belgrade's novak tennis centre is where you will find the next generation of champions. klara vaja is targeting victory at wimbledon 2024, when she will be 18. she credits novak djokovic for supporting her development at his tennis centre, and she says she was happy to return the favour at the family rally. i think he deserves all of that, and he deserves our support. he is our man, he is playing for our country. so even if we can't help that much, we are there to support him at least. belgrade's main coronavirus vaccination centre could do with a similar level of support. serbia's overall vaccination rate is languishing below 50%, and novak djokovic's ambivalent stance towards inoculation hasn't helped, so not all serbians sympathise with his current situation. translation: i would say that there are some double standards, as on the one hand we are constantly being told that we should get vaccinated, and then when it comes to a person like novak djokovic, we see that there are exceptions. at least the church has given its blessing. patriarch porfirije said that millions

guy de launey, bbc news, belgrade. the headlines on bbc news — downing street apologises to buckingham palace — after revelations that two parties were held at number 10 the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral last year. the welsh government is to ease coronavirus restrictions over next two weeks — after a drop in 0micron cases. remembering ashling murphy — vigils are to be held across the island of ireland for the 23—year—old, murdered while outjogging. there's been a cyber attack across government websites in ukraine. the pages of the ministry of foreign affairs, the ministry of education and several others were taken down for a while. the ukranian government says most affected resources have already been restored and others will be available soon. ukraine says no personal data was leaked during cyber attack but the government has opened an investigation. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more on this cyber attack from kyiv. it seems to have been pretty extensive, as you say, a number o

today it's advantage australia novak djokovic arriving in belgrade in his native serbia after the australian government finally deported him yesterday ending eleven days of drama down under for the 34-year-old champ. >> novak djokovic has lost his appeal >> the world number one has been booted out. >> reporter: in a statement, djokovic said he was extremely disappointed and that i hope we can all now focus on the game and tournament i love. a huge loss for the winningest man in tennis. the government eventually caving to pressure from the australian public, among the most covid cautious countries in the world. >> i think it's a disgrace we have all done the right thing. we've all gone out and gotten our jabs and boosters, and we have someone that's come from overseas, and all of a sudden he's been exempt and can play, and i think it's an absolute disgrace. >> reporter: the country requires visitors to be vaccinated djokovic isn't. >> whether someone wants to get a vaccine or not, that's completely up to them. >> reporter: he had hoped an infection last month would exempt him from vaccination

all right, guy. thank— localtime in belgrade. all right, guy. thank you _ localtime in belgrade. all right, guy, thank you very _ localtime in belgrade. all right, guy, thank you very much i localtime in belgrade. all right, guy, thank you very much for. localtime in belgrade. all right, i guy, thank you very much for keeping an eye on all of that in belgrade. and before we go live to australia, we are just hearing a couple of comments through from andy murray, sir andy murray. he has been saying a couple of things today about this. i believe it is the first time we've heard from andy murray on this. i know we have heard a little from jamie, but i think this is the first time we have heard from him, i hope i am correct in that. you can see his statement there. so, focusing on the pr side of all of this, and the australian open, the tournament itself, is due to begin a week tomorrow of course. that court hearing, as we say, it is monday australian time, all happening in melbourne, but that is late tonight british time is when it all starts, and let's discuss it. let's speak to dan

on christmas day he was in belgrade. his picture was tweeted by portuguese journalist with djokovic posing with the serbian handball player. here he is in spain, training on the second of january. he signed autographs for fans there. questions about novak djokovic's movements in the final two weeks of december are not going away. reporter: of course i asked prime minister ana brnabic about this and i asked novak djokovic's mum because we spoke toer earlier today as well. both of them said there were questions only novak himself could answer. his mum said "he is a grown man come he doesn't tell me everything about his movements and what he is up to. i don't generally know what he has been doing and what his movements were. novak will have to answer those christens for himself." this is the problem all the way along. we have inspected letting about what is going on wh novak djokovic from speculating about what could happen with ministerial intervention in australia. it would help everybody an awful lot if nov djokovic hims

bbc news, belgrade. laura: in other news from around the world, prosecutors in ukraine called for the former president petro poroshenko to be detained for two months or pay bail of $35 million. mr. poroshenko returned to ukraine monday after a short exile in poland. presidential election haseen fined more than $11,000 after a court in paris found him guilty of hate speech. it relates to remarks he made in 2020 when he called unaccompanied child migrants to france thieves, killers, and arapists who deserve to be sent back. north korea has launched a missile into the sea of japan. the japanese military detected the missile, which was fired from nth korea's coast. north korea claims to have launched two hypersonic missiles in january. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come tonight, it is martin luther king day in the u.s.. we will be asking if the american streets named for the civil-rights leader live up to his vision. ♪ the chinese economy grew by 8% last year. that is better thanome wer

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. >> hundreds in the serbian capital of belgrade protesting the detention of novak djokovic on the other side of the break. they are demanding his release from a quarantine hotel in melbourne. their accusations of coronavirus fascism and outrage from his fans and family. >> [speaking foreign language] >> the serbian president has also rallied behind djokovic. australian authorities don't appear to be feeling the pressure. >> he is not being held captive in australia. he is free to leave at any time that he chooses to do so. >> initially granted a medical exemption by the victoria state government, australia found that invalid. his appeal will have the court on monday. he has refused to share his vaccination status. last year he said he was opposed to vaccination. he has claimed the australian open nine times, including the last three. the tournament begins with or without him on the 17th of january. >> the legendary actor sidney poitier has died at the age of 94. he was a groundbreaker in just about every sense. in 1964, he became the first black actor to win an academy award for best le

says, that was why he was photographed at a children's tennis event, for example, in his home city of belgrade, but what he also admits is that after receiving that positive test result, he then canceled some events, some appointments, but proceeded with an interview with a french sports publication. a journalist and photographer spent a great deal of time with him, two days after the test. at no point were they told he tested positive for covid. so, his explanations says, on one hand, i didn't know, when i was hanging out with these people, presumably covid positive. but he does admit that he made a mistake and that he did spend time with people just after testing positive to covid and did not tell them that he had done so. that doesn't help his general public reputation here. what he's also trying to do, we're told, is convince the government to let him stay. so, in addition to making these sorts of statements, admissions and sort of apologies publicly, the government says that his lawyers have made lengthy submissions to the immigration minister's office, obviously in an attempt to persuade

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like the rest of us novak djokovic can now only watch the first major on tv from his home in belgrade, serbia. the world's number one tennis player arrived in belgrade following a long night and day of travel from australia having been kicked out by the government there because he is unvaccinated and according to australian officials had no valid medical exemption to enter a country which has put in place some of the strict covid-related travel worlds in the world. a judge upheld the decision at a court hearing over the weekend and within hours djokovic was on his way out leaving the tennis world shaken but relieved to move on after what has been a major distraction for the 256 other players competing in melbourne. in a statement after his court loss djokovic supported that saying in part quote i'm uncomfortable that the focus of the past week has been on me and i hope that we can all now focus on the game and tournament i love. the big question now for djokovic as he seeks to become the greatest of all time and break a tie for majors won between him and nadal and federer where he mig

fans in belgrade, you see them, welcoming home their hero. i'm brent goff to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. it did not work last week, maybe it will this week. that is a positive approach that germany is taking two talks with russia aimed at preventing a russian invasion of ukraine. the german foreign minister took them message to kiev. >> fears of a russian invasion of ukraine have jangled nerves in the region. after visiting a memorial to antigovernment protesters who died in 2014, the foreign minister says any solution must come through dialogue and not arms. meeting ukraine's foreign minist, she offered an exclive gesture of support for ukraine. >> solidarity. european solidarity for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. that is not up for debate, not for us and not for me personally. any further aggression will have a high price. i emphasize that today once again. >> russia is building up its troops on the ukrainian border. but the european union and the u.s.

let's go back to belgrade where novak djokovic is home. our correspondent is also there. >> his return was quite low-key in the end. we had a few dozen supporters to greet him at the airport, but it was not the normal return in triumph. it was a return after a comprehensive defeat by the australian judicial and political systems. it was not the kind of return that novak djokovic is used to. although there were a small number of supporters here to greet him, novak didn't actually see them. he ended up going through the diplomatic channels at the airport, through an entrance that nobody was waiting at. the fans who had come to see him and show him their support didn't get the chance to do so. novak djokovic she then went off in a car with his brother. he said that he would not be commenting again until after the end of the australian open tennis championship. he doesn't want to be a disruption and want people to enjoy that. his family also says they will not be commenting either. ros: as you'll know, diary of anne frank is one of the most fa

look at belgrade 6 degrees. so high temperature is above average. but because there is still snow on the ground and got that warm pocket of air over it, that will do the trick for some missed him fog. to start the day, we've been dealing with flooding across the la van. so i want to show the scene and gas out here we had some days of rain so that piled up quite quickly. localized flooding their water logged roads for the good news is that rain has stopped so much commer conditions, but chilly and nippy. just a high of 70 degrees and ramallah on monday now towards the western mediterranean right now, things are calm here, smooth sailing, plenty of sunshine, but low temperatures. in some cases, madrid just a high of 11 degrees off to africa right now and still a cool pool of air toward the northeast with a scattering of some showers. cairo has a height of 15 degrees on monday, and now you're in the know we'll see soon. take care. ah, living in a war zone is a risk not worth taking for most. but for a 10 year old boy, there is nowhere else to go. in th

his father spoke to supporters in belgrade today saying, are we animals? this is what he said. are we animals? what are we? we are people just like they are. what is the difference? what is it that he did to deserve such treatment from their politicians, from their prime minister, their fight between the federal and local governments and the tennis association. we are not interested in that at all. you know, what do you make of the fact that he's become such a lightning rod in all this? i suppose, you know, patrick, you and i both know watching sports here in the united states, people like kyrie irving, aaron rodgers, some of these high-profile athletes who have dug in their heels on this covid issue, novak djokovic knew this was going to be controversial, i would assume, going to australia being unvaccinated. >> there is no doubt he knew it. as phil pointed out in his report, it took him a long time to get that positive test. there may be some question about the validity, at least in the officials down under in australia, about the validity about that covid test. i'll be inter

our correspondent guy de launey is in belgrade and has more now on reaction from there. outrage — that's where we're at here in serbia. and we're hearing outrage both on a sporting front and on a diplomatic front. so, on the sporting front, a nice little pithy quote from the serbian tennis federation, who said that preventing novak djokovic from playing was "unacceptable for the entire sports world on the planet and contradicts the sacred olympic principles, which are well known." i must admit, i've forgotten which the sacred olympic principles are to which they're referring, but i'll take their word for it. but there's also been a lot of political reaction now. the leaders of serbia's political... their political leaders, the government, have been quite quiet in the days running up to the ministerial intervention. i think they were hoping that, by standing back, they wouldn't do novak djokovic's case any harm. now, though, they've come out all guns blazing, with president aleksandar vucic blazing in particular, asking, "why do you mistreat him? "why do you harass him

you tested positive on december 16th home in belgrade and serbia. you received the positive test later that night. we have seen instagram post and videos and pictures of him out and about doing a panel discussion in serbia and with a bunch of young tennis players giving out awards. he's done a lot of great things for charity and australia throughout his career. a lot of questions about if you tested positive for covid on december 16th, why were you out and about for the next 24 hours. maybe legally he could do that. morally, he's got some questions to answer on that front. i believe it's going to be chaotic when he takes to the court, if he takes to the court. there's still that chance that the immigration office can say, we're taking you out of the country. by the way the female player from the czech was accosted at her hotel. she was in the swimming pool taking a swim. she had already been in australia for a week and played a tournament. after this situation happened, they went to her hotel. they told her to pack her stuff and she left the country

for djokovic, he says he tested positive on december 16th, but 24 hours after that, he appeared in belgrade the next day handing out awards. everyone was unmasked and cnn reached out to his team for a comment but haven't heard back. i mean, that is not going to sit well with the australians as they're trying to deal with this. >> no, it's not going to sit well, but being a star, as we know, whether in sports or outside sports, confers certain advantages, which some people are willing to take advantage of and push to a breaking point. we're talking about an individual sport, not a team sport, in the case of tennis. djokovic is the greatest in the world. if it only affected him, that's one thing, but in this case, it affects the tournament. the organizers. it affects i guess the tennis world in some sense. but his past hesistory tells s he's not going to yield. he'll go home or not play. but he's not going to get vaccinated and it's too late for the vaccination to take effect anyway for him to play in the australian open. >> kyrie irving is back playing with the nets after he refused the vacc

djokovic arriving in belgrade in serbia after the australian government finally deported him yesterday, ending 11 days of drama down under for the 34-year-old champ. >> know vac djokovic has lost his appeal. >> the number one has been booted out. >> in a statement he said he was extremely disappointed, and i hope we can all now focus on the game and tournament i love. a huge loss for the winningest man in tennis. the government eventually caving to pressure from the australian public among the most covid cautious countries in the world. >> i think it's a disgrace. we've all done the right thing. we've gone out and got our jabs and our boosters, and we have someone that's come from overseas and all the sudden he's been exempt and can play, and i think it's a disgrace. >> the country requires visitors to be vaccinated. djokovic isn't. >> whether someone wants to get a vaccine or not is up to them. >> he hoped an infection last month would exempt him from vaccination. >> he was visa was pulled last week, saying he was excite anti-vaccination sentiment. most players pleased to be talking a

there's lots of them here in belgrade the butter. as i said, they're the 1st information was that he will travel to spain to marbella, where his family was. he is in belgrade. we don't know how long she's gonna stay here. we don't know his agenda. the things we know is that he is, are back from australia where his visa was twice cancelled by the austrian government. the serbian president has condemned to dead decision on the tallest building here in belgrade, there was a big message for him, a welcome message. so the point is, i think that jock, which wants to feel are, are welcomed, hearing serbia, after everything he went through and we will see his schedule. and if he will address the journalist here in belgrade, thank you for that update. milan buske of each line from abound grade airport, where novak choke of h a tennis tar has just to write, leasing the u. k. of arrested to teenagers in the city of manchester in connection with saddle siege ada synagogue, m u. s. data, texas. and british national was shot dead after taking 4 pe

scott mclean in belgrade, thanks very much. >>> the u.s. surgeon general is warning the omicron surge has not peaked nationally in this country, though the spread does appear to be slowing in some of the early hot spots. >> there are parts of the country, new york in particular, and other parts of the northeast where we are starting to see a plateau and in some cases an early decline in cases. the challenge is the entire country is not moving at the same pace. the omicron wave started later in other parts of the country, so we shouldn't expect a national peak in the next coming days. next few weeks will be tough. >> elizabeth cohen joins me now. are we at least at the beginning of the end of this surge here, given the drop-offs in places like new york and washington, d.c.? >> in some places like the cities you just named that may be the case. the united states is huge and there are parts of the united states that are just beginning to feel the omicron pain. let's illustrate what dr. murthy just said. look at the united states. we were looki

then a shield of snow belgrade, sorry evo, sophia christina rate in to skokie. in the zone. we could see anywhere from $5.00 to $10.00 centimeters of smell, a disturbance in the eastern med, it's chuck and rain around all sides. so the northeast of libya through greece, a southern sections of turkey and cypress. we've got some drenching rain to be expected here after northwestern europe. right now, some showers for britain and ireland. i think rain more for scotland. and temperature is a bit lower here than they have been over the last few days, but they're going to pop up as we head toward tuesday. all of that act of weather in the mediterranean given us wide in windy conditions for the northeast of algeria . northern tunisia until the northeast of libya. so been ghazi, you have the threat of seen some flooding on monday. that's a look at your weather will see again soon. ah, ah. the silence has been distinct. beneath this edith ah, is one of scandinavia largest iron or deposits and it's driving a wedge between those seeking wealth and those defending their way of life. gal

. >> a lot to come on this front in belgrade, serbia, thank you. >>> thanks to all of you for watching this special edition of "the lead." i'm poppy harlow. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now -- the omicron wave is still -- still very much on the rise here in the united states as experts warn the surge won't peak any time soon. but the cdc is struggling to give americans clear guidance with dr. walensky admitting she hasn't communicated the uncertainty of the pandemic. >>> also tonight, new details emerging about the hostage standoff inside a texas synagogue that terrorized worshipers for nearly 11 hours. we'll have more information on the gunman, his motive and what finally brought the awful ordeal to an end. >>> on this martin luther king jr. holiday, the late civil rights leader's family is urging congress to pass president biden's voting rights bill. but the legislation has stalled in the u.s. senate with one key democrat warning the white house -- warning the white house that the bill is now on life support. we want to welcome o

like the rest of us djokovic can only watch the first major on tv from his home in belgrade, serbia. the world's number one tennis player arrived in belgrade after a long nights of travel from australia. he was kicked out by the government because he is unvaccinated. according to australian officials had no valid medical exemption to enter a country which put in some of most restrictive covid travel rules in the world. a judge upheld the administration decision in a court hearing, and within hours djokovic was on his way out, leaving the tennis world shaken but relieved to move on. what is a major distraction for the 256 players competing in melbourne. in a statement after his court loss djokovic sported that saying in part, quote, i'm uncomfortable that the focus on the past weeks have been on me and i hope we can focus on the game and tournament i love. now the big question for djokovic as he seeks to become the greatest of all time and break a current tie between majors won between him and rafael nadal and roger federer where he might be allowed to play in the coming months. the f

whether he comes back here to belgrade. the way that this is being framed in other places is that novak djokovic is this anti-vaxxer, but that is not the way that people see it here. even from novak djokovic's statement that he just put out, he made clear that he is uncomfortable with the focus being on him. and perhaps by extension he is also uncomfortable with the fact that he's been framed in this way. i spoke to one of his friends and former teammates the other day who said, look, maybe novak will get the vaccine in the future in order to get into other tournaments, but that's not what this is about today. >> it will be interesting as it's just in the morning there, almost 9:15 in belgrade. no doubt you'll get more reaction you can bring to us, scott. >>> changing gears to our other breaking news story at cnn. a hostage standoff at a north texas synagogue is now over with all hostages rescued and the attacker dead. the crisis began when the assailant stormed the congregation beth israel in colleyville on saturday. it wa

let's speak to guy delauney, who's in the serbian capital, belgrade. thank you so much forjoining us. first of all, love him or loathe him, there is no doubt that novak djokovic inspires strong feelings from tennis fans. what has the reaction been like in his home nation of serbia?— reaction been like in his home nation of serbia? while, they very much love him _ nation of serbia? while, they very much love him here, _ nation of serbia? while, they very much love him here, as— nation of serbia? while, they very much love him here, as you - nation of serbia? while, they very much love him here, as you can i much love him here, as you can imagine, so we were out on friday afternoon, christmas day here in serbia and people instead of spending christmas afternoon walking the dog hundreds of them turned up in front of the national assembly in belgrade tojoin the in front of the national assembly in belgrade to join the djokovic family and showing their support for novak djokovic. and they were tying neon yellow tennis balls around a sign which says, kno

thank you, guy de launey in belgrade. we will continue to get i belgrade. we will continue to get reactions in the remaining bluebells of activist. the news coming out of melbourne —— the remaining hours of breakfast. pressure is mounting on the prime minister as the row over parties held in downing street during lockdown continues this morning. former minister, tim loughton, has become the sixth conservative mp to publically call on borisjohnson to resign. our political correspondent, iain watson, has this report. borisjohnson is under�* more pressure this weekend over the reports of parties and gatherings in downing street during lockdown. mps have been hearing the views from their voters and it doesn't sound good for the prime minister. this is former government minister tim loughton. he's the sixth conservative mp to call for borisjohnson to go. he said his constituents were troubled, angered or appalled. and writing on his facebook page he says that "terminal damage has tragically been done to the reputation of the prime minister", and, "borisjoh

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in serbia, top-ranked tennis player novak djokovic has arrived in belgrade after he was deported from australia sunday for refusing to be vaccinated against covid-19 and lying on his australian travel declaration form. france's health ministry said monday, djokovic won't be able to participate in the french open tournament in may unless he completes his vaccinations. in texas, a rabbi and three congregants of a jewish synagogue escaped without harm saturday after an armed man took them hostage, prompting an 11-hour standoff that ended when police shot and killed the gunman. the assailant has been identified as malik faisal akram, a british citizen who's believed to have arrived in the united states in december. akram reportedly bought his guns on the street. his brother, who assisted police during the standoff, said malik had suffered mental health issues for years. president biden later called the violence an act of terror and promised to battle anti-semitism. pres. biden: i wanted to make sure we got the word out to synagogues and places of worship that we are not going to tolerate

oh, so the serbian parliament in belgrade protest is tuned in support of their national hero. the world's number one in men's tennis, novak joke of each. the demonstration is led by his fathers. he says australia is playing politics with his sons career. and they got a call in that they want to throw him on his knees. this would happen. they never managed to throw so be on its knees. we never attacked anyone. we only defended ourselves and no vacuum defending himself now, brothers and sisters, our heart, i've so applied some officer brian early. this is the moment when joke of each is about to realize his entry into australia is blocked. his these are revoked. it isn't a tennis court. he's going to instead, he's waiting for a court hearing on monday that will rule on his deportation. for now, he's in a government quarantine hotel. his mother is outraged. they are keeping him as a president. he's just not very human. i just called if you will be john. as we are, i love you to, to be a joke of each had a medical exemption to let him play at the australian open tournament later t

and it happened in the cold war in belgrade, madrid, and vienna, but does not have much of a track record in terms of resolving actual crises like chechnya. so now when ukraine it's repeating that it's a platform for dialogue, but not really much in terms of compet resolution. but even today, the russians are wanting that they could deploy troops to cuba and venezuela in response to you as provocation. so tension seem to be escalating and not going down . exactly, and i'm keep looking for a way where there might be room to deescalate. but the fact is, you've got very well, you've got a very headstrong president, obviously in the form of vladimir putin and, you know, even if you just look at the nice hotels yesterday night, i was in no mood, no mood to move on any of its fundamentals either will ada certainly is not going to move and the fundamental guarantee that the russians want, which is basically you ensure that the book rests. i might have 2008 kath nullified and needle makes an agreement not to loop georgia, a crane into the alliance. get anita is also unwilling to remove shops from

in belgrade, his family have been reacting to the news of his release. his father said it was a big win than any of his grand slam victories. . ., ., , , victories. the game that has been played over the — victories. the game that has been played over the past _ victories. the game that has been played over the past five - victories. the game that has been played over the past five or - victories. the game that has been played over the past five or six . played over the past five or six days have been incredibly difficult for his family. he was not given any rights, he had no rights. they took away all his rights. his right that he has as a human being. let's bring in tracey holmes — sports reporterfor australia's abc news. she is in sydney. good to have you with us. a decision is expected this morning, any clues as to what might happen? can the decision be appealed? the decision can be appealed. — decision be appealed? the decision can be appealed, to _ decision be appealed? the decision can be appealed, to answer- decision be appealed? the decisi

now the journalist, the drugs, are very in belgrade. good evening to you. a drug. how angry are people in serbia for what novak joke of it is going through down under? well, of course, ugh, which is seen as the absolute hero in serbia, is the most of successful sports men ever in the history of serbia and people were angry. s, in the quote to play. most of people say that this in just what is happening to him . although people in serbia get vaccines and also have restrictions because of the 19. but this news has been the top story in serbia ever since. it started and people are rating. what is going to be the last that for jungle which? well, this is not just about 10. is anymore is it? do you think there's going to be diplomatic fallout between serbia and australia? well, serbia doesn't have that much power to ah, block australia. but of course, the president of serbia, mr. alexander would just stated today in his account and instagram, he said that addressing to the prime minister that he asked, why are they harassing joke of each? and that he said this is not ac

this is -rison, this treatment in belgrade. this is prison. this _ this treatment in belgrade. this is prison. this is _ this treatment in belgrade. this is prison, this is not _ this treatment in belgrade. this is prison, this is not like _ this treatment in belgrade. this is prison, this is not like an - prison, this is not like an immigration hotel, this is present. another player, renata voracova, from the czech republic, has now left the hotel and the country after her visa was cancelled. djokovic had been asked to move to somewhere he could train ahead of the open. it looks unlikely, but he has been given exercise equipment and gluten—free food. there's no way you could give him an exemption when exemptions have not been given to people who wanted to go to australia to see dying parents, and, you know, injured relatives. there are all sorts of heart—rending stories about people not being able to see their relatives in australia, but those people are not famous, so they don't get an exemption. but it will now be up to a judge to decide, just a week before the australia

but he was greeted at belgrade airport as a hero. his fans and serbia believe he has been mistreated by the assyrian government after organizes of the australian open said he was allowed to come because of a covey infection in december. this is the story what it is to lower killer failure . the saying what the world has come to handle that you need to. so before to do something to take the vaccine i myself election. i did a double job, but i think that no one should be forced to do something up with you as a judgement center. supposed his freedom of choice and speech on the other side of the world. the australian open got and away without it's 9 times champion, winds for the likes of rafa, no doubt. and naomi osaka meant it was almost business as usual for spectators. i think a very highly anticipated decision making, and i think it was kind of drag all day long, but it's great that we kind of put that behind us. you know, the best project which is great jazz player. i'm just glad the focus is now on what we're all he full. yet. esta

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despite repeated intimidation from authorities, thousands of protesters marched to the capital city of belgrade and other cities for weeks denouncing the project on environmental grounds. leaders of the balkan country had promised mining giant rio tinto, $2400000000.00 to build a lithium mine in the western part of the country. lithium, the lightest metal is used in rechargeable batteries found in many consumer electronics and an electric cars survey. his populace government expected to capitalize on the countries natural deposits when they made the deal with the anglo australian corporation. but after grassroots pressure, they conceded and canceled all plans for the mine east boonies, we have fulfilled all the requests of the environmental protests and put an end to rio tinto in the republic of serbia. and he thought everything is finished or it's over. some critics of the government believe the administration is just trying to appease voters and that it may have other plans after april general election serbia as a candidate to join the european union. but as recently, been forging close ties

our correspondent guy de launey is in belgrade — and i asked him whether people there were following the case closely. they are, and some of those people are right behind me and they are getting information straight from the horse's mouth. this is a support rally for the djokovic family. the family themselves have been talking, telling people here the latest that they've heard from novak djokovic. his brother george saying that he is very grateful for the support that the family have received from the people of serbia, and they're all hoping for a positive verdict from an independent court. meanwhile, novak�*s mother diana has been saying he hasn't been getting breakfast in his hotel. he'd be getting three meals a day in prison, she says, so she says it is worse than being locked up in prison. goodness. and now we are simply on a watching brief. anyone who is interested in this story is simply watching and waiting for the court to say something. this is true. you can't move this along any faster than it is going to go. but it is interesting that but debates that have been going on

i also spoke to some people here in belgrade after the news broke. here's what they told me. >> it's his decision so i think he hasn't done anything wrong. it's really -- it's politicians, you know? >> well, i can say i'm really sorry he's not playing australian open and that he didn't get a chance to play but i get the situation that's happening down there in australia. i mean, lots of people in australia, 93% are vaccinated. so it's like pride impact. >> novak djokovic, number one. >> he got deported. >> australian open. >> i think you could sum up the sentiment here from many people saying this is political. this was a political calculation and i ask people whether they think he should be vaccinated. this is a personal choice. what was really interesting to me, paula, what djokovic wrote saying he was uncomfortable with the attention on him. perhaps uncomfortable being framed as a sort of anti-vaxxer. he has not been out there leading the marches. even when he confessed to breaking quarantine in serbia, the reporter said that that topic was simply

host: we crossover now to belgrade where we have victor. how is the russian president likely to be viewing these developments? >> the events in kazakhstan has been a surprise. it is an unexpected turn of events for moscow, and it comes at a sensitive time way to moscow is preparing for negotiations with the united states and nato on security guarantees in europe and on ukraine. it is going to make russia's negotiation position stronger. if pressure's involvement -- russia's involvement in kazakhstan, if it goes sour it will negatively impact russia's position in upcoming negotiations. this is not something moscow was looking for. kazakhstan is an important ally for moscow. it is the largest state and central asia. it is the second largest country in the eurasian economic union where russia dominates and russia, it is important to keep kazakhstan a member of the economic union and a member of the collective security treaty organization, so when russia saw that the situation in kazakhstan was getting out of control and it was happening quite

chaos and belgrade. there's a baby's dying in incubators. there's there's and the there's a stephen hosmer was a researcher brand went in and interviewed a lot of the served leaders and he said that as the serb leaders watched this escalation. the metaphor in their mind was tokyo. so we have we're using precision bombing. but it's in the mind of adversaries. they know that this conventional bombing can eventually get to tokyo so it becomes a major determine. there are certain operations. in american military history that have that are stuck in our mind to potential potential adversaries forever. one is inshan. everybody we fight against is worried. the marines are going to come come ashore in their beaches. but another one that seems to be tokyo that they as much as and and i've worked with the air force they're targeting is meticulous the care they mean hansel the dream has been realized. i mean precision bombing is the way we're going to do it. we're going to be effective. we're going to be humane. but in the mind of our adversaries they k

elaine's own brother saying that he recognizes the setting to back in august, elaine, well sold a house in belgrade there for almost 2000000 pounds in order to pay her legal fees . could have been this house just saying to anyone who took the picture? no. what was 1st? okay, that's the way key for this. i get more news and award winning shows and i'll see, don't call more up on our youtube channel. i'm calling brain moscow. thanks for watching. so you and all of that this isn't an opening for even children have been kid for the finance house. i have about my, my mom with my chinese kids. i should go with a mom on is violet that dana mom? yes. a lunch me a shuttle icon. medina, i ah ah. while our officers are facing in increasingly dangerous environments, we are seeing a growing debate about so called warrior cops. the term that i've heard in the militarization of police. this is an amber app vehicle we acquired through the 1033 program sensory free program with the government program that follows military prop .