good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first report from the covid inquiry says the uk government and devolved nations failed their citizens, and didn t plan well enough for a potential pandemic. it heard from hundreds of witnesses, and concludes that major flaws in the uk s preparations meant that the virus caused more deaths and greater economic damage than it should have. it s calling for a radical reform of the systems put in place. our health editor hugh pym joins us from central london. hugh, this is a damning report, tell us more about what it contains? a damning report, more than 200 pages! just the first report of several that the inquiry will produce in a process that will last until 2027. it s a highly significant moment because it is the first report from the inquiry chair, baroness hallett, and her colleagues here at the inquiry base. and it really could hardly be more damning. it doesn t find specific failings by individuals, i think that is not
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because nhs was under such extreme pressure because of nhs was under such extreme pressure because of underfunding, before the pandemic, because of underfunding, before the pandemic, so that it was not able to cope pandemic, so that it was not able to cope and pandemic, so that it was not able to cope. and more generally, the social and economic inequalities that were damaging and economic inequalities that were damaging the health of the people, what we damaging the health of the people, what we know, if you look at two countries, what we know, if you look at two countries, the uk and the us, pre pandemic, our countries had the slowest pre pandemic, our countries had the slowest improvement in health and the biggest increase in health inequalities of any rich country pre pandemic, and then during the pandemic, pre pandemic, and then during the pandemic, the countries that were most pandemic, the countries that were most hit pandemic, the countries that
heaļ¬na bring us up to date. the court hearing began bring us up to date. the court hearing began local bring us up to date. the court hearing began local time - bring us up to date. the court hearing began localtime herej hearing began local time here in melbourne at 9:30am, it is now lunchtime, just after 1pm, we are expecting final submissions to be made to the three appeal courtjudges so then the full court of the federal bench will digest all of the arguments that have been presented to them and as you say, we could have a decision as to whether novak djokovic will compete in the australian open starting tomorrow, monday, or he will be deported by the end of the day. the government here in australia is contending that novak djokovic is a risk to the population here by potentially inciting civil unrest because of his anti vaccination stance that has been reported. his lawyers are contending however that the government view is illogical and irrational. they say there