Style there. Around 2 Million People bracing the freezing temperatures. Is thought to be around 12 degrees celsius right now in midtown manhattan. That is not dampening the party there. New york, new york plays. I think someone hasjust party there. New york, new york plays. I think someone has just been proposed to their and it looks like a yes. She was just showing off her ring. And now the confetti coming down. 1. 5 tons of confetti being thrown from the rooftops in times square. The mayor of new york there along with his wife. Ifl ifican if i can make it their, i will make it anywhere its up to you, new york, new york. It is one of the interesting things about new york. Most other cities have fireworks but from new york we get these pictures of couples kissing. It is something of couples kissing. It is something ofa of couples kissing. It is something of a tradition when they see in the new year at times square. That tradition goes back to 1907, the drop of the ball, that is, not th
Is at the church of the nativity in bethlehem. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The African Union has demanded an apology from President Trump after he reportedly used a vulgar and disparaging term to describe nations on the continent. It was apparently made during an Oval Office Meeting on immigration with members of congress. The union, which represents 55 african countries, expressed its shock, dismay and outrage and said the Trump Administration misunderstood africans. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. It has been an extraordinary week, even by Donald Trumps standards. It ended with a medical, a routine checkup that all president s undergo and word from mr trumps doctor that the commander in chief is in excellent health. For the past two days have seen the president of my but the past two days have seen the president mired in controversy, as donald trump arrives in florida to spend the weekend at his golf resort, the I
The dateline london Panel Focused on President Trump and brexit. Good morning, and welcome to bbc news. The African Union has demanded an apology from President Trump after he reportedly used a vulgar and disparaging term to describe nations on the continent. It was apparently made during an Oval Office Meeting on immigration with members of congress. The union, which represents 55 african countries, expressed its shock, dismay and outrage and said the Trump Administration misunderstood africans. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. It has been an extraordinary week, even by Donald Trumps standards. It ended with a medical, a routine checkup that all president s undergo and word from mr trumps doctor is that the commander in chief is in excellent health. The past two days have seen the president mired in controversy. As donald trump arrives in florida to spend the weekend at his golf resort, the International Community is still feeding over his alleged use of crude lang
Supporting the supply chain and the tens of thousands of workers can be done by government taking it out of in house or re tendering in many cases but the government cannotjust do a financial bailout. The shareholders and the creditors and the big banks have got to take it. They cannot just off load the big banks have got to take it. They cannotjust off load all the losses onto the taxpayer. Carillion isa losses onto the taxpayer. Carillion is a major British Company with hundreds of contracts running prisons, maintaining hospitals and mot facilities. With thousands of employees here and many more dependent on the company, it has run up dependent on the company, it has run up debts of nearly £1. 5 billion, including nearly £0. 5 billion to its banks whose patients have run out. Hsz banks whose patients have run out. Hs2 starts Major Construction here next year. Carillion is opposed to build it but given the mountain of debt is there was a very real chance that the government might st
Welcome to bbc news. Iran says its successfully tested a new Ballistic Missile, with a range of up to twelve hundred miles. It comes just days after President Trump attacked the countrys weapons programme, in a speech at the United Nations. Here, the foreign secretary boris johnson, called on iran to end what he called provocative acts. Heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. A show of power from tehran. A missile launched as a message to the americans. This was statement television in iran broadcasting what it says was the successful test of the newly developed missile with a range of 2000 kilometres. The launch came just days after President Trump attacked iran at the United Nations for destabilising the middle east and condemned its Missile Programme. He again threatened to abandon an Historic Nuclear Deal painstakingly negotiated over many years. We cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilising activities while building dangerous missiles and we cannot abi