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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 decid ....
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 ....
the rest of the world are using fireworks as a way of welcoming in 2024. i now want to take you to russia and this is moscow. as you can see, it is a very different scene in moscow. now, in previous years there would have been fireworks in red square in moscow but, as last year, there are no fireworks at all. they have been banned in russia. you can see people are on the streets there but not that many and that, of course, all because of the war with ukraine and the operation there. so the fireworks and pyrotechnics were banned last year and again this year. there are no fireworks displays in russia as moscow welcomes in the new year. two totally different celebrations in qatar and russia. don t forget that you can follow all the celebrations of 2024 on the bbc news website and app where there is a special live page. she is europe s only reigning queen. she is europe s only reigning queen. she said her son would take over on the 14th of january. the 83 year old queen sa ....
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 ....
so there we go. that is them welcoming a new year in dubai. don t forget that you can follow all of the celebrations around the world on the celebrations around the world on the bbc news website and app. 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 military said it needed for service to return to their normal jobs to maintain the israeli economy but the military emphasised that the campaign to eradicate hamas would go on and was expected to continue throughout 2024. so that news breaking in the last half hour or so. the israeli military confirming that they have begun to withdraw some troops, especially reserve units from the gaza strip and they do have ....