as freight trains pass through the city. hello and welcome to bbc news. three judges in australia are considering novak djokovic s appeal against the cancellation of his visa on the grounds of public health. djokovic s lawyers have been challenging the government s argument that the serbian player is an anti vaccination figurehead. the judges say the verdict will be delivered on sunday or monday. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in melbourne. so then the full bench of the federal court will die just all of those 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. now, 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. as lawyers are contending
and is urging countries to drastically increase mask use and vaccination uptake. more than 50 people have been arrested, after protests over new covid restrictions in rotterdam erupted into rioting last night. record numbers of migrants crossing the channel in small boats prompts a government review. a public consultation starts on a potential ban on single use plastics like disposable cutlery and polystyrene boxes in england. hundreds of tesla drivers have been locked out of their vehicles, after the carmaker s app stopped working. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. a thriller at twickenham where england snatch a dramatic win over south africa. same old story for ole manchester united are thrashed at watford after another embarrassing result in the premier league. and lewis hamilton powers to pole position in qualifying in qatar as the battle for formula one s drivers championship hots up in the desert. hello and welcome to spo
in the bbc s sport centre. thank you very much indeed. for the victors, spain, it is a story of triumph from considerable turmoil, because they have won the women s world cup for the first time over after that win over england in sydney, in which i side would have made history by winning. but so many of their playersjust made history by winning. but so many of their players just a year ago were in a dispute with the coach and a spanish federation. it is in those circumstances that they won the trophy today, and the goal that proved to be the winner came from the spanish captain olga carmona, the spanish captain olga carmona, the left back that also made to the telling contribution for the women s semifinal. england s best chance at all to come by that point, and spain could have won by more, awarded a penalty for handball, jennifer hermoso s spot kick saved by mary earps, meaning the final chapter of the game was tense, but england couldn t find a way back, despite 30 minutes
came back on the bbc before moving to itv. it is a fact that he was, of course, such a presence on so many different forms of broadcasting for many years. everything from morning talk shows to the infamous ghost watch, which terrified the entire nation. i think his legacy is that he was able to have informative, intelligent conversation, with people who were anyone from a notable news figure to globalstar. and really managed to get them to open up and reveal a bit more of themselves. he was really a class act at coming up with the right questions, framing it in the right way, and, ithink, allowing the person who was being interviewed, to open up in a form they wouldn t do to any other interviewer. i think the amount of people who i have been reading and seeing talking about, in the last few hours, who have said they had got into journalism and broadcasting because they were inspired by watching something on his show. that is the true legacy of a person, notjust the show they
of the tournament so far. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the broadcaster sir michael parkinson has died at the age of 88. in a career spanning seven decades, he interviewed the world s biggest stars on his long running tv chat show. the bbc s director general tim davie described sir michael as truly one of a kind, and the king of the chat show . our arts & media correspondent david sillito looks back at a long life and career. i call him golden balls now. jimmy caune , i call him golden balls now. jimmy cagney. orson i call him golden balls now. jimmy cagney, orson welles, i call him golden balls now. jimmy cagney, orson welles, jimmy - i call him golden balls now. jimmy - cagney, orson welles, jimmy stewart. these were distant, mysterious green gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. the gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. into your living room. the fact is, ou are into your living room. the fact is, you are a