this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the head of nato demands an international investigation into the forced landing in minsk — ordered by the president of belarus — of a flight with a belarussian opposition activist on board. the activist roman protasevich, was arrested on landing, the plane was eventually allowed to fly on to lithuania where passengers have been describing their ordeal. and we all were being checked and they were standing in front of us with guns. a mountain cable car plunges to the ground in northern italy killing 1a people. lava from a volcanic eruption in the east of the democratic republic of congo stops just short of the city of goma after forcing thousands to flee. the eurovision winner's

lead singer agrees to a drugs test after speculation over this competition footage. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. belarus has arrested a leading opposition activist after forcing the international commercial flight he was travelling on, to land in its capital minsk. roman protasevich played a key role during mass protests against the authoritarian leader, alexander lukashenko. he was on board a ryanair plane travelling from greece to lithuania when it was forced to divert. european diplomats have expressed outrage, and poland says the eu will discuss immediate sanctions on monday. the plane has now arrived

at its original destination, vilnius airport in lithuania about 90 minutes ago these are picture of ryanair flight as it touched down. ryanair says it found nothing untoward on board after it was ordered to land by air traffic control. belarus state media says authorities are investigating a hoax bomb plot and the fact an opposition was on board as a coincidence. as passengers arrived one of them told waiting reporters what happened when the plane was forcibly diverted to minsk. we didn't, they were checking our suitcases but at the same time they were arresting the journalist, the guy. were you not scared for your life? no, we were not scared but i mean, we were hoping... but, yeah, it was quite crazy. because for three hours we were being kept in some kind of core doors. and later they they put

us in the lounge. did they ask any questions? from regular passengers? no, not really. just checking, like, inspected our stuff. they were touching us and... so... did they beat him? not in front of us, but we were afraid that they would. how scared was he? super scared. i saw it. i looked directly into his eyes and it was very sad. tom tugendhat is the chairman of the uk's parliamentary select committee on foreign affairs — he told me these actions by the government of belarus are an outrage. this is an attack by a dictatorship on a civilian aircraft, an irish civilian aircraft, flying between two european union capitals, two nato capitals, in order to detain an individual who was only exercising his civil rights of freedom of speech. this is a right that is absolutely

guaranteed in almost all european states, and this flight, this transit route over belarus, was completely legal and had no reason for interception. yet the belarus authorities scrambled to intercept and force this aircraft to the ground, with terrible echoes of the shooting down of the malaysian aircraft over ukraine in 2014 which killed so many dutch civilians. we have touched on the widespread condemnation from latvia to germany. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in moscow and says there's now an eu—wide chorus of disapproval at the actions by belarus. there are some passenger accounts being reported by a lithuanian outlet that is talking about how there was no sign of anything strange going on on board the flight, no sign of the fights on board that was reported. at one point earlier. all that happened is

that the plane suddenly turned around and started going in another direction, and then passengers who spoke to the media said that one man on board, now we know this is roman, the belarussian opposition activist and journalist, the belarussian opposition activist andjournalist, he the belarussian opposition activist and journalist, he had barely started shaking and put his head in his hands because he knew the plane was heading to minsk. according to these reports the passengers were then all taken off the plane, roman was taken to one side and at one point he managed to say two other passengers that, as he put it, the words were it is the death penalty awaits me here in belarus. so obviously extremely concerned about what was going to happen to him, what was going to happen to him, what charges he may be facing as he was led away by security forces and now we know that that has been confirmed by the belarussian authorities and he has indeed been arrested, so he is not on that flight. arrested, so he is not on that

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certainly calling for measures to be taken. of course also calling for the release of a roman, the journalist at the heart of all of this. they also tells us something really important about the state of our position in belarus. bear in mind those mass protests that we saw last year after the reelection of alexander lukashenko. hundreds of doubt the people coming out onto the streets, but since that time the vast majority of opposition lead activists to alexander lukashenko have been jailed and activists to alexander lukashenko have beenjailed and many activists to alexander lukashenko have been jailed and many of them are living in exile. we know that roman was living outside of belarus for his safety but it turns out he was not safe at all. as has massive implications, notjust for implications, not just for international flights implications, notjust for international flights but also for the opposition and what is left of it in belarus itself. a cable car has plunged to the ground near lake maggiore in northern italy, killing 1a people including a child.

the service was taking passengers up into the piedmont mountains from the resort town of stray—za at the time of the accident. the resort had only recently reopened as covid restrictions were eased. 0ur italy correspondent mark lowen reports. a climb to admire alpine beauty ending in tragedy. the cable car was in the last part of its journey, nearly 1500 metres high, when it plunged to the ground, killing most on board. it seems a cable near the final pylon broke away but the cause isn't yet clear. rescuers struggled to reach the densely wooded site, one fire vehicle even overturning en route. no teams were injured. heading up the mountain from lake maggiore in north—west italy, it's a stunning spot. it's a very popular destination. it used to carry, before covid, approximately 100,000 passengers every year. and nothing has ever happened

of this type before. the cable car had reopened from covid lockdown just last month. it underwent a two—year, four million euros repair in 2014. an investigation will try to discover how and why a trip through this tourist idyll collapsed in disaster. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. to the democratic republic of congo where people have started to return to their homes after one of world s most active volcanoes erupted on saturday night. thousands of homes were destroyed and at least five people died in the rush to get away from the lava — which stopped just short of the city of goma. heres 0ur africa correspondent reha kansara. this is one of the world's deadliest volcanoes. mount nyiragongo erupted late saturday night, setting homes and roads on fire. the first warning came when a thick orange cloud illuminated the night sky.

locals fled in desperation. some of them to neighbouring rwanda, others to a nearby town. translation: it's something we've never seen before. - we're all together, shaken. translation: we watched the whole neighbourhood go up in smoke. - the fire came right down to here. even now, we can still see lava. the last time nyiragongo erupted, its consequences were devastating. 250 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. aid agencies say early warning systems failed. when the volcano team monitoring people are not even aware of the behaviour of the volcano, this can affect the whole, the entire town. while we continue to feel the seismic activity, an eruption, a new eruption cannot be ruled out. now the orange sky has turned a dreary grey

and as people return home, at least five tremors have been felt in the aftermath. there have been reports of casualties but the full picture is yet to emerge. reha kansara, bbc news, in nairobi. india has reported more than 8,800 cases of the "black fungus", in a growing epidemic of the disease. this is normally a rare infection, with a high mortality rate of 50%. but in recent months, india saw thousands of cases affecting recovered and recovering covid—19 patients. let's speak now to infectious disease physician — dr priya sampathkumar — she's the chair of infection prevention and control at the mayo clinic. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news. many of us will not have heard of black fungus before, how would you define it? so how would you define it? sr essentially this refers to a how would you define it? srs essentially this refers to a type of fungal infection that happens very

rarely, and effects primarily in the long and the sinuses. it is very uncommon in most parts of the western world because this fungus is not very prevalent. in a warm humid climate he fungus tends to be in the air and even then infections are very rare. so covid has created a perfect storm with inflammation from covid, the treatments for covid that we use suppressing the immune system and allowing blood sugars to rise and allowing blood sugars to rise and this is led to the really epidemic now of the black fungus infections. �* ., epidemic now of the black fungus infections. s ., , epidemic now of the black fungus infections. s . , ., infections. and what is needed to treat it? there's _ infections. and what is needed to treat it? there's a _ infections. and what is needed to treat it? there's a couple - infections. and what is needed to treat it? there's a couple of- treat it? there's a couple of thins. treat it? there's a couple of things. when _ treat it? there's a couple of things. when the _ treat it? there's a couple of things. when the infection i treat it? there's a couple of- things. when the infection involves the sinuses, it causes a lot of tissue death and you need to surgically remove the dead tissue. and i can usually be done through fairly minor procedures in the early stages, when it gets more extensive than you need more extensive

surgery. and then in addition to the surgical treatment you need antifungal agents which are in very, very short supply currently in india. ., , , india. that sounds as if it needs exert india. that sounds as if it needs expert surgical— india. that sounds as if it needs expert surgical intervention - india. that sounds as if it needs expert surgical intervention at l expert surgical intervention at times and certainly drugs. and these things presumably in short supply in india where they have a health crisis on their hands.— india where they have a health crisis on their hands. exactly. it's a health crisis _ crisis on their hands. exactly. it's a health crisis on _ crisis on their hands. exactly. it's a health crisis on top _ crisis on their hands. exactly. it's a health crisis on top of- crisis on their hands. exactly. it's a health crisis on top of another. a health crisis on top of another very significant health crisis. some ofthe very significant health crisis. some of the edges _ very significant health crisis. some of the edges we — very significant health crisis. some of the edges we have _ very significant health crisis. some of the edges we have seen - very significant health crisis. some of the edges we have seen from i of the edges we have seen from india, it's devastating and patients can lose eyes as a result of the intervention. it can lose eyes as a result of the intervention.— intervention. it typically starts with neat nose _ intervention. it typically starts with neat nose and _ intervention. it typically starts with neat nose and goes - intervention. it typically starts with neat nose and goes to . intervention. it typically starts | with neat nose and goes to the sinuses, and it can pass upwards into the eye, it can go behind into the brain and it can go downwards into the mouth. so it's really a very tissue destructive infection and that's why treatment with both surgery and the antifungals early on

is so critical. you surgery and the antifungals early on is so critical-— is so critical. you think there's an issue with — is so critical. you think there's an issue with is _ is so critical. you think there's an issue with is not _ is so critical. you think there's an issue with is not being _ is so critical. you think there's an | issue with is not being recognised as well, that one of the reasons to talk about it is so that clinicians can recognise what's happening? yes. so definitely — can recognise what's happening? yes so definitely there has can recognise what's happening? 123 so definitely there has been a problem with recognition, hospitals are so overwhelmed right now that patients often after they get over the acute covid infection and no longer need oxygen are dismissed home. and they are not able to get backin home. and they are not able to get back in two hospitals when they have the symptoms of the black fungus infection which can be fairly nonspecific. it starts out with facial pain and feeling like one set of your nose is blocked, and then sometimes double vision. and if they don't seek medical attention early on like i said it can progress fairly quickly to become so destructive that it starts eating away at the tissues of the face, the eyes, the brain and actually cause

holes to happen in the roof of your mouth. . , holes to happen in the roof of your mouth. ., , ., ., ., mouth. really important to hear the facts from you. _ mouth. really important to hear the facts from you, thank _ mouth. really important to hear the facts from you, thank you _ mouth. really important to hear the facts from you, thank you so - mouth. really important to hear the facts from you, thank you so much. | the uk's home secretary priti patel has denied claims the government pursued a herd immunity policy early on in the pandemic. it comes after claims from the prime minister's ex—aide dominic cummings that the uk's original plan was to let the virus spread through the population. here's our political correspondent damian grammaticus. late last year and out of downing street. dominic cummings had been boris johnson's closest aide. now, he's spilling his stories, even if they damage his former boss. the events he wants to highlight, last march and how the prime minister handled the start of the pandemic. in spain and italy, covid was spreading fast, lockdowns being brought in. in the uk, lockdowns

came ten days later. mr cummings said borisjohnson's strategy was different, to try for herd immunity, letting people build natural resistance. he tweeted today... "herd immunity wasn't a secret strategy, it was the official strategy." he says, "it only changed when officials understood herd immunity�*s effects — hundreds of thousands choking to death, no nhs for anybody. an economic implosion, so we moved to plan b, suppression." and he says, "critical as i am of the pm, the disaster was notjust his fault, the official plan was disastrously misconceived. plan b had to be bodged amid total and utter chaos." this is one of those public explanations he points to, talk about cocooning the most vulnerable only from the government's top behavioural scientist on march tenth. by the time they come out of their cocooning, herd immunity�*s been achieved in the rest of the population. and the chief scientific adviser two days later. it's not possible to stop everybody getting it and it's also actually

not desirable because you want some immunity in the population. we need to have immunity to protect ourselves from this in the future. today, the home secretary insisted herd immunity had never been the strategy. not at all, no, absolutely not. our policy from the outset, andrew, the policy and the strategy... so why is dominic cummings telling us that is true? well, i can't speak for mr cummings and one individual. the government says it followed the science and acted to protect lives and the nhs. mr cummings will have his chance to produce his own evidence before parliament this week. damian grammaticus, bbc news. the sister of the murdered british mpjo cox has been chosen as labour's candidate to fight a by—election in the constituency of batley and spen in west yorkshire. kim leadbeater said she was "overwhelmed and humbled" by the support she had received from party members in the seat her sister used to represent.

the headlines on bbc news. the head of nato demands an international investigation into the forced landing in minsk — ordered by the president of belarus — of a flight with a belarussian opposition activist on board. a mountain cable car plunges to the ground in northern italy killing 1a people. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. what a final day in south carolina it could be for phil mickelson. the american leads golf�*s pga championship. if he goes on to win, he'll be the oldest man to lift a major title in the sport's history. the 50—year—old has won five majors but the last of them was eight years ago. mickelson has dropped a shot already though, he's six under after six holes on his final round, as is fellow american brooks koepka. another american — kevin streelman is two shots further back. south africa's louis 0osthuizen is now third at five under. englands paul casey

is two under par. britain's dina asher—smith held off american sha'carri richardson to win the women's100 meters at the diamond league meeting in gateshead. much to the delight of the home crowd, aher—smith won in a time of in 11.35 seconds in wet and windy conditions in north east england — it's a season's best time which will boost her hopes ahead of this summers 0lympics. asher—smith and richardson are both set to run the sprint double in tokyo. there was an eventful final day of the english premier league season. all 20 teams were in action. manchester city had already been crowed champions. so all eyes were on chelsea, leicester city and liverpool as they battled it out for the final two champions league spots. and after defeat at home to tottenham, it's leicester that misses out. here's chelsea manager thomas tuchel. as his side just made the top four despite losing to aston villa

this is done now, we can be fully satisfied with that and now is the moment to breathe. to do a good recovery session tomorrow, to take a day off and repair on wednesday for the next match. we are used to playing these matches now under pressure. it's the last weeks, every three days as a final. and the nicest one is about to come on saturday, and we will be prepared. now, it's been a memorable day for max verstappen who's won his maiden monaco grand prix and, in the process, gone to the top of formula 0ne's world championship for the first time — knocking off reigning champion lewis hamilton in the process. verstappen was helped out when ferrari's charles leclerc, who was on pole, broke down before he could get to the grid. pit stop problems then ended valterri bottas' race. so verstappen avoided trouble to take the chequered flag. hamilton could only finish seventh in his mercedes. the concentration levels were

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on top of the medal table with an impressive 11 golds — ahead of russia and italy. the squad looking in fine form just weeks away from the tokyo 0lympics. and france's ligue one is being decided tonight, will it be lille or psg? you can follow the scores on the bbc sport website. but that's all from me. thank you very much. here's a story coming into us through the day. some of china's top long distance runners are believed to be among 21 athletes who died in extreme weather during a 100 kilometre race. the competitors were hit by plummeting temperatures freezing rain and gales on a mountainous course in gansu province. aru na iyengar reports. it's one of the deadliest incidents in chinese sporting history. the race crosses complex terrain, making search and rescue operations more difficult. over 20 competitors in the 100km mountain ultramarathon have died and others are receiving

treatment in hospital. 1200 rescuers were sent to search for the missing runners. those who died of thought have suffered from hypothermia. officials have apologised, but there is anger no one seemed to predict the bad weather. translation: as organisers - of the event, we feel deeply guilty and take full responsibility for these deaths. we express our deepest condolences to the victims, the injured and all theirfamilies. one of the missing is liangjing, described as one of the world's best endurance athletes. the cross—country race started off in good weather from jingtai county, baiyin city in north—western gansu province on saturday afternoon. 172 competitors were here at the start. but, 20 kilometres into the race, things changed dramatically and rain, freezing hailand high winds at a high altitude

section of the course. after calls for help and reports of missing runners the race was called off. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the lead singer of the italian glam—rock ban that won last night's eurovision song contest, will undergo a voluntary drugs test on monday. it comes after this footage of the band in the green room prompted speculation that he may have been using drugs. the singer — damiano david — strongly denies allegations he was taking cocaine. he says that one of the band members had broken a glass and he was clearing it away. the band have now returned to italy. the maneskin frontman told the journalists at the rome airport that he's happy to take a drugs test. we told to the eu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it,

of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. the eurovision hosts have confirmed in a statement — that broken glass was indeed found on site and said they are still looking carefully at footage from the night. the organisers of the uk's glastonbury festival have apologised after thousands of people who bought tickets for a live stream concert were unable to view the show for more than two hours. the ticketing system was eventually abandonded altogether, and made the concert free for anyone to watch, as colin paterson reports. when glastonbury is disrupted, it's usually by rain and mud. last night, the problem was internet connectivity. live at worthy farm was a five—hour live stream to raise money for the festival, but when it started at seven o'clock, people paid £20 to watch pre—recorded sets by the likes of coldplay and damon albarn, were told that their access codes were invalid. as the minutes ticked by,

fans said they were giving up and watching recordings of old glastonburies or even switching on eurovision. this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest 2021! almost two hours passed before it was announced that a new link had been created and anyone could watch the event for free, whether they'd bought a ticket or not. glastonbury boss emily eavis has apologised and the whole thing will be rerun online today. colin paterson, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. hello. if you're out and about this evening, be aware, we've still got some heavy rain and lively wind. by tomorrow that will be stuck across the north of scotland and instead, plenty of heavy showers and gusty wind, even hail and thunder, will follow on.

this is the low pressure that's brought in the rain and strong wind. as it sits across the uk tomorrow it will throw further showers our way. some pretty heavy rain for a few hours for many of us. some lively wind and showers following. through the evening and overnight, the low pressure and the weather front becomes confined to northern and central scotland. we'll have a scattering of showers elsewhere. fairly cool overnight, particularly i think in central areas like northern ireland, with the light wind and clear skies here with a touch of grass frost. showers packing into the west on monday, soon extending further east. the weather front sitting in the north will give a rather wet day to northern and central scotland, after the early sunshine in shetland goes north. after the bright and chilly start in northern ireland it will extend its influence here, too. perhaps some of the driest weather, southern scotland and northern england. for much of england and wales, slow—moving, heavy downpours, hail and thunder. the wind will pick up

in the south and west later, as it will end the north and west. it is cool for the time of year butjust a notch up on those today. tuesday, the low pressure still influencing the uk. a lot of showers across central and eastern areas, perhaps an area of rain pushing close to the south, tuesday and wednesday, with another weather system pushing south. so we're going to be plagued by weather fronts again this week. still some heavy showers, heavy downpours, hail and thunder on tuesday. perhaps less frequent further south and west because we got the approach of this little area of rain. temperatures, a bit more brightness and sunshine, therefore a little higher. higher again as we go through tuesday into wednesday. we've got the northerly wind across scotland again. fairly cloudy conditions near the north sea coast. disappointingly cool here. with more sunshine elsewhere, fewer showers. we may see the mid, high teens. still some heavy showers to come through the week ahead with hail and thunder but it looks like as we approach the end of the week it will be drier and therefore with a bit more may sunshine to offer, temperatures will start to creep up. we'll keep you updated.

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hello this is bbc news. the headlines. two doses of the main covid vaccines used in the uk are found to be highly effective against the indian variant of the virus. belarus forces a ryanair plane with an opposition activist onboard to land in minsk, sparking condemnation from the eu there are reports tonight that the leading black lives matter activist sasha johnson is in a critical condition in hospital, after being shot in the head. 0fficers attended an incident in the early hours of the morning in southwark, south london. police say at this stage there is no evidence it was a targeted attack. government ministers deny claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings that they pursued a policy of herd immunity in dealing with coronavirus last year.

a mountain cable car has plunged to the ground in northern