international condemnation — after a ryanair plane is diverted and forced to make an emergency landing in belarus — where the authorities arrested a dissident on board. western countries call the actions of the belarus government shocking — the airline's boss says it's unprecedented. i think it's the first time it's happened to a european airline. but, i mean, this was a case of state—sponsored — it was a state—sponsored hijack, it was state—sponsored piracy. eu leaders are preparing to meet to discuss possible sanctions, we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime: a prominent equality activist, sasha johnson, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in south london. a new buddying scheme is trialled, to help people struggling during covid — and encourage those who need to self isolate.

opening up in northern ireland — indoor attractions are back in business, and people are allowed to eat inside cafes and restaurants again. and, into the record books — jubilation as phil mickelson becomes the oldest man to win one of golf�*s major titles. and coming up on the bbc news channel: hal robson—kanu, one of the stars for wales at euro 2016 looks set to miss out on selection for this summer's european championship. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there's been widespread international condemnation

of the government of belarus — after it forced a ryanair passenger plane, which was flying from athens to vilnius, to divert to minsk. the belarus authorities then arrested an opposition activist who was on board, the journalist roman protasevich. here, the foreign secretary dominic raab said president alexander lukashenko must be held responsible for his �*outlandish actions.�* the us state department called it a shocking act, and eu leaders are due to meet later to discuss possible sanctions. from brussels our europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports. grounded in belarus, the ryanair plane the state is accused of hijacking. all to arrest this young man, a journalist and political refugee who had fled belarus two years ago. only to be forced back home yesterday under the most extraordinary circumstances by a regime he told his fellow

passengers would execute him. this woman tries to get passengers to stay calm. as roman protasevich is lured away by agents from belarus�*s secret service, witnesses say he was shaking. they were checking our suitcases but at the same time they were arresting the journalist. at the same time they were arresting thejournalist. super at the same time they were arresting the journalist. super scared. at the same time they were arresting thejournalist. superscared. i the journalist. super scared. i looked thejournalist. superscared. i looked at him, directly in his eyes and it was very sad.— and it was very sad. immediately after the plane — and it was very sad. immediately after the plane forcibly _ and it was very sad. immediately after the plane forcibly landed, l after the plane forcibly landed, roman— after the plane forcibly landed, roman was detained by the kgb and now he _ roman was detained by the kgb and now he is_ roman was detained by the kgb and now he is more than likely interrogated. usually not the detention is the worst but the interrogation because they use different methods in order to get information from him. roman is wanted third by authorities for running an opposition news channel on the social media platform telegram that is used to organised protests in belarus and to broadcast them.

the protests sprung up around last summer's election when belarus's long—time leader president lukashenko claimed yet another disputed victory. since then, the regime has cracked down on dissent, arresting hundreds ofjournalists and opposition figures. the leader of the opposition was forced into exile. we are sure it was because of a direct order from lukashenko we are sure it was because of a direct orderfrom lukashenko himself because he considered roman to be his private enemy and so he made possible this operation fulfilled. it couldn't be done without direct orders for sure. the ryanairflight had been making its way between two european capitals, athens and vilnius, when it was diverted by belarussian air traffic controljust before leaving belarus's airspace, escorted by a fully armed mig 29 fighter. the head of the airline believes there were four secret service agents on board.

it's the first time it has happened to a european airline but this was a case of state—sponsored hijack, state—sponsored piracy but i can't say much because the eu authorities and nato are dealing with it at the moment. there is international outrage. here in europe talk is tough with promises of consequences. but the night eu leaders must decide what exactly the consequences should be for hijacking an eu flight. after hours in minsk, the plane was allowed to complete its trip without roman and his girlfriend. already it appears airlines have started to avoid belarussian airspace, deciding the detours are worth the delays. jeanis jean is in brussels for us. eu leaders talking later. what are the options open to them? what might be the result of that meeting? this options open to them? what might be the result of that meeting?— the result of that meeting? this is a hue

the result of that meeting? this is a huge test _ the result of that meeting? this is a huge test of _ the result of that meeting? this is a huge test of foreign _ the result of that meeting? this is a huge test of foreign policy - the result of that meeting? this is a huge test of foreign policy for i a huge test of foreign policy for the eu. just to summarise briefly what a big deal this is, this was an aeroplane run by an eu airline that was travelling between two european capitals that was in its you hijacked and it was carrying not just eu citizens but a man who had claimed refuge here in the eu, who was forced from safety and into detention. it has already been condemned in the strongest possible language. the president of the european commission calling it an outrageous and illegal act that will have consequences. it is just what those consequences will be. the eu has sanctioned dozens of officials from belarus including president lukashenko himself but these are seem to have very limited impact so far. there is an agreement now that they had to go further so whether they had to go further so whether they will now look to sanction people who finance the belarussian regime or more sanctions will apply more pressure. other measures will

be to ban flights going in and out of belarus but there is no pressure on the eu to come up with something that in some way will tangibly weaken or punish the belarussian government. a prominent equality activist, sasha johnson, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in south london. the campaign group, the taking the initiative party, says she is in intensive care after suffering serious injuries in the early hours of yesterday morning. police say there is no evidence to suggest it was a targeted shooting. chi chi izundu is with me now. what more do we know? we know the olice were what more do we know? we know the police were called _ what more do we know? we know the police were called to _ what more do we know? we know the police were called to a _ what more do we know? we know the police were called to a house - what more do we know? we know the police were called to a house party - police were called to a house party in peckham in south londonjust before three o'clock in the morning. they say that is where they found a 27—year—old woman gunshot wounds. they will not confirm the identity of the 27—year—old woman but they

are taking the initiative party which is the political party that sasha johnson is supposed to work with, they say they posted statements on their social media sites confirming she was now being treated in hospital and is in a critical condition. they went on to say that sasha johnson has been actively fighting for black people and the injustice that surround the community. sasha is a mother of two, had a strong and powerful voice for our people and our community. the taking the initiative party said she had been receiving a number of death threats are but officers from operation trident, which looks into gun crime in the mac community in london, say they had no credible threats before the shooting and they don't believe it was a targeted attack. some of sasha's family and friends are planning to hold a vigil

outside her hospital later on this afternoon. a "buddying" system for people needing mental health support as a result of the pandemic is among several ideas being trialled to encourage people to get tested for covid, and follow the rules about self—isolation. £12 million is being spent on pilot schemes in nine areas of england which have high infection rates. the government has acknowledged that some people find self—isolation challenging. our health correspondent anna collinson has more. if you come into close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus, you may receive this — a message from test and trace saying you must self—isolate for ten days. but for many who are concerned about money or can't work from home, it is just not that simple. now the government is piloting more ways to support people. nine areas with high infection rates in england will receive a share of nearly £12 million, including parts of london, the north west, yorkshire, peterborough and somerset.

they will trial increased social care support for vulnerable adults, translation assistance for non—english speakers and alternative accommodation will be offered to those isolating in overcrowded homes. but some economists warn this will only go so far unless statutory sick pay is increased. you only go so far unless statutory sick pay is increased.— pay is increased. you will end up with really _ pay is increased. you will end up with really poor _ pay is increased. you will end up with really poor compliance - pay is increased. you will end up | with really poor compliance which risks everyone's health and the economy. these pilots come as surge testing is rolled out in parts of london following a rise in coronavirus cases linked to the variant first detected in india. as people enjoy their new freedoms, it is hoped these steps will encourage more people to get tested and self—isolate if required. this is an uncertain time that when we hear information around the indian variant and the fact that it's sporadically increasing in areas, naturally that does make some people very worried. we just have to go back to what we know about viruses

which is always that the way to control a virus is to make sure that we are washing our hands, that we are wearing a mask to stop those droplets going out. there are also renewed calls for people to take up their second jab after a study found that both the pfizer and astrazeneca vaccines are highly effective against the indian variant after two doses. while this variant may be more transmissible, scientists say we'll have to wait a bit longer before we know whether it could cause a rise in hospital admissions. if the current generation of vaccines are able to stop people going into hospital whilst there is still mild infections, people are still getting the common cold with the virus, then the pandemic is over because we can live with the virus. in fact, we are going to have to live with the virus one way or another. the government says it is increasingly confident the final stage of easing restrictions in england will happen in three weeks' time but it warns much relies on the data and our behaviour. anna collinson, bbc news.

northern ireland has become the last of the uk s devolved nations to lift the ban on indoor socialising. pubs, restaurants and cafes are now allowed to serve customers indoors, and hotels, museums and other attractions can reopen. our ireland correspondent chris page joined skaters at an ice rink. it might feel that ordinary life has been on ice for more than a year, but today, some slippery and skilful steps are being taken on the journey out of lockdown. a number of popular activities resumed this morning, among them, skating. it was so surreal to be able to get back and really enjoy it again. it feels like we're flying, doesn't it? yes. it'sjust, doing jumps and spins again, the first time around is a bit shaky but i think now, we are ok. i think getting back to it, it'lljust take a few days. everyone is excited, it's like a big community on the ice. the last time these skaters were able to train on the ice was five months ago and you can tell how much they have missed the sport that they love.

this rink is one of many indoor visitor attractions which are reopening on this, a major day for lockdown easing in northern ireland. the tourist industry is set to welcome guests again. hotels have been all but empty since christmas. businesses like this one in county fermanagh are expecting to do well this summer, in spite of the lack of overseas visitors. international travel, obviously, as we are aware, will be fairly limited, but thanks to our domestic market and staycations, i think it will be a very strong season and all of us will certainly enjoy a great level of business throughout the coming months. there's also been strong demand for outer eating and drinking over the last few weeks, but not every pub, restaurant and cafe has been able to offer that service. customers are now allowed back indoors. this pub in newry has been shut for almost all of the last ia months, but its owner says he's been fortunate. there is a lot of pubs in newry won't open again. or, i won't say a lot,

but there will be a few, you know. we were lucky that it's a family pub and ourfamily�*s helped us along, too, were good to us, and... yeah, we've just tried to keep things going and can't wait for reopening. as in the rest of the uk, the reopening has been made possible largely by the vaccination programme. in northern ireland, it's currently open to everyone aged 25 and over. politicians and doctors are asking people to remain cautious as they enjoy the reclaimed freedoms, particularly when socialising inside homes. the final stage of easing lockdown is scheduled to happen in four weeks' time. the moves towards normality have been tentative, but our routines are becoming less restricted. the time isjust 1.15. our top story this lunchtime. international condemnation — after a ryanair plane is diverted and forced to make an emergency landing in belarus — where the authorities arrested

a dissident on board. and coming up: how dogs could help in the fight against the spread of covid. coming up on the bbc news channel: as the oldest major winner in history, can phil mickelson complete the career grand slam at the us open which will be staged in his home city of san diego next month? a bbc investigation has heard claims that vulnerable children are being failed at a school that charges more than £50,000 a year per pupil. leaways school in east london specialises in children with special needs and local councils have spent millions of pounds in recent years for it to teach students with conditions such as autism. but parents and staff say the school, whose directors include two men involved in the winterbourne view scandal, has significant problems. our social affairs correspondent

michael buchanan reports. ethan stewart has his future sorted. he is going to be a judge on britain's got talent. but the 1a—year—old, who has autism, has to get through education first. his mum pushed for him to go to a specialist school, a decision she came to regret. it got to the point where he hadn't had a teacher for most of the year. just teaching assistants? teaching assistants, yeah. at the time when we had no class teacher, we had no therapies. there was no therapies, no speech therapies, no occupational therapies, which he needs. with his routine disrupted, ethan's behaviour deteriorated. he got aggressive. his anxiety levels were rising. couldn't get him to do anything. it wasjust like he had gone so backwards, it was horrible to see after all the progress he had made.

this is the school ethan attended, leaways in east london, which charges £53,000 a year per pupil, usually paid for by local councils. its latest accounts show it made a £5 million operating profit last year. the school is part of a larger group whose directors include paul brosnan and his father, dennis. they used to run the company behind winterbourne view, where a decade ago, the bbc exposed the abuse of people with learning disabilities. it became clear quite quickly that the school were making a profit from not meeting the needs of children. a lack of therapists, a lack of any staff, sometimes left a single adult in a room with volatile children. that shouldn't happen. you are putting the adults at risk, you are putting the children at risk and there were incidents where staff members were seriously injured and required hospital treatment.

lots of the teachers were unqualified. some of the support staff had very limited experience in working with children. some of the children were leaving without being able to read, which is unforgivable. leaways told us they were rated good by ofsted and always well—staffed. they added... ethan has now moved back to a state school where he is said to be happy and flourishing. michael buchanan, bbc news, east london. the government is being urged to take urgent action to reduce air pollution around schools. last month, a coroner called for tougher limits following the death of nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah who became the first person in the country to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. more than 6,000 schools in the uk are in areas of poor air quality.

elaine dunkley has been to a primary school in manchester, where pollution levels are up to five times higher than who limits. this is st ambrose primary in manchester. the children live, learn and play next to one of the busiest roads in europe. on the playground, high levels of pollution. we can't open the windows at st ambrose because you can't hear yourself teach. when the traffic is at its worst, you can actually smell and taste it. like millions of children in towns and cities across england, they are breathing in dangerous fumes. it affects me with my asthma and it makes me cough more. i do have to take my asthma inhaler a lot. in a landmark ruling in december, nine—year—old ella adoo—kissi—debrah had air pollution recorded as the cause of her death. the children have written letters

to politicians pleading with them to take action. i am writing to you from st ambrose to protest about high levels of pollution... pollution levels are three times over the limit. as a person in a position of responsibility, we urge you to protect us... the head teacher is concerned that soon traffic levels will be back to where they were before lockdown. if it's possible for some hybrid type of working at home, then just reducing perhaps by 20% the commuter traffic, we would benefit immensely from it. the teachers and children have also enlisted the help of scientists from lancaster university with a pioneering new project to protect playgrounds from pollution. the particles bump into one of these leaflets and they deposit on it, so that is the filtering effect of the vegetation. hedges have been installed to see if it can create a natural shield to protect against pollution generated by the traffic.

the pandemic has had a significant impact on how we live, work and travel, and this school says important lessons need to be learned. in a statement, defra says it has a 5.8 billion plan to clean up transport and air pollution. pollution! the hope here is fewer car journeys on england's road map out of lockdown. this is our children's future and the air that they are breathing is not fit for purpose. now is the chance to really do something about it. elaine dunkley, bbc news in manchester. three former professionals from rugby union, rugby league and football whose lives changed dramatically when they were diagnosed with motor neurone disease have met up for the first time since the start of the pandemic. rob burrow, stephen darby and doddie weir have been supporting each other coping with the many challenges of mnd — and they've been

talking to sally nugent. live life, keep smiling and wake up every day fighting mnd. you can always find love and happiness and laughter even through the most difficult of situations. i only have to look— at what i have to live through. i need to be a husband, _ a daddy and that reassures me of why i have too many reasons to live. it's amazing to see you all again. thank you very much indeed for coming to talk to us today. lovely to catch up with the boys. thank you so much for putting us together. stephen, what about you? what is it like to see the lads again? it's great to see them. i've been looking forward to seeing them but also talking as well. it's been a tough

old year, hasn't it? lindsay, you are here to help rob use his machine, which is an eye scanner normally, but you're going to help him. rob, what is it like for you to see the lads again? doddie and stephen have become great friends through us - all being in the same position. they have become uncle doddie and my brother stephen. - i can't thank them enough through sharing advice - and showing me the path to go down. stephen texts often and checks on me. i i he has been amazing with the tipsi he has given me and i am in a much better position for it. without these two i think i would be i bitter and feeling sorry for myself. | a year ago, the thing that you told me was really clear was that you wanted to use your situation to help other people who had a similar diagnosis, who perhaps didn't have the profile or the platform that you all have. sitting here together, a year and a bit on from that,

you must know how much you have achieved. yes, hopefully that isjust the start. as doddie said, the support has been absolutely amazing and we can't thank everyone enough. seeing how the disease has progressed and affected bob progressed and affected rob and doddie in the last 12 months is hard. you can see within a year how brutal the disease is because last year, we were all able to walk into the filming set. this year, two of us needed a little bit of help. i want to say that as i sit - here with limited use of my legs, arms and neck, can't speak, i want people to know- i feel as mentally strong as i have ever done. - rob, i know that you have thought about legacy. i think that legacy means to have i played a role in finding a cure. i i only hope it is in my lifetime but i will be equally _ as pleased if it was not.

i hope i leave a lasting impression on this horrible disease. _ sally nugent, bbc news. dogs could become one way of trying to prevent the spread of covid, because researchers have found that some breeds can be trained to smell the virus on humans with as much as 94% accuracy — even when the person has no symptoms. our health correspondent dominic hughes explains. this is talla. in less than five seconds he has correctly identified a small unwashed fragment of sock which has been donated by someone who had covid—19. and this is asher, who doesn't take that much longer. all these dogs have been specially trained to identify what researchers have found to be covid's distinctive odour. the dogs were able to be trained, you can hear one barking in the background there. the dogs were able to be trained really quickly on this odour and were able to distinguish people who were infected from those who were uninfected.

so the best dog was able to detect somebody correctly that had covid, 94% of the time which is really, really high and very exciting. research has already moved on to testing whether the dogs can identify the person wearing a t—shirt that belonged to someone who had covid. watch how this dog immediately finds the right person. even as people file past, there is no fooling these dogs with their incredible sense of smell. which dog have we got with you today? this is talla. a dog like talla here would have 350 million sense receptors dedicated to olfaction. us humans have got 5 million so that gives you a comparison. talla can detect odours that are diluted down to parts per trillion. it doesn't mean much to us but actually a part per trillion, if you could smell a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of tea, talla could smell the same

in the equivalent of water of two olympic—size swimming pools. quite phenomenal and that is why they are so good at this. dogs are already used at airports to detect explosives or drugs. it is still very early days but with their ability to quickly and unobtrusively screen people, medical dogs could also play an important role in keeping a post covid world moving. a post—covid world moving. dominic hughes, bbc news. the bbc will launch a review into the effectiveness of its "editorial policies and governance" following lord dyson's report into the 1995 panorama interview with diana, princess of wales. our media editor amol rajan is with me. what has been announced? lord l son's what has been announced? lord dyson's report — what has been announced? lord dyson's report came _ what has been announced? lord dyson's report came out - what has been announced? ii_;r'7"i dyson's report came out on thursday and there has been a great clamour for the bbc to speak. we heard from... tony, freudian slip, we had from... tony, freudian slip, we had from tim davey, the of on thursday but since then we haven't heard from many bbc executives. richard sharpe

did just speak on the world at one on radio four and he is the new chairman of the bbc in post february. he accepted unconditionally what lord dyson said, he accepted there were failures in the original broadcast and also talked a lot about the culture of the bbc. there is going to be a review. the board of the bbc will lead the review into the current practices of the bbc. the focus is beginning to move on in this story a little bit as to why martin bashir was rehired by the bbc in 2016. martin bashir was an employee of the bbc untiljust last week. one of the things richard sharpe talked about, which we see in this clip, is the circumstances of his departure. i trust the executive to handle the sensitivity of these processes when it comes to the nuances between somebody resigning and somebody being fired, where we have different legal, quite right, appropriate legal protections. i expect them to handle it in a way that's best for the organisation. i take comfort from the fact that

martin bashir is no longer here. i don't take comfort yet from understanding why he was rehired. so there are very strong... a lot is being written at the moment, oliver dowden, the culture secretary, wrote in the times this morning about the fact the bbc needs to reform now. one of the central questions about the story will be to what extent the fact that stuff happened a long time ago will protect the bbc. my feeling is that it may not. because of the fact martin bashir was rehired in 2016, he was a bbc reporter, promoted to religion editor a couple of years ago, that will make the bbc�*s current management and structure is very much a focus of attention as these reviews proceed. amol rajan, many thanks. phil mickelson has entered the record books — at nearly 51, he's become the oldest man to win a golf major. there were euphoric scenes in south carolina, as thousands of fans saw mickelson take the us pga championship — eight years after his last big victory. our sports correspondent

joe lynskey was watching. crowd chants: phil, phil, phil! in few sports do they crown a champion who turns 51 next month. this is phil mickelson�*s sixth major, but it could be his and golf�*s most extraordinary. mickelson last won this trophy 16 years ago, but through the decades he has kept his touch around the greens. commentator: it has done. look at the crowd. _ in this final round, the momentum was building. at the 10th hole mickelson went four shots clear. it's another mickelson birdie. cheering this is the loudest golf has been since the lockdown and by the 18th he was fighting through just to take his shot. earlier this year, mickelson dropped out of the world's top 100. now golf was gathering for one of sport's greatest redemptions. he dedicated the turnaround to his brother tim who is his caddy, and to the older heads in the game who keep going. it's very possible that this is the last tournament i ever win but it's also very possible that maybe i go on a little bit of a run.