the biggest in melbourne in the state. a big toria where the government there just approved a bill that gives they had premium greater power to cool lockdown and other restrictions as he said space. now that's straight victoria. victoria has the records of being the most locked down in the world. it wasn't all in one stretch. it was over the past 2 years. well, south africa where the mccomb barian is driving a sharp increase in over 900 cases. well than 16000 cro virus infections have been confirmed to the last 24 hours. health officials urging people to get back sedated and have declared a week long push ahead of the holidays. or for me to build a choice, you know, from johannesburg, and to meet the president urged the public to get vaccinated or at least get the booster of a heating his call. there has been somewhat of an uptake in terms of the number of people coming out to get vaccinated. it's quite clear that the detection of the new army con variant has spooked people, at least to some degree. those who might have be

all players and staff competing in melbourne must be jabbed or have a medical exemption. and andy murray has been practising in melbourne ahead of his appearance at the first grand slam. he was handed a wild card to compete where he's previously reached the final five times. best of luck to andy murray in that tournament. that's all the sport for now. children in schools have for years been taught about the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction. now increasing numbers of pupils are also learning about the dangers of compulsive gambling. a group of families who lost relatives to suicide have created a hard—hitting educational programme, which they say will save lives. just a warning, you may find some of this report from our ireland correspondent chris page upsetting. it's notjust the damage that this does to the person who has the addiction, it's the damage it does to all the family. anniversaries, birthdays, christmas, family gatherings — when he should be there, he is not. lewis keogh was a passionate sportsperson, but he kept his gambling a secret from his team—m

infectious diseases expert, and secretary general of the organized medicine academic guild, and from melbourne. grant blashley and associate professor at the nozzle institute for global health at the university of melbourne. a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. howard, let me start with you today. it is estimated that between 80002880002 health care workers could have died from cupboard 19 since the beginning of the pandemic. that is a staggering number. just how shocking is it to you. i'm. it's a, it's a conservative estimate. it is absolutely shocking. i think the true figure could be higher. i think we could be pushing close to a quarter of a 1000000. it's an indictment of government's failure to act, to protect health care work as these are people who were just going to work to do their job. but the real issue that worries me hugely here is that the actual number of deaths reported to the world health organization. from countries around the world is less than $7000.00. people are clapping, but nobody is counting. and that sends a message to sug

some states, a considering title, domestic border controls must demonstrations and melbourne on the way against vaccine mandates. christina has, are him, is a journalist based on straight jersey now from brisbin? good. have you with us on the program, australia and certainly victoria state seeming the sort of getting the same way as germany and becoming more assertive in the vaccine mandates take it. or we curb you mobility and your freedoms. the message being that it's bigger than any one individual. you know, that certainly is the case. essentially if you haven't had your car the 9 chain back saying, well you don't have it soon is really a lot that you can't jerry thousands of health workers here who joy, what a happy injection for one reason or another die will really lost their jobs. here in queensland, teachers have until the 17th of december to at least get their 1st back thing. if i don't die, risk being stood down next year. also in queensland, unvaccinated people will be banned from old nonsense, essential businesses and shops in a couple of weeks time. so these back saying man

the third test gets underway in melbourne on boxing day. england have never come from 2—0 down to win the ashes in the series' 139—year history. i was really annoyed at myself in the first innings because i made a very simple mistake to what i did at brisbane. i thought i rectified it better in the second innings but those are the sort of things you have to be sharp at, flying into your practice, eradicating from your game, making sure that you feel like you've got a way, if there are certain strategies they are going to throw at you, you can manage them well throughout the game. in the past few minutes, premier league clubs have decided to carry on with their fixtures and not pause despite the ongoing issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic. the decision was taken after a meeting of all 20 clubs this afternoon. clubs have been advised if they have 13 fit players plus a goalkeeper, they should fulfil their games. and with much debate over the rate of vaccination of footballers, england manager gareth southgate has encouraged players t

this is cladding being removed in melbourne. a building levy has forced construction firms to help pay for the work. it is an international problem... politicians in victoria told me they�*ve treated this as a public safety emergency. $300 million being raised through a building permit levy, because people understood, understand absolutely, the nexus between the levy and getting buildings fixed, because ultimately, this is about community safety. and we are the only state in australia that is doing this cladding rectification work. the other really important point, of course, is that we also moved to ban flammable cladding, and this is in fact similar to the product that was on the grenfell building. you cannot put this product on any building here in victoria, finished. the british government has introduced similar bans, and on both continents, those living in cladded buildings share similar frustrations. all that cladding, all those trimmings... government funding doesn�*t cover everything. it's going to cost us all some t

all players and staff competing in melbourne must be jabbed or have a medical exemption. and andy murray has been practicing at melbourne park, where the first grand slam of the season begins in just under three weeks' time. he was handed a wildcard to take part in the event where he's previously reached the final five times. that's it for now from me, but i'll be back at 6:30pm for sportsday. i for now. i for now.

and a thank you so much for talking to staffing bennett from deacon university in melbourne. thank you for your time. thank you. a head on al jazeera, dozens killed in myanmar after some of the voice vetting in recent times, and fiction or future. some predicts terrifying outcomes from facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence. ah hey there, here's your headlines for the americas. nice to see. we've got a lot of rain through california. we could set some daily rainfall records for not only los angeles, but also palm springs toward the u. s. southeast. it is as settled conditions here, a lot of sunshine coming through tallahassee with the hiv 21 degrees and also for eastern portions toward the northeast. things looking fairly settled here are getting blasted, those still with snow and when for newfound lag, we do have a dangerous cold snap coming to western canada, the pacific northwest on friday. not so bad. vancouver, 3 degrees. i'm going to put this several days out now and here we are next wednesday, a painted on the colors, the dark of the purple, the lowe

melbourne's boxing day test is a spectator occasion, huge ground, proof of vaccination was required, no restrictions on the capacity and no restrictions on the capacity and no limits on pat cummings, milan 1a. joe root at the touches which put him in a different class, taking him to 50 and making the next it so disappointing, caughtand to 50 and making the next it so disappointing, caught and out but why? joe root could not tell you and could not believe it himself. ben stokes tried all sorts of shorts and this was the last one, going for 25. josh butler on three was aiming for the boundary, presumably, and got nowhere near it. there is a fielder and that is the catch. johnny bairstow surprised on 25 and england soon 185 all out, normal service resumed. could england even summon a ghost of optimism? well, australia reached 61 41 ghost of optimism? well, australia reached 6141 in reply, the final ball was almost another wicket but every almost must be a success when you are in this kind of mess. joe wilson, bbc news. as you saw, johnny bairstow at least offered some resistance back in

epidemiology at the institute for health transformation at deacon university, and is joining us from melbourne. katherine very good to have you again on al jazeera, you know, australia has been praised, widely ford success in curtailing the spread of covey 19. and now we have thousands of cases in a country that a month ago. we're still intend on keeping the vice out. ha, how did we get to this? how did australia go from being a cove it free paradise to this mess? well we didn't actually really started to make the transition that makes the timing of omicron even worse in a way because it's striving you, we couldn't keep the virus up eva and the id was been out. vaccination rights were high enough and they were great. you know, eating 90 percent really vaccinated in 16, an older population that we would then be opening up all to some of the states already were doing that. states that already had delta still circulating, were planning to get back to 0 and had hospitalizations at manageable levels. mainly and unvaccinated people, victoria more than 90 percent actually vaccinated and i see you sti

over whether the australian open champion novak djokovic, will play at the first major of the year in melbourne. fellow serb dusan lajovic has said the world number one is unsure if he'll make the tournament, due to start in just over two weeks. djokovic has already withdrawn from the serbian team taking part at the atp cup in sydney this weekend. the 3a—year—old, who's won a record nine australian open men's titles, has repeatedly declined to say if he's been vaccinated for covid—19, a requirement demanded by organisers at melbourne park, unless given an exemption. he saidi he said i am not coming to the atp cup and they will see about the australian open. he did not specify if he is coming or not but he is waiting for the decision. he kept in touch with all of us and as i said, it was a last—minute decision, the australian open is still uncertain for us and i do not the information. i think that will come in the next couple of days or whenever the deadline is. we don't know right now. hopefully he will be there and be able to play the grand slam. and that's all the sport for now. the

the demonstration from sydney and melbourne, follow the government financing and acceleration in booster shots. 3 quarters of australia, 26 mill 1000000 population for you, not cases, but around 1500 new infections have been reported. as the new owner, con, variance spreads international tourists. the guns returns the united states that travel restrictions have been listed with in many cities. office employees are still working from home as lead to less food traffic and they can't store fronts. or once considered, i rent districts like midtown manhattan in new york. but as chris's salumi now reports, things seem to be putting one vanderbilt. a new high rise named for its address, rises directly above grand central station in midtown manhattan. some of the most expensive real estate in the world. the $93.00 story office tower offers this spectacular view to the public from summit one vanderbilt plus all the latest amenities for corporate clients who according to senior vice president jason hacket, have flocked here despite the lingering pandemic. from an office building perspective, we've

cricket now, and australia have thrashed england to retain the ashes at melbourne. the visitors were all bowled out for only 68 runs in just over 80 minutes, their lowest total in australia since march 190a. joe wilson was watching. what was it on the faces of the australian players in melbourne? delight? of course. but surprise too? surely even they didn't expect everything this quickly. this easily. oh, he's got him! there's the comeback! england's latest collapse was a new low. ben stokes the first man out. well, the bowling was too good and australia have a limitless supply of it. scott boland got rid ofjoe root for 28. scott boland was selected specifically for this match. he took six wickets for seven runs in england's second innings. any sense of resistance vanished. four noughts in the 68 all out. oh, there we go! the final wicket was taken by cameron green. 22 years old. a decade of ashes cricket ahead of him. who is next for england? their best players have been a distant second in this series. and no long—term issues will be solved in the next few days.

andy murray will be back in melbourne for the 2022 tournament. the former world number one has been given a wild card after missing the most recent edition because he'd tested positive for covid. he last played at the event in 2019 when he thought it might be his last match as a professional because of injury. and, finally, something of a remarkable comeback in the nba. a0—year—old joejohnson got a call from his agent on tuesday. 2a hours later was back playing for his former team the boston celtics. johnson is one of many players getting opportunities to return as the league is ravaged by covid. he became the second—oldest player to turn out in the nba in the celtics' win over cleveland and it's been 20 years since he made his debut. he is the only current player to have been on the court, as this picture proves, with the legendary michaeljordan. we'll have more sport for you later here on the bbc news channel. but it's goodbye for now. this is bbc news, the headlines... new studies suggest the omicron variant could be milder than previous

it's all over — australia thrash england to win the ashes, after the tourists collapsed in melbourne. and coming up in the next 15 minutes, we'll be speaking to former england cricketer monty panesar. hello and welcome. people in england are being urged to take care in the run up to new year's eve after the government decided not to bring in further covid rules. ministers are keeping the decision under close review — but say the early indications are that the omicron variant is not leading to the same level of serious disease as previous waves. the government is to wait untiljanuary before re—evaluating the situation. but scotland, wales and northern ireland have all introduced further restrictions this week. people in wales and scotland are living with curbs on hospitality, including the closure of nightclubs and all three nations have imposed restrictions on social mixing indoors. in the united states, health officials have halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic covid—i9 from 10 to five days, amid a surge in cases. france and germany have both re—

melbourne's boxing day test as a spectator occasion, a huge ground and proof of vaccination was required, no restrictions on the capacity and no limits on pat cummings, got david mann for 1h but joe root at the touches were put him in a different class which put him 250, making the next bit so disappointing. cut out, and why? joe root could not tell you, he could not believe it himself. ben stokes tried all sorts of things and he was caught out. jos butler was aiming for the boundary presumably and got no one knew it. that is the catch. johnny bester were surprised on 35 and england were soon 185 all out. normal service in short and resumed. could england even some in a gust of optimism? well, david one of the mind is missed, the final ball was almost another wicket but every almost another wicket but every almost must be a success when you're in this kind of mess. for some, a dip in the sea is as much of a christmas tradition as turkey and crackers. this was the scene at boscombe pier near bournemouth yesterday. a little further north on the yorkshire coast swimmers have been hopping in

england are 2—0 down in the series and if they lose or draw in melbourne, australia retain the urn. it had looked promising earlier in the day with england's bowlers limiting the aussies lead to 82 after the first innings. but in a hostile final hour, england went into bat and stumbled to 31—4 at stumps asjoe wilson reports. a england's players were unsure for a while if they'd even be allowed in the ground. four covid cases amongst the support staff and their family. but after the tests, the test continued. and yes, england prospered. marnus labuschagne batting, ranked world number one, out for one. success for mark wood. and what about steve smith? well, here comes james anderson. he's got him, bowled him. england quickly dismissed australia's most esteemed batters. hey, we're in this! maybe? marcus harris persevered for australia. not always pretty, but past 50. and that feeling of optimism, it was sneaking away from england. as so often, they needed anderson. captain's grateful hands and harris was gone. but a late flourish helped australia build their lead. when their innings

he'll remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. head is australia's leading run—scorer in the series, with 248 runs at an average of 62. there are doubts about whether cricket's big bash league in australia can continue following multiple positive covid cases. today's game between adelaide strikers and sydney thunder did go ahead despite four thunder players testing positive. thunder made 187—3 after winning the toss and batting. the strikers were never really in the hunt and eventually lost by 22 runs. away from that match, seven players and eight support staff at the melbourne stars have tested positive, putting their next match onjanuary 2nd in serious doubt. we'll have more sport for you later on the bbc news channel. hello, and welcome to this review of the year in film. i'm mark kermode, and i'm here at the beautiful cinema museum in south london, where i'll be rounding up the highs and lows of 2021.

and we could touch 38 celsius in melbourne as 100 and found high big jumping temperatures from we saw at the start of the week. we got to some present weather i, which was western parts of australia tempest. and quite nicely here. not too bad. so it's who are new zealand, we're getting up into the low to mid twenty's here. what a 2 shafts, but a lot of tri weather and some sunshine. and we have got some dry weather in see we're eastern parts of department over the next couple of days. the real thing to watch out for will be more heavy snow. that's kind of polish way in across western and northern parts of the country. heading towards token, but sheltered by the mountains issues they last you try here, which is one or 2 flights to come. ah, coveted beyond well taken without hesitation, fulton died for our defines our loud alons, new babies were dying and it had nothing about it neglected babies to death, beeble and power investigates, exposes, and questions they use and abuse of power around the globe on out there. ah, ah, this is al jazeera ah hello on lauren taylor. this is the al ja

however, in adelaide and melbourne, thanks to those blustery one winds blowing. and if we look at the 3 day for our lead, we touching $32.00 by wednesday with lots of sunshine and settled weather and it's looking rather settled for the north island of new zealand. we've got wet weather rolling across the west of the south island is going to be wet in christ church until wednesday, when it starts to dry up with sunshine. but it will remain rather wet in north island as we edge towards the end of the week. that to weather update ah informed opinions there was a need for the federal government actually facilitate in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah. hello, i mary animosity. welcome to the news allan life from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. tributes flow of archbishop desmond tutu, a fearless opponent of a party who has died at the age of 90 condemnation. after the discovery of charred remains of dozens of people in the and mas kaya state, the military is.

he'll remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. head is australia's leading run—scorer in the ashes, a series they've already won with two test matches still to play. there are doubts about whether cricket's twenty20 big bash league in australia can continue following multiple positive covid cases. today's adelaide strikers v sydney thunder game did go ahead — despite four thunder players testing positive. thunder made 187 for 3 after winning the toss and batting. the strikers were never really in the hunt and eventually lost by 22 runs. away from that match, seven players and eight support staff at the melbourne stars have tested positive putting their next match onjanuary 2nd in serious doubt. that's all the sport for now. and i know you are going to ask me what my new year's resolution was. i have been thinking about this recently, i am going to try and buy less close. it is not going to be easy. 0h, less close. it is not going to be easy. oh, that is very abstemious of you. we will see how it goes. we will check back in a w

from melbourne we�*rejoined by doctor kylie quinn an immunologist from the royal melbourne institute of technology how much is this new variant highlighted the inequality in terms of how vaccines have been distributed? i of how vaccines have been distributed?— of how vaccines have been distributed? ~ , ., �* distributed? i think, when you're lookin: at distributed? i think, when you're looking at rolling _ distributed? i think, when you're looking at rolling vaccines - distributed? i think, when you're looking at rolling vaccines out. distributed? i think, when you'rel looking at rolling vaccines out and the most efficient way for a highly transmissible, highly infectious disease, it is clear that you need to have a global focus, disease, it is clear that you need to have a globalfocus, rather than a local focus of your vaccine facilities. we clearly need to be doing a betterjob in ensuring that we have better support and distribution so these vaccines, particularly within the lower and middle income countries. the situation is still developing and we are still unclear as to how

melbourne's boxing day test is a spectator occasion. it is a huge ground. proof of vaccination was required. no restrictions on the capacity. and no limits on pat cummins who got dawid malan for 14. butjoe root had the touches which put him in a different class, which took to 50, which made the next so disappointing. edged and caught and out, and why? joe root could not tell you. he couldn't believe it himself. ben stokes tried all sorts of shots. this was the last one, gone for 25. jos buttler on three was aiming for the boundary, presumably but got nowhere near it. there is a field, that's the catch. jonny bairstow was surprised on 35 and england were soon 185 all out. normal service resumed. according and even summon a gust of optimism? australia reached 61-1 in gust of optimism? australia reached 61—1 in reply. david one of them and dismissed. the final ball was almost another wicket. dismissed. the final ball was almost anotherwicket. but dismissed. the final ball was almost another wicket. but every almost must be a success when you are in this kind

the first grand slam of the year gets underway in melbourne on 17 january. if novak shows up at the open, he will either be vaccinated or he will have a medical exemption. now, his choice on his medical condition, it is his choice to keep private, like any others may do with any condition we may have. we're not going to force him or asking to disclose that. needs to know that the condition of entry would be those two requirements. we'll have more sport for you later on the bbc news channel. this is bbc news, the headlines: in the last few minutes uk government scientific advisers are recommending children aged 5—11, who are clinically vulnerable, should be offered a low dose of covid vaccine. the welsh government introduces new measures from boxing day, groups of no more than six people will be allowed to meet in pubs, cinemas and restaurants. germany and portugal announce more post—christmas curbs. france warns daily cases could pass 100,000 very soon. 13 million people are put into covid lockdown — in one chinese city — just weeks ahead of the wint

he's in isolation after one of his family tested positive for covid — they'll have to stay in melbourne for 10 days. that's the seventh positive test in the touring party — three support staff and four family members have all contracted the virus. the match is due to start next wednesday. clearly, it is very disruptive for the players, who, as yet, none of them has tested positive, but they are being tested daily. we should not forget that the coach was in contact with some of them yesterday during net practice. so it will be an anxious wait for the next few days to see if any of the england players actually test positive for themselves. they fly to sydney on a charter plane tomorrow. as they are trying to keep them separate from everybody else, they and the australians are flying together. but there is no doubt it will be an anxious weekend ahead for the england players. match referee david boon has also tested positive, so he won't make it to sydney — that was confirmed just as a big bash league match in melbourne was called off following a covid case. covid news too from the pdc

but naomi osaka has landed in melbourne to prepare for the defence of her australian open title. the japanese four—time grand slam winner hasn't played since losing in the third round of the us open and taking a break from the sport. the australian open begins in just under three weeks. premiership rugby are investigating allegations against leicester regarding historical image rights payments. tigers have confirmed they've met with representatives of the league to discuss the potential breach of salary cap rules, which the times reports relates to links between the club and a now defunct company, worldwide image management. leicester are top of the premiership with ten wins from ten. 2018 champion rob cross has reached the last 16 of the pdc world darts — sealing his win over daryl gurney with a 170 checkout. the finish of treble 20 treble 20 bullseye is a rarity in any context but cross hit them with what proved to be his final three darts of a tight third round match. it went to a deciding set with the 11th seed winning 4—3. anotherformer champion also went through in dr

we have seen some thunderstorms in melbourne and i think we've got a repeat performance on thursday. it's gonna cool the atmosphere. we go from 29 degrees down to 20. thanks in part as well. to switch in wind direction. record breaking month for auckland, your temperature, 18.2 degrees and as we head toward thursday, you're still above average with the high of 24. ah ah, this is al jazeera ah. hello, i'm learned, dana, this is the owners here and use our life in london. coming up as the omicron variant spreads around the world, the european commission chief says it's time to consider compulsory k vaccinations . this needs discussion. this needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that i think has to be let women's tennis association suspends all tournaments in china.

england's hopes of an ashes comeback are fading rapidly, in a dramatic second day of the third test in melbourne. and missing for almost a week — a happy ending for the search and rescue dog, who got lost herself, in norfolk, as she's

dry though for the southeast corner and warming up through watching that short lived test match in melbourne. some of the plans were wearing sweaters just a couple of days ago. now we're looking at temperatures getting into the low to mid thirty's, over the next couple of days. this ro hate just talking in here. still pretty warm over to was per but not as hot as it has been recently for new zealand. it's not too bad here. sunshine and shower, some decent spells of dry weather for the most part, some dry weather to consecrate parts of china. and when she weather spilling out of the korean peninsula, we have got some wet weather coming in the cross at western side of japan. more heavy snowfall coming in. she, westerners of honshu and her cutter. ah ah, i'm a musician, i'm very happy with my war. i think with my music, a more powerful i can deliver message, but in the same times i'm really interesting about the company, but with people not myself. here i have my family. the weather is fantastic and i'm my music need this country. i don't see any. you know, reason to left the country because i

he's been runner up in melbourne five times but last played there in 2019. he missed this year's tournament after testing positive for covid. it's the last day of action at the world darts championship before they break for christmas. the number seven seed from portugal — jose de sosa, the special one, came back from two sets down to win his second round match against jason lowe. and 20 years after making his debut, 40 year—old joejohnson made an nba comeback for the boston celtics in their win over cleveland last night, with the league badly affected by covid. he's been given a ten—day contract. christmas has come early for bury supporters. the government has promised a million pounds of levelling up money to help fans buy the club's historic gigg lane stadium. it's been lying empty since bury fc was expelled from the football league 2 years ago after its financial collapse. kayleigh waterson reports. they called it one of the saddest daysin they called it one of the saddest days in the history of the football league. days in the history of the footba

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he'll remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. head is australia's leading run—scorer in the ashes, a series they've already won with two matches still to play. so, it's all going well for australia, isn't it? well, england cricket fans might enjoy this. star batsman steve smith stuck in a lift for nearly an hour. take a look. not quite the night that i had planned. i'm currently stuck in a lift. just taking a seat. what else do you do when you're stuck in a lift, you know? i could be here for a while. oh, what have you got? is it some food for me? what have we got here? a few m&ms. that's naughty. it's been 50 minutes. i'm still here. thanks, buddy. that's all the sport for now. ghislaine maxwell's family say they can't accept the verdict of a jury in new york that she groomed underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. her brother ian has said he still believes she's innocent and is backing a legal appeal against her conviction. ghislaine maxwell, the daughter of the late media tycoon robert maxwell, is facing decades behin

the australian open begins in melbourne in four weeks. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the team here, goodnight. hello there. it's been a cloudy and chilly start to the week. things will change. some frost, some packets of frost across western parts of england and wales. these areas should see sunshine at times. mark further east across england. so that blanket of cloud for northern ireland, sevens, and can it will push its way into the central belt making it feel chilly here. a file to showers in the far north of scotland. these are the far north of scotland. these are the temperature is similar to what we had on monday. a near normal, really, for this time of the year. the weather starts to change because high—pressure that's kept it quiet for so long is moving away. instead, a big low in the atlantic and around it we will put some brands of rain. we start with a wide spread frost on wednesday,. that's going to push bands of rain our way. but we start wednesday with a widespread frost in scotland, england and wales. some early sunshine, but it clouds ove

he will remain in melbourne and isolate for seven days in line with health requirements. that is the sport for now. happy new year. this is bbc news, the headlines. countries around the world are seeing in the new year with a bang — but some are holding scaled back celebrations — to try to stop covid spreading. the nhs warns of significant pressure in the coming weeks, as covid infections in the uk reach a new high. entire neighbourhoods in the us state of colorado have been engulfed by flames as wildfires force tens of thousands to leave their homes. and goodbye to a golden girl — the american actress and comedian, betty white, has died, just weeks before her one hundreth birthday. now on bbc news. nine—year—old rodwell nkomazana was attacked by a hyena earlier this year. he suffered life—threatening injuries. now, a team of volunteer doctors in south africa is battling to help rodwell by rebuilding his face. our world follows their groundbreaking work and rodwell�*s remarkable recovery. rodwell nkomazana was asleep outside church, in rural zimbabwe, when h

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it's a similar story for melbourne and adelaide. it's going to push further east. now those storms and showers that have been affecting the se, are going to push out to sea. so we'll get warm back in here, but the temperature in sydney is going to come down to. they will be sunshine in that wet and windy, whether you can see it plaguing tasmania in the days to come and it joins up with wet and windy weather for the south island of new zealand. we've got heavy rain warnings out for the west. a wind watch for the south, but up in the north island. look at that fine and settled it is going to intensify though. that wet and windy weather, by the time we get into monday, another wave moving in. now as we move to southeast asia, it's going to get more wet and windy around coastal areas of vietnam. thanks to typhoon roy. it's not expected to make landfill, but it is going to sweep up to the north east, taking a lot of that wet and windy weather to southern areas of china in the days to come that to weather update. ah, if america held up a mirror to itself, what would it s

the first major of the year gets underway in melbourne on the 17th of january. and that's all the sport for now. from me and the team, goodnight. hello again. well, it's been another chilly day wednesday, but the trend is as we go into thursday the weather is turning increasingly mild. however, over recent hours, we have seen some freezing rain in scotland. that's liquid rain that can freeze on impact. you can imagine the roads and the pavements becoming very icy in some of the deeper scottish valleys for a time. but this time yesterday, it was very cold. temperatures were down to about —10 into parts of aberdeenshire. quite a contrast with what we've got at the moment, but aside from some of those valleys, the temperatures are stilljust about below freezing. for the most part as we head into thursday, it's actually getting milder. and across western areas — 12 degrees in plymouth, 11 in belfast — it is going to be a mild start to the day for these areas on thursday. now, thursday, there will be a lot of cloud around. we've got weather fronts bringing rain

he's been runner—up five times in melbourne. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. snow has been falling across the hills of scotland through the night. that will continue, although it is tending to peter out. we could have several centimetres lying towards morning. also fog is going to be an issue for those travellers on friday morning, quite thick patches in places, reducing the visibility, and that's because we've had a lot of mild and moist air move northwards during the day on thursday. still with us friday, but so too that cold air, and where those weather fronts bump into the cold air, as i say, across scotland at the moment is where we are likely to see the snow. but that boundary may come further southwards into christmas day. so, several centimetres over the hills, relatively low levels, that's 100 metres or so, some fog though into the clearer skies further south where it's at least a milder, but it's the light winds that we've got an issue with here. so going through the day on friday, we've got that mild air with us, the fog issue slow to clear, and the

it's all over — australia thrash england to win the ashes, after a dismal collapse in melbourne. now on bbc news, review 2021, we remember. prince philip, una stubbs, charlie watts, sarah harding, captain sir tom moore, christopher plummer and jimmy greaves. just some of those whose lives are celebrated in this year's programme. # we're all going on a summer holiday...# why doesn't he stop honking his horn? there's plenty of room to park! we're not going on a london bus if that's what you had in mind! well, you're not going to get very i far on your holiday in this thing. i we're not on our way on holiday. we're going to an engagement! i don't wish to impose upon you. my pleasure. in that case, you might as well do the laundry while you're about it, sweep the stairs, and dust the furniture and do the polishing because it makes my pretty back ache. boys! you've got another one! what? goodness, here? i think i might! applause. i say, he forgot to pay. i wasn't a trained dancer. i didn't go to any. lessons or anything. my dad was a barber, _ but he'd come home and start... and i cop

she's scheduled to play in a wta melbourne warm—up tournament next month before the australian open. former england full—back danielle waterman has launched a new players' union for women in the premier 15s league. the women's rugby association will provide legal, medical and welfare support for members. waterman said it was important to look after players on and off the field. professional players could already join the rugby players' association, but this wasn't an option for the semi—professionals and amateurs in premier 15s. the countdown is on to the second test of the ashes, which begins this thursday in adelaide. england looking for a much—needed win after their big defeat at the gabba against australia. and the hosts have confirmed that fast—bowlerjosh hazelwood is out. he's suffering from a rib injury he picked up in last week's first test. the second match of the series is a day—nighter, with both stuart broad and james anderson expected to return in more favourable conditions. "the most spectacular and accessible opening ceremony in olympic history" is being prom

i have just checked in and i have just seen the (chokes up) melbourne sign. it is a big one for me because after almost two years of travel restrictions i am finally able to head back home to see family and friends in australia. i hope you can join us for that and in the meantime don't forget you can check us out on social media. for now, from me and the rest of the very well fed travel show team here in sardinia, it's goodbye. with brighter weather following. but in scotland and northern england that the rain will be pretty widespread and slow it's notjust rain was falling the system, we also have hill snow. there is a risk of snow for the highlands and seven are plans for a time. they might be flakes in the pennines and peak district. it will be cold for several areas with some wintry showers. 0vernight tonight, backing in east anglia. there will be some few patches of frost around in the risk of icy stretches taking us into sunday. still influenced by low pressure and sunday. winds coming from an easterly direction, bringing cloud and rain back to parts of

over whether the australian open champion novak djokovic will play at the first major of the year in melbourne. fellow serb dusan lajovic has said the world number one is unsure if he'll make the tournament, due to start in just over two weeks. djokovic has already withdrawn from the serbian team taking part at the atp cup in sydney this weekend. the 34—year—old, who's won a record nine australian open men's titles, has repeatedly declined to say if he's been vaccinated for covid—19, a requirement demanded by organisers at melbourne park unless given an exemption. he said, "i'm not coming, guys, to the atp cup. we'll see about the australian open." i mean, he didn't specify if he's coming or not, but that he's waiting for the decision. he kept in touch with all of us, and, as i said, it was a last—minute decision. the australian open is still uncertain for us, i mean, i don't know the information. so, i think that will come in the next couple of days or whenever the deadline is. so, we don't know right now. and hopefully he will be there and be able to play the grand slam. and that's a

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australia have added uncapped fast bowler scott boland to their squad for the third ashes test in melbourne. boland comes in as cover, while fellow pacemen pat cummins and josh hazelwood also return. as for england — they'll need to re—group after going 2—nil down. but england coach chris silverwood is sticking by his selections so far and says he has no regrets and would pick the same again. looking at the experience they were having out there, i'm happy with the skill set of the tests and there'll always divided opinion. and not everyone is going to agree with you. that is the beauty of sports. and so, yeah, i've got no problem with that. and we have those outing this test i bet it was really good. and so, i've got no problem with that, to be honest. one player england would have hoped to have available for the ashes isjofra archer — the fast bowler was ruled out through injury. and there was a futher blow today, as it emerged he'll miss the whole of the winter schedule after a second operation on a stress fracture in his right elbow. england are due to tour the west indies later