some amazing pictures. let s take you straight to london and edinburgh were some of europe s biggest fireworks were on display. it isa it is a really big deal, traditionally bigger than a christmas here. you can see the fireworks above edinburgh castle. it is a magnificent setting for a fireworks display. 15,000 people here. on the street and centre of the city. they are having a party. all enjoying themselves. down here, a british band headlining. they are going to come back with the fireworks display over. this is four days of celebrations. a procession on friday. it will carry on tomorrow. tonight though, the main party. a big night of celebrations. the fireworks, a ton of them going off above the castle. . , , ton of them going off above the castle. . , ., , , castle. happy new year! this is live in london, castle. happy new year! this is live in london, at castle. happy new year! this is live in london, at the castle. happy new year! this is live in london, at the
welcome to westminster, where people continue to queue to pay their respects to her majesty the queen. the queue is now officially closed and no more people are now allowed to join the end of the queue, so the people who are now filing past me are some of the last who will have that moment in westminster hall in that historic building, nearly 1000 years old, that has witnessed so much history, witnessing it once again, these are some of the last people to be able to file past her majesty the queen, the late queen who has been lying in state for nearly four and a half days. that will then end at 6:30am many of these people behind me, they have started at 4pm and they continue to file past and this is we are right in the middle of the snake, that moment where people have do zigzag very compressed in order to facilitate so many people, thousands of people, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. we believe at least half a million people will ma
as the justice department accuses the far right militia group, the oath keepers of plotting an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. we ll go live to the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where testimony begins today. and liz cheney steps up again, this time speaking out against trump s recent attack on mitch mcconnell and mcconnell s wife, calling trump s remarks about elaine chao absolutely despicable and racist. we ll have the latest update on a growing scandal. that s actually one republican that s spoken out. exactly. against donald trump attacking the senate majority leader with violent rhetoric and making racist statements about his wife. i don t really not a lot of other republicans, elected republicans who have done that. i guess we can t be shocked anymore, but it is shocking. it still is shocking. it should be. that the leader of the united states senate in the republican party had a quote death wish placed on him by the former president
overturning of health care that will specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples.- specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make - and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make an i heavy responsibility. to make an abortion heavy responsibility. to make an abortion illegal and impeccable throughout our nation. a second earthquake rocks an area in south eastern afghanistan causing further deaths and destruction. a third day of strike action on the uk s rail network only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and it s day two of performances at glastonbury with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson
and kind of place sounds around this microphone. in 1922, the idea is that the bbc had to make programming that would inform, entertain and educate the world. and because it was a public broadcaster, it kind of had quite a lot of freedom to decide what programming could be developed but also, it meant that they developed their own technologies to be able to make such a wide range of programmes for the biggest audiences. and, of course, way before television came radio, and what do you need to broadcast a voice to the nation? one of these. and one of the most iconic mics ever is the bbc marconi type a. and trust me when i say it s iconic, i mean it is an icon literally. one of our panellists, joe leates, really likes this microphone i mean, really likes this microphone and he spent the last few months uncovering its story, and here it is. not many are around these days especially ones that work as it became tradition at the corporation to empty the insides and plate