andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk.
welcome back to newsday. to some sporting news now, and it s the second day of the australian open grand slam in melbourne. tuesday sees novak djokovic make his return to melbourne park after being deported last year because of covid vaccination rules. he s bidding to take the crown for a record extending 10th time. to melbourne now, where we can speak to shaimaa khalil. shaimaa, i know you re in your element out there, the sports fan that you are after all, and now andy murray is in the spotlight? andy murray plays his first round game. it s been good
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