now on bbc news.click celebrates christmas in style with a host of christmas related gadgets and a look back at some of their highlights from the year. it is clickmas! and here comes a festive feast of fun. we have games, music, drinks and gifts. and we will even help you clean up and we will even help you clean up afterwards. # mary clickmas, everybody. welcome to clickmas 2021 which is already looking more expensive than clickmas 2020. at least it is not a virtual party. at least it is not a virtual .a . ~ ., at least it is not a virtual party. would you care to switch on the lights? party. would you care to switch on the lights? i party. would you care to switch on the lights? i have party. would you care to switch on the lights? i have always - on the lights? i have always dreamt of on the lights? i have always dreamt of being on the lights? i have always dreamt of being asked - on the lights? i have always dreamt of being asked to i on the lights? i have always
and some localised flooding very popular. the grandad of six year old arthur labinjo hughes has said his killers should never be freed. the boy was killed last year by his own father thomas hughes and his partner, emma tustin. people were flagging up there were problems. and social services got involved but said there was nothing to worry about. and australian actor rebel wilson talks to the bbc about fame, fertility and food. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a whistle blower who worked on the british operation to evacuate people from afghanistan has told mps that only a tiny fraction of those who asked for help received it. raphael marshall who resigned from hisjob in september told the foreign affairs committee in written evidence the process was dysfunctional and chaotic and it was clear that some of those left behind were murdered by the taliban. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, who was foreign secretary at the time has d
and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. from the year before. and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 150 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra doses of p
we start in germany where after 16 years the era of chancellor angela merkel is finally coming to an end. she is set to be replaced by former finance minister olaf scholz. he has become germany s chancellor in waiting, after the social democrat party struck a three way coalition deal with the greens and the free democrats. they have pledged to transform europe s biggest economy with a decade of investment in renewable energy. but they have many big challenges ahead as damien mcguinness reports from berlin. the end of an era in germany. after 16 years of conservative led government under angela merkel, germany s new leaders are younger and more radical, and they want to modernise the country. it s an unusual alliance a left wing social democrat chancellor, olaf scholz, in government with the greens and the business friendly liberals. in germany, it s called a traffic light coalition after the colours of each party. mr scholz drew parallels between the incoming coalit
playing for the county. i m ben boulos, live at the willington wetlands nature reserve , where we are finding out how natural habitats like this are helping to tackle the climate crisis. and it s just one win in six premier league games for manchester united, after being beaten by neighbours manchester city 2 0 at old trafford this afternoon. and, in half an hour here on bbc news, sustainability is the name of the game. that s coming up in click. the former conservative prime minister sirjohn major has launched an attack on borisjohnson s goverment, calling its handling of owen paterson s recommended suspension, shameful and wrong . on wednesday, the commons voted in favour of changing the system that governs the behaviour of mps, despite a recommendation by the independent standards commissioner to suspend mr paterson for 30 days. ministers backtracked following uproar from their own mps and opposition parties. here s our political correspondent ione wells. if there s one p