in the big apple tonight. new york city and the rest of the country are set to ring in the new year end just a matter of hours. meantime others around the world have already welcomed in 2024 but you are looking at celebrations in the middle east where the clock just hit midnight. happy new year everyone and welcome to a special edition of fox news live i am rich edson. you are looking at times square courtesy of ea earth cam authorities here at home find the right balance between safety and celebration crowds already gathering in new york city s times square for eight hours to go until the iconic ball drops. 1 million people expected to attend in person there tonight. law enforcement agencies in the federal state and city level all taking special care as israel s war against hamas sparks heightened concern over potential disruptions like protest or even violence. thousands of nypd officers and fbi agents are ready for any threats to public safety. and alexis is live and times
Severe gale and a pretty blustery winter Northern Ireland. As well as that, aside from the wind, all these showers to come. Lengthy spells of rain for some, hail showers to come. Lengthy spells of rainforsome, hailand showers to come. Lengthy spells of rain for some, hail and thunder as well. Really unsettled and i have mentioned snow so it is going to be chilly tomorrow, temperatures between seven and ten for most of us. More showers taking us into thursday. Perhaps not quite as voracious as wednesday. But we have got more Rain Waiting In The Wings to come in on friday but slightly less chilly thursday with a bit more brightness between the showers but some nasty weather. Thanks, helen. Thats it. More analysis of the days top stories is over on Newsnight News where you are. Have a very good night. As englands Junior Doctors strike for 96 continuous hours, Hospital Bosses worry about what overnight cover there will be tonight. And with the government and bma union both adamant they won
and demanding that these bronzes stay where they are so we can have access to these. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, rajan datar. now, it s widely believed that the first ever museum was built more than 2,500 years ago in babylon, or modern day iraq. and now unesco reckons there are 100,000 of them throughout the world. but today, many museums are putting a lot of time and effort into thinking about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what we re looking at in this week s show, starting here in belgium. the african museum just outside of brussels is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museum has taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the labelling around objects. anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some t
meaning of the results. but it s not the meaning of the results. but it s not the only meaning of the results. but it s not the only way - meaning of the results. but it s not the only way or necessarily the best. a recent poll suggests that of of the 15 most successful democracies, nine are monarchies. the founding fathers rejected aching, but many europeans feel aching, but many europeans feel a royalfamily is an aching, but many europeans feel a royal family is an asset. i am living washington on a royal mission as the uk has a new king, charles iii. iwant mission as the uk has a new king, charles iii. i want to king, charles iii. iwant to find king, charles iii. i want to find out how other royal families, many of them king charles relations, managed to stay relevant in the 21st century. i will be mixing in royal circles. how was it? and visiting palaces. visiting palaces. you can t walk past visiting palaces. you can t walk past that visiting palaces. you can t
the president is set to meet with congressle leaders on tuesday, and sources tell cnn the temperature could be just right for bargaining. here s the latest from washington. president biden says he s likely meeting with congressional leaders on tuesday, setting up another showdown over the debt limit. the president said his aids are working through the timing with that meeting, but top economists say the staff level talks have been constructive, and they said they talked about the need of avoiding default. president biden struck an optimistic tone that an agreement will be reached. i learned a long time ago, and you know as well as i do it s never good to characterize talks in the middle of the talk. i think there s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. i think we will be able to do it. in preparation for this upcoming meeting with president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other congressional leaders. officials have said some of the discus