option is to go to spain where he could go via dubai, and option three could be his days, and that s what a lot of the courts have been expecting. how long he will stay that we don t know, we will have more clarity want to land but it looks unlikely he would make comments here in dubai. here in dubai. thank you for keein: here in dubai. thank you for keeping us here in dubai. thank you for keeping us up-to-date - here in dubai. thank you for keeping us up-to-date on . here in dubai. thank you for i keeping us up-to-date on the keeping us up to date on the situation at the dubai airport. meanwhile, i want to turn to you feel, and you are in melbourne, which has been the scene of this entire controversy, the saga to some respects. what are some of the things you have been hearing from people in terms of their opinions on what has happened? midday in melbourne and i have just seen one of novak djokovic s supporters walk past with a big flag and a big picture of novak djokovic on his b
it seems like the consensus is fans agree with the decision to have documents leave the country. have documents leave the count . have documents leave the country- have documents leave the count . ., ., country. adding to that is a sense that country. adding to that is a sense that the country. adding to that is a sense that the situation - country. adding to that is a sense that the situation of| sense that the situation of course has been very messy, and there will be questions as to why novak djokovic was granted this medical exemption from australia s covid i9 vaccination immigration regulations. he was granted that waiver by tennis australia, which is the governing body and also the victorian state government, melbourne is the state capital of victoria but we know back documents arrived at the border, that waiver was challenged by federal authorities, so why many australians believe that novak djokovic tried to exploit luke loophole in the regulations and believe he sho
bbc news, melbourne. as we are expecting novak djokovic s flight to arrive in any minute now and from dubai we can speak to our middle east correspondent. we also have phil mercer in melbourne, following this story right from the start. great to have you both on the programme, but let me start with samir. how we got any further details about that arrival of novak djokovic s flight? we know the emirates flight will be landing in the next few minutes, it was originally supposed to land at 5:40am local time but now we are told that could be a little earlier than that. what happens next, we still don t know, because whether he will be flying to serbia, whether he goes to spain or the sides to stay, that looks quite unlikely but we don t have those details,
focus on the game and the tournament and i love, the australian open under way i should say in melbourne right now. in the last hour, police in manchester in england have said two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the hostage stand off in texas on saturday. president biden has called the event an act of terror. four people escaped unharmed after being held for several hours in a synagogue near dallas. the hostage taker was a british citizen named malik faisal akram. he died during the siege. sophie long reports. this is the moment the three final hostages ran for their lives, more than ten hours after their ordeal began. a successful but nonetheless terrifying end to the delicate day long operation involving negotiators and heavily armed police. the man, now identified as malik faisal akram, a 44 year old british citizen originally from lancashire, was shot and killed. he d claimed to have a gun
eruption and tsunami. in the uk, opposition leader keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and lied over lockdown parties in downing street, and that the pm should resign in the national interest. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s nine in the morning in singapore, noon in melbourne, and 5am in dubai, where in the next 20 minutes or so, novak djokovic is expected to touch down following his deportation from australia. a panel ofjudges upheld the australian government s decision that his refusal to be vaccinated against covid 19 made him a threat