mandatory for care home staff to to be fully vaccinated. on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions and most workers say they d rather not return to their offices full time according to new research and over a fifth would like to work from home for good. also coming up this hour. out of this world four amateur astronauts, including a billionaire will spend the next three days circling the earth in the latest milestone for space tourism. hello and welcome to bbc news. after a ruthless day of firing and hiring, the prime minister is set to continue the biggest shake up of his government since he entered downing street. yesterday he fired his education, justice and housing secretaries and demoted others as he reshapes his senior team. dominic raab is no longer foreign secretary he s justice secretary and deputy prime minister with liz truss becoming only the second woman in history to hold the post of foreign secretary. gavin williamson, widely critici
north korea claims to have carried out successful long range cruise missile tests over the weekend according to state media. the report said the missiles flew 1,500 kilometres before hitting their targets and falling into territorial waters. pyongyang has continued to develop its arsenal despite being subject to strict international sanctions. we can go to seoul now to speak to our correspondent, laura bicker. laura, we are getting this from state media, effectively, we don t have confirmation can i presume, yet, but it sounds like a pretty big deal.- like a pretty big deal. well, within the like a pretty big deal. well, within the last like a pretty big deal. well, within the last hour- like a pretty big deal. well, within the last hour we - like a pretty big deal. well, | within the last hour we have heard from south korean military that they will work with us sizes and try to look at what happened over the weekend and gather intelligence and that s misaligned, but in
hello and thanks very much for joining us. the united states has responded to reports that north korea carried out successful long range cruise missile tests over the weekend. they flew 1500 kilometres, according to media sources, before hitting their targets and falling into territorial waters. the us defence department says the missiles pose a threat to north korea s neighbours. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in the south korean capital seoul. she says this is a new and potentially highly dangerous weapon. we ve heard from south korean military that they will work with the us sources and kind of try to look at what happened over the weekend and other intelligence on this missile launch but in terms of is this a big deal? my answer is yes and no. no because this is a cruise missile so when it comes to international sanctions, the un sanctions in place to try to curb north korea s nuclear programme, it does not cover cruise missiles. it covers ballistic missiles. so in som
i m laura jarrett. i m amara walker. welcome to our viewers around the world. we have reports from florida, london, kenya, the white house, and sydney great to have you this week. breaking minutes ago, simone biles is coming back. usa gymnastics confirmed she ll take part in tuesday s balance beam final. it will be her first olympic event since july 27th, is she withdrew citing mental health concerns. a tweet from usa gymnastics says we re so excited to confirm that you will see two u.s. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow. suni lee and simone biles. i can t wait to watch both. we ll have more coming up from tokyo in a few minutes. to coronavirus now and positive news that more and more americans received the message that vaccines work. as of this morning, the seven-day average of people getting their first shot is about 433,000. that s the highest number in a month. the real good news here in the jump is in southern states that have been struggling to get sho
shot, a milestone biden hoped to reach by july 4th. the u.s. reported over 800,0 0 new shots were administered yesterday, making it the fifth straight day with over 700,000 shots in arms, still far from peak levels. amid a renewed push to get more people vaccinated, the pandemic is once again consuming biden s agenda. we re not going back to the shutdowns of march of 2020. we re not going back to the economy shutting down. we have made too much progress. reporter: after getting briefed today, the president will give a speech on the pandemic tomorrow and meet with a top science adviser on wednesday to prepare for future pandemics. with hospitalizations increasing, the cdc director is warning of how contagious the delta variant can be. if you get sick with the delta variant, we estimate that you could infect five other unvaccinated people, more than twice as many as the original strain. reporter: less than 1% of those who are fully vaccinated have experienced a break-th