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hello, and welcome to bbc news. let s take you live to the vatican because pope francis is delivering is traditional christmas day urbi et orbi speech to the world from st peter s square. he will be addressing the city and the world and of course, you can see there everyone gathering in the square listening to this triumph music. the faithful gathered to hear the leader of the roman catholic church. in this all important address. let s listen. translation: finlayson yellow he came like a whisper, like a murmur of a gentle breeze to fill with wonder at the heart of every man and woman who was open to this mystery. the word became flesh in order to dialogue with us. god does not desire to carry on a monologue rather odd dialogue. god himself father, son and holy spirit is dialogue and internal infinite communion of love. by internal infinite communion of love. by coming into the world, the person of the world made flesh, jesus, god shows us the way of encountering dialogu ....
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 ....
the main stories at the top of the hour. first, click celebrates christmas in style, with a host of christmas related gadgets and a look back at some of their highlights of 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 afterwards. # merry clickmas, everybody.# welcome to clickmas 2021, which is already looking more expensive than clickmas 2020. at least it is not a virtual party. but have we got a clickmas for you! i say it looks more expensive it will do once we switch on the clickmas lights. would you care to do the honours? i have always dreamt of being asked to turn on the christmas lights and i will go one better than that. are you ready? definitely. five, four, three, two, one. ta da! oh, my life! a clickmas laser? what could possibly go wrong?! and that is the best handwriting on click. by the way, have you bought all your christmas presents? not yet. i still need to g ....
members of the royal family, though not the queen, joined the congregation at st george s chapel. happy christmas. merry christmas. the royal party was led by the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall, who arrived on foot. the queen s christmas broadcast at three o clock this afternoon will be an unusually personal one. she s expected to reflect on the death of her husband, prince philip, earlier this year. in his christmas message from canterbury cathedral, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, reflected on the impact of the pandemic. we all face uncertainty, uncontrollability and unpredictability. whether we are working in sage or the cabinet, to each one of us, from huge companies to those who are sleeping rough. at the vatican, pope francis spoke about the importance of dialogue. he urged world leaders to engage with each other to solve problems and prevent conflicts. nicholas witchell, bbc news. volunteers are working at vaccination centres across ....
the telescope that will delve deeper into the universe than ever before will be launched into orbit within hours. and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie find out how the money they ve raised is bringing christmas cheer to children in hospital. and while it remains a dream for another year for and while it remains a dream for another yearfor many of and while it remains a dream for another year for many of us, for one or two it is already a white christmas and there is still more snow in the forecast. join me for all of the details here on your christmas day breakfast. good morning. it s christmas day, 25th december. our main story: the queen s televised christmas day message is expected to be a very personal one the first since her husband, prince philip, died in april at the age of 99. the queen will spend the day at windsor castle after deciding not to travel to sandringham for her traditional family gathering. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. t ....