this is sky news today. it is 10:00. breaking news from the middle east as rebel forces in syria capture the capital and ousted the president. rebels declare damascus liberated as forces storm the iranian embassy. president bashar al assad has reportedly fled the country as the syrian prime minister says he's ready to hand over the government. we'll have the latest live from the region as more than half a century of assad dynasty rule comes to an end in syria. syria >>> good morning. we begin with breaking news today in the syrian government appears to have collapseed after a lightning offensive. people have taken to the streets to celebrate the end of the assad family's 50-year rule on the country. president bashar al assad has fled on a plane but his whereabouts are unknown. until recently, there have been a static division of control between three factions in syria, the rebels, led by the islamist group hayat tahrir al sham, president bashar al assad's forces and kurdish forces. idlib for years has been the last antir

you are watching sky news.re are reports that syria's president, bashar al assad, has left the country's capital as syrian rebel forces say they have captured damascus. now the country's prime minister says he is ready to hand over the government to the opposition in a peaceful transition of power. meanwhile, eyewitness reports say people have gathered in the main square of the capital, waving and chanting freedom. earlier the leader of the rebel group, a former al qaeda affiliate, claimed that rebels are in the final moments of liberating the central city of homs . >> dear brothers. we are living in the final moment of the liberation of the city of homs. this is the historic event that will distinguish between truth and falsehood. we advise our brothers in the resistance, and we have previously advised them, to show compassion towards the people. those who lay down their weapons will be granted safety, and as usually, should not be taught. please be to allah, lord of the worlds. >> let's bring you update with

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join me, trevor phillips, sunday mornings on sky news. philliy mornings on sky news >>> well, we were expecting to talk to my next guest about ukraine and nato, but as you can imagine, events in syria have overtaken that this morning. i can now speak to the foreign minister of lithuania, gabrielius landsbergis. your reaction to what happened overnight in syria? >> well, it wasn't a surprise for this night. >> oh, really? >> of course. watching how fast the opposition groups have moved during the last couple of days, it was rather clear that the regime might fall. how, when exactly, i mean, that has remained a mystery. it is not a very big mystery, honestly. it was clear there was downfall incoming. and, you know, looking at the wider political picture also it was rather clear that there is a vacuum, you know. there is a paradigm in politics, no vacuum remains unfilled. so russians are busy fighting war in ukraine. israel attacking terrorist groups also increased that vacuum and it was -- it was used by the opposition rebel forces that thr

it is really the new chapter in the life of a country. >> reporter: you are watching sky news. morning, as syrian president bashar al-assad has left the country's capital as syrian rebel forces say they captured damascus. we will be continuing coverage next . he! oh jeez... nooo... oh gaa... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ still congested? —nope! —uh oh. new mucinex 2-in-1 saline nasal spray. spray goodbye. aaaaaaahhhhh! new mucinex 2-in-1 saline nasal spray with a gentle mist and innovative power-jet. spray goodbye to congestion. it's comeback season! - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out, i don't have that kinda cash. - ugh, i know. but you can get financial help now through covered california. it's totally affordable. you'd be surprised. they've got this calculator thing that shows how much you'll pay. - for real? - yeah! what are you doing not having health insurance, man? - hey, i know, i know... - here, let me show you... - we all have questions. covered california has answers and can

on friday, though, while speaking with sky news, zelenskyy suggested a path forward to end what he callstage of the war. >> if we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under nato umbrella the territory of ukraine that we have under our control. that's what we need to do. fast. and then ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically. >> zelenskyy was adamant that any proposal to join nato must first be extended to all parts of the country within its internationally recognized borders and here he explains why. >> you can't give an invitation to just one part of a country. why? because thus you would recognize that ukraine is only that territory of ukraine. and the other one is russia, and that would be against the country's law, because the ukrainian constitution prohibits the recognition of any russian occupied territory as russia. >> zelenskyy's comments to sky news, though, show he appears to be open to a ceasefire deal that won't immediately include parts of the country under russian control. it's unclear if nato would ever consider such a deal duri

thank you so much for joining us here on sky news. just want to get your reaction first of all for a fast-moving developments. indeed, president assad is on a plane to an unknown location. >> i think history repeats itself. that was the end of iran in 1978 where authoritarian regimes can't survive. the people decided they no longer can be accepted. what you are witnessing is the end of 10 days of basically a military operation done by the opposition, the opponents of the regime, where they were able to control cities and so 4:00 a.m. this morning, they controlled damascus and then after that, we started hearing that bashar al-assad had left. i have to say we have conflicted reports. there is no confirmation that he has left . i think there are sort of assumptions, but what we are seeing basically is an outcome of a lot of efforts done. i am not saying secrets when i say turkey is the center of all of this. turkey was involved in one way or another because most of those opponents basically they were in areas where they had good ties wi

it's been a week where even major propaganda media like comcast sky news, warner brothers is cnn. that alone mouthpiece is like your or our b, b. c. have found it difficult to explain to their audiences. i think how it is that they support l guy to in syria. how does your book, the racket give us the dimension in which to understand why the bbc and john simpson people are on the well know these people actually, no 1 may know what cnn is given by their viewing figures. but why the media are, is completely up to that they, they want to support those links to the atrocities and $911.00. still what is interesting isn't it. i think it goes to the halls, the message of the books, which is that the mainstream media is not what we're told is not what uh, what we dining. john is a school that we are check on power, the journalism, the constructs the lies of the state and corporations when you get inside it. and i work for financial times and for most of the reporting was done. what does the financial times you realize? actually, the mainstream media is really an adjunct to state power. oft

to book uh the, the rackets is, it's been a week where even major propaganda media like comcast sky news, warner brothers is cnn. they live in mouth piece is like your or our vc. and i found it difficult to explain to their audiences, i think how it is that they support the l guy the in syria. how does your book, the racket give us the dimension in which to understand why the bbc and john simpson people are on the well, what know these people actually? no 1 may know what cnn is given by their viewing figures, but why the media are is completely up to they, they want to support those links to the atrocities and $911.00. yeah. what is interesting, isn't it? i think it goes to the whole message of the book and.

to book uh the, the rackets is, it's been a week where even major propaganda media like comcast sky news, warner brothers is cnn. that alone mouth piece is like your or our vc. i found it difficult to explain to their audiences. i think how it is that they support l guy to in syria. how does your book, the racket give us the dimension in which to understand why the bbc and john simpson people are on the wall? what know these people actually know? i'm a know what cnn is given by their viewing figures, but why the media are is completely up to they. they want to support those links to the atrocities and $911.00. it's yeah. what is interesting, isn't it? i think it goes to the hall, the message is the books, which is that the mainstream media is not what we're told is not what. uh, what were you dining, jones and screwed up? we are check on power. the journalism, the constructs the lies of the state you.

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. >> the growth of gb news, the fact we're way ahead of the woke sky news, which has become virtually unwatchable, the patronising bbc and i think on this channel, i think what you get if you watch us live on catchup, listen to us on the radio. i think what you genuinely get with this channel, you get both sides of the debate and often it's very passionate. but we don't bar anybody. we don't believe in censorship. we believe we need to hear all these arguments. and we also believe that the audience at home are big enough and ugly enough to make up their own minds. and i think the success of gb news really is a revolution in broadcasting in this country. and, you know, we've got nearly 500 people here, and all i did was mention twice on my show i was coming to maidstone. this is a broadcasting phenomenon and i honestly believe that gb news has only just begun. i really do, i really do. now, i can't. something else happened in politics this year that was quite a big deal, a great deal. the greatest, the best. and it was amazing. i mean, the day before a us presidential election, quite w

to book uh the, the rackets is, it's been a week where even major propaganda media like comcast sky news, warner brothers is cnn. that'll own mouth piece is like your or our v. c. have found it difficult to explain to their audiences, i think how it is that they support l guy to in syria. how does your book, the racket give us the dimension in which to understand why the bbc and john simpson people are on the well? well know these people, uh, actually no 1 may know what cnn is given by their viewing figures. but why the media are, is completely up to they, they want to support those links to the atrocities in $911.00. yeah. what is interesting, isn't it. i think it goes to the hall.

the drone activity to nbc news but setting up a tip line for people to report any sightings. >> it's moving really fast now. >> reporter: growing concern as the mystery in the sky continues. george solis, nbc news, toms river, new jersey. >> what else is oing on in the sky? snow is taking aim for the plains. but, on the east coast, it will be rain. michelle grossman is tracking all of this in the forecast. michelle, good morning. >> could be a lot of rain, too. especially along the gulf coast today and tomorrow. we have a risk for flooding, flash flooding as well. notice today, it's soggy from the southeast to new england. could see wintry mix, snow in portions of new england. wind blowing in the upper plains. we're dry throughout most of the west, pacific northwest down to the southwest. notice wednesday, though. we're looking at rain tomorrow as well in the northeast, the mid atlantic down to the southeast. once again, we are looking at rain falling, it will be heavy at times. where you see the brighter colors is where we're expecting heavy rain. this will be good for the drought. could see thunderstorms on the southern end of this, on the northern end, we co

we are back now with the growing mystery over drones spotted in the sky over new jersey and other statesting and, today, the pentagon weighing in on the mounting questions, where are they coming from? and are they a threat? here is gadi schwartz. >> reporter: tonight in the skies above new jersey, trying to get to the bottom of a mysterious waves of suv drone sightings that, so far, have proved impossible to identify or stop. >> the minute you get eyes on them, they go dark. >> it's not an airplane. >> reporter: reports of mysterious drones and lights in the skies are growing. from over the war schaaps, from the west to langley, virginia. most recently to this city in new jersey. the pentagon said no evidence that drones are coming from a foreign adversary, with but laws on capitol hill are demanding answers. >> i don't have a answer to one or more people are responsible for those drone flights. >> reporter: those who have sent drones up to give chase like local sheriff's departments say they don't know where they came from or when they land. he said they should consider shooting them do

and this is because of the sky news, bbc, a full speed these narratives. and so when you call out the individual, they don't know what to say because the heads off for the chunk. exactly. and that the rp gets blocked in europe in the states. yeah. so yeah, no, i think time will tell. and so now relate to the people, the industry, innocent people will wake up. yeah. one day. so i say everything and i yeah, yeah, i think we're already seeing it in real time slowly but surely small steps. we go, nelson will absolutely a valid di club experts and vice chairman of shanghai send have a room by the international studies. mr. wong. thank you. so much for your time. thank you. thank with thank you for your time as well. this is off international ally from las go. i'm role research i for me in the entire news team here. thanks for joining us. the the we continue with our aspect on conversations and today we, i did locate that a been gong hills in the rift valley in san. yeah. and certainly we uh, on the windmills and how fitting that we should talk about the energy

to book uh the, the rackets is, it's been a week where even major propaganda media like comcast sky news, warner brothers is cnn. that alone mouthpiece is like your or our v. c. i found it difficult to explain to their audiences, i think how it is that they support the l guy to in syria. how does your book, the racket give us the dimension in which to understand why the bbc and john simpson people are on the well? well, know these people actually, no 1 may know what cnn is given by their viewing figures, but why the media are, is completely up to they, they want to support those links to the atrocities and $911.00. it's. yeah, what is interesting, isn't it? i think it goes to the hall, the message of the book, which is that the mainstream media is not what we told is not what uh, what were you dining? john is a school that we are a check on power. the journalism, the constructs the lives of the state and corporations when you get inside it and i work for financial times and for most of the reporting was done. while i was at the financial times, you realize that actually the mainstream me

to book, uh the, the rackets is, it's been a week where even major propaganda media like comcast sky news, warner brothers is cnn. that alone mouth piece is like your or our b, b. c. i found it difficult to explain to their audiences, i think how it is that they support l guy to in syria. how does your book, the racket give us the ensign in which to understand why the bbc and john simpson people are on the well, what know these people actually? no 1 may know what cnn is given by their viewing figures, but why the media are is completely up to they. they want to support those links to the atrocities in $911.00. it's yeah. what is interesting, isn't it? i think it goes to the hall, the message of the book, which is that the mainstream media is not what we told is not what uh, what were you dining? john is a school that we are a check on power. the journalism, the constructs the lives of the state and corporations when you get inside it and i work for financial times and for most of the reporting was done, was that the financial times you realize that actually the mainstream media is really

good luck saying that on sky news. i mean it's, you know, the different simple narrative. you've got the same old culprits using that. the, i'm not even a cold and what i want to cold about using that media a mouthpiece house was to push this narrative here. meantime, meantime, a lot of people are talking about the great, the israel plan. there are already allegedly unconfirmed pictures of idea of soldiers with these new patches on their arms. and it shows a map of the great to israel covering syria covering iran, i lab and on and others as well. some people are saying we're actually watching the implementation of the great, the israel plan in real time. if that's true, sarah means iran and 11 on the to next pins to full your comments. well, the idea that they'll just fall, uh no, i don't think, i think there's far greater determination, sense of resistance, a consciousness of what's at stake. what happened in syria history of these long years of war, we really should salute those who stood up. remember the martyrs and resistance fighters in serial, who for decades and aga

reports of drones flying over new jersey, some as large as a small car, and one here, as large as a small vehicle, at an event where lloyd austin was present. >> more drones in the skyn south, and in new york city. calling on the fbi to expand the investigation. >> people have seen 15-foot or so wingspan drones hovering around. in this day and age, i don't think that's something you take lightly. if it is nothing to be concerned about, someone should say that. >> reporter: residents are alarmed. >> one over, next one, next one, next one. not 20 at one time. >> reporter: jonathan, a pilot, s shot this shocking video of multiple car-sized drones near the new jersey airport, he contacted the faa. what is most alarming for you? >> as a pilot, when you're about to land, last thing you want to see is something hovering in front of you. >> what is that? >> reporter: with many questions and few answers, residents and officials on high alert as the mystery in the sky deepens. >>> when we come back, there's good news tonight. big surprise brought this beloved school custodian to tears. d school custodian to tears. things. ♪♪ fun recip... (high pitched sound) (high pitched sou

speaking to sky news, volodymyr zelenskyy said the hot phase of the war could end with nato membership>> translator: no one has offered us to be in nato with just one part or another part of ukraine. that's for ones. the fact is that it is a solution to stop the hot stage of the war because we can just give the nato membership to the part of ukraine that is under our control. yes, it could be possible, but no one offered. the invitation must be given to ukraine within its internationally recognized border. you can't give ini vitation to e part of the country. why? you recognize that part of ukraine is only ukraine and the other is russia. so, legally, by law, we have no right to recognize the occupied territory as territory of russia. and here, we must not make any mistake. but if we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under nato umbrella the territory of ukraine that we have under our control. that's what we need to do fast. then ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically. >> the european commission president started the second mandate ahead

new. the more drones in the sky. it's become almost a nightly occurrence in the skies over new jersey. there are literally dozens of draw and fire spotted by residents and share it on social media. mysterious drones as large as a car would at 1st seemed a local anomaly. now capturing the attention of top military officials at this time, we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign entity or the work of an adversary. we're going to continue to monitor what is happening, but um, you know, at no point where our installations threatened when this activity was occurring, dependent on spokes person denying reports, they were launched by around here. since there is not any truth to that. there is no iranian ship off the coast of the united states, and there's no so called mothership launching drones towards the united states sir the f b i the f b i is leading the investigation. you're telling me we don't know what the hell these drones are in new jersey are. is that correct? that's right. since opening a tip line more than $3000.00 sightings have been found in the sight

. >>> channel sky news says bailey is expected to meet with the china governor details of the visit willpen in due course. >>> and the uk prime minister according to the confederation of british growth survey businesses are citing the impact of the measures in the current budget and it would be headed for the worst of both worlgds. britain's economy flat lining despite the figure pointing to ten basis points expansion flat is flat that is good news coming in 1.9% higher versus 1.2% that is really good news that latter piece of data. in the release, the office for national statistics said estimates show falling 0.2 for the period david roche and his children asking for the prime minister of uk is keir starmer david, he may be the prime minister at the moment on, but he did it on the mandate of 34% which led to the landslide of the post system as well. quite frankly, they came into power offering change and putting growth at the center of their strategy it was about growth, growth, growth i know because i spoke to rachel reeves many times. are they failing or is it still to come? >> i thin

. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >>> in a new interview with sky news' tu wart ramsey, volodymyr open to ceding territory to russia, at least temporarily as terms of a cease-fire, if the rest of the country is taken under the umbrella of nato. >> if we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under nato umbrella the territory of ukraine that we have under our control. that's what we need to do fast. then ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically. >> this comes as president-elect donald trump who recently promised to end the war in 24 hours, has named keith kellogg as special envoy to ukraine and russia. kellogg is a retired lieutenant general, former national security adviser to trump, former national security adviser to then vice president mike pence and a former fox news contributor. and coauthored a paper in april for the pro-trump america first policy institute in which he argued the u.s. should strongarm ukraine and russia into entering peace negotiations and there should be a cease-fire along with a demilitarized zone between the two c

says there's no threat to public safety. christmas certainly has more on this now from new or more drones in the sky . it's become almost a nightly occurrence in the skies over new jersey. there are literally dozens of draw and fire spotted by residents and share it on social media. mysterious drones as large as a car would at 1st seemed a local anomaly. now capturing the attention of top military officials at this time we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign entity or the work of an adversary. we're going to continue to monitor.

. >> so he they've revealed the code behind the ticker to, i think the telegraph, sky news. st sat here like a, like a spare wheel. anyone else? another news channel might want to see the code. i should have brought it in with you. do you know there's another criticism? but do you not think that what kevin did wrong. she's not playing politics very well at all. it's fake. that's. well, you've gone all in then. and then he'll say, well, sue us or we'll sue you. whereas farage would have played it more clever with questions like, well, i'm not saying it's fake, but why is it going up in the middle of the night? he could have done it like that. just questions that. he then says, well, i'm not saying it's fake. >> yeah, i'm only going to go into because it's on the telegraph in the next story. do you want to do it there? >> let's go. move on. >> yeah. well because the telegraph has, has that it has must slaps fake label on badenoch online post as one of their stories. now this is quite misleading because musk doesn't really do this. actually, a guy called lee harris did it. he pu

little up a drones in the sky over new york in new jersey or causing a local alarm. the us department of defense says there's no foreign involvement, but itself or no explanation present. salumi has more, more drones in the sky. it's become almost a nightly occurrence in the skies over new jersey. there are literally dozens of drowned fire spotted by residents and share it on social media. mysterious drones as large as a car would at 1st seemed a local anomaly. now capturing the attention of top military officials at this time, we have no evidence that these activities are coming from a foreign entity or the work of an adversary. we're going to continue to monitor what is happening, but um, you know, at no point where our installations threatened when this activity was occurring, dependent on spokes person denying reports, they were launched by a ron or since there is not any truth to that, there is no iranian ship off the coast of the united states and there's no so called mothership launching drones towards the united states sir the f b i the f b i is leading the in

geoff: video, after video, showing mysterious drones flashing in the night sky. newen the epicenter of the drone sightings, with others reportedly spotted in new york, pennsylvania, and maryland. >> they're just pacing back and forth. geoff: sometimes, hovering in clusters. they were first seen in november near a military facility in morris county, new jersey. and flying over president-elect donald trump's golf course, in bedminster. those sightings prompted the fbi to mount an investigation and the faa temporarily issued flight restrictions over those areas. >> it's concerning. it's frustrating. geoff: and on capitol hill this week, outrage. >> you're telling mwe don't know what the hell these drones are in new jersey are? >> that's right. >> that's crazy. i mean, that's crazy. geoff: republican lawmakers from the jersey shore area shared their own theories to fox news. >> not just suspicious, provocative, and this could be a foreign power. >> iran launched a mothership probably about a month ago that contains these drones. >> there is not any truth to that. geoff:

zelenskyy telling sky news he's willing to temporarily give up invaded territory in exchange for nato membership for the rest of ukraine. we want to stop the holts stage of the war on umbrella. >> we should take on the nato the tended to be over ukraine and that we have on the all control show i've got a that's what we need to do if asked to and then ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically. >> zelenskyy hinting in the interview that the umbrella would not be a full nato membership. something russian president vladimir putin has rejected as part of any peace deal. instead, it would be security guarantees from nato countries like the u.s. and uk. no one has offered hasta be in nato. we just one pot hole in other parts of ukraine. because we can just give the nato membership to the part of ukraine. that is on the all control flock. that double up the pat on the law. yes, it could be possible, but no one off the lense. these comments are a considerable shift from ukraine's previous stance insisting on reclaiming all territories, including crimea, annexed by rus

are calling for stricter rules who can actually fly drones and be allowed to shoot them out of the sky. "new cover with, trump has a drone to pick. here is what he said yesterday. >> the government knows what is happening. look, our military knows where they took off from, they know where it came from and where it went. and for some reason they don't want to comment. i think they would be better off saying what it is. our military and president knows. and for some reason they want to keep people in suspense. something strange is going on. >> harris: remember, republican congressman jeff van drew told me last week when i was starting to heat up. he and gonzalez from texas they were having high-level conversations where things were taking off and who this potentially could be. that's why they want the whole truth. radio host charlamagne tha god pressed pete buttigieg on the issue. watch. >> what do you know about these manned s.u.v. size drones flying over new jersey? >> we're helping law enforcement work through it all. we need to make sure nothing comes into restricted airspace. bigger pictu

. >> todd: unidentified drones flying around the new jersey sky. one lawmaker will be demanding answers in a mery matter of hours. carley shimkus, pirro family seeing the drones in jersey, mama pirro is involved. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. the ceo alleged killer. brooke singman. >> brooke: the man charged with killing brian thompson not making things easy on local authorities as he entered a pennsylvania courtroom yesterday. watch this. >> out of -- american people -- >> brooke: murder suspect luigi mangione denied bail after prosecutors said he was too dangerous to be released. luigi mangione lawyer is telling people to hold off on jumping to conclusion on his client. >> i have not seen evidence that says he is the shooter. until proven guilty be beyond a reasonable doubt, zero evidence at this point. >> brooke: luigi mangione is behind bars. mangione refusing to wave extradition and wauping a hearing on the case. we are learning more about who luigi mangione is. his former roommate and

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stewart ramsey visited one morgue in this exclusive sky news report.may be disturbing to some viewers. >> reporter: from the gloomy interior of the morgue's refrigeration room, a body is wheeled on the gurney towards the examination area. they're trying to identify who the dead man is. all they know is that he has been murdered. the dead here are all victims of assad's regime. across damascus, there's a desperate search for the missing. there's no authority. distraught family members are searching the morgues themselves. they've opened body bags to take pictures of the pictures of the victims. beside them, the refrigerator door has been open. stacked inside, over 30 people. assigned a number. the identity mark of the unclaimed dead. the unknown victims. nearby, they open frigerated lockers looking for bodies. praying they would find who they've lost, often over a decade. and perhaps for them, final closure at last. it's happening all over the city. they're coming to morgues where they know people who have been tortured to death. their bodies have been

even though the leader of the rebel movement today gave an interview to sky news, his first interviewign press, since taking power. he said that the world has nothing to fear, that he is going to be moderate, that he wants good relations with all of the country's neighbors and good relations internally, but israel doesn't trust him and arab states say that has not to go with trust, that this is a land grab and that israel is exploiting syria's weakness to try and take a bit more territory to protect itself and also to expand its borders. >> richard engel, thank you so much. we're going to follow up on that right now because joining us is israel's ambassador to the united nations. ambassador, thank you very much for being with us. let me ask you about the movement of the tanks in what is temporary. is this going to become part of the golan heights, the part that was occupied by israel in 2019? >> andrea, thank you for having me today. we are not getting involved in the fight within syria, but we are taking the measures to protect ourselves. though our defensive temporary measures. we t

i'm going to play the latest one, from sky news.out what's going to happen next, what syria will look like. let's listen. >> the fears are unnecessary, god willing. the country will be rebuilt. the fear was from the presence of the regime. the country's moving towards development and reconstruction. it's going towards stability. people are exhausted from war. so the country isn't ready for another one. and it's not going to get into another one. the source of our fears was from the iranian militias, hezbollah and the regime that committed the massacres we're seeing today. so their removal is a solution for syria. the current situation won't allow for a return to panic. >> all right, so he was being asked, what's the message to foreign countries who are worried or concerned. do you find him believable? is he going to be somebody who is going to work with the west, perhaps try to stabilize the region, or are we in for another version of syria from ten years ago? >> i'll turn that question around. will the west work with him? right now

future of it submitted tree bases, and sarah, with the new countries, new administration unit shuffled a lot of reports from low sky the new political reality to deal with the most good and damascus bill position slide. now, slides over the syrian embassy in russia, so many the toppling of the cyber. she came a surprise, a lot of the theory and people suffered injustice to not a freedom of speech and lived in fear. but now we can speak our people will be able to express themselves and show their talents, nadeem. so we're hopeful for the new searing administration. the most important thing now is the peaceful transition of power. i hope that the new parliament will include all minorities of to decades of russian military support for the assigned regime. it's not as clear what phone relations with the new government will take full. a present, special assault isn't most curious, but he's keeping a low profile. there's been those photos of the $24.00 days you're paying for his family since the arrival in russia, the clement says there are no plans for letting the pacing to meet scientists and soft members of the syrian

this is definitely not a -- i know what we pay for our drones and we can't afford what is in the sky in neww. chances are these are large device in the sky, differentiate what is real and not real. >> madeleine: john kirby will appear on "america's newsroom" later this morning. >> brian: tom homan is slamming san diego super sanctuary policy and vowing to thwart it and president trump calls on president biden to stop selling off portions of the border wall. >> what they are doing, it is a criminal act, joe biden, please stop selling the wall. >> brian: here to discuss is retired border patrol chief in yuma, arizona, chris clemm. what san diego is doing, they say we are worried about illegal immigrants that might be abused and afraid to come forward, that is not the point is it? >> no, it is not the point. they are blocking incoming administration enforcement efforts. people they are trying to protect, take a page out of new york city and find ways to cooperate with tom homan and dhs. if you are an illegal alien and victim of a crime or you can help the government prosecute, there are protec

new year. hundreds of fireworks lit up the sky in hong kong throughout the 12—minute spectacle. tart of 2025. thailand welcomes new year with a countdown and fireworks over the chao phraya river in bangkok. and this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tower. we'll bring you plenty more of those celebrations in the hours ahead — as 2024 ticks to an end. across the many time zones it will take us 26 hours for the entire world to welcome in 2025. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good evening. well, it's been a blustery and a wet end to 2024 for many of us, and there's more severe weather to come in the forecast as we head into the new year too, with more heavy rain. it stays windy on new year's day. it is going to be turning colder, but for the rest of tonight, well, it's certainly mild out there for the vast majority. more rain across the central swathe of the uk, these fronts pushing further southwards. and if we just zoom in as the clock chimes midnight, you can see wintry showers and now colder air across the far north of scotland.

sky. everyone in new jersey trying to spot a drone. >> anthony, they could be looking at us. it's offensive. >> it's offensive. >> east end joe posted that he took a picture of a drone with this message. we have been trying to contact you about your car's extended warranty. >> nice. >> former new york giants place kicker has this theory. teams spying on the jets and giants practices. it is why they have struggled this season. >> that's not why. >> aaron rodgers did say he would try to communicate with them. he does have a game on sunday, opting not to prepare for it. >> if there was an nfl player that could communicate with unidentified flying objects. my money is on aaron rodgers. >> yes. all right. well that's going to go well. >>> the gentleman who posted that video is on the case, everyone. >> italian stallion slick rick. he's going to solve this. >> yes. with the force of the federal government. >> he's gained my