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In england and wales are being held, giving them similar rights to people who are married. The new yearfireworks begin auckland the first big city to welcome in 2020. Doris day, clive james, Toni Morrison and Albert Finney just a few of the big names whove died this year and whos lives we mark in review 2019 we remember. Thats in half an hours time, here on bbc news. Devastating bushfires across large parts of australia have claimed two more lives. The latest victims, a 63 year old man and his 29 year old son died in New South Wales. In the neighbouring state of victoria, thousands of people w...

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 acknowledgemen...

Weve had a picture of some rain sentin weve had a picture of some rain sent in by one of our weather watchers. It is cooler, and here is why. We have these two weather fronts spreading gradually south east. Bring yourself and rein and dragging in something noticeably fresher. We have seen this band of rain pushing in from the north west gcioss rain pushing in from the north west across scotland and Northern Ireland as we go through this afternoon, it will continue to push through south east. Behind it, a brief dry interlude with some brightness for north east scotland, with an expanded array n...

Crisis continues. And in 20 minutes, sportsday takes a look at the new years days fixtures and whether anyone can catch liverpool at the top of the premier league. Good evening. 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 the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. Military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. In New South Wales, two more people have been killed a...

Music. Dubai always puts on a good show, doesnt it . That is a world class tactile list building, the worlds tallest building, with the fantastic skyline as a backdrop to the fireworks. The new year has arrived in the United Arab Emirates. Music. You may recall as we were saying on the screen there, when 2015 became 2016 there was a huge fire that engulfed part of a luxury hotel in dubai very close to where those people gathered to watch the fireworks display and that particular year brought under control without any fatalities but that fire lit up the side of the address Downtown Hotel close ...