varanasi in the northern state of uttar pradesh. thousands of pilgrims throng the ganges river banks to take part in the magh mela festival. they believe bathing in these sacred waters will wash away their sins. translation: nobody - is following the guidelines. announcements are being made to urge people to wear masks. what can the government do? the mistake is on our part that we should be following the rules, but nobody is following the rules, nobody is ready to listen to the rules. at the gangasagar festival in west bengal, officials try to enforce covid restrictions. pilgrims have to show their vaccine certificates along with an rt pcr test report ta ken two days before arrival. but most here believe god will save them from covid. three million people are expected here. doctors asked the state high court to stop the festival, fearing it would become a super
when novak djokovic s visa was revoked the first time, he was held here at this immigration detention hotel. more than a week later, he s back. only two days before he is meant to compete in the australian open and defend his title, this is where he will be spending the night. and when he does get out on sunday, it won t be to go to practice he will be in his lawyer s office while a court decides his fate. his rival rafael nadal said the grand slam is not just about djokovic. the australian open is much more important than any player so if he is playing, finally, ok, if he s not playing, the australian open will be a great tournament with or without him. that is my point of view. sunday s court decision is crucial for both sides the top seed whose chance at a 21st grand slam rides on it, and a government that has been hugely embarrassed by the mishandling of the saga.
so this is now being very much cast here in serbia as an attack, notjust on one man, but on the entire serbian people. the uk government s latest daily coronavirus figures show there were 81,713 new infections in the latest 24 hour period. that means there were 117,800 new cases on average per day in the last week. another 287 deaths were reported. that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week, there were 263 deaths per day. vaccinations are continuing, but at a slower pace. on average in the last week, “14,015 people had a boosterjab, which means 63.1% of the population aged 12 or over have now had three doses. tsunami waves a metre high have hit the pacific island nation of tonga after an underwater volcano erupted for the second time in two days. satellite images captured
on the evidence we ve seen in the newspapers. and so therefore there s a very strong case that, of course, the metropolitan police looking at government should be investigating with a view to advising as to what crimes possibly have been or potentially have been committed. obviously, that s a matter of a court if they be convicted or not. lawyers for the duke of york want to question two people as part of the civil sexual abuse case being brought by virginia giuffre in america. according to court documents, prince andrew s legal team argue ms giuffre may be suffering from false memories, and they want to hear from her husband and her psychologist. prince andrew denies all the allegations against him. our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal, has more. this comes 2a hours after virginia giuffre requested witness accounts from prince andrew s former assistant and a woman at a nightclub at the time of the allegations, and now the prince has hit back with requests of his own. as you me
to stop its festival this year, worrying it would become a super spreader event. india reported over 260,000 new coronavirus cases on friday. aru na iyengar reports. varanasi in the northern state of uttar pradesh. thousands of pilgrims throng the ganges river banks to take part in the magh mela festival. they believe bathing in the sacred waters will wash away their sins. translation: nobody - is following the guidelines. announcements are being made to urge people to wear masks. what can the government do? the mistake is on our part that we should be following the rules, but nobody is following the rules, nobody is ready to listen to the rules. at the gangasagar festival in west bengal, officials try to enforce covid restrictions. pilgrims have to show their vaccine certificates along with an rt pcr test report ta ken two