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tonight at ten, belarus is accused of state—sponsored hijacking, following the forced re—routing of a ryanair flight. the plane was on its way from athens to vilnius when it was diverted to minsk because the belarus authorities wanted to detain one of the passengers. the journalist roman protasevich is a well—known critic of the regime in belarus. his arrest was witnessed by other passengers. super scared. i looked at him directly into his eyes and it was very sad. tonight eu leaders are discussing a flight ban on the national airline of belarus along with other sanctions, as the uk added its voice. the scenario as reported is a shocking assault on civil aviation and an assault on international law.
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we'll have the latest on the growing international condemnation of belarus and the actions of president lukashenko. also tonight... max mosley, the former head of formula 1's governing body and campaignerfor tougher regulation of the press, has died at 81. in gaza, we meet one community grieving the loss of seven children and one young man in the recent clashes with israel. levelling up. what does it mean and how might it work? we visit hull to try to find out. and we speak to the 20—year—old english footballer who's climbed to great heights in record time. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, another honour for pep guardiola. after clinching the premier league title, the manchester city boss is named manager of the year among his peers.
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good evening. the government of belarus is facing a range of new sanctions following the forced re—routing of a ryanair flight in order to capture one of the passengers on board. he is roman protasevich, a 26—year—old journalist who's a well—known critic of the belarus head of state, president lukashenko, and his regime. the incident was described by ryanair�*s boss as "state—sponsored hijacking". the ryanair flight was on its way from athens to vilnius in lithuania, when it was forced to divert to minsk, the capital of belarus. on arrival there, mr protasevich and his girlfriend were arrested. the british government has ordered planes to avoid belarus airspace, and member states of the eu are considering their own response tonight. our europe correspondent jean mckenzie has the latest.
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armed police greet the arrivals on board the plane belarus is accused of hijacking, all to capture this young man — roman protasevich. a journalist and political refugee, he 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. his father has described his son's capture as a terrorist act. translation: we hope that he will cope. - we hope that he will stay himself, not give in to any of their tricks. we are afraid to even think about it, but it's possible he could be beaten and tortured. this evening, authorities have released a video of roman, where he makes various confessions. we're not showing it, as it looks like he's been filmed under duress. he's bruised and says police are treating him correctly. roman is wanted by authorities
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for running an opposition news channel on the social media platform telegram. it's used to organised protests in belarus and to broadcast them. the protests exploded during last summer's election, when belarus's long—time leader president lukashenko claimed yet another disputed victory. back then, we witnessed peaceful protesters being dragged off the streets of the capital. since, hundreds ofjournalists and opposition politicians have been imprisoned. roman is the latest target. they endangered the lives of 171 passengersjust because of roman protasevich. and we were sure that to fly between two un member states was safe, but it turns out that it's not. the chief executive of ryanair this morning spoke of his anger. this was a case of state—sponsored... it was a state—sponsored hijack, it was state—sponsored piracy. i think it was very frightening for the crew, for the passengers,
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who were held under armed guard, had their bags searched. speaking in the house of commons earlier, the foreign secretary said mr lukashenko�*s government must be held accountable for its reckless behaviour. the scenario as reported is a shocking assault on civil aviation and an assault on international law. it represents a danger to civilian flights everywhere. the uk government has told airlines to avoid belarussian air space, while uk airports have suspended flights from belarus. tonight, eu leaders have decided similar, to ban belarussian planes from using both their airports and their airspace, determined to show that hijacking a plane does not go unpunished. eu leaders havejust eu leaders have just finished eu leaders havejust finished their meeting here in brussels this evening, and they have agreed on a list of measures against belarus. these consequences we have been
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hearing about all day. first of all there is the retaliation in the sky. belarussian airlines are to be banned from using notjust eu airports but also eu airspace, and eu carriers are being told not to use belarussian airspace. this will in theory harm president lukashenko�*s regime, but it would also hurt belarussian citizens who want to leave the country. more sanctions are on the way, they will be decided as soon as possible. the eu have already sanctioned dozens of individuals in belarus, including president lukashenko himself. it will be interesting to see now who is on this new list of sanctions and then we will get a better idea of how far the eu is prepared to go to punish and pressurise the regime. gene, many thanks for the latest on those deliberations in brussels tonight.
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max mosley, who made his name as the head of formula i's governing body, has died at the age of 81. he'd been suffering from cancer. as the son of the british fascist leader sir oswald mosley, he embraced motor sport as he said its fans didn't care about his background. in later years he became a prominent privacy campaigner after a high—profile case against the news of the world. the paper had alleged that he'd taken part in a nazi—themed orgy. mr mosley won damages for libel and invasion of privacy. our home editor mark easton looks back at his life. max mosley was many things. a racing driver who went on to run motorsport, a barrister who helped change britain's laws on privacy, and a suave family man with a secret double life. their nazi lie was completely invented and had nojustification. he was the son of oswald mosley, leader of the british union of fascists, and his mother, lady diana, described by one newspaper is an "unrepentant nazi". "all my life, i've had hanging over me my antecedents, my parents," max mosley once said.
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he went into motor racing, a world where people didn't care about his parental background. he briefly competed as a driver before concluding he wasn't quick enough and, instead, helped start the car manufacturer march engineering and became a representative on the formula one constructors' association. his abilities and charm made him an effective advocate and, in the 1990s, he became head of the fia, the body representing the interests of motorsport. it was a role he held for 16 years. today, former formula one boss bernie ecclestone said, "it's like losing family, like losing a brother. "he did a lot of good things, he was very good in making sure people built cars that were safe." in 2008, while still head of the fia, the news of the world newspaper splashed a story claiming mosley had been involved in a sex act involving five women, one of whom was wearing a military uniform. although his wife and family knew
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nothing of his penchant for sadomasochism, mosley was unashamed and took the paper to court for breach of privacy and won. i've been doing this for 45 years and there had never been a hint, nobody knew. mosley then took the uk government to the european court of human rights, arguing newspapers should warn people before exposing their private lives. he lost, but the case led him to use some of his considerable family fortune to support victims of the fleet street phone—hacking scandal. max mosley is effectively the author of modern privacy law. his case, which he brought against the news of the world, and his subsequent supporting of hacked off will be seen, i think, in the future as a golden thread that actually led to where we are with privacy today. max mosley had the money and the attributes to change things. he flirted with politics, working with the conservatives in the �*80s and later supporting labour politicians like tom watson, with a donation of £500,000. but he will probably be
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remembered for his defence of his colourful sex life. they had no right to go into private premises and take pictures and films of adults engaged in activities which were no—one's business but those of the people concerned. max mosley�*s legacy is about what privacy should mean. his view? provided it's between consenting adults wanting who want to do it, who are of sound mind and it is in private, then it's perfectly harmless. max mosley, who's died at the age of 81. a vigil has taken place for a prominent black lives matter activist who's in a critical condition after being shot in the head. police say there is no evidence that 27—year—old sasha johnson was the intended target of the shooting in south london. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports.
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as they gathered 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—two 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 where she was shot in the head in the early hours of sunday morning. the political party she's a member of, the taking initiative party, said she'd received a number of death threats in the past, but police say there's no evidence that she was the target of the shooting. thank you for coming today. i appreciate it... sasha johnson is a tireless antiracism activist. she organised the black lives matter protests in oxford last summer and has spoken about living in a more equal society
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where her sons would be accepted. friends say she is never afraid to call out injustice. i've seen her — because i've worked alongside her as a youth worker in wolvercote — and the way she just interacts. when you see her in youth work, young people cleave to her. she's like a little magnet for them, yeah, yeah. tonight, she remains in hospital after undergoing successful surgery, with her parents by her side. adina campbell, bbc news. tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the murder of george floyd, the african—american who was killed while being detained by police in the state of minnesota. the images of the incident shocked people around the world, prompting millions to take part in global demonstrations against police brutality. our north america correspondent nick bryant is in the city of mineapolis.
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nick, how would you describe the atmosphere there ahead of this anniversary?— atmosphere there ahead of this anniversary? there is a sense of frustration _ anniversary? there is a sense of frustration and _ anniversary? there is a sense of frustration and anger— anniversary? there is a sense of frustration and anger that - anniversary? there is a sense of frustration and anger that not i anniversary? there is a sense of. frustration and anger that not more has changed over the last 12 months, because historically speaking, grievous acts of police brutality have been the catalyst for major perform. the sight of police dogs lunging at protesters in birmingham, and obama, led to a change in the law later in the year. activists here saw an equivalent historical moment. they have been pushing for the george floyd policing act. joe biden is also set tomorrow's anniversary as a deadline for that, but it will pass without the legislation being enacted, because there is support on capitol hill to get it passed. but there is a sense of determination that george floyd should notjust be memorialised with flowers, notjust be memorialised
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with a shrine, but be memorialised with a shrine, but be memorialised with legislation, police reform legislation that bears his name. nick bryant, head of the anniversary tomorrow. president biden has announced that the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is heading to the middle east to build on the ceasefire between the israelis and hamas, and to lay the groundwork for an eventual resumption of peace talks. mr blinken�*s visit comes as both sides count the cost of the recent conflict, which claimed the lives of more than 250 people, most of them in gaza. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, has been to a palestinian community near beit hanoun where a young man and seven children were killed. theirfamilies blame an israeli strike, but the israelis say the likelihood is that they were killed by a palestinian rocket. a warning — his report contains images that some viewers will find distressing. it's not big enough to have a proper name.
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locally, this place is called the end of masaridene street. it could be idyllic. but this is gaza, around 800 metres from the boundary wire with israel. on the 10th of may, the first day of the war, at around 6:30 in the evening, it turned into a small corner of hell. screaming you can hear the shock as he says, "god is greatest". allahu akbar... and then, "children, children". then "martyr" and "massacre, a new massacre". yusuf al—masri lays his dead seven—year—old son marwan next to the body of his other boy, ibrahim, who was 11. in all, seven children and
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a young man of 21 were killed. this is yusuf al—masri. like all the bereaved parents, he said the dead were martyrs forjerusalem, killed by israel. he accepted condolences the traditional way. his brother, still wounded in hospital, had three children killed. mohammed, yusuf�*s surviving son, said nothing and just listened.
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their homes were shelled during 11 days of war. by then, the community had fled. israel says it has no record of a strike at the time of that first attack. it says its assessment is that a palestinian rocket aimed at israel dropped short of its target. the family showed us shrapnel they said was from the bomb. independent experts who have seen these photos say they're fragments of airdropped precision munitions — not palestinian rockets. the two sides will not agree. how are you doing? as—salamu alaykum. another family in the village is mourning a son — ibrahim, who was 16. his father says israel
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broke their hearts and made them hate their lives when they took his boy. the eldest son, mohammed, showed me their home. ibrahim was working to pay for him to study to be a doctor. the women were in the garden, never leaving ibrahim's mother alone with her grief.
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more people arrived to offer condolences. palestinians don't believe israel's insistence that it works hard not to kill civilians, warning them to get out before some raids, like the one that destroyed this part of beit hanoun. as in the previous rounds of fighting between israel and hamas, the ceasefire is a pause. the conflict is notjust unresolved — it is not even frozen. jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza. the plight of one palestinian community in gaza, that was our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. the uk's third largest steel maker, liberty steel, has announced plans to sell off its plant in stocksbridge as part of restructuring plans, following the collapse of its main financial backer, greensill capital. liberty's owner, sanjeev gupta,
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is now struggling to finance his uk operations, and 5,000 steeljobs are at risk. mr gupta's global steel business is also under investigation by the serious fraud office. lancashire police say a gas explosion that killed a young child was caused by a gas pipe which had been cut inside a neighbouring property. two—year—old george hinds died in the blast in heysham just over a week ago. his parents and two others were also injured. officers say they're now treating it as a criminal investigation. the bbc board has announced a review of the corporation's policies on editorial matters and whistle—blowing following the dyson report into the circumstances surrounding the interview with diana, princess of wales in 1995. the chairman, richard sharp, says the board will look at the culture of the bbc to assess the effectiveness of policies and practice.
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he also confirmed there will be an investigation into why the journalist involved, martin bashir, was rehired in 2016. let's turn to today's news on the pandemic. the latest government figures show 2,439 new infections and three deaths in the latest 24—hour period. cases have been rising slowly over the past few weeks, and the number of people who have now died is 127,724. in the vaccination programme, 126,357 people have received a firstjab in the past 2a hours. in total, just over 38 million people have now had their firstjab. that's just over 72% of the uk adult population. 252,139 people had their second dose in the past 2a hours. it takes the overall number in that group to almost 23 million people, orjust over 43% of the uk adult population.
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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 — fees usually paid by local authorities. leaways school in east london caters for children with special needs, but parents and staff claim a lack of specialist teachers and therapists means some children don't get the support they need and leave without basic literacy skills. the school denies the allegations. our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the story. if my son stays there any longer, it will be detrimental to his health, his mental state. the school were making a profit from not meeting the needs of children. the building is often cold, with no playground, but leaways' biggest failing, say parents and teachers, is its treatment of pupils.
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ten—year—old javon has been at leaways for two years. his mother fought for him to attend a specialist school, as he has autism, but he hates it. just before we'd get into school, he would stop talking to me and then mute until i picked him up. and he wouldn't have said a word for that whole school day. despite raising concerns, statutory reviews of her son's needs and progress were delayed, and donna is haunted by whatjavon is going through. he's said... "why am i at leaways?" "what have i done to deserve this?" "i've done nothing wrong." "and i don't have autism." because, in his eyes, having autism is a negative thing because of what he's dealing with at leaways. and how do i explain to him i got it wrong?
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the school charges £53,000 per pupil each year, more than double what a child with special needs in mainstream schooling would receive. its owners had a £5 million operating profit last year. they include two men who used to run the firm 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. both lucy and leigh used to work as teachers at leaways. some of the pupils were leaving without being able to read, which is unforgivable. 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're putting the adults at risk, you're putting the children at risk. and there were incidents where staff members were seriously injured
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and required hospital treatment. would you be happy with a child you know going to leaways? no. no. leaways told us they were rated good by ofsted and always well staffed. they added... javon will not return to leaways in september. other parents have told us of similar concerns. michael buchanan, bbc news, east london. "levelling up" is boris johnson's familiar phrase for his stated goal of spreading wealth and jobs to the more disadvantged parts of the uk. but presicely how levelling up will work is still a matter of debate. according to a new report by the confederation of british industry, business and government should put the deep divisions of brexit
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behind them and focus on building a fairer, greener economy. tonight, we report from hull, where full—time workers earn an average salary of nearly £25,500 a year. that's around a quarter below the average for the south east of england. but when it comes to the unemployment rate, in hull, it's double that of the south east. our business editor, simonjack, takes a look at the challenges of levelling up. can the industries of the future generate the jobs needed in the places needed to make the promise of levelling up a reality? the blades on these turbines are made here in hull. staff numbers at this factory have risen from zero to 750 in just five years. i think it's brought a great sense of pride. it's already a proud city, of course, but it reenergised that city and brought it to life. because what we've seen over the course of the five years, we've been here on the site is that innovativeness
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and entrepreneurship come to grow, not only directly within the sector, but also those sectors that support our industry. the industry's growth has attracted hundreds of young engineers, like sheffield university graduate hannah. when i applied, there were 700 applicants for ten roles, and in the most recent year, i think there were 1300 applicants. university students, i know with covid and job opportunities have had a real impact, but also people are really warming to the idea of renewable energy and knowing it is such a sustainable career to go into and it's a lifelong career. so here's the recipe. you take a bit of hi—tech engineering and a young, established but growing industry, harness the local university, sprinkle in a bit of government incentive and procurement and, hey presto, you have economic growth and you have levelling up. sounds simple. of course, it's not simple. this youth project works with young people in hull city centre, and chief executive jj says
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there is a danger they will miss out on opportunities on their own doorstep. the reality is that most of our young people do not have those skills. there is no lack of ability, there is no lack of intellect. there is no lack of will. those jobs are here now, our young people are here now. they need those skills now, so it's a very simple, straightforward levelling up that could be done. outside, the idea of levelling up prompts a slightly weary response. they wanted to level us up for many years and have they done that? i don't think so. what does levelling up mean to you? it means that we are all fair, you know, we get a fair crack of the whip as well, that we are not left behind. transport and infrastructure are often seen as the obvious way to boost regional growth. that's not enough any more, according business groups. transport is great, we need it. better broadband is great, we need it. but we need to turn all of that into realjobs and real growth in skills and wages, if levelling up
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is going to mean anything to the people of this country. the political wind has shifted, thanks to promises the economic map will be redrawn. levelling up is hard to define and therefore may be hard to deliver. simonjack, bbc news, hull. manchester city picked up the premier league trophy yesterday. but this morning they were back in training ahead of what could be the biggest week in their history, when they play in the champions league final on saturday night. for midfielder phil foden, it all feels like a dream. he's just 20, and he's become one of the most highly rated players in english football. he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. he's the home—grown talent who's become one of football's best young players. 2a hours ago, phil foden was picking up his third premier league winners' medal with manchester city. today the 20—year—old telling me how much it meant in his breakthrough season. it felt more special for me, because obviously i played more games and scored more important goals, so i feel like i've come on in my game this year
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and been more myself. but yeah, still a lot to improve. foden�*s now preparing for the game of his life — city's first—ever champions league final against chelsea. not bad for a player who honed his skills here on the streets of nearby stockport, joining city aged just four. most of the time, it does feel like a dream. you know, i'd always laugh and joke with my mates about playing in the champions league final. i never thought that i would be playing in one, so yeah, it's all gone so quick, and i just want to enjoy the occasion as much as i can. i have been through the full academy, so i love this club and i've been here forever, so yeah, it's extra special for me, and i know what the fans feel at times. four years ago, the city star propelled england to glory in the under 17 world cup... commentator: foden! ..and many now hope he will prove just as pivotal for the senior side at the euros this summer. how realistic a chance do you think england have, given how many of their matches will be at home at wembley?
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i think a big chance.

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