This is bangkok, live at midnight. Spectacular scenes in the capital of thailand. There was a pause on the dot at midnight. Perhaps someone had lost the key moment. But in the end, it was worth waiting for. Those fireworks will no doubt continue for a number of minutes as people in thailand celebrate the arrival of 2020. Those images matching some of those we have shown you around the
world in the previous hours in cities like auckland, sydney, where there was controversy over the rights and wrongs of the fireworks display in sydney harbour. Pictures from tokyo. We showed you what happened one hour ago in hong kong, a more low key celebration because the annual firework display did not happen because of security concerns. There was instead a light show. But now the scenes in bangkok and i think you will probably agree that they are pretty good. Plenty more capital is to visit, of course, in the coming hours, and we will show you some of the preparations going on in this country as midn
Youre watching bbc news at 9 with me, rebecca jones. The headlines psychiatrists and campaigners call for social Media Companies to be forced to hand over data to universities for research into the potential harms of using the technology. We asa we as a world, notjust a country, would better understand the sort of pressures and problems being forced upon young people by social media platforms. Irans Supreme Leader, ayatollah ali khomenei, leads friday prayers in the capital tehran for the first time in eight years. Were in glasgow for our series our planet matters. The city has committed itself to become the first net zero emissions city in the uk. Im Annita Mcveigh here in the city, well be answering your questions about how glasgow might achieve its objective and all environmental matters juat after half past. Rebecca long bailey and Emily Thornberry set out their visions for the labour party, as they launch their rival bids to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader. In sport, englands cric
Hello, you are watching afternoon live. The city of glasgow wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years leading the fight against Climate Change. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. How h ow exa ctly how exactly will glasgow deliver on that goal . What sort of change is needed and how quickly . Im at the Glasgow Science Centre where i will be putting those questions to our guests throughout the afternoon. Psychiatrists call for social Media Companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online
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To publish the full report into the affair, many fear there could be more damaging revelations still to come. The lack of transparency doesnt end there. Saracens apparently choosing to accept automatic relegation rather than grant full access to their financial accounts. I think if saracens are serious about becoming open and trying to sort of claw back some of the goodwill or whatever you want to call it, then they need to make this public, they need to get all the dirty laundry out there and i think that will go some way to letting people start to forgive them. The dominant force in the english game, saracens dramatic downfall has sent shock waves through the sport. Their players must somehow now shift their focus from club to country but moving on from the sports greatest cheating scandal will not be easy. Dan roan, bbc news, twickenham. Both england coach chris silverwood
and captainjoe root have heaped praise on their youngsters following their innings victory over south africa in
Today at 5pm, us troops kill a top iranian general in an air strike a major escalation in tensions between the United States and iran. Qasem soleimani was irans most powerful military commander, and tehrans strategic mastermind. He was killed as his convoy left Baghdad Airport. Iran has promised what it calls harsh vengeance for his death. President trump said Qasem Soleimani was planning attacks to kill or injure thousands of americans in the middle east. The President Trumps decision to remove Qasem Soleimani from the battlefield saved american lives. There is no doubt about that. He was actively plotting in the region to take action, some big actions he described that would have put dozens if not hundreds of american lives at risk. We will be analysing what this attack could mean for the future of the middle east. The other stories on bbc news at 5pm. Relief for around a thousand people as Australian Naval ships rescue them from the countrys bush fires. A judge rules that ethical ve