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variant. pfizer and moderna have previously said their boosters should offer a high level of protection as well. we will have much more on the pandemic in just a few minutes, but we begin with u.s. tensions with russia, tensions that will be the focus of president biden s call with vladimir putin this afternoon. two world leaders will be speaking for the second time this month. the white house says russia requested the call, comes as the u.s. and nato allies grow increasingly alarmed about russia s buildup of troops along its border with ukraine. over the weekend putin said he would consider a slue of options if the west failed to agree to his security demands. he would not rule out military action. i m joined by nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel in london, nbc news white house cress didn t mike memoli in delaware with the president and michael mcfaul who is now an nbc news international affairs analyst. let s start with richard in london and more on ....
christmas eve and that s with testing shortages. and none of the data includes results from those at-home covid tests. the nation overall is averaging 200,000 new cases each day right now. also concerns are growing around the risks for children. there s still a lot we don t know about the severity of omicron and people without immunity like kids who haven t been vaccinated. what we do know is the number of child hospitalizations for covid have quadrupled in new york city in recent weeks. nbc s mike memoli is traveling with the president in delaware. also with us is an epidemiologist from fielding school of public health. mike, we ll start with you in delaware. what did president biden say about what he s doing to shore up testing supplies and hospital resources? reporter: the president touched down here in delaware in the last hour. he s expected to remain here for the holiday week. his last order of business in the white house for 2021 was the same order of business ....
into space than ever before a revolutionary telescope is due to blast off over the coming hours. hello and welcome to bbc news. for much of the world christmas day has begun and in england volunteers are working at covid vaccination sites today as the push to offer every adult a booster by the end of the month continues. nhs england says thousands of first, second and boosterjabs will be given on christmas day as part of its response to the omicron variant threat. the number of people getting their firstjab of the covid 19 vaccine rose by around 46% in the week up to december 21. the nhs says about 60% of adults have now received a boosterjab in the uk, with a record number of vaccinations taking place in the last seven days. the largest increase was seen among young people, with an 85% increase in first doses for those aged 18 and 2a and a 71% increase in first doses for those aged 25 to 30. our reporter emily unia is at a london pharmacy where some patients are alre ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. and a merry christmas if you are celebrating. and a merry christmas if you are celebrating. families and communities have been marking christmas day across the globe despite varying levels of coronavirus related restrictions. in england, thousands of people are expected to get boosterjabs today. the number of coronavirus cases hit a record high across the uk yesterday. more than 122,000 new infections were reported. the health secretary sajid javid has urged people to make the booster part of their christmas this year. meanwhile, the number of people getting their firstjab of the covid 19 vaccine rose by around 46% in the week up to december 21. the nhs says about 60% of adults have now received a boosterjab in the uk, with a record number of vaccinations taking place in the last seven days. the largest increase was seen among young people, with an 85% increase in first doses for those aged 18 and 2a and a 71% increase in first doses for t ....
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a revolutionary telescope which is aiming to detect some of the earliest stars and galaxies in the universe is due to head off into space in the next few minutes. we will be following the launch of the james webb space telescope from this point which is the launch pan in french guiana. nasa s james webb space instrument, which has cost £10 billion, will be released from a rocket 26 minutes after blast off. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. stunning images revealing the beauty of our universe, but we ve only seen a tiny fraction of it. now, a new astronomy mission is set to revolutionise our view. this is the james webb space telescope. it s a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three decades in the making and a cost of $10 billion, it is finally ready to launch. we ve never attempted anything like that in space before. we are going to be entering a whole new regime of astrophysics! a new frontier! and that ....