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  By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent, Amal Udawatta, Image caption, The coronation weekend will include concerts, public celebrations and a bank holiday World-famous entertainers will perform at Windsor Castle as part of a weekend of celebrations to mark the King's coronation, it has been announced. The concert will be broadcast on the BBC on 7 May featuring "global music icons", orchestras and a diverse "coronation choir". It will come the day after the coronation at Westminster Abbey. Processions to and from the abbey will take place, ending with a balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace. These are among the new details just released on plans for the weekend which the King and Queen Consort hope will be an opportunity for friends, families and communities to celebrate together, said Buckingham Palace. The concert choir will be picked from amateur choirs, including from the NHS, refugees, LGBTQ+ singing groups and deaf-signing choirs, reflecting the aim to ma

  By Jasmine Andersson BBC News Edited by - Vinuri Randhula Silva, New year celebrations are in full flow in parts of the world where 2023 has already arrived. The Pacific nation of Kiribati was the first to welcome in the new year, followed by New Zealand an hour later. And thousands gathered in Sydney for the Australian city's renowned fireworks display. IMAGE SOURCE, BIANCA DE MARCHI/EPA-EFE/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK Image caption, Sydney's fireworks launched from its Harbour Bridge, Opera House and barges in its famous harbour IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Many also gathered to watch the fireworks under the trees in Sydney Botanic Gardens IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, People had gathered early to get a prime spot to watch the midnight fireworks over the Sydney Opera House IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, The Hagley Park celebrations in Christchurch, New Zealand, were marked with fireworks and live music IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS Image caption, People gat