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This is bbc news, im tim willcox. our top stories... novak djokovic arrives for his final appeal to stay in australia — judges are currently deciding on his deportation. a huge underwater volcanic eruption near tonga triggers tsunami warnings across the pacific ocean. siege at a texas synagogue — police are negotiating with a hostage—taker in the us state and the first case of the omicron variant is officially confirmed in beijing, just three weeks before the start of the winter olympics.

With people there. the eruption happened underwater on saturday, north of the main island of tongatapu where the majority of the population lives. the family of one british woman say she died after being swept away by the waves. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest. these pictures of the hunga tonga—hunga haapai volcano erupting are from last friday. this is just a foretaste of what was to come a day later — an eruption many, many times larger. this is the volcano poking...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines. as details of lockdown parties in downing street continue to emerge, some conservative mps say theyre being inundated with messages from angry constituents. labour leader keir starmer says its now in the national interest for borisjohnson to go. we are witnessing every day the broken spectacle of the prime minister mired in deceit and its deception, and unable to lead. lawyers for the woman accusing prince andrew of sexual assault want two people based...

Pacific exploded in a violent eruption. you can see as the waves get into some parts of the tonga capital, hitting homes and heres the massive ash cloud as the volcano erupts sending shock waves spread sfrg the center. >> yeah, how about that we can see that from satellite right now. meteorologist allison chinchar back with us. allison, when you see this, what do you know about it? >> right. i mean, its very impressive. i mean, you see these things often where you can see a lot of these from spa...

The longer it takes to fix these buildings, the more money drains away from those who can least afford it. sarah corker, bbc news, salford. the time is 6.18pm. our top story this evening... no masks in classrooms and back to the office as englands covid measures ease ahead of plan b being dropped completely next week. coming up... after 260 hours in the air, 19—year—old zara rutherford becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel... ...

Pretty good. i will probably still wear a mask in very crowded places, and i think like in enand the asian countries -- like in japan and the asian country, theres a tradition of some mask wearing on problem transit. i think it will not dominate our lives the way covid has for the past two years. i dont think its page one of the newspaper or your lead story every day. there still will be covid around, there still is some risk. but if you are fully vaccinated, by which i mean now boosted, the ris...

A week after the volcanic eruption and tsunami. survivors recall the moment the wave hit. nobody knew that there was a wave coming so, you know, in every household that was on the road, we just shouted out, "tsunami, tsunami!" — you know, "get to higher ground!" two years to the day since china forced the city of wuhan and its ten million citizens into lockdown, we have a special report on how beijing is containing the virus. britains deputy prime minister says russia will face severe economic...

Area and a swathe of the sierra nevada. a 75—year—old frenchman who was trying to row across the atlantic ocean has been found dead at sea. jean—jacques savin had previously made the crossing in a large barrel in 2019. the adventurer had triggered two distress beacons on thursday night. italys former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, has announced that he wont run for president — he said he would withdraw from the race for the sake of national unity. mr berlusconi has been campaigning b...

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Either today or first thing tomorrow. so it depends on how long it takes them to make a decision but they are fully aware that it needs to be made quickly. and thats part of why it is being heard on sunday morning here. and if he does not win, he is out. and could be out for a long time? a three—year ban? yes, thats correct, there is a waiver provision on that but its again it is a high threshold and he would have to put in an application for it to be considered. far reaching tsunami alerts ha...