that is taipei.it more muted affair in beijing, fairto is a bit more muted affair in beijing, fair to say, but those pictures there are in taipei and are still going there and in hong kong. goodness me, that is quite a celebration! aside from watching the fireworks, there's people in taiwan might have been watching the new year message from the chinese president president lee —— —— president president lee —— —— president xi. in his end of year message, the chinese president xi xinping said no one can stop china's "reunification" with taiwan, laying down a clear warning to the pro—independence forces in taiwan. russia's president vladimir putin marking 25 years in power hailed the �*proud' achievements of his country — warning that russia "would only move forward" in 2025. here's the celebrations in sydney. always a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. and not very far away... this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tow

taipei also put on quite the show to welcome in 2025. here's the celebrations in sydney.lways a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. 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 if you a fireworks aficionado, tonight is the night for you. in the past hour, the new year celebrations have been getting under way across asia. this was the spectacular fireworks display in hong kong. taipei also put on quite the show to welcome in 2025. here's the celebrations in sydney. always a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. and this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tower. the party tonight. some of them come here from all over the world, and i've met some of them in the city centre who have been telling me just how disappointed they are, some people that have come from

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fireworks are launched from taipei s 101 tower to mark the start of 2025.ver 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. still some more showers across these flood affected areas. it's windy ac

after midnight here in taipei. >> and i certainly didn't expect to be leading the show with this. and it is the ultimate curveball. and we were just talking about this mj lee just what a shock this is for our viewers just tuning in. you know, look this is a vibrant democracy in south korea. this is the first time a president of south korea has declared martial law in the democratic era. now the parliament voted to overturn that but it is an extraordinary move. and it's something that americans should be paying attention to. what is president biden saying right now? yeah. >> as we were discussing before, when i saw these headlines coming into my inbox, i was completely stunned. i mean it is so extraordinary what we have seen over the last few hours in south korea. as you pointed out, martial law has not existed in south korea since the 1980s. i was born there in the very last year that there was a military dictatorship in the country right before there was the first democratic presidential election that elected not at the time i think mike was making this point before for people in

taipei also put on quite the show to welcome in 2025. music. # we are the champions. here's the celebrations in sydney. as always, a fireworks bonanza focused on the harbour bridge. this one went on for 12 minutes. music. and this was new zealand with a spectacular fireworks display at the auckland sky tower. cheering. 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. the globe welcomes in 2025. here in the uk, new year celebrations are being hampered by severe weather. fireworks displays in newcastle, blackpool and bangor are among those called off. it comes after edinburgh's outdoor hogmanay celebrations were cancelled for the first time in nearly 20 years because of strong winds and rain. from edinburgh, here's our scotland correspondent catriona renton. in the scottish highlands, heavy rain caused the river to rage through carrbridge. flooding followed an amber weather warning for rain in the north of the country which expired l

as our correspondent james traitor, standing by covering the store in taipei. james, what makes these drills around tie one significant well, this is a difficult question to answer the moment because they exactly. um what confirmation is come around. these drills is a little bit unclear. the only confirmed drills we have right now are on the tie. we need side to tie when these defense industry this morning saying that they were carrying outcome by reading this rules in response to what they say are like the chinese, through the chinese rules. we've not had official confirmation yet from badging. again, earlier this morning, we heard from the time when he is defense industry saying that to china had close of 7 areas of lots of ways and it's high, one off of china is eastern coast. i'm with sending naval vessels to those areas and then separately routes i think from ty, ones, coast guard that, that was a must be about taking the number of chinese vessels in volts as needed. so i want some 90 bustles, 2 thirds of those of the naval variety again. so this is a comp

she was in new york, i was in taipei. so we were kind of flip flopping.e hometowns, home country. she lives there now. i live in her home hometown, but we had a great time chatting. and here is nymphia wind. ever since making herstory as the first east asian winner in 16 seasons of rupaul's drag race nymphia win life and work has been a whirlwind for taiwanese american drag queen liu tao, known by the stage name nymphia wind. i can tell you're an overachiever. >> i know, like this past year, i've not had a weekend for myself. i'm just like work, work, work, work, work, work. >> from taiwan's presidential office to the paris cultural olympiad. hi paris to pride events around the world, nymphia just might be the hardest working drag queen of 2024. >> i'm dying, thank god this is taped. >> oh, girl. >> sometimes stopping for just a few hours before jumping on the next plane. how are you still standing right now? you need a vacation girl. >> i think i'm a workaholic and i'm just so used to being tired all the time. i'm just like, i just keep going. >> that ha

type a also putting on quite the show, to welcome in 2025 —— taipei. the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the veteran bbc dj johnnie walker has died at the age of 79 just two months after stepping down from the radio 2 rock show and sounds of the 70s because of ill health. he firstjoined the bbc in 1969, with his lunchtime radio 1 show pioneering new names such as fleetwood mac, the eagles and steve harley. wayne rooney has left plymouth argyle by mutual consent, seven months after being appointed head coach. rooney recorded just one win in his last 14 games as manager, with the team now bottom of the championship table. the former england captain thanked fans for their support and said argyle would always hold a special place in his heart. notable names have been reacting after being recognised in the new year honours list. stephen fry said he was "startled and enchanted" to receive a knighthood, while the happy valley actor sarah lancashire said being made a cbe was an "unexpected delight". more than 1,200 people ha

we've leveraged temperatures, but the code is what's going to be settled is it seats the surf in taipei 18 might be your best to think. tempted to creep down to 14 or 15 as the wind blazed for a couple of days, and brings with a disappointing declared the weather as well. now, cuz i didn't the main problem for most of into the moment. the sunny side of this leads, the north indian plane is still full of fog. quite often, all smoke if you're ready and lucky, for example, in new delhi, or if in the hole where there is rain in this north east monsoon, it hits chin i for the south end table. now that goes across to carmella and we'll catch through line cause of this again, will cause a certain amount of funding. this has got to be season is going to be in bags and is what you might expect. i didn't mention the poor quality of in northern india and the impact is done by the whole. i've seen a small improvement and it's only good to be the morning, but a call to use particularly bad the story of love. this section love and, and is really spelling operating on the deep cover in syria, knowing

the reason we use virtual technology for those classes is so that our students in san francisco and taipeiether. that is what our technology enables. it also helps us to implement our way of teaching which is an active dialogue based type of seminar where faculty can actually assess students in real time in class and make sure that every student is actually engaging in the discussions being had. our students come away saying that they have learned more, that they felt more connected to their classmates and professors and we think it really works. scarlet: i am curious about what kind of feedback you have gotten from other leaders of schools. do you see them taking similar steps like a smaller football -- smaller footprint the way that you have? are they doubling down on this premium experience that is on-campus? michael: i think people are a bit in vs of what we have been able -- people are a bit envious of what we have been able to do. they are doubling down on the big college luxury model. we refuse to participate in that arms race to turn your campus into a country club. what we have sa

chinese taipei, colombia, guinea—bissau, latvia, tahiti and — guinea—bissau, latvia, tahiti and turkey and... while we wait for the iceland and. .. while we wait for the official— iceland and... while we wait for the official confirmation i for the official confirmation from the fact that saudi arabia will be hosting the 2034 world cup, we are keeping an eye on what is happening. this is all happening virtually, of course, and olly foster is standing by watching things. we havejust been hearing these letters that have been submitted by norway and the swiss. why are they significant?— significant? i've actually got the norwegian _ significant? i've actually got the norwegian statement i significant? i've actually got i the norwegian statement here. we knew norway were going to be a dissenting voice and they have pointed out in a statement it is nothing against saudi arabia, perse, but they mention those reforms back in 2016, when you go back to the really crabby era of fifa that santino has inherited and been trying to sort out. those reforms did regard the bidding process for future wo

no official reaction just yet from taipei. but that's something certainly we're going to be looking for as the day moves forward. finally, i want to share with you some remarks from the japanese prime minister, shigeru ishiba. he released a statement just a few hours ago, reading in part, president jimmy carter achieved historic accomplishments throughout his tireless efforts, not only during his presidency, for which he was awarded the nobel peace prize. i renew my deep respect for president carter, who contributed significantly to strengthening the amicable japan-u.s. relations and to maintaining peace and stability in the international community. you know, president carter, paula, did make several visits to china after he left office, and there is no question, at least from his view and from the carter center, his his foundation, this us-china relationship is something that is very important to his legacy. paula. >> yeah. and in fact, though he made a point of making those trips and they were indeed consequential, especiall

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at this point, no response that we have seen officially from the government in taipei.teresting to point out that the relatively new japanese prime minister. he also issued a statement today. really lauding the former president for his work as a diplomat, not only during his time in the white house, but also in his post-presidency era. as we just saw, max, the former president, spent a lot of time in china. once he left the white house. >> okay, mark stuart, thank you so much for that update. coming up, a desperate relatives of the victims of sunday's horrific plane crash gather at an airport for any information on their loved ones in south korea. >> i want to be the greatest player that i could possibly become. >> audi. audi. >> ocd is more than what you see on tv and in the movies. it comes with unrelenting, intrusive images, thoughts and urges. if you have ocd and need help, you can get better with specialized treatment. go to nocd.com to learn more. >> every parent knows when it's time to go into. protect mode. kill 99.9% of bacteria when you add lysol laundry sanit

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as part of kim and putin's deepening military partnership will ripley, cnn, taipei. >> thanks for joining us. the sauce starts now. >> straight from the source. tonight we are live on capitol hill, the scene of the crime on january 6th, and the same place where donald trump will regain power in 39 days from now. then pardon the convicted criminals

will ripley, cnn taipei. >> it's fascinating. just a list of the animals the 400 goats. all right. thanks so much for joining us. really appreciate it. see you back here. same time tomorrow. anderson cooper 360 begins right now tonight on intelligence community. and later, what i found for 60 minutes on the new frontier between artificial intelligence and education. how a.i. could one day change the way every child in every school in america is taught. good evening. thanks for joining us. a week and a day since the execution style killing of unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson on a midtown manhattan sidewalk, prosecutors have reportedly taken a key step. according to abc news, prosecutors for the manhattan district attorney's office have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury against the suspect. luigi mangione. he remains in pennsylvania, where he was arrested on monday. determined, according to his lawyer, to fight extradition back to new york. now, the district attorney's office, citing grand jury secrecy, had no comment on abc's reporting separately. cnn has learned that new

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as part of kim and putin's deepening military partnership will ripley, cnn, taipei. >> thanks for joining us. the sauce starts now. >> straight from the source. tonight we are live on capitol hill, the scene of the crime on january 6th, and the same place where donald trump will regain power in 39 days from now. then pardon the convicted criminals who rioted here. trump says it will happen within minutes of taking the oath of office. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source tonight, the president elect is rapidly accelerating his own timeline for pardoning the very people who attacked the building that you see behind me right now. when it's lit up on a night like tonight, it can be almost easy to forget that on january 6th, things looked more like this. in interview after interview, donald trump seems to be eagerly anticipating the moment that he can free the people that you see here, storming the heart of u.s. democracy. nearly four years ago but i'm going to be acting very quickly within your first 100 days. >> first day, first day, first day. yeah. >> well, trump no longer says it's

will ripley, cnn taipei. >> it's fascinating. just a list of the animals the 400 goats. all right. thanks so much for joining us. really appreciate it. see you back here. same time tomorrow. anderson cooper 360 begins right now tonight on

in taiwan, this iconic scene fireworks shooting out of the sides of the famous taipei 101 tower.oast we still have to wait about nine hours until the 11,000 pound ball made up of more than 2600 crystal triangles and more than 32,000 lights is set to drop in times square. in case that doesn't do it for you there will also be 3000 pounds of confetti. more than 1 million revelers will meet with beefed up security, balmy temperatures and a 100% chance of rain. joining us now, antonia helton from times square and nbc meteorologists. i want to start with you, operations have been a long time coming, how is it in these final hours? >> reporter: it's going well. they're doing testis and performances you might get a glance behind me here as they practice for the show tonight. what you're not sitting behind me are the major crowds. that's because they are lined up on sixth and eighth avenue right now. in a matter of minutes they should start filing and as they slowly one by one make their way through security checkpoint . the nypd is going to make sure people don't bring in big backpacks,

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aviation data provider oag says the biggest international route was from hong kong to taipei. cairo to jeddah. and then, sold toky -- seoul to tokyo. jonathan: more from dani in about 30 minutes. spiraling tensions between moscow and kyiv. >> there's got to be a deal. too many people being killed. that is a war. got to make a deal. putin has to make a deal. jonathan: what is that deal look like? live from new york city, good morning. ♪ jonathan: equity futures down by about .3%. another close at a record on the nasdaq 100. futures this morning pulling back a little bit. down by .2%. bond yields are higher by three basis points. under surveillance, spiraling tensions between moscow and kyiv. >> got to be a deal. too many people being killed. that is a war that -- too many. you have got to make a deal. putin would have never gone and if i was president. we would not have had inflation. oil prices would have been lower. i had a good relationship with putin despite the russia hoax. jonathan: the ukraine is claiming responsibly for assassinating a russian general and a moscow explo