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hello and welcome. the world s number one tennis player, novak djokovic, has begun his appeal against his deportation from australia. the government says that djokovic, who hasn t had a covid jab, is a threat to public order and might foster anti vaccination sentiment . his lawyers say the decision to throw him out the country is irrational. djokovic still hopes to begin defending his australian open title on monday. judges from the australian federal court are hearing the appeal via video link. our correspondent, phil mercer, is outside the court in melbourne. he s scheduled to play his opening round match against a fellow serbian on monday as well. time is of the essence. we know that he left he is following proceedings that his lawyers office, so he should know sometime today whether he is free to compete in the australian open or will be forced to depart, be deported from australia. obviously, he has had his supporters throughout all of this there in australia, but ....
far-right military gang, called the oath keepers. that s a big deal for a number of reasons. first, here is how the law defines seditious conspiracy. i ll quote for you. if two or more persons conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the united states, or to levy war against, them or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the united states. now, that law on that charge, the dishes conspiracy, was most notably use against puerto rican nationalists in the 20s it century. in fact, that moment they were charge, for was the most violent moment to happen to the capitol. four of them stormed in the capital, injuring five representatives. but, in recent decades, there is also the use against right-wing anti government groups. including, a group of white nationalists who were charged with sedition, ultimately acquitted by all white jury in the 1980s, after they tried to overt ....
time for a look at the weather news now and stav danaos has the details. it s been a cold start across england and wales, quite a hard frost in london in the south east, mist and fog around too and that s how it will stay for the next few days with high pressure around, we ll continue to see mist and fog and some of it will continue to linger in places. you can see on the latest satellite picture, generally more cloud across scotland and northern ireland, it will remain rather grey throughout the day today. more of a breeze for the final for scotland, today. more of a breeze for the finalfor scotland, one today. more of a breeze for the final for scotland, one or two spots of rain but elsewhere a lovely sunny day, some wintry sunshine continuing for most of us. away from the fog patches, whetherfog patches linger thenit patches, whetherfog patches linger then it will be colder than these temperatures suggest but very mild across the north east of scotland, 12 degrees in ....
six million people were waiting for planned operations and procedures in november. england s isolation period for coronavirus is reduced to five full days, if there are two negative covid test results on days five and six. vaccinated uk travellers will be allowed back to france from tomorrow as the government in paris relaxes restrictions. a rare interference alert is issued by mi5 to parliamentary offices. it warns of political interference activities on behalf of the chinese communist party. a former syrian colonel is found guilty of the torture of thousands of people at a prison in damascus during syria s civil war. the scale of our river pollution. mps call for a step change in efforts to clean up rivers in england. borisjohnson s future as prime minister remains in the balance, despite his apology for attending a drinks party during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020. some senior conservatives are calling for him to resign. but members of the cabinet have r ....
the year is 2006, republican president george w. bush is signing an extension of the voting rights act. staying there behind him is missouri senator roy blunt who now thinks voting rites is a partisan issue. that 25-year extension of the voting rights act was so bipartisan that both the majority and the minority leader were there for the signing. oh, okay, right here next to hillary clinton is senator lindsey graham before he thought that protecting voting rights was a power grab. fast forward to today when the senator who will go into the history books as little more than a caddy to the disgraced twice impeached former president said this. as to voting rights itself, i think this is the most height manufactured issue in a long time. let s just be clear. when we talk about voting rights regulation, we talk a lot about what president biden should do, what majority leader chuck schumer could do but what about the republican party up until very recently unanimously sup ....