this is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died within 28 days of a positive covid test since the pandemic began. lawyers for novak djokavic claim he was given a vaccine exemption to enter australia, because he d had a recent covid infection. nasa says the james webb space telescope has fully deployed in space after unfolding its final mirror panels.
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in terms of how people got into the country, that s a matter for the federal government. last night his mother offered some reassurance. novak is, i think. he said he s 0k, but.| m not so sure. but he s mentally very stable, and he s waiting. that s what he can do, waiting until monday morning to see what they re going to decide. the tennis tournament is only a few days away, and what s normally one of the biggest highlights here is turning into a political and a diplomatic embarrassment for australia. shaimaa khalil, bbc news. an airstrike on a refugee camp in northern ethiopia is reported to have killed more than 50 people. there s been no independent confirmation of the attack in tigray but pictures on social media show injured civilians being treated in hospital. fighting on the ground