ah, what's true, what's a walk through people? we ship light on the opaque worlds with wild d, a threat to whistle oak creek wolves this week on d w. ah, ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. judges in australia rejected know about dropping riches appeal. they uphold the cancellation of the tenant styles visa,

now faces deportation. talk of it says he's disappointed as a decision. we'll get the latest on melba. also coming up tonga is consol off to us to nami washes over the pacific islands. officials in new zealand say the capital has sustained significant damage. ah hello, then i'm really muhammad novak talk vicious, says that he is disappointed to be facing deportation from australia. after losing his appeal against his visa cancellation, the immigration minister had rolled that the unvaccinated tennis star posed a threat to public health. a panel of 3 judges have now upheld the decision. fighting procedural grounds have, listen. it is no part of the function of the court

to decide upon the merits or wisdom of the decision. the orders of the court, ah, one, the amended application. be dismissed with costs. such cost to be agreed or filing an agreement assist. 2 reasons to be published at a later date or now that decision paves the way for a joke of h to be supported soon and possibly be banned from australia for 3 years. he had hoped to compete in the australian hopin where he was aiming for an unprecedented 21st class lamb when an unwanted return for nova joker, which having trained at melbourne's rod laver arena just days ago, threatening champion as leaving australia to the dismay of his crestfallen supporters, many of them serbian expatriates. oh,

did anything with health? oh no one. but for others in a country that has endured one of the world's strictest corona fires luck. don's joke of its admission to australia would have been the injustice and he's been timmy's. this is a paper bag located there on site and because of the kind of restrictions and auditing with little wonder then that the australian government busked in the glow of victory,

strong boarders, had kept the country safe. during the pandemic. prime minister scott morrison said on surprisingly, the decision didn't go down so well in belgrade were joking, which is venerated. it was very easy for them, for it is to say from the very beginning, okay, only vaccinated only inoculated people could enter. oh, really and territory. but it didn't say so, and also the forgot about a turn they wanted to create political prince alleged political principles, which were not principles of told, in purely sporting terms, the decision leaves a superstar shaped hole in the australian open. the surplus bagged 9 of the last 14 titles. he is no denied the chance to add to that hole not only this year, but potentially at the following 3 tournaments. should normal deportation. rules

apply for no joke of it is also denied a shot at a record 21st major title. the 34 year old said he was extremely disappointed, but that he would respect the ruling. one whose implications both sporting and political are seismic off more on this i'm joined by max walden. he is a journalist for a b c news in melvin. it's great to have you with us to bring us up to speed on this at court decision. was it no surprise that this ruling was going to end up with this result? yeah, well i think it's probably somewhat unsurprising given that the government has it has spent his wake, obviously looking for a water tight way in which t and all it is each of course on friday. see how the immigration minister and was the one that canceled his they are on, on public interest grounds. and that is different than the previous decision which was by the home affairs minister regarding a claim that his medical exemption was invalid. so, you know, they tried

a different tactic um, and different labels started g, i'm and invariably it's worked. is there any indication on, on how his legal team will be proceeding going forward and also as possible as he that he could face a 3 year bad from australia? yeah, well i mean, as was mentioned, you know, he said that he is disappointed but will cooperate with all parties. in fact, i'm just saying and twitter a colleague put fight at no more within the last 10 minutes, accompanied by trailing federal police. certainly does look like he's literally on the way out at the fake than even in terms of the legal avenue. given this was a decision of a free judges, you know, really was to some extent the end of the right. as you mentioned, it would technically pay you ban. however,

it can be appealed on compassionate grounds. so should talk if you want to play in next year or in the trailer, you know, in the coming year, he could theoretically make another appeal to the drowning government to do and what's the sentiment among the australian public? yeah, we'll certainly as again, with highlighted the strong contingent of strategy and who have really sort of rallied around the player. however, the interesting to say today in the newspaper apollo had been conducted that showed 71 percent of voters in australia thought that he shouldn't be deported and not allowed to play in the trailing open. so i do think there was a general in the community that you know, he, the fact that he just decided not to be vaccinated really yet in the fight, but of

a lot of the restrictions and policies that have been put in place here. again. because 19 pac walden speaking to us in melbourne, thank you very much. thank you. let's take a look at some other stories making use around the world. officials in china have confirmed the fust locally transmitted case of the army kron variant in beijing. authorities are ramping up testing to contain any outbreaks, just weeks away from the winter. olympics. residents are being urged not to travel during the luna new year. holidays. there's you police in texas say all 4 people taken hostage at a synagogue, have been released, and the hostage tanka has been killed. the gunman demanded to the release of a pakistani woman, convicted of terrorism, who was jailed in texas for me, u. s. president donald trump held a rally with support as an arizona. he criticized u. s. president biden's corona,

virus policies on mosque and vaccine mandates, as well as a lockdown. tremples repeated claims that he won the 2020 elections without offering evidence. now concerns are growing on the pacific island of tonga after i so nami, of waves more than a meter high hit, the island, it was triggered by an underwater volcano eruption on saturday, and that has been caught and the full extent of the damage is unclear. snobby warnings have been issued across the pacific rim. ah, this is the aftermath of this. you now, me that hit the shore lines of peru over 10000 kilometers away from the explosion in tona. the underwater eruption was so powerful that it was detected around the world. these satellite images show gas and ash being thrown thousands of

meters into the earth atmosphere. communication links to tongue that have been damaged, but the capital has sustained significant damage. ringback says new zealand prime minister, just into arden. mrs. weird. these across her, you know, an urgency here. we want to make sure that we be on the ground as soon as possible . but for our navy vessels it will take several days to reach toner. we need to find the balance and need to get the quickly, but to make sure we also get the people and resources they need be as well. and in some cases, we had parts of toggle. we'd just not even being able to establish communication. people any zealand said they received no warning of this in army. even though the volcanoes explosion could be heard in some parts of the country. many were still out on the water on their bulls, which have suffered severe damage. one owner mourns the loss of the catamaran he had for over 30 years. probably not to to cause, you know, i mean, can probably see relief. unable to thought it was good to see boat.

they been through the boat over lou serrado runs from cool through the hub to suddenly whoo, japan was also put on high alert. the thousands evacuated their homes coming to shelter has like this in order to stay safe over to recruit the one i heard the sanaa me would be as high as a meet her, but i mean, but we really don't know. i have height reach. i thought it would be best to evacuate, so i came here needed to refer these fishermen assess the damage over scenes echoed on coast lines across the pacific region of more in this and joined by and a chin. g is the news editor at radio, new zealand in wellington, it's good to have you with us to we have any more details on the extent of the damage on the island of tonga and it's communication back up her

really been a big win from a news gathering perspective and we really don't have very much communicated is still down and we really haven't heard anything directly from the residence or coma this limited communication, even the so liberal. presumably they set the light on that the course of the new zealand high commission. i has been able to relate back to dylan bit. i've been significant damage on the for sure and to qualify that the capital boats by dr. the damage in that qualifies a bit in a a soon it today. but that's really it really, really had not been able to make contact them. we've even heard from the thomas counselor office here in wellington. not been able to establish big.

oh so it is okay. um uh limited to this. yeah. i, i don't, i'm afraid we don't have to cut this into the short. it's just the sound quality. isn't that great? and going to see if you can try and get you back up in the next hour and see thought to interview can work for us that thank you very much. in the mean time for speaking to us in giving us an update on the situation in tonga. well let's move on to some other stories. in the meantime. let's talk about football and the bonus again, particular for leg away game at the top of performing cologne by and munich, welcomed back 6 of the 9 players who were unavailable due to coven 19 with captured, captain manuel knew among them. clerk were no match for the bi inside with a nearly complete roster. as robert levin does, he scored a hat trick informal route. this brought the strikers wriggles tally to 300. the wind leaves by and 6 points ahead of the document at the top table.

and the window sticker tatty games are over. let's take a look at the result so far, unmatched a 19 leave, a cruise in prevail against glad bah! and as we saw by and dominated cologne, union, berlin beats hoffen heim volts burg hotter ended goal this and live sick down stood got mine's defeated, bottom dought meant drugged fryeburg on friday on sunday outs. vogue will face frankfurt and billy filled battle foot. some went to sports and japanese scares, have swept the moguls and deer valley, utah and the final woke up event before next month. winter olympics in the men's equipment. hurry schumer triumph with just over 84 points. when keeps in 2nd and overall world cup standings, one competition remaining in the women's henrique and the women's is, is unreal. co mura, she emerged victorious,

was just 81 points. the 17 year old is now on top of the world cups. what is that when you think when to snowstorms, greece isn't the 1st place that comes to mind. but the gene island of somewhere thirsty has a buried, has been buried in meters of snow. this weekend, firefighters had to be called in to rescue villages trapped in their homes. authority scrambled to peer roads, and there was also on some sporadic power outages. a cold front has swept through greece and which is then plummeting. you're watching dw news live from berlin up next is will stories and watching about ah, they want to know with.