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Music. Dubai always puts on a good show, doesnt it . That is a world class tactile list building, the worlds tallest building, with the fantastic skyline as a backdrop to the fireworks. The new year has arrived in the United Arab Emirates. Music. You may recall as we were saying on the screen there, when 2015 became 2016 there was a huge fire that engulfed part of a luxury hotel in dubai very close to where those people gathered to watch the fireworks display and that particular year brought under control without any fatalities but that fire lit up the side of the address Downtown Hotel close to the city centre and scattering bysta nders city centre and scattering bystanders into a nearby shopping mall. But thankfully everything has passed off calmly but beautifully in dubai. Four hours ahead of us. Lots of controversy about whether fireworks display should be taking place and all parts of the world particularly australia. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced
Making a dangerous situation even more perilous. Labour backbenchers lisa nandy and Jess Phillips join the contest to become the partys next leader. No one to small to make a difference is the name of a book by a environmental campaigner called watch . Sharon. When greta became sharon, the Climate Change campaigner gets in on thejoke and changes her twitter name. And coming up the uks leading foreign correspondents discuss their views on the weeks International News thats in dateline in half an hour. The chief spokesman for irans armed forces has said his country has every right to retaliate for the death of the countrys military commander who was killed in a us drone strike. The funeral procession for Qassem Soleimani is under way in baghdad after he was killed at the citys airport on thursday night. President trump said he had taken action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. The Foreign Office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but ess
North korea. Mercifully no rockets going off, just fireworks. Perhaps an International Purpose as well as an International Purpose as well as a domestic one and promoting the image of north korea abroad. Still a pretty quick title show. Are pretty quick title show. Are pretty spectacular show. In the days of continuous new channels around the world people get to see what other countries are doing and want to go one better. There will be the usual spectacular firework display at edinburgh castle. And also in london along the banks of the river thames and at places around the uk as well. This is the scene from japan live. A lot of the Japanese Cemetery is to do with the buddhist faith injapan. Ceremony. A lot of these things are very old and traditional. Fireworks area very old and traditional. Fireworks are a chinese invention so maybe thatis are a chinese invention so maybe that is more of a modern addition to the japanese display. Has been 20 of snow in tokyo tonight. Plenty of snow.