the world's top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesday. the documents his legal team presented to the court state he'd received the exemption from tennis australia with a follow—up letter from the home affairs department saying he was allowed into the country. "i explained i had recently been infected with covid in december 2021, and on this basis i was entitled to a medical exemption in accordance with australian government rules and guidance. " his legal team added that onjanuary the 1st djokovic received a document ist djokovic received a document from home affairs telling him his responses indicated he met the requirements for quarantine free arrival into australia. what is becoming clear is the break down in communication among those making the decisions, and what the judge communication among those making the decisions, and what thejudge has communication among those making the decisions, and what the judge has to look at and examine is exactly which rules apply. is it state government rules apply. is it state government rules or federal government rules? until a decision is made about whether novak djokovic can remain in australia, the world number one is still stuck in this immigration detention hotel, and in the middle of a huge controversy. this particular— of a huge controversy. this particular set _ of a huge controversy. this particular set of _ of a huge controversy. ti 3 particular set of incidents, governments not briefed on the matter, in terms of how people got into the country, a matter for the federal government. last into the country, a matter for the federal government.— into the country, a matter for the federal government. last night his mother offered _ federal government. last night his mother offered some _ federal government. last night his mother offered some reassurance. novak, i think he said he is ok, but i'm not_ novak, i think he said he is ok, but i'm not so_ novak, i think he said he is ok, but i'm not so sure. but he is mentally very stable, — i'm not so sure. but he is mentally very stable, and he is waiting. that is what _ very stable, and he is waiting. that is what he — very stable, and he is waiting. that is what he can do, waiting until monday— is what he can do, waiting until monday morning to see what they are --oin monday morning to see what they are going to decide. the monday morning to see what they are going to decide-— going to decide. the tennis tournament _ going to decide. the tennis tournament is _ going to decide. the tennis tournament is only - going to decide. the tennis tournament is only a - going to decide. the tennis tournament is only a few. going to decide. the tennis i tournament is only a few days going to decide. the tennis - tournament is only a few days away, and what is normally one of the biggest highlights here is turning into a political and diplomatic embarrassment for australia. and shaimaa joins us from outside djokovic's hotel in melbourne. does it look like djokovic is going to stay put there? yes, there has been a request put in for him to be moved to a different facility, a different place, one with a tennis facility where he can train. of course this is why he is here, to compete in the australian open and that of course is still in doubt. but we are unclear whether he will be moved to a different place or he will stay put for the rest of the weekend ahead of that decision of course on monday on whether he would be deported or remain in australia. it is yet another twist, these details that have emerged in this story. and of course i get many, many questions about what exactly went wrong in the decision—making process. what happened between novak djokovic announcing he was coming to australia to defend his title and up in an immigration detention hotel? shaimaa, thank you. up to 500,000 flat owners across the uk may no longer face the cost of replacing dangerous cladding on their properties, under new government proposals. the plans, set to be announced by the housing secretary, michael gove, would instead see developers forced to pay up. our business correspondent, simon browning, has the details its a building safety crisis. an estimated half a million people live in homes wrapped in flammable materials. added to that a missing fire breaks, defective insulation and flammable balconies. but who is to blame, and who should fix them? up to now the government's approach was for dangerous cladding removal to be paid for by the building safety fund. it was only for buildings more than 18.5 metres in height. everything else was to be covered by either developers paying, or via a loan scheme for leaseholders. it's meant blocks like this, austin apartments in the south—east london, were previous cut off from government support because it is below 18.5 metres. but on monday, michael gove, the levelling up secretary, is expected to say that will change and lower height buildings will get support. government will try to secure up to £4 billion from developers towards the cost. and if they don't pay for it voluntarily, it is understood the government will use the law to enforce it. flat owners this morning have cautiously welcomed the news. it does lift a layer of anxiety, but there is no absolute clarification in how developers are going to pay. but there is already concerned that house—builders won't pay when asked. well, they won't choose to pay. they will have to be dragged to the table to offer something up. i suspect it relies on showing will, whether it is by sampling the buildings, and showing that these buildings were not built to spec. the home builders federation said of the largest house—builders had already spent or committed £1 billion to remediate affected buildings, and that whilst house—builders were committed to playing their part, there were other organisations involved in the construction, which should also be involved in remediation costs. labour said the new measures appear far less significant than they sound. but making thousands of homes safe after the grenfell fire continues to be a huge financial challenge for the industry and government. simon browning, bbc news. travel firms say the demand for foreign holidays has started to recover following the relaxation of coronavirus travel rules across the uk. from this weekend, fully vaccinated travellers and under—18s arriving in the uk no longer need to take a pre—departure lateral flow test. tim muffett has the details. it's been a brutal time for the travel industry. lockdowns and restrictions have meant that for almost two years huge numbers of holidays have been cancelled. hello, flitch travel. but it seems there are grounds for optimism. a number ofairlines and operators are now reporting significant increases in bookings and inquiries. we're starting to see the pent—up demand that's been there for months and months now start to transition in terms of bookings, but it is off a very low base and we're hoping the next few weeks we will start to see even more demand come through. and which destinations are proving popular? the most interest we're seeing with destinations are spain, and this time of the year the canary islands is doing exceptionally well. actually, 30% of everything we are selling is for a january departure, so for the next three weeks. as of yesterday, fully vaccinated adults and people under 18 arriving in the uk no longer need to take a predeparture covid test. from tomorrow, they will only have to take a lateral flow test instead of a pcr test on day two after arriving. i'll be booking something either this afternoon or tomorrow. getting away for my 50th after a really rubbish two years. just really excited to get some sunshine. somewhere safe, don't mind wearing a mask, just to get there. any increase in foreign travel is coming from a very low base. and easyjet says flight bookings to lanzarote are up fourfold compared to last week. and jet 2 expect bookings this summer to be back to pre—pandemic levels. a glimmer of hope, perhaps, following two years of gloom for the travel industry. tim muffett, bbc news. at least 21 people have died in northern pakistan, after becoming trapped in their vehicles by heavy snowfall. 1,000 cars are still stranded in a huge trafficjam on roads leading to the hill station of murree, east of the capital, islamabad. visitors had headed to the town to experince the wintry conditions. with all the sport now, here'sjohn watson at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england will need to bat out the final day in the fourth ashes test in sydney, if they're to avoid slipping to a fourth straight defeat in the series. jonny bairstow could only add ten more runs to his impressive total, before australian batsmen usman khawaja hit another century, helping to set england an unlikely target of 388 for victory. patrick gearey reports. 0nce ashes series are lost, the remaining tests are those of character. yesterday, jonny bairstow fought back. 0h, he's edged it. this morning he was caught behind. 113 runs scored, he had earned this exit. england were all out, trailing by 122, so now their troubled huddle had to slow australia down. mark wood could. he removed david warner and manus labuschagne, while jack leach finally found himself and some wickets, too. including steve smith, who almost counts double. but there was a bigger picture, and at the centre of the frame was usman khawaja. recalled to the team and stylishly torturing england's voters, he made a century in the first innings and made one even quicker in the second. for khawaja, for his family and his country, exhilarating. for england, exhausting. australia had declared 387 runs ahead, sending england's openers to the crease under darkening skies, trusting that they would provide their own punchline again. it never quite came. they weathered that storm, and with rain in the forecast will hope tomorrow they can be rescued by another. patrick gearey, bbc news. it is one of the more exciting weekends in the english football calendar, fa cup third round weekend, as the top clubs enter ther competition. 21 ties played today. national league side chesterfield and their managerjames rowe rewarded for their brilliant cup run so far, with a trip to play european champions chelsea at stamford bridge. it means everything. it means everything to the players that have dreamt of a game like that, to play in a game like that, and they're different players at different stages of their careers. so, you know, they go with different outcomes, if you like, or different objectives. the main thing is the team objective, that we do ourselves proud. and i have no doubt, i trust the boys that will wear the shirt with pride, and hopefully give the 6,000 travelling fans something to cheer about. one of britain's biggest medal hopes at next month's winter olympics has shown just why there are such high hopes for her. charlotte bankes won the world cup snowboard cross race in russia. it's her second world cup win of the season, following her previous victory in austria and her third podium overall. she is the reigning world champion in the event. there's more on the bbc sport website, but that is all from me for now. back to you, luxmy. you can see more you can see more on you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc channel. the next news on bbc one is at five past five. have a lovely afternoon. goodbye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with me... luxmy gopal here. it is just coming up luxmy gopal here. it is just coming up to 12 minutes past one. the authorities in kazakhstan say they've arrested the former head of the domestic intelligence agency on suspicion of high treason. karim massimov was sacked from the national security committee by president tokayev on wednesday, as violence that followed anti—government demonstrations escalated across the country. dozens of people have been killed in the protests. meanwhile, the us has questioned kazakhstan�*s decision to seek russian military aid to deal with an ongoing wave of violent unrest. the first of about 2,500 russian—led troops have arrived there, though moscow says the deployment is temporary. russell trott has the latest. more troops and equipment on its way to kazakhstan. the intervention marks the first deployment by the eurasian military alliance of five former soviet republics and russia. after days of violence in which more than 20 protesters and almost as many security personnel have died, kazakhstan�*s government is seeking to regain control of the country. the us had this warning for the regime over its reliance on moscow. 0ne lesson from recent history is that once russians are in your house it is sometimes difficult to get them to leave. in a televised broadcast to the nation, kazakh president kassym—jomart tokayev said he had given orders to his security forces to shoot to kill without warning, describing the street demonstrations as coordinated attacks by foreign—led agents. the events in kazakhstan are being closely watched by opposition groups in other former soviet republics, including belarus and its exiled opposition leader, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. it is shameful belarusians should not fight abroad and should not participate in such operations, should not help another dictator to stay in power, by all means. russia says its deployment of troops is temporary. china has expressed support for what it calls "strong measures" taken to restore stability in kazakhstan, where it has significant investments. the us has advised some of its consular staff to leave, describing the country as "in a state of emergency." russell trott, bbc news. earlier i spoke to annette bohr, associate fellow of the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house. i started by asking her whether it is unusual for russia to be invited in to react to these protests. there have been several occasions in the past decade where member states of the collective security organisation, security treaty organisation, which is led by russia, have requested assistance, and russia has categorically refused. according to its charter, there must be some sort of foreign intrusion in order to justify the sending of troops. therefore it has played into russia's hands, the statements by president kassym—jomart tokayev that indeed these protests were the work of foreign trained terrorists and bandits and so russia has sent troops with great alacrity to its southern neighbour. what does this development mean for russia's position? 0n the one hand, russia was undoubtedly alarmed by this unprecedented violence in such an important ally. don't forget, it shares a 7,500 kilometre border with kazakhstan. don't forget, it shares a 7,000 kilometre border with kazakhstan. it has been a success story in central asia and it simply cannot afford this sort of instability there. moreover, bearing in mind conflicts in belarus and on its otherflank with ukraine, where it has amassed on its border 100,000 troops. but having moved into kazakhstan now, russia will most likely seek to turn this situation to its advantage, insofar as that is possible. we see an increased resolve from russia to support their clients, or loyal allies, and it reinforces its position as the main security guarantor in the region. and also just gives it general leverage, much more leverage over kazakhstan. very briefly, is this unjustifiable repression of legitimate protest or is this a valid suppression of potentially dangerous rioting? it is very important to bear in mind here that we only have the government narrative here, which is the classic authoritarian playbook, really. both the internet and mobile phone services were cut off during the protests, so we are still really only getting the facts as they are played out on the ground. and what we see is a picture where tokayev, his power is very precarious. many of his own troops moved over to the side of the demonstrators. he utterly underestimated the deep grievances of the population, their anger and their disillusionment with the state of corruption. at least 21 people have died in northern pakistan after heavy snowfall trapped them in their vehicles. roads to murree — east of the capital, islamabad — became clogged with traffic as thousands of people headed there, with the prospect of viewing the mountain resort in wintry conditions. 0ur correspondent, shumaila jaffrey, is in islamabad and gave this update. the authorities say this year an unprecedented number of tourists travelled to murree in the past few days to enjoy the first spell of snow and such a massive flow of traffic and snowstorm clogged the main highway between the capital, islamabad, and murree, and as a result thousands of vehicles got stuck. although the authorities say that they started to reach out to these people immediately and the chief minister of the punjab province say they rescued 23,000 vehicles last night, but still hundreds more remain stranded amid the snowstorm on the roads and some of the travellers in these vehicles froze to death overnight. now the authorities have declared an emergency in murree and its surrounding districts. all roads leading to the hill station have been closed, military and paramilitary troops are being called in to support the civil amnestration in the relief efforts and since the weather remained relatively better during the day, the interior minister hoped they will be able to complete the rescue operation tonight, but it will depend on the weather conditions and there is forecast of more rain and snow in the next few hours. shumaila jaffrey in islamabad. in the uk allegations of another party at downing street are set to be included in the official investigation into events held at number ten during the pandemic. it comes after borisjohnson�*s former chief adviser, dominic cummings, claimed a senior official invited people to "socially distanced drinks" in the garden, while restrictions were in place in may 2020. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has been following the story. one of his now semi—regular contributions online, publishing his blog, with a couple of key points about this ongoing investigation into social events that may or may not have happened, that may or may not have breached lockdown rules in place during 2020. specifically around an event which he claims invitations were sent out for on may 20th 2020, described as a socially distanced drinks, as you say, from a senior number ten official. he claims that he warned at the time that should not happen because they would be against the rules. because it may well be against the rules. but was subsequently told that it did go ahead. he has invited sue grey, the official in charge of investigating these events, to dig up the e—mail that he sent at the time. he's also referred to the picture, which is now widely available online, published by the guardian newspaper last month, showing people, including himself and the prime minister out on a terrace at 10 downing street having cheese and wine, on may 15th. five days earlier. he has added his voice to the defence of what was happening there, which the pm and others at number ten have said all along was a work setting, a work context, and this was a meeting or the aftermath of a meeting that happened outside. a couple of interesting interventions there. we do not have a timeframe for this enquiry to wrap up, but i would expect that quite soon. wright our political correspondent, jonathan blake, there. nasa scientists will today begin the task of unfolding the second and final mirrored wing of the james webb space telescope. when complete, the telescope, which was sent in to orbit last month, will be able to look further into the cosmos than ever before. the astonomer, dr emma curtis—lake, will be using the telescope and told me what she will be looking out for. 0h, webb is an amazing observatory and we are going to be able to look further back in time than hubble, we are going to be able to search back to the very first stars and galaxies to form in the early universe. well, to misquote an advert, you know, this telescope can reach parts of the universe that others can't. how exactly, in layman's terms, bearing in mind not everyone will have your specialist knowledge, in basic terms, how will it do that? well, it looks at the light in a different way to hubble, it looks actually at longer wavelengths, at heat wavelengths and objects in the early universe, they are actually moving away from us really quickly because the universe is expanding and when that happens the light gets shifted and it gets shifted out of what hubble can see and the range our eyes could see, but into the range that webb can see. so if it is really far away, it's moving away from us quickly, webb will be able to see it, but hubble couldn't. now, this has been a long time coming, and hasn't been an easy task. how much work has gone into this? oh, well, years and years of work. for my part, we have been planning what we are going to look at with webb for the last five years that i have been contributing to. 0n the engineering side it has been decades in development and building. and in terms of... because obviously, as you say, it has been a while in the development. how much has it sort of set back an ability to discover what is out there, in waiting for this to be developed? yes, i would say that astronomers who want to look at the early universe, we have been stalled a little bit in what we can do. so the last major update that we had was when they upgraded the hubble back in 2009 and that gave us a great boost, but then we have kind but then we have kind of been waiting around for webb ever since. and what are you likely to be able to... you sort of touched on it earlier, what are you hoping you will be able to discover and find out, as a result of having this new telescope available? we are going to be able to search for those first galaxies in the universe, which is incredibly exciting, but for me in particular i am excited about looking for what hubble has missed and building up a story of how galaxies were forming from those very first stars and galaxies all the way through to half the present age of the universe. and how crucial is this in being able to do that? in that... is this something that without it, we simply would not be able to reach parts of our cosmos? yes, exactly. there is no other planned observatory that is going to be able to see as far back in time as webb. and just finally, one final thought from you, then, emma, what do you hope? if you had an astronomer�*s wish list, what would you like to discover as a result of this? i would love to see that the things we are seeing with hubble was only a small part of the picture and that we had so much more to find because that means we can ask so many questions we didn't even know were possible. dr emma curtis—lake. she was speaking to me earlier. a year ago most school pupils were being told to study from home and the bbc started its give a laptop appeal. we asked you to donate old devices and the response was staggering. well over 100,000 laptops and tablets were handed over to families across the uk. but the need has not gone away, as fiona lamdin has been finding out. this time last year, edwina and her four children were struggling with home schooling on a phone. this was the moment when their family received a donated laptop. your laptop isjust here if you'd like to come and grab it. oh, my goodness! a year on, we've been back to see them. having the laptop has made a lot of difference, notjust in my life. it has impacted positively in the lives of my kids, because currently they're able to access schoolwork and all of that, it's been fantastic. it was a similar story for the adam twins, who were relying on paper hand—outs. wow! they're now both at secondary school. it's made a huge difference. we're still using the laptop we got a year ago today. primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across england... as the prime minister closed schools last january, the pandemic shone a light on the 1.7 million students who didn't have access to devices or data. we noticed that children who had been doing the work online came back to school in a much better place than those who hadn't. how reassuring is it for you to know that those laptops are there now? it is reassuring because we are having to work hard every day to keep the school open. with staff absences, every day we come in and we have to think about how we're going to cover classes, and there remains the possibility that some children will have to be educated from home, so those laptops will come in handy. in the last year, over 100,000 devices like these have been donated. but as you can see, there's still demand. today, donated laptops are being handed out at the somali community centre in bristol. this is your laptop. thank you so much for that, that'll help me. mara is 23 and is taking maths gcse. use it for your gsce, good luck for you! yeah. the waiting list is quite long. a0 individuals and families are on our waiting list, each week. hassan, this is for your children. yes, for my, children, yeah. hassan has four children, and has been waiting for months. they need more, but maybe they give me the only one. it's still going very strong. we are receiving donations almost every day, we are collecting, wiping, repurposing those laptops. and after a quick lesson logging in, they're good to go, and so the hope that people will still keep giving while the need is very much there. fiona lamndin, bbc news. your generosity has been amazing. to donate a laptop or device, head to bbc.co.uk/makeadifference, and click "give a laptop". now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello. the afternoon was slowly writing from the west, as the heavy, persistent rain we have had this morning gradually moves off into the north sea, the exception perhaps through east anglia and south—east england, where it will lingerfor much of the afternoon, but you can see brightness developing and some frequent showers as well, some quite hefty across western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures for the afternoon will generally hover between a 6—9. the afternoon will generally hover between a 6—9 . as the rain eases away and skies continue to clear overnight and temperatures fall away and with showers continuing in the far north—west, some of these will turn fairly wintry once more. it does mean there is a risk of ice first thing on the untreated surfaces, maybe a bit of light, patchy frost, but it also means we will start off on sunday with some sparkling lights around. as we go for the afternoon some cloud and rain gathering into the south—west, top temperatures 559 degrees in the afternoon. —— 5—9. during the pandemic, thousands of dog thefts were reported across the uk and ireland. this is the story of molly, one of those stolen dogs, and the fight to bring her back home. glass smashes. laughter. are you good? i would actually rather know that she was dead than to imagine the sort of people that she is with right now. springer miniature, bitch, two—year—old labs. it's the smell that gets you first. and then hundreds of these eyes looking back at you. i have seen people taking photographs of dogs. -