a welcome to bbc news, i'm ben boulos. our top stories. a belarussian journalist arrested in minsk following the forced diversion of his flight appears in a video, apparently under duress. european leaders ban belarussian airlines from eu airspace and draw up targeted sanctions against officials. in gaza, we meet one community grieving the loss of their children in the recent clashes with israel. the us prepares to mark the first anniversary of the murder of african american george floyd, which prompted global demonstrations against police brutality. max mosley, the former head of formula one's governing body, and campaigner for tougher regulation of the press, has died at 81. and the italian winner of this year's eurovision song contest passes a drugs test,

halting rumours he took cocaine at the event. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the belarussian opposition journalist roman protasevich, who was arrested after the authorities forced his flight to divert to minsk, has appeared in a video, apparently confessing to organising mass protests against the president. in the statement, mr protasevich says he's being treated well and is co—operating with investigators. his forehead looks bruised — his colleagues say he's been beaten. the footage of mr protasevich was shown as eu leaders met in brussels to discuss how to respond to the incident. they've agreed to impose further sanctions on belarus.

our europe correspondent, jean mckenzie has the latest. 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 for running an opposition news channel on the social media platform telegram. it's used to organise 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 is 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, 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. 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.

both sides are counting 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, in gaza, where a young man and seven children were killed. a warning — his report contains some extremely distressing images. it's not big enough to have a proper name. 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 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.

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 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. 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 not just unresolved — it is not even frozen.

jeremy bowen, bbc news, gaza. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: have relations between african—americans and the police improved, as the us prepares to mark the first anniversary of the murder of george floyd. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, 30 million have tried to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues began at 7am. scuffles led to fighting led to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area into the juventus enclosure, the belgian police lost control. the whole world will mourn this

tragic death of mr nehru. - he was the father. of the indian people. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has left the spice girls. i don't believe it, i she is the one with the bounce, the girl power. not geri, why? this is bbc news, the latest headlines. a belarussian journalist arrested in minsk following the forced diversion of his flight has appeared in a video, apparently under duress. the eu has approveed sanctions on belarus. the us secretary of state heads to the middle east for talks, following the fighting between israel and palestinian militants. he says his priority is to build on the ceasefire. tuesday 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. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant is in minneapolis and gave us a sense of the atmosphere there. there's 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 reform. the sight of police dogs lunging at civil rights protesters in birmingham, alabama in 1963 led to landmark legislation the following year. selma, alabama, the site of police officers mercilessly beating protesters again, produced a landmark voting rights act. and activists here saw an equivalent historical moment. they have been pushing for the george floyd policing act. joe biden has also set tomorrow's anniversary as a deadline for that, but it'll pass without

the legislation being enacted, because there isn't the bipartisan support on capitol hill to get it passed. there is, though, a sense of determination that george floyd should notjust be memorialised with flowers, notjust be memorialised with this shrine, but be memorialised with legislation, police reform legislation that bears his name. earlier, i spoke with civil rights advocate, martin luther king iii — he told me there's still a long way to go to achieve real change. a first step would be of course to get the legislation, the george floyd policing act bill passed. and there is work being done by senator cory booker

of the democrats and a republican tim scott. there is work going on, certain provisions, i think there may be some challenges but i believe something has to be done. that's just a step. there are so many things that have to be done to address policing in america. there has to be tremendous psychological evaluations that need to be done. they need policemen hired from the communities that they live in. people need to police the communities that are from that community, they have a vested interest. there has to be a civilian review board and a civilian oversight board with the ability to subpoena, to hire and fire when incidents happen. there needs to be sensitivity, human relations and diversity training. and those are just some of the steps. this is a marathon, not a sprint. and for this to happen, a degree of momentum needs to be maintained to keep pushing forward. do you have a sense that the momentum is still there, like we saw in the weeks and months after the death

of george floyd last year? i certainly believe the momentum is there. it is not at the level meaning that every state... we had, as you know, demonstrations in every state of the united states, demonstrations all over europe, australia, on the african continent and south america and in canada. that level of demonstrations are not taking place but, listen, in the us there are many young people, black and white, hispanic, asian, who are not going to take this unjust behaviour any more. they are standing up and protesting. i must add that 89% of the protests we saw last year were peaceful. we talk about the 11% that ended up being violent and sometimes escalating into riots, but 89% of those protests were peaceful. i think those young people are going to continue to engage

until we see something happen. do you think the 2020s will be a decade that, long into the future, people look back on in the way that people now look back at the 1960s as a time there was a significant change in the civil rights movement? i think that's a possibility. we don't know yet. we saw derek chauvin convicted, which is good. three convictions. all of that is positive steps. but that is one case, and that does not determine the direction of policing, the direction of the country. it helps to provide insight, but this is something that has to be worked on every day. it's a significant problem.

we even saw during the trial at least three shootings that took place in the last week of the trial, these incidents are not going to go away tomorrow. i wish i could wave a magic wand and change how policing is done. that's not going to happen, a lot of work we have to do in this country. you mentioned the trial and the impact of the conviction on those three counts. how important will the sentencing be, this week? that's going to be very important also. none of us have any idea. we know what the prosecution is actually looking for. and hopefully the judge will provide a significant sentence. i think it would be very tragic for a very light sentence. in fact, it would be destructive and could cause irreparable harm. i don't think that's going to be the case, i think it's going to be a responsible sentencing.

the winner of last month's election in samoa has been sworn into office in an extraordinary ceremony in a tent, after she was locked out of parliament by her opponent. the prime minister of neighbouring new zealand has appealed for calm and the un has asked that dialogue resolves the situation. mark lobel reports. locked out of parliament but swearing into power. this is western samoa's first female prime minister. the 64—year—old has broken barriers with her campaigning across the country, by engaging directly with voters, even inviting them into her home. she is no stranger inside the political pavilion, daughter of the country's first prime minister, she became its first female deputy prime

minister before this. but her first big outing, demoted to a tentin first big outing, demoted to a tent in parliament's gardens, during this turbulent transition. present too was the chiefjustice, representing the supreme court which has had to intervene during last month's election, the closest in samoa's history. 30 years since he was called to the bar, now finding himself barred from parliament. locked out by allies of the previous prime minister of 22 years, who has built up close relations with china, ignoring a court order to step down.— china, ignoring a court order to step down. appeals for calm came from _ to step down. appeals for calm came from nearby _ to step down. appeals for calm came from nearby new - to step down. appeals for calm l came from nearby new zealand. all we are doing is calling for the outcome and the wishes of samoa to be upheld and that is what the judiciary is doing

right now. what the judiciary is doing right "ow-— what the judiciary is doing riaht now. . , right now. rivals called the improvised _ right now. rivals called the improvised ceremony - right now. rivals called the | improvised ceremony illegal right now. rivals called the - improvised ceremony illegal and unlawful, as allies of the new prime minister were sworn in, one by one. they were visibly keen to get to work to serve this nation of 200,000, insisting that democracy must prevail, accusing their opponents of playing with fire. max mosley, who made his name as the head of formula 0ne'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 0swald 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 look 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. he was the son of 0swald 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. 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 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 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. his legacy is about what privacy should mean. his view? provided it is between consenting adults of sound mind and in private, then it's perfectly harmless.

the lead singer of italy's eurovision—winning band has tested negative for drugs. damiano david had come under suspicion after footage was broadcast of him celebrating the victory. the singer had vigorously denied claims of drug—taking. anna holligan has more. 0n the night, television pictures shows damiano david dip his head to the table for a few moments, and there was speculation online, in the press room, that he had been taking drugs. afterwards, he was asked about it in the press conference, we were there, he said, "i didn't take drugs, my band—mate, the guitarist, thomas, broke a glass and i was leaning down to clear it up." we just had the statement from ebu, the organisers. 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, damiano david. that has returned a negative result. now, they go a little bit further than this and they say, "no drug use took place in the green room and we consider the matter closed. we are all alarmed at the inaccurate speculation leading to fake news that's overshadowed the spirit, the outcome and unfairly affected the bands." and, before we go,it�*s a very special birthday for an american cultural icon. bob dylan, one of the most acclaimed and influential artists in american music, has celebrated his 80th birthday. the singer got his start in greenwich village in the 1960s, and is still making music today. he had a new album out last summer.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ ben m boulos hello. we know may has been wet, and now with less than a week to go, the met office says provisionalfigures indicate that wales, despite all of the sunshine to end monday, has had its wettest may on record — those records going back to 1862. wales will have a drier tuesday, but depending where you are, there'll be further heavy showers to dodge because low pressure, although it's moving into the north sea, is still close enough to produce some showers. there are changes on the horizon, we'll look at those in a moment. this is how we're starting off tuesday morning. a lot of cloud across scotland, northern england, through north wales, the midlands and on towards east anglia, where you could see patchy rain to begin with. elsewhere, a few sunny spells. the cloudy zone will brighten up, but this is where we're going to see some of those

heavy and possibly thundery showers, with the risk of hail during the day. quieter weather through much of wales, the midlands, into southeast england, bar the odd shower, and largely dry in northern ireland, but cornwall and devon clouding over with outbreaks of rain moving in. fairly breezy out there, and temperatures for the most part 12 to 16 celsius. tuesday evening brings some heavy showers towards the midlands and east anglia before the day is done. the rain clears away the far southwest of england, further outbreaks of rain pushing in towards southeast scotland and northeast england. wednesday starts where you're clear on a chillier note, some spots down into low single figures. and on wednesday, a few sunny spells around, but much of the east of the uk will be cloudy, and you could well see outbreaks of rain turning increasingly light and patchy as the day goes on. but through parts of scotland and northern england through the afternoon, there could be heavy and thundery showers. where you get the sunshine, though, it'll be a little warmer. still quite chilly as thursday begins under largely clear skies.

there'll be a weather system trying to approach from the west. some uncertainty about how far it'll get in during daylight hours, but it could well bring cloud and rain into at least parts of northern ireland. but where you stay dry, with sunny spells, it'll be a touch warmer still. that weather front to the west will die a death, and we're left with building high pressure going into the weekend, and that'll bring rather more settled weather than we've had of late. not completely dry — there may be a weather system approaching from the west later on bank holiday monday. but for most of us, this weekend looks drier and warmer.

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the headlines: the belarusian journalist arrested in minsk following the forced diversion of his flight has appeared in a video statement — confessing that he provoked mass protests. it appears to have been made under duress. eu leaders have now banned belarusian airlines from its airspace and are drawing up targeted sanctions. the us secretary of state, antony blinken is on his way to the middle east for talks following the fighting between israel and palestinian militants. state department officials say his priority will be to build on the ceasefire. the us is preparing to mark the first anniversary of the murder of george floyd — which prompted global demonstrations against police brutality. relatives and supporters of mr floyd have held a rally that started outside the county building where former officer, derek chauvin was convicted.