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The night skies across the globe to welcome in the new decade. But is this, in fact, a new decade, as was repeated several times across the bbc this week . A viewer called amy said not, begging. And Alan Mcintyre reiterated that. That same new years eve programme contained another error, though this time it was corrected in time for the late bulletin. New year a new decade and new zealand kicked it off, with auckland the first major capital to welcome 2020. Sue barnard pointed out. On wednesday,...

Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with Charlie Stayt and sally nugent. Our headlines today President Trump defends the us airstrike that killed irans top military commander, saying it was done to prevent further attacks on americans we took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war. Thousands of extra troops are called up in australia to tackle the raging bush fires, as countrys Prime Minister warns of difficult days ahead. Two more labour mps, lisa nandy and Jess P...

And what is it right to fly a presenter to interview the climate activist Greta Thunberg when she herself shuns air travel because of its impact on the environment . Welcome to the first newswatch of 2020 and a happy new year. The traditional celebrations featured widely on bbc news this week for instance, in the headlines of tuesdays early evening bbc one bulletin. And dazzling displays light up the night skies across the globe to welcome in the new decade. But is this, in fact, a new decade, a...

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