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Serbian fans celebrate Djokovic decision on the streets of Melbourne

Fans of Novak Djokovic have celebrated after the tennis player won his challenge to the Australian government's visa revocation.

Djokovic, 34, has been detained at a Melbourne immigration hotel since last week after the Federal Government cancelled his visa, saying he was unable to provide sufficient evidence to prove he was vaccinated against COVID-19 or qualified for a medical exemption.

A crowd has gathered on the streets of Melbourne to support the tennis player.

Many dressed in the national colours, cheering and waving Serbian flags.

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One fan said he felt like he "might cry".

Another fan said she felt "amazing" upon hearing the news.

Djokovic is famously adored in his native Serbia, with fans across the world consistently turning out in loud crowds to support the national sporting hero.

Rallies have even been held in Serbia in recent days protesting his treatment in Australia.

Hundreds of Novak Djokovic's supporters gathered at a rally in downtown Belgrade on Friday to protest his confinement in Australia.

Speaking at the rally, Srdjan Djokovic described his son's struggle to play at the Australian Open as a fight against "globalists who want to ruin everything."

"He is fighting for himself, his people and all freedom-loving nations in the world," said Srdjan Djokovic, an outspoken critic of the West and supporter of Serbia's traditional Slavic ally Russia.

"They hate him because Australian politicians have put pressure on people to hate him because he thinks with his own brain."

Homemade bomb allegedly found in Melbourne home

A homemade bomb has allegedly been found inside a home in Melbourne's inner west.

Police allegedly found the homemade explosive device inside a property at Swaby Square in Footscray as they were doing a warranted search about 9am.

A man in his 30s has been arrested as police continue to investigate their findings.

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The bomb squad has been on scene at the home throughout the day with the help of a robot.

Team claims case against Maddie McCann suspect will collapse

The case against a German pedophile touted as the prime suspect in the baffling Madeleine McCann case is about to collapse, a new British investigation will claim.

Christian B was in June 2020 sensationally named by German prosecutors as the man responsible for the alleged kidnapping and murder of Maddie.

The German prosecutor, Hans Christian Wolters, has repeatedly stated he has "concrete evidence" to prove that Madeleine was dead and that Christian B was the killer.

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British girl Madeleine McCann vanished from the resort town of Praia da Luz in Portugal in May 2007, while on holiday with her family.

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However, Mr Wolters has never revealed what that evidence is, nor has he charged Christian B, aged 44, with any crime since his explosive declaration, 18 months ago.

Now, a British investigation led by former Surrey Police detective Mark Williams-Thomas claims to have established that Christian B was 30 minutes away from Madeleine's rented resort room in Portugal at the time she allegedly disappeared.

The German investigation claimed Christian B's phone had pinged a cell phone mast close to the resort where Madeleine was staying, essentially putting him close to the McCann family apartment.

Instead, British investigators will show that Christian B was 30 minutes away from Praia da Luz when Maddie vanished.

"They have concluded (Christian) B could not have snatched Madeleine," a source told The Sun.

"He was 30 minutes away and was not on the phone in Praia da Luz the night she vanished."

Christian Brueckner, a suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann

The source said Christian B's alibi on the night of May 3, 2007 "stacks up".

The British investigation is featured in a three-part documentary to air on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom later this year.

Scotland Yard have said they are still treating Madeleine's disappearance as a missing persons case, even though the German investigation have insisted the young girl is dead.

Mr Wolters said he has no body or material evidence to prove Madeleine is dead.

Madeleine went missing in 2007 while on holiday in Portugal with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann, and her brother and sister.

She was aged three at the time of her disappearance.

Christan B's lawyer Friedrich Fulscher has always maintained his client had no involvement in Madeleine's case.

Madeleine would be now be 18 years old, if she is alive.

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