:05:42. > :05:46.TRANSLATION: Europe is growing together. The path to overcoming
:05:46. > :05:56.this remains long and will not be free from setbacks but at the end
:05:56. > :05:56.
:05:56. > :06:04.of it, Europe will emerge stronger And in Paris, the fireworks were
:06:04. > :06:09.subdued but a New Year's Clio Champs over the Eiffel Tower. A
:06:09. > :06:13.globe in the message from the President -- a New Year's low
:06:13. > :06:19.weight over the Eiffel Tower. TRANSLATION: We have to be lucid.
:06:19. > :06:23.2012 will be a year full of risks but also possibilities. Full of
:06:23. > :06:28.hope if we now have to face the challenges, full of dangers if we
:06:28. > :06:32.stand still for. There is a new year ritual in Germany. Everybody
:06:33. > :06:38.watches a remake of an old British comedy about a duchess and her
:06:38. > :06:48.partner. This year, there was a twist. A spoof with Chancellor
:06:48. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :06:55.Merkel and President Sarkozy. In real life, they are now linked
:06:55. > :07:00.together to save the euro. They meet again in a few days' time to
:07:00. > :07:04.try to agree on greater integration of eurozone Policies.
:07:04. > :07:09.Even here in Germany, Europe's strongest economy, the forecasts
:07:09. > :07:19.are for growth not much more than zero. To rub the rest of Europe, it
:07:19. > :07:19.
:07:19. > :07:23.may well be recession. -- Germans take to the icy water in
:07:23. > :07:29.another new year ritual. Their government is not promising any
:07:29. > :07:38.warmer economy, quite the contrary. And that is bad news for every
:07:39. > :07:43.A soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan was named today as
:07:43. > :07:47.Private John King from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.
:07:47. > :07:51.He was 19 and from Darlington and was killed in a blast in the Nahr-e
:07:51. > :07:55.Saraj district of Helmand province on Friday.
:07:55. > :07:57.Council tenants who sub-let their homes for many of could face
:07:57. > :08:01.prosecution and could be jailed under new government plans for
:08:01. > :08:04.England and Wales. High earners may also be forced to pay the market
:08:04. > :08:14.rate falling in their council property in proposals outlined
:08:14. > :08:19.They are pocketing money at the attack -- taxpayers' expense, that
:08:19. > :08:25.is what ministers think of council tenants to sub-let. Around 160,000
:08:25. > :08:29.tenants move out and take up to �1,000 of rent, the Government says
:08:29. > :08:32.it is a form of fraud to profit from accommodation no longer needed
:08:32. > :08:37.and they are promising to change the law to make it a criminal
:08:37. > :08:41.offence. It is not fair and not right. Hard-working taxpayers pay
:08:41. > :08:46.billions of pounds to build social housing, it should go to the people
:08:46. > :08:51.who really needed, not people who do that kind of fraud and abuse.
:08:51. > :08:54.Many local authorities already tell tenants not to sub-let but often a
:08:54. > :08:57.worse than today faces losing the property. In future, they could go
:08:57. > :09:02.to jail. The around 8 million people in England and Wales live in
:09:02. > :09:06.a home owned either by the council or a housing association but there
:09:06. > :09:09.are lengthy waiting lists, almost two million families hoping to be
:09:09. > :09:12.housed. Ministers believe that making sub-
:09:12. > :09:16.letting illegal is one way to try to provide council homes for those
:09:16. > :09:20.who really need them. The Government is also considering
:09:20. > :09:25.allowing councils to raise rents for high-earning tenants. Those
:09:25. > :09:28.with an income over �100,000 may have to pay more although only
:09:28. > :09:33.6,000 people are likely to be affected.
:09:33. > :09:38.But Labour is saying these measures would do nothing to tackle a far
:09:38. > :09:42.deeper problem. The reality is the housing crisis will only be sold by
:09:42. > :09:46.building a new, affordable houses. Grant Shapps as Housing Minister
:09:46. > :09:49.should stop renouncing things that will not make an immediate big
:09:49. > :09:54.difference and get on with building new houses. The Government will
:09:54. > :09:57.consult on its proposals soon but the housing charity, Shelter, has
:09:57. > :10:06.called for bigger and bolder solutions, not more tweaks to
:10:06. > :10:12.The Archbishop of Canterbury has said in his New Year message that
:10:12. > :10:14.society is letting down young people. Dr Rowan Williams says the
:10:14. > :10:18.suspicion and negativity shown towards young people is driving
:10:18. > :10:24.them into unhappiness and anxiety. He said last August's riots in
:10:24. > :10:29.England were part of a much bigger and more serious problem.
:10:29. > :10:32.Iran has test fired a new medium range missile during naval
:10:32. > :10:36.exercises close to the Strait of Hormuz, one of the busiest shipping
:10:37. > :10:41.routes for transporting oil. The announcement of the firing was
:10:41. > :10:48.followed by Tehran saying it successfully tested a nuclear fuel
:10:48. > :10:51.rod made from uranium fpb riched from Iran for the first time. --
:10:52. > :10:56.enriched. Iran's naval forces show off their fire power. Manoeuvres at
:10:56. > :11:00.sea that look like a repostto western diplomatic manoeuvres to
:11:00. > :11:05.tighten sanctions on Iran over its suspected nuclear ambitions.
:11:05. > :11:10.This naval commander says Iran is able to defend all its coastline
:11:10. > :11:13.and hit any target at any time it chooses. In the midst of ten days
:11:13. > :11:17.of exercises, it warned last week that it would shut the Strait of
:11:17. > :11:21.Hormuz if its own oil exports were squeezed. It may have backed off
:11:21. > :11:26.the comments later, but it's a reminder of the fear force the oil
:11:26. > :11:30.market, fragile western economies and stability in the Gulf. Iran
:11:30. > :11:33.straddles Hormuz, the mouth of the Gulf. The waterways strategic
:11:33. > :11:39.significant stems from the fact it carries more than a third of all
:11:39. > :11:42.oil shipped by sea, one reason the US Navy has its headquarters in
:11:42. > :11:48.Bahrain. Britain stations a small force of naval mine hunters there
:11:48. > :11:54.too. The decision to test a missile is simply to engage in some sort of
:11:54. > :11:58.brinkmanship to show that in the event of any attack they would have
:11:58. > :12:04.retaliatory capability, but it's also a way of making audiences in
:12:04. > :12:08.the West feel that they should stay back. Iranian TV also today
:12:08. > :12:13.proclaimed a new mile stone, the production of its first nuclear
:12:13. > :12:17.fuel rod. The images were meant to reinforce its position that the
:12:17. > :12:20.nuclear plans with purely peaceful and it's hinted it may be ready to
:12:20. > :12:26.resume negotiations on its nuclear programme. President Obama has just
:12:26. > :12:30.signed a Bill that could tighten US sanctions on Iran, even as the West
:12:30. > :12:35.ponders this mixture of new messages from Tehran.
:12:35. > :12:37.The Duke of Edinburgh has joined the rest of the Royal Family for
:12:38. > :12:41.New Year's Day service at Sandringham. He was greeted by
:12:41. > :12:45.hundreds of well wishers as he walked to church a few days after
:12:45. > :12:49.being released from hospital following surgery for a blocked
:12:49. > :12:52.artery. Mark Worthington reports. After more than a week's rest, the
:12:52. > :12:57.Duke of Edinburgh's New Year message was that he's now firmly
:12:57. > :13:01.back on his feet. Striding, as usual, at the Head of The Royal
:13:01. > :13:06.party, he made the short walk to the morning Sandringham church
:13:06. > :13:10.service to the sound of spontaneous applause. The hundreds of well
:13:10. > :13:15.wishers who lined the route, far more than normal, and all visibly
:13:15. > :13:18.pleased that just a few days after leaving Papworth Hospital, Prince
:13:18. > :13:22.Philip appeared to be in good health. As he came up, people were
:13:22. > :13:27.clapping and genuinely pleased an excited saying "he's here", so
:13:27. > :13:33.everyone was pleased. I would like to think I will look as good when
:13:33. > :13:37.I'm 91. He looked good, yes. A very well looking Prince Philip, yes,
:13:37. > :13:43.nice to see him out walking. After the service, the Duke of
:13:43. > :13:51.Edinburgh emerged from the church to be greeted once more by applause.
:13:51. > :13:56.It was a show of support he clearly appreciated. The Queen may have
:13:56. > :14:00.made the journey to and from church by car, but by arriving and leaving
:14:00. > :14:04.under his own steam, Prince Philip was sending a clear message that
:14:04. > :14:10.his Christmas health scare is behind him.
:14:10. > :14:16.And the whole Royal Family can now look ahead to the Queen's Diamond
:14:16. > :14:19.Jubilee year. On to football: Manchester City
:14:19. > :14:23.still lead the Premier League, but only on goal difference after
:14:23. > :14:30.suffering a shock defeat against Sunderland. Joe Wilson watched the
:14:30. > :14:33.action. For Mancini's Manchester City,
:14:33. > :14:36.Manchester United's defeat to Blackburn was a reminder of the
:14:36. > :14:42.dangers that lurk throughout the league. Here, rejuvenated
:14:42. > :14:48.Sunderland should have opened the scoring after two minutes, Bendtner
:14:48. > :14:56.the skwanderer. City rested their star forwards, well, some of them -
:14:56. > :15:02.- skwander. Stalemate Mancini added sparkle
:15:02. > :15:06.from the substitutes, no change. City dominated possession but time
:15:06. > :15:10.and time again, Sunderland kept them out with organisation, bravery
:15:10. > :15:16.and a bit of good luck. A goalless draw seemed well earned until the
:15:16. > :15:23.third minute of injury time and a young South Korean did this.
:15:23. > :15:27.Possibly off side - no-one cared in Sunderland. Teams managed by Martin
:15:27. > :15:31.O'Neill never give up, as Man City have just discovered.
:15:31. > :15:35.Everton climbed into the top half of the Premier League table after a
:15:35. > :15:43.1-0 win at West Brom. With just three minutes of the game left,
:15:43. > :15:49.substitute Victor an an, playing his first game since August through
:15:49. > :15:54.injury scored from close range -- Victor Anichebe. In rugby's Aviva
:15:54. > :16:01.Premiership, struggling Bath beat London Irish by 33-3. The pick of
:16:01. > :16:09.the tries was in the 58th minute. Michael Claasens finished off the
:16:09. > :16:13.move by going over in the corner. Today marks the start of a big year
:16:13. > :16:23.for Britain, it began with a spck tack lar fireworks display in
:16:23. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:29.London. The host city for the 2012 Games -- spectacular. It was 12,000
:16:29. > :16:36.fireworks and lasted 15 minutes. Luisa Baldini takes a look.
:16:36. > :16:41.Big Ben chimed in the New Year in London, leading a magnificent
:16:41. > :16:45.fireworks display for which thousands gathered along the banks
:16:45. > :16:50.of the River Thames. The fireworks at Edinburgh Castle
:16:50. > :16:55.saw the longest ever midnight display put on for the Hogmanay
:16:55. > :17:00.celebrations. Across the pond in New York, Lady
:17:00. > :17:10.Gaga was at the centre of proceedings in Times Square with
:17:10. > :17:10.
:17:10. > :17:15.the mayor Michael Bloomberg. The celebration in Moscow was more
:17:15. > :17:18.muted, but Red Square lit up by fireworks was a breathtaking
:17:18. > :17:23.spectacle as ever. It was cold there, but in Brazil, it was wet,
:17:23. > :17:28.though the heavy rains didn't put off two million people from seeing
:17:28. > :17:33.in the New Year on Copacabana beach in Rio.