hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. eu leaders are meeting to discuss sanctions against belarus after it intercepts a flight carrying a dissidentjournalist and arrests him. that would be a very strong answer, because it is outrageous behaviour and lukashenko�*s regime have to understand that this will have severe consequences. belarus forced the ryanair flight to land in its own capital minsk — claiming a bomb threat which turned out to be fake. and there's concern about its target — a critic of the belarussian president. translation: when you find out that your son has been _ seized in such a vile, terrorist manner and they say "we will put him away for a long time, and he will even get the death penalty", that's really hard.

belarus insists its action fully met international laws. the us secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to the middle east to try and consolidate a ceasefire between hamas and israel. and scientists are using dogs to detect a covid. the dogs are able to sniff the odour respect people with a virus with 94% accuracy. the fallout continues from belarus hijacking a passenger plane and forcing it to land, so they could seize an opposition figure on board. this is in brussels, where eu leaders are meeting now to decide what action to take. we'll be live in brussels shortly with our correspondent nick beake, to find out what sanctions against belarus and its leaders, are being discussed there.

but first let's let's recap what happened, and look at the incident, from the start. this the aircraft — ryanair plane fr4978. it took off from athens on sunday to the lithuanian capital, vilnius — following this route. and just as it was beginning its descent — and was about to leave belarus' airspace — it suddenly headed east. you can see the diversion here. its new destination was minsk — the capital of belarus. the crew say they were warned of a potential security threat on board. and this belarussian war plane took off to make sure the aircraft landed. here's footage of the plane grounded in minsk. and once down, secret service agents arrived. and arrested this man roman protasevich. he was on the plane — and is a well known opposition journalist who was wanted by the authorities in belarus. while that was happening, ryanair�*s air stewards asked

people to remain calm. here's an eyewitness. they were checking our suitcases, but at the same time they were arresting the journalist, the guy. how scared he was? super scared. i saw, i looked at him directly in his eyes and it was very sad. we know that roman protasevich had concerns before he boarded the plane. a friend who spoke to him just before spoke earlier to bbc radio 4. we were in touch just before he departed, so we were talking the whole morning. and he shared some concerns when he was in the airport in athens. he saw that someone was following him, so he already felt something bad. i'm not sure if it is related, but he mentions that there is a guy who is trying to take pictures of his documents. and perhaps this is also a part of provocation against him. and to be clear — in an unsurprising development,

no bomb or any other security threat was found on board. roman protasevich was the reason this plane was forced to land. let's look at why. well he fled belarus in 2019. he'd been critical of belarus' president, alexander lu kashenko. he's been in powerfor 27 years — is an ally of russia and is sometimes referred to as "europe's last dictator". we've talked about him a lot recently because after he claimed victory in last year's election. there were widespread concerns about that election — and huge opposition protests followed. and from exile, mr protasevich was covering these events and sharing footage of them via social media accounts that were used by opposition supporters. for that, he was charged with terrorism and inciting riots. and lest there's any doubt about what happened on sunday. here's belarus state media — we have translated it for you — reporting that president lukashenko personally ordered that this plane was diverted.

he'd have know that mr protasevich had just been at a press conference helped by the belarus' opposition leader, svetlana tikhanovskaya — who's also in exile. here's her reaction to what's happened. we are sure that it was because of direct order of lukashenko himself, because he considered roman to be his private enemy. and so as he made possible, this operation fulfilled. so it could not be done without direct order. for sure. well one passenger told reuters that after the diversion was announced, mr protasevich had opened an overhead locker, pulled out a laptop and a phone and given them to a woman he was travelling with. it seems likely he knew his fate. another passenger told the afp news agency: "he just turned to people and said he was facing the death penalty".

and it's a fact that belarus is the only european country that still has the death penalty. here's mr protasevich�*s friend, franak viacorka again. it's horrible. it's shocking. because one week ago svetlana tikhanovskaya and i can but we took the same flight and we could be in the place of roman. we also were flying over the territory of belarus. and now what happened it shows that no one is safe who it's flying over belarus. it also shows that even if you are in the territory of the european union, you can't be safe. even abroad. lukashenko's regime is using all possible ways in order to persecute opponents, journalists, activists. it misuses international standards, norms. it misuses into her bowl in order to persecute opponents but also to collect information on them. it's horrible. mr protasevich�*s father, dmitri has spoken to the bbc�*s a spokesperson has said...

not everyone agrees with that analysis. the secretary of state says he will be demanding international investigation and the british foreign secretary dominic raab says president lukashenko must be held responsible for his outlandish actions and is called for the immediate release of roman protasevich. mr protasevich�*s father, dmitri has spoken to the bbc�*s sarah rainsford in moscow. translation: we hope that the whole i international community, including i translation: when you find out that your son has been _ seized in such a vile, terrorist manner and they say "we will put him away for a long time, and he will even get the death penalty", that's really hard. national community is looking to europe. ryanair�*s boss is also clear that it's for the eu to respond.

i think it's the first time it's happened to your european airline, but, i mean, this was a case of state—sponsored. .. it was a state—sponsored hijacking, it was state—sponsored piracy. but unfortunately i can't say much about it because the eu authorities and nato are dealing with at the moment. ican i can see that the reuters news agency is now quoting the belarussian interior minister saying bela russian interior minister saying that belarussian interior minister saying that mr roman protasevich, who was on board that ryan air flight is being held in ajail on board that ryan air flight is being held in a jail in minsk. that's the belarussian interior ministry being quoted by reuters saying he's now being held in a jail in minsk. all the rich continues to wretch up the pressure on the european union and what it is going to do about this. bear in mind committed this was a flight on the eeo flying this was a flight owned by an eu company, flying between two european cities, being hijacked so a man living in an eu country as a political refugee could be seized ursula von der leyen, head of the european commission, said "the outrageous and illegal behaviour

tonight we will discuss different options of sanctions.— options of sanctions. sanctions a . ainst options of sanctions. sanctions against individuals _ options of sanctions. sanctions against individuals that - options of sanctions. sanctions| against individuals that involved options of sanctions. sanctions . against individuals that involved in this hijacking but also sanctions against business and economic entities that are financing this regime. and we are looking into sanctions against the aviation sector in belarus. roman protasevich has to be released immediately, and we will put pressure on the regime as long as it finally respects the freedom of media and the freedom of press and the freedom of opinion. when of the other leaders are calling for his immediate release. and this is a really key test of the european union's to deliver such an outcome. nick beake is in brussels.

tell us more about who is gathered and what options they are looking across. i and what options they are looking across. ~' and what options they are looking across. ~ . ., ., across. i think the challenge for the eu leaders _ across. i think the challenge for the eu leaders gathered - across. i think the challenge for the eu leaders gathered in - across. i think the challenge for - the eu leaders gathered in brussels this evening is to find the action that matches the very tough language that matches the very tough language that we _ that matches the very tough language that we have had over the past 24 hours. _ that we have had over the past 24 hours. the — that we have had over the past 24 hours, the talk of state—sponsored terrorism — hours, the talk of state—sponsored terrorism and hijacking, the reckless _ terrorism and hijacking, the reckless endangering of more than 120 lives — reckless endangering of more than 120 lives. ursula has given a bit of a glimpse — 120 lives. ursula has given a bit of a glimpse of what we are talking about, _ a glimpse of what we are talking about, she focused on the aviation sector _ about, she focused on the aviation sector. behind the scenes today french _ sector. behind the scenes today french sources have been pushing this saying — french sources have been pushing this saying it's something that the 27 leaders— this saying it's something that the 27 leaders will look at in detail, the idea — 27 leaders will look at in detail, the idea of— 27 leaders will look at in detail, the idea of declaring belarussian airspace — the idea of declaring belarussian airspace unsafe, potentially a ban or suspending belarussian flights coming _ or suspending belarussian flights coming into the eu. some sort of suspension — coming into the eu. some sort of suspension of the national carrier. all things — suspension of the national carrier. all things they could be looking at. beyond _ all things they could be looking at. beyond that there could be tougher economic— beyond that there could be tougher economic sanctions and remember since _ economic sanctions and remember since tast— economic sanctions and remember since last august the cracked and we distance _ since last august the cracked and we distance and opposition figures in

belarus _ distance and opposition figures in belarus the io has already sanctioned more than 80 belarussian officials _ sanctioned more than 80 belarussian officials and so they can take that further _ officials and so they can take that further. also they could target further — further. also they could target further specific sectors of the economy, oilfor further specific sectors of the economy, oil for example. further specific sectors of the economy, oilfor example. between economy, oil for example. between the 27_ economy, oilfor example. between the 27 leaders among them there may be differing views for the likes of hungary— be differing views for the likes of hungary potentially putting a block on unanimous action. and hungary potentially putting a block on unanimous action.— hungary potentially putting a block on unanimous action. and there's no shortaae on unanimous action. and there's no shortage of— on unanimous action. and there's no shortage of analysts _ on unanimous action. and there's no shortage of analysts seeing - on unanimous action. and there's no shortage of analysts seeing this - on unanimous action. and there's no shortage of analysts seeing this in i shortage of analysts seeing this in the context of broader tensions between russia and the eu. because of the close relationship between belarus and the russian state. is that coming up in discussions this evening? that coming up in discussions this evenin: ? , .,, ., that coming up in discussions this evenin? , ., evening? this was something that was auoin to evening? this was something that was rroin to be evening? this was something that was going to be discussed _ evening? this was something that was going to be discussed anyway, - evening? this was something that was going to be discussed anyway, the - going to be discussed anyway, the relationship between russia and the united _ relationship between russia and the united kingdom and various other things _ united kingdom and various other things. we now see it in a different light, _ things. we now see it in a different light, and _ things. we now see it in a different light, and i— things. we now see it in a different light, and i think among those 27 leaders _ light, and i think among those 27 leaders there will be a concern amongst — leaders there will be a concern amongst a sound that if you isolate belarus _ amongst a sound that if you isolate belarus further and if you potentially harm the people there, what is _ potentially harm the people there, what is going to have it is moscow

will be _ what is going to have it is moscow will be standing by saying come towards — will be standing by saying come towards us. and there's a concern that may— towards us. and there's a concern that may be — towards us. and there's a concern that may be there could be an unintended consequence of much tougher— unintended consequence of much tougher sanctions, sol unintended consequence of much tougher sanctions, so i think that will be _ tougher sanctions, so i think that will be in — tougher sanctions, so i think that will be in people's mines. a mission hungry. _ will be in people's mines. a mission hungry. and — will be in people's mines. a mission hungry, and of course victor had sopported — hungry, and of course victor had supported the current regime which is said _ supported the current regime which is said to _ supported the current regime which is said to have taken the election last august. so finding some sort of agreement— last august. so finding some sort of agreement in the coming hours may be tough _ agreement in the coming hours may be tough but _ agreement in the coming hours may be tough but we shall see.— tough but we shall see. thank you very much. _ tough but we shall see. thank you very much. keep _ tough but we shall see. thank you very much, keep us _ tough but we shall see. thank you very much, keep us posted. - tough but we shall see. thank you very much, keep us posted. i - tough but we shall see. thank you | very much, keep us posted. i know you will. lets turn to the middle east. america's top diplomat, antony blinken, is on his way to the region — three days into a ceasefire between hamas and israel. here he is leaving from the us. according to the white house — the the secretary of state will meet with israeli leaders to affirm the america's �*ironclad commitment to israel s security aswell as rebuild ties to, and support for, the palestinian people and leaders, after years of neglect. there's lots

to pack in. secretary of state anthony blinken's first meeting is injerusalem with israel's president and prime minister netanyahu. his next stop is ramallah to meet the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. then he heads to egypt — to meet president sisi. and he ends his middle east trip injordan — where he'll meet king abdullah. 11 days of fighting between israel and palestinians ended on friday. and it's given way to a huge clean up in gaza. this drone footage is from sunday. and palestinian officials are warn the rebuilding process will take years — and cost tens of millions of dollars. they estimate 1,000 homes have been destroyed — and another 1,800 housing units are unfit for living.

and because of that some people like this man are having to use a tent for shelter. gaza officials are also distributing mattresses to those who've lost their belongings. 800,000 people currently don't have any access to running water. in response to this crisis, various aid agencies are bringing in supplies. this aid truck has come from egypt through the rafah border into gaza. there's also a humanitarian crisis. the un says 100,000 people fled their homes in the conflict. here's dr rik peeperkorn from the who in the west bank and gaza. this is the point i want to be making over the next months, and of months probably years, there is a need for regular access. regular access for humanitarians and staff into gaza, and also to make sure that patients who need it, critical sick patients can be referred and exit gaza.

gaza is one of the most densely populated areas of the world. over 250 people died, most of them in gaza. the ceasefire is holding but the bloodshed has renewed focus on the stalled middle east peace process. yesterday antony blinken affirmed joe biden's support for a two—state solution. he told abc news... "ultimately, it is the only way to ensure israel's future as a jewish and democratic state, and of course the only way to give the palestinians the state to which they're entitled." antony blinken admits it will take some time to get to that point. here's another reminder of how tense the situation is. earlier police in occupied eastjerusalem shot dead a palestinian attacker who stabbed two young israeli men. the victims, a soldier and a civilian, were targeted at a tram station near the neighbourhood of sheikh jarrah — which was at the centre of tensions over the threatened eviction of palestinians from their homes.

there were heightened tensions betweenjewish and israeli arab communities during the 11 day conflict in gaza. fleur hassan—nahoum is the deputy mayor ofjerusalem on the challenges ahead. the conflict, as you know, started probably about a month and a half before injerusalem with all sorts of riots and issues that we had with people going up to temple mount with stones and creating problems. and so that's how it started, so it's not surprising that there are still some lone wolves trying to create trouble. i hate to say it, but in something that is not strange injerusalem but ultimately i do believe, i really, truly believe that this is a very small marginalfringe minority. most arabs who live in eastjerusalem want to get on with their lives, get on with their day. we are doing a lot of work in bridge building, we are doing a lot of work

in bridge building and civil society with spiritual leadership, with communal leadership. laura trevelyan is injerusalem. on tuesday it will be one year since george floyd was murdered the senior state department officials said in washington that this trip really is about solidifying the cease—fire. about making sure that it holds, its about trying to get much needed aid to the people of gaza. so those are the primary objectives, the much broader vision of the middle east peace, the grand strategy of the oslo peace accords, there is no indication at all that that is what the secretary of state is trying to restart. but also he's going to be signalling a more evenhanded us approach to the israeli palestinian

question. when his predecessor was here in november he went and visited ajewish here in november he went and visited a jewish settlement in the west bank which is something that no top us official had ever done before. so where's the trumpet ministration was seen by the israelis as being very much in their corner, now you have the biting administration both emphasising the ironclad commitment to israel's security and restarting the relationship with the palestinian people and missing in action for a number of years. picking up on those more long—term ambitions, perhaps a peace settlement that lasts for a long time, that takes a huge amount of political capital from any us administration, any indications from and the blinking and from joe biden and the blinking and from joe biden and not the top of your priority list. , , ., ., and not the top of your priority list. , ,., ., ,., ,, list. they both have said the us su aorts list. they both have said the us sopports a _

list. they both have said the us sopports a two _ list. they both have said the us supports a two state _ list. they both have said the us supports a two state solution i list. they both have said the us. supports a two state solution can list. they both have said the us - supports a two state solution can be theissue supports a two state solution can be the issue more is that on the ground a two state solution looks pretty remote. israel essentially is last ten years has been building one state and quietly moving into the palestinian territories of the west bank. the palestinians feel angry about that, they feel this commitment to a two state solution is being undermined and then you have a whole younger generation of palestinians who have never been able to vote even in an election, if you think of that no one under the age of 37 has even voted. the palestinian leadership in the west bank that is elderly, that cancel elections present because it was right it would lose to hamas although it blamed the israelis for not letting people injerusalem vote, and you have hamas not clearly does not want a two state solution either. and yet is officially in some documentation and committed to the destruction of the state of israel. if the situation in flux which is why you have us officials

downplaying anthony blinking's visit and saying it's about making sure the cease—fire holds and getting aid to the people of gaza. the cease-fire holds and getting aid to the people of gaza.— to the people of gaza. before i let ou ao, to the people of gaza. before i let you go. just _ to the people of gaza. before i let you go. just a _ to the people of gaza. before i let you go, just a question _ to the people of gaza. before i let you go, just a question about - to the people of gaza. before i let you go, just a question about the | you go, just a question about the other two stops to egypt and to jordan. why is anthony blinking choosing these destinations? the er -tians choosing these destinations? tie: egyptians mediated choosing these destinations? t'te: egyptians mediated the choosing these destinations? tt9: egyptians mediated the cease—fire. they are key in the question, it was israel in 1979 that recognised egypt, israel in 1979 that recognised egypt. egypt israel in 1979 that recognised egypt, egypt in 1979 that recognised the state of israel and egypt is key in this. at the moment egypt has sent mediators to both gaza and the west bank to talk about what needs to happen for this cease—fire to become permanent. so the work of underpinning this cease—fire in the detailed work is done by egypt so that's my imported to go there. the jordanians another key out ally in the region. it's interesting the ——

jordan is also being seen as a country to support this cease—fire. we've covered the situation in belarus and spoken to laura in jerusalem. next we turn to the former leader of man mar. the former leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi has appeared in court for the first time since her government was overthrown in february by the military. she has been under house arrest for the past sixteen weeks. these are the first images that were released of the court hearing. you can see aung san suu kyi sitting there along side the former president who was also ousted at the same time. before the court hearing she could meet her lawyers in person for the first time. here they are shortly afterwards. translation: we took instructions, but 30 minutes is too short - because there are many charges to discuss. aung san suu kyi faces

several charges. her lawyer says she does not know where she is being detained, so she has been completely sealed off, they are not really sure how much she knows about what is going on but her ally, who is to along with her, has told his lawyers that in fact they have been told nothing at all and have been told nothing at all and have no sources of information. they've been held now for 16 weeks. it was the first time she was allowed to leave that secret place of detention somewhere in the capital. it was the first time she got to meet her lawyers, this has been a real source of concern for her that there have been at least five court hearings and a number that have been adjourned. and until now she's never actually been able to meet her lawyers in person. she faces several _ to meet her lawyers in person. she faces several charges, that include illegally importing hand—held radios and breaching coronavirus rules.

about six charges that carry multiple years in prison. and nobody really is under any illusions that there's going to be fair court process for her. most outsiders look at this and see these various charges that range from the trivial to the really quite serious as a device to somehow disable her from any future contest in an election the military has talked about holding elections at some point in the future and it's quite clear they would not do that if she had given her popularity was able to contest it. the most recent election was towards the end of last year. they accuse aung san suu kyi's party of election fraud. international observers say the election was fairly won. since the coup in february the military has cracked down. more than 800 people have been killed and more than 4,000 detained. and that includes an americanjournalist who was detained as they tried to leave the country. the editor of the magazine frontier

myanmar coming here is his colleague at the magazine. irate myanmar coming here is his colleague at the magazine.— at the magazine. we are extremely concerned. — at the magazine. we are extremely concerned, once _ at the magazine. we are extremely concerned, once people _ at the magazine. we are extremely concerned, once people are - at the magazine. we are extremely concerned, once people are insidel concerned, once people are inside prison it's very hard to contact them. detaining foreignjournalists them. detaining foreign journalists and them. detaining foreignjournalists and holding them prisoner is up in the military and the government in myanmar would previously not do. so this is a huge escalation, and religious shows the extreme measures they are going to to control the narrative in the midst of what it knows is a really huge popular opposition to its rule. hat knows is a really huge popular opposition to its rule.- knows is a really huge popular opposition to its rule. not to a story getting _ opposition to its rule. not to a story getting a _ opposition to its rule. not to a story getting a lot _ opposition to its rule. not to a story getting a lot of— opposition to its rule. not to a story getting a lot of attention j story getting a lot of attention since saturday night. the lead singer of italy's eurovision winning band has tested negative for drugs. he had come under suspicion after this footage was broadcast of him celebrating the victory in a particular way. the

singer had vigorously denied claims of drug taking and offered to take a drugs test as he has now done. fin drugs test as he has now done. on the night, television pictures showed him dip his head to the table for a few moments, and there was speculation online and the press room that he had been taking drugs. afterwards he was asked about in the press conference, we were there and he said i did not take drugs, by band—mate rocha glass and i was leaning down to clear it up. and we just had this statement from the organisers when they said following these allegations of drug use in the green room the broadcasters requested through the italian delegation a thorough review of the facts, so they studied all of the available footage and a drug test was also voluntarily undertaken earlier today by the lead singer. that has returned a negative result. and they go a little bit further than this and they say that no drug

use took place in the green room and we consider the matter closed. 50 we consider the matter closed. so that has clear that up. see you in a couple of minutes. hello. let's start with a little bit of good news, the weather towards the end of this week bucks the trend for what we have seen so far this month. and things are looking a good deal drier. we got high pressure on the weather chart and because it's to the east of us we will also be drawing in something a little bit warmer. temperatures across the uk a bit more typical of where they should be at the end of may. bear that in mind if you do get caught by some of the downpours that will be around to get on tuesday. slightly different areas and that does mean for some of us where it is but on monday it will be drier. after at the moment still got some of the downpours around from earlier ron and through the night for the operas of rain passed in scotland, especially but clear skies to the

south and west we will see some of the lowest temperatures into the morning. a chilly start for some of you but a brighter start across southern counties of england, wales and into northern ireland. so plenty of cloud reports of scotland and other england and its ear with the focus of showers before coming heavy and thundery and a few showers the restaurant in scotland a much brighter and milder day that we saw through monday. that's even with a northerly wind. bit of a breeze coming from the north and northwest of that will limit the temperature rise but it will be so nice enough if you have with the shower to get into the sunshine across some southern and western areas. we will finish the days down here without breaks of longest rolls of rain spending towards the channel islands into the evening. fitting off into northern france for the night into wednesday. lopressor stills of the east of us in a cool breeze blowing down eastern parts of scotland is here with her would be the focus for the heaviest of the afternoon showers. one or two showers to the south and west but more places will be dry, temperatures starting to climb. it will climb a bit further as we head further into thursday,

area of high pressure trying to build but not strong enough to keep this weather front at bay. that will bring some spells of rain into ireland and turning away instantly northern ireland through the day with some heavy rain and gusty winds. the rain in western fringes but much of scotland will stay dry and temperatures a bit more widely into the upper teens. getting closer to where we should be and that trend continues as we go through friday and into the bank holiday weekend. not completely dry but there will be a lot more in the way of dry weather around and as i said it will certainly feel a little bit warmer thanit certainly feel a little bit warmer than it has done so far.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. european union leaders are considering sanctions against belarus for hijacking and aircraft to detain a journalist. there will be a strong answer because it is outrageous heavier and lukashenko has to understand this will have severe consequences. —— it is outrageous behaviour. the ryanair the rya nair flight was the ryanair flight was forced to land in minsk, claiming a bomb threat which turned out to be fake. it is understood the target was a critic of the russian president. when you find out your son has been seized _ when you find out your son has been seized in— when you find out your son has been seized in such a vile terrorist manner— seized in such a vile terrorist manner and they say they will put him away— manner and they say they will put him away for a long time and he will even _ him away for a long time and he will even get _ him away for a long time and he will even get the death penalty, that is really— even get the death penalty, that is

really hard. belarus is insisting its actions fully met international rules but thatis fully met international rules but that is heavily disputed. also on the programme, we've been hearing about the us secretary of state antony blinken and how he is on his way to the middle east. of it his priority is to ensure the four—day—old ceasefire between hamas and israel holds. —— officials say that. and we will find out how scientists are using dogs to detect covid—19, these dogs can sniff the odour produced by people with the virus with 94% accuracy. let's return to our top story. the eu is meeting to discuss their response to belarus' diverting a plane flying over its territory to arrest a belarussian opposition journalist who was living in exile.

ursula von der leyen, president of the eu commission, says there will be severe consequences and we have had in the last hour from the belarussian foreign ministry which tells us the journals, roman protasevich, is now injail in minsk. here's the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale on the eu. this is a step change. this is notjust putting some more pressure and sanctions on belarus because of what it's doing internally, in terms of its human rights abuses and rigged elections and so on. this is something that belarus has done externally to a civilian airline that was flying between two european capitals, two nato capitals, so they know they have to step up the pressure and do it in a way that is significant. it's becoming clear that increasing the level sanctions against belarus is certain to happen now. here's jean mackenzie. already the eu has sanctioned dozens of individuals in belarus, including the president lukashenko, but the view is that these have had

very limited impact so far. they've been individual sanctions, they've not exerted that much pressure on the regime, so there is now some agreement that these need to be toughened up and expanded, so they could well look to sanction some of the businesspeople who finance the regime in belarus, or implement more widespread economic sanctions that would put more pressure on the regime. these have so far been avoided because of the impact they do have on ordinary people. another option for the eu is taking action on belarus's airspace — it could declare it �*unsafe' and banning its national airline from its airports. the uk, which is of course outside of the eu, has already made both of those moves. lithuania is one eu member saying it wants the eu to do the same. here's james landale again. it has to be, i think, some action in the airspace area, so we've already seen some countries doing it unilaterally in terms

of saying they're going to ban the belarussian air carrier from their particular airports, they're going to advise their own flights not to cross into belarussian airspace. but whether or not that expands into a proper, a complete ban from the european union, so if you say to belarus, "you cannot fly any of your aircraft into the european union," but also potentially, "you can't even cross on the ground," and you restrict ground transit. now, that would have a significant impact. let's try and understand that impact with the help ofjohn grant, an aviation consultant. what we have to be cognizant of is it's a relatively small country but it's an important piece of airspace that lots of european airlines fly over towards asia, and particularly china and south korea. and at this time of day, in pre—pandemic times, there would have been lots of wide—body passenger services flying through belarus airspace. they can take an alternate route in,

of course, but i think we'll see more political action around other factors in commercial aviation. if they're going to do something, you know, it would be really interesting if the regulator impounded a belavia aircraft somewhere on the ground in russia, or perhaps the regulators applied more spot checks on belavia aircraft when they were at european airports, just for the inconvenience sake. there's another factor to look at in this story: russia — a key ally of belarus. russia has slammed the countries criticising this as hypocrites, citing this incident — the 2013 flight from moscow that was carrying bolivian president evo morales and was diverted to austria after reports us intelligence leaker edward snowden might be on board. and earlier, russian defence minister sergei lavrov refused to condemn what happened.

translation: we believe this situation should not be - looked at in a hurry. we need to have all the information before we make anyjudgments - because the press secretary- of the foreign ministry of belarus has made a detailed comment. he said that belarus- would like to act transparently in this matter and follow - all international law procedures. some might say russia could well have been involved. here's dominic raab, uk foreign secretary. i'll be careful what i say at this point, but as he says, it's very difficult to believe that this kind of action could have been taken without at least the acquiescence of the authorities in moscow. but as i say, it's unclear as yet. there is no confirmation

of russian involvement. but there is a concern that sanctions on belarus would drive the country further towards russia. here's our russia correspondent, steve rosenberg, saying moscow is watching and waiting. it has never been that easy, from a western perspective may it is, the element but it has ever been a reliable ally, for many years lukashenko was juggling between europe, china and turning to various sides to secure his interests, and, you know, last year there was an incident where 33 russian citizens, allegedly members of a private military company, were detained in belorussia, that raised eyebrows in

moscow. but still russia supports lukashenko in this time it seems to back lukashenko's official line on the reasons for doubting that plane. so maybe it will finally push lukashenko into moscow's hands but we don't know for how long. typically, some people have been suggesting this move could not have happened without written approval of —— to be clear. from what you're saying they are overstating the level of involvement russia would have to have had? for level of involvement russia would have to have had?— level of involvement russia would have to have had? for years, moscow has been pushing _ have to have had? for years, moscow has been pushing for— have to have had? for years, moscow has been pushing for minsk— have to have had? for years, moscow has been pushing for minsk to - have to have had? for years, moscow has been pushing for minsk to get - has been pushing for minsk to get more integration, but mr lukashenko is pursuing his line for years. and also, yesterday, there were news that four people, four russian citizens, did not board back on this plane on the way to lithuania, but since then there has been no official confirmation or denial from

any of the sites, so still there are more questions and answers in that story. more questions and answers in that sto . : :, more questions and answers in that sto .: :, , story. and more broadly, when we look at the — story. and more broadly, when we look at the opposition _ story. and more broadly, when we look at the opposition belarus, - story. and more broadly, when we look at the opposition belarus, wej look at the opposition belarus, we talked about this a lot in recent months, for a while they were huge protests. where has the opposition got to know inside belarus in trying to overturn that election from last year? to overturn that election from last ear? , , year? yes, indeed, they were huge arotests year? yes, indeed, they were huge protests and _ year? yes, indeed, they were huge protests and then _ year? yes, indeed, they were huge protests and then there _ year? yes, indeed, they were huge protests and then there was - year? yes, indeed, they were huge protests and then there was a - year? yes, indeed, they were huge protests and then there was a huge crackdown on opposition, and then there were further protests and further crackdowns. so now most of the leaders are either in prison or they have had to flee the country. thousands of people were detained, hundreds were put under investigation, were put on trial. dozens of people reported that they went through terrible experiences in the belarussian presence. and also today we heard that legislation in belarus on media and mass gatherings has an even stricter, so now it's almost impossible to organise opposition or get, its practically

impossible to organise opposition gathering in belarus. so there is this... this thought of protest, but it seems there is almost no way we can execute it, who can lead it from within the country.— can execute it, who can lead it from within the country. across the united states almost 20 thousand migrant children are being held in detention camps, after entering the country illegally — many of them, having travelled alone from central america. a bbc team has heard accounts from children, of being neglected — and held in cold and filthy conditions. hillary andersson's report begins on america's southern border. midnight on the rio grande. smugglers carry migrants across to the land that they've dreamt of. but this is a night of fear. many of the adults will be

deported in the morning. there are children here too, travelling alone. most of them will stay. jordi has fled violent gangs in guatemala. tonight, he has a new dread — america's camps for migrant children. this is donna, texas. these tents held almost 4,000 children earlier this spring. these, the notorious cubicles the migrants call ice boxes. journalists haven't been allowed to speak to children inside to tell their stories. but we've tracked down children who have been released. ariani, ten years old, was about to see her mother for the first time since she was four, after a harrowing ordeal. this a few weeks ago. she says they're not sure because they can't recognise her, but it is her. ariani fled violence in honduras, then spent weeks in donna.

to paola, 16 years old, who was in the same camp, it was a child jail. lights were on all night, children cried incessantly and were left filthy. now a mass movement of children is under way. we obtained flight logs.

here, children are about to be flown to a set of new and secretive detention sites around the country. cindy was transported out of donna with 40 girls, all sick with covid. cindy was flown 1,500 miles away to a new detention site in california. there are 14 new facilities set up to reduce overcrowding. we set out to find them. this is a camp with a capacity for 10,000 children in el paso, texas. we've been told hundreds of children are being isolated in tents for covid, scabies and lice, and there's at least one allegation of sexual abuse. an official document indicates children under six may be sent here. in the heart of downtown dallas, we'd heard that hundreds of teenage boys

were being held here in the convention centre. we asked for access, but no. staff have to sign agreements that they won't talk about what goes on inside. so, they've asked us to leave the premises. they don't want anyone filming anything around this place, and no one will give us any reasons for the secrecy. this man who worked inside spoke to us on the condition of anonymity. the boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. they go to bed hungry, it's freezing cold. no recreational time outside, none of that, no fresh air, no nothing. how do the boys cope with that? how can they cope? they're all depressed. i heard the other day that several were contemplating suicide because of the conditions here. this, a rare glimpse inside, was secretly shot and given to us. children spend on average

a month in the new facilities. responding to the allegations of neglect, the government told the bbc that the children have access to nutritious food, recreation and are being kept in a healthy environment. ariani drew pictures in detention of love hearts and flowers to fight off her sadness. many nights now, she wakes up screaming. ariani, once bubbly, has become withdrawn. like thousands, she may bear scars of her detention for life. hilary andersson, bbc news. inafew in a few minutes an outside source, we will turn our attention back to the us, where events are being held nearly a year to the day after the king of george floyd, his death as you know triggered mass protests around the world. —— the killing of

george floyd. individual has taken place for rb, black lives matter activist who is in critical condition after being shotin in critical condition after being shot in the head. —— a vigil has taken place for a prominent black lives matter activists. police say there is no indication the shooting was targeted. as they gather together, praying and reflecting on the shocking events of the weekend, their message was clear. today, friends and family held a vigil for mother of to sasha johnson, the latest victim of a gun attack in south london in a critical condition in hospital. the 27—year—old black lives matter campaigner had been at a party in peckham when she was shot in the head in the early hours of sunday morning. the political party she is a member of, the taking the

initiative party, said she had received a number of death threats in the past. but police said there was no evidence she was the target of the shooting.— of the shooting. thank you all for cominr of the shooting. thank you all for coming today- — of the shooting. thank you all for coming today- i _ of the shooting. thank you all for coming today. i appreciate - of the shooting. thank you all for coming today. i appreciate it. - of the shooting. thank you all for i coming today. i appreciate it. sasha johnson is a — coming today. i appreciate it. sasha johnson is a tireless _ coming today. i appreciate it. sasha johnson is a tireless antiracism - johnson is a tireless antiracism activist. she organised the black lives matter protest in oxford last summer and has spoken about living in a more equal society where her sons would be accepted. friends say she is never afraid to call that injustice. she is never afraid to call that in'ustice. �* , , , injustice. i've seen her because i worked alongside _ injustice. i've seen her because i worked alongside her— injustice. i've seen her because i worked alongside her as - injustice. i've seen her because i worked alongside her as a - injustice. i've seen her because i worked alongside her as a youth | worked alongside her as a youth worker, — worked alongside her as a youth worker, and the way she just interacts. _ worker, and the way she just interacts, when you see her in youth worka _ interacts, when you see her in youth work, kindest, young people cleave to her. _ work, kindest, young people cleave to her. she — work, kindest, young people cleave to her, she is like a little magnet for them — to her, she is like a little magnet for them. yeah.— to her, she is like a little magnet for them. yeah. tonight she remains in hos-ital for them. yeah. tonight she remains in hospital after— for them. yeah. tonight she remains in hospital after undergoing - in hospital after undergoing successful surgery, with her parents by her side.

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is.. european union leaders are considering sanctions against belarus for a hijacking aircraft in order to detain a dissident journalist, who is now being held in minsk. on tuesday it will be one year since george floyd was murdered by a minneapolis police officer. derek chauvin knelt on george floyd's neck for over nine minutes. he was found guilty on three charges, including second—degree murder, earlier this year. there is a week of commemorations planned. today it's a day of virtual action. designed to put pressure on politicians to push through police reform.

on sunday there was a rally in minneapolis called one year, what's changed? here's george floyd's sister at the rally. i will be the voice for him. i will stand and be the change for him. i will stand and continue to be the legacy for him. here's barbara plett usher who was at the rally. the killing of george floyd was such a pivotal moment for race relations in the city in this country, and its inspired passionate debate about what to do with policing and police reform, so this is a moment to take stock for the future and to pay tribute. while some changes have happened in the past year, some police forces have banned choke holds and there is a database for complaint about use of force. but campaigners are focusing on something bigger, those around policing. this is civil rights activist reverend al

sharpton. convicting derek chovet is not enough. — sharpton. convicting derek chovet is not enough. we _ sharpton. convicting derek chovet is not enough, we need _ sharpton. convicting derek chovet is not enough, we need federal - not enough, we need federal legislation. —— derek chauvin. there is a crucial moment of accountability about a month ago, when derek chauvin was convicted of murder, it felt like the city heaved a collective sigh of relief but polls show the majority of americans believe policing and racial injustice have only improved marginally since this time last year, and in washington a bill on police reform named after george floyd is a in congress. —— is stuck in congress. this bill is called the george floyd justice in policing act. here's some of what it aims to do. limits unnecessary use of force, such as restricting the use of chokeholds. it lowers the criminal intent from willing to reckless to convict a police officer.

there would be a framework to prevent racial profiling and it would create a national registry to compile data and records of police misconduct. ck hoffler is a lawyer and the president of the national bar association. thank you forjoining us. as a list the measures in that bill if it passes congress, does it seem like a satisfactory response to george floyd's death? yet first, thank —— first, thank you for having me. but added that it is important to pass legislation in the us that would address some of the issues that occur during george floyd's murder, but it also would address what happened for instance with breonna taylor, and others. all of these excessive use of force cases that we have seen throughout the us, this federal legislation in its current format would address some of those concerns. it was drafted, after all, by members of the congressional black caucus based on their input from communities and knowing the types of issues that need to be

confronted, that their communities are confronted when it comes to excessive use of force. i think it's an important first step but we also need to continue to put on a state wide level and on a local level to make sure there is real change that will be long lasting. t make sure there is real change that will be long lasting.— will be long lasting. i was going to ask ou will be long lasting. i was going to ask you about _ will be long lasting. i was going to ask you about the _ will be long lasting. i was going to ask you about the state _ will be long lasting. i was going to ask you about the state level - ask you about the state level reform, because a lot of people look at us policing and argue, federal action games headline but if you want real change commits that a state level that you need to do it. i think you have to do both, but certainly you have to do upon a state level. as president of the national bar association i was approached by the governor of minnesota and we've given him our advice on a document of the things they need to do, as you know, are members of the national bar association are leading the fight, many members of the national bar association and leadership of the national bar association, so we put together a document for the governor of minnesota based on his request and we plan on doing that in

multiple states throughout the country because they need to hear from lawyers who are in the trenches as to what, from a practical standpoint, is going to make a difference put up so it's important to put on a state—wide level but it's critically important to pass federal legislation because of that goes even broader, sometimes combine what states are prepared to do. and we still need community organisations, grassroots organisations, grassroots organisations to keep fighting and protesting and push for police reform, so all of the above are important. reform, so all of the above are important-— reform, so all of the above are important. reform, so all of the above are im-ortant. ~ :, , :, ,, _, important. we really appreciate you “oininr us. important. we really appreciate you joining us- let's _ important. we really appreciate you joining us. let's catch _ important. we really appreciate you joining us. let's catch up— important. we really appreciate you joining us. let's catch up again - joining us. let's catch up again soon as this discussion continues. now — to a fascinating development dogs could become another way of trying to prevent the spread of covid 19 — because researchers have found that some breeds can be trained, to smell the virus on humans. 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. dominic hughes, bbc news. and that ends this edition of outside source. thanks for watching,

see you tomorrow. goodbye. hello, lets start with a little bit of good news for that of the weather towards the end of this week bucks the trend from what we have seen so far this month, the trend from what we have seen so farthis month, in the trend from what we have seen so far this month, in that things are looking a good deal drier, not completely dry but instead of big areas of low pressure that brings lots of showers, we have high pressure on the weather chart and because it's to the east of us, we will also draw in something a little warmer, temperatures across the uk a bit more typical of where they should be at the end of may. so bear that in mind if you do get caught by some of the dampers that will be around again on tuesday. set the different areas, meaning for some of you were to on monday, it will be drier. at the moment we still have some downpours around from earlier on, and through the night, further

breaks of rain for parts of scotland, northern england, north midlands, but clear skies to the south and west, where we will see some of the lowest temperatures into the morning, a chilly start for some of you. but a brighter state across southern counties of england, wales, and into northern ireland. still plenty of cloud through parts of scotland and northern england and here there will be some showers, becoming heavy and thundery into the afternoon, though fewer showers across northern scotland, much brighter and milder day than we saw through monday, that's even with a northerly wind. it of a breeze coming in from the north and north—west and that will limit the temperature rise, but it will still be nice enough if you have either shares and get into the sunshine across southern and western areas. we will finish the day and cornwall and devon with longer spells of rain, toured the channel islands and the evening, then fading off into northern france through the night and into wednesday. wednesday, low pressure east of us, cool breeze blowing down in the eastern part of scotland and england, he will be the focus of the heaviest showers, one

or two showers to the south and west on wednesday, more places will be dry and temperature starting to climb full so they will climb a bit further as we head into thursday, an area of high pressure trying to build, but not strong enough to keep this weather front at bay. that will bring some spells of rain into ireland, turning wet, certainly, in northern ireland through the day with some heavy rain and gusty winds. there could be some rain in western fringes of great britain but much of scotland, england and wales will stay dry and look at the temperatures, a bit more widely into the upper teens. getting closer to where we should be and that trend continues as we go through friday and into bank holiday weekend. it would become put the dry but a lot more in the way of dry weather around and it will certainly feel a bit warmer than it hasn't so far. —— it will not be completely dry.

this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at eight... eu leaders consider sanctions against belarus for hijacking an aircraft to detain a journalist. ursula von der leyen says there will be severe consequences. there there will be severe consequences. will be a very s because there will be a very strong answer because it is out rangers behaviour and the lukashenko regime has to understand that this will have severe consequences. here, british flights are told to avoid belarussian air—space and the uk foreign secretary says international law has been breached it represents a danger to civilian flights everywhere and it is an egregious and extraordinary departure from the international law

and international practice that