this is bbc news — i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. russia rejects the flight plans of two european airliners who were headed to moscow as the tensions over the arrest of a belarusian journalist intensify. jailed hong kong media tycoon and beijing critichmmy lai is given a ill—month jail sentence for helping organise a pro democracy rally. fears of another volcano eruption forces tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in the democratic republic of congo. get down, get down, get down, get down! and saving the world from alien forces — the new immersive theatre experience that's about to blast off.

there's a fracture opened in time and space in central london, from which cybermen, daleks and aliens have escaped. we'll take you inside the world of doctor who. hello and welcome. the arrest of a belarusian journalist whose flight was diverted to capture him is sparking fresh diplomatic tensions. now russia — an ally of belarus — has denied entry to flights by two european airlines because they planned to avoid belarusian airspace. the european union says it's finalising fresh sanctions on belarus. president putin and the belarusian leader,

alexander lukashenko, are due to meet today. mark lobel reports. every day since roman protasevich's arrest in minsk is agony for his parents — they're pleading for anyone to help free their hero. translation: i want you to hear my cry, the cry of my soul, - so you can understand how difficult it is for us right now. then, a message for her son. stay strong, son, stay strong. we will love you and we will get you out. translation: we have no idea where our son is. - we still can't confirm his location. president lukashenko boasts he's captured a terrorist. roman�*s parents say their son was just speaking the truth. he helped broadcast protests like these, following a disputed election, using a dissident belarusian media network on the social

media platform telegram. the media network's poland—based co—founder believes the stakes for the opposition could not be higher. translation: repressions continue in belarus. - last week, a political prisoner died in prison. yesterday, we found out that another person who was politically persecuted died. after belarusian security boarded roman�*s diverted flight to capture him, eu and uk leaders closed off airspace in retaliation, but there are fears those flight bans could hamper dissidents wishing to flee belarus. we demand the land borders of belarus to be opened for the free movement for belarusian citizens, since the regime cannot be allowed to turn the country into prison for nine million people. adding to the turbulence, belarus' ally russia is banning incoming flights that avoid belarusian airspace. air france and austrian airlines have had to cancel flights to moscow.

the eu says personal sanctions on senior belarusians are almost ready, alongside further economic ones. in retaliation, belarus warns europe to expect a wave of drugs and migrants crossing into their borders. as things escalate, all eyes are on what emerges from an imminent meeting between presidents putin and lukashenko in russia. mark lobel, bbc news. in the last hour, the jailed hong kong media tycoon and beijing critichmmy lai has been sentenced to an extra 14 months in prison. he was accused of helping organise a pro—democracy rally in 2019. he is already serving a iii—month sentence for participating in similar demonstrations. the verdict comes as sweeping changes to hong kong's electoral system — approved on thursday — limit the number of directly elected lawmakers. the bbc�*s martin yip in hong kong, explains.

the bbc�*s martin yip in hong kong explains. this electoral reform bill pretty much prescribed by beijing was passed by a landslide 40—2 in the legislature. the only remaining pro—democracy politician said no to it. so did another who claimed himself to be neutral. beijing has hailed this passing of the bill as the beginning of good governance after what it calls "chaos" in past elections. the question now is if hong kong's legislature would ever hear pro—democracy opposition voices again, as in the past year, we saw dozens of politicians and activists both young and old being detained or imprisoned under various charges. some of them are charged with subversion or collusion with foreign forces under the new national security law, which, if found guilty, could mean life imprisonment.

even if they could be able to walk free from jail at some point, they could still be disenfranchised for life. lo kin—hei, head of hong kong's democratic party, has said they will find a gap to survive. for the democratic party, we're still debating or still discussing within our party on our role forward. whether or not we will join the election, it is still too early to call. other parties remain undecided on whether they should run in future elections. because, under the new law, if you want to run in the election, you would first have to be vetted by a committee that includes the national security police. if you fail this process, that could well mean that the police have secured enough evidence to prosecute you, while if you pass, that could be the voters' turn to question if you are indeed a pro—democracy politician.

thousands of people are fleeing parts of goma in the democratic republic of congo after warnings a nearby volcano could erupt again. more than 30 people are known to have died when the nyiragongo volcano first spewed our lava at the weekend. and there are growing concerns about the number of displaced people. rhal ssan reports. once again thousands are on the move in goma in the democratic republic of the congo. the evacuation of nearly a third of goma's 670,000 has been ordered as authorities say mount nyiragongo could erupt again soon. as word spread, many more decided to leave. translation: authorities have said that

people should follow the routes and directions on where to go in the event of an eruption. they said people should leave without panicking, so as not to cause death or accidents. but, unfortunately, when people see some fleeing, they go because they're afraid. and this is what they're fleeing. last weekend, lava from the volcano destroyed countless homes and killed 32 people. in its wake, the lava left nothing. since then, aftershocks have destroyed many more buildings in the city. translation: a crack appeared just behind my house, _ a very big one that had to be covered up by people with stones. this morning, the authorities said that wherever there are cracks, the inhabitants must move and leave these places. they told us to evacuate and go to sake. at first we were reluctant, but then we saw that everyone was leaving. the rush to get out has caused long trafficjams as the city's infrastructure struggles to cope. to avoid this, others are leaving the city by boat,

such as these orphans — all 127 of them who fled over lake kivu. for these people who have already lost so much of the life they had, it seems their plight is not yet over. rhal ssan, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. election officials in syria have announced that president bashar al—assad has won a fourth term in office winning 95% of votes cast in wednesday's polls. the election is the second such vote since the start of syria's conflict. it's already been dismissed by western diplomats as neither free nor fair. three men who assisted the perpetrators ofjihadist terror attacks in and around barcelona that killed 16 people in 2017 have beenjailed in spain. two of the group were handed sentences of 53 and 46 years, while a third man was given an eight—yearjail term.

twitter says it's worried about the safety of its staff in india. the company has been coming under pressure after it put a "manipulated media" label on a tweet by a spokesperson from the governing bjp. the information ministry accused the social media giant of hampering free speech by arbitrarily suspending accounts and deleting tweets. the united nations human rights council has agreed to open an investigation into this month's conflict between israel and the militant group hamas. hamas has welcomed the decision, but israel described it as a moral failure. american political support for israel has historically been one of the rare areas of bi—partisan agreement in washington. but that may be changing, as laura trevelyan now reports. devastation in gaza. hamas began this confrontation by firing rockets at israel, ultimately killing 13 people, two of them children.

the israeli military response killed 2113 in gaza, including 66 children. in the us, president biden was lobbied by lawmaker rashida tlaib, who's of palestinian descent. public pressure to stop the bombing of gaza from the progressive left of the democratic party. watching closely in east jerusalem was kefah, a palestinian—american teacher and a member of democrats abroad. she feels the palestinian voice is finally being heard in america. it was very uplifting because i grew up in the states, and basically, the dialogue did not include us, and if it did, it always had us in a negative picture, us being the palestinians. and to see the left finally rallying and calling for change and calling for the same things that we're calling for. clashes between israeli police and palestinians injerusalem in the run—up to the latest conflict also drew condemnation from the progressive

left in the us. laura wharton is an israeli—american political scientist and jerusalem city councillor for a left—wing party. she's been watching as events here are compared to the reckoning over racial justice in the us. i would say that a lot of americans, especially american jews and the american jewish left, saw the police, you know, beating up palestinians and saw the riots and so forth and saw george floyd, which is justified in many ways, because it's similar. the thing is that there are also fundamental differences. it's more complicated because we're at war. here injerusalem, tensions between israelis and palestinians over access to holy sites and to land helped fuel the latest deadly conflict. in the aftermath, the biden administration is underlining that it doesn't want to see palestinians evicted from their homes or morejewish settlements in eastjerusalem and the west bank. marc zell, the chairman of republicans overseas, loved president trump's

unapologetic pro—israel stance and doesn't like the new tone from washington. you know, we're like the native americans coming home. - that's really what...we're the indigenous people. i the arabs are latecomers! but the biden administration says you're taking the land of palestinians. yeah, that's exactlyj what they're saying. they've got it - completely backward. though support for israel's right to exist and defend itself is a cornerstone of us foreign policy, the pro—israel bipartisan consensus of the past is shifting rapidly, reflected by the range of views among americans living here. laura trevelyan, bbc news, jerusalem. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... we meet the british couple who've opened up their gran canaria hotel to migrants and asylum seekers. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have

taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the j tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of. the indian people from the day of independence. 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 announced she's left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power. not geri, why?

this is bbc news, the latest headlines... tensions rise over the arrest of a belarusian journalist whose flight was diverted — now ally russia rejects the flight plans of two european airliners who were headed to moscow. fears of another volcano eruption in the democratic republic of congo have forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes. spain's canary islands off northwestern africa are a favourite holiday destination. at least in normal times. destination. when the pandemic stopped the tourists coming, a british couple opened up their hotel to migrants and asylum seekers. our correspondent nick beake reports from the island of gran canaria. across spain's canary islands, so many hotels have stood empty, holidaymakers unable to visit because of the pandemic.

but at the same time, record numbers of migrants have been reaching these shores after putting their lives at the mercy of the atlantic ocean. if anything, i'm right—sided, not left—sided. but these people are not having any political stance. so last september, calvin lucock, originally from the uk, and his wife, unn tove, opened their hotel on gran canaria to the new arrivals. we didn't know what to expect. who would walk through our door, how their behaviour would be, what chances we'd have to interact or what contact we would have with them. those fears and apprehensions went away very quickly. so far, more than 3,500 migrants have been given shelter here, including ousman and aliu from senegal. this was the moment they saw land after nine days at sea.

there is now the strongest of bonds. this woman, from norway originally, says the last year's had a massive effect on her. when the africans came here, i think that, for me, it opened my eyes to see that in our cultures we have so much, and we can share. the vast majority of migrants arriving in the canaries end up stuck in camps. spain doesn't want to move large numbers to the mainland, fearing it would encourage many more attempted sea crossings. originally, the red cross paid hotels for everyone they took in.

the scheme ended in february, but the guests were allowed to stay on. now, though, as tourists finally return, they're moving to a house that calvin and tove have rented for them. i don't think any of us could have appreciated the actual poverty these people are living — because they have nothing. nothing. there has been some opposition to this on gran canaria, with a group of locals angry that arrivals had been rewarded with luxury accommodation, as they saw it. aliu, ousman and the others are hoping to leave the canary islands and find a job on the mainland — if, that is, they're not returned home. nick beake, bbc news. let's catch up with all the sport now. hello, i'm mark edwards with your latest sports news. he's done it again — zinedine zidane has resigned as real madrid manager for the second time in his coaching career. realfinished two points behind city rivals atletico in la liga as they failed to win a trophy

for the first time in 11 years. the frenchman, though, is the only manager to win the champions league three times in a row, and his trophy haul at real also included two la liga titles, two club world cups, two uefa super cups and two spanish super cups. and continuing the manager merry—go—round, here's another one who's left his job — it's simone inzaghi. the italian side lazio announcing he won't be renewing his contract with the club. inzaghi is said to be among the favourites to replace antonio conte at the champions inter milan. inzaghi spent five years at lazio, winning the coppa italia 2019 and the super cup twice, as well. and staying with football, manchester city and chelsea will train in porto for the first time on friday ahead of saturday's european champions league final. both teams arrived in the portuguese city on thursday for the third all—english final in the competition's history. city manager pep guardiola could become only the fourth manager to win the trophy for a third time, following his two victories with barcelona. manchester city, who are playing in their first champions league final,

have already won the english premier league title and the league cup. chelsea, meanwhile, looking to regain a trophy — they lost one back in 2012. onto tennis, the women's world numbertwo, naomi osaka, says she won't be attending any post—match press conferences at the french open, which starts on sunday. ——they last won back in 2012. osaka, who's the reigning us open and australian open champion, says facing questions after a defeat amounts to kicking a person when they're down. she claims it's bad for an athlete's mental health. osaka says she'll expect to be fined for her decision, but hopes the fine will go to a mental health charity. i understand the press conferences sometimes can be very unpleasant, and it's not something that you enjoy always — especially if you lose a match or something like this, so... but it is part of the sport and part of your life on the tour, and this is something we have to do otherwise we will get fined.

i mean, that's at least the case on the men's side. i don't know about the rules on the women's side, so... meanwhile, on the court, djokovic continues his preparations for the french open — he's up against slovakian qualifier andrej martin on friday in the semifinals of the atp belgrade. the world number one cruised through his last—eight clash with argentina's federico coria, coming through in straight sets at 6—1, 6—0. djokovic has been drawn in the same half the draw as nadal and federer at roland garros this year. colombian cyclist egan bernal will take a lead of nearly two and a half minutes into friday's 19th stage of the giro d'italia, which is a mountain stage ending in the italian alps. fans had a home victory to cheer on thursday, when the longest stage of this year's race was won by alberto bettiol — he launched a solo breakaway with six kilometres to go and cross the line at stradella 17 seconds ahead of the field. former tour de france champion bernal, meanwhile, finished safely in the pack

to retain the race leader's pinkjersey and remain on course for a second grand tourwin. just three stages to go. and you can get all the latest sports news on our website — bbc.com/sport. but from me, mark edwards, and the rest of the sport team — bye—bye. now theatres are beginning to reopen in places where pandemic restictions have been lifted. one new production in london — based on the sci—fi adventures of doctor who — invites audiences to become part of the action. our reporter wendy hurrell went to find out more. everybody down! everybody get down! get down! get down, get down! get down! time and space has dramatically fractured inside an unassuming mews building in mayfair. that success has happened, we've made it. letting loose alien forces. i'm genuinely terrified.

and we, the audience, must save the universe. here we go! 42 actors improvising with the audience... you're all going to be my apprentices! my protegees, my interns! and if you do well, you'll be going with me. how's that sound 7 yeah! of course it sounds good! right, then... ..are staged within atmospheric sets in a doctor who immersive theatre experience. fans tried it out last night at the first preview. it gives them a chance to escape, you know, leave the worries at the door, lock out the world for two hours and ten minutes and come explore, have fun, play a character. people are really willing to kind of play a part. and they, you know, they dress up in a costume,

they put on an accent, they play objectives and missions. it's brilliant. it's officially licensed by bbc studios, and the writer watched 400 hours of doctor who on tv for research. from historical to sci—fi to the horror elements, things are earnest, but they're tongue in cheek, they're high stakes but they're accessible. it's fun for all the family, but there are moments that are so scary only behind the sofa can protect you! it's a lovely, contradictory, wonderful, crazy world that's been a gift for us to realise in the form of an immersive show. where are we sitting at the moment? we are... everywhere! we are in william shakespeare's office. of course we are. so this is from the episode shakespeare's code, which is season three. a lot of it around is kind of a mixture of replications and real props and then sourced items, as well, to try and make the worlds come together. doctor who: time fracture should have opened last year.

it'll have its press night onjune the 16th — an ambitious production that shows the pluck of those in the creative industries. wendy hurrell with that report. the oscars have been delayed for a second year running, with the date for the 2022 ceremony being pushed back by a month, because of delays in releasing films due to the pandemic. this year's ceremony was held at various locations including union station in los angeles. but next year's will be held at its usual location, the dolby theatre in la. organisers also said that films released on streaming services would again qualify for consideration. the event will take place on march 27th. if you are a fan, but that date in your diary. i if you are a fan, but that date in your diary-— in your diary. i will be back in your diary. i will be back in a moment _

in your diary. i will be back in a moment with - in your diary. i will be back in a moment with all - in your diary. i will be back in a moment with all the l in your diary. i will be back i in a moment with all the top business stories. i will see you soon. hello. may has been so chilly up hello. may has been so chilly up to now that the highest temperatures recorded in each of the four nation so far this year where in either april or march and scotland, northern ireland yet to get above 20 degrees. that, however, will change as all areas get above 20 celsius. and in scotland it will be the latest we got above 20 degrees, in around a0 years. before we get there, though, there is a slight fly in the ointment. a cooler day on friday compared with the warmth that some experience on thursday, and this weather front is stalled across many western areas, producing a lot more cloud than we saw around on thursday and there will be some patchy rain and drizzle across western areas. it means it will be

as cold as hard as on thursday morning, temperatures in double figures, but rather great across many western areas, misty around coasts. rain or drizzle coming and going through the morning, lighter and patchy in the afternoon. maybe the far west of northern ireland brightening up. lots of cloud across other parts of northern, eastern scotland, eastern wales, potentially eastern england to begin with, but that will break up and we will see some sunny spells. but could see some heavy showers through east anglia, the midlands into lincolnshire. temperatures are little bit down on what we saw through thursday. so a few showers in the east. still some patchy drizzle in the west with extensive cloud, but even that will start to break up a little bit more as we go into saturday. best chance of some saturday morning sunshine there will be in eastern areas and that sunshine will develop more widely as we go through the weekend and the warmth will return a little bit more than we saw on thursday. so for saturday, in the west, particularly misty and murky to begin with, but sunny spells developing. one or two isolated showers. not going to be completely dry this weekend, but much more sunshine into the afternoon, best of which down eastern areas, temperatures high teens and into the low 20s. scotland, you can see the first 20 degrees temperature of the year.

but into sunday, after some early morning mist and fog, widespread sunny skies to begin with. a little bit of patchy cloud building up into the day, but probably the warmest widely. around 23 degrees across parts of the south and east, 22 celsius in an 21 22 to the west of northern ireland. high pressurejust about holding on as we go into bank holiday monday, in fact. a front, though, trying to sneak into produce more cloud and some outbreaks of rain to the hebrides and west of northern ireland. it is going to be a struggle, though. i think most places will stay dry, sticking with the sunshine, and along the whole onto the sunshine, the warmer it will be. temperatures again widely into the 20s. bye for now.

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