advantage as they look to level the series over australia on the third day of their second test in melbourne. australiatage in the day. patrick gearey has more. cricket —like faction is —— fashion is an unpredictable business. of the outcome back, why not the series? 131 runs ahead at the end of their first innings and in the mood to ta ke first innings and in the mood to take revenge. firstjoe burns extinguished quickly. the triumphant bowler soon limped off injured but that brought others to the fore. in comes that brought others to the fore. in co m es steve that brought others to the fore. in comes steve smith. english bowlers in recent years, an impenetrable wall. impenetrable wall. that prompted the fall of four aussie wickets with just 28 runs. a tiny white line on a blue box enough evidence to convicted. australia's great their way to a small lead but india have time. the end to this one is unlikely to be long. new zealand were left frustrated by faheem ashraf on day three of their first test against pakistan but remain firmly in control in mount maunganui. pakistan were struggling on 80 for 6

like in melbourne australia there are no cases and restaurants are fully opened open is are fully think if we had leadership early on we would've been through this already. my feeling is we have to close to keep the community safe and the science tells us that then that is fine that is exactly why we need the federal government to step up specifically targeting t restaurants that's why the restaurant coalition and six months which is a very short time we have written the house and the senate with bipartisan support the bill was written the house from oregon and the senator from mississippi road in the senate 203 cosponsors in the house if this was on the bill today on the floor it would pass easily we are part of the heroes act. we did our job now we have to get over the goalpost. we were forced to close. we get it. r some never should've opened now they are close gender and outdoor. chicago is close others if they don't change new york is shutting down restaurants. we will do our part for this is why. >> and with the restaurant act providing $120 billion of grant programs to independen

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they were filmed in a suburb of melbourne in australia, where winds gusting at more than 100 kilometrese roads tricky to drive down. residents say they'd have to wait for the winds to calm before they could start clearing up. they have special weather, don't they, in australia? now it's time for a look at the weather with stave denaeos. hello there. it looks like it's going to be drier as we head on into sunday as our area of low pressure continues to slip southwards into the near continent, taking the rain and hill snow with it, also the strong winds. we have got this feature moving across the north sea overnight. that will bring showery bursts of rain to the east of scotland and north—east england. again, there could be some snow on higher ground. meanwhile, we have got a little return of rain to the far south—east, but apart from that, it will be a dry night with clear skies. and where the sky is clear, it is going to be called. frost, risk of ice and mist and fog across the south east to start sunday. it starts as well with some showery bursts of rain across the north—east of the uk

melbourne after getting a wildcard for the australian open. and a brilliant unbeaten century from ajinkjya rahane puts india in control of the second test against australiasday. earlier leeds bounced back from their heavy defeat at manchester united with a hard—earned win over burnley at elland road. the breakthrough coming early, patrick bamford winning a penalty after nick pope brought him down. ba mford then ruthlessly dispatched the spot kick. burnley were harshly denied an equaliser 13 minutes later when ashley barnes' goal was disallowed by the referee because ben mee was judged to have fouled the goalkeeper. leeds were given a free—kick and barnes' finish on the spin didn't matter. but replays show the keeper spilling the ball in what seems like a fair ariel challenge. burnley remain just two points clear of the relegation zone. he is clearly got his eyes on the ball. he hasn't looked at the keeper oi’ ball. he hasn't looked at the keeper or tried to put him off. their keeper come through, he jumps, or tried to put him off. their keeper come through, hejumps, he needs him in the back. nowadays, who knows, but could be violent conduct. he spilled i

pretty much, on the whole had a good handling of the pandemic, after a strict lockdown in melbourne, australia and that has recently been lifted with very low case numbers around. but borders remain very much closed, they are talking about travel bubble with new zealand, but that hasn't happened yet. you can continue watching that on live go. plenty more to come on asia in the next hour. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome to "daybreak: asia." i'm shery ahn. >> and i am haidi stroud-watts in sydney. markets in japan have opened. walter reed touches a record -- wall street touches a record on optimism about stimulus, the s&p 500 at an all-time high. oil is snapping a three-day slide on signs that opec and allies are making progress on supply strategy. investors are welcoming positive vaccine news. the u.k. becomes the first nation to approve the pfizer/biontech shot. let's get straight to the market action with sophie. tokyo on its own for the open today with korea delayed another hour. sophie: we are seeing divergence across japanese stocks, the nikkei 225 under pressure. the topix gained at the s

india might be without their star man in virat kohli for the second test against australia in melbournecentury has kept them on top after day two at the mcg. kohli's returned home for the birth of his first child, with rahane taking over the reins as skipper. and he's lead from the front, bringing up his 12th test century in style. and he's made the most of some good fortune — dropped here on 104 by travis head — who somehow let the ball out of his grasp. india closing on 277—5, a lead of 82, as they look to level the 4 match series. he was so patient and such a high quality bowling attack, and when you are notable... quality bowling attack, and when you are not able... it was such a magnificent knock to watch from outside. making sure he put all of them away. meanwhile at centurion south africa took advantage of a depleted sri lanka attack, dean elgar with 95, aiden markram with a half century and faf du plessis combining with temba bavuma for a 97—run stand late in the day, to leave the hosts 317 for 4 on day two of the first test. sri lanka made 396 in theirfirst innings. and new zea

talk us through the impact at the very, very strict lockdown has had in parts of australia, melbournetrictions on travel. that will really have hampered business and how quickly they can see a bounce back from that, assuming australia can keep a grip on infection rates. absolutely. victoria was actually the only state that showed a reduction in gdp over the most recent quarter. to be clear, these are september gdp figures, coming with a lag so the next quarter good show victory improving quite a bit as it emerges from lockdown but the rest of the states had more of a decline so when we think about it that way, from this 3.3%, the other states more than made up for victoria to enable an overall gdp growth. victoria itself contracted probably around 1.2% or thereabouts, lockdown obviously had an impact however victoria is coming towards the end of the lockdown. part of what has cushioned the blow in victoria has been the significant amount of government stimulus so these programmes called job keeper and job—seeker, for example, aiming to help employees and employers get through the wors

you may remember that back injuly, tower blocks in melbourne and australia were put under police guard then — around three thousand people were confined for up to two weeks. the residents were given no notice, which meant many were left without food or medicine. ombudsman deborah glass said the lockdown itself did not breach human rights — but the decision to rush it through was not based on public health advice. let's hear from her. among my recommendations are that the victorian government apologise to the people detained at the public housing estates for the harm and distress caused by the immediacy of the lockdown. this apology would mark an important step in restrain community trust and to affirm or commit to the protection of human rights that are for all of us, whatever our state of health or wealth, background or behaviour, wherever we live. abbey from the australian network has more from melbourne. this situation at that stage was that victoria was really on the verge of the second wave. we had ten postcodes already in lockdown, and the senior health officials had a meeting at

ajinkya rahane has put them in a strong position after two days of the second test against australia in melbournepat cummins removed opener shubman gill and cheteshwar pujara, leaving india on 64 for three. but rahane rebuilt the tourists response, by taking them past australia's first innings total and then bringing up his century, as india's lead grew and grew. and with the dangerous ravindra jadeja at the crease, the tourists, who trail the four test series 1—0, will aim to turn their overnight total of 277 forfive into something even more substatntial on day three. they currently lead by 82 runs. we were so patient. this was all about patient. when you have such a high quality ball on the bat, sometimes you pull, and when not you must ball well and ra hane, sometimes you pull, and when not you must ball well and rahane, it was such a magnificent knock to watch from outside. the loose balls he was getting, he was making sure he could hit all of them. andy murray will make a playing return to the australian open in february, two years on from his emotional announcement there that he may have to

more on the bbc sport website, including the latest on the boxing day test match in melbourne, where india lead australiayour life. well, postmistress kay white has achieved just that, and is now retiring in shropshire at the age of 93. she's seen it all, from world war two to the wholesale transformation of the postal service. she's also been honoured by the queen. that's it. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, but now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news. it's the time of year when many of us take a moment to reflect, and say thank you. maybe for something that's happened this year , or for something that happened decades ago and has had a lasting effect. 50 years ago, martin stephen was visiting family in east lothian in scotland, when he nearly drowned trying to save his cousin. he was saved by the lifeboat crew at dunbar, and has finally had the opportunity to say ‘thank you' for the very first time. hope webb reports. it was in these choppy waters exactly 50 years ago that tragedy struck. 21—year—old martin and his cou

in melbourne, australia, there are no cases and restaurants are fully open and concerts are fully openk if we had stronger leadership early on we would have been through this already. so no, my feeling is if we need to close to keep community safe and the science tells us that, that's fine. that's exactly what we need the federal government to step up and help restaurants. specifically target restaurants. that's why they depend restaurant coalition, we focus -- on the independent coalition -- the in restaurant coalition, we've acted over six months to get a bill through the house and senate. we have bipartisan support, congress and bloom wrote the bill in the house, and senator wrote it in the senate. if this were a stand-alone bill, it would pass easily. we are part of the heroes act, and we did our job. we just need to get over the goalpost. we are very different in some small businesses. we were forced to close. we did it. and we have been forced to close again. los angeles never opened for indoor dining. minneapolis closed, chicago is closed, governor cuomo said if the numbers don'

india might be without their star man in virat kohli for the second test against australia in melbournet them on top after day two at the mcg. kohli's returned home for the birth of his first child, with rahane taking over the reins as skipper, and he's led from the front, bringing up his 12th test century in style. and he's made the most of some good fortune — dropped here on 104 by travis head — who somehow let the ball out of his grasp. india closing on 277—5, a lead of 82, as they look to level the four—match series. once the ball got a bit softer, the wicket was pretty placid. not many things in it any more. typical melbourne. it flattens out. even with the glass compared to what we are normally used to, it has become are normally used to, it has become a flat wicket. —— the grass. important to bat big and get into the game again. that's all your sport for now, i'll have more for your later. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more on the impact of the rise in coronavirus on nhs services across the uk. a little earlier i spoke to saffron cordery — the deputy chief execu

india might be without their star man in virat kohli for the boxing day test against australia in melbournentury sees them on top after day two at the mcg. kohli has returned home for the birth of his first child, with rahane taking over the reins as skipper, and he's been leading from the front, bringing up his 12th test century in style. and he's made the most of some good fortune, dropped here on 104 by travis head, who somehow let the ball out of his grasp. india closing on 277 forfive, a lead of 82. 1—0 down in the four match series. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, it's the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us. with me are businessjournalistjohn crowley and sian griffiths, the education editor of the sunday times. senior conservative mps are concerned about plans to rush borisjohnson's christmas eve brexit deal through parliament before the year's end, says the observer, with fishing chiefs accusing the prime minister of "caving in" at the last minute. in coronavirus news, doctors are warning of "ppe style chaos", according t

next to another of sport's great boxing day traditions — the start of the melbourne test match, which this year is between australia95 today as india bounced back from that nightmare of a first test. the most dramatic of the aussie wickets to fall was the second one — matthew wade skying an ashwin delivery. jadeja on your left calling the catch but his teammate nearly colliding with him. jadeja with a word or two for shubman gill, who was making his test debut, got away with it in the end. steve smith's currently the words best batsman. but he was out for a duck — his first in test cricket for over four years. in the last match india recorded their lowest ever score of 36. and they were 36—1 at stumps today — the wicket to fall, mayank agarwal, but india will still be feeling a lot better than they were in adelaide. a busy 2a hours of cricket in australia with england's alex hales busy. alex hales making 35 for syd ney busy. alex hales making 35 for sydney thunder, the second highest score of the day. big hitting, eventually bowled. 0liver davies hitting 48 from just 23 balls. they posted 209—8. the renegades came

rules to cricket a century from a chink or a harness fitted in control of the 2nd test against australia melbourne india resumed on a 3641 after dismissing the aussies for 195 on day one cummings reduced india to 5453 before stand in captain ronnie's unbeaten 104 if the side to 277 for 5 which gives them a lead of 82 after a day to australia lead the series one them. those that don't who don't obviously there's been what it is one of the most challenging for the batsman suits student is to get loads on was. to get them all over because. it's become a pretty. it's important for us now when we choose the very end that really be supposed to be. there's also a cricket going on a few hours away from melbourne to. new zealand in command of the 1st test against pakistan spurred on by captain kane williamson's $129.00 henry nicholls and b.j. wobbling all made half centuries is the kiwis posted $431.00 all out pakistan $3041.00 at the close of play on day 2 at f.l. side a baltimore ravens have been fined $250000.00 over a coronavirus outbreak $23.00 players were sidelined with 19 including the reigning m.v

fumes from the bushfires which were ravaging australia injanuary choked the melbourne air ahead of the australian open. at one point, the city had the worst air quality in the world. the whole competition was in doubt. but the winds changed, and the crowds, which saw novak djokovic win his 17th grand slam and sofia kenin win her first, were the lucky ones. things wouldn't be so normalfor long. las vegas has never really been normal, and in february it would host a fighter who's anything but ordinary. tyson fury. tyson fury! he was in town for a heavyweight title rematch. in the first fight, he and deontay wilder couldn't be separated. before the second, they had to be separated. this fight didn't need pushing, the world was already watching. i think this is the biggest fight in the last 50 years, since 1971. i've got his number because he put me down and he couldn't keep me down. and that's been playing on his mind because everybody else he's knocked out apart from the gypsy king. so i'm coming for you, baby. he was. carried to the ring as a king, he would leave as a champion, flooring

are 43545 india have the advantage as they head into the 4th day of the 2nd test against australia in melbourne the tourists resumed 277 for 5 but lost a standing captain ajinkya harney early on for 112 ravine drugged ager hit 57 but india were all out for 326 that gave them a 1st innings lead of 131 indian bowlers then share the wickets to pile on the pressure a straight a stumble they way to $133.00 for 6 at the close of play at a lead of only 2 with cameron green and pat commons at the wicket. and over in mt maunganui pakistan are fighting hard to stay in the 1st test against new zealand resuming on 341 the visitors were in all kinds of trouble as they stopped 80 for 61 of the reasons one hit 71 and for ashraf scored 91 to lead the resistance at the close of play pakistan with 239 all out new zealand lead by 192. baseball hall of fame pitcher phil niekro has died at the age of 81 after a long battle with cancer may crow is one of only 24 pitches to have won more than 300 games in his career he was known for his expert use of the knuckleball niekro spent 24 years as a pro that's all sports ne

once a cricket noun ends its own native day one of the 2nd test against australia in melbourne 30000 fans were allowed in that m.c.g. as a tourist dismiss the aussies for just 195 runs just great been rock solid with 4 scalps india lost one wickets in their response to and closed on 36 for one but overall it was a good day for them especially after getting thrashed by 8 wickets in the series. so it was a constant discussion going on between the bluenose and the other gazed with the captain so you know we could change after the 1st session as well it got better to back on the moisture in doing so adjusting according to that adapting to the end of the lines that we wanted to build so we were just trying to communicate what kind of lines we wanted to boot so we could see. when there was less help so we tried to change a little bit of the line and get the feel of cain williamson played a captain's knock for new zealand on day one of the 1st test against pakistan he's on 94 knocked out with the black caps closing on to 2 to 3 in mt maunganui i wasn't just the world's best athlete sideline

will then will go after that money cook in india dominated day $1.00 of the 2nd test against australia and melbourne $30000.00 fans who are allowed to and that the n.p.t. as a test dismissed it also is for just $195.00 runs india lost one wicket in their response and closed off 6 for one so it was a constant discussion going on between the blue nose and the other days with the captain so you know that it could change after the 1st session as well it got there to go back on the much i'm going to insult adjusting according to their dive into the wicket i know the lines that we wanted to board so we were just trying to communicate what kind of lines we wanted to board so we could say so and there was less help so we tried to change a little bit of the lane and. the field and that's it for me back to baba. son i thank you very much and that is it for this news hour do stay with us i'm going to be back in just a few minutes for the more of the day's just to get a. january on al-jazeera it's 10 years since the arab spring sought to bring change to the middle east al-jazeera looks into how successful look

india have the advantage of they head into the 4th day of a 2nd test against australia in melbourne the tourists resumed on 277 for 5 but lost a standing captain. early on for 112 ravindra jadeja hit 57 but india were all out for 326 for a 1st innings lead of 141 the indian bowlers then shared the wickets to pile on the pressure australia stumbled their way to $133.00 for 6 at the close of play that's a lead of only 2. down the bomb pretty pretty well british right. to go and score runs obviously as a batting group and in the beach away but yet they might not. elsewhere pakistan are fighting hard to stay in the 1st test against new zealand resuming on 341 the businesses were in all kinds of trouble as they slipped 80 to 600 there is a one hit 71 and ashraf scored 91 to lead the resistance at the close of play pakistan with 239 all out easy and leading by 192. baseball hall of fame pitcher foley crowe has died at the age of $81.00 after a long battle with cancer niekro is one of only $24.00 pitchers to have won more than $300.00 games in his career he was known for his expert use of the

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india thrashed australia by eight wickets in melbourne with a day to spare to level their test series two to play. after bowling the hosts out for 200 they easily chased down the 70 runs required. it's a remarkable turnaround after they were heavily beaten in the first test, having been bowled out for their lowest test score of 36. the third test in sydney starts on the 6th january. and south africa have won the first test against sri lanka in centurion. they cruised to the win by an innings and 45 runs. the second and final test starts in johannesburg on january 3rd. that's all the sport for now. eye will have another update for you a little later. see you soon, ollie, thank you. now on bbc news, veteran explorer robin hanbury—tenison, who spent weeks in a coma battling covid—19, says the healing power of nature helped to save his life. robin was one of the first covid—19 patients into derriford hospital. he may be a veteran of 30 expeditions, but surviving coronavirus would prove to be one of robin hanbury—tenison‘s toughest experiences yet. you know, every day was pretty brutal and

proper tropical trough if you like an area particularly wet weather for northern australia temperature wise 19 in melbourne disappointing perth around about 31 mark but the story is probably a bit to the east in fiji with this huge tropical cyclone severe tropical cyclone yasi a lot to make landfall in the dark at the start of friday in fiji with winds that could fix the category 4 categorisation they can move south journey as dark it leaves behind probably some significant damage. building a new life on an entirely beach living off the sea and the last a dream shared by so many but so few make it a reality. a family business led by a mockable woman with a flair for cooking and a zest for living. my chin is yet island kitchen on al-jazeera. to move to. this is al jazeera quick right there of the top stories for you this hour hospitals in parts of the united states a strange to breaking point as coronavirus cases search a pfizer biotech vaccine is now being distributed across the country with a 2nd vaccine expected to be approved this week. there have been another $952.00 coronavirus deaths in germany its w

to cricket out a century from a chink iranian put india in control of the 2nd test against australia in melbourne and it was aimed. 36 for one after dismissing me all these for 195 on day one back cummings that reduced india to 5453 before stand in captain ronnie's unbeaten 104 moved his side 227745 which gives them an 8 of $82.00 after dating australia leave the series one there is that time goes on obviously there's the old tracks and the it is one of the most challenging for the batsman so it's still important to get loads on the sleeve. and to get them all out as deep as possible 'd it's become a pretty fair we get so it's important for us now when we get a chance to break into that really big supposed to be. there's also the cricket going on a few hours away from melbourne in mt maunganui where new zealand during command of the 1st test against pakistan spurred on by captain kane williamson's $129.00 ross taylor henry nichols and b.j. walling all made half centuries as the kiwis posted a 431 all out pakistan with 341 at the close of play on day 2 hosts south africa had a good day against sri

india thrashed australia by eight wickets in melbourne with a day to spare to level their test seriesdown the 70 runs required. it's a remarkable turnaround after they were heavily beaten in the first test having been bowled out for their lowest test score of 36. the third test in sydney starts on the sixth january. i think this will go down in the annals of indian cricket, world cricket, as one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the game. you know, to be rolled overfor 36 and then three days later to get up and be ready to punch, this was outstanding. i think the boys deserve all the credit for the character they showed, real character. australias star batsman steve smith needs to find some form. he's yet to reach double figures in the series but his captain is sure he'll come good. someone like steve in particular hasn't been able to get in yet. 0nce he does, he will find a way like he a lwa ys he does, he will find a way like he always does, and the rest of us will follow suit. we need to improve, there's no doubt about that. these are not plans we are encountering for the

india thrashed australia by eight wickets in melbourne with a day to spare to level their test seriesasily chased down the 70 runs required. it's a remarkable turnaround after they were heavily beaten in the first test having been bowled out for their lowest test score of 36. the third test is in sydney on the sixth january. i think this will go down in the annals of indian cricket, world cricket, as one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the game. you know, to be rolled overfor 36 and then three days later to get up and be ready to punch, this was outstanding. i think the boys deserve all the credit for the character they showed, real character. and in the last hour, south africa have completed victory in their first test against sri lanka in centurion. they cruised to a win by an innings and 45 runs. the second and final test starts in johannesburg on january third. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. confirmation shortly that burnley, which was up for sale, has found a buyer. i'll have more

hired with all the day's board india have leveled their cricket series against australia with victory in this contest in melbourne. welcome to the news hour we begin with breaking news coming out of croatia which has just been hit by a strong $6.00 magnitude earthquake local media is reporting the town of patricia is at the epicenter that's around 50 kilometers from the capital desire grat widespread damage to buildings is being reported but as yet no casualties have been confirmed now the earthquake was felt in neighboring bosnia herzegovina as well as serbia and neighboring slovenia has also shut down a nuclear power plant as a precaution let's get the very latest from our london news center and the team barbara who's monitoring events these are very sketchy details coming in at the moment the d. on one of europe's very rare seismic fault lines. that's right it is a region which does which is no stranger to earthquakes now our colleagues our al-jazeera colleagues locally have filmed dramatic pictures in the town of petunia it's a town of around $20000.00 inhabitants and in the video you can hear church bells ri

and australia have it all to do to avid defeat against india in the second test in melbourne. 9—6. australia closing on 133—6, a lead of just two runs. australia closing on 133—6, a lead ofjust two runs. india with a big chance of winning the match and levelling up the four—match series. and now the darts, there was a huge upset as the reigning champion peter wright was knocked out by gabriel clemence. that is all from the bbc sport centre for now. thank you. now we will look at the weather. we have a cold week ahead as we see out 2020. it will deliver some snow at times. that is what some of us have seen times. that is what some of us have seen to start the day. this area of rain, sleet and snow affects the midlands and southern england. showers in the west, falling as snow on the hills and very gusty winds in the west. wintry showers around north sea coasts and temperatures struggle to six celsius at best. tonight some wintry showers and an area of sleet and snow affecting more of north—east england and it will be another cold, frosty and icy night and start to the day tomorr

well beaten in the first test, india have turned it around against australia, levelling the series. they won by 8 wickets in melbournepare. drew savage reports. from offal in adelaide, to marvellous in melbourne. the hugs, the handshake say at all, in india side that had just made a different kind of cricket history. i think this will go down as one of the great comebacks in the history of the game. to be bowled overfor 36 and then into days to get up and be ready to punch is outstanding. and punch they did. the first breakthrough came from jasprit bumrah, ending a 57—run partnership between pat cummins and cameron green. green, australia's top scorer with only a5, soon followed — the most important of three wickets for debutant mohammed siraj. india bowled out their hosts for just 200 — a team missing several key players including captain virat kohli needed 70 to win. considering they'd been bowled out for 36 in the first test, the nerves might have beenjangling, enter ajinkya rahane. what a shot! india's skipper in kohli's absence did a greatjob to see them home. another captain's knock, first 112 in india's first

the melbourne test in australia always starts today as well but the home side has had a tough day onee tost. we be taking anything for granted, they were bowled out for 36 the last time they batted and have already lost their first wicket in the first over of their reply. when i last saw it, it was 041, mitchell sta rc i last saw it, it was 041, mitchell starc getting that one, and vera kohli, the captain, who is their best player, ad virat kohli. he is not even in the team. i think it was last saturday when i was here and they were all up to 36 was mike was very excited to stop the fifth lowest of all time was not lowest for them, of all time was extraordinary embarrassing because of these are the best two the world. have best to to be poor, it is by comparison. stay with us, headlines on the way. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson. here is a summary of today's main stories: 6 million more people in england are now under the toughest covid restrictions as much of the south and east enters tier 4. that means people must stay home u nless that means people must stay home unless

the rain has gone off the east coast temporizing victoria and south australia which is a nice change in the last few days and melbourne's reflected that drop down to 27 whereas perth is warming up to about 30 three's or shows the use well quite possibly broome there reflects the wettest part of australia and quite interestingly flooding seems likely wednesday thursday or friday 3 days a significant thunderstorms. when it is shown its hand spotting was stole way down through china as far south we're just south of the harm the high ground is not much more to come there is there a drop in temperatures is co-director comes out across the sea once more so tokyo's temperature goes down down to about 12 degrees. it captures memory and present reality and. the camera as a tool for an author. didn't want to when i saw his most deprived areas children who have nothing. now have a voice. close up part of the viewfinder latin america series on al-jazeera. a comeback on main stories now a record number of people have been hospitalized with the corona virus in the united states you knocked down orders have come into effect in parts o

melbourne. the 20—time grand slam winner says being fit for wimbledon and the tokyo olympics in the summer is now his priority. australia in the second test in melbourne after the tourists dominated day three. after bowling india out for 326, austalia trailed by 131 on the first innings. they looked to be going steady when they reached 71 for 2, but then lost 4 quick wickets, collapsing to 99 for 6. an unbroken 34—run stand between cameron green and pat cummins helped them to 133 without further loss at the close, leading by only two runs. india with a big chance of winning the game and levelling up the four match series. now to centurion where south africa were bowled out for 621 in their first innings on the third day of their first test against sri lanka, a lead of 225. faf du plessis was outjust short of his double century. sri lanka closed on 65 for two, still 160 runs behind with 8 wickets remaining. that's all the sport for now. a 5—year—long study of the atlantic ocean has discovered 12 species previously unknown to science. using remotely controlled deep sea robots, the project looked at the ocean and its hidde

australia now. doesn't that look nice? people greeting each other at the end of the travel ban, which was just announced. outdoor concerts. people are eating in sidney and melbourne. this is what success looks like. if the u.s. had australia's per capita death rate, more than 90% of all americans who have died of covid would still be here. you say australia is a weird case, an island, a relatively small population and had practice. let's look at germany. germany had one of the best performances and then, because the virus is implacable, as we know, doesn't stop, doesn't go away, the numbers started spiking again in the fall, so they had to take fairly drastic measures to shut back down to suppress the virus and get it back under control. there is a lot of regional autonomy in their government. but this was a national effort but by a national leader who spoke to her nation like a grown up. just today, chancellor angela merkel was explaining why the traditional christmas markets couldn't stay open. saying the current death rate is just too high. >> she said i'm really sorry from the bottom of my heart but if the price we pay is 590 deaths a day, that is unacceptabl

melbourne. the 20—time grand slam winner says being fit for wimbledon and the tokyo olympics in the summer is now his priority. australiaond test in melbourne after the tourists dominated day three. after bowling india out for 326, and facing a big defecit in their second innings, the home side then collapsed to 99 for six, matthew wade falling here for a0. australia eventually closing on 133 for six, that's a lead ofjust two runs. india with a big chance of winning the game and levelling up the four match series. they have all been pretty straight making it hard for us to score so, yes, we intend to score runs obviously, as a batting gfoup yes, we intend to score runs obviously, as a batting group and individually but yes they are making it quite challenging at times. to be fairwe it quite challenging at times. to be fair we haven't gone deep enough yet to really catch tired bowlers late in the day, so we have only got to blame a little bit there but they have been pretty much on the mark. well, one man not playing at the mcg is india captain virat kohli, who has returned home for the birth of his first child. he's als

gone off the east coast temperatures are rising victoria and south australia which is a nice change in the last few days and melbourne's reflecting that drop down to 27 whereas perth is warming up to about 30 three's or shout they use well quite possibly broome there reflects the wettest part of australia and quite interestingly flooding seems likely wednesday thursday or friday 3 days a significant santa storms winter has shown its hand spotting was stowaway dancer china as far south were just south of the how the higher ground is not much more to come there is there a drop in temperatures is co-director comes out across the sea once more so tokyo's temperature goes down down to about 12 degrees. his memory and present reality is. that camera as a tool. and often. one of his most deprived areas children who have nothing. now have a voice. part of the viewfinder latin america series on out to 0. 0. 00 watching the news hour live from london coming up on the program growing a virus cases overwhelm california's hospitals millions of people ordered to stay. or not is here due to board called i was really excited to go i g

some fine weather pleasant cricket weather across southern parts of australia at the moment for the the boxing day test in melbourne but things will change as we go in through the next couple of days got a couple of areas the showers just pushing up cross new south wales i'm also the northern queensland across the top end up towards darwin the showers continuing as we go on through sunday but look at the wet weather that into the southeast and showers there pushing towards melbourne there's a cricket weather 33 celsius fine and dry for sunday but as we go on and see where monday that will sweep through somewhat of weather making its way through at least it does go quickly 19 celsius it will be 5 it's going to be noticeably fresher by this stage temperatures in sydney around 30 celsius with a child's of showers meanwhile the heat continues for the west at 35 degrees just a somewhat weather for a time making its way to new zealand but the fog in dry here over the next couple of days is largely fought in try to across a good part of china alone we have got some western weather pushing out of the eastern side of china

boxing day 3 test matches get underway the pick of them arguably the 2nd test between australia and india at iconic melbourne cricket ground the indians go into the match trailing the series one nothing on crushed in the 1st test to make matters worse they'll be without the injured mohammed shami and captain valid colleagues on paternity leave $30000.00 fans of the mr to attend each day of the match and despite india's problems the aussies are not taking it lightly. india as it is a proud cricket country they're extremely talented test match so i would want to dangerous pyro so the minute we take our foot off of the parents they were going or what we saw in england that i mean that if we do come unstuck pretty quickly so with huge focus there seems that few test you know susie's has been on winning after winning. also on boxing day in pakistan's test series begins against new zealand the tourists go into it in pretty bad shape captain but are as a batsman in moment have an all rounder shot up high on all out injured they face a strong black caps team looking to boost their chances of reaching the finals of t

and thanks to an 8 wickets when india have levelled their cricket series against australia in the 2nd test in melbourne the home side resumed play on day 413336 a slender lead of just 2 cameron green reached 45 which was the top score for the australian team lost his wicket some 100 siraj it 63 wickets as the hosts were all out for exactly $200.00 india needed just 70 runs to win and it wasn't too much trouble for them withstanding captain edging carroll hartley hit things a winning run is to square the series at $11.00 with 2 tests to play i think it was . one of the great comebacks because writable you. could be 6 and. get up and be ready to punch. was i'm standing in the boys deserve all the credit. really terry. dropping a number of catches probably no. woman's i think. in the field and you know that is not runs again elsewhere south africa have completed a big win over strength or in their 1st test in centurion the sri lankans resume their 2nd innings on 65 for 2 despite a 64 by close of para and 59 from one in the house arango the tourists were eventually out for 180 that gives south africa the w