This is bangkok, live at midnight. Spectacular scenes in the capital of thailand. There was a pause on the dot at midnight. Perhaps someone had lost the key moment. But in the end, it was worth waiting for. Those fireworks will no doubt continue for a number of minutes as people in thailand celebrate the arrival of 2020. Those images matching some of those we have shown you around the
world in the previous hours in cities like auckland, sydney, where there was controversy over the rights and wrongs of the fireworks display in sydney harbour. Pictures from tokyo. We showed you what happened one hour ago in hong kong, a more low key celebration because the annual firework display did not happen because of security concerns. There was instead a light show. But now the scenes in bangkok and i think you will probably agree that they are pretty good. Plenty more capital is to visit, of course, in the coming hours, and we will show you some of the preparations going on in this country as midn
This is bbc news im julian worricker. The headlines at seven oclock. Thousands of people in south eastern australia are forced to seek refuge on the coast after becoming trapped by advancing bushfires. Elsewhere, a terrifying ordeal for fire crews who had to shelter inside their vehicles, surrounded by flames. In baghdad, protestors attack the American Embassy in response to us air strikes at the weekend. The former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon from japan, where he faces trial over charges of financial misconduct. From today, mixed sex couples in england and wales can finally enter into Civil Partnerships. New legislation comes into force tomorrow to make trains fully accessible for disabled users, but not all firms will make the deadline. Celebrating the new year many countries have seen in 2020 with spectacular fireworks displays, while here, theres a promise that tonights london celebrations will surpass all previous years. Well, i dont want to ruin the surprise, but i
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Serene music. So, in hong kong, 2020 has struck. You can see the laser displays, the fireworks have begun, the music and various buildings, spectacularly illuminated. Whats not entirely clear at this point is whether this is the exact display that was previously planned. With a heavy Police Presence and talk of human chains forming at major sites across the territory, the annual firework display, we were told, had been cancelled because of Police Warnings about security threats. It may be that youre not watching what had been planned in advance but clearly there is a spectacular acknowledgement of the turn of the year, nonetheless. Those are the scenes live in hong kong as 2020 strikes in that part of the world, at the same time as it does in beijing, taipei and other major cities. We may be able to show you pictures from their later. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In th
New Year Celebrations have been spectacular fireworks display there taking place around the world on copacabana beach. That is in with many cities holding spectacular firework displays to welcome in the new decade. Brazil in rio, bringing in the new a short time ago, year there. Celebrations in brazil began. In rio dejaneiro, more than two Million People gathered for fireworks parties and carnivals all held along a wonderful display there with lots the 4 kilometre long copoca ba na beach. We will leave you with these of colourful fireworks. We have seen pictures. Stay with bbc news. Many of those scenes repeated around the world and now it is time for rio. Millions are actually gathered on that beach, we believe more than 2 million. It is a real carnival hello. Atmosphere there. Apparently people wear white to celebrate new years weve ended 2019 on a fairly quiet note. The best of the sunshine eve and new year in rio in order to through new years eve was across northern and eastern eng