hello, and welcome to bbc news. new year celebrations are taking place across western europe and africa. crowds are in the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east to brussels, paris, madrid and also edinburgh and london, where 2023 is now an hour old. it s the first time since the pandemic began that large scale events have taken place. greg mckenzie has been soaking up greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest fireworks display in the entire europe having taken placejust a few minutes ago. an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the bogs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye. iconic around the world. a12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here and just behind us are hundreds of thousands of people who managed to get tickets and now you can hear the
to listen to what the lord has to say and the gospels, a sense of prayer, some updating of the liturgy draws us more deeply into the mystery. so i think it was a time when we needed some kind of reflection, some kind of deeper understanding, deeper roots so that a church that could enter into this next phase which pope francis is taking into a much more open phase into the world.- taking into a much more open phase into the world. thank you forjoining phase into the world. thank you forjoining us phase into the world. thank you forjoining us and phase into the world. thank you forjoining us and telling - phase into the world. thank you forjoining us and telling us - forjoining us and telling us of your experience with the late pope. of your experience with the late pope- of your experience with the late poe. . ~ , ,, late pope. thank you, god bless ou. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: new year is being celebrated around the world this is london where crowds returned for
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