given exercise equipment and gluten free food. one former australian foreign minister is not sympathetic. there s no way you could give him an exemption when exemptions haven t been given to people who have wanted to go to australia to see dying parents and, you know, injured relatives. there are all sorts of heart rendering stories about people not being able to see their relatives in australia. but those people aren t famous, so they don t get an exemption. but it will now be up to a judge to decide just a week before the australian open begins. simonjones bbc news. in a moment we ll speak to the bbc s guy de launey in the serbian capital belgrade, but first to our tennis correspondent russell fuller in melbourne. russell, how likely is djokovic to win the case? experts think it will be difficult for novak djokovic to win the case
government. they are planning to keep holding their support rallies. they will be there this afternoon and will keep on going until novak djokovic is out of that quarantine hotel in melbourne. i think there has been a lot of sympathy because it is orthodox christmas week here in serbia, so the idea of the world number one tennis star from serbia spending time away from his family has elicited a lot of sympathy. that s even come down to the head of the orthodox church here who says millions will be remembering novak djokovic in their prayers and will be hoping for a legal deliverance so their man can get back onto the kind of court where he usually does such devastating things. devastating things. thanks very much. (pres). police in pakistan say they ve taken more than 500 families to safety after they were stranded in deadly blizzards outside the hill resort of murree in the north of the country. at least 22 tourists died after more
because his lawyers will have to prove the australian border force didn t follow the law correctly. what his legal team will say is that the process was unfair and the decision was unreasonable. they point to communication between tennis australia and all of the players that if you have had covid in the last six months that s a good enough reason for a medical exemption from vaccination. within the last few hours the australian government have replied, and they say there is no such thing as an assurance of entry by a non citizen australia, and they argue that if the court rules in novak djokovic s favour they have the power to detain him once again and cancel his visa once again. him once again and cancel his visa once again- once again. thanks very much, russell. guy de launey is in the serbian capital belgrade what s been the reaction there? as you can imagine, there is a lot of support for novak djokovic here. his family have been holding support rallies outside the national asse
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oh, mate, i haven t slept since he s come off the plane. we are all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia. it s becoming very embarrassing. this was novak djokovic arriving on wednesday. his legal team said he had received a vaccine exemption to enter the country from tennis australia because he had tested positive for covid on the 16th of december. that was a day on which these pictures were taken, showing novak djokovic damascus at a ceremony in his home country of serbia in which he was honoured with his own postage stamps in recognition of his achievements. it s unclear whether he had taken a test at this stage. the following day, the serbian media said he was pictured handing out awards to young players. it s unclear whether he knew he had covid. another player, renata voracova from the czech republic, has now left the hotel and the country after her visa was cancelled. novak djokovic had asked to be moved to somewhere where he could train ahead of t