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
the law and should resign, over a series of parties at downing street during coronavirus restrictions. the conservative party chairman, oliver dowden, says the culture in downing street must be addressed. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think the prime minister broke the law, i think you then lied about what had happened. people feel angry about what is going people feel angry about what is going on people feel angry about what is going on in downing street, i feel angry going on in downing street, i feel angry about what is going on in downing angry about what is going on in downing street but the correct process downing street but the correct process now is to get to the full facts process now is to get to the full facts and process now is to get to the full facts and for the prime minister to appear facts and for the prime minister to appear before parliament, which he will do. appear before parliament, which he will do. and appear before parliam
in downing street must be addressed. i think the facts speak for themselves. i think the prime minister broke the law, i think he then lied about what had happened. people feel angry about what s going on in downing street, i feel angry about what is going on in downing street but the correct process now is to get to the full facts. australia and new zealand are sending surveillance flights to tonga, after a tsunami triggered by an underwater volcanic eruption caused significant damage to the island nation. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. novak djokovic has now left australia after a court ruled the world number one tennis player could not stay in the country upholding the government s decision to cancel his visa. three federaljudges have dismissed his application and the world s men s tennis number one will not now have the opportunity to defend his australian open title. in the past hour he s been escorted through melbourne airport
after losing his attempt to have the government s decision to remove his visa overturned. a federal court upheld the decision to cancel his visa on the grounds that the world number one s refusal to be vaccinated against covid made him a threat to public health. the serbian prime minister accused australia of a witch hunt. from melbourne shaimaa khalil has the latest. for days, he s been fighting to stay in australia. but novak djokovic has finally conceded he has to go after three judges upheld the government s decision to cancel his visa. the amended decision to cancel his visa. lie: amended application. the immigration minister had argued that the unvaccinated tennis star s presence here could bolster anti vaccination sentiment, with the government s lawyer describing him as an icon for anti vaxx communities. in his statement, the world number one said, i will now take time to rest and recuperate before making any further comments. i m extremely disappointed with the cou
shown he was likely to challenge it in court a second time. and that s exactly how things had proceeded. on this time with the second cancellation the reasons given by the government were very different to those that were determined by the border force official that initially canceled his visa on the morning after he arrived in this country. this time the government chose a very different path legally. essentially the argument went like this. it argued that his presence in this country was potentially, maybe, might be a threat to public order and safety because the minister said he was concerned about djokovic acting or the presence of djokovic galvanizing anti-vaccine sentiment in this country, that he could perhaps ina i inadadvertently result in fewer people getting vaccinate, could be particularly unvaccinated people on the streets. so those particular moments could be considered to be transmission events. you d be more likely to see transmission of covid under those ci