arrivals from china. celebrations are underway to mark the start of 2023 this is the scene live in hong kong the fireworks over the victoria harbour. and this taiwan the capital taipei with the fireworks shooting off the iconic skyscraper taipei 101. they have launched 16,000 fireworks in taiwan. the skyscraper is one of the tallest in the world. the extravaganza is going to last five minutes. and queen guitarist brian may and members of england s womens football team are among those celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. hgppy happy new year to viewers in hong kong and taiwan. these are the scenes live. there was talk of their not being fireworks in hong kong but there are. there was an attempt to have a spectacular celebration and at last it is enjoying a degree of normalcy after the ravages of covid and the serious restrictions imposed on hong kong. this is always a beautiful display. in the evenings it is always pretty well lit up. we can watch for a mome
and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. queen guitarist brian may is among those receiving awards in the new year s honours list. he s knighted for services to music and charity. hello and welcome to those watching in the uk and around the globe. a us congressional committee has released six years of tax returns for the former president donald trump. mr trump battled for years to keep the documents secret until the supreme court approved their disclosure last month. the returns show that in 2020 he paid nothing in federal income taxes. the former president has released a video statement, condemning the release of the documents. although these tax returns contain relatively little information and not information that almost anybody would understand, they are extremely complex, the radical democrats behaviour is a shame upon the us congress. i spoke with lloyd doggett, a democratic party congressman and
and a year on, well, it s still very much on air. just through the window here, there are many people journalists, producers working on the output as it goes on. and we re going to consider what s definitely been a tumultuous 12 months. i m joined by angelos frangopoulos, the ceo of gb news. thanks for being with us. thank you very much for having me, ros, and welcome to gb news. you re still going? we are going strong. in fact, it s been a tumultuous start, but i have to say it s been an exhilarating journey for the entire team and it has been something that really has been very typical of a start up, i think, particularly in the early days. tumultuous. there were probably other words being used as well. were there moments in that first week, that first month, where you thought, maybe this isn t going to hang together ? not at all, not at all. very typical of a start up that some things go right, some things go wrong, some people come through, some people don t. and t
football star cristiano ronaldo after accusing the complainant s attorney of using leaked and stolen documents. kathryn mayorga claims the portuguese footballer assaulted her in 2009. ronaldo denies the accusations made against him. he hasn t been charged. now on bbc news, the media show: hello and welcome to the media show. for this week s edition, we ve come to paddington in central london, to the newsroom of gb news, because, as i m sure you may remember, back onjune 13th last year, andrew neil and his programme launched gb news at 8pm on 13june. it was certainly a distinct launch. the studio was quite dark. there were some technical problems. it was widely discussed on social media. within weeks, andrew neil would be on holiday, never to return. within months, nigel farage would have his own prime time show. and a year on, well, it s still very much on air. just through the window here, there are many people journalists, producers working on the output as it goes on.