celebrations to mark the start of 2023 are being held around the world with rio the latest city to welcome the new year in the past hour. earlier, crowds thronged the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east, to brussels, paris, madrid and london where the countdown was projected within the london eye as midnight approached. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes, in what was thought to be the largest display in europe, with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraine s resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. 0ur correspondent greg mckenzie was soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers on the banks of the river thames. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest firework display in the entire europe having taken place just a few minutes ago, and in an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the
benedict xvi who he says, is very ill. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as china s covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worrying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at this funeral home,
to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese owned app tiktok from their phones saying it represents high risk to its users. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as china s covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worrying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at this funeral home,
pope francis asks people to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese owned app tiktok from their phones, saying it represents high risk to users . welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. the uk is now also considering something similar, while tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. not all countries are on the same page, however. australia has said it will not change its policy on chinese arrivals. china has announced one further death in the last 2a hours, bringing the official death toll to 5,246, though experts believe the real toll to be far, far higher. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has this report. from the w
to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. and us politicians are ordered by congress to delete the chinese owned app tiktok from their phones, saying it represents high risk to users . welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. the uk is now also considering something similar while tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. not all countries are on the same page, however, australia has said it will not change its policy on chinese arrivals. china has announced one further death in the last 2a hours, bringing the official death toll to 5,246, though experts believe the real toll to be far, far higher. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has this report. from the world s most populous natio