in the next hour or so, and predicted to hit paris in the next hour orso, and i predicted to hit paris and i have to say it is already raining here and it is freezing cold. after mr macron gives the speech, it will be the turn of the religious part of the ceremony, where we will see the archbishop of paris calling for the doors of the cathedral to be opened and for him and the 1500 people with him to enter. there will be a ceremony where the organ will be played for the organ will be played for the first time. after the ceremony, where hymns will be sung and a joyful node will be hit, there will be the cultural element. the cultural element was due to be a concert outside the cathedral tonight, but unfortunately because of the weather that concert was recorded yesterday and the replay will be shown to the nation later this evening. let's take you back now to be a lycee paris, because we are still awaiting the arrival of some notable guests, including president—elect donald trump, who landed on saturday. this is his first international trip since winning about election and not only has

join me for tecthlore paris — beyond the games. in 2024, all eyes were on paris. cheering.ans, the organisers and, above all, the athletes combined to pull off an amazing show — helped along the way by transformative technologies. paris 2024 was the largest spectacle ever to take place on french soil. in technology terms, its size means it's a unique test—bed. innovations developed in broadcasting, staging and sport all live on well beyond the games. one of the most exciting new venues of the paris olympics speaks to themes the whole world is grappling with — technology and sustainability. this wave—shaped building is a brand—new aquatic centre. inspired by nature, it's sustainably designed to last beyond paris 202a. made from a timber frame, all of its building materials are bio—based and its 5,000 square metre roof is covered in solar panels, making it completely self—sufficient. wow. it's an incredible space. one of the ingenious elements of the design is that it's modular, and it can go from its current 5,000 capacity down by half to around 2,500. but innovation does no

we're in what they call old saint—maur — a little town just outside paris, in the banlieues of paris.hatjacques tati filmed part of mon oncle in 1957. what he does with the settings is draw a very clear contrast between here — and this is where monsieur hulot, the hero, lives, just right here — and then, just down the road — modern, the new, what's coming in. and in the film, what's lovely is that there's this kind of borderline — and, really, he's obviously constructed it like a border, a frontier between the old and the new. and the frontier is this kind of broken—down old wall with an old gate and bricks all around it. on this side is here — lovely, old, popular, working class france, paris. and on the other side is what's coming — and you see the new blocks of flats, white in rectangles, and the big, clean lines of the roads emerging on the other side of this frontier. it's a great feeling to think that jacques tati would have been wandering around here. of course, it would've looked completely different. but these — all this would have been part of what he was using to create thi

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we're reb, reopen one prison, lady said, you know, paris without not to them really is not paris. so many people feel that this is a symbol of hope. this is also showing thoughts of, you know, the friends come do something if they work together, even though the, the, a country that is a very pretty to size. and there's always lots of divisions when it's good when it comes to the political side, but they do agree that this is an important monument and this is, it was worth saving it as many people, as i said, would be watching tonight so many. and that's certainly looking forward to it as are we here in berlin? that was lisa lewis in paris. thank you very much for your reporting. and as lisa sat around 2000 skilled workers took part in the restoration of no to them. dw spoke with a specialist about what it took to restore one of france's most beloved icons of the master piece of caustic architecture and a landmark of paris has been restored to its former glory. we have noted on today because of victor, hugo's passion for it would be the building, wouldn't it still be standing safe?

i was in paris and _ of the cathedral. i was in paris and i _ of the cathedral.rted to - of the cathedral. i was in j paris and i started to see images on my telephone that notre dame was burning. with my wife we went to the right bank and there it was like an apocalypse. it was like the achievement of dystopia. everyone around me was crying. for me, it was notre dame, of course, but like the mother of paris was leaving us. something like the spirit of hope was burning. as usual, when i leave something extraordinary, i start to do some sketches which were totally as i see them now. i never thought that i would be chosen. i was told the archbishop wants to see me and he told me we choose you to design everything.— he told me we choose you to design everything. how did that feel like it must _ design everything. how did that feel like it must have _ design everything. how did that feel like it must have been - feel like it must have been amazing? it feel like it must have been amazing?— feel like it must have been amazin: ? ~' ., amazing? it felt like vertigo, but

paris. but takes office in paris. but before we _ takes office in paris. but before we do _ takes office in paris. but before we do all- takes office in paris. but before we do all that, i takes office in paris- before we do all that, let's takes office in paris— before we do all that, let's go to the sprint centre. here is gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. the home nations have found out who they'll face in qualifying for the 2026 world cup, which will be held in the united states, mexico and canada. northern ireland are in group a and will play either germany or italy, slovakia, and luxembourg. in group c scotland face portugal or denmark, greece, and belarus. wales were drawn in group] with belgium, north macedonia, kazakhstan and liechtenstein. while england are in group k and will play serbia, albania, latvia and andorra. the either or ties are down to the nations league quarters—finals. lets get reaction from the managers... we have to take this very seriously, it is the first fixture with latvia, i think, england and latvia, so don't make a ne

paris i are about to take off.t have a lot of luck with these big occasions and the weather, the paris 0lympics were somewhat 40 by bad weather. we will return to paris in a little while. a man has died after a tree fell on his van in the north west of england because of storm darragh. he was in his 40s and driving along a dual carriageway in lancashire. 0ur correspondent is joining us from salford. tell us more about this accident. fix, about this accident. lancashire police investigation is under way now after the police force was called at around 9am this morning to the a59 at longton near preston. the man in his 40s was driving his citroen van on the jewel carriageway when the tree fell on top of his vehicle. his next—of—kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist police officers. lancashire police have said very sadly this incident has resulted in the death of a man and their thoughts are with his loved ones at this time. lancashire of course one of the areas covered by the amber warnings still

a and president also came to paris to attend the ceremony. as my call, he received both of them one after the other day and then wrote them together opens, isn't it? and is interested in talking to donald trump will soon return to the white house because the crazy and president needs us to pull off the russian invasion of ukraine. that's in french 22 at full prism across on the i've had this was a way to show that he is still a great statesman and that he plays a role on the diplomatic level on the to national level. that's why he was trying to show what he actually chief to show in a way tonight and over. obviously, he was also trying to deflect from what's happening happening on the home front. where things are really in dire straits and french politics. well, as you were saying that this is a cool form, a call on the international scene, but is he using today's ceremonies to kind of mask some of the trouble waters is facing at home? he actually and so on thursday nights when he was holding a televised speech here in france, he was saying t

�* paris.e can show you berlin now, in germany, _ paris. we can show you berlin now, in germany, at- paris. we can show you berlin now, in germany, at the - now, in germany, at the brandenburg gate. you see the fireworks any skies there as berlin and many other countries across are welcoming in the new year. let's take a look at the celebration there in berlin, germany. music: ode tojoy by beethoven music: waltz no 2 by shostakovich a music: bury a friend by billie eilish cheering music in paris, tens of thousands of people bringing in the new year. 2025 is upon us there in europe and several different countries. you can see the chump to lazzez, the arc de triomphe, incredible display there. so many people outside, bringing in this next year, 2025 but also lots of celebrations, of course, taking place among family, among friends inside —— veep one. we want to go to madrid and now, a country that adjusting the new year coming in. we canjoin we can join potential family television taking place th

bienvenue a paris. je proclame ouvert les jeux de paris.ing off this olympic games for britain. tom pidcock is - the olympic champion. this is the gilded age for british eventing. gold to great britain on the men's 4x200m freestyle relay. that is absolutely brilliant. what an astonishing finish! i have never seenl anything like that. and they have conquered for team gb. britain has gold. it's one of the greatest moments in french rugby. great britain take the olympic gold in the men's eight. - what a moment in paris. gold! great britain's women, they've done it. what just happened?! only andy could write this one. only andy. and just like that, the end of andy murray's tennis career. you know, i gave as much as i could to the sport, been proud to be part of team gb over the last 20 years. and, um, yeah, definitely will miss it. simone biles! goodness me! what a picture, what a team. unbelievable scenes here at le bourget. that is incredible. yes, yes. come on! oh, i'm so delighted! i'm not crying because i've come second. i'm crying because

notre dame of paris was saved. men in a few minutes everything could have crumbled. sadness and sadness not to have been able to see, not to ever be able to see the cathedral the same way it was before. worrying that our cathedral notre dame could never come back to the way it was. we have chosen to work to have the will to have hope and decided to rebuild notre dame of paris even more beautiful in five years. bravery, the will, and to make this possible a brotherhood. unknown brotherhood, brotherhood of all of those who gave from all over the world all over the continents from all religions. united by hope and united in this, brotherhood of all the people -- griff: in a spectacular shot inside the historic notre dame cathedral being reopened as french president macron praises those that tried to save it five years ago when it was engulfed in flames and those that rebuilt it today and continue to monitor that and bring you more as we get it. molly. molly: yeah miraculous five years later and now a scene out of fina

stars of "paris and nicole: the encore." paris hilton and nicole richie.new closer look. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] and now, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, everybody. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." we hope you're doing well. now if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news. president biden last week attended his final white house tree lighting ceremony as president. and his first one as the ghost of christmas past. [ laughter ] "hey, hey, jack, you've got to change the way you're doing it." [ laughter ] [ gibberish ] in a new interview, president-elect trump confirmed that his kids won't have roles in the white house and added, "i'll miss them." you know you can still see your kids. [ laughter ] even if they don't work for you, right? "sorry, tiffany, better luck in my third term." in a new interview, president-elect trump said that he won the 2024 election because he talked about groceries and added quote, "you know who uses the word? "i started using the word, the groceries." oh, my god, why does he think he discovered everything he find

talk whole vibe going on around the island here in paris.— island here in paris. you're talking about the hard work of the christ people, yourself included, a ready you even used and carving techniques in some of this incredible restoration. i was able to spend _ incredible restoration. i was able to spend three - incredible restoration. i was able to spend three months| incredible restoration. i was - able to spend three months last year represented in a few american organisations. the timberframework american organisations. the timber framework skilled and another studio in taking part in the reconstruction of the gothic elements of the spire and to fours and quadra foils and to fours and quadra foils and all that really high, mediaeval, gothic elements included in the original vision of the spire. it was a mix of hand tools and power tools, and there was definitely a lots of hand carving involved. the material came in on one side of the shop with marks still on and left ready to be installed in notre dame, it was really cool in notre dame, it was really cool. ~

does he have a demand as he arrives in paris?not that i've heard of, at least from my conversations thus far. i wouldn't be surprised if you know, things come up in these meetings that we aren't anticipating. but when i've talked to trump's team about what this is going to look like, what these meetings are going to look like, what his day is going to look like. i will say that there is a part partly a feeling within donald trump's team. and they've said that the president elect has told him this directly as well, that he is not yet in office. he is still just the president elect and in transition. and so there are there's only so much he wants to kind of address at this point before he is sworn in. again, this is going to be an incredible opportunity for donald trump to rub shoulders with a lot of these different world leaders, some that he knows very well. and has past relationships with, like emmanuel macron, but also some new world leaders. and so i really think it's kind of unclear wh today, what he is going to offer up in t

saved, helped, and rebuilt notre-dame de paris.- notre-dame de paris.dance was - those in attendance was president—elect donald trump, who met prince william following the ceremony. joe mike mann have been killed by trees following on their vehicles during storm darragh in the uk —— two men

and it is pretty chilly in paris.till, we've had this extraordinary show up here. >> we've had the french hong kong dancers, we've had maitre gims making his music, the dj warming up the crowd. >> but a million people down there, there are kids down there, families who've come out for tonight really braving the elements. it is a chilly, chilly night in paris. and your first bars ever. my first. >> this is an incredibly exciting for me personally, but thank goodness for these blankets and these heaters. i hope we don't turn out the lights here because of how many heating appliances we have plugged in. melissa bell, thank you so much! i want to send it to laura. how are you preparing for what i anticipate is also a chilly night in london. >> if you guys short circuit the city of lights, you will really have done something out there. you know, i'm from minnesota, so i can't pretend to be cold right now, but i am with the wonderful isa suarez and we've got like, we've got diamonds, we've got we've got diamonds, diamonds.

the bishop of paris knocking on the vast wooden doors. the bells resonating. the choir back in full voice. and those doors officially reopened friday. to this truly magical music. notre dame's organ, restored and roaring once again. french president macron inviting first lady jill biden, prince william, president elect trump and ukrainian president zelenskyy to saturday's opening ceremony. macron also organizing a meeting with trump and zelensky at the elysee palace. back at notre dame, the cathedral's first mass in more than five years since that devastating fire in 2019. the firefighters who bravely saved the cathedral on that day were honored saturday with this standing ovation and the cathedral lit up with a message of thanks. and there will be ceremonies here at the cathedral on each of the next seven days. it's free to visit, but online reservations are already booked out for the next week, and we're expecting a long line of hopeful visitors. tom smith, abc news, paris. >> tom, thanks for that new overnight 2020 four's word of the year was one we heard m

it is important because it is the cathedral of paris - it is the cathedral of paris and paris is thehink it is important for france but we have seen because of the fire it is important for everybody in the world.— it is important for everybody in the world. has it been seen as a success _ in the world. has it been seen as a success this _ in the world. has it been seen as a success this restoration l as a success this restoration within these five years? yes, the restoration _ within these five years? yes, the restoration is _ within these five years? yes, the restoration is a _ within these five years? yes, the restoration is a success l the restoration is a success but the fire should not have burned this way. there are many, in many ways there are failures. there were failures. around the security of the cathedral.— around the security of the cathedral. ~ �* , , cathedral. we're “ust seeing interior shots _ cathedral. we're “ust seeing interior shots of h cathedral. we're just seeing interior shots of the - interior shots of the cathedral. it is so beautiful and so white compared

lisa lewis in paris. so lisa, you are right in the front, the notes with them cathedral. the reopening ceremony will start very soon. what exactly can we expect? well, as you said, the uh, you know, dozens of leaders have arrived at the cathedral over the past 10 or 15 minutes. we have seen them or trump arrives, we see mister villains do from recurring right for those think european and african leaders and they will be attending the opening. so when you have a, it's just about to start in the, at the cathedral behind me. it will be a republican caught a, with a phone on the history of not for them to tell you a be show you in. and also, i, you know, that's also going to be a box to the reconstruction, the restoration of the procedure. that would be a tribute to all those but have contributed to say you add to restore the ca, feet, or 2 solid workers have worked on this autism. and that would also be a speech by french president him on my call. then there is a religious ceremony that is taking place here at sorts for them behind me, the archbishop will symbolically knock

that was nbc's vaughn hillyard in paris.his morning and being with us as we cover this historic event. >>> we now turn to politics. it's been just over a month since the november election. and the democratic party is trying its best to move forward and figure out what the future of the party and its opposition to donald trump could look like over the next few years. and they're starting with the restructuring of the party's leadership. come february, democrats will elect a new chair of the democratic national committee to replace outgoing chair jamie harrison. five democrats have so far announced their bid for the job and you may recognize some of these names. starting off, there's former maryland governor martin o'malley, also a candidate for president in the 2016 uten the former candidate for u.s. senate in maryland. there's also new york state senator james skoufis, essentially an unknown in national democratic circles, but he is a democrat who has consistently won voters in his red district in new york. and then, there's

she boarded a flight to paris from new york without a ticket last month. prosecutors say she had previously tried to sneak onto other flights. a judge has ruled that as dali waits for trial she is banned from airports and must submit to gps monitoring. she faces up to five years in prison if convicted. >>> to the weather. the east coast is in for wet weather while snow seems to be taking aim for the plains. michelle grossman is following all of his this morning. >> we're looking at wet weather over the next few days. this is beneficial rain, especially by wednesday. we're going to see a soaking on the interior parts of the northeast. from the southeast to new england we're going to see rain developing. could see strong storms in portions of the mississippi valley. back behind it, we are dry for the most part. we're going to see accumulate snow, wintry mix and trick travel there. then, by wednesday, look at this. we're looking at soaking rains throughout the east coast from new england all the way down to the mid atlantic. the southeast could see strong sto

, if you wiii — first bishop of paris, if you wiii this _ first bishop of paris, if you will.will. this programme, this artistic moment with music and the artwork, it is very powerful. seeing the cathedral lies, _ powerful. seeing the cathedral lies, -- — powerful. seeing the cathedral lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise — lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise like _ lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise like a _ lies, —— seeing the cathedral rise like a phoenix from the ashes — rise like a phoenix from the ashes is _ rise like a phoenix from the ashes is a _ rise like a phoenix from the ashes is a moment for all of france _ ashes is a moment for all of france. we can see a when or resurrection is the right language for it. for the first time — language for it. for the first time we _ language for it. for the first time we have seen on screen, the 107 — time we have seen on screen, the 107 bishops that are there. we saw— the 107 bishops that are there. we saw them in the corner of the frame _ we saw them in the corner of the frame with the peaked caps that they were wearing. this is

paris. and here's more of this audacity. they go to paris, you know, and they're going to they're going to ask king of france. and through the ambassador of spain, the king spain, to join in the fight. and it's a fight against the king of britain. and so they're asking these kingdoms to fight, to abolish, you know, to separate themselves from the kingdom is pretty audacious, too. you know. so here they are in asking for. now, the whole story we get is a lafayette. and the french came here and fought with our our soldiers in spain, stayed out of the because somehow, you know, they were cowards or something, you know, they didn't want to fight, but they were sending this aid. we already know that. and they were you know, you look at if look at this is a poker game in a way, when france finally decided to get into the war, to physically fight, they did it before. spain, which then you know, created a bias of our our interpretation of of their involvement in aid, in our in our independence in fr

. >>> historic moment in paris, doors of notre dame finally reopen, the bells ringing once again. [ bellsinging ] >> the stunning ceremony filled with music and pageantry. >>> president-elect trump on the world stage, meeting with ukraine's president. what he told our kristen welker about his plans for the war in ukraine. >>> syria on the brink, rebel forces closing in on the capital. is the regime about to fall? >>> a convicted murderer caught on camera escaping. the corrections office chasing him. why didn't he fire his weapon? >>> the giant drone, the latest in a series of sightings. >> the drones are coming out of who knows where. >> the fbi now investigating. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz val art. >>> the mystery into who killed the health insurance ceo, brian thompson, took another turn for the bizarre. the police have been searching for the backpack he wore and they believe they found it and cracked it open. inside, monopoly money, the fake bills you use in the classic board game. it's the latest twist, added that the killer wrote deposed, delay, deny on b

summer in paris was truly remarkable.sh sporting hero emerge, jack draper making it all the way to the semi—finals of the us open in what was his break—out year. a little further south, golf�*s solheim cup got under way. a dominant opening day from the americans left europe with too much to do. it's coming back to the united states for the first time in seven years. team usa, victorious in virginia. september also saw the world of football honour the life of former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who passed away at the age of 76. here, one of the big british fights of the year, daniel dubois, knocking out anthonyjoshua in front of a huge wembley crowd. there was disappointment for england as they narrowly failed to make it out of the group stage at the women's t20 world cup. the men's side were in pakistan, wherejoe root became england's leading test match run scorer of all time. meanwhile, britain reached the final of the americas cup for the first time in 60 years. although the wait for victory goes on. every time

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mohamed: i was born in paris. paris, france. i moved to abu dhabi and grew up here. a fantastic upbringing. you know, the community, society, it was amazing to be part of it. always a sense of how leadership is so close to the people on how it always wants to make sure the people are comfortable and happy. you know, my mother did an amazing job with my siblings and myself. we are very close together. my brother and sisters, we were a tightknit family. david: how many siblings do you have? mohamed: i have an older brother and two older sisters. david: your brother runs an investment arm of abu dhabi. are your sisters involved with abu dhabi? mohamed: my sister works for the environmental agency here in abu dhabi. she is an advocate of sustainability and safeguarding the environment. my other sister is a studied lawyer. and right now she has, probably, a very important job, which is focusing on her family. david: your brother once told me you have a big comic book collection. so, do you still collect comic books? and what are you going to do with them? mohamed: i fell

andrew harding, bbc news, paris.at are the implications of this, where we have the government and top politician not able to agree on the road ahead for france, in particular the economics? we'll be live to paris later in this programme, to talk to a top economist about the implications of the political crisis in france. that's still to come. keir starmer will set out a "plan for change" in a speech today, in which the prime minister will set targets in key areas, including health, the economy and crime, to allow voters to judge the government's performance. ben chu from bbc verify has looked into what we can expect. the prime minister is expected to set out some new measurable milestones today, by which voters can judge the performance of this labour government across a range of areas. we don't know exactly what they all are but some existing pages give us some clues. first, hospitalwaiting times. the nhs for england has an official target that 90% of patients reporting for elective treatment should be seen within 1