The big queues. Trying to get to the Olympic Games. Many of them, the final Build Up has been disrupted by Arson Attacks. But the final Build Up has been disrupted by Arson Attacks on frances high Speed Rail lines. Frances Transport Minister condemned whats been described as co ordinated, malicious acts. Eurostar has cancelled a quarter of its services from london and asked passengers to postpone theirjourneys if possible. The prime Minister Keir Starmer had to change his Travel Plans and has flown to paris rather than take the train so he can attend the Opening Ceremony, which will see thousands of athletes paraded by boat along the River Seine. A commune in france has shown some pictures with the bbc. The mayor said they were taken which Mayor Franck Marchand says were taken at a Railway Line in Saint Pellerin Courtalain thats 88 miles from paris. Our Paris Correspondent Andrew Harding has more. Confusion this morning at europes busiest railway station, the Gare Du Nord in central pa
New Daily Covid cases hit a six month high as more than half A Million people in england and wales are pinged by the Nhs App and told to self isolate. A long awaited Report Calls for a tax on Sugar And Salt to try to encourage healthy eating but Prime Minister appears to pour cold water on the idea. And coming up in the sport on the Bbc News channel, team gbs womens Football Side Name three captains who will rotate the leadership as they head for the tokyo olympics. Good evening. At least 65 people have been killed in germany after Record Rainfall triggered Flash Flooding the worst in living memory. Many are still missing. As rivers burst their banks homes, roads, cars were all swept away. Thousands have had to leave their homes. The german Chacellor Anglea Merkel said she was shocked by the disaster, calling it a tragedy for the Nation Belgium has also been badly affected at least 8 have died including a 15 year old girl who was swept away. Residents in liege have been ordered to evac
hello and welcome to bbc news. a court in australia is meeting now to decide whether the serbian tennis star, novak djokovic, can stay in the country and attempt to win a record 21 grand slams. three judges at the federal court will decide whether the australian immigration minister, alex hawke, was right to revoke djokovic s visa for the second time this month, on the grounds that the unvaccinated player s presence could risk fuelling opposition to covid vaccinations. the bbc s phil mercer has the latest from melbourne. a day s time, the australian open, the first grand slam of the year, will get under way. novak djokovic is still the top seed, scheduled to play his opening round match ironically against a fellow serb on monday as well so time is of the essence. we know novak djokovic left a detention hotel not too far from left a detention hotel not too farfrom here earlier this morning. he was placed back into immigration detention about 2k hours ago because of this cance
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