Children in england, wales and northern ireland. But will it spark a rise in covid cases? making eye contact for the first time, the conjoined twins separated after rare surgery. Wickets fall at the oval as england chase a big total to try and secure victory against india. Coming up in sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. Chaos in brazil as last night s world cup qualifier against argentina is abandoned. Health officials confronting uk based players on the pitch over covid breaches. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Mps return to westminster this afternoon following the summer break, with the funding of social care and the nhs at the top of the agenda. Some tory mps have expressed anger at reports of an increase in national insurance contributions to help fund social care in england, which would break a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise taxes. Labour is also opposing a rise in ni. It s expected that an extra £5. 5 billion will be announced for the
now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. of all the front lines in the so called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. how should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category they re born into? and what represents the truth of who we are biology, or self identity? well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has generated a storm of controversy and led to her resignation from her university post. why has this issue become a battleground? kathleen stock, welcome to hardtalk. hello. i want to begin, if i may, by asking you about what happened to you last year. after 18 years at the university of sussex, you walked away from your academic post. now, ijust wonder, having had a few months to reflect on it, whether you are still sure you did the right thing. yes, i m still sure i did the right thing, because the situ
hello and welcome. eleven days after arriving in australia hoping to defend his title. world number one tennis star novak djokovic is in dubai after being thrown out of the country and having his visa cancelled. the australian home affairs minister karen andrews has intimated he won t be allowed back into the country until 2025 throwing his hopes of a tenth title in melbourne into chaos. gareth barlow has more. taking selfies with fans after landing in dubai. this is not how know that djokovic envisaged spending the first day of the australian open. not in and not playing tennis. the world number one was on the first flight out of melbourne on sunday after a court supported the australian immigration s ministers decision to cancel the visa. the serb said he was extremely disappointed by the ruling. the australian government said it was a talisman of anti vaccination sentiment and his presence risk civil unrest. and as crowds arrived to watch the action in the right type of
it s come to the point where, if i m a bit short on electric and it s close to the time i m going to be paid to top up again, i have to be clever enough to say, don t do that washing, because you ll run out of electricity. no djokovic, no problem the australian open begins the world number one is on his way back to belgrade after being deported from melbourne following his failed week long legal challenge. good morning. it isa it is a cold and frosty start today. some fog around. that will lift. for most of what it is going to be a sunny day. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, the 17th of january. our main story. two teenagers have been arrested in manchester, as part of the investigation into a siege at a synagogue in the united states. a british man, malik faisal akram, was shot and killed by police in dallas, texas, after he took a rabbi and three other people hostage during a service. they were later freed unharmed. counter terrorism authorities on both sid