Away. Ill make a brand new start of it. In old new york. If i can make it. In old new york. If i can make it there. Ill make it anywhere. Its up to you. New york. New york. New york, new york. I want to wake up new york, new york. I want to wake up in new york, new york. I want to wake upina new york, new york. I want to wake up in a city that doesnt sleep. And find i am a number one. Top of the list. King of the hill. A number one. These little town blues are melting away. Im gonna make a brand new start of it. In old new york. And. Ifi new start of it. In old new york. And. If i can make it there. Im gonna make it anywhere. Its up to you, new york, new york. New york cheering and applause. Celebrations in times square as the United States, the east coast of the United States, the east coast of the United States, brings in the new year. We saw that Waterford Crystal ball dropped to mark 2020 had begun. Music was Auld Lang Syne and then very quickly into Frank Sinatras new york, new yo
Serene music. So, in hong kong, 2020 has struck. You can see the laser displays, the fireworks have begun, the music and various buildings, spectacularly illuminated. Whats not entirely clear at this point is whether this is the exact display that was previously planned. With a heavy Police Presence and talk of human chains forming at major sites across the territory, the annual firework display, we were told, had been cancelled because of Police Warnings about security threats. It may be that youre not watching what had been planned in advance but clearly there is a spectacular acknowledgement of the turn of the year, nonetheless. Those are the scenes live in hong kong as 2020 strikes in that part of the world, at the same time as it does in beijing, taipei and other major cities. We may be able to show you pictures from their later. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In th
Weve had a picture of some rain sentin weve had a picture of some rain sent in by one of our weather watchers. It is cooler, and here is why. We have these two weather fronts spreading gradually south east. Bring yourself and rein and dragging in something noticeably fresher. We have seen this band of rain pushing in from the north west gcioss rain pushing in from the north west across scotland and Northern Ireland as we go through this afternoon, it will continue to push through south east. Behind it, a brief dry interlude with some brightness for north east scotland, with an expanded array not far off. With that there will be some hail and thunder and even snow to around 500 metres. There is a lot of cloud to be had and the cloud could be thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle. Looks like a blustery day across the board. Gusts of between 55 65 mph in exposed spots. And a mild day with temperatures widely in double figures. The maximum, around 12 celsius. Going through tonight, that
New Year Celebrations have been spectacular fireworks display there taking place around the world on copacabana beach. That is in with many cities holding spectacular firework displays to welcome in the new decade. Brazil in rio, bringing in the new a short time ago, year there. Celebrations in brazil began. In rio dejaneiro, more than two Million People gathered for fireworks parties and carnivals all held along a wonderful display there with lots the 4 kilometre long copoca ba na beach. We will leave you with these of colourful fireworks. We have seen pictures. Stay with bbc news. Many of those scenes repeated around the world and now it is time for rio. Millions are actually gathered on that beach, we believe more than 2 million. It is a real carnival hello. Atmosphere there. Apparently people wear white to celebrate new years weve ended 2019 on a fairly quiet note. The best of the sunshine eve and new year in rio in order to through new years eve was across northern and eastern eng
Crisis continues. And in 20 minutes, sportsday takes a look at the new years days fixtures and whether anyone can catch liverpool at the top of the premier league. Good evening. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. Military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. In New South Wales, two more people have been killed and dozens of Properties Destroyed along a stretch of coastline. 0ur sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, reports. This is what uncontrollable blazes pushed by strong winds have done to towns across eastern australia. And this is what firefighters have been up against for weeks now. This crew trapped in their fire engine as they fight an impossible battle. In the coastal town of batemans bay in Ne