investigating the capitol riots one year on the us attorney general promises to hold to account everyone involved in the fatal attack in washington. and the show seen as music s biggest night, the us grammy awards, has been postponed indefinitely, over covid fears. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. hello and thanks for joining us: 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. he s now in a government detention hotel considering a challenge to his visa being revoked. within the past hour the australian prime minister, scott morrison, told a news conference that novak djokovic had not been singled out for scrutiny. mark lobel has the latest. the tennis world number one hours after arriving in melbourne, expecting
and brings rock star appeal. two of the leading lights in opera. but how are they helping to define its future? we also meet a couple of rising stars south african soprano masabane cecilia rangwanasha. she says opera needs greater diversity. and french tenor benjamin bernheim, who welcomes the use of technology, alongside the power of live performance. let me take you to the opera. i m keen to ask juan diego florez and cecilia ba rtoli, two of the most loved and respected stars in opera today, about how they re trying to ensure that opera harnesses the power of innovation to secure its future. operatic singing cecilia bartoli is unique in opera. she s a multi award winning singer, a music scholar, and the first female artistic director of the famous saltzberg whitsun festival in austria, where she s been performing for 30 years. cecilia s got that mystery quality that only very few singers have of complete charisma. when you see her on stage, you look at her, and it s very
firefighters in south africa say a blaze that devastated the houses of parliament in cape town on sunday has restarted after previously reporting that the flames had been brought under control. the bbc s southern africa correspondent nomsa maseko reports. 24 2a hours after a blaze tour through south africa s parliament, firefighters are still putting out hot spots. the damages are to be extensive. the roof of the national assembly, which is the main debating chamber, collapsed and the room was gutted. a team of experts is combing through the scene. we can combing through the scene. - can confirm that one of the biggest losses the people of south africa have suffered in this fire is the complete of the national assembly chamber, the national assembly chamber, the national assembly and joint seedings of the two houses. the national assembly and the national provinces. historic artefacts national provinces. historic artefacts survived - national provinces. historic artefacts s
scotland through the course of the night and the early hours of the morning as well. central and southern scotland. you can see the winds coming in from the north which is a sign of the colder air. in the south it is still a southwesterly sew across england and wales in a mild day but not quite so mild for scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news the headlines: face masks are to be required to be worn by secondary school pupils in england, as coronavirus cases continue to surge across europe. fears that a quarter of uk public sector workers could be off due to covid as firms are warned to make contingency plans. minsiters say there s nothing in the current covid data to suggest more restrictions are required in england. the widespread use of testing is an illustration of the fact that the british public are taking sensible steps to keep themselves safe, to keep their friends and family safe. a us judge throws out prince andrew s attempt to halt proceedings in a civ
of murder, following the death a teenager in croydon in south london last thursday. there was another fatal stabbing that evening, when a 16 year old boy was killed in hillingdon in west london. it brings to 30 the number of teenage homicides in london in 2021, surpassing the peak of 29 in 2008. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from hillingdon. in 2021 s final days, paramedics tried to save two young lives. a 15 year old stabbed in a park in croydon, south london, and in hillingdon, west london, a 16 year old with a single stab wound in this green space. two new murder investigations and a record high for the number of teenage murders in one year. children are carrying knives because they feel like they need to protect themselves. and i m putting the message out there to every child, please, you need to understand the pain of parents and siblings that have lost somebody to murder. violent crime is falling, but not when it comes to young people murdered in