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the president of lithuania demands that the belarussian regime immediately release all the passengersllow them to travel to vilnius. he intends to speak on it at the european council tomorrow in brussels. meanwhile, the belarusian opposition leader says it's evidence international law is being broken. translation: the fact that today, on the instructions _ of the military dictator, alexander lukashenko, a ryanair civilian plane was landed in belarus, using the belarussian air force, is more evidence that international law is being violated in belarus. the health and lives of foreigners and belarussian citizens are at risk. british foreign secretary dominic raab has reacted to the news saying: a short time ago ryanair released a statement — they have apologised to passengers for the disruption and say they have notified the relevant national and european safety and security agencies and they apologise sincerely to all affected passengers for this regrettably delay "which was outside ryanair�*s control". a cable car has plunged to the ground near lake maggiore in northern italy, killing

the plane was eventually allowed to fly on to lithuania, where passengers have been describing their ordeal. we all were being checked and they were standing in front of us with guns. a mountain cable car plunges to the ground in northern italy, killing 1a people. the eurovision winner's lead singer agrees to a drugs test after speculation over this competition footage. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. there's been a chorus of condemnation across europe after a ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus and a dissident belarusian journalist on board was detained. state media in belarus said the plane was forced to land because of a bomb scare. the uk foreign secretary said the �*outlandish actions�* would have �*serious implications�*. the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft ent

he was going to vilnius the capital of lithuania, where he's now based in exile. and so he had spotted somebody, apparently the opposition is saying this was pre plans by the secret services of, of belarus, the government of lithuania, demanding that the opposition figure romance progressive which be released. they have used words like abortions and unprecedented for what say was a clearly plan of action. but at the moment, all we know for sure the plane has carried on after a few hours of all of the passengers having to get off and supposedly be checked along with their baggage for some kind of security threat they've now traveled. but the opposition figure is certainly in detention now. so strong words, they're from this way. now. what about the rest of the international community was they have to say, well, not surprisingly, the exiled opposition leader of, of bella, roosts, atlanta, chicken of sky, us. she was one of the 1st to react cooling for new sanctions on her home country. but not only that, we heard very strong words from the likes of the french and ge

in capital lithuania, along with other european countries, have condemned the arrest.

now the, the authorities in lithuania have summoned the better ocean ambassador and demanded immediate release of all of the passengers. we're not clear right now. what's to exactly what's happened to all of the passengers in the plane, but the opposition and better, rosa calling this a hijacking. it's clearly an attempt to a shocking attempt in their view to, to get the opposite davis, who had been based in x. so in lithuania, since last year, now the opposition leader in exile, svetlana taken off scott, is calling for his immediate release, but she's also calling for the investigation by the international civil aviation organization and she's calling for new sanctions to be put on barrows. nadine, very dramatic. happenings that i'm curious, we've seen some pretty strong condemnation from this from around the world. it's growing and growing by the hour on july and the president of the european commission took to twitter a couple of hours ago saying that not only all must passengers must be able to continue their trouble to vilnius immediately. and that safety insured. but saying that

the activist was traveling from greece to lithuania. it was escorted by a fighter jet because of an alleged bomb threat. they say belarusian secret service agents were on the flight. belarus rejects the accusations as unfounded. european leaders arriving for a meeting tonight expressed their outrage at the incident and put up a united front. >> we witnessed a forced landing which resulted in the arrest of a belarusian figure. he must be released immediately. all the explanations are impossible. the same applies for his partner . we are demanding their release and will discuss what actions we can take with a united european voice. >> what hapned yesterday is an international scandal. the life of european civilia were at risk yesterday. this is not acceptable and this is why we put sanctions on the table. the european governments are preparing different options, different measures, and i hope that we can make decisions on that tonight. >> there will be a strong focus on the utterly unacceptable hijacking of a ryanair flight by belarus aut

it was diverted from lithuania to ben. a roof may have been a crackdown on descent since a disputed election lost in the military government of goma and democratic republic of congo says the city has been fed from volcanic eruption nearby, at least 8 people. there have died. the lava flow from mountain oregon has stopped after reaching the city. but at least 12 people have died in northern italy after a cable call their plunge to the ground. 2 children have also been hospitalized. rescue with the carriage with high off the ground when it fell the cause of the accident at the summit of macaroni and the italian else has not yet been determined . the cable car had just reopened as current of iris restrictions in italy had eased. now 21 people including elite athletes have died while running a marathon and china the race was hit by extreme weather including hale and high winds. and next year, bryan reports, they see it off early on saturday for 100 kilometer ultramarathon. $172.00 run is crossing the stoplight and just t shirt

he was on board a ryanair plane travelling from greece to lithuania when it was forced to divert.opean diplomats have expressed outrage, and poland says the eu will discuss immediate sanctions on monday. the plane has now arrived at its original destination, vilnius airport in lithuania about 90 minutes ago these are picture of ryanair flight as it touched down. ryanair says it found nothing untoward on board after it was ordered to land by air traffic control. belarus state media says authorities are investigating a hoax bomb plot and the fact an opposition was on board as a coincidence. as passengers arrived one of them told waiting reporters what happened when the plane was forcibly diverted to minsk. we didn't, they were checking our suitcases but at the same time they were arresting the journalist, the guy. were you not scared for your life? no, we were not scared but i mean, we were hoping... but, yeah, it was quite crazy. because for three hours we were being kept in some kind of core doors. and later they they put us in the lounge. did they ask any questions? from regular

lithuania kicked things off.sian entry, rapping whilst wearing a giant tea warmer, was voted through. 3,500 fans were allowed in, each of them having first tested negative for coronavirus, twice. it�*s certainly a different way of experiencing live performance. this is one of the organisers. we were very happy that we do have an audience, but we do not have the usualfull an audience, but we do not have the usual full house audience that we have for the song contest, and that is a difference. we usually have the fans on the floor in front of the stage, waving their arms and hands. this year there is no audience on the floor. the bbc�*s anna holligan was there last night speaking to some of the acts, who shared a sense of relief that the contest was going ahead. it is nice to be in front of a crowd again. everybody for so long has been a lockdown, so it is such a great buzz. how did it go? everything went crazy and it was really good. we are extremely happy to be here. 50 really good. we are extremely happy to be h

ordered a passenger jet to the ground in order to arrest a key opposition blogger who was en route to lithuania. to get the plane to the ground, authorities in belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb

he had been living in lithuania since last november. he is now in detention or the other passengers allowed to carry on with their journey, the opposition, the exiled opposition leader of belarus, spent lana says to cut off sky out the last couple of hours has reacted anger. she said that it has to be an investigation by the international civil ab ation organization, but also said that she wants to see sanctions applied on both of us and the d my c . now lithuania is calling for a joint you recommendation plains to stay out of bella, russian s. space. not surprising, given what's happened, but we've been really hearing some sharp words and reaction from around the world. that's right. various governments have been calling this a for slanting and using quite forthright language to show how displeased they are with what better is has done the president of the european commission on the lion was one of the 1st to tweet reaction. she said it is absolutely unacceptable to force around a flight from athens to vilnius, to london. minsk. she sa

all block the harbor of clay pita, in lithuania, miller, which is elect, landlocked country. and nice this. how about to export wood? for example, you can also, you can, yeah, go ahead and you can also, you can also, you can also think about the overflight rights bill is issuing to international airlines. it's certainly getting a certain amount of revenue from that. so if you re route the flights no, not over boilers anymore than this could also harm the economy, but this is only a slight impact. i would say that would also harm international airlines because of certain hop between europe and asia and europe and russia. e commerce, a g for love on the line has been very outspoken on this matter tweeting on sunday that caught the outrageous and illegal behavior of the regime and beller, as we'll have consequences now is that the common stands among the leaders. as far as we know, yes, all you lead us on the same page, even the direct, the neighboring countries like poland and the baltics. although they have some more intense economic relations with b as a border traffic for ex

brian as flight f. 4978, arriving at vilnius apple in lithuania. after being diverted and held for hours in the better we're seeing capital minutes. the normally 3 hour flight from athens to vilnius had almost reached his destination. when better a c and o thora tease diverted the playing, they cited a bomb threat and escorted it with a military playing to the apple in minsk. feel socrates didn't find any explosives, but they did arrest a passenger rum on prophecy, which a better or see an activist on blogger living in exile? passengers said they saw better as the police confiscating the activists passport. it's cru something uncivilized. scary government functions about doing that. they can pretend there is a moment to stop here playing for sure. it was the true for salary. have been protesting against all sorry, terry and vida, alexander lucas shanker. the outrage was spark last august when he won a 6 turnovers in the presidential vote, the opposition said was rigged. the government cracked down under arrested thousands by then proceed, which alr

passengers. life was forced to make an emergency landing in men's cuz the 26 year old was traveling to lithuania from athens. at the time the aircraft was diverted in his present condemned incident as abhorrence. also coming up. 14 people are dead after a cable car crash in the italian alps. b accident happened close to the summit of the motor on a peak overlooking lake missouri. ah, i'm told me already. ball welcome to the program. european union leaders have condemned by the ruth after authorities there forced a ryan airplane to land in minsk and arrested a passenger on board roman protests of its exile. belushi and activist and journalist was traveling from greece to lithuania when the airplane was diverted to the bill. origin capital and he was taken into custody. the european commission president has called the incident quote, utterly unacceptable. the flight has now left misc passengers and crew after a security check on board the aircraft. for me all i'm joined by franak, the ciocca. he is an advisor to belushi and opposition leader said lana to handle this guy. he joins me loud now from

the 3 hour flight from greece to lithuania had almost reached its destination. when bella ru seen, authorities alerted it to a bomb scare and instructed it to land in minsk. state media says a bomb was reported on board, but fellow roosting authorities never found any explosives. instead, they arrested roman protests, of which an activists living in exile from president, alexander lucas shank, as authoritarian government. he was the personal enemy of lucas and he was collecting information from citizen journalists. he was posting videos and pictures from protest about torture in presence above the conditions in jails. and he was one of the most prominent figures begin at ball to the horrible violation of human rights. and they think what we saw today, it was their revenge. bela ruffians turned out in massive numbers last year to protest election results. after lucas shank, as opponent claimed that many votes were not counted, some of the demonstrations were organized by protests, of which, living in exile and poland at the time. when at the airport in lithuania

it was headed from athens, greece, to vilnius, lithuania.pratasevich, a prominent opponent of lukashenko and the co-founder of a messaging app used to plan recent protests. he was reportedly arrested after the plane landed in minsk. pratasevich has been living in exile and faces charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to 15 years. lithuania's president tweeted the forced landing and arrest was “abhorrent.” the ryanair flight was crossing through belarus air space when it was forced to change course. belarus officials claimed they took the action because the plane was the target of a bomb threat. a european union official tweeted late today that the plane was allowed to leave minsk and headed to lithuania with about 170 passengers on board. for updates on covid-19 and more national and international news visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: this week marks the one year anniversary of the death of george floyd, an unard black man, who died after a white police officer, derek chauvin, held his knee on floyd's neck for more than nine

and in the last hour, it has landed in lithuania.cow our correspondent, sarah rainsford. sera, widespread condemnation on this this evening.— this this evening. really strong lanauuae this this evening. really strong language from _ this this evening. really strong language from leaders - this this evening. really strong language from leaders and - language from leaders and politicians across europe. the uk as well. the foreign secretary speaking out and calling this abhorrent. some politicians describing what has happened as a hijacking and certainly calling for something to be done. some kind of measures to be taken. against the authorities in belarus who appear to have sanctioned the diversion of a plane in order to arrest, purely and simply to arrest a critic, a key critic of alexander, the president. the stories that we have been hearing suggest some passengers have been speaking to lithuanian media suggesting there was no kind of warning of what was happening, that simply the plane started heading in another direction, and as t

she used to live in lithuania. all the opposition ventilators have all been arrested or chased out of the country since the election one against lev shinkle. put up the previous picture though. look which he's holding up there. you see the photo of a very injured man. i know that's hard to see. the photo is water marked, it has words written on it and a pattern and diagonal. i initially thought those are tattoos or something on the guy that was beaten. it's not. it's a media outlet water mark. nexta and he ex tsa. next up is an opposition media in belarus which has only been able to survive because its leadership has also fled the country. it's editor who was also in exile in lithuania, he's 26 years old. he was officially designated by lukashenko as a terrorist in november. designated a terrorist for running a media outlet that had the severity to report on the protest on that country's dictator. media outlets that published photos like that one of how people were abused after they were arrested. this weekend, the

from athens to lithuania you can see over belarus and over the border of lithuania, it made a sudden turn back and headed to minsk. they made up a fake bomb threat on the plane, and then escorted it to minsk. the arrested journalist has appeared in new video admitted that he helped to organize mass protests last year. the supporters say it is clear that he is forced to say that. matthew bodner in moscow. that. mat matthe >> reporter: several european nations avoided belarus entirely and so while we saw several of them in the u.k., and lithuania and ukraine move to formally ban flights in and out of that country, there is questions about the enforcement, but this is coming as the european union came to discuss sanctions against belarus in response to this act. it is important to note that belarus is under significant sanctions against the president for a brutal ongoing crackdown against the opposition against independent journalists in belarus over the past year, and since the last belarusian journalist it is called a shocking act, and the ceo of ryanair called it an act of state-spon

she has to live in lithuania, all the protest organizers have all been arrested or kmased out of the country since the election that it look like she won against lukashenko. but put up that priest picture again. look what she's holding up there. you see obviously the very photo of a very injured man. that's hard to see. you see how the photo is water marked, words written and a pattern diagonal. i thought those were tattoos on the guy who were beaten. it's a media water mark. nexta is an opposition media outlet in belarus. that has only been able to survive because its leadership has also fled the country. its editor, also in exile in lithuania, he is 26 years old, designated by lukashenko as a terrorist in november for running a media outlet that had the temerity to report on the protests against that country's dictator. media outlet that published photos like that one of how people were abused by the police after they were arrested. this weekend the dictator in belarus lukashenko sent up a fighter jet, sent up a fighter jet to intercept a commercial passenger plane that had taken o

he lithuanian officials gave him a passport and he went back to lithuania with the understanding that he was not going to be tried. but then the united states put tremendous pressure on lithuanian authority. so in 1998, they charged him with genocide but the proceedings dragged down until the lake is finally died in 2000 at the age of 93. and that was without a verdict without any resolution. yes. we would like to give special thanks to our partners and colleagues at the us department of justice former colleagues of berries there eli rosenbaum and susan masling in the us department of justice. what is now the human rights and special prosecution section, they helped us in preparing for this program and shared information. so, thank you eli and susan now barry those of us who follow these kind of prosecutions know that osi is probably the most effective of any law enforcement agency charged with investigating crimes of this type from the nazi era and it has won more cases. correct me if i'm wrong. it is one more cases over the past 40 years than have the government authorities all of t

the 3 hour flight from greece to lithuania had almost reached its destination. when bella russian authorities alerted it to a bomb scare and instructed to land in minsk, state media says a bomb was reported on board. but fellow russian authorities never found any explosives. instead, they arrested roman protests, of which an activist living an exile from president, alexander lucas shank, as authoritarian government he was the personal enemy of lucas and he was collecting information from citizen journalists. he was posting videos and pictures from protest about torture in presence above the conditions in jails. and he was one of the most prominent figures begin about the horrible violation of human rights. and they think what we saw today, it was their revenge bela rush and turned out in massive numbers last year to protest election results. after lucas shank, as opponent claimed that many votes were not counted. some of the demonstrations were organized by protests, of ich living in exile and poland. at the time when at the airport and lithuania were protested,

the 3 hour flight from greece to lithuania had almost reached its destination. when bella, ru, seen, authorities alerted it to a bomb scare, and instructed it to land in minsk. state media says a bomb was reported on board, but bella ru, seeing authorities never found any explosives. instead they arrested roman protests, of which an activists living in exile from president, alexander lucas shank, as authoritarian government. he was the personal enemy for question because he was collecting information from citizen journalists. he was posting videos and pictures from protest about torture in presence above the conditions in jails. and he was one of the most prominent figures begin about the horrible violations of human rights. and they think what we saw today, it was their revenge. elevations turned out in massive numbers last year to protest election results. after lucas shank, as opponent claimed that many votes were not counted, some of the demonstrations were organized by protests, of which, living in exile and poland. at the time when the policy at the airpor

on the front page of the financial times — the story of the ryanair plane from greece to lithuania divertedbelarus opposition activist. the metro leads with the headline �*third immunity�*, as a third of the uk population is now fully vaccinated against covid, and the country passes the milestone of 60 million jabs administered. on the i, the lifting of all covid—i9 coronavirus restrictions next month is "looking good", according to the head of the uk health security agency. the guardian carries the picture of the cable car which tragically fell about 20m on a mountain in northern italy causing the death of 14 people, including at least one child. according to the yorkshire post the government decision to scrap safeguard measures could put thousands ofjobs at risk. the daily telegraph says britain is at risk of replacing the covid crisis with a cancer crisis. more than 300,000 people missing urgent checks since the start of the pandemic. according to the on the parameter could be soon tying the knot with carrie symonds with a wedding expected next summer. —— the prime minister be tying the

lithuania will demand a clear and compromising response from the international community.he air space of belarus is unsafe for everyone. >> u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken saying the act in danger belies the 120 passengers on board. he called for the immediate release of the detained reporter the foreign secretary called on the eu to pose a ban on the commercial flights through belarusian air space >> i believe that is completely unsafe for any commercial flight it should be deemed this not only by eu, but international community. now, this could be used for any plane crossing the air space i think that it should be first and very clear by the community. we're still in the preparation of the fourth sanction package proposed to the 27 i think it has to be adopted immediately. >> let's get out to the correspondent silvio nobodyticipating this as the topic of conversation. what can we expect from the eu leaders? >> reporter: absolutely. the focus for this summit was on climate, but now, joumanna, this incident on sunday in belarus. the comments indicate there is a bro

this commercial ryanair flight from greece to lithuania forced to land while flying over belarus. belarussian authorities at first claimed there was a bomb threat. sniffer dogs on the tarmac >> we just change the direction of flight and then we go down and to the left. >> reporter: but there wasn't a bomb. instead, it appears to be a brazen operation by the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko, branded europe's last dictator by protesters, a staunch ally of president putin. his target, one of his sharpest critics, 26-year-old journalist roman protasevich, who was on board during the emergency landing eyewitnesses say he panicked. >> trying to split the things like computer give it to girlfriend. >> reporter: the plane eventually continued to lithuania without the journalist or his girlfriend on board. now opposition leaders are fearful. >> i'm sure that he's being tortured because he knows a lot of information. >> reporter: tonight the u.s. is calling for an international investigation, and the eu is telling european airlines to stop flying over belarus. lester >> okay, sara

. ♪ haidi: iran air flight has landed in lithuania after authorities in belarus landed at there.they arrested a journalist who had been critical of the prime minister. which we know about the events that took place in the air and of course with that landing over minsk on sunday? and what is being debated as the reaction and the outcome? >> this was really one of the more shocking geopolitical events in recent memory, i would say. european governments have reacted shockley and with unified outrage. the flight to lithuania was going through belarus and airspace when there was a notification that would imply there was a security threat. the flight was accompanied to the ground by a jet. what seems to be, is that this was a fake bomb threat to get the plane to land on the orders of belarus is president. who is an ally of russia's putin. and must be terrifying for some 170 passengers on board. ultimately, the flight was able to go on to lithuania, only after a journalist who was critical of the president was arrested. the eu is outrage. they called for the journalists release immediat

this commercial ryan dlgs air flight from greece to lithuania forced to land sniffer dogs on the tarmacd there was a bomb. >> we changed the direction of flight and we go down and to the left. >> reporter: but there wasn't a bomb instead, it appears to be a brazen operation by the president of belarus, alexander lukashenko branded europe's last dictator by protesters. his target, one of his sharpest critics, 26-year-old journalist roman protosevich. eye witnesses say he panicked. >> like computer, gave it to his girlfriend >> reporter: the plane continued to lithuania without the journalist or his girlfriend on board. now opposition leaders are fearful. >> i'm sure he is being tortured because he knows a lot of information. >> reporter: the u.s. is now calling for an international investigation and the e.u. has agreed on sanctions banning bella russian airlines and telling them to stop flying over belarus. >> sarah, thank you. >>> ballots from the 2020 presidential election are still being counted in arizona a controversial republican led hand recount has now resumed nbc's vonn hilliard

on a flight from greece to lithuania, the airline pointed to potential threat on board but reportinghat president ordered the fighter jet to escort the plane to minsk where the passenger was detained. a passenger on board described what he saw. >> it was announced we're going to land in minsk, so stand up, open luggage door, take the luggage and was trying to split things like computer, gave to girlfriend or iphone, whatever it was. i think he made small mistake, around 90 people so he could give things not to the girlfriend which was also i think arrested. >> founder of two channels critical of the government, classified as extremist in belarus and been on wanted list for terrorism. lithuania's president is slamming belarus and plans to speak with european council in brussels in hours ahead. >> translator: we demand the release. if that's not done, we'll talk about serious sanctions at eu's disposal, and regime could face other measures, declaring air space unsafe for commercial flights. >> leader who ran against lukashenko called it unprecedented and calling on countries to help fr

the president of lithuania has called the the action unprecedented. he says, i demand the better version regime immediately released the detainee and allow him to continue his journey. i called ne tony you allies to respond immediately to the threat posed by the better version regime to international civil aviation. similarly, the leader rode the bell original position in excel sweat line. a 2nd off sky has all the details. she says that a fighter jet actually was used to accompany that plane to minutes airport. and she's now saying that there should be sanctions put on better as up to the country being removed from the international civil aviation authority. the involve across all of that for us from london, we'll have more as we get it. thanks so much for being well still ahead here on out of the battle of morale. we 4 years after the fight against i still affiliated rebels, we look at the reconstruction efforts by the government to the philippines. 21 run as die as extreme where they hit some medicine in northwestern china. and find out here, tyson

he was on a ryanair commercial flight from athens bound for lithuania, but just two minutes before it entered lithuanian airspace a belarusian fighter jet appeared, diverting the plane and 126 passengers, including several americans, to land in minsk. authorities claimed it was a bomb threat, but it was a staged con. the hunt was cl the hunt was clearly for protasevich himself. a fellow passenger said protasevich knew he was in gravd danger. >> he was very scared. i looked at him directly into his eyes and it was very sad. >> reporter: he was seen reportedly deleting information from his phone and computer when he realized the plane was being forced to land in minsk saying, "i know the death penalty awaits me." white house press secretary jen psaki condemned the forced diversion. >> it constitutes a brazen affront on national peace and security by the regime. >> reporter: protasevich has been in exile since 2019 after been in e organizing protests against alexander lukashenko, a crime ps crime that carries 20 years in jail to the death penalty. charlie d'agata, cbs, london. >> o'donne

the plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus.he us secretary of state antony blinken called it a shocking act that endangered the lives of more than 120 passengers, while the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen described it as an "illegal hijacking" and said belarus would be punished. this bbc diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. according to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential security threat and ordered to land at minsk. for good measure, a belarusian warplane armed to the teeth was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs were found on board. instead, this man was taken off the plane and arrested. roman protasevich is a well—known belarusian opposition journalist and is wanted by the authorities for organi

was traveling lithuania from athens, where the aircraft was intercepted by bella versus air force. also coming up, 14 people are dead and after a cable car crashed the italian alps, the tragedy happened close to the summit of the month or on a peak overlooking lake majority. and inform the little one read both max fair stop improve. he's business as he wins and monocle, gram free and leap francois champion louis hamilton at the top of the drivers. sandy's. ah, i'm aaron tilden, thanks for joining us. european union leaders will discuss possible sanctions against bellows on monday, after authorities in minsk force, or ryan airplane, to land and arrested, arrested rather a passenger on board for him on purpose even an exiled belushi and activists in blogger was traveling from greece to lift the wayne ja, when the airplane was diverted to the bell of russian capital in a full security alert. the flight eventually landed in vilnius after the 7 hour long delay, but per pet fee of which was not on board. the united states has also called for his immediate release a journey finally coming

you can see ukraine at its south — then it's surrounded by the eu & nato members like latvia, lithuaniaor". he's accused of stealing the election. so there's a huge opposition movement — which has been violently suppressed by the state. in the days after the election, thousands were arrested. hundreds were tortured and beaten. over the next few months — more than 25,000 more people were detained. the crackdown is ongoing. these are activists being sentenced in minsk today. but this former ambassador to belarus thinks what happened on sunday shows lukashenko still fears his grip on the country is weakened. even though the mobilisation that we saw in the belarusian streets a few months ago has now been quelled and suppressed by force and oppression. lukashenko is not ready for the backing control. if he has to go to such extraordinary lengths to try to detain a single young internet generalist and blocker, that suggests a threat information is still to his rule. the response from the west suggests lukashenko is now seen as an international threat — notjust a domestic one in belarus. andre

the plane was allowed to fly on to lithuania, where passengers described their ordeal. we all were being checked and they were standing in front of us with guns. brazil's president leads more than a thousand of his supporters in a rio motorcade despite coronavirus restrictions. a rally is held in minneapolis to mark nearly one year since the death of george floyd. and the eurovision winner's lead singer agrees to a drugs test — after speculation over this competition footage. hello. the united states and eu have condemned the forced diversion of a passenger plane carrying a dissident belarus journalist. it follows a chorus of condemnation across europe after the ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus. in a statement, the us secretary of state antony blinken said it was s shocking act. ursula von der leyen described it as an illegal hijacking and said belarus would be punished. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left at

one of those responded to the rallies in lithuania. excited about the support i see - in lithuania and other parts of the world. it's a pity that a year has passed and we are not yet at the final point. i believe that there will be changes very soon. there will be new elections because there can be no other way. belarussians will not give up. meanwhile, talks in russia between president vladimir putin and mr lukashenko continued into a second day. mr putin later confirmed russia would move ahead with a second $500 million loan to belarus next month. russia is mr lukashenko's strongest political ally, even though personal relations between the two long—time presidents are at times said to be strained. let 5 get some of the day's other news. protestors have ta ken to the streets in brazil's largest cities to demand the impeachment of president jair bolsonaro over his response to the coronavirus pandemic. in the capital brasilia, thousands have gathered in front of the congress building, many demanding covid vaccines. a ferry carrying nea

one of those responded to the rallies in lithuania. support i see - in lithuania and other parts of the world. it's a pity that a year has passed and we are not yet at the final point. i believe that there will be changes very soon. there will be new elections because there can be no other way. belarussians will not give up. meanwhile, talks in russia between president vladimir putin and mr lukashenko continued into a second day. mr putin later confirmed russia would move ahead with a second $500 million loan to belarus next month. russia is mr lukashenko's strongest political ally, even though personal relations between the two long—time presidents are at times said to be strained. north korea has claimed that orphans working in coal mines, farms and on large construction sites are volunteers. the country's state news agency praised hundreds of children it said had come forward. pyongyang has in the past rejected accusations by human rights groups of using forced child labour. hanna song is the director of international co—operation a

this is a commercial plane from a irish company going from athens to lithuania. this is eu airspace. this is an attack on the eu. they need to come up with something. they are looking at a package of sanctions. they believe individuals sanctions will not cut it and they are looking for ways to isolate belarus further. that could be a ban from flights in and out of the country. we are expecting a decision in the next 48 hours. usually it is difficult to get unanimity from the eu, but this time is different. this is something they look at as an attack on the european airspace. tom: belarus has the gdp somewhere in the vicinity of rhode island. it is tiny. tell me how russia fits into this debate with brussels, but far more with the city states of europe? maria: it is a tiny country, but geographically it is in a key position and the only country that has backed up by vladimir putin. you have to factor that european leaders have said the election was bony, the leader is not -- was bony, the leader -- was phony, the leader is not democratically elected. this is anoth

the plane was allowed to fly on to lithuania — where passengers described their ordeal.all were being checked and they were standing in front of us with guns. a mountain cable car plunges to the ground in northern italy, killing 1a people. children of the border. we hear some of the desperate accounts of the thousands of youngsters detained after entering america illegally. the united states has condemned the forced diversion of a passenger plane carrying a dissident belarus journalist. it follows a chorus of condemnation across europe after the ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus. in a statement, the us secretary of state antony blinken said... james landale reports. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. the ryanair flight with about 170 people on board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. according to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential security threat and ordered to lan

the plane was allowed to fly on to lithuania, where passengers described their ordeal. we all were being checked and they were standing in front of us with guns. a mountain cable car plunges to the ground in northern italy, killing 1a people. children of the border. we hear some of the desperate accounts of the thousands of youngsters detained after entering america illegally. and the eurovision winner's lead singer agrees to a drugs test after speculation over this competition footage. hello. the united states has condemned the forced diversion of a passenger plane carrying a dissident belarusian journalist. it follows a chorus of condemnation across europe after the ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania was forced to land in the belarus capital minsk. state media there said the intervention was due to a bomb scare. the uk foreign secretary said the �*outlandish actions�* would have �*serious implications�*. the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is not where flight fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airpor

his airlines. passenger flight is diverted to minsk for a man per ton of which was traveling to lithuania from athens when the airplane had to make an emergency landing and the bella roost in capital lithuania, along with other european countries, have condemned the arrest of a 26 year old also coming up, 13 people are dead after a cable car crash in the italian out. several others including children, have been air lifted, the hospital. the accident happened close to the summit of the motor on a peak overlooking lake majority, also in the program. ah . next bytes are welcome to the show, the bellows in opposition that says a ryan airplane was forced to land immense, where an exile activist and journalist on the flight was detained, remained protested, which was traveling from greece to lift the way in here when the airplane was forced to make an emergency landing at the bell roof in capital. germany is demanding an immediate explanation as to why the flight was diverted, and miscellaneous president has called the actions of the belushi and authorities abhorrent. and joining me now with th

one of those responded to the rallies in lithuania.it�*s a pity that a year has passed and we are not yet at the final point. i believe that there will be changes very soon. there will be new elections because there can be no other way. belarussians will not give up. meanwhile, talks in russia between president vladimir putin and mr lukashenko continued into a second day. mr putin later confirmed russia would move ahead with a second $500 million loan to belarus next month. russia is mr lukashenko�*s strongest political ally, even though personal relations between the two long—time presidents are at times said to be strained. the colombian government has deployed 7,000 troops across some of its major towns and cities in a bid to end two months of deadly protests and riots. demonstrators have vowed to march on the streets of the capital city — bogota, as they continue their stand against poverty, police violence and tax rises. will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence, but these scenes have shocked the nation. two months a

let's start with the financial times — and the ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania that wasto minsk so a belarus opposition activist could be arrested. the guardian carries the picture of the cable car which tragically fell about 20m on a mountain in northern italy causing the death of 14 people, including at least one child. on the times — the culture secretary calls for changes at the bbc. he accuses the corportation of a �*we know best attitude�* in the wake of the martin bashir scandal. the telegraph says that britain is at risk of "replacing the covid crisis with a cancer crisis" — with more than 300,000 people missing urgent checks since the start of the pandemic. on the mail, a report reveals that dental patients are being forced to wait until up to 2024 for nhs appointments — with surgeries dealing with thousands of patients on their waiting lists. and according to the sun, the prime minister could soon be tying the knot with carrie symonds with a wedding expected next summer. so let's begin... with a wedding expected next summer. thank with a wedding expected next s