and these pictures are from a french beach in arcochon, where people have also been enjoying the unusually warm weather. but the balmy temperatures have meteorologists worried warmer winters are one of the key indicators of climate change. people around the world have been marking the start of the new year let s take a moment to see what they ve been doing. pope francis has used his new year message to denounce violence against women. speaking during a mass at st peter s basilica in vatican city, he said that to hurt a woman was to insult god. he also called for more work to be put into achieving world peace, saying that getting depressed or complaining is useless. nearby in rome, crowds gathered to watch the tradition ofjumping from the cavour bridge into the river tiber, 20 metres below. everyone who jumped survived unscathed. meanwhile in portugal, dozens took to swimming in the sea near lisbon. it s reportedly a tradition for bathers to run into the ocean
accounts that are not based in uk. that s not all of them, some have come from the uk, i think that can be explained largely by fans that live all over the world, and people who watch and engage with football. i would be wary ofjumping to the conclusion immediately that this is some sort of influence operation which people have been talking about. i think it is worth investigating, and we do find that with influence operations in general that people seek to sow seeds of discord to encourage disputes, to cause trouble. one thing we see was trolling, which is my thoughts here, is there actually lots of people will create several accounts, they almost become like professional chores. not necessarily because they are affiliated with something more sinister. we see how notjust fans or accounts on the mainstream social media sites, but on far right