the initial decision by australian border enforcement officers so strongly when they first canceled his visa, the fact that he was able to overturn that in court last monday, that was certainly an embarrassment to the government. given the imbrace minister s specific, very wide-ranging personal powers to cancel visas, politically he was always going to look at doing that. and probably follow through on that, if at all possible. i think prance the surprise for some people was that he took so long to do it. he considered the matter for some four days. but that i think is widely accepted as a reflection of what was at stake politically for the government here. they were dealing with someone who clearly had the means, the determination, and the resources to appeal a second cancelation if and when it happened. and that s exactly what played out here. so the decision to cancel it again was made very late on friday evening. and novak djokovic s lawyers went to work very quickly. a court heari
there was a tense standoff with police firing tear gas to disperse groups of protesters, scenes similar to if less violent than the yellow vest protests of three years ago. protesters said they were inspired by the canadian blockades and wanted an end to government covid rules. translation: we ve come - from reims, an hour and a half away from paris, to be a part of this freedom convoy. we are here today notjust because we are against the vaccine pass but also because of all the taxes the government is imposing on us. police tow trucks were brought in to remove the protesters vehicles and traffic was able to resume. but some hours later, as evening set in, there were still small scale skirmishes down the avenue and more tear gas being fired. the scenes on the champs elysees may have been reminiscent of the yellow vest movement but, overall, the impact of the french so called freedom convoys has been limited with no serious disturbance
the occupants flying tricolour flags and chanting anti president macron slogans. there was a tense standoff with police firing tear gas to disperse groups of protesters, scenes similar to if less violent than the yellow vest protests of three years ago. protesters said they were inspired by the canadian blockades and wanted an end to government covid rules. translation: we ve come from reims, i an hour and a half away from paris . to be a part of this freedom convoy. we are here today notjust because we are against the vaccine pass but also because of all the taxes the government is imposing on us. police tow trucks were brought in to remove the protesters vehicles and traffic was able to resume. but some hours later, as evening set in, there were still small scale skirmishes down the avenue and more tear gas being fired. the scenes on the champs elysees may have been reminiscent of the yellow vest movement but, overall, the impact of the french so called freedom convoys has been
with police firing tear gas to disperse groups of protesters, scenes similar to if less violent than the yellow vest protests of three years ago. protesters said they were inspired by the canadian blockades and wanted an end to government covid rules. translation: we ve come - from reims, an hour and a half away from paris to be a part of this freedom convoy. we are here today notjust because we are against the vaccine pass but also because of all the taxes the government is imposing on us. police tow trucks were brought in to remove the protesters vehicles and traffic was able to resume. but some hours later, as evening set in, there were still small scale skirmishes down the avenue and more tear gas being fired. the scenes on the champs elysees may have been reminiscent of the yellow vest movement but, overall, the impact of the french so called freedom convoys has been limited with no serious disturbance to life in the capital.
the vaccine pass but also because of all the taxes the government is imposing on us. police tow trucks were brought in to remove the protesters vehicles and traffic was able to resume. but some hours later, as evening set in, there were still small scale skirmishes down the avenue and more tear gas being fired. the scenes on the champs elysees may have been reminiscent of the yellow vest movement but, overall, the impact of the french so called freedom convoys has been limited with no serious disturbance to life in the capital. many of the protesters who d driven in convoys from points all over france in recent days have said they now intend to continue on to brussels. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. let s get some of the day s other news. the court of arbitration for sport is holding a hearing later on, in the case of the 15 year old russian skating sensation, kamila valeeva, who failed a drug test before the winter olympics. kamila valeeva was part of the olympic gold medal winni