further west, double figures could make 13 in northern ireland. not a great deal of rain to come. those weather fronts moving down are weak, but they will linger and keep more cloud on tuesday in the far south. otherwise most places will see some sunshine. hello, you re watching bbc news with me, jane hill. the latest headlines: the education secretary for england backs reducing the covid isolation period from seven days to five. the australian government did not give assurances to novak djokovic that he could enter the country without a vaccination, according to documents filed before tomorrow s court hearing. an afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited with relatives. russian troops arrive in kazakhstan. there is relative calm there,
we have seen once again a rally outside the national assembly here in belgrade this afternoon, and that was people turning up in their hundreds to hear from was people turning up in their hundreds to hearfrom novak djokovic s family. his mum, dad, and brother, and they were talking about their latest contacts with the world tennis number one. his brother was saying he was grateful for all of the support serbia was sending to him and was hoping for the right verdict from an independentjudge. verdict from an independent judge. his verdict from an independentjudge. his mother said that he hasn t been getting breakfast. he said in prison he would at least be getting three meals a day. his father has taken a more paranoid point of view saying this is only happening because we are serbia, a small country, and they are trying to put us down. they ve been quiet on the political front. i think everybody is now waiting for this court verdict to come out. a bbc investigation into accommodation fo
held in a hotel in melbourne since he arrived in the country. the australian government says he is not exempt from the requirement for visiting foreigners to be vaccinated. from melbourne, shaimaa khalil reports. a day before challenging his deportation in court, novak djokovic is still held at the immigration detention hotel, and his supporters are still outside, calling on the government to let him out. oh, mate, i haven t slept since he s come off the plane. we re all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia. it s becoming very embarrassing. chanting: novak, novak! the world number one is now in the middle of a political and diplomatic storm that has provoked anger in his home country of serbia. this was djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team say he was granted a vaccine exemption from tennis australia because he tested positive for covid i9 on the 16th of december. that was also the day when these
jurisdictional error. all that remains is that the decision is quashed. so, whether the court will make that decision tomorrow is another story because there are a lot of matters to consider. at the end of the day, the court willjust say this is a nullity. what is interesting is the response from the minister which hasjust interesting is the response from the minister which has just come through now, which shows an extraordinary doubling down, i guess, and makes it very clear that the minister of current affairs doesn t want novak djokovic in the country. djokovic in the country. from your persoective. djokovic in the country. from your persoective. is djokovic in the country. from your perspective, is that djokovic in the country. from your perspective, is that a djokovic in the country. from your perspective, is that a political- perspective, is that a political stance? that s about saying we ve all had such privations in this country, we can t have someone come in apparentl
you look at the most recent comments on all of this from the uk health security agency, which was nine days ago, but at that point they were saying between ten and 13% of people are still infectious. certainly on day six. and i suppose that s your point, there is still move ability here. the earlier you bring that forward, then the higher the percentage goes. doing the two lateral flow tests 24 hour is a part makes the whole approach much safer than what they ve been able to do in the us where i think they haven t got adequate supplies of the test to do it this way. there will be a law of diminishing returns. as you move forward in time more people will be infectious. the lateral flow tests will go positive and they will still have to stay at home. novak djokovic s appeal against deportation from australia begins in a few hours with a court hearing. the men s tennis numberi has been