Keeps rearing its head. When will the general election be . And its not going to be on the 2nd of may because in an interview with itv in the west country on thursday night, rishi sunak said there will not be a general election on the same day as the local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, which are happening that day. Now, whether you love or hate speculation about the general election campaign, the fact that there is so much and the way its been going, actually, it is quite revealing about whats happening in politics. So we will kick off with that on this episode of newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam in the studio. And it is chris in cardiff today, because theres a splash of democracy and voting going on here, with a new Labour Leader being elected on saturday who will become the new First Minister next week. And talking of other stories that have occurred today, michael gove, the levelling up and communities secretary, unveiled the governme
well, authorities here are bracing themselves for another night of violence. after yesterday. a day which proved to be very disruptive one, there was a lot of damage and destruction, notjust here in paris, but across the country. as you say, there were more than 1300 arrests, i think the latest figures may now take that up to as close to 2000 arrests. a lot of that damage to buildings, and there is really concern about a repeat of more violence. underthe concern about a repeat of more violence. under the challenge really is for the authorities, what can be done to stop that violence from continuing? there have been talks over a state of emergency being imposed, that is not yet on the table. the paris metro and other public transport is going to be suspended later this evening for an overnight. and these disturbances have been taking place across the country. my colleague is in northern france. , ., france. atmosphere here in northern france. atmosphere here in northern fran
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 said her
first bit of europe. we had russia an hour ago first bit of europe. we had russia an hourago and first bit of europe. we had russia an hour ago and athens now and we also will of course have places like paris and berlin. in our s time and of course we will also have london as well to come but those of the celebrations in athens. it is a different picture in ukraine. it is a different picture in ukraine. and next to ukraine, this is the scene in kyiv s independence square, as you can see there are no people on the streets there. a curfew is in force because of the war with russia. locals aren t allowed. and from the war in ukraine, to the one between israel and gaza. this is the skyline from israel looking into gaza. many probably hoping for peace as a new year. and final preparations are being made. there will be a huge fireworks display in london and also revellers will be taking part in a traditional hogmanay celebration in edinburgh. let s get an update on both of those. o
and remembering an icon. tina turner the queen of rock & roll. and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there s just one week until the treasury secretary s estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the country s aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a solution. here is what speaker mccarthy had to say just this morning. everybody is very professional in these meetings. look, i m a total optimist. we will get this done, and we will have a better bill because of it. and joining us this morning with more is garrett haake. also with us, cnbc s dominic chu. garrett, mccarthy seems optimistic about a deal. what are you hearing from the democratic side? no, that s exactly right, jose. on the fitch part of this specifically, democrats are frustrated. t