trying to see if the judicial process will do its work for novak djokovic. we know that it hasn t and he has now been deported. i asked for his initial reaction to what has happened in australia. i m not. as a president, i m not an anti vaxxer. i was three times vaccinated. three shots. it s not about that. if you wanted to put principles in front of everything, you should have said ok, non vaccinated people cannot enter the territory of australia. but you didn t say so. you were saying medical exemptions and medical exemptions. and he came there with medical exemption proposal. and then you were mistreating him for ten days. why did you do it? and that is something that no one can understand. and my response to australian people is that we are going to host in the very best way their athletes.
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. i m martine croxall. novak djokovic has been deported from australia, afterjudges rejected the unvaccinated tennis star s appeal to stay in the country on public health grounds. there s dismay from supporters mr djokovic s family say they are very disappointed with the decision and what they have called scandalous behaviour from authorities. labour leader sir keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and should resign, over a series of parties at downing street during coronavirus restrictions. the conservative party chairman, oliver dowden, says the culture in downing street must be addressed. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think the prime minister broke the law, i think he then lied about what had happened.
is that there will be a freeze for the next two years and maybe even a below inflation increase after that, which will be essentially a fairly hefty cut, again, in the bbc s funding. but then, of course, there is the wider point, which is throwing open the question of the future of the licence fee based around the ownership of televisions. she says, time to discuss and debate new ways of funding. well, this has been going on for a long time, and the biggest problem about it is some people say, why can t it be just like netflix? a subscription service. the question is, how do you stop people watching, millions watching on free to air tv and listening on free to air radio? a subscription bbc would be a very different bbc to the one today. the headlines on bbc news. novak djokovic has been deported from australia, afterjudges rejected his appeal to stay in the country on public health grounds. labour leader sir keir starmer says borisjohnson broke the law and should resign, over a ser
everything s been so close to the wire with this case. we re less than 2a hours away from the australian open. novak djokovic was actually due to play on the first day, but instead of staying and defending his title, he s had to leave the country. djokovic said he felt uncomfortable that all the attention has been on him, and that he now hopes it turns to tennis and the tournament he loves. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, melbourne. our correspondent guy de launey has the latest from the serbian capital, belgrade. we re getting some political reaction, as you saw. a little extract there in shaimaa s piece from president aleksandar vucic. i was talking to him a few hours ago because, of course, novak djokovic has had support from the very, very highest level of serbian government throughout this whole affair, whether that meant going in quite aggressively or stepping back and being more conciliatory and trying to see if the judicial
i feel angry about what is going on in downing street, but the correct process now is to get to the full facts. it s being reported a man who held four people hostage at a synagogue in texas for more than 10 hours was a british citizen. police say the man is now dead, all the hostages have been freed. rafael benitez has been sacked as everton manager, after less than seven months in charge at the club. coming up later this hour, mark kermode joins jane hill to discuss the latest cinema releases and what s new on streaming in the film review. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the tennis star novak djokovic has deen deported from australia after losing his attempt to have the government s decision