and we begin with the breaking news. tennis star novak djokovic has lost his bid to stay in australia and defend his hitle in the australian open tennis tournament. he now faces deportation. we want to go straight to our paula hancocks who s been watching all of this unfold from melbourne. paula, obviously dramatic moments there and yet the judges were categorical saying, look, we re not here to decide the merits of the government s case, that s not for us to decide, but they looked at what the government had put forward and found that, in fact, it was reasonable and that means that right now at this hour, right, paula, novak djokovic isn t exactly a freeman. he needs to be deported. reporter: that s right, paula. the very fact there were three judges hearing this case and it was a unanimous decision as you say. it wasn t up to them to decide the merits of the argument. they were just there to look atz the legalities. this is what we had beforehand, that the best chance for
tennis star novak djokovic has lost his bid to stay in australia and defend his title in the australian open. he now faces deportation. the hearing was djokovic s last attempt to stay in the country despite having his visa revoked now twice over his covid vaccination status. but the court ultimately sided with australia s immigration minister, who revoked the visa over concerns the unvaccinated star s presence could spur a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment. cnn is covering every angle of this story around the globe. scott mcclain is standing by in belgrade, serbia, with reactions from djokovic s home country. we also have reporters on the ground in australia. we want to go first to our own phil black who s been following all of this from melbourne. the judges a little while ago making that announcement. and i think beyond the actual decision, they really had some interesting things to say about what they were deciding in this case and what they weren t deciding in this case. p
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