the network is over 380 kilometers long and is continuing to expand. taipei'snt of transportation spearheaded the introduction of the bike sharing system and continues to supervise operations. >> we hope to demonstrate here and throughout asia the effectiveness of public bike sharing in reducing motor traffic. taipei's mrt system has helped improve the environment over the past 20 years. with u bike, our transit system will become even more ecofriendly. >> the actual operation of u bike is contracted to a private taiwanese company that has worked hand in hand with the department of transportation right from the planning stage. ♪ ♪ 81-year-old founder of the company has played a hands-on role in creating the u bike system. a u bike user stops to chat with him. his company is also behind a household name bicycle brand. ♪ ♪ after working in various jobs in his youth, leo set up a bicycle parts manufacturing company in 1972 at the age of 38. called giant, it flourished as a manufacturer for foreign bicycle brands. it now applies the know how it acquired over the de

taiwan ushered in 2016 with a fireworks display from the taipei 101 tower. from there we go to luneta park in manila. thousands gathered for fireworks to kick off the new year. really, no matter where you wire, it comes down to fireworks. that' s how we ring in the new year. mike: it' s not bad though. jc: we know we have had a few years when the wind chill is below zero. mike: i have done standup stunning copley square, the wind is going -- tonight is not bad at all. art league cloudy skies, 41 degrees. for the family fireworks, a little breezy out there. you will want to bundle up. than 38. if you' re headed down to the windchill. but then it is midnight down at the harbor. but the wind will not be in your face. the winds have been out of the west-northwest gray skies to start the day, but that sunshine was though nice when it came out. and look at this. another day above 10 degrees above average. here are the current readings. worcester down to 37, but very respectable numbers we' re talking about, and overnight, the skies will clear away and with clearing

revelers in taiwan's capital lit up one of the world's tallest buildings. taipei 101 tower. near the royal palace. phil: while the new year is celebrated across much of the world, a major fire has broken out in a 63 story high-rise hotel and apartment complex in dubai. authorities say 16 people were injured and all of the guest had been evacuated. the fire is 90% under control. earlier, it engulfed nearly the whole building where it houses a luxury hotel. the world's tallest building, tens of thousands of people have gathered for a spectacular fireworks display. security across europe has been heightened in preparation for new year's elevations. authorities have decided the risk of an attack is too great in brussels. police have arrested people in connection with a plot to attack brussels on new year's eve. >> it was supposed to be an exceptional evening. fears of the terror attack put an end in brussels. risk analysis meant there was no choice but to cancel all public events scheduled for the night. this is the second block down in two months. i would like to ask that the in

the documentary. she's visited her birthplace more than 30 times and has developed strong ties to local community. she was born in taipei in 1930 and was 17 when she returned to japan with her family. >> translator: i grew up in taiwan in the most formative period of my life. in japan i feel like a stranger. i'm more at home in taiwan. >> reporter: this is the high school that she went to. recently she was invited to address an inter-cultural exchange program as a guest speaker. she talked about living in taipei during the war. she said it was impossible to lead a normal life as the bombing was getting heavier by the day and students had to wear air raid glasses. >> translator: you can't imagine how difficult life was for us students towards the end of the war. if i could, i would travel back in time 70 years so i could study in peace. >> translator: when you saw documents from your time living in taiwan, what was your reaction? >> translator: memories started coming back to me from that time, and i couldn't stop crying. >> translator: to see an older japanese lady who loves taiwan so much, it was very moving. >> report

the very latest. i'm sarah kelly in berlin. . >>> ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> taiwan's major me trop plis taipei, the mainstre street is packed with cars, motorcycles

that is the taipei 101 building in downtown. there has been so much interesting going on in terms of the world and technology in 2015. let's bring in michael wolff. his a former yahoo! board member. corey and i have an excited about having you join us today so welcome. we love all of our guests. michael: it is so great a bigger because there is so much exciting things happening next year in media. carol: what is it about the environment right now that makes you say that? michael: there are so many things that we know are on the verge of happening. you have over 100% of americans have cell phones today. that means that people have more than one. we have this entire revolution happening with television. and messaging, which i can talk and little bit more about. we are about to see some things -- we are just at the precipice of seeing a lot of them develop not only in terms of how people are going to use them but in terms of how they become bigger businesses. johnson: you did some work looking at the conception of how people use me

the teens. showers in taipei as we go into the weekend. hope you have a good day wherever you are.ere's your extended outlook. >>> the friday edition of "newsroom tokyo" comes to you live at the top of the hour. for all of us here on "newsline," thanks for watching8 >> you lose 1:00 p.m. here in the french capital. pushing the deadline negotiators in paris same to reach a global climate deal on saturday. canada opens its doors to syrian refugees. justin trudeau on hand as the first arrived by plane.

bloombergs 10 uncovered the secret and joins us now from taipei.this lab in person, what did you see? tim: that's right. i went out there. what i can tell you it is a very nondescript -- unless you know with apple, there is no way you would discover it on your own. it is a lab that was previously owned by qualcomm. it doesn't look like much at all. there is no signage that really indicates who resides inside. after you go across the driveway end up to the stairs and inside to the reception where you see the apple logo, at that point you realize that it belongs to apple. at the reception desk, they will not talk and refuse entry and you really need to make an appointment to go any further. they would not give out details of who the person in charge would be or how the best way to make contact with the company would be. they are very secretive. people in and around the facility that i spoke to all basically declined to comment and would not talk about it. they said is very secret and they are not allowed to talk about it at all. very much a veil of s

his appeal is worldwide, with followers in the u.s., brazil, thailand, china, and taipei. nigel: an amazing sight captured by the hubble space telescope. nasa released this photo of two galaxies merging into one. research determined that it's actually two galaxies that collided, and are now becoming a single structure. eventually, the new galaxy will become stable. all of this is located about 230 million light years from earth, in the hercules constellation. gabrielle: carolina panthers quarterback cam newton, now a father. he tweeted last night that he and his longtime girlfriend had a son last week. newton says he kept the news quiet, because he didn't want to distract his team. the new dad will try to lead carolina to the number one seed in the nfc, with a win sunday against tampa bay. nigel: ringing in the new year doesn't have to mean staying up not everyone will be awake-- at nigel: not everyone will be awake at midnight tonight, so some celebrated early. in on the fun. aly: rolling coconuts, playing with black eyed peas, even strapping on skates. whether it's a new

it was the biggest ever disapply by the city and included 25,000 shooting mets and pyrotechnique effects. >>> in taipei's display where nature is the future. and hong kong's victoria's harbor with lights ushering i in 2016. china will be celebrating the new year again celebrating the year of the monkey. more of everything we're covering right here. the address, www.aljazeera.com. >> three locations, three different stories about the environment. one message. >> this year is blowing our minds. >> storms generated by a powerful weather system. >> these urchins are in trouble right now, why is that? >> our oceans getting warmer and more toxic. land frozen for years now melting. what is happening around the planet and what can science do abou

harbour bridge and sydney opera house in the b ackground. elias: taipei 101 tower, nearly 30 thousand rounds of fireworks, and a half million u.s. dollars were set off to ring in the new year. in 2011, it was named the tallest and largest green buidling in the world. elias: and take a look at this. elias: it's always hard to sum up a whole year in brief, but one photographer certainly made an impressive effort. brian abeling compiled a time lapse of various events around central iowa over this year and condensed it into a 3 minute video. the whole process took more than seven thousand still photos to make the video. if you want to see the full video, we have it up on our website...we are iowa dot com. elias/lam you're watching local 5 news midday. we'll be back after this with a final look at we'll be back after this with a final look at your forecast this new year's eve. weather adlib: today is going to be a cold but snow free day across iowa. we are looking partly cloudy today with highs only in the mid 20s through the afternoon. tonight when everyone i

yvonne: he also spoke with the front one or at a rally in taipei. generational shift in taiwan. we are confident about that. we will do whatever we can to increase -- >> and your responses to some of the concerns of global investors of a victory? and raises the risk economically and politically for taiwan? >> a more efficient government to come. we would manage to maintain a peaceful relationship with china , so on one hand you have a very peaceful external environment and on the other hand you would have a much more efficient government to govern this place. yvonne: coming up next, delly bands diesel for federal and regional official cars, predictably, manufactures are furious. stay with us. ♪ ♪ you're watching trending business, i'm yvonne man, welcome back. ending carmakers are's -- serious at what they call an overnight ban on diesel vehicles saying that the ill thought out pollution plan will leave them with a pile of unwanted stock. let's crossover in mumbai. what is this all about? before i came to the automakers, i would like to very quickly

the west. we are expecting a relatively dry day as we go into tuesday. look at this, partly cloudy skies in tokyo, high of 12. 3 in beijing. maybe some showers down toward taipeithat will be the wet spot as we move forward through the next days. highs in the mid-20s for wednesday and thursday. you'll need that umbrella. nearby beijing may see flurries as we go into thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> and with that we end this hour's "newsline." special reports and an in-depth look at the day's news are all coming to you on "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour, so stay with us.ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ? laura: you're watching france 24. i'm genie godula. these are the headlines. round one of the french regional election cements the anti-immigration party's grassroots rise across the country. the national front is the big winner in sunday's mode. -- vote. the ruling french socialist party says it will pull its candidates out of the tightest races if the conservatives block the national front.

reporter it joins us -- joins us with the latest from taipei. : -- been on taiwanese news organizations. in those e-mails, they sent e-mail spoofing the party, pretending to be from taiwan opposition parties. that is what the security firm uncovered. in my own reporting, i've spoken to people at the party itself. in one instance, a staffer had found their own gmail account had been infiltrated by hackers. in one instance, an e-mail account from a colleague had also been infiltrated with the hackers actually typing in chinese a spoof e-mail. another attack that came across, a former u.s. diplomat to taiwan is now working as an academic in taiwan has been getting warnings from google itself in his gmail account warning that state-sponsored hackers may be trying to attack his account as well. instances least three that we know about so far where targets in taiwan and connected to the taiwan opposition groups have been attacked in the last month or so. angie: what are the hackers trying to achieve? what interest would chinese hackers have? tim: it is

we go fly to taipei on what the company is up to. ♪ emily: a stock we are watching, yelp.estors are in pain as shares sunk 10% today. after facebook started testing a product that directly compete with the consumer review site. the new facebook feature will send people to the top-rated local businesses and arizona and their betting that it is likely to follow the opinions of your friends when it comes to choosing where to go. a look at potential -- gilt close to selling itself or a fraction of the $1.1 billion valuation from 12,011. the ceo of saks fifth avenue is trying to buy gilt for a quarter of a billion dollars. it is not the only online retailer looking for a lifetime. another sold to qvc. fab.com sold itself. a home furnishings site announced a plan to cut a quarter of its staff. what's going on? joining us is a senior analyst. i remember two years ago when i was looking at these sites for deals around the holidays and it did not occur to me to go there this year. what is really going on here? >> i think that what you are seeing is that over the years, these flash

and east from shanghai to hong kong will help to bring some of the wet weather in places as we go through wednesday. 16 shanghai, 25 in taipei in tokyo, 20 in hong kong. the western portions of the united states and the southwestern portions of canada, we have a vigorous system coming onshore. it tunes to remain over the area. we're talking about windy conditions and wet conditions. some areas could see close to 300 millimeters of rainfall as you go throughout the next day or so. please look at the possibility of flash flooding and snow part of that forecast as well. windy conditions from vancouver to seattle over the next few daus. warmer conditions, upper 20s for tuesday and wednesday in los angeles. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> an in-depth look at beijing's hazardous smog and much mq?q?q?q?q?q?q? ♪ >> this is "france 24." time for 60 minutes live, these are the headlines. republican front runner donald trump calls for a total ban on muslims entering america in the wake of the attack in california . critics and rivals slam him and his comments as in both reckless and unhinged

the south there. a few showers though, but overall, temperatures still chilly. taipei with a high of only 19. s take a look over toward the americas. the big topic out here is this storm system. look at this. very large one continuing to sweep off toward the northeast and already this has been causing widespread problems. over 40 casualties from this one due to severe weather, thunderstorms, tornadoes reported out here across parts of the missouri, even back toward the west, and also the snowfall. i know, across texas it has been coming down. back on sunday, some very hazardous weather conditions. this is out of el paso. when you think of this city, you are thinking cactuses and desert-type climate. the snow came down there near the u.s.-mexico border. overnight lows, temperatures dipping below the freezing points. in the west, staying on the cold side. in the east, we're contending with this very dangerous storm system. severe weather warning still in effect down toward the southeast. also heavy snowfall back toward parts of ontario, over quebec. 40 centimeters with 80 kilometer per hour wind

the new year. which is your favorite? tweet me. that's taipei right there. beautiful fireworks taking place. ♪ >> really is a stunning sight to see. 2016 around the world. this is hong kong, quite a display there in the bay. ♪ >> check out manila right now. a nice display of manila. i like taipei and hong kong a little more, that's just if i'm being honest. i'm sure they have big plans in the coming minutes in manila. you can see the stage is set. again, 2016 on the other side of the world. here in the united states, about 13 hours to do something you'll regret in 2015, but everyone here planning for the new year. at this hour, we're also watching pope francis at the vatican. he is holding a new year's eve v vesper service. live pictures from st. peter's square. tomorrow morning the pope will hold a special mass to ring in the new year. beautiful sights to see all around the world. >>> some public celebrations, though, have been canceled on this holiday. the mayor of brussels in belgium called off fireworks there. two men were arrested for allegedly plotting

the picture quality is better. tim went to this building which is tucked away about an hour outside of taipei. to the front door and saw the apple logo over the front desk. they did not want to talk about it but apple has always kept most of its r&d and house at outsourced the processing. apple moving toward is potentially doing some of the processing themselves. theirould decrease reliance on some of the other companies and focus on smaller manufacturers. in those the stock smaller manufacturers rising today and larger manufacturers taking a hit. myid: i just looked at iphone and on the back of it, it says designed in california. even the manufacturing has moved overseas, a lot of the design happens here. ?ow significant is this emily: i think it is significant that they are thinking of making some of these components themselves. if they can make the parts themselves, they can have more control and potentially cut down on costs. you mentioned the three analyst reports all taking a swipe at apple. morgan stanley saying iphone sales are going to drop for the first time in 2016 and shipments will

angie: he also spoke with the front runner at a rally in taipei. >> yes, we are pretty confident aboutwill do whatever we can to increase our seats in the parliament. >> can you respond to some of the concerns global investors -- a dpp victory raises the risk economically and politically for taiwan? >> it will be a more efficient government. we will manage to maintain peaceful relationship with china. havee one hand, you would -- you would have a much more efficient government. angie: coming up next on "asia to take aare going look at central-bank policy in the asia-pacific region. ♪ angie: checking some of the stories making headlines around the world now. party hasar right failed to win any regional assemblies despite a strong first-round performance. marine le pen was beaten by former president nicolas sarkozy. her niece fell to the same party on the cÔte d'azur. initial results from council elections in saudi arabia show at least 19 women have won seats. it is the first time that women were allowed to vote in the country's history. the election commission says of 130,000 registered

angie: stephen spoke with the front runner at a rally in taipei. r whether the generational shift in taiwan will give the dpp both the presidential victory and majority in the legislature. we are pretty confident about that. we will do whatever we can to increase our. reporter: can you respond to the concerns, with a dpp victory it raises the risk politically and economically? >> it will be a more efficient government income. we would manage to maintain a peaceful relationship with china, saw the one hand you would have the people external environments, on the other hand much more efficient government to govern the place. angie: coming up next, debut day for the minor and mg. the ceo joins us live from sydney, after this short break. stay with us, you are watching "first up." ♪ angie: welcome back. you are watching "first up." it is a big for chinese owned with aminer mmg secondary listing on the australian securities exchange. we had the ceo joining us from sydney. why now? now?: why we have been looking at this for quite a while. we have been grow

the city. meanwhile, taiwan launched its new year from its tallest building. taipei's 101 k ao. in 2016, china will be celebrating the year again welcoming in the year of the monkey. >>> new year's fireworks celebrations went on in dubai despite a massive fire in the city. the blaze started outside the five star address hotel. authorities say four squads of firefighters are working to control the fire and 16 people have been injured. witnesses that we've spoken to have said that a number of explosion were heard, thick smoke continuing to billow into the air. we understand the address hotel itself has 196 rooms. seven restaurants. on 53 floors. so we're talking about an extensive hotel. there would have been a number -- we don't know if the hotel had reached full occupancy, but at the time of year, a very popular sometime of year with tour it's and localities, the hotel has been evacuated. the cause of the blaze is not clear. we'll bring you more on this later. >> tonight... roxana saberi returns to her mother's homeland in a personal and revealing journey from hiroshima, a moment

the stationary front south of shanghai, looking at a calm weather pattern. and temperatures will be relatively normal for this time of year. four in beijing, sunny skies. five in seoul. wet to taipeill need your umbrella. morning rain followed by partly cloudy skies in the afternoon on thursday in tokyo. now, i do want to draw your attention to north america. this is a little more of a serious weather situation. we have a very complicated setup where we have a couple of low-pressure system moving out of the central united states. here's the problem. it's been really, really warm for the eastern side of the united states, the way that the jet stream pattern has been taking place. it is now dragging a lot of very warm tropical moisture. and we are now in winter. when you have that much warm air coming in and cold air from the north slamming into each other, we have a very unstable weather situation. and in fact, we are looking at the possibility on wednesday to see an enhanced risk for severe storms extending from indiana, illinois, mississippi and arkansas. so you want to pay attention to the weather situation as you go throughout the day on wednesday. this will also bring a lot of

ofit is wednesday, the 23rd december. .his is "trending business" ♪ yvonne: live in sydney, beijing, taipeiis morning. the chairman returns from assisting with official inquiries. the brokerage says it is not involved and operations are normal. dotcomland says that kim is available for extradition to america. just did it. jumped as they smashed expectations. revenue in china jumped 24%. let us know what you think of today's stories by following as on twitter. trading in indonesia it is getting underway. here is a look at the market. how is it looking now? >> pretty green. stocks mixing up my sea of green, a little bit lower. a pretty good session here at very light trading volumes given that we are in that holiday state of mind.

the day on your friday. should taper off with a passing shower or two possible on saturday out here. hong kong looking at improving conditions. taipeias well, as we head there into your friday and saturday. let's look over towards india now and one of the big topics we have been talking about has been the rainfall towards the south. the good news that is improving. we can see scattered showers but the whole effect we have been talking about throughout the month of november is starting to finally taper off. i want to shift attention across parts of new delhi. very typical for this time of year fog combined with haze makes for a significant reduce in visibility out here. it is really disrupting travel, as well. several flights were cancelled on wednesday just to do that very heavy fog and reducing visibility. it has been combined with the haze across the region and pollution levels. indexes higher than what they are in beijing. does look like efforts to try to improve that after the new year put in some regulations kind of like farther off towards the north into china. for now doesn't look like precipitation in the forecast. the atmos

taipei. fireworks were set up at the city's famous tower. alison: trains will run until 3:00 a.m. to help people get home. lar fares and parking rates are in effect until midnight. after that you use your smart trip card to get to the gates and you will not be charged. tomorrow rampant bus service will run on a sunday schedule and parking will be free at all metro lots all day long. the clock is ticking on 2015. leon: just a few hours left to get your financial affairs in order. suzanne kennedy shows us some of the options left are you this morning. reporter: just down to the wire at the salvation army in annandale. >> what all to be got? reporter: a final push to make donations before 2015 turns to 2016. >> getting that last minute right off -- write-off. reporter: the organization says donations are strong because of the warm weather. this will be the busiest day of the year at the salvation army location. it is 1:00 in the afternoon and take a look at this line. a wraps around the building with three other cars waiting. 10% of all charitable nations happened between december 29

the family trust allows sherry redstone to become chair of cbs. what do we have to look forward to next year? joins us fromter taipeiedictions. then queue for joining us. the first thing you pretty -- thank you for joining us. the first thing you predict is that it is going to be a big year for tech ipos. why? crazy year last year in china. one of the results is that the chinese government closed the igot off.ff -- spe been openedas since and all of these tech startups who had been looking forward to an ipo look like they could launch in 2016. there is a reason they go to china, and that is valuation. are still getting better valuation in china if you are a startup or an investor. if you have to list your stock next year, you are probably better off doing it in china. the u.s. tends to be a little more picky, especially when it comes to corporate governance. china looks like the place a lot of companies will go next year to get going and get ipos. you also predict that indonesia will give birth to its first unicorn, which is a company valued at more than $1 billion. which unicorn are we talking about? tim: there is

taipei, taiwan. at least 31 people died and 15 others were hurt. in march - on the 10th - hillary clinton answers questions about her use of a private email account while she held the position of secretary of state. flight 9-5- 2-5 crashes into the french alps while en route from barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf, germany. all 144 passengers and six crew members were killed. we'll have more of the top stories for 2015 f fm around the world coming up at 5. let's get an update on your weather with ben. thursday the rain chance falls >> to win the big money on our show, you got to be smart, and you got to be fearless.

we transition from that frightening look to these scenes in taipei, taiwan and hong kong, ringing in the new year with fireworks over hong kong's victoria day, while. nighttime fireworks, beautiful. let it play. ♪ we just wanted to breed a little. like fine wine. let these scenes be remembered, let it breathe a little bit and for it. in the united states of course in new york's times square, and i was down there a short time ago and i can tell you they are already -- look at that, they are already gathered underneath the mall, people are staking out their positions and i don't know what they will do for a bathroom break. i hope they got for up bodies. fox news alert authorities closing major interstate south of st. louis in response to the historic flooding blamed for the deaths of at least 21 people in the midwest. welcome to "happening now". i am gregg jarrett in for john. arthel: rising floodwaters have now filled over 9 levees in the st. louis area. authorities evacuate hundreds of homes near the mississippi river where the water is expected to rise nearly 13 feet above the flood sta

the las vegas strip. taiwan fireworks fireworks and taipei 101 tower good morning and i'm maria silva in for monica jackson welcome to fox5 news this morning. first - cassandra jones joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. it's going to be another freezing start to the day as degrees in las vegas with outlying areas in the upper-20s overnight. we max out at 49 degrees today with sunny skies and afternoon breezes 10-20 mph & a lake wind advisory for gusts 35-40 mph across the lake mead area. winds should diminish in the valley 5-10 mph overnight right around firework overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday with a high of 48 degrees for new year's day & 51 degrees saturday & 55 sunday. temps remain in the mid 50's monday through tednesday with a slight chance of showers monday & area tuesday & . here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. a person was stabb

the prime minister for being too expensive. yvonne: chinese hackers may be stepping up cyber attacks on taiwan's opposition parties. we will be live in taipei talk about this fallout. ♪ yvonne: the computer security firm buyer right shows a series of targets have been hacked in taiwan and blames a state group in china. fireeye says the targets included unnamed news outlets. otherwise staff at the opposition party had their e-mails infiltrated. we are just less than a month before this election. what is going on here? : january 16 is when taiwan goes to the polls. they will be electing a new president and legislature. the dpp is firmly in charge of the presidential poll. that is of interest to the chinese art fireeye says they have -- a group working in china, it's state-sponsored. they have attacked news organizations in taiwan. what is interesting about their method is that in the subject line of the e-mail come they were purporting an update from the dpp. democratic progressive party, the opposition party of taiwan. they have linked that attack to the chinese. elsewhere, the dpp itself, staff members there have told me of their own accoun

the u.s. has made to taiwan in four years. this comes under a u.s. act ensuring taipei can defend itself. >> our long-standing policy on arms sales to taiwan has been consistent along six different u.s. administrations. we remain committed to our one china policy. reporter: that will likely make little difference to beijing. china has increasingly become assertive in the south china sea in recent months, claiming much of it as chinese territory, leaving its neighbor increasingly anxious. 9:15 in paris.as a reminder of our top stories. it was finally signed -- libya's two rival governments have agreed to a deal to form a unity government has brokered by the united nations. we are asking whether it will put the chaotic country back on the path to stability. heads of state at the final eu summit of 2015 discussed britain's profitable exit over -- britain's possible exit over dinner this evening. the migration crisis and terrorist threat also dominating the agenda today. protesting her innocence and vowing to appeal, the head of the imf responds after french authorities say

taipei can maintain a credible defense. >>> thousands of anti-government demonstrators have gathered in front of parliament in the theal --ian capitol. they have been throwing tomatoes, eggs, and flairs to disrupt parliament. they want the current prime minister to step down. albanian police have stopped them from reaching the building. >>> a proposed center for asylum seekers has provoked riots in a dutch town. police there fired warning shots and made 14 arrests. earlier rioters forced a halt to a town council meeting which was discussing a center for 1500 asylum seekers. >>> undersecretary general ban ki-moon has warned that burundi is on the risk of civil war. meanwhile the u.n. human right's council has convened a special session to discuss the ongoing violence in burundi. turmoil began in april when the president sought a third term in office which he went on to win. >>> much more on that story and everything else we have been covering on our website, aljazeera.com. ♪ >>> criminal charges. feder federal firms focus on a man suspected of helping the san bernardino attackers. >>> ash carter under fire for using his pe

we transition from that frightening look to these scenes in taipei, taiwan and hong kong, ringing in ther with fireworks over hong kong's victoria day, while. nighttime fireworks, beautiful. let it play. ♪ we just wanted to breed a little. like fine wine.

the new year. which is your favorite? tweet me. that's taipei right there. beautiful fireworks taking place. ♪