major european cities scaling back new year s eve celebrations the second year in a row. new covid cases spread at a record-setting rate. cnn has it covered around the globe. reporter: i m melissa bell in paris. the omicron variant continues its relentless spread across europe with several european country seeing records broken in terms of the numbers of new cases the last few days. with that a much bleaker new year s eve for many europeans in paris, for instance, the traditional fireworks display and the celebration on champ de elysee has been canceled. in countries like greece, austria and italy, for instance, closing down the hospitality
the climate crisis will be at the top of the agenda when the u.n. general assembly s new session kicks off this week. it brings together leaders from across the world to try to fix some of the world s toughest problems. the u.n. already got the climate ball rolling with the weekend of events with young activists who have been driving the call to address our overheating earth. some 60 cups are expected to make new commitments at a high-level summit on climate change with the leader of the world s biggest economy won t be there. u.s. president trump. he s skipping the climate gathering to lead a session on religious persecution. while world leaders are gathering at the u.n., violent clashes broke out during a climate crisis march in paris saturday. a rally by activists in the champ de elysee was overtaken by protesters. green piece asked demonstrators