of scotland across the pennines as we go through the afternoon. also some cloud and rain gathering into the southwest. top temperatures into the afternoon between 5 and 9 degrees. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: tennis grand slam champion novak djokovic was given a vaccine exemption to enter australia because he had covid in december, according to court documents. flat owners in the uk won t have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower height buildings under new government plans. the bbc understands the plans will be announced next week. at least 21 people have died in north eastern pakistan after heavy snowfall trapped them in their vehicles. days after violent and deadly protests erupted in kazakhstan, the former domestic intelligence agency chief is detained on suspicion of high treason. and in the past few minutes the james webb telescope has hit its next biggest milestone: the mirrors have completed deployment and the next generation telescope has taken
these are the pictures live at nasa and in space. nasa will fully deploy it s primary mirror on the james webb telescope, marking the end to the most complex space telescope deployment yet. hello, good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. novak djokovic has applied for leave to remain in australia on the grounds that he had covid last month. his lawyers said he was given a medical exemption from the country s vaccine rules by the organisers of the australian open. but he was refused entry by immigration officials when he landed in melbourne on wednesday. a court hearing will decide on monday whether he should be deported. but on the day that novak djokovic s legal team says he tested positive for covid, serbia s post office presented him with postage stamps in his honour the men s world no one tweeted about it the day afterwards, on the 17th. it comes as renata veracova, a czech doubles player, left australia this morning after her visa was cancelled because
you know, injured relatives. thousands more flat owners will be spared the expense of replacing unsafe cladding, under new government plans to make developers offer £4 billion towards the costs. at least 21 people have died in north eastern pakistan after heavy snowfall trapped them in their vehicles. and the james webb telescope has hit its next biggest milestone. the mirrors have completed deployment, and the next generation telescope has taken its final form. more on all those stories coming up at the top of the hour. but tonight here on bbc news. during the pandemic, thousands of dog thefts were reported across the uk and ireland. this is the story of molly, one of those stolen dogs, and the fight to bring her back home. are you good? i would actually rather know that she was dead than to imagine the sort of people that she s with right now. a miniature, bitch, two year old, lads. it s the smell that gets you firstl and then hundreds of these eyes looking back at you. i
telling me about these figures. these are figures for today, 313 deaths recorded, 28 days within a positive test. that does not include data for wales. looking at what happened before christmas, we saw a surge of cases being increased by the omicron. there is a lag and deaths are up by nearly a0%. the uk hit 100,000 deaths injanuary last hit 100,000 deaths in january last year. hit 100,000 deaths injanuary last year. it has taken 12 months to reach 150,000 deaths. that is down to the protection we have had from vaccines and boosterjabs in particular. they are playing a part in stopping people getting seriously ill and dying. 1800 on the 20th of january last year. we are currently seeing 160 deaths a day, on average per week. seeing 160 deaths a day, on average perweek. numbers seeing 160 deaths a day, on average per week. numbers have come down a lot. everyone is a loss. it is someone s family member. it is a tragedy, each one. these are covid deaths. there are also non thing
cricket bosses promise action after the racism experienced by yorkshire player azeem rafiq. as migrants are moved from the polish border into a warehouse in belarus, the president of belarus admits his security forces may have helped them try to cross into the eu. and mobile phones and driving how the rules are getting much tighter from next year. hello, and a warm welcome to bbc news. kyle rittenhouse, the american teenager who shot and killed two men and wounded another during racial justice protests last year on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin, has been acquitted of all charges. this is how reacted to the verdict. during a highly charged case, kyle rittenhouse had argued that he acted in self defence, while the prosecution argued he had been looking for trouble that night. let s hear more from the judge. as to the first count of the information, joseph rosenbaum, we the jury find the defendant, kyle h rittenhouse not guilty. as to the second count of the information, ric