and tennis star novak djokovic is heading to the australian open after being granted a medical exemption from requiring a covid vaccine. prince andrew s lawyers have been trying to convince an american judge to dismiss the civil sexual assault case against him. they say his accuser, virginia giuffre, can t sue because of damages she accepted in 2009 from the paedophile, jeffrey epstein, in return for dropping her claims against him and any other potential defendant . prince andrew has consistently denied her allegations. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has the latest. she says she was sexually assaulted by prince andrew three times. he denies every allegation and says he can t remember meeting her. today his lawyers argued the whole case should be dismissed. the civil case rests partly on this meeting in london, a night when virginia guiffre, here are aged 17, says she was forced to have sex with prince andrew. it is something the prince has consistently denied. you c
places that rely on it? more than 90 people have died after devastating tornadoes swept through the mid west of america. horrendous scenes at the weekend and whilst our winds do not compare, it is a windy start to the week particularly northern scotland. wintle is lighter and with missed advocate become an issue. in sport, the farcical end to the fi season as versappen celebrates we reflect on the chaotic finish to the decider in the desert as hamilton misses out on a record eight title. it s monday, 13th december. every adult over the age of 18 in england is to be offered a third dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this month in a major acceleration of the booster programme. the prime minister said the new target was necessary to combat a tidal wave of cases of the rapidly spreading omicron variant. but there are warnings this morning the booster roll out could have an impact on non covid nhs care. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. the countdown t
the credibility is on the line. uk sees the highest level of the uk sees the highest level of coronavirus infections since the pandemic began. hello and a warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. with the crucial cop26 climate summit getting under way on sunday, the pope has called on global leaders to make radical decisions and to offer hope to the world. in a message recorded for the bbc, pope francis said those attending should act now to tackle global warming. the pope also met us president joe biden who s in rome for a meeting of 620 leaders. our north american editor jon sopel is travelling with the president and sent this report. the ruler of the world s pre eminent superpower en route to meet the world s most powerful religious leader. but forjoe biden, only america s second roman catholic president, this is an audience with his spiritual guide and clearly someone he admires enormously. you are the most significant warriorfor peace i have ev
star puneeth raj kumar. he wasjust 46. finally, the robot rolling stone by mickjagger may have some competition as finger. lead singer. hello, welcome to the programme. with the crucial cop26 climate summit getting under way on sunday, the pope has called on global leaders to make radical decisions and to offer hope to the world. in a message recorded for the bbc, pope francis said those attending should act now to tackle global warming. the pope also met us president joe biden who s in rome for a meeting of 620 leaders. our north american editor jon sopel is travelling with the president and sent this report. the ruler of the world s pre eminent superpower en route to meet the world s most powerful religious leader. but forjoe biden, only america s second roman catholic president, this is an audience with his spiritual guide and clearly someone he admires enormously. you are the most significant warriorfor peace i have ever met. and with your permission, i d like to be ab
the president is in the first kind of planning session with a bunch of other countries right now. we did see the family photo that was taken a little bit before our 6:00 a.m. hour. all the world leaders gathered next to one another, posing for the cameras and we have a team of reporters and analysts breaking everything down for us from capitol hill. to rome. let s go ahead and start in rome, president biden sitting down with the other most powerful leaders in the world. a lot of big items on his agenda. right now they re all meeting, as i mentioned, the next event is after that, it s a discussion about women-owned businesses. that will be taking place around 9:00 a.m. eastern time. so the president s agenda includes two of the biggest issues for americans here at home. the shipping supply crisis as well as high energy prices. now part of a big trip for the administration including the g20 summit this weekend in rome and the climate summit that is starting tomorrow in scotla