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stars visa in order to route his release from detention. but it's not a game set in match just yet. also on the program, a military court hands down and new jail sentence, too long sold suit cheap. the on mars ousted leader gets 4 more years in prison after being found guilty on criminal charges. ahead of us, russia talks on tensions over ukraine. we take a look at the situation along russia's border and ask why relations have deteriorated. plus a brooding western and a revamped west side story take top prices at this year's golden globes, but on televised and unwatched by hollywood, had the awards finally lost their glean ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us, tennessee, or no act ciocca,

which has been released from immigration detention in australia after a judge overturned the australian government's decision to cancel his visa over coretta virus rules. jarvis, his supporters gathered outside the court to celebrate the decision, but the tennis stars saga isn't over yet. the government may now use its powers to cancel joke of inches, visa on different grounds. australian hope the australian open organizers had granted him a medical exemption from coed backs and nation fought. he was dramatically denied entry and detained because of the requirement that all non citizens coming to australia must be fully vaccinated for koby 19. well to talk us through this story, i'm joy now by tennis commentator, steve pierce in melbourne. safe. tell us a joke if it is free, what did the judge have to say? well, he basically sided completely with jacqueline, which has been a most extraordinary di and at the saga which has lasted since january the 16th

disappointed i. lots of college, aka, which himself moving hotels to find a more comfortable spot to watch the proceeding. lots of serbian support outside and we'll know how vocal they are. that really the case seemed to him john, a technicality. and the the essence of whether the double vaccination was required or not, didn't take the main focus of that. i what took the main focus was the procedure that the australian border force officials took an direct joke, mich, through, on that exact day, the judge himself, anthony kelly, said he didn't see what else. no joke which could have done to try to ensure that he was uncanny to enter australia with the medical exemption that he received in the process that he went through in that sense and the visa reapplied for. but what they define was that the stadium border force officials at the time. and it said to no joke image at a certain time of the evening. you have until 830 this morning to,

to basically make presentations and make representations as to why your visa shouldn't be canceled. and then for reasons that are not clear, and that these, that was then subsequently cancelled at $740.00 to say, nearly an hour earlier than the deadline that he being given, which as the judge said, prevented him from making and having conversations with other lawyers, tennis, australia, whoever else and enjoying government and then being able to make that of the presentation. so not g process wasn't followed. so on that grounds and the judge is effectively thrown out the case. and the government from that, from that perspective, the government's lawyers don't seem to challenge that. and so at this stage of a few hours ago, never juggling went for it. okay, so dr. lynch is off on a technicality. so it seems some, but his troubles may not be over yet. i understand that the immigration minister reserves the power to remove jocko, bitches. is that likely to happen? well, it's a, it's a very much a possibility. and you know,

you wouldn't want to be in this, in the saga, the one who tries to 2nd guess exactly what's going to happen next. but what you, what you have to look at and look around is whole and soccer, if you like, as it's me, is the federal government thing pretty strong all the way through saying it made it abundantly clear that double vaccination was the why into the country and that the cove it having had coverage in the last 6 months was not a back door. why if you like of coming into the country. so that is what they're, they're standing thermal. now they still feminine. over the last week, if they decide to stick with that, they can alex for the minutes that the immigration and migration can cancel, living joking, which is amazing that they looked earlier as if he canceled the visa. they know that would have been banned from the country for 3 years, but people inside the federal government now saying that they use discretion on that as well. so he could just be cancelled this year and then lab back in next year. so it's incredibly difficult to know which way this is going to turn. okay,

steve, thank you so much. that was steve pierce, commentator per australian open radio. now to myanmar were a military court has sentenced, ousted leader on san sir g. 2, for more years in prison, she was convicted on several charges, including possession of unlicensed walkie talkies. the conviction is just the latest chapter in a trial. the critics say is politically motivated. last month, the pro democracy leader was convicted of incitement and breaking corin of iris rules. oh me and mars deposed lead remains and attention confronted with a slew of charges that could see young, some sushi locked up for the rest of her life. the international community has denounced her jailing by me and mars military government, calling to legal campaign politically motivated to she was one seen as a beacon of human rights and a savior of me and mars democracy. thanks to her fight against the military that ruled me on more for decades. she became the country civilian leader in 2016. but

her international reputation was left in tatters after the army suppress the countries were hinge muslims by thousands died and many more were displaced. known simply as the lady, she remains immensely popular of the countries buddhist majority. since the military puts their way to power civil society, myanmar has been in disarray. clashes between the armed forces and militia groups have left scores dead and the regime has come down forcefully on widespread protests. the hunter has not relented. they are dead set on preventing sushi and her supporters from returning to power. skip more now from journalists shewn 9. she's the male martine leader for reuters news agency in myanmar. so years in prison for possessing walkie talkies and violating corona

virus measures, how is that sentence justified? so this, did you want the pain on the day of the quote unquote, why, when and days late to help and you said the foster legally, it wasn't so he's a hold. so the card and that the, the got kind of i do yes. hall reach and it will know, but what does it, what you told me and also when you for having the wealthy by then the 1st this isn't us will run currently. so on a 2 year and then he with us on is it on dentist who? yes or another talk region and it was the management not to be a bit up. oh yes, i just said that's what nancy is saying that right. was this a fair trial to tell us about the conditions under which this trial took place? yeah, so that the caught is that close caught wrong and then the rice grew have credit, but it doesn't like the courtroom and when they present something media and then

also have an issue that the not to talk to the any organizations. so that's why the right to have a court room as like a sucker su cheese supporters. they say that the, the court proceedings against her are actually designed to legitimize the actions of the military regime and to prevent her from returning to politics. what are your sources telling you about the microphone to me did. so if you one, did you keep pressing for yes and that's the plan. so it would be that's why the final losses, which i told to tell you more than 100 year was out of the one to clothing you the country. shewn 9, the me on our team leader for writers, new agency, and me on mar,

thank you very much. thank you. thank catch up on some other headlines around the world today. leaders from the west african regional block eco was have imposed severe new sanctions on molly's military rulers after the junta suggested postponing elections for up to 4 years, instead of holding them as planned. next month molly is highly unstable and has seen 3 military take over since 2012. most recently, last may a sudanese protester was killed on sunday during demonstrations against the military. that brings the tally of deaths since the military crew. there in october 10, 62. the united nations has called for talks between military leaders and political parties to end. a crisis triggered by the qu, cossick stones, interior ministry says almost 8000 people have been detained as of monday initially

peaceful protests against fuel, price hogs turned violent last week. local government buildings and several major cities were torched authorities of now largely restored calm in the largest city almighty with the help of russian lead troops. a week of diplomacy aimed at d escalating tensions over ukraine begins to day with representatives from russia and the u. s. do to sit down together in geneva. tensions have risen over rushes, massing of troops and tanks near its border with ukraine. the talks are expected to be quote, difficult, western countries fear the kremlin could be planning an invasion of ukraine. moscow says it feels threatened by u. s. and nathan expansion. both sides have played down hopes of a breakthrough. us president joe biden on the phone with moscow in december, on a business like call that was meant to ratchet down tensions over ukraine. the u. s

. has threatened severe economic sanctions if russia invades an advisor to russian president vladimir putin pushed back after the call. but i knew such sanctions would be a colossal mistake that would entail grave consequences. a lot of mistakes have been made over the past 30 years. and we had better avoid more such mistakes in this situation. russia is already under sanctions for its 2014 annexation of the crimean peninsula. weeks afterwards, pro russian groups these parts of the desk and the hands, the regions on ukraine's eastern frontier near the russian border. the government launched the military operation, and the long war began in earnest. meanwhile, thousands died in shelling and firefights between separatists and government troops

. russia has been widely suspected of financing and equipping the separatists. in early 2015, as the casualties mounted, the parties agreed to a cease fire in talk, sponsored by germany and france, the war slipped from the world's attention, even though the cease fire was frequently violated. over the years. in september 2019 russia and ukraine exchanged prisoners, the un said the death toll from 5 years of fighting was as high as 13000 with another 30000 wounded in june 2021. put and wrote an article claiming that russians and ukrainians where one people who shared a single historic and spiritual space. and what has been happening is this people and the russian nation has been designated as an outsider on historically, russian territory ship last year. the russian nation is being pushed out of those territories. this is what's happening neutral when you,

me talk sure. with the us and nato saying they won't intervene militarily. russia seems to hold most of the cards over its weaker neighbor, thousands of kilometers away. the talks in geneva began russell's bureau chief alexander phenomena is following those talks force in geneva, shondra the us russia are talking today about security and ukraine. what expectations do the 2 sides have going into these talks? well we just as so there russian delegation arrived here at the u. s. mission in geneva. you see the compound behind men, both sides have the whole day to day to discuss their security concerns. however, we really have to lower our expectations. the u, as secretary of state lincoln said yesterday that he is not expecting any

breakthroughs today. our in this week that this is just an opportunity to present the provisions not to resolve them. and he also described the list of her demands that was put out by the russians as that list of absolutely non starter demands. and we heard also from the russian delegation, they had often the legation with cough, said that he was disappointed with regards to the signals coming out a hat of that meeting. and the key question that leave for the west is whether russia, it's really answering those talks in good faith, or whether they are just looking for an excuse to walk away. and to have a pretext to start to novel incursion into ukraine. so the 2 sides are laying out their positions today, the talks or about ukraine on they're taking place though, between the us and russia, or are the ukrainians themselves represented at the table. alexandra, no,

you quinn is not at the table. neither is the european union, and there has been a lot about a lot of criticism about that. and some critics even say that russia is trying to, to, to, to, you know, to, to divide you as from its allies. washington is, however, saying that what they are going to discuss today are bilateral issues between the u . s. in russia and they mantra to kenneth and to ne to capitals is nothing about you without you answer actual you have to add that the ukranian foreign minister khalifa is expected to day in brussels. he will be meeting with nato secretary general us tolten berg. and there will be a nato ukraine commission meeting today. so this is also a clear signal that nato is citing with ukraine. alexandra, as you know, russian troops were deployed to kazakhstan in the past week to help put down

a rebellion. there is, is that likely to influence these talks in any way? well, i think so, even though of course, we have to say that the events in kazakhstan do not have anything to do with ukraine and with the threat posed by russian troops on the ukraine. a border however, oh, we have to say at that critic self the kremlin are saying that the fact that russia has deployed its troops to kazakhstan, even though it happened on the, upon the request of the catherine government, is another example how russia is trying to extend its foot friend and its influence in the former soviet republics region that they are still a regard of their sphere of influence. agenda. thank you very much. that was d. w to alexander phenomena in geneva at least

19 people have died in a fire in a high rise apartment building in new york city. dozens more were injured when the blaze ripped through the building and the bronx. it happened just days after a fire in philadelphia claimed the lives of 12 people residence are still in shock after the fire, which took so many lives in this close knit low income community. i live in this building for 16 years and i never experienced something so sad, especially at this time it was that is like my family and see them it's this is hard to describe why pain witnesses reported seeing flames blowing out windows. the building was fitted with smoke alarms, but many residents were slow to react because of frequent false alarms. by the time they realized what was happening, thick smoke made corridors and stairwells impossible trapped residence screamed for

help from the windows. i think it started in a malfunctioning electric space heater. that was the cause of the fire. the fire consume that apartment, that is on 2 floors. and part of the hallway, the door to that apartment. unfortunately, one, the residence left was left open. it did not close by itself, the smoke spread throughout the building, thus, the tremendous loss of life around $200.00 fire fighters responded, entering the building with breathing apparatus. they reported finding victims suffering, severe, smoke, inhalation and cardiac arrest. in stairwells on every floor. the mayor said it was one of the worst fires, new york has seen in modern times. this is a horrific rip. painful moment for the city of new york.

and the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in all city. the numbers all horrific malfunctioning smoke alarms and the fact that the building had no external fire escapes. i like to raise questions on safety standards in low income city housing in china, authorities are aiming to test nearly 14000000 people in the city of yon gene. after 2 cases of highly transmissible, alma kron variant were detected so far an additional 18 positive tests have been reported in the northern port city. china has stepped up its 0 tolerance strategy in the run up to the winter olympics, which are due to begin, which are due to begin in beijing next month. the chinese capital is just a 100 kilometers northwest of tension. in other regions of the country,

cities have gone into full scale locked downs after larger outbreaks. and here's, look at the latest news around the world. in the pandemic, india has reported almost 180000 new cobit 19 infections the most since late may. thousands of people took part in demonstrations against corona virus restrictions on sunday in belgium and the czech republic. in israel, more than 225-0000 people have received a 4th dose of the vaccine. and all travelers to greece are now required to present a negative test result upon entry despite being vaccinated. traditionally one of hollywood biggest parties and un televised glo golden globes took place on sunday, largely ignored by stars of the silver screen. with winter's announced on the lie blog. jane campion became only the 2nd female winter female director to win the best drama prize with her dark western power of the dog. steven spielberg's remake of west side story picked up the gong for best musical or comedy. the ceremony was

held behind closed doors following it, ethics scandal or from or join l by an attainment journalist k. j. matthews. in los angeles. good to see again category. so no red carpet, no, no live stream, no tv coverage, catering. how did you follow this? and what happened? well, full disclosure, i don't know if you know, but i officially became a member of the hollywood foreign press association back in october. that was, i think about 6 or 7 months after a lot of the scandal i had been unveiled. so i attended the private ceremony here in los angeles on sunday night for sure. so i just was back home actually to be a part of your program here. so i just, well, you know, it was a really different tone. normally the award show goes for about 2 hours, 2 and a half hours, lot of celebrity eating and drinking and it's just one of the largest award show at

the beginning of the award seasons here in los angeles. always this year was different because the hollywood foreign press association has been through a lot. so this year no red carpet, no celebrities ah, 90 minutes. it was not broadcast. it was video tape. and of course the organization tweet it who the winners were. but this time the focus is really on a lot of their philanthropic effort. so you had a lot of people who were the recipient of various grants and millions of dollars over the years show up. they had their executives from various charitable organizations show up and present. the awards for the various categories is about 20 by category. so was very, very different this year. okay, just a little bit about the winners. um nicole, nicole kidman, she won best actress for a for her performance and being the ricardo's, how did that go down? you know, everybody was very happy to see the people that one, you know,

even will smith won his 1st golden globe awards. i know you are right, thinks that will smith is won everything already. so how could he have not won? but he had been nominated like 5 or 6 times and i think his 1st nominations in the early ninety's. so he finally received his 1st nominations. and for the rest of them, yes, there were a lot of us, you know, i'll straw use that one. of course you mentioned a cold hit men for there's also sarah snow, a winning best supporting actress and t v series from our role in succession. and then there was newcomer cody smith mckee wanting when he best supporting actor a motion picture for the power of the dog. so a great night for australians. definitely a great night for you know, will smith because he's been in the business for so long. but again, the focus is really put back on the philanthropic effort, and it was a very interesting time when the president of the, his organization invited various members on stage that were helping them kind of way. imagine reimagining. they said the organization a had a head of the in double

a c p on they had their newly elected chief diversity officer on stage. so they're really looking forward to the future and tall, telling everybody that they have new bylaws are. they now have obviously black members, i'm a member. so they're trying to move forward and has or asked everybody really in hollywood to give them a chance and kind of an cancelled it through it over a very different golden globes. are k j matthews in los angeles. thank you very much. thank you for having for ball now. and clone kept their bonus league established by the skin of their teeth last season as they survived to relegation. play off with things have improved this time around and they made light work of how to berlin on a chilly night. here in the german capital o cologne. arrived in berlin, hoping for a 3rd when in a row for the 1st time since march 2020, as they looked to bolster the european ambitions. the appointment of typhon

kirkwood, his coach, in late, november, hasn't made half his form any more predictable. and after beating darkman blas time out, they soon found themselves chasing the game. here. anthony modesta finished a sweeping move on 29 minutes to make it what mil to the visitors. 3 minutes later it was to nil andre dude, a shot wasn't the cleanest. but it still evaded her to keep a alexander swallow. and such a fortune brought her to back into it after the break, as vladimir to read as free kick missed every one and nestled in the far corner. but the reed, as joy turned to despair, as young tillman wrapped up the points for cologne in the 92nd minute the check was weakened dealing with a dropping ball, and substitute tillman skipped away to seal a 31 win jubilation for cologne, coach stephan bombed out as his men move up to 6, while her to remain just 4 points off 2nd bottom,

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