of scaled back celebrations because of covid. many parts of the world have already ushered in 2023 with dazzling celebrations. just seconds from now, the clock will strike midnight in paris, the city of lights, especially tonight. let s go live to paris right now. now let s go to times square. how is the crowd looking there, gloria? reporter: pamela, it s so exciting. six hours to go. the big crystal ball is being put up right now. i just want to direct our viewers attention right to the top of one times square. that is where the big crystal ball is coming up. you can see it on the screen. 11,000 pounds of waterford crystal. this tradition goes all the way back to 1907. that is when the first crystal ball went down to mark the beginning of the new year. people here are excited. they have been waiting for hours. six more hours to go. i want to show you some of the crowd here. people have been lining up, bundled up. they re excited. this is a really big moment. we re get
struggling with symptoms. let s start here in the uk, where the new chancellorjeremy hunt has ditched almost all of prime minister liz truss tax cuts announced in the government s mini budget three weeks ago. the financial markets reacted positively to the news, with the pound rising against the us dollar and uk gilts falling. in total £32 billion of the £45 billion in tax cuts have been shelved, these include. the planned 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax is now on hold indefinitely, with the rate remaining at 20%. the cap on energy prices charged to households is now only guaranteed until april next year. for a typical household, it means an annual bill will not rise above £2,500 for the next six months. but plans to cancel the 1.25% increase in national insurance contributions will still go ahead, along with a reduction in stamp duty, and the cap on bankers bonuses will still be scrapped. joining me now is chris southworth, who s the secretary general of the uk i
tonight on the reidout will you accept the results of your election in november? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. i if you lose, will you accept that? i m going to win the election and i will accept that result. arizona s kari lake is one of hundreds of republican election deniers on the ballot this fall, which is why this election and more importantly the day after the election are so incredibly important. plus, congressman eric swalwell jones me with an exclusive sneak peek at a chilling new ad depicting the awful possibilities of a post-roe america. and later, the origin of the once broadly inspiring word woke and how it s been co-opted by the right to be used as an epithet. we begin with three weeks to go until the midterm elections on november 8th. but it s the day after the election that i want you to focus on. just imagine, imagine waking up on november 9th and not knowing which party will control the house or the senate or s
it s the biggest demonstration by the iranian diaspora ever. iranians from across europe are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, could transplant organs one day be created in the lab and produced on a 3d printer? click goes to sweden to find out. this week, shiona has been to sweden to see how new organs could be printed in a lab. meanwhile, lara has been creating body parts of a different kind. what s happened to my ear? nick talks to a man in a box. and the man hunting the missing cryptoqueen explains how to find someone from a single selfie. even if i posted a picture of me in my back garden, there is a possibility someone could work out my home address, because i ve done it to them. nearly 7,000 people in the uk right now need organ transplants. sometimes the wait for these lifelines can be long and agonising. and not everyone survives them. we clearly need more donors. but 3 d pr