hgppy message for you this morning. happy new year! in other news, two men have been charged with the murder of cody fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. it s a very happy new yearfor arsenalfans. their team are seven points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating brighton. a hero s welcome for gary mckee. he s raises £1 million by running 365 marathons one every day in 2022. we start the new year with quite a bit of snowfall sunshine elsewhere, mixed in with some showers. we have your forecast for the start of the new year here on a breakfast. happy new year. it s sunday the 1st of january. our top story: cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023, with large crowds gathering for fireworks and light displays, many for the first time since the start of the pandemic. in london, big ben signaled the start of a spectacular display, which included a tribute to queen elizabeth. louisa pilbeam reports. big ben bongs.
been very, very dry. the amount of rainfall while below average, in nottingham the last two hours have brought more than the last three weeks. across southern and eastern wales uncertainty still england the amount of rain we had seen has been well below average southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern england. barely any appreciable rain across hampshire. the opportunity for some rain over the next few days but not much in the next few days but not much in the driest areas of southern and eastern england. north western areas will be the wettest, rainfall totals closer to normal. showers working across sussex into kent, that we have a convergence where the winds bash together to give a line of storms across mid wales, eastern wales, the bristol area, somerset and dorset. they will be slow moving in nature, some areas will see hefty downpours where a completely dry probably just down the downpours where a completely dry probablyjust
On a promise to stop all muslims coming to the United States, has ended the last day of his visit to saudi arabia with a speech in front of 50 Muslim Leaders. He used the occasion to tell them to take the lead in combating islamist terrorism, rather than wait for American Power to do it for them. And he went out of his way to blame iran, saudi arabias biggest rival, for causing instability in the region. He accused it of fuelling sectarian conflict. You join us in riyadh, where what is called the Riyadh Summit is continuing. President donald trump came to the saudi kingdom, his first stop on his first foreign visit, to reset relations with the most important partner of the United States in the middle east, and today it was a speech to recalibrate the battle against forces of extremism and ideology. He made it absolutely clear the battle had to start here in the muslim world. He said that 95 of the victims of extremism are muslims. He said, america will stand by you, but you cannot wait