i, manmohan singh.. it also paved the way for him to become, in 2004, india's first sikh prime minister. he'll be remembered particularly for making the country talked about as an emerging economic giant. though much of india's1 billion—plus population was, in reality, largely untouched by the economic reforms, and poverty remained deep and pervasive and job creation a massive challenge. india now had

india's prime minister narendra modi said gukesh had inspired millions of young minds with his remarkable of the global nikon comedy wildlife awards has been announced. before getting to the winner, let's just take a look at a few notable mentions. it's so exciting. kingston tam took this photo of this awkward smiling frog. there you go. who knew he was smiling? hejust looks there you go. who knew he was smiling? he just looks like there you go. who knew he was smiling? hejust looks like a fry up to me, but hey ho, what do i know? —— ourfrog to me. and how about these adorable smooching owlets? two having a bit of a cheeky kiss, the other feeling a bit left out. i know the feeling, sweetheart. this squirrel gets in some reps with a bit of weight—lifting. strong muscles there, i like those biceps and triceps. work it, baby, work it. and then this — a mantis showing off a spot of flamenco. but the moment you've been waiting for — the winner. i know you have. here it is. milko marchetti took this hilarious photo of this squirrel stuck in a tree in podere pantaleone park in bagnacavallo, ital

the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, membersrs in georgia have formed a human chain in the capital, tbilisi, to mark a month of daily pro—europe demonstrations. similar rallies have been held in other towns and cities across the country. mass protests have gripped georgia since the increasingly authoritarian government said it would delay eu accession talks until 2028. opposition anger has been compounded since parliament chose a government loyalist as president. he is due to take office on sunday. the incumbent, salome zourabichvili, is refusing to step down, describing his election as illegitimate. a ukrainian official has told the bbc they hope a new year prisoner exchange with russia will happen " any day,�* although arrangements could fall through at the last minute. there have been just 10 exchanges this year, the lowest number since the full—scale invasion in 2022. ukraine doesn�*t publish numbers of prisoners of war being held by russia, but the total is thought to be over 8,000. will vernon reports. a christmas concert

prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by twenty—forty. hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office. and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that as well. the rain turns more showery in mainland scotland. some wetter weather heads to the northern isles with snow in shetland, and this band of rain clears through southern scotland, northern ireland into england and wales. to the south it's dry. windier day though, particularly across this part of the country, but it is a south—westerly wind so it's lifting the temperatures to 11—12 degrees, except in the far north of scotland, where it's going to stay cold here. now, if you are going to be celebrating new year in wales and northern england, there's a good chance you're going to have some wet weather. that rain will be heavy over the hills and it may we

the indian prime minister, narendra modi, said he would be remembered as a genius who brought the tablaunparalleled rhythm. iamjoined i am joined now by a tabla musician who at the age of eight appeared in a commercial with him. the advertisement was iconic and i have seen it on social media, any people reposting it, tell us about your experience with zakir hussain? and why the advertisement became so big? namaste, thank you for having me. to speak about my legendary guru, my teacher, my mental or, zakir hussain, who we i feel blessed and honoured that i had an association that goes beyond four decades, i was very blessed to have met him when i was barely four or five years old. ever since then it has been such a wonderful journey, just being in his presence, absorbing all the musicality on stage, offstage, and i was also chosen for the tv commercial that was shot in india back in the late 80s. and it so happened that turned out to be one of the most phenomenal tv commissions in indian television history which also ran for the longest time. it ran for the longest times and as a student,

prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by twenty—fortyust beyond belief. it is a million times stronger as our gravity. it is really hard is worse if you are to stand on the service, it is a toss—up whether you get crushed by the remedy of fred ferris. it is a red giant. it is huge, full service of gravity is quite a week so it grabs me to fit which falls in. it gets blonde in a by this ultra—strong gravity it is so crash at the nuclear reaction start and it is like having the size of the earth. it is like having your worst nightmare go on around the surface, the size of the earth and this will burn very brightly for about a week. jane clark there. you stay with us, plenty more coming up right here on bbc news. hello there. the weather turning increasingly unsettled as we step into the new year. if you have plans on new year's eve, keep listening to this forecast because it's going to be dominated by this area of low pressure, particularly across the far north of the country. it's bringing increasingly wet and windy weather across scotlan

prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by 2040.tar known as t bor cor with the naked eye happensjust once every 80 years. the boost to its brightness comes from going "nova", releasing a huge burst of energy built up over the previous eight decades. astronomers now believe this rare celestial event may be imminent. earlier i spoke to jane clarke, vice—chair at cardiff astronomical society. the forecast of these things is like forecasting the weather on steroids, because, you know, around the earth, we've got all these wonderful weather satellites and things and loads and loads of data. this thing is 30,000 light—years away. we've got none of out there. 0k, we've got none of out there. ok, now this is a dead star, basically. so how is it... well, it is a parent star, almost. it is a pair of stars. most stars are double stars, the sun is unusual in that regard. these double stars, one as you say is a dead star, there's no nuclear reactions going on, this is called a white wall. the amount of gravity of the white wall is beyond belief

prime minister narendra modi has previously announced plans to send a person to the moon by 2040.n international airport in south korea will remain closed for another week as the investigation into sunday's plane crash continues. officials say they've now identified most of the 179 people who died in thejeju air crash. south korea has also ordered a complete review of airline safety procedures after what's being called the country's worst plane crash in decades. we're expecting to hear from jeju air in a few hours at a news conference and we will bring you the latest on bbc news. that is the last newsday for 2024. that is the last newsday for 202a. thank you forjoining me this year. i look forward to another year ahead. see you at the same time tomorrow. hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office. and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that

and the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, members party as well as other politicians and foreign dignitaries. 0ur correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended. people are now starting to disperse. it was a massive affair you can see. they were leaders from various political parties. and opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was. priorto who the former prime minister was. prior to being prime minister he was known for being the finance minister who led the finance minister who led the liberalisation of economic policies. he is known for being an academic a scholar and then an academic a scholar and then a politician. that's why you see the kind of condolences that have been pouring in right from various political parties including the prime minister who said that today india is mourning one of its most distinguished leaders. condolence messages continue to pour rain we've seen dignitaries and politicians and ordinary citizens and va

the current prime minister, narendra modi, said his wisdom and humility were always visible to all.w is waheguru pal sidhu, professor at the center for global affairs at new york university. how do you think you will be remembered in india? he was certainly india's _ remembered in india? he was certainly india's most - remembered in india? he was | certainly india's most educated technocrats can perhaps most transformative finance minister tra nsformative finance minister and transformative finance minister and prime minister. many people remember his tenure from 2004 to 2014 as prime minister but i think his more impactful time was his time as finance minister to the then prime minister in the very early 19905. , ., ~ , ., , 19905. yes, walk us through his economic impact _ 19905. yes, walk us through his economic impact on _ 19905. yes, walk us through his economic impact on the - 19905. yes, walk us through his| economic impact on the country. he really had a hand, didn't he, in modernising the country and bringing the economy to what we see today. absolutely. there were _ what w

the ceremony included a 21—gun salute and was attended by india prime minister narendra modi, memberses. our correspondent, arunoday mukharji, was at the funeral and says people of all political affiliations attended. this is where he was cremated with full state honours a short while back, people are slowly starting to disperse. it was a massive affair as you can see by the heavy police presence because there were leaders from all of the political parties. including the prime minister to several politicians of opposition parties as well. that is testament to who the former prime minister was, serving as the leader of the country from 2004 to 2014. but prior to that, known primarily for being the finance minister 1991 and changing the economic policy opening it up to foreign investment. that was the time when the economic growth story began and that's what he is known for. scholar first then politician. that is why you see the kind of condolence messages that have been pouring in right from various political parties, including the prime minister who said india including the prime mini