the headlines. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester in connection with the texas synagogue siege the british hostage taker was a man from blackburn. more than a quarter of households will struggle to pay their energy bills soon, according to a new report today. search and rescue flights continue over tonga, as fears grow for a missing british woman who it s thought was swept away in the tsunami. on his way home novak djokovic boards a flight to belgrade at dubai airport, following his deportation from australia. and coming up, scotland eases its boxing day restrictions on large outdoor events including football matches and concerts. we ll be live at celtic park ahead of tonight s match against hibs. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the australian open is under way in melbourne but without the world number one novak djokovic. the build up to the event has been
terminal at the airport, the main arrivals are over there, we don t think he will be going into the main arrivals though, we think he will be going into the vip terminal where he will probably be whisked away without saying anything to anybody, because after all novak djokovic has said that he doesn t want to make any more public statements until after the australian open tennis has finished. he doesn t want to be a source of distraction any more, he wants people to enjoy the sport, so probably we won t get a lot from him here today. perhaps that is why the fans haven t hyun turned up. i have checked in the arrivals section, there is nobody down through with novak signs and nobody in the vip section apart from lots of tv crews as you can probably imagine. cheers combo, as you can probably imagine. cheers combo. we as you can probably imagine. cheers combo. we will as you can probably imagine. cheers combo, we will be as you can probably imagine. cheers combo, we will be back as
no player is above the game. he set himself up for that. all he had to do was get vaccinated or do the right thing, and he could have stayed. for 11 days, the focus of the australian open has not been on sport. it has been on djokovic s unvaccinated status and the status of his visa. the hope for the open and for australia will be that tennis will distract from the circus. for djokovic now, some time to collect his thoughts and response to the most tumultuous period of his career. novak djokovic is due to arrive back in belgrade shortly. our correspondent guy de launey is there. when is he due to touchdown and is there a being welcoming party for him, from people in belgrade? ihe there a being welcoming party for him, from people in belgrade? he is due to touchdown him, from people in belgrade? he is due to touchdown in him, from people in belgrade? he: 3 due to touchdown in admit day, which is, let me see about 31 minutes from now, so he will be landing at the
switzerland over breaches of covid there, but, there may be other issues we don t know about at board level which have oiled the wheels of his departure. level which have oiled the wheels of his departure- level which have oiled the wheels of his departure. after nearly a fortnight of controversy, play is under way at the australian open tennis in melbourne. last year s men s singles champion, novak djokovic, was deported from australia yesterday when a court upheld a decision to cancel his visa on the grounds he hadn t been vaccinated against covid. he s due to arrive home in serbia later this morning. the australian home affairs minister has hinted that he won t be allowed back into the country until 2025 throwing his hopes of a tenth title in melbourne into chaos. gareth barlow reports. taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. it isn t how novak djokovic envisaged spending the first day of the australian open. not in australia, and not playing tennis. the world number o
tennis in melbourne. last year s men s singles champion, novak djokovic, was deported from australia yesterday when a court upheld a decision to cancel his visa on the grounds he hadn t been vaccinated against covid. he s due to arrive home in serbia later this morning. the australian home affairs minister has hinted that he won t be allowed back into the country until 2025 throwing his hopes of a tenth title in melbourne into chaos. gareth barlow reports. taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. it taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. it isn t taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. it isn t how taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. it isn t how novak djokovic envisage spending the first day of the australian open. not in australia, and not playing tennis. the world number one was on the first flight out of melbourne on sunday, after a court backed the australian immigration minister s decisio