demonstration would be peaceful. well, it was a 44-year wait for australians to see one of their own win the women s tennis title on home soil. ashleigh barty rallied back from a big second set deficit to defeat american danielle collins at sold-out rod laver arena. joining me from melbourne is tennis expert ben rothenberg. ben, the crowd and nation might be going wild. reporter: absolutely, ash barty, after taking the first set, went down 1-5 in the second. barty forced back a tiebreak in the second set. and won that tiebreak comfortably to wait 44 years of waiting here. it s been a long time. it s the longest drought of any of the countries with women or men wishing here. ash barty has finally did it. and less of an emotional story on the men s side. what are we expecting there? well, the men side could
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thousands of people in scotland and northern england are still without power, following storm malik on saturday. another powerful storm is forecast to hit tonight, with winds of up to 90 miles an hour. remembering the dead of bloody sunday. 50 years on, after 13 where killed by the british army, in londonderry. and rafael nadal has claimed a record 21st grand slam men s tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. he came from two sets down to beat daniil medvedev of russia. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejo kiernan, former welsh labour adviser & broadcaster and annabel denham, director of communications
jens stoltenberg also dismissed suggestions from ukraine that western allies had over reacted to the crisis. russia s foreign minister, sergei lavrov, says moscow wants equal, mutually respectful relations with the united states and other countries but added moscow didn t want to remain in a position where it s security is infringed daily. manchester united footballer mason greenwood has been arrested on suspicion of rape and assault following allegations on social media. manchester police have confirmed he s in custody for questioning and inquiries are ongoing. rafael nadal has claimed a record 21st grand slam men s tennis title with his victory in the australian open final. he came from two sets down to beat daniil medvedev of russia. now on bbc news.yalda hakim travels back to afghanistan to find out what the country is like under taliban rule.
answers as to what happens next. mark lobel, bbc news. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was speaking earlier today. translation: i cannot say for sure if negotiations are over now. as you know, the us and nato have been studying our simple proposals for more than a month, and only the day before yesterday we received answers in western style, that are a bit confusing but rational in minor issues. this is better than nothing, but the main thing for us is to deal with the basic concepts of european security. sergei lavrov. doubts have emerged about the timing of a positive covid test novak djokovic used to enter australia, where he had been hoping to defend his australian open tennis title. the world number one was originally given an exemption to play after providing evidence of having had the virus in december.