world championship, beating lewis hamilton on the last lap of the final race. and the uk s intelligence and cyber agency issues a christmas csard quiz for kids. we ll find out how hard it really is. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in kentucky where us presidentjoe biden has declared a major federal disaster after a swarm of tornadoes hit the state on friday, killing at least 80 people. killing at least 90 people. in all the tornadoes hit six states in the american mid west, killing at least 90 people. a search for survivors continues, with emergency crews combing through a vast amount of debris. the small town of mayfield, kentucky, was the hardest hit. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has the latest from there. there were more than 30 tornadoes but one hurtled down a single track of more than 200 miles. it is thought to be the longest path ever taken by a tornado in us history. it flattened many homes, whilst leaving others untouched. in an instant, this small t
after the string of tornadoes in the united states that have killed almost 100 people. max verstappen is champion! lewis hamilton s mercedes team set to appeal over the race in which he lost the formula one title. you re not from here, are you? from this world? no. neither am i. and a dramatic increase why spending on tv drama production in british studios is twice what it was before the pandemic. and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester united against paris saint germain, the highlight of the champions league last 16 draw. it will provide another chapter of ronaldo against messi in the spring. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says at least one person has now died in the uk with the new omicron variant of coronavirus. the government says omicron is spreading at phenomenal speed. last night, borisjohnson ramped up the vaccination booster programme to combat the variant, offering the jab to all over 18s in england by the end o
a federal disaster is declared in kentucky after the largest outbreak of tornadoes in american history leaves at least 90 dead, across six states. a bbc investigation finds networks of breeders are offering to mutilate puppies, to follow a social media trend. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the nhs is offering every adult in england a covid boosterjab by the end of the month, to fight what the uk prime minister has described as a tidal wave of omicron infections. in a televised address, borisjohnson urged everyone to get their booster as soon as possible to protect our nhs, our freedoms and our way of life . the uk s covid alert level has also been raised to level four, which means a high, or rising level of transmission. the booster target means people aged 18 and over in england will be able to get their third jabs from this week, as long as it has been three months since their second dose. those aged 30 and over can already book an
of families in the uk have seen their disposable incomes shrink in the last two years. i wish i was older so i could pay the bills with her. and the 2022 edition of the golden globes will not be broadcast on nbc as the television network dropped the show following a backlash over diversity. good afternoon. the health secretary sajid javid says the omicron variant of coronavirus now accounts for 20% of all new cases. he called it a race between virus and vaccine, saying no variant before had spread as quickly. in london, omicron is expected to become the dominant strain as early as tomorrow. the prime minister says at least one person has now died in the uk with the new omicron variant of coronavirus. meanwhile, there have been long queues at vaccination centres after the prime minister announced the ramping up of its booster programme to offer everyone over the age of 18 a jab by the end of the month in england. mrjavid said in future, people would need a boosterjab to get
hello. by this time tomorrow, omicron will most likely have overtaken delta to become the dominant covid variant in london. roughly speaking, the number of cases here is doubling every two and half days. the uk has now recorded the first death from omicron, we don t know the particular circumstances behind that case, but the prime minster said today people needed to dispel the notion that this is a milder variant. ourfreedoms, he says, will depend on the success of the booster programme and how willing people are to get vaccinated. tomorrow, there will be four votes in the house of commons on facemasks, social distancing rules, covid certificates for larger venues, and compulsory vaccinations for all nhs staff. on the conservative benches, there will be a sizable rebellion, but the leader of the opposition sir keir starmer said tonight they will be backing the governments tighter measures. of the scientists are clear. our best defence is the boosterjab. the vaccine is safe an