The World Today

A happy new year and welcome to 2010!
We’re off to a freezing cold start of the year in London and snow and transport conditions are such that we haven't seen a few of our colleagues for several days.
What will the new year bring - apart from warmer weather, hopefully? President Obama’s first anniversary in office is not far off as is his first State of the Union Address – we’ll be taking a look at whether and how America has changed.
Elections in Sri Lanka, one of our most-covered countries in 2009, are imminent, with the wartime army commander running as a candidate. Our correspondents are preparing to report from Colombo as well as from last year’s battlefieds in the north.
The World Service internet season - “Superpower” - is looming large as is the first World Cup held in Africa later in the year.
For now many of the African footballer plying their trade in Europe have escaped the freezing conditions to play in the Africa Nations Cup in Angola, another hosting debut from where we’ve just begun to report.
Amid the uncertainty of what the new year may bring, just one very safe prediction from us:
Many more editions of the World Today with reports from all walks of life and all corners of the world. Stay tuned.