ABC’s Tom Rivers joined us from London, England.
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“Across London my colleagues will be on duty providing our usual policing service”.
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London revellers are being watched over by every available officer at the Metropolitan Police’s disposal, including hundreds of firearms personnel.
More than 1.6 million Sydneysiders burst into rapturous cheers and applause when a spectacular midnight fireworks show exploded against an iconic backdrop of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Brussels Mayor Yvan Mayeur said crisis analysts determined it would not be possible to adequately screen tens of thousands of people viewing a fireworks show. Fireworks also will be on display in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the country of seven emirates.
The Metropolitan Police said it had been working closely with the mayor’s office, British Transport Police (BTP), Westminster City Council and others to ensure the event ran smoothly.
A huge fireworks display will take place on London’s South Bank which has already sold out. Parts of Australia follow New Zealand and Samoa in welcoming in the new year.
The event, which includes marching bands, cheerleaders, clowns and acrobats, kicks off in Piccadilly and finishes in Parliament Square, taking in Lower Regent Street, Pall Mall, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall.
“Our plans are purely precautionary and not as a result of any specific intelligence”, she said.
“After what our city has lived through, we have to send a signal to the world”, she told the weekly Journal du Dimanche.
Also on high alert was Jakarta, Indonesia, where police uncovered plans for a terror attack on the capital during the festivities.
The Daily Telegraph said all the armed officers in London – around 2 000 people – would be deployed in “an unprecedented anti-terror security operation”.
“We want people to be reassured, not frightened by the number of police officers they may see”.
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Other celebrations included people juggling with flames.
