hello, and welcome to bbc news. new year celebrations are taking place across western europe and africa. crowds are in the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east to brussels, paris, madrid and also edinburgh and london, where 2023 is now an hour old. it s the first time since the pandemic began that large scale events have taken place. greg mckenzie has been soaking up greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest fireworks display in the entire europe having taken placejust a few minutes ago. an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the bogs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye. iconic around the world. a12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here and just behind us are hundreds of thousands of people who managed to get tickets and now you can hear the
king charles has been meeting political leaders, including from the republican party sinn fein, and also paid tribute again to his mother. my mother. my mother felt deeply, i know, mother. my motherfelt deeply, i know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated. as ukrainian forces continue to liberate part of their country, a special report from inside a police station that russian forces are said to have used to torture people. and france loses a national treasure. the influentialfilm director jean luc godard has died at the age of 91. stay with us on bbc news, when we will bring you continuing coverage of events and analysis from our team of events and analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. the queen s coffin has arrived at buckingham palace. it was flown from edinburgh airport this afternoon landing at raf northolt west of london this evening, accompanied all the way
to listen to what the lord has to say and the gospels, a sense of prayer, some updating of the liturgy draws us more deeply into the mystery. so i think it was a time when we needed some kind of reflection, some kind of deeper understanding, deeper roots so that a church that could enter into this next phase which pope francis is taking into a much more open phase into the world.- taking into a much more open phase into the world. thank you forjoining phase into the world. thank you forjoining us phase into the world. thank you forjoining us and phase into the world. thank you forjoining us and telling - phase into the world. thank you forjoining us and telling us - forjoining us and telling us of your experience with the late pope. of your experience with the late pope- of your experience with the late poe. . ~ , ,, late pope. thank you, god bless ou. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: new year is being celebrated around the world this is london where crowds returned for
call for their murder, versus what we hearfrankly from people call for their murder, versus what we hear frankly from people all across the nation, even elected officials, who are praying for the death of the president.- officials, who are praying for the death of the president. many pastors were at the capitol death of the president. many pastors were at the capitol that death of the president. many pastors were at the capitol that day. - death of the president. many pastors were at the capitol that day. i - were at the capitol that day. i travelled to tennessee, deep in the bible belt, where one of them continues to preach. so the pastor has asked me to meet him here on this overpass to watch him waving flags. seems a bit of a patriotic stunt, i think he does it a lot. hello, pastor. how are you? i m doing good, thank you, god bless you. doing good, thank you, god bless ou. , , , doing good, thank you, god bless ou. , ., you. and god bless america, and god bless donald you. a