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would push _ belarus and poland. belarus would push us, _ belarus and poland. hey- belarus and poland. belarus would push us, they beat. belarus and poland. belarus| would push us, they beat us, push us back to belarus. today's must attempt to cross into the eu here is the biggest so far and is more reminiscent of the scenes on the greek macedonian border during the syrian migrant rises more than five years ago. president lukashenko who has enjoyed a sharp ausmat support claims all this is the eu's fault. but the european union says he is weaponising migrants in retaliation for sanctions. tonight, it is not more than 3000 are stranded on the border as the temperature falls low zero. let's get some of the day's other news for you. the us congressional investigation in into the deadly assault on the capitol building injanuary has formally requested testimony from six more people linked to donald trump, including top aides from his re—election campaign. more than 100 people are reported to have already testified about the storming of the capital. the pakistani gove

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thousands of migrants have been making their way to poland from neighbouring belarus. are stranded at the border in freezing weather with few provisions and large groups have been trying to force their way into poland. the polish government says president lukashenko of belarus is trying to engineer a confrontation with the european union in retaliation for the sanctions imposed on him and warsaw is warning that the very security of the eu is at stake. however, this crisis comes at a time when relations between the eu and poland's ruling justice and law party or pis are extremely strained. there are severe disagreements on a range of issues such as controversial changes to the judiciary, lgbt rights and press freedoms. my guest is polish deputy foreign minister pawel jablonski. why is poland finding it so difficult to integrate with its western partners and howjustified are concerns that it could exit the eu? deputy foreign minister paweljablonski in warsaw welcome to hardtalk. the migrant crisis on the belarus border is an eu wide problem. the polish prime minister has

belarus was using the migrants as live shields in a new kind of hybrid warfare. polandas closed an official border crossing from belarus. in a tweet, he says today the stability and security of the entire e.u. is at stake. this hybrid attack of the regime is aimed at all of us, we will not be intimidated and we will defend peace in europe with our partners fromate combroe and the e.u. the e.u. accuses belarus of flying migrants into minsk. belarus denies this blaming poland for escalatinghe crisis and using excesve force to push back migrants. belarusan leader says he does not want an armed confrontation, but nor will he back down. we know our place but we ll not kneel. poland has declared a state of emergency alonged border. journalists and humanitarian groups are barred from the area. on the other side, only belarus state aligned media has access. the mignts have mainly come from the middle east, many fleeing war or poverty. ey want to head further west for a better future in europe. human rights activists say food and medicine are in short supply and temperatures are

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the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland continues to escalate, as more migrantsre caught the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland continues to escalate, as more migrants are caught etween the two nations. polish police say they found a body of a young syrian man near the border on saturday. singer britney spears has regained contol of her life and career, as a judge overturned a conservatorship imposed 13 years ago. the ruling that her afffairs should be run by herfather and lawyers has been terminated. straight back to glasgow and the cop26 climate conference, and annita mcveigh. ifi if i can summarise for you the key points of this new draft agreement, it still has to be signed off. phasing out coal, that is still there in this new draft with extra language on a just transition so for people currently employed in industry involving fossil fuels, what will happen to their livelihoods, so extra language around that. the request to come back with updated national determined contributions, in other words updated climate action plans for e

the battle between belarus and poland is a proxy war between the eu, u.s., and russia. is stems from the presidential election in belarus last summer, which almost all international observers say was fraudulent, massive protests in belarus against the election, the government cracked down heavily, the eu launceston sanctions against belarus for the fraudulent election and the crack down that followed. this, the eu says israel the retaliation -- this is the retaliation but averse -- belorussia has. it is flying over migrants from afghanistan, syria, iraq, bringing them to minsk, bussing them across the border, sending them across the border because they want to go to western european countries and germany. the eu has its open borders system, so once you are in the you, the migrants are led to believe they can go to any country. that is the motivation for why this is happening. this is part of the wider geopolitical game getting more geopolitical by the moment. there is a meeting with president u.s. joe biden, and there was an agreement they might launch sanctions against

and belarus was up poland is ines lukashenko of encouraging migrants to use belarus as a route into the eu. lukashenko denies that but thousands have come in and in desperate conditions had tried to get into poland. 0ther desperate conditions had tried to get into poland. other eu countries are affected too. lithuania and latvia have also seen a rise in illegal crossings from belarus. and for the polish prime minister this is an only about belarus and the eu, it's about russia.— is an only about belarus and the eu, it's about russia. translation: this attack with the _ it's about russia. translation: this attack with the back _ it's about russia. translation: this attack with the back which _ attack with the back which lukashenko has conducted has its mastermind in moscow. the mastermind is president— mastermind in moscow. the mastermind is president putin.— is president putin. others disagree with that saying — is president putin. others disagree with that saying this _ is president putin. others disagree with that

an international row over the migrant crisis on the poland -belarus border is isolating. n president is accused of provoking a migrant crisis in europe. poland is calling the state terrorism. this is what we've heard from the prime minister. >> this is also lukashenko's quiet revenge for the fact that we supported democratic elections for people in belarus in august of last year. and the changes that we had hoped would occur, that all of europe would hope for. >> this crisis is playing out here. the eu's eastern border, where poland meets belarus. poland's an eu member. belarus isn't. there are 4000 migrants, many from the middle east. have been repeated attempts to raise down this razor wire fence a people can cross into poland. full reported two separa incidents of groups trying to do just that. overall, there have been 599 attempts in the past when he four hours. -- past 24 hours. we have reports close to the border. reporter: this is the main road to belarus. the border is over the horizon. this is as close as we can get this morning, because a state of emergency remai

poland accuses belarus of using the refugees as political pawns. ey blame poland for the refugees dire situations. they will threatening to create another migrant crisis on the continent. the european union is threatening even more sanctions against the belarussina government. >> trapped between the woods and a highway in belarus, these people have been walking towards the polish border anxious to enter the european union. >> on the other side, polish security forces in riot gear part of the 12,000 that have been station there had guard thing frontier preventing hundreds of refugees and migrants from breach thing border. but it is a deadlock that risks igniting on another immigration crisis on the step of the e.u. for months many have be violating the law. the e.u. has accuseed alexander lukashenko of orchestrating wave after wave in asylum seekers in retaliation it imposed in its government over the violent crydowns of the opposition. caught in the middle of this brinkmanship, those attempting to escape the harsh conditions they face themselves wit

sanctions on belarus. poland deployed thousands of soldiers to the border, built a razor wire fence, and declared a state of emergency in the region, which cludes a media blackout. journalists and humanitarian organizations are not allowed to get close to the border. aid workers report that the migrants face extremely difficult conditions, as temperatures dip below freezing and food and medical care are lacking. at least 10 people have been found dead on the belarus-polish border since the summer. brent: our correspondent is covering the story tonight from brussels. good evening to you jack. we know europeans are saying this is an orchestrated crisis. nevertheless, it is a crisis that could force the european union to appear to be having to choose between border security and protection of human rights. how is it going to avoid that? jack: is a really difficult one for the e.u.. let me give you an update, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, just released a statement condemning what is happenin

the migrant crisis on the border between belarus and poland, which the european union says belarus hastrating as revenge for eu sanctions, has eased slightly. poland says belarus has cleared a camp containing people mostly from the middle east who were trying to reach the eu. they've been moved to a nearby warehouse. meanwhile, hundreds more of these migrants have arrived back in iraq from belarus. they'd been given visas to enter belarus, but after weeks in increasingly cold conditions, many took the opportunity to return home. the first repatriation flight left minsk with more than 400 on board. the flight touched down at irbil international airport, where most of the passengers disembarked. most are thought to be iraqi kurds, some are from elsewhere in iraq as well. the plane's next stop, baghdad, where the few remaining passengers are headed. murad shishani is there. the repatriated iraqis�* flight has arrived to irbil international, people just coming back from belarus—poland borders. these planes, carrying 430 people, those just arrived today here in iraq, in irbil international

poland accuses belarus of pushing these people to the border to get them to cross into the european unionpoland is a member of. as the polish deputy foreign minister. >> we demand clarification from the belarus inside. we are informing our allies from the european union and the north atlantic pack about all of these events. only a joint and uniformnswer can stop the regime. i think we should all stand together with border caller -- guards, police, and soldiers who defend the polish border. ros: let's look at the events that led uto this. according to belarusian media, hundreds of migrants head into the border on monday, leaving the border town and heading toward a forest that runs along the border with poland. many families including children were seen walking with all of their belongings along the and six highway in belarus. other videos showed large numbers of migrants being escorted by large men -- many men. there are unconfirmed claims that these men are working for the belarusian authorities. we have this footage from the border. belarusian media reported 500 migrants there in freezi

become an owner. >>> an investigation -- killed on the belarus poland border where tensions are high.iminary finding say the soldier was shot when a service weapon accidentally discharged. western leaders have accused belarus as manufacturing the prices over sanctions for human rights abuses. thousands of people are now stranded at the belarus poland border in dire conditions and matthew chance got exclusive access to the migrant camps there and has this for us. >> these are the desperate, trapped on the front line of europe's latest refugee crisis. we gained exclusive access to the burgeoning camp at the polish border in belarus. help, help, the little boy shouts. but there's barely enough help here to keep everyone alive. already people have died in the cold as polish forces stand guard on the other side. you can see how close we are just across this razor wire fence are polish security forces. they're on polish territory keeping a close eye on the situation trying to prevent refugees, migrants from this camp here in belarusian territory from crossing over that line. you see there a

a young syrian man's body has been found in poland near belarus. his border polish police have not been able to determine the cause of death. thousands of refugees on migrants are stuck on the border. leaders of the asia pacific region have pledged increased cooperation to help the recovery from the coven 19 pandemic. so the apec summit was hosted virtually by new zealand and came at a time of increasing regional tension, particularly between the us and china. when hey, reports, ah, they were the traditional welcomes and ceremonies as new zealand hosted this he is asia pacific economic cooperation meetings. but for the 2nd consecutive year, the coven, 19 pandemic ment, those meetings were held virtually. the culmination was the leaders summit, which resulted in a joint declaration full of positivity around co operation on the environment economy and the pandemic. so where they may have been potentially in the past, an opportunity or, or, or an area where you may have same forms of protectionism or nationalism. and the response you saw the opposite.

thousands have been trying to make their way from belarus through these trees to poland. more are set to follow. they are determined to take their chances in this wilderness if it means reaching eu soil. because in belarus' capital, more families are preparing to head to the border after being welcomed by president lukashenko's regime, undeterred by the spiraling misery tonight in the makeshift camps that soon awaits them. nick beake, bbc news on the poland belarus border. >> there was reaction from washington today. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken said the u.s. will continue to pressure president lukashenko as long as belarus undermines peace and security in europe. for more on america's role, i am joinedy barbara plath usher our state department correspondent. barbara, there were strong words there from the secretary of state talking about weaponizing migration. but, what sport did the u.s. give to the eu -- support did the u.s. give to the eu? >> this is a strong show of solidarity from the secretary of state and state department saying that belarus is under

a better look at the scenes playing out, unfolding here on the border between belarus and poland.tually see the razor fence -- don't want me to show your fence. i won't do that. the razor fence erected by the polish side to try to prevent the migrants that have flooded into belarus from moving across into poland, which is, of course, a member of the european union. there you can see i think the actual polish police and border forces who are standing there on guard all the way down this razor wire barrier to prevent migrants from breaking through. you get a sense of how long this camp is as it stretches down into the distance, into the forest out of sight. here's an interesting scene for you, somebody i came across earlier, they say a lot of the migrants are from iraq and kurdistan, building these makeshift shelters because the temperatures in this part of the world in the winter are dropping down. let me drop inside. they've built a shelter. hi, how are you? how are you? >> fine. >> where are you from? >> iraq. >> from iraq. from kurdistan. >> excellent. thank you. good luck. >> r

next, 230 migrants work through the margaret -- through the border fence between belarus and poland. more sanctions are being called for against belarus. at least 11 people have lost thei lives at the belarus-poland border since this micro crisis broke out. the eu is accusing belarus and pressure of manufacturing this micro crisis to try to destabilize the 27-state bloc. france seeks to curb a fifth wave of infections threatening to undermine its economy. >> in the midst of a fifth wave of covid-19, france believes it can weather the storm. authorities ruled out lockdowns and curfews, instead opting to accelerate its booster shot rollout. >> as of now, vaccine boosters are available to all adults, so those aged 18 and older, five months after their last injection, and we encourage them to get vaccinated in the next two months. >> previously, booster shots had only been available to health workers to -- health workers, people over 65, and those with complicating conditions. unvaccinated people using a health pass will need a negative covid test every day instead of every three days and

it's the border tensions between belarus and poland. isturbing images and _ ned price. we are concerned with disturbing images and reports i disturbing images and reports emanating from the belarus — poland border _ emanating from the belarus — poland border the _ emanating from the belarus — poland border. the united states strongly condemns — border. the united states strongly condemns the lukashenko regime exploitation nine of vulnerable peopie — exploitation nine of vulnerable people in the regime's callous and inhumane — people in the regime's callous and inhumane facilitation of migration flows _ inhumane facilitation of migration flows across its borders. we call on the regime — flows across its borders. we call on the regime to immediately halt its campaign — the regime to immediately halt its campaign of orchestrating and coercing — campaign of orchestrating and coercing irregular migrants flows across _ coercing irregular migrants flows across its — coercing irregular migrants flows across its borders into europe. that cli - ac

today russia and belarus held joint paratrooper drills near poland. y says was in connection to the border situation. cnn has exclusive coverage of this crisis on both sides of the belarus/poland border. fred pleitgen is in poland. matthew chance is in belarus. let's start with matthew who went to the migrant camp and has had a look at the dangerous conditions they're facing. >> reporter: these are the desperate trapped on the front line of europe's latest refugee crisis. we gained exclusive access to the burgeoning camp at the polish border in belarus. help, help, the little boy shouts. but there's barely enough help here to keep everyone alive. already people have died in the cold as polish forces stand guard on the other side. you can see how close we are just across this razor wire fence are polish security forces there on polish territory keeping a close eye on the situation trying to prevent refugees, migrants from this camp here in belarusian territory from crossing over that front line. there are thousands of people here. 2,000 now, say belarus

thousands of migrants have been making their way to poland from neighbouring belarus. poland. the polish government says president lukashenko of belarus is trying to engineer a confrontation with the

the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland continues to escalate, as more migrantsns. polish police say they found a body of a young syrian man on the polish side of the border overnight. it is estimated that at least eight people have died near the border but without proper access to food, water and medical aid there are fears dozens more could die in the coming weeks. our correspondent steve rosenberg was able to access migrants on the belarus side of the border. by day, the scale of this migrant crisis becomes clear. belarus's border with poland transformed into a camp for those desperate to get to europe. tonight, for the first time, belarusian border guards agreed to take us into the camp, right up to the border. behind the barbed wire, the european union, just metres away. many here are kurds from the middle east. the eu believes that belarus helped them get here, that the country is facilitating illegal migration into europe — revenge for sanctions. but poland won't let them in. we are like homeless, we don't have any place to stay there. it is about whether

anticipatingl what i think will be our next conversation, if you look. at what is happening - on the belarus—polandot just fingerprints of alexander lukashenko, the dictator of belarus, i on this crisis, but also a direct link to vladimir putin. i putin knows how stabilising the migration issue is. - he saw it in 2016 — - it was one of the biggest issues that led to the vote in favour of brexit here. . so, it is fair to ask "is thisjust_ happening randomly? "are people just i selling their homes and surging, or is somebody pulling the strings?" - but also around brexit, - how was taking back the border going, mr farage, mrjohnson? the promises were inflated. it is clearly not something that can be solved easily. and, frankly, i'm not sure it can be solved at all, - until you can figure out how these people are getting. here and somehow discourage it. but that is not going to happen easily. . look at the us — - it is a constant flow. people will recall that you were a brexit sceptic, and steve was as well. marc was that very unusual thing, a european anglophile. i can even see a figure of the queen

belarus's border with poland transformed into a camp for those desperate to get to europe.greed to take us into the camp, right up to the border. behind the barbed wire, the european union, just metres away. many here are kurds from the middle east. the eu believes that belarus helped them get here, that the country is facilitating illegal migration into europe — revenge for sanctions. but poland won't let them in. we are like homeless, we don't have any place to stay there. it is about whether it's too cold, we just collect fire and burning trees to make our bodies heat. but still we hope, we never give up. we've been told there are more than 2000 people in this camp, living in pretty basic conditions. this story is a very human drama, but the backdrop, that's geopolitics. the migrant crisis is ratcheting up east—west tension. near the border, paratroopers from belarus and russia held joint exercises, signalling whose side the kremlin's on. increasing, too, is alexander lukashenko's rhetoric. this week he threatened to block the flow of russian gas to europe if the eu impo

belarus. thousands are stuck there in freezing conditions. poland belarus of encouraging people to illegally cross. at least three people have been killed in a double suicide bombing in the and in capital kampala. police say the bombings were carried out by members of the rate -- rebel group, which has ties ties full. chile's president survived an impeachment vote to remove him from office. the senate fell short of the two thirds majority needed to oust him. he was accused of corruption, which he denies. canada's largest port has been cut off from the rest of the country after flooding and landslides from two days of torrential rain. all roads and rail links out of vancouver are closed. the military helicopters are helping thousands trapped in mud slides across the province. thousands were forced to leave their homes with some regions seeing one months of rain in just 24 hours. we have more from vancouver. >> it has been unbelievable. truly something to behold. you almost all know somebody stuck somewhere because there are just simply so many mudsli

belarus, and say go to poland. n moving them to the border —, to destabilise europe. the eu calls this an �*inhuman, gangster style appraoach�*.as evidence, it�*s listed 20 countries which migrants have flown from, into misnk, on tourist visas. the eu also claims president lukashenko is doing this in retaliation against western sanctions over his crackdown on protests last year protests which followed a disputed presidential election which kept him in power. the eu also claims he has the backing of russia in pushing migrants into the eu. this is the position of the president of the european council. we are facing a brutal, hybrid attack on our eu borders. belarus is weaponising migrants distress and a cynical and shocking way. in the last european council we decided to respond to these attacks and we asked the commission to propose all necessary measures in line with eu law and international regulations. we have opened the debate on the eu financing of physical... and this must be settled rapidly. president lukashen

the row over the surge of migrants at the belarus-poland border escalating. atening blacklist airlines they believe are trafficking migrants into belarus. the belarusian president is threatening to cut offupplies to the eu. 2000 migrants are stuck in freezing conditions in a forest on the border. this is what germany's acting foreign minister is saying. >> we will continue to fight against illegal human by belarus. no one involved in this trafficking should go unpunished. this is a message to transit countries, countries of origin, and airlines taking migrants to belarus. they must know the european union is no longer willing to accept that. >> the migrants are stuck on the eastern border between poland, which is in the eu, and belarus which is not. there are also migrants on the borders of lithuania and latvia. conditions are dire. temperaturesre freezing, many are running out of food and water. poland said it found the bodies of seven migrants on its side of the border. belarus has also reported deaths. nick beake is close to the area. >> this is one of many

the ongoing tensions over migrants at the border between belarus and poland.ther. we're going to look now at a video which has been posted online by the polish border guard agency. we do need to point out that it was filmed by polish officials, in an area close to the border fence which has tightly restricted access and just to warn you it does contain flashing images. this is the footage, which was posted alongside claims by poland that belarusian soldiers had used military vehicles to tear out fence posts and razor wire. they also claim that the belarusians gave tear gas to some of the migrants to use on polish servicemen protecting the border. and they go on to claim that they prevented about 100 migrants from illegally crossing into poland. belarus hasn't commented on the claims, but has already denied similar allegations. france is remembering the islamist attacks that took place in paris in 2015, with the trial now underway of twenty people accused of involvement. a hundred and thirty people died in co—ordinated attacks across paris on this day six years

belarus would beat us, push us, poland will catch us, beat us, push us back to belarus.r: you all face criminal charges. today's mass attempt to cross into the eu here is the biggest so far, and is more reminiscent of the scenes on the greek—macedonian border during the syrian migrant crisis more than five years ago. president lukashenko, who has enjoyed russia's support, claims all this is the eu's fault. but the european union says he is weaponising migrants in retaliation for sanctions. tonight, it is thought more than 3,000 are stranded on the border as the temperature falls below zero. let's get some of the day's other news for you. the us justice the usjustice department has charged a ukrainian man over huge rounds where attack on american company back injuly that affected 1500 businesses worldwide. the man was arrested in poland last month. the hack targeted a software firm and many of the customers became infected and transferred large sums of money to the attackers to regain control of their accounts. the pakistani government says it has agreed a ceasefire with

belarus border we very latest for us. what are you seeing this morning, fred? >> reporter: hi there, max. it certainly seems as though the situation there on the border between polandelarus remains quite tense. in fact, the poles came out this morning and said in the past 24 hours there had been 224 attempts to breach the border including one case, fairly large attempt the poles said they thwarted. polish authorities also put out videos of what they say are belarusian forces actually trying to cut the razor wire fence. apparently they stopped doing that once the polish forces started shining light on them and also started filming them as well. so you can see the situation remains very tense after, of course, you had that standoff that happened yesterday. we are hearing that there might be some commotion also actually going on right now at that border. in fact, what we've seen in the past couple of minutes is an increase in polish vehicles, first and foremost police, but also military vehicles rushing towards the area of the border. it is unclear what the situation is there right now, but you can see the poles continue to take this very seriously. meanwhile, you hav

thousands have been trying to make their way from belarus, through these trees, to here in poland. to take their chances in this wilderness, if it means reaching eu soil. because, in belarus's capital, minsk, more families were preparing to head to the border after being welcomed by president lukashenko's regime, undeterred by the spiralling misery tonight in the makeshift camps that soon awaits them. nick beake, bbc news, on the poland—belarus border. in the us, a rust film crew member who witnessed the fatal on—set shooting of a cinematographer has filed a negligence suit against actor alec baldwin and the film's producers. in the lawsuit, chief lighting technician serge svetnoy accused the producers of rust of "negligent acts and omissions," stating "there was no reason for a live bullet "to be on set." halyna hutchins was shot and killed by baldwin during rehearsals for the western in new mexico. directorjoel souza was injured in the incident. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, a million dollars better off: we meet the teacher who's just won a unesco—backed global prize. t

brussels to talk about the windings actions that make winding's actions that make sanctions against belarus. polandts territory by force. thousands of people are at a makeshift camp on the border of belarus and poland in during freezing conditions. our correspondent has been to the polish side of the border and her report contains images that you may find distressing from the start. in the freezing darkness of a polish forest, the human cost of the political deadlock. woman groans in pain. this woman is severely hypothermic and, we are told, pregnant. groaning. she had made it across the borderfrom belarus. it's ok, it's ok. volunteers, then border guards, found her here with her husband and five children. they're in police custody, she's in hospital, and two other men who were with them were reportedly pushed back into belarus. there were five kids among them... piotr, who was there and gave us the footage, is from an informal network of people who try to help those who make it across the border. whether you are pro—refugees or against them, i think we all deeply agree that people need some basic

accuses belarus of attracting asylum-seekers from the middle east the border with poland. >> an outburstviolence after days of mounting tension. polish authorities say they fired water cannon and teargas, after migrants threw stones and attempted to destroy a fence. hundreds amassed at this closed crossing, just some of the several thousand stranded across the belarus-poland border in freezing temperatures. their frustration expressed with each her stone. >> we are sleeping in the forest, in the cold in hungary. we are trying to get in but they don't let anyone help us. we will give them stones. reporter: the polish reaction give the russian foreign minister a chance to lecture the european union about human rights. >> the behavior of the polish side is unacceptable. i think the water cannon, the teargas, and that's over the migrants' heads towards belarus, all of it reflects a desire to hide their own actions. they must understand that they are violating all thinkable norms of international and humanitarian law. reporter: as the situation escalates, so, too, does the diplomacy. the bela

ross: the flash point is this border crossing between poland and belarus. 000 migrants are there. poland says there have been 300 attempts to be daily cross from belarus, which is not a member of the eu into poland, which is. many migrants are from the middle east. most are young men, though some are women and children. many don't have food or water. they are coming up against recently erected razor wire fence. poland has sent 12,000 troops to the area. conditions were freezing overnight. we know some migrants have died of hypothermia in recent weeks. others are told -- have told the bbc the belarusian authorities are pushing them towards that border fence. poland is trying to expelnyone who comes across. the migrants are stranded. closto a polish border town where you can see marked on the map. the map is under a state of emergency. journalists and organizations have restricted access. nick beake is nearby. nick: we watched dozens of reinforcements raced to this area. poland has a force of 12,000 guarding its eastern border. it is keeping a agencies and jou

they streamed towards the border crossing that leads from belarus to poland. oser they came, the more urgent it got. the last fence on the belarus side swept away. after a week in the camp, the migrants are now pouring through right up to the checkpoint in poland. they are determined to be let through into the european union. >> attention, attention. steve: but, no entry. polish police were out in force and standing firm. >> the baby is crying for milk. we have nothing. please help with these people. steve: the eu says delarosa is using migrants as a weapon against the west. to pressure europe. a form of hybrid warfare. these people want a better life. they are desperate to get to the european union. it's right here. but, the eu says these migrants are being used, exploited by belarus to spark a humanitarian crisis on the eu's doorstep. back in the camp, we heard stories about how belarusian soldiers had helped some migrants cross illegally into poland. >> they told us you will go to poland. they cut the fence. the belarusians cut it. weide ourselves in the for

thousands have been trying to make their way from belarus, through these trees, to here in poland. chances in this wilderness, if it means reaching eu soil. because, in belarus's capital, minsk, more families were preparing to head to the border after being welcomed by president lukashenko's regime. undeterred by the spiralling misery tonight in the makeshift camps that soon awaits them. nick beake, bbc news, on the poland—belarus border. eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display - but on the local campaign l headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. i berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy, leaving ministers who long felt only grudgingly accepted among the ranks

beaten, as in these pictures filmed by polish forces. >> this e.u. -- the eu says belarus is encouraging migrants to enter poland and let the way neah over human rights violations. this justifies a new round of sanctions on belarus and the eu wants to stop more desperate people arriving. >> it is important to explain to these countries what are the sequences of the policy. it is important to explain to the airlines, what are the concrete effects of their decisions in the system and in fact, in the hybrid attacked against the e.u. >> the you -- the united nations has condemned the standoff, saying hundreds of men and women and children must not be forced to spend another night in freezing weather without adequate shelter, food, water and medical care. under international law, no one should be prevented from seeking asylum or other forms of international human rights protection. for its part, russia, a traditional backer of belarus, accuses brussels of being hypocritical. >> the situation is very tense. there is a tendency to escalate tensions that causes concern. it is apparent a human tech -- humanitarian catast

this shows belarus soldiers using strobe lights and lasers to dazzle polish officers. polandsing belarus and soldiers to try and destroy a section of this border fence and soldiers to try and destroy a section of this borderfence in and soldiers to try and destroy a section of this border fence in an attempt to net 100 or so migrants crossing to poland. belarus has not commented on the claims. polish police have also said they found a body of a young syrian man on the polish side of the board overnight. it is estimated that at least eight people have died near the border so far. in the meantime the russian president has denied claims by poland and some western countries that moscow is working with minsk to orchestrate the events of the border. let's take a look at some video that we understand has been filmed in a camp in belarusjust a few metres from the fortified polish border fence. few metres from the fortified polish borderfence. we understand he is kurdish but we don't know how he came to be in belarus nor his country of origin. here's how he his current situation and t

thousands have been trying to make their way from belarus, through these trees, to here in poland. ned to take their chances in this wilderness, if it means reaching eu soil. because in belarus's capital, minsk, more families were preparing to head to the border after being welcomed by president lukashenko's regime, undeterred by the spiralling misery tonight in the makeshift camps that soon awaits them. nick beake, bbc news, on the poland—belarus border. a rust film crew member who witnessed the fatal on—set shooting of a cinematographer has filed a negligence suit against actor alec baldwin and the producers. in the lawsuit, chief lighting technician serge svetnoy, accused the producers of rust of negligent acts and ommissions, stating there was no reason for a live bullet to be on set. halyna hutchins was shot and killed by baldwin during rehearsals for the western in new mexico. director, joel souza was injured in the incident. let's go straight to los angeles where hollywood correspondent gayl murphy is standing by. this is quite a new step forward on this story. can you tell u

u at the boil. belarus, poland border, and i flying back home with thousands more are still breathing cold temperatures is there feature remains uncertain. the g 7 is calling on belarus to ends. the crisis . ah, people and see don are back on the streets a day after 15 for testers. were killed in firing. going security forces. we are shop, meeting your best races. the i p a fight, gape bluth. germany's parliament's votes in favor of new colbert 19 restrictions as infections search in countries across europe. and is for the head of the women's tennis association. questions the authenticity of an email from a tiny that tennis star hangs? why hasn't been seen in public since making sexual assault allegations against a top a government official? ah, ah. hundreds of the rocky migrants and refugees who were stopped the poland spellers for there are no flying home. iraq foreign ministry is trying to find others in belarus who will to leave along the border size of a makeshift camp since freeze and conditions. belarus has set up some shelters, but there's no sign of any resolution in it. stan

thousands have been trying to make their way from belarus, through these trees, to here in poland. ed to take their chances in this wilderness, if it means reaching eu soil. because, in belarus's capital, minsk, more families were preparing to head to the border after being welcomed by president lukashenko's regime. undeterred by the spiralling misery tonight in the makeshift camps that soon awaits them. nick beake, bbc news, on the poland—belarus border. from midnight tonight, anyone working in a care home in england will have to be fully vaccinated against covid unless they have a medical exemption. care home managers in england, already struggling with staff shortages, fear they could eventually lose many workers as a direct result of the vaccination rule. the health secretary, sajid javid, says the new arrangement will make care homes much safer. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt has more details. the end of a breakfast shift for daniela bell, and the end of a job that she loved. she's worked in a care home with people with dementia for nearly four years but because she won'

thousands have been trying to make their way from belarus, through these trees, to here in poland. to take their chances in this wilderness, if it means reaching eu soil. because, in belarus's capital, minsk, more families were preparing to head to the border after being welcomed by president lukashenko's regime. undeterred by the spiralling misery tonight in the makeshift camps that soon awaits them. nick beake, bbc news, on the poland—belarus border. in other headlines, the british prime minister says mps who don't abide by parliamentary rules should be investigated and punished. but borisjohnson defended the principle of politicians having second jobs, and said he did not believe that the united kingdom was a corrupt state. the conservative mp and former minister sir geoffrey cox has denied breaching rules on mps' behaviour, after he was filmed apparently using his parliamentary office, to carry out paid work advising the government of the british virgin islands. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. not always pretty from the outside. nor, perhaps, on the inside either.

belarus and poland — they kick us. ants packed up and moved on. they'd come to belarus to try to get into the european union. now, its destination unknown. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belarus. if you want to get in touch with me on any of the stories you've seen on newsday so far, the situation with pollution in delhi, for instance, i am on twitter. @bbckarishma i'm looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: western countries condemn russia for blowing up a satellite in a missile test. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election, and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening - the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. - this will lead to a black