New Year Celebrations are taking place around the world, with many cities holding spectacular firework displays to welcome in the new decade. The celebrations in sydney went ahead, despite calls for it to be cancelled due to australias bushfire crisis. And tens of thousands of people gathered in london to watch the fireworks over the river thames and hear big ben chime for the first time after a year of silence. Gareth barlow reports. Cheers on top of cabana bed, a carnival of colour, new year brazilian style. Big ben strikes the hour meanwhile, in london, big ben welcomed in the new decade, the iconic london eye sparkling on the south bank. In france, saluts and salutations. Parisians partied along the champs elysees. The arc de triomphe triumphantly hailing 2020 had arrived. And in dubai, the worlds tallest building, the burj khalifa, was transformed into a tower of lights and pyrotechnics. It was a similar sight in taiwan as taipei 101 sparked into a kaleidoscope of colour against a
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