cities celebrating as well, so shall we show you some live pictures from rome as well, in italy? where we can see, again, fireworks. amazing work there as well. also, we can also show you some live pictures from berlin germany. amazing pictures, again, isn t it? so, many european cities welcoming the new year, of course many cities here in asia have welcomed 2024 about six, seven hours ago. of course, will we will bring you more on new year s celebrations around the world later in the programme. the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it s the second assault by iran backed houthi rebels on the ship within 24 hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 metres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there ve been more air strikes by israel. 0ur
political persecution like something straight out of a fascist or communist nation. this is southern israel and that is gaza, and the war here has dominated the news agenda since early october. tragic and polarising, it s one of the biggest stories of 2023 and one that i have followed here and reported on throughout, speaking to people in israel and in gaza about how they re living through it. the year has seen many important and profound stories, from the war in ukraine to donald trump s legal affairs in the us and for india, a successful moon landing. i m going to bring you just some of those moments. we begin in turkey and syria and the devastating earthquake that struck early on the sixth of february. these images show the moment the first quake hit. with a magnitude of 7.8, it destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed thousands of people. a second powerful tremor hours later increased the death toll even further. i was one of the firstjournalists to reach the epicentre,