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and the show won t go on: music s biggest night, the us grammy awards, is postponed indefinitely over covid fears. hello. welcome to the programme. the reigning australian open champion novak djokovic faces deportation from australia after flying in to melbourne to defend his australian open tennis title. the world number one, who has never declared his vaccination status, was granted a medical exemption to play. but he s now in a government detention hotel considering a challenge to his visa being revoked. mark lobel has the latest. shepherded to a government detention hotel. the tennis world number one hours after arriving in melbourne, expecting to defend his australian open title after stating he was exempted from vaccination rules. but at the airport, federal authorities noticed a mistake with his application and he was quizzed there for over seven hours. the result for the tennis star, this time, was not what he wanted. on the issue of mr djokovic, rules are rules ....
treated than anyone else and he ll be on the next plane home. we begin in europe, where governments are struggling to contain the 0micron variant. france has just recorded 335,000 new cases a new daily record for the continent. the french parliament is debating legislation that would replace france s health pass with a vaccine pass, that would be required for entry into restaurants, bars and all public transport within the country. a negative test or recent recovery from covid will no longer suffice. austria will be the first eu country to introduce mandatory vaccinations starting in february. those who refuse to be vaccinated will be subject to fines. and the government of italy, which reported 189,000 covid infections today, also a new national record, is meeting to discuss making vaccines mandatory for all workers and the over 50s. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports from rome. the youngest to be armed in the endless battle against covid. five year old eduardo gets his ....
this is a victory for anyone who wants to be on the right side of history. four people are cleared in bristol of criminal damage after the toppling of a statue during a black lives matter protest. will he or won t he defend his australian open title? novak djokovic s appearance is in doubt after problems with his visa. and the first woman of colour, a british army officer, makes the 700 mile solo trek to the south pole. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the series may be lost, but england battle hard on a rain affected opening day of the fourth ashes test in sydney. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. lastest figures suggest one person in every in 15 across the uk, had covid in the run up to new year s eve, the highest level of infections recorded by the office for national statistics. but borisjohnson s confirmed there ll be no new restrictions in england, saying the government was taking a balanced approach to covid. the rules on testing are changi ....
plane home. we begin in europe, where governments are struggling to contain the omicron variant. france has just recorded 335,000 new cases a new daily record for the continent. the french parliament is debating legislation that would replace france s health pass with a vaccine pass, that would be required for entry into restaurants, bars and all public transport within the country. a negative test or recent recovery from covid will no longer suffice. austria will be the first eu country to introduce mandatory vaccinations starting in february. those who refuse to be vaccinated will be subject to fines. and the government of italy, which reported 189,000 covid infections today, also a new national record, is meeting to discuss making vaccines mandatory for all workers and the over 50s. our correspondent mark lowen reports from rome. the youngest to be armed in the endless battle against covid. five year old eduardo gets his first jab as italy steps up vaccinations for ....
novak djokovic s apprearance at the tournament is in doubt, after problems with his visa. four people are cleared in bristol of criminal damage, this is a victory for anyone who wants to be on the right side of history. four people are cleared in bristol of criminal damage, after the toppling of a slave trader statue during a black lives matter protest. hello, welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. lastest figures suggest one person in every in 15 in england had covid in the run up to new year s eve, the highest level of infections recorded by the office for national statistics. but the uk prime minister boris johnson s confirmed there ll be no new restrictions in england, saying the government was taking a balanced approach to covid. the rules on testing are changing in england and wales. anyone who has a positive lateral flow test, but no symptoms, won t have to confirm the result with a pcr test. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young has this report. ....