from the following morning, amol rajan�*s interview with novak djokovic was played out extensively onultiple bbc outlets, including a hastily scheduled half—hour special that evening on bbc one. and the subject occupied the first ten minutes of the news at one. are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket statistically because you feel so strongly about this jab? yes. i do. why, novak, why? because the principles of decision—making on my body are more important than any title. the tennis star said he hadn't had a covid vaccine because he didn't have enough information about it, but after that interview was aired, bbc health correspondents also appeared, saying that claims of a lack of information about the vaccine were dubious at best. i novak djokovic says he doesn't havel enough information about the vaccine and what it might do to his body, but there's already a mountain i of evidence available. european regulators have approved five different covid _ vaccines using three - very different technologies. they were developed i in record t

from the following morning, amol rajan�*s interview with novak djokovic was played out extensively onal that evening on bbc one. and the subject occupied the first ten minutes of the news at 0ne. are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket, statistically, because you feel so strongly about this jab? yes. i do. why, novak, why? because the principles of decision—making on my body are more important than any title. the tennis star said he hadn't had a covid vaccine because he didn't have enough information about it, but after that interview was aired, bbc health correspondents also appeared, saying that claims of a lack of information about the vaccine were dubious at best. novak djokovic says he doesn't have enough information - about the vaccine and what it might do to his body, - but there's already a mountain of evidence available. - european regulators have i approved five different covid vaccines using three - very different technologies. they were developed in record time, but went through all - the usual trial stages involving tens

the bbc�*s amol rajan sat down with him in belgrade. greatest player of his time, in an era already blessed with legends. but now he is the most controversial, too. have you received any vaccination against covid? i too. have you received any vaccination against covid? i have not. vaccination against covid? i have not- why? _ vaccination against covid? i have not- why? i _ vaccination against covid? i have not. why? i understand - vaccination against covid? i have not. why? i understand and - vaccination against covid? i have . not. why? i understand and support full the not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom _ not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom to _ not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not. i have not spoken about this before and i have not disclosed my medical record and my vaccination status because i had the right to keep that private and discreet. but as i see there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there, i think it's im

amol rajan, bbc news, belgrade.n�* on the possibility of being vaccinated. our medical editor, fergus walsh, now looks at what we already know, about the covid vaccines available. novak djokovic says he doesn't have enough information about the vaccine and how it might affect his body, but there is already a mountain of evidence available. regulated very difficult technologies. they were developed in record time but went through all the usual trial stages involving tens of thousands of volunteers. the scientists involved and regulators are adamant that no corners were cut all safety. since then more than 10 billion doses have been administered and just over six in ten of the world bowl population had at least one covid jab. like all medicines and vaccines can have side effects. some of the very rare runs were only picked up at the millions had been jabbed. but your risk of some of those very rare complications like blood clots or heart problems or far higher after covid than from the jabs. higher after covid than fr

he's been speaking to the bbc�*s amol rajan. era already blessed with legends. but now he's the most controversial too. have you received any vaccination against covid? i have not. why? i understand that, and support fully, the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not and i have not spoken about this before and i have not disclosed my medical record and my vaccination status, because i had the right to keep that private and discreet. but, as i see, there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there. i think it's important to speak up about that and justify certain things. on december 16th, djokovic tested positive for covid, but only found out, he says, after mixing with young tennis players the following day. when he arrived in australia on january 5th, he was held at the border. onjanuary 6th, his visa was cancelled and he was detained. four days later onjanuary 10th, a judge overturned that decision releasing him to compete. but four days after that, onjanuary14th, australia's immigration ministe

novak djokovic, speaking to amol rajan.r medical editor, fergus walsh, looks now at what we already know about the covid vaccines available. novak djokovic says he does not have enough information about the vaccine and what it might do to his body, but there is already a mountain of evidence available. european regulators have approved five covid vaccines using three very different technologies. they were developed in record time, but went through all the usual trial stages, involving tens of thousands of volunteers. the scientists involved and regulators are adamant, no corners were cut on safety. since then, more than 10 billion doses have been administered and just over six in ten of the world's population have had at least one dose of a covid vaccine. like all medicines, vaccines can have side effects. some of the very rare ones were only picked up after millions had beenjabbed. but your risk of some of those very rare complications, like blood clots or heart problems, are far higher after covid than from the jabs. thes

amol rajan, bbc news, belgrade. correspondent shaimaa khaliljoins us now from melbourne. this dominated the headlines. you are in melbourne where it hit the headlines, how will these comments go down there? headlines, how will these comments 90 down there?— go down there? look, i think his... he made headlines _ go down there? look, i think his... he made headlines when _ go down there? look, i think his... he made headlines when he - go down there? look, i think his... he made headlines when he camel go down there? look, i think his... - he made headlines when he came here and made headlines when he was forced out of here. and surely he will make headlines with these comments. interesting novak djokovic addressed the australian people really from the outset, wanting to set the record straight, saying he understood their frustration with him, why they would have been critical of him and the sequence of events, but he wanted to reassure them he did not bend the rules, he did not get special treatment and that he foll

from the following morning, amol rajan�*s interview with novak djokovic was played out extensively onoccupied the first ten minutes of the news at one. are you prepared to forgo the chance to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket statistically because you feel so strongly about this jab? yes. i do. why, novak, why?

amol rajan, bbc news, belgrade.bout it. that begs the question, what more does he need to know about this jab? in serbia, it is one of the few places in the world if you have a choice on which vaccine you want. 0ne choice is the pfizer vaccine, widely used here. that has gone through initial clinical trials, 44,000 people involved, used widely across the world in this country as well. the world health organization say it is safe and effective. more widely speaking about vaccines, 60% of the world now, this figure is huge, have had at least one dose of a covid vaccine, they have been used for 14 or 15 months now, proven to be safe and effective. 0bviously with any medicine there can be side effects, but in this case, the case of the pfizerjab and the other main vaccines being used, they tend to be very mild, things like a sore arm rather than anything serious. people who are against the vaccine for whatever reason say, but long term, we do not know. we were in a pandemic, it was an emergency situation, we had to deve

our media editor, amol rajan, sat down with him in belgrade.ontroversial, too. have you received any vaccination against covid? i have not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not. i have not spoken about this before and i have not disclosed my medical record and my vaccination status, because i had the right to keep that private and discreet. but as i see there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there, i think it's important to speak up about that and justify certain things. on december the 16th, djokovic tested positive for covid but only found out, he says, after mixing with young tennis players the following day. when he arrived in australia on january the 5th, he was held at the border. onjanuary the 6th, his visa was cancelled and he was detained. four days later, onjanuary the 10th, a judge overturned that decision, releasing him to compete. but four days after that, on the 14th of january, australia's immigration minister again cancelled his visa on grounds of pu

in an in—depth interview with the bbc�*s amol rajan, the world number one tennis star opens up aboutoversial decision to not have the covid—19 vaccine, and whether it will stop him becoming the most successful male tennis player of all time. he's widely considered the greatest player of his time in an era of legends. serbia's novak djokovic has taken tennis to another level. but when he landed in australia injanuary, bidding to become the most successful men's player ever, he sparked one of the biggest controversies in the history of the sport. australia cancelled his visa — twice. protests, a diplomatic stand—off, and an international outcry followed. why? because amid a pandemic in which millions have died, this elite sportsman refuses, on principle, to be vaccinated against covid—19. we've heard from presidents and prime ministers. rules are rules. and there are no special cases. we've heard from fans, campaigners, and his family. they are keeping him as a prisoner. it'sjust not fair, it's not human. the one person we haven't heard from is novak djokovic himself. until now. novak

maybe all of the sport from the scene and soften, then we have more for you coming up with amol rajanll have passed, that it stays unsettled. in fact, we have another spell of wet and windy weather heading out in our direction through the night tonight. plenty of isobars in the charts in the rain really quite heavy as well. there are plenty of weather warnings are still in force, you can go to our website for more information on that. we will start off on sunday morning with some showery outbreaks of rain across england and wales. the rain heavier moving into northern england and gradually into northern england and gradually into north wales as we go through the afternoon. for northern ireland and scotland, it will be a windy afternoon with some squally showers. some of these wintry to higher ground with gust of wind on exposed coasts between 55—60 mph. in places. as we go through the afternoon, it will be mild despite the cloud and wind and rain around with highs of 12 or 13. and that unsettled, wet and often windy seem at times looks set to continue for the start of the new working

here's some of what he's been telling amol rajan: what do you say directly to anti—vaccination campaignersdeclare novak djokovic is one of us? i say that everyone has the right to choose to act or say whatever they feel is appropriate for them. and i have never said that i am part of that movement. based on all the information that i got, i decided not to take no one in the whole process of the australian saga has asked me on my stance or my opinion on vaccination. no one. so i cannot really express, you know, what i feel and what my stance is common either in the legal process, neither outside. so it's really unfortunate that there has been this, kind of, misconception and wrong conclusion that has been made around the world based upon something that i completely disagree with. i've always carefully reviewed, assessed everything that comes in from the me, as an elite professional athlete have always carefully reviewed, assessed everything that comes in from the supplements, food, water that i drink, or sports drinks — anything, really, that comes into my body as a fuel. there is a process

he's been speaking to the bbc�*s amol rajan.already blessed with legends. but now he is the most controversial, too. have you received any vaccination against covid? flown to australia for the open that unvaccinated, he had a medical exemption have get covid—19 in december. but australia cancelled his visa twice. the second time on the grounds that he would spark anti—vaccination protests. i have not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not. i have not spoken about this before and i have not disclosed my medical record and my vaccination status, because i had the right to keep that private and discreet. but as i see there is a lot of wrong conclusions and assumptions out there, i think it's important to speak up about that and justify certain things. i was never against vaccination. me, as an elite professional athlete have always carefully reviewed, assessed everything that comes in from the supplements, food, water that i drink, or sports drinks — anything, really, th

the bbc�*s amol rajan sat down with him in belgrade. greatest player of his time, in an era already blessed with legends. but now he is the most controversial, too. have you received any vaccination against covid? i have not. why? i understand and support fully the freedom to choose whether you want to get vaccinated or not. sorry to interrupt, we have got vladimir putin speaking. translation: we vladimir putin speaking. translation: ~ ,. , , vladimir putin speaking. translation: ~ ,. ,, ., , translation: we discussed a number of issues regarding _ translation: we discussed a number of issues regarding bilateral— of issues regarding bilateral relations and we looked carefully at certain important points of international agenda. certain important points of internationalagenda. germany certain important points of international agenda. germany is a key partner of russia and we would like to strengthen the relationship between the countries. i had the impression that the chancellor also wanted to continue that cooperation. first of all in t

amol rajan, bbc news, belgrade. much more coming up injust a moment on the six o'clock news.n the cusp of that storm now that will be a hazard for travellers. temperature should stay above freezing because of the wind and still quite a bit of cloud around. more rain waiting to, and. during the on wednesday. another day clouding over, this debate of low pressure, but the story is all about the strength of the wind which will really escalate. the amber warning. it's the likely area of impact from the strongest of those winds, but those strong ones will be spelled widely. they could be some damage and disruption. today at six, prince andrew settles out of court with the woman who accused him in a civil case of sexual assault. the duke has always denied the allegations made by virginia giuffre, and there's no admission of guilt in the deal. but he accepts she has suffered as a "victim of abuse." a possible court case had threatened to overshadow the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations, and the scandal the prince step bacvk from royal duties. we'll have the very latest from new

news thought it had something big to share with the world came with a tweet on monday evening from amol rajan didn't have enough information about it, but after that interview was aired, bbc health correspondents also appeared, saying that claims of a lack of information about the vaccine were dubious at best. novak djokovic says _ he doesn't have enough information about the vaccine _ and what it might do to his body, but there's already _ a mountain of evidence available. european regulators have approved - five different covid vaccines using three very- different technologies. they were developed in record time, - but went through - all the usual trial stages involving tens of- thousands of volunteers. many viewers got in touch with us to complain about the coverage, with matt rowbotham suggesting the views of a non—scientist on covid had received too much prominence. and alison munro had this to say: well, we also heard from another viewer who got in touch with us, kris pierce. this is what she had to say. i was really disappointed with the bbc this week and somewhat angry for the amount

our media editor, amol rajan, sat down with him in belgrade.ough one _ everyone else? australia has been through one of _ everyone else? australia has been through one of the _ everyone else? australia has been through one of the most _ everyone else? australia has been through one of the most severe i through one of the most severe lectins events is the beginning of the pandemic. so i can only imagine how hard it was for australians and i sympathise and empathise with all of the people and i understand that there has been lots of frustrations towards me and the entire situation in the way it was dealt with. i would like to say that i always follow the rules. this was the reaction to novak djokovic's interview from the uk health minister what i would actually say is that the reason you can have, again, once again. _ the reason you can have, again, once again, millions of spectators for support, — again, millions of spectators for support, including tennis, whether it is in— support, including tennis, whether it is in australia or wimbledon is b