cities celebrating as well, so shall we show you some live pictures from rome as well, in italy? where we can see, again, fireworks. amazing work there as well. also, we can also show you some live pictures from berlin germany. amazing pictures, again, isn t it? so, many european cities welcoming the new year, of course many cities here in asia have welcomed 2024 about six, seven hours ago. of course, will we will bring you more on new year s celebrations around the world later in the programme. 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 houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there ve been more air strikes by israel. 0ur
we are headed for a catastrophe. this is a serious. it is really going to get worse if nothing more something other than what is already there. and a bbc investigation finds that sexual harassment and bullying went unchecked at international broadcaster al jazeera. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc new, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk where the new finance minister jeremy hunt has been insisting the prime minister liz truss is in charge. 48 hours into thejob, he has the herculean task of restoring market confidence in her economic plans. he s made clear he will be looking at government spending as well as the planned tax cuts. the prime minister s position does not appear secure. three conservative members of parliament have publicly called for her to resign. here s our political correspondent ben wright. behind the gates of the prime minister s country retreat, liz truss met her chance
you are beginning to panicjust a little. and are you panicking this week, how are you feeling? actually, iam not, we have got two crackers. great, and then, of course, there s the supplements as well. do you sign off all the supplements on the magazines, too? so you ve presumably done them much earlier? yes, i make a point of signing off all the supplements, so this morning i should have signed off culture, but i was actually late in and my deputy signed it off for me. and then tomorrow i will sign off the magazine and style. on friday i sign off travel and money and at some point along the way, i also sign off property. so, it s pretty busy. it is a busy time. it is a busy week, yeah. and we will get very excited about your two scoops coming up. i am assuming you are not going to tell me anything about them now? no, i m not. 0k, more from you, emma, in a bit, but first let s turn to ukraine and the bbc s world affairs editor, john simpson. he went to kyiv to interview presid
after weeks of turmoil. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. as the war in ukraine continues to escalate, what role does journalism play in peacemaking, in dialling down the rhetoric? the bbc sjohn simpson, was in kyiv last week to interview president zelensky. in a moment, we will hear his take. and with me in the studio is another giant ofjournalism, emma tucker is the editor of the sunday times, only the second woman to have done thatjob in more than 100 years. emma, welcome to the media show. hello, katie. presumably the fact that you are able to come in here on a wednesday means that wednesday isn t the day when you have to decide what the front page is? wednesday is definitely not the day when we decide on the front page, but it is a day when we are thinking very hard about it. because there is this intense pressure when you are editing a sunday paper all week because you are expected to break exclusives. so if you haven t got anything in the bag by wednesday, you ar
when we decide on the front page, but it is a day when we are thinking very hard about it. because there is this intense pressure when you are editing a sunday paper all week because you are expected to break exclusives. so if you haven t got anything in the bag by wednesday, you are beginning to panic just a little. and are you panicking this week, how are you feeling? actually, iam not, we have got two crackers. great, and then, of course, there s the supplements as well. do you sign off all the supplements on the magazines, too? so you ve presumably done them much earlier? yes, i make a point of signing off all the supplements, so this morning i should have signed off culture, but i was actually late in and my deputy signed it off for me. and then tomorrow i will sign off the magazine and style. on friday i sign off travel and money and at some point along the way, i also sign off property. so, it s pretty busy. it is a busy time. it is a busy week, yeah. and we will get v