a 15—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death a teenager in croydon in south london last thursday. there was another fatal stabbing that evening, when a 16—year—old boy was killed in hillingdon in west london. it brings to 30 the number of teenage homicides in london in 2021, surpassing the peak of 29 in 2008. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from hillingdon. in 2021's final days, paramedics tried to save two young lives. a 15—year—old stabbed in a park in croydon, south london, and in hillingdon, west london, a 16—year—old with a single stab wound in this green space. two new murder investigations — and a record high for the number of teenage murders in one year. children are carrying knives because they feel like they need to protect themselves. and i'm putting the message out there to every child, please, you need to understand the pain of parents and siblings that have lost somebody to murder. violent crime is falling, but not when it comes to young people murdered in london. more teenage victims than the previous high in 2008 can't be ignored. for some time, and today, police have blamed... the glorification of knives on social media, credibility and people cussing each other on social media. we're seeing it again and again and again. at the same time, we've got changing drug markets and the emergence of county lines in the last few years that we're really focusing on. that's a type of drug dealing which drags vulnerable children into being involved. in hillingdon, people were worried about dealers using the parkland where the murder happened. this man didn't want to be identified. they're obviously trying to protect their little drug lines they've got going on and all that sort of thing, yeah. it's a big worry. it is, i mean, i've got children, you know? in croydon, a 16—year—old's been arrested, and here the investigation continues. these murders will put the metropolitan police under pressure. but youth workers say we need to concentrate instead on the chaotic lives of some young people — and the social reasons why their lives might be threatened. tom symonds, bbc news, west london. now on bbc news, archbishop desmond tutu was a hero of the anti—apartheid movement in south africa. the bbc�*s andrew harding reflects on his tumultuous life. it's impossible to tell south africa's story without him. singing. in one of his last public appearances, desmond tutu sat in a wheelchair in st george's cathedral cape town. you are the one who _ cathedral cape town. you are the one who understood - cathedral cape town. you are the one who understood whati cathedral cape town. you are i the one who understood what it meant... to the one who understood what it meant... ., . . the one who understood what it meant... ., ., ., ., meant... to frail, at last, to take his _ meant. .. to frail, at last, to take his usual— meant... to frail, at last, to take his usual place - meant... to frail, at last, to take his usual place in - meant... to frail, at last, to take his usual place in the l take his usual place in the spotlight. but that warm, irreverent spirit was there to the end. and what a life it was. i the end. and what a life it was. ., ., ., ., . was. i want to to say how much to freedom... _ was. i want to to say how much to freedom... our— was. i want to to say how much to freedom... our march - was. i want to to say how much to freedom... our march to - to freedom... our march to freedom- — to freedom... our march to freedom. it _ to freedom... our march to freedom. it is _ to freedom... our march to freedom. it is unstoppable. to freedom... our march to i freedom. it is unstoppable. is unst0ppable- _ freedom. it is unstoppable. is unstoppable. a _ freedom. it is unstoppable. is unstoppable. a life _ freedom. it is unstoppable. is unstoppable. a life that - freedom. it is unstoppable. isl unstoppable. a life that helped to auide unstoppable. a life that helped to guide and — unstoppable. a life that helped to guide and shape _ unstoppable. a life that helped to guide and shape a _ unstoppable. a life that helped to guide and shape a turbulent| to guide and shape a turbulent nation. , , ,., �*, to guide and shape a turbulent nation. , , �*, ., ., nation. this is god's world and he is in charge _ nation. this is god's world and he is in charge and, _ nation. this is god's world and he is in charge and, boy, - nation. this is god's world and he is in charge and, boy, it's i he is in charge and, boy, it's going 0k. it's going to be ok after an exorbitant price has been paid unnecessarily. in all seriousness, does the white south african government think that black people are human? i think that black people are human? , , u, ., human? i will myself call for unitive human? i will myself call for punitive economic _ human? i will myself call for| punitive economic sanctions, whatever the legal consequences may be for doing so. find whatever the legal consequences may be for doing so.— may be for doing so. and when e es may be for doing so. and when eyes saw _ may be for doing so. and when eyes saw that _ may be for doing so. and when eyes saw that awful _ may be for doing so. and when eyes saw that awful thing - eyes saw that awful thing happen there, many of them said if these people can still do things like this, maybe they are not yet ready. at? things like this, maybe they are not yet ready.— things like this, maybe they are not yet ready. # we walk hand in hand... _ there we go. the one thing that hels there we go. the one thing that helps desmond _ there we go. the one thing that helps desmond tutu _ there we go. the one thing that helps desmond tutu stand - there we go. the one thing that helps desmond tutu stand out | helps desmond tutu stand out and occupy this unique place in south african history is that he was there at every step of the way, through this country's torturous journey from apartheid to democracy and beyond, with that clear moral, often angry, sometimes laughing voice. a man defined, above all, by his sense of hope. desmond tutu was born in 1931. he overcame a childhood polio and tb, poverty denied him the chance to become a doctor, instead he was drawn into the anglican church. south africa was now controlled by an increasingly strict system of racial apartheid, racist laws designed to subjugate the black majority. by the 1970s, tutu was dean of the anglican church injohannesburg and it was now he took a step down the path that would come to define him. channelling the anger, the frustration of south africa's downtrodden. in a letter to the white apartheid prime minister, tutu warned there are people made desperate by injustice will turn to desperate means, i am frightened, dreadfully frightened, he wrote, that we will soon reach a point of no return. i wish to god that i am wrong. return. i wish to god that i am wron._ return. i wish to god that i am wronu. , , return. i wish to god that i am wron. , return. i wish to god that i am wron.. , , ., wrong. basically 'ust saying to him that if b wrong. basically 'ust saying to him that if the _ wrong. basicallyjust saying to him that if the government. him that if the government doesn't show, by some dramatic, symbolic act, that they are taking seriously our anguish and expression of it, that i had a nightmarish fear that we were going to have an explosion. and this was 1976, may. and he dismissed my letter contemptuously and, of course, something like a few weeks later during the 16th happened, when violence, in fact, did erupt. when violence, in fact, did eru t. when violence, in fact, did erut. , , ., , ., erupt. the uprising that began amon: erupt. the uprising that began among soweto _ erupt. the uprising that began among soweto high _ erupt. the uprising that began among soweto high school - among soweto high school students soon swept across the country. the fight against apartheid was now on the streets, seemingly unstoppable. and for many white south africans, desmond tutu quickly became a symbol of everything they feared. became a symbol of everything they feared-— they feared. when i went to work for _ they feared. when i went to work for him _ they feared. when i went to work for him there - they feared. when i went to work for him there were - they feared. when i went to . work for him there were people who, sort of, in our circle of acquaintance or our family's acquaintance or our family's acquaintance who thought i was crazy. he was the devil in canet, literally, one of our family's friends, we load, said i was going to work for the devil incarnate. because... because — devil incarnate. because... because he _ devil incarnate. because... because he was _ devil incarnate. because... because he was a - devil incarnate. because... | because he was a terrorist. devil incarnate. because... - because he was a terrorist. he was a fellow traveller. he fronted for the marxist. he was the embodiment of evil, the hatred was just extraordinary. i'd but tutu's tree message was something else. the i'd but tutu's tree message was something else.— something else. the enemy, he made clear. _ something else. the enemy, he made clear, was _ something else. the enemy, he made clear, was not _ something else. the enemy, he made clear, was not white - something else. the enemy, he| made clear, was not white south africans, but the system are denied so many people the humanity. denied so many people the humanity-— denied so many people the humanity. denied so many people the humani .~ ., ., , , humanity. we will not really be free until we _ humanity. we will not really be free until we are _ humanity. we will not really be free until we are all— humanity. we will not really be free until we are all free. - humanity. we will not really be free until we are all free. and | free until we are all free. and we want to share this country with you. it is our country, our country, all of us, black and white, and full goodness sake, for goodness sake, let us all and together.— all and together. almost by default, tutu _ all and together. almost by default, tutu was _ all and together. almost by| default, tutu was becoming all and together. almost by l default, tutu was becoming a figurehead, marching with fellow priests to a notorious johannesburg police station to demand a prisoners' release. 5. demand a prisoners' release. s, i have demand a prisoners' release. s i have e—petition which i will read, which 0sieck to present to you. read, which 0sieck to present to ou. , , ., to you. new chum presented to me. challenging _ to you. new chum presented to me. challenging the _ to you. new chum presented to me. challenging the apartheid i me. challenging the apartheid government. _ me. challenging the apartheid government, not _ me. challenging the apartheid government, not as _ me. challenging the apartheid government, not as a - government, not as a politician, but has something much harder to contain. those who rule this _ much harder to contain. those who rule this foolish _ much harder to contain. those who rule this foolish land, - much harder to contain. those| who rule this foolish land, who make its laws... he who rule this foolish land, who make its laws. . ._ make its laws... he wasn't bound by _ make its laws... he wasn't bound by some _ make its laws... he wasn't bound by some ideology, i make its laws... he wasn't i bound by some ideology, he make its laws... he wasn't - bound by some ideology, he was driven_ bound by some ideology, he was driven by, — bound by some ideology, he was driven by, if you like, what drove _ driven by, if you like, what drove the _ driven by, if you like, what drove the old testament prophets, a passion for justice. _ prophets, a passion for justice, a belief that god cared _ justice, a belief that god cared most for the oppressed and the — cared most for the oppressed and the widow and the orphan and the widow and the orphan and the — and the widow and the orphan and the foreigner, the people at the — and the foreigner, the people at the bottom and of the human pyramid. — at the bottom and of the human pyramid, those were god's favourites and it made him very powerful — favourites and it made him very powerful because he was up against _ powerful because he was up against an apartheid government that wrapped itself in the church _ that wrapped itself in the church and called the anc its communist enemies and tried to take the — communist enemies and tried to take the race issue out of it, and — take the race issue out of it, and yet _ take the race issue out of it, and yet here was this black anglican priest challenging them _ anglican priest challenging them. exactly. exactly. he was able _ them. exactly. exactly. he was ahte to— them. exactly. exactly. he was able to hit _ them. exactly. exactly. he was able to hit the regime at one of their— able to hit the regime at one of their most vulnerable points _ of their most vulnerable points. they claim to be the hastion— points. they claim to be the bastion of western christian morality, if you like, on the southern _ morality, if you like, on the southern tip of africa. they claim — southern tip of africa. they claim to _ southern tip of africa. they claim to be the last defence in africa — claim to be the last defence in africa against communism, whereas— africa against communism, whereas desmond could point out to you _ whereas desmond could point out to you them, if you claim to be christian. — to you them, if you claim to be christian, how can you possibly treat _ christian, how can you possibly treat laypeople like this? desmond tutu's status was anc was bad. nelson mandela was imprisoned. potential leaders were either in exile or in the underground, dead —— band. so this a political priest emerged as the public face, the voice of the struggle for freedom. i think desmond tutu was the voice. i think i would rather say the voice of the people when the liberation movements were banned or restrict did and some of us went in and out of prison he was the voice of the people and he represented the views of the people and their feelings underground. fits views of the people and their feelings underground. as the stru: . le feelings underground. as the struggle became _ feelings underground. as the struggle became ever- feelings underground. as the struggle became ever more i struggle became ever more violent, tutu often position himself between black protesters and white security forces, trying to find a way to avoid bloodshed. but, increasingly, tutu also found himself mediating between rival black groups. in the townships, anger and desperation were growing. in the search for traitors, for people spying for the apartheid security forces was turning murderous. suspects were killed on the spot. sometimes with a so—called necklace, a burning tyres placed over them. famously, tutu plunged into a crowd to save one suspect from the mob. for those young people it was almost like make an example of this guy, because we have got lots of the spies amongst us who should be stopped from spying on us and we die because of them. so there would have been justification in their minds. �* been justification in their minds. , , ., ., ., minds. and desmond wading into the crowd. _ minds. and desmond wading into the crowd, again, _ minds. and desmond wading into the crowd, again, you _ minds. and desmond wading into the crowd, again, you know, - the crowd, again, you know, this— the crowd, again, you know, this little _ the crowd, again, you know, this little man, small in stature. _ this little man, small in stature, but incredibly powerful, morally and spiritually. and essentially putting himself over the body of that— putting himself over the body of that person saying "i'm not going — of that person saying "i'm not going to — of that person saying "i'm not going to let this happen." and that kind _ going to let this happen." and that kind of courage silenced the moh _ that kind of courage silenced the mob. ., , ., ., ., ., the mob. tutu was not afraid to confront and _ the mob. tutu was not afraid to confront and condemn - the mob. tutu was not afraid to confront and condemn his - the mob. tutu was not afraid to confront and condemn his file l confront and condemn his file —— fellow black south africans. and the world is filled with people who support us, people who want us to be free, people who want us to be free, people who are struggling on our behalf in other countries. and when they saw that awful thing happen there, many of them said if these people can still do things like this maybe they are not yet ready for freedom. but if we use methods such as the ones that we saw, then, my friends, eye going to leave a country that i love very deeply —— going to. in country that i love very deeply -- going to-— country that i love very deeply -- going to— -- going to. in1981t, tutu's roll in -- going to. in 1984, tutu's roll in south _ -- going to. in 1984, tutu's roll in south africa - -- going to. in 1984, tutu's roll in south africa was - roll in south africa was recognised internationally, with a nobel peace prize. the prize draws him not only fame, but a degree of protection inside south africa that many other anti—apartheid activists could only dream of. we could only dream of. took other anti—apartheid activists could only dream of. took him seriously because he was an influential person and that is why the government did not touch him. he why the government did not touch him-— touch him. he was free to travel all _ touch him. he was free to travel all over— touch him. he was free to travel all over the - touch him. he was free to travel all over the world, | touch him. he was free to l travel all over the world, he was free to address meetings and so on because, you know, if he did not do that the few raw in the world would have been tremendous.— in the world would have been tremendous. and 22 did travel the world. _ tremendous. and 22 did travel the world, rallying _ tremendous. and 22 did travel the world, rallying and - tremendous. and 22 did travel. the world, rallying and shaming in the west to confront the truth about what was happening in south africa. the cold war was still active, the apartheid government had carefully positioned itself as a useful western ally against the spread of communism in africa. but tutu challenged all of that, playing an crucial role in persuading western nations to bank economic sanctions against the apartheid regime.— the apartheid regime. from toda , the apartheid regime. from today, february _ the apartheid regime. from today, february the - the apartheid regime. from today, february the third, i today, february the third, apartheid is not being dismantled or is not being actively dismantled and for the first time i will offer punitive economic sanctions. there is no doubt about it. he came — there is no doubt about it. he came at— there is no doubt about it. he came at the right time and he was _ came at the right time and he was very— came at the right time and he was very critical in terms of campaigning for sanctions. he was campaigning for sanctions. the: was scathing of the blindness of people who for economic and ideological reasons, political reasons had a stake in preserving white dominance in the south african military dominance and all the rest of it in the southern tip of africa. his opinion of ronald reagan was he came out and he met with reagan and was scathing. met with reagan and was scathing-— met with reagan and was scathint. _ , ., , scathing. the system of this country is — scathing. the system of this country is evil. _ scathing. the system of this country is evil. he _ scathing. the system of this country is evil. he said, - scathing. the system of this country is evil. he said, of l country is evil. he said, of apartheid. _ country is evil. he said, of apartheid, very _ country is evil. he said, of apartheid, very clearly, i country is evil. he said, of apartheid, very clearly, it| country is evil. he said, of. apartheid, very clearly, it is evil. it is evil without remainder. there is no redeeming feature about it. it stands with nazism in its, in its complete lack of respect for the value of what he called little people. in the made it very awkward for britain and america, countries that were trying to find a negotiated path through this. yes. i think, again, it was the strength of desmond and his leadership and his role was to be so clear—cut, to be so clear about what was right and what was wrong. and not to allow himself to be sucked into the ifs and the arts and the compromises to buy now, tutu was archbishop of cape town and senior anglican cleric in southern africa. apartheid rules meant _ southern africa. apartheid rules meant that - southern africa. apartheid i rules meant that technically southern africa. apartheid - rules meant that technically is a black man he couldn't live in the archbishop's official residence to he ignored that and many other laws, indeed, he had begun hinting at the possibility of backing the anc armed struggle. but south africa was already changing. secret talks had begun between the government and the outlawed anc. some black politicians now bristled at the way tutu behaved, the way he would organise a march without consulting. i organise a march without consulting.— organise a march without consultint. , ., ., consulting. i need you to say our march — consulting. i need you to say our march to _ consulting. i need you to say our march to freedom. - consulting. i need you to say our march to freedom. our l consulting. i need you to say - our march to freedom. our march to freedom! _ our march to freedom. our march to freedom! desmond _ our march to freedom. our march to freedom! desmond tutu - our march to freedom. our march to freedom! desmond tutu cared| to freedom! desmond tutu cared very much _ to freedom! desmond tutu cared very much and — to freedom! desmond tutu cared very much and we _ to freedom! desmond tutu cared very much and we were - to freedom! desmond tutu cared | very much and we were outraged. what _ very much and we were outraged. what mandate does this man have? — what mandate does this man have? so— what mandate does this man have? so we took ourselves off and to — have? so we took ourselves off and to his — have? so we took ourselves off and to his credit he came out and _ and to his credit he came out and said _ and to his credit he came out and said it _ and to his credit he came out and said it is us and we want to see— and said it is us and we want to see him— and said it is us and we want to see him and he let us in and i discovered afterwards he also mandates where he goes into retreat. — mandates where he goes into retreat, he is deeply spiritual. but he let us in and so i _ spiritual. but he let us in and so i said _ spiritual. but he let us in and so i said to _ spiritual. but he let us in and so i said to him excuse me, just— so i said to him excuse me, just what— so i said to him excuse me, just what mandate you have two call marches like that was to mark — call marches like that was to mark and _ call marches like that was to mark and he just, call marches like that was to mark and hejust, he call marches like that was to mark and he just, he looked at me completely horrified but straightening iron said to me i have _ straightening iron said to me i have a — straightening iron said to me i have a mandate from god. what do you _ have a mandate from god. what do you say?— do you say? and then, abruptly, everything _ do you say? and then, abruptly, everything changed. _ do you say? and then, abruptly, everything changed. the - do you say? and then, abruptly, everything changed. the cold i everything changed. the cold war was over and the apartheid government agreed to release nelson mandela from prison. that the government has taken a firm decision to release mr mandela unconditionally. it is indescribable. _ mandela unconditionally. it is indescribable. god has heard our prayers and our leader has come — our prayers and our leader has come out, _ our prayers and our leader has come out, will come out tomorrow. come out, will come out tomorrow-— tomorrow. hallelu'ah. hallelujah! * tomorrow. hallelu'ah. hallelujah! this h tomorrow. hallelujah. hallelujah! this was i tomorrow. hallelujah. i hallelujah! this was the reaction of tutu, captured by an american television network. and there is mr mandela,. the rest of the _ and there is mr mandela,. iia: rest of the journey and there is mr mandela,. "iia: rest of the journey to and there is mr mandela,. i““ia: rest of the journey to full democracy was not smooth. thousands died in the next few years. south africa teetered on the edge of civil war. but in 1994, president mandela was sworn in and archbishop tutu began a new role. latte sworn in and archbishop tutu began a new role.— began a new role. we are charged _ began a new role. we are charged to _ began a new role. we are charged to unearth - began a new role. we are charged to unearth the i began a new role. we are i charged to unearth the truth about our dark past, to lay the ghost of that past so that they will not return to haunt us and we will thereby contribute to the healing of a traumatised and wounded people. the truth and wounded people. the truth and reconciliation _ and wounded people. the truth and reconciliation commission | and reconciliation commission opened south africa's rawest wounds inviting apartheid victims to tell their stories and its perpetrators to beg forgiveness. in other hands the process could have collapsed. but tutu, often in tears, was once again channelling the mood of the nation. it once again channelling the mood of the nation.— of the nation. it was almost as if he carried — of the nation. it was almost as if he carried the _ of the nation. it was almost as if he carried the whole - of the nation. it was almost as if he carried the whole country| if he carried the whole country on his shoulders and the way that he, you know, in his characteristic manner, you know, this small as he is because he is a short person but, small as he is his shoulders and his hands and his spirit and his presence, you know? he would walk into that room in that robe of his and you could feel the sense of hope. there was no question about it. it was in the air, it was everywhere. and for that reason, you know, his presence was highly critical for the trc. after one term as president, nelson mandela step down. his old home in soweto turned into a museum. desmond tutu's houses a few doors down. two nobel prize winners on the same street. but there was no easing into a quiet retirement for desmond tutu, mostly perhaps because itjust was not his style. perhaps because it 'ust was not his s le. �* .., perhaps because it 'ust was not hiss le. ~ , his style. also because there was still so _ his style. also because there was still so much _ his style. also because there was still so much to - his style. also because there was still so much to do - his style. also because there was still so much to do and l his style. also because there i was still so much to do and so much to say and, increasingly, so much going wrong in the new south africa. there was the scourge of hiv, mishandled for so many years and then there was corruption flourishing spectacularly doing the presidency ofjacob zuma. tutu, as usual, spoke without caution and from the heart. i as usual, spoke without caution and from the heart.— and from the heart. i am warning _ and from the heart. i am warning you. _ and from the heart. i am warning you. i— and from the heart. i am warning you. i am - and from the heart. i am i warning you. i am warning and from the heart. i am - warning you. i am warning you that we will pray as we prayed for the downfall of the apartheid government, we will pray for the downfall of a government that misrepresents us. �* �* government that misrepresents us. �* ~ ., , us. but the anc largely shrugged- _ us. but the anc largely shrugged. south - us. but the anc largely| shrugged. south africa's turbulent priest had become an irritant, a voice to be ignored. tutu was still lauded abroad he continues to give voice to the voiceless and bring hope to those who thirst for freedom. bring hope to those who thirst forfreedom. cherished by royalty and by rock stars. samak i still haven't found what i'm looking for. but samak i still haven't found what i'm looking for. but at 80 ears old what i'm looking for. but at 80 years old you _ what i'm looking for. but at 80 years old you are _ what i'm looking for. but at 80 years old you are more - what i'm looking for. but at 80 years old you are more punk i years old you are more punk rock— years old you are more punk rock than— years old you are more punk rock than anyone i know. but his da s rock than anyone i know. but his days as — rock than anyone i know. but his days as a _ rock than anyone i know. ifizi,ii his days as a central figure in south africa's drama were over. south africa's drama were over. so how will he be remembered? as a man of fierce moral clarity, of courage, of prayer and laughter. but, perhaps, above all, as a man of hope. how many times at the very darkest moments you would hear this little diminutive bishop stand up and say to the regime why don't you join the winning side before it is too late? ththd side before it is too late? and he would _ side before it is too late? and he would laugh _ side before it is too late? and he would laugh -- _ side before it is too late? ji.“ic he would laugh —— people side before it is too late? aic he would laugh —— people would laugh but they would also know that he was telling the truth. because he was so utterly convinced that ultimately justice would prevail. at“? justice would prevail. # justice shall prevail # justice shall— justice shall prevail # justice shall prevail # justice shall prevail— shall prevail # justice shall prevail # someday. hello. you're not imagining it — it is exceptionally mild at the moment, and we will continue to remain in very mild air for the first few days of the new year. notjust the uk, though, but many of our european neighbours have seen record temperatures for new year's eve. certainly records fell in parts of poland, austria, germany and the netherlands. and for new year's day, once again we could see records being rivalled or toppled — for the day, that is. this cold front will push across the uk through new year's day. quite a skinny little weather front, not much temperature contrast across it. and because it is such a narrow band of rain, actually, it won't stick around in many areas for very long, perhaps an hour or so of rain working its way from west to east across england and wales. these showers for western scotland and northern ireland perhaps more persistent affairs. but look at the temperatures again — quite a lot of sunshine through the day and widely highs in the mid teens. squally showers for the south—east of england through saturday evening, into the small hours of sunday, some heavier showers, sweeping in from the west of wales and the midlands. a very mild night again. these are the temperatures — more typical of daytime for this time of year, even perhaps slightly above. sunday saw wetter weather again on the cards for england and wales and some blustery winds. we could see some intense showers working their way through. i think the driest and brightest weather for sunday will be for scotland and northern ireland. and then on monday, we fall into a bit of a pincer movement in terms of our weather across the uk. we will see this weather front to the south trying to push some rain in and this area of low pressure to the north trying to turn things increasingly unsettled. between the two, some breezy conditions. but i think the best of any sunny spells for perhaps the midlands, the north of england. but to the very south and the very north of the uk there could be some heavier, more persistent rain. a little cooler as well on monday, but temperatures still slightly above average for the time of year. however, for tuesday it looks like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind, and that will bring about a very dramatic change in the way things feel because we'll also have to add on the effect of the wind—chill. but temperatures in edinburgh just four degrees on tuesday, down to eight in london, so some big contrasts in our weather to come over the days ahead. this is bbc world news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: a new year in new york. it's the first seconds of 2022 on america's east coast. we'll be live at the celebrations in times square. london put on a surprise in the skies. lasers and fireworks marked the start of 2022, celebrations kept secret to deter the crowds. in other news, at least 12 people die in a stampede at a hindu shrine in indian—administered kashmir. many more are said to be injured. in the us, heavy snowfall dampens the wildfires in colorado, as residents criticise the state's evacuation plans and get a first look at the devastation. thousands of families just mobilised without any warning, and we all got safely out of town. and that's — that's a christmas miracle. i know families in our neighbourhood that