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for scotland as well. and what s next for emma? british tennis legends offer their advice to the teen queen, emma raducanu. good afternoon. in the past few minutes, the four chief medical officers for the uk have recommended that all children aged 12 to 15 years old should be offered one dose of the pfizer covid vaccine. the decision comes after scientific advisers serving onjoint committee for vaccination and immunisation said the vaccine only offered a marginal health benefit for that age group and could not be recommended on health grounds alone. well, ministers are now expected to back the new recommendation as part of the covid winter plan the prime minister will set out tomorrow. let s discuss this further and get more detail. with me now is our health correspondent anna collinson. take us through the details. the element up until now only 12 to 15 year olds with underlying health is year olds with underlying health conditions were allowed to have a covid i9 vac ....
and surfing china style. we ll reveal why catching a wave there has never been so popular. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in geneva where, at an emergency aid conference, more than $1 billion dollars has been pledged to help afghanistan. the country is facing a major humanitarian crisis, with the impact of fighting and drought made worse by instability following the taliban s takeover last month. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, said one in three afghans did not know where their next meal would come from. the people of afghanistan need a lifeline. after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour. now is the time for the international community to stand with them. and let us be clear, this conference is not simply about what we will give to the people of afghanistan. it is about what we owe. joining me is dr mohammad haqnal. he s the former head of af ....
coronavirus. good to have you with us. the u.s. and south korea said they re looking into claims by north korea that it has test fired a new strategic weapon. according to state media, north korea successfully tested long range cruise missiles over the weekend which hit targets 1500 kilometers away. the move is likely to heighten tensions in the region with japan expressing its concerns. pa paul paula hancocks is following this for us. how big a threat might there this pose? reporter: rosemary, any testing that north korea does does bring its own concerns to those in the region and of course in washington, as well. the fact it appears to be, according to state-run media in north korea, a new strategic weapon will be of a concern. the fact they are test firing something new. we had a couple of parades over recent months one in january and one in october of last year, there are a number of new weapons systems that were unveiled. experts have been saying since th ....
it s 5:00 a.m. in new york. thank you so much for getting an early start with us. i m christine roman. we. i m laura jarrett. we begin with the white house running into roadblocks from all directions as it enters a critical period to set an economic agenda for the end of the year and the 2022 midterms. democrats in congress are trying to push ahead with a sweeping multitrillion dollar 10-year spending plan to expand the social safety net that includes child care, tackling the crime crisis. the goal to submit detailed bills by the end of the week. democrats from the opposite end of the spectrum are drawing hardlines. he would not have my vote on $3.5. b chuck knows that. we talked about this. we put out $5.4 trillion. all the help we put there and will run until next year 2022. what the urgency? it s absolutely not acceptable to me and i don t think it s acceptable for the president, for the american people, or the overwhelming majority of the people in the dem ....
63% of eligible americans are now vaccinated in the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases appears to be declining nationwide, although certain states are still experiencing surges. hospitalizations also appear to be leveling off, even as the average number of daily deaths continues to climb. let s talk about the brand new poll numbers showing a majority support for vaccine requirements. cnn senior data reporter harry enton is here. this is part of the brand new cnn poll mostly taken in august before president biden announced a series of new requirements, but harry, we see a serious growth here in support for vaccine requirements. oh, and up, up, up, climbing higher and higher as jackie wilson once said. support for vaccination mandates, 55%, work and person 54%. only shopping at grocery store 41% has less than majority support. the key here is the trend line, 49, 55, 47, 55, 46 to 54. shopping in grocery store up 15 points. aside from the last one a majority ....