Born in a small town of Uttar Pradesh, Meerut, Shaurya Kansal grew up in various places including Sydney (Australia) and Auckland (New Zealand). Today life has come to a full circle with Shaurya going to back to Australia to pursue his graduation.
so far with 32 nations taking part in the final is going to be in sydney at stadium australia on august the 20th and 80 thousands tomorrow for the first match against the republic of ireland before that, the republic of ireland before that, the focus be penn or clint, the opening ceremony tomorrow morning before new zealand plays norway, with careful reporters there as well, england, there in brisbane at the moment and first up for them, haiti on saturday. denmark and china in their group. our correspondent katie is with the lionesses. a great start to life in australia for england, they began on the sunshine coast and we can have, notjust training but in some down and whale watching and thinking responding, there will be in brisbane in the capital word all ramps up ahead of their opening game this world cup
and i think this prize, which is administered through the university of sydney, it s about australian cultural life in the broader sense, and i think something my manuscript did was really capture the complexity and the range of emotions that it fuels in contemporary life in australia right now, and particularly over the period of covid and our recent lockdowns, which is where i was writing these poems. of course, and covid also affect a lot of poets and artists as well. what does it mean to you to have won the prize and what will you do with it? yes, that s right. i think as a writer, like many writers, it has been a challenging time. many of us have a lot of freelance work and things like that.
it s been a weekend of demonstrations across many european cities with protests against renewed covid lockdown measures. it comes as the omicron variant continues to spread, with it now having been found in some of the biggest cities in the world. saoirse wilson reports. another weekend of protests across europe. in brussels, 1,000 people marched against compulsory covid passes to enter bars and restaurants. translation: | can t bearj discrimination in any form. now there s the vaccine passports, that s discriminatory. and mandatory vaccines, they re heading our way. we don t want a dictatorship. translation: people who want the vaccine have the vaccine. - i don t want it. but this pass stops me being able to have a social life. i came to say i don t agree with that. the protest was brought to an end with police fire
i think it has been pretty much universal acclaim. republicans and democrats in america don t come together on much these days, but it s been universal acclaim for a life of service, a life of sacrifice and for a man who had a degree of character and strength that i think we should look back and emulate at this point. the former republican strategist rick wilson speaking to me about the veteran us politician bob dole, who s died aged 98. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we ll hear from the winner of australia s richest poetry prize, worth nearly $30,000. it s quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung