thanks for being here. i m stephen romo in for yasmin today. it s a busy final day of 2023. just hours before the ball drops, the security is tight in new york s times square. celebrations are set to get underway, despite the heightened threat environment, following the october 7th attack on israel. we are live on the scene with the latest. of course, in many parts of the world, it is already 2024. we will show you the sights and sounds and the hopes so many have for the new year. meanwhile, tensions are high across the red sea at this hour, as the u.s. navy sinks three houthi boats and downed ballistic missiles fired from houthi controlled areas. we will have more on that. legal action in donald trump s world is not stopping. we will reveal that question special counsel jack smith has for an appeals court that took more than 80 pages to ask. and we begin this hour with a countdown to the new year. up to 1 million people are flocking to times square to witness new yor
have enough police to secure the streets of san francisco. jonathan hunt is live with more. reporter: a brutal and brazen attack, those the words of the san francisco police chief describing another high-profile example of the kind of violent crime that s leaving many people in the city by the bay terrified and angry. the victim on this occasion was the former san francisco fire commissioner attacked by three men as he left his mother s home in the marina neighborhood at 7:00 p.m. wednesday night. he was beaten with a pipe and suffered severe head injuries including a fractured skull. now, the assault happened the day after tech executive bob lee was stabbed to death in another area of san francisco generally considered safe. lee s final moments partly caught on this security camera video. the san francisco police chief says the killer will be caught. as much as i know people want to know, but i don t want to do anything or say anything to compromises what is going on rig
it s not rwanda in 2018, and there may well be some sunshine it s rwanda in 2023 and onwards, and that s quite different. in northern ireland, but the cloud will build up, bringing more showers but the problem, through the day, particularly across northern england. for the south, as i said, rwanda. wales and the midlands, a dull day, rwanda is not a free country. misty over the hills in the what happened in 2018 can south west, light rain or drizzle, happen also in 2023, because as of today. temperatures not changing very much. it is going to be a chilly week i can tell example. we are politicians, ahead, early frost before the cloud we are in opposition. increases, that will lift the temperatures by the end of the week for example, we cannot express our mind without we are labelled just a little bit, but bringing the enemies of the country. chance of some rain. huw. 16 members of my political party thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at ten are in prison today, on monday 24t
nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the
buckingham palace. a royal 96 gun salute, one for every year of elizabeth s long momentous life. [ gun salute ] also echoing this morning over london, the iconic bells of westminster abbey ringing out along with the bells of other churches across the nation. [ bells tolling ] all of this marks the first of ten days of national mourning. all part of the long planned meticulously orchestrated order of events following the death of the queen. and this hour, we will be bearing witness to all of these historic moments, but also looking back on queen elizabeth s extraordinary life and what is ahead for her son, king charlesiii. you are in front of buckingham palace which we just saw in the last hour king charles iii when he arrived, was able to meet with and briefly talk to so many people. thousands of people that are there. reporter: you are really hit with it as soon as you get off the plane. i arrived this morning and i spent the morning walking around this city. i spent the