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.

now on bbc news — monday in parliament. hello again and welcome to monday in parliament. as mps unite

to condemn belarus. the scenario as reported is a shocking assault on civil aviation, and an assault on international law. for a stay to hijack a civilian airline flight between two nato allies in order to arrest a journalist is an assault on the freedoms of the air, and of freedom of speech. also in this programme. the political fall out from the bbc�*s diana interview. the bbc now needs urgently to demonstrate that these l feelings have been addressed and that it can— never happen again. and. he shoots, he scores, now mps debate marcus rashford's food poverty campaign. it's a shocking reality that we live in a country where there is no shortage of food, only a shortage of money to pay for it. but first. what the foreign secretary calls "a reckless and dangerous breach of international law". airlines operating in the uk have been told to avoid belarussian airspace after a ryanair flight from athens was diverted from lithuania to belarus. a prominent critic of alexander lukashenko's government the journalist roman protasevich was removed from the flight in minsk and arrested. the belarus national airline has been banned from the uk and dominic raab told mps that further sanctions were being considered against the lukashenko administration. we are urgently seeking full details of precisely what took place in relation to flight f r 4978, but 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, and it is an egregious and extraordinary departure from the international law and international practice that guides international civil aviation under the chicago convention. the belarus ambassador had been called in for a dressing down and the uk was talking to its international partners. beyond the diplomatic tract we are actively considering and co—ordinate with our allies on further sanctions on those responsible for this outlandish conduct. to ensure the safety of air passengers however also worked with the transport secretary to issue a notice to all uk airlines to cease overflights of belarussian airspace, and to suspend the operating permit on the belarussian airline with immediate effect. he was responding to an urgent question from a senior conservative. this attack was a hijacking that turned into a kidnapping, and now is a serious violation of the human rights notjust

of roman protasevich, who has been held by the belarus authorities but by every passenger a member of the crew on that airliner. he said the plane was flying between two nato capitals. and it's vital to the security of the uk people that we stand strong against this, otherwise everyone flying to thailand, to australia, to many other destinations will have to wonder not only what they may have done, to offend a regime that they are flying over, but even what somebody else on the aircraft, somebody they have never met before has done. labour said that if dominic raab took a stand, he could count on their support. after yesterday's mono parity, i it's clear that lukashenko must be reckoned as an international threat, endanger not _ just to his own people - but to the citizens of other countries will stuff her estate to hijack a civilian airliner- flying between two nato allies in order to arrest a journalist i is an assault on the freedoms of the air and on freedom - of speech.

and less the consequences are special robust and - coordinated it will create - an extraordinarily dangerous precedent that will put journalist, dissidents. and activists from the uk - or anywhere else at risk every time they board a plane. can i ask also what assessment his department has made of russian involvement in this action, it seems unforeseeable that this could have just been a unilateral act by minsk, they were surely some russian involvement and what that have consequences for the russian state as well as the belarussian state when things are decided? we don't have any clear details on that, and i will be careful when i say come at this point. 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. from the violent crackdown on protesters last summerl to the terrible repression ofjournalists which of. course has now escalated, - to what is state—sponsored air piracy that has put civilians

at risk, it's clear— that the belarussian - authorities have no regard for democracy, for human rights or the rule of law. i the act with impunity. because they know that russia has their back. and while we would all love to believe that this will be i the last we hear of this, i think we all know - that that is unlikely. conservative mps were keen to stiffen the foreign secretary's resolve. now when adopting this aerial adaptation from the pugin playbook of how to deal with dissidents, lukashenko clearly was expecting an outcry. but we are already hearing suggestions that we must not be too harsh against belarus because otherwise we'll be driving him further into the russian embrace. will he ensure that no such argument of appeasement will be accepted by him and his fellow ministers? hear, hear! i can get my honourable friend exactly that assurance. a labour mp said lukashenko was a criminal who should be in prison.

i have a terrible fear that every time we discuss these regimes we are just throwing another snowball in a river, when are we going to take actual serious measures to make sure that these things do not go unpunished? i was not quite sure the action that we could take that which he thought we should take but i'm all open to suggestions in a spirit of openness and we need to marshal all of our resources. dominic raab. the bbc is to review its editorial practices and investigate how the journalist martin bashir was rehired, following an inquiry into his interview with diana, princess of wales. bashir lord dyson's report found the bbc covered up "deceitful behaviour" used by bashir to secure the interview. the bbc board accepted the findings in full and reiterated its apology. a culture minister told mps that the revelations over how

bashir faked documents to get in front of the royal and the cover up afterwards had made for "shocking reading". details notjust an appalling failure to uphold basic journalistic standards but also an unwillingness to investigate complaints and to discover the truth. at these failures occurred at our national broadcaster is an even greater source of shame. the new leadership of the bbc deserves credit for setting up an independent inquiry and for accepting it findings in full. however, the repetition of the bbc, its most precious asset has been bled the tarnished and it's right that the bbc board must act urgently so that our trust can be restored. the chair of the culture committee said the problems didn't stop 25 years ago... the bbc rehired him who they know was a liar, promoted him and extraordinarily allowed him to moonlight for the main commercial rival. mr munro had greeted the return by setting his excellent track record

in enterprising journalism. my sources suggest that mr bashir was not interviewed, just appointed. hardly a highly competitive process. labour said bashir should never have been allowed back onto the broadcaster's staff in 2016 but issued her own warning. we must remember. that the bbc is bigger than just martin bashir. it is bigger than panorama, i bigger than other programmes are even bigger than _ the current affairs department. the bbc is one of the most trusted sources of news . in the world and at a time - and trusted sources are more important than ever before. the secretary of state said in his piece and the timesl today that he would not bej making a kneejerk reaction to this incident and i - welcome that commitment. the new director general- and the chair of the bbc whose appointments were welcomed by the government have beenj imposed for less than a year. they need to be given- time to make the reforms

they have promised. another labour mp said it was right the bbc reviewed its practices, but echoed her colleague's worries. and there is concern that long—standing enemies of the bbc are using the bashir scandal to attack, defund, and potentially dismantle our national broadcaster. well, i can absolutely assure the honourable lady there is no question of dismantling the bbc or defunding it. the bbc is a priceless national asset in one of the most serious consequences of the revelations over the last week are the reputation and trust in the bbc have been badly damaged. it is essential for the bbc to retain its position as the most trusted and reliable broadcaster in the world, and there is work to be done to restore that reputation. but for a conservative, it appeared that would be only too welcome. the findings of the data

report come as no surprise to many residents. we have lost all confidence in the bbc. i personally have ripped up my tv licence and they won't get another penny from me ever. the once great bbc is rotten, and my constituents should not have to pay for a service if they don't use it. the culture minister said the government had made fundamental changes at the bbc ensuring it is now regulated independently by ofcom and installing a more powerful board to oversee it. but a mid term review into the new structure due to take place next year was now even more important in light of the revelations as well as an internal review by the broadcaster. in an era of fake news and disinformation, the need for public service broadcasting and trusted journalism has never been stronger. the bbc has been and should be a beacon setting standards to which others can inspire.

that it has fallen short so badly has damaged his reputation both here and across the world. the bbc now needs urgently to demonstrate that these feelings have been addressed and that this can never happen again. john whittingdale. you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come more questions over ppe and the pandemic. a minister has dismissed accusations that the home office has "blocked" the publication of a report into the unsolved murder, in 1987, of the private investigator daniel morgan. an independent panel, set up in 2013 to investigate the killing, is due to publish its findings. the minister said the home office hadn't received the report yet and would be conducting a review for "national security" reasons. daniel was asked to death and a car park on the 10th of march 1987. 3a years ago and thanks to corruption and the police

and interference played news uk, the family have had nojustice and that shames all of us. he urged the home secretary to publish the report in full. and will she publish the departments meetings with representatives of news uk over the last 12 months? if not, one people conclude that the cover—up is still going on and this is in the party of law and order, it's the party of the cover—up. in terms of the allegations in the publications, that is not correct. one cannot block publication of the report if one has not yet received it. so, the home office has not received the report, there has been a question, i know about reduction, editing and so on. this will not happen. the only caveat, the only caveat because i'm aware of my duties of the dispatch box is that as the honourable gentleman knows, the home secretary, like any other home secretary has responsibilities both in terms of national security but also the human rights act.

the honourable gentleman dismisses national security with the wave of her hand, but these are the responsibilities that any home secretary must abide by. that is the only caveat and once those duties have been discharged, then this report will be published. and the minister said the home office wanted the "truth to come out". opposition mps have called on the government to do more to tackle food poverty. but an education minister defended the government and accused opponents of seeking to play party politics. the exchanges cames as mps debated a petition from the footballer and food

poverty campaigner, marcus rashford, signed by more than a million people. the petition calls for children from poorfamilies in england to get free meals in school holidays. the debate was opened by a labour mp who said 2.3 million children faced food insecurity. child food poverty is not about families that rely on low—cost meals or lack access to healthy food, it's about children are forced to skip meals because their parents or terrorists cannot afford to feed them. it is a shocking reality that we live in a country where there is no shortage of food, only a shortage of money to pay for it. conservative mps highlighted the support the government had given during the pandemic. the vouchers, children were not in school and we asked them to stay home. in £700 million given to the covid—19 support grant that did a fantastic amount of work across the stoke—on—trent. there many people that depend on these factors and supports, but is important to recognise that most governments in the world at the left

or right have this problem. the idea that this is a political choice is wrong and politics is a playground. i am tired of this governments indifference to the consequences of their actions. i'm tired of the scottish government having to spend millions protecting people from policies they didn't vote for. i'm tired of local unpaid volunteers having to plug the holes gouged out by this government and i'm still nowhere near as tired as the children living in poverty because most of all poverty is exhausting. this is the important topic. and no one here wants to see children go hungry. we are making progress and we all agree that there is more work to be done. i look forward to working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that our ambition to level up opportunities across the united kingdom can be measured in a real reduction for food insecurity in families.

and another conservative warned against undermining families. it takes away dignity and self—reliance. it diminishes parenthood. as a parent myself where the key life lessons i try to give my own children is that of personal responsibility and so we should be wary of intervening in such a way as to undermine the ability of parents to do the same. trouble for the next generation of parents. comments that angered some labour mp5:— filled with anger how we are one of the richest nations in the world but have allowed the situation to arise. we should be ashamed that food banks have been normalised in this country and it is a political choice and a shocking indictment on us. when it leaves 1.1 million people to sign a petition to call for a debate, it is absolutely political. one of the wealthiest nations in the world yet

despite this, this organisation which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children worldwide launched an emergency response to the uk. there would be no need for that if this was not political. there would be no need for this petition. this should be our national mission that no child goes hungry. none unfounded thing loaded around by the prime minister by the fact that so many children are skipping meals and relying on food banks. our children need fewer warm words and more warm meals. at the end of the debate the minister said the government had extended free school meals to more children than ever before: i this summer, i and every local authority in england, we will explore any additional support that may be needed. yes, we are doing this work and we will work, not only with other organisations, but also across party

because this is the issue of getting the best support for children and it should not be a party political issue issue. vicky ford. the chair of a leading safety equipment company has told mps that in the early stages of the pandemic he had 44 million pounds of protective equipment in stock but wasn't able to get a government contract to distribute it. the public accounts committee heard the firm was only able to secure a contract for 1h million pounds and ended up supplying hundred of hospitals directly. the first thing that happened was, we started to take a huge amount of calls with their technical people from existing contacts around the uk. clearly well known, where the market leader in the provision of ppe and those frustrations elsewhere in the supply chain due to the incredible demand and so we took the calls on a direct basis and we

are happy to supply. any hospital or any nhs trust and as a sub, it was over 219. you will help out during so many other viruses. do you think you are only awarded £14 million worth of contracts during the pandemic? we try to access the portal. we were unaware of the fast—track principles and we escalated through a number of ministers, mps and cabinet offices. and we are still unsuccessful. another company began ordering without a government contract. we risked everything as a company and went to mass production with no security at all. and so when everything came out in the press and the government were aware of what was going on, we had already mobilised two to three months earlier and we were told that we were the only existing supplier that could supply before august. it was very frustrating not

being able to get the attention of the authorities and retract the stock is running out on a daily basis and we rang on a daily basis, we ask how many weeks of supply there were of critical items and it was tromping through the floor on a weekly basis and we knew that key items are going to run out. she called government officials urging them to get on with it. you need to ring the other two suppliers, you need to buy everything you can get your hands on, i will give you their product codes, get it in, you're going to need a huge amount, does not matter where it comes from, to skip the product. the person that was speaking to try to escalate that within the organisation and was ignored and was in a very stressed state about it. that went on and on for weeks until we started to go to production and just ripped up the rule book and just risked everything to get as much on the plane as we could, so we already went to reduction for things

that we could not afford to pay for waiting for the government to catch up. she said action was only really taken at the end of march 2020. we are at the first peek at that point and there was rising rapidly. is already the nhs ringing up, tearful, distraught nhs workers ringing up trying to buy pp on their own credit cards begging for products and scared to go to work. stores depleted, not much in nurse shelves were bare, but things were not coming out fast enough without the permission from the government to buy it and there was a lag, definitely. injanuary to april, there was the lack of activity. in your conversations with government, did you get a sense that this procurement programme was coordinated in any way? regrettably, i cannot confirm that we thought it was coordinated. i think they were dealing with

an exponential wave of offers. with absolutely no filtering mechanism to be able to understand which was a offered backed up by expertise or which was a more speculative offer. i can evidence what i say by suggesting that we were asked to comment on things that were, conversations which were confusing ppe items with medical grade devices. even the basic language was not fit for purpose. what more could the government have done to ensure they ppe was of the right quality and was used. there had been a dismissive nature of the companies in the uk but they could do to improve the process. it was talked at, rather than collaborated with and would you do that, grimacing out on the lot of market intelligence that can help the process and so,

that needs to stop. and it's more of a two—way respect and that would help in excess. sarah stoute. to the lords now, where there was renewed pressure on ministers to do more to free leasehold flat owners from huge costs to remedy fire hazards in their blocks. it follows the grenfell tower fire almost four years ago, in which 72 people died. peers were adamant that the burdensome bills should not fall on innocent homeowners. labour's spokesperson asked when the prime minister would honour the pledge he made. we are determined that no leaseholder should have to pay these unaffordable costs of fixing defects they did not cause through no fault of their own. my lords, his government has committed over £5 billion to the unsafe cladding that ensures that the most risky element of the building will be covered for those in the high rises in its entirety and any substantial part of that in buildings of medium height. i would be grateful

if they could update the house on the progress the government has made to ensure developers contribute to building safety costs. my honourable friend a reduced rate that there should be contributing and should make buildings safe without passing it on to leaseholders and there have been announcements by developers and cladding removal funds of 46.8 million person and 75 million rather than billion. and they've also placed under 25 million. that is also the government also announcing a gateway levy on high—rises as well as a developer tax that will raise 2 billion over ten years. moving the ministers, provide any valid reasons at all to pay the huge costs for removing these defects and while those who created the problem and those that get off from this virtually scot—free at. we do expect building owners to make the building safe at all to pay the huge costs for removing these defects and while those who created the problem and those that get

off from this virtually scot—free at. we do expect building owners to make the building safe and not to pass on costs to the leaseholders were possible and provided a substantial sum of money and make sure the cost of cladding will be affordable to those in medium rises and those at high—rises when i have to contribute towards their most dangerous elements of the building. lord greenhalgh and that was monday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for tuesday in parliament with the latest from westminster and a special report from the senedd in wales. until then, from me, david corock, bye for now.

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 on where you are, there will be further heavy showers to dodge because low pressure, although it's moving into the north sea, is still close enough to produce some of those showers. now, there are weather changes on the horizon and we'll look at those in just 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 be encountering some 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. it'll be fairly breezy out there and temperatures for the most part in the range of 12 to 16 celsius. tuesday evening brings some of the heaviest showers in 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. and wednesday starts where you're clear on a chillier note, some spots down into low single figures. and on wednesday, there will be a few sunny spells around, but much of the east of the uk will be cloudy, and you could well see some outbreaks of rain turning increasingly light and patchy as the day goes on. but through parts of scotland and again northern england, through the afternoon, there could be heavy and thundery showers getting going. where you get the sunshine, though, it is going to be a little warmer. still quite chilly as thursday begins under largely clear skies. now, there will be a weather system trying to approach from the west. some uncertainty about how far it's going to get in during daylight hours, but it could well bring some 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 willjust die a death and we're left with building high pressure going into the weekend, and that is going to 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, it is looking this weekend drier and warmer.

welcome to bbc news, i'm ben boulos. our top stories. a belarusian 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. and the italian winner of this year's eurovision song contest passes a drugs test, halting rumours he took cocaine at the event.