test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
his official 2024 campaign announcement, but first, alexandra hoff has the latest on the hunter biden probes. there s a lot going on here. prosecutors are looking into two misdemeanor tax charges, felony tax evasion charge and a felony gun charge relate today a purchase, but sources say this is not an indication that charges are imminent and that this meeting is not related to a claim by an irs agent turned whistleblower that the biden administration has mishandled the case. he knows when to spot, when other investigative steps aren t done in the traditional way to get at the truth and he has spotted and observed things that are done differently in this particular matter. that s the whistleblower s attorney there, that he seeks to provide details sworn testimony by congress by a senior appointee and multiple reports named that as merrick garland, who said this on march 1stments i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of u.s. attorney for the district
come the same week that hunter biden lawyers will meet with department of justice officials, one source telling fox news it s not necessarily a signal that prosecutors are ready to charge hunter but the timing it sure interesting especially now that white house appears to be doing damage control over that testimony from the former cia deputy director who told congress now secretary of state blinken played a role in inception of the letter signed by intel officials that describe the hunter biden laptop story as disinformation a white house spokesperson attacking republicans on the judiciary committee, claiming that testimony was highly misleading and a selective whreek all of the accusations about hunter bide about and corruption within the biden administration, the president himself says his presidency is actually pretty dull. take a listen. putting on my sunglasses. so i can see [applause] as i told my distinguished friend from massachusetts and good friend senator marke
office. i do not know what is in the documents. my lawyers have not suggested i ask what documents they are. they turned over the boxes to the archives and we are cooperating fully. with the review and i hope that is finished soon. there will be more details at that time. this is coming as the new house oversight chairman sent letters to the white house counsel s office and national archives trying to get information on biden s handling of classified documents. i want to bring in jonathan martin as well as karen and david. i am glad to have you here. we begin with you jonathan. this is not the news president biden wanted to start the new year. there is a bit of dysfunction with the speaker both but the fact of the matter is he needs to contend with it. what is your take? the circumstances are different, obviously his folks called when they realized they had classified documents there and also biden is not his best defender. obviously this will create a challenge for him.