everywhere, so we re very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. we can get the best food on the table and be as strong as erling! only 12,000 lives here. people quite friendly, but quiet. we won t use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. you can see that in erling. he doesn t speak long sentences, and that s normal here. growing up in bryne is very much about football. it s basically been the one thing that this town is all about. the football team bryne were in the top divisionl for a very long time, - they finished second twice in the 805, they won the cup in 1987. - it s always been a place that people around norway- will have known about. this area is actually the place in norway with the least snow, so the best teams in the country used to come here in march to play on grass. this was before we got artificial grass of course. erling was born in leeds, came with his family in bryne in 2004, started to play in a team when
cheering frank sinatra s new york, new york plays cheering times square in new york city. as always, some great headgear my proposals this year. last year there were a at this time! earlier, around two million people gathered on rio s copacabana beach to welcome in 202a. it s one of the world s biggest new year s celebrations and it marks the beginning of the summer holidays in brazil. every year, millions of locals and tourists party around the city dressed in white to bring good luck for the coming year. tens of thousands of people have lined the banks of the river thames in central london for the new year s fireworks display. thousands of fireworks were fired from barges on the river. and in edinburgh, thousands gathered for hogmanay celebrations. greg mckenzie reports. big ben bongs cheering it is zero s biggest fireworks display, and as the countdown began, more than 100,000 people watched along the river thames as the london skyline lit up and the sounds of big ben chi
from the throne. denmark s queen margrethe the second made the surprise announcement in her new year address. the 83 year old will formally step down onjanuary 14 that s 52 years to the day since she came to power in 1972. her son, crown prince frederik, will take her place as king of denmark and head of state in the country. for more on the queen s reign and what s next, the bbc s naomi choy smith sent this report. a surprise announcement, live on national television, during queen margrethe s traditional new year s address. translation: on the 14th of january 2024, 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83 year old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate after undergoing back surgery in february. translation: the surgery naturally gave rise - to thinking about the future, whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation. i have decided tha
father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83 year old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate after undergoing back surgery in february. translation: the surgery l naturally gave rise to thinking about the future, whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation. i have decided that now is the right time. queen margrethe plans to hand the throne to crown prince frederik, the eldest of her two sons. for many danes, queen margrethe is the only monarch they have ever known. she s seen here visiting windsor castle in 1974, two years after she succeeded herfather, king frederik. after the death of queen elizabeth ii, queen margrethe became the longest serving monarch in europe. denmark s prime minister thanked queen margrethe for her service, saying it was difficult to understand that the time had come for a change of throne. a feeling echoed across denmark as the nation prepares to welco
with hamas fighters continuing to resist the idf s advances. translation: the war is at its height. - we are fighting on all fronts. we have huge success, but we also have painful cases. central gaza is the latest focus of israel s military operation, with heavy bombardment on the densely populated al nuseirat refugee camp. further south, in neighbouring deir al balah, palestinian rescue workers stand around the body of their colleague. he was killed in a strike near the al aqsa hospital, where many of the wounded are being treated. this is one of what israel says are safe areas, where palestinians were told to go to escape the fighting in the centre. but as the military operation expands, safe areas for gazans keep shrinking. the southernmost city of rafah has now become the last stop for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing the heavy bombardment in khan younis, many using makeshift shelters near the border with egypt. there is nowhere else to go from here. tran