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what do you make of democrat s decision to move forward with this vote, move forward with this plan, even though as christine pointed out it s dead on arrival by all accounts? well, good morning, laura. i think that s right. look, they re going through with these votes now in part because they made this commitment to civil rights leaders. it was central to biden s promise of governance. quo, and republican led states to restrict voting, make it harder to vote than it was in 2020. but in part, this is because they need to fulfill a promise, and it s not going to get any easier, in part this is because they want to be able to campaign on this issue and say they ve done everything they can, and in part it s because they have to exhaust all of these big picture eff efforts at reform before they can try to remove any smaller attempts at if i cans where they potentially might have a better chance. it seems like part of this is an exercise in trying, in showing people that ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. a court in australia is meeting now to decide whether the serbian tennis star, novak djokovic, can stay in the country and attempt to win a record 21 grand slams. three judges at the federal court will decide whether the australian immigration minister, alex hawke, was right to revoke djokovic s visa for the second time this month, on the grounds that the unvaccinated player s presence could risk fuelling opposition to covid vaccinations. the bbc s phil mercer has the latest from melbourne. a day s time, the australian open, the first grand slam of the year, will get under way. novak djokovic is still the top seed, scheduled to play his opening round match ironically against a fellow serb on monday as well so time is of the essence. we know novak djokovic left a detention hotel not too far from left a detention hotel not too farfrom here earlier this morning. he was placed back into immigration detention about 2k hours ago because of this ....
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 you then lied about what had happened. people feel angry about what is going people feel angry about what is going on people feel angry about what is going on in downing street, i feel angry going on in downing street, i feel angry about what is going on in downing angry about what is going on in downing street but the correct process downing street but the correct process now is to get to the full facts process now is to get to the full facts and process now is to get to the full facts and for the prime minister to appear facts and for the prime minister to appear before parliament, which he will do. appear before parliament, which he will do. and appear before p ....
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. people feel angry about what s going on in downing street, i feel angry about what is going on in downing street but the correct process now is to get to the full facts. australia and new zealand are sending surveillance flights to tonga, after a tsunami triggered by an underwater volcanic eruption caused significant damage to the island nation. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. novak djokovic has now left australia after a court ruled the world number one tennis player could not stay in the country upholding the government s decision to cancel his visa. three federaljudges have dismissed his application and the world s men s tennis number one will not now have the opportunity to defend his australian open title. in the past hour he s been escorted through melbourne ai ....
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