the moment roman protasevich�*s life was turned upside down.ist's flight was redirected to minsk airport under the pretence of a bomb threat, before he was led away by belarusian security forces. 12 days on, this belarusian state tv presenter teases his viewers. there was a bomb on the plane, he reveals — an information one. he then introduces an allegedly voluntary interview with the jailed 26—year—old opposition blogger, whom western countries are demanding belarus releases immediately. we're not broadcasting the interview, which human rights groups say was filmed under psychological duress, and amounts to pure propaganda. during it, roman protasevich questions the financing of an influential opposition social media operation, run mainly from poland, alleges a prominent opposition politician is funded by lithuanian taxpayers, and says he respects the president. ending the interview bursting into tears, saying he hopes one day to marry and have children. roman�*s father calls the interview attempted torture to justify the state's criminal acti

foreign news crews walked out, saying mr protasevich clearly had no choice but to take part.

olga ivshina from the bbc�*s russian service has more on what mr protasevich�*s father told the bbc.ey don't know much, you know? they also knew that his girlfriend, sofia sapega, was also moved to house arrest and we also managed to speak to her parents and they were able to travel to belarus from russia and they saw their daughter at a restaurant. the time of that visit wasn't limited. it all started with a picture, a photo published yesterday online where some people saw in the park two people resembling protasevich and sapega talking to one of the journalists on camera. what happens next is unclear, but the parents of roman protasevich are sure that it is a positive sign in terms of the well—being of roman, but they think some bargaining is going on. the parents say there are no communications, no one is talking to them. they were not able to speak to roman yet, so they are completely in the dark, but an opposition leader said according to her sources, some of the russian diplomats were calling some european diplomats yesterday and saying that some political prisoners would be mo

jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny, while the girlfriend of belarussian opposition activist, roman protasevich she's "holding up" in prison. a row between the sussexes and a buckingham palace source over the naming of their new baby daughter, now a warning from harry and meghan�*s lawyers. and — curfew stops play — the semi—finals of the french tennis open are disrupted by coronavirus restrictions — as 5,000 fans are forced to leave the court. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has arrived in the uk for the g7 summit. he began his first overseas trip with a rallying cry for the world's democracies — insisting the united states was back after the trump years. within the last hour or two, air force one arrived in cornwall where the summit is taking place. he will meet prime minister borisjohnson at carbis bay on thursday, before the summit begins on friday. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has this report on the start of the us president's visit. for the first time since becoming president injanuary, joe biden stepped out from air force one on to for

roman protasevich has called for an end to street protests in another interview on state tv. or fled the country. but president lukashenko�*s authoritarian regime does not appear to be buckling because of them, or a flight ban on sanctions from the us, eu and uk. so what of this latest twist? as belarus is the only european country that still executes prisoners, roman protasevich�*s interview may have been an act of survival after he told fellow passengers as he left the plane before his detention, he feared he would face the death penalty. mark lobel, bbc news. in hong kong, police are patrolling the streets and much of the city�*s victoria park has been closed off, in an effort to stop people gathering to mark the anniversary of the 1989 tiananman square massacre — as they have done over most of the past three decades. the authorities have banned the annual vigil, for the second consecutive year, citing coronavirus restrictions. earlier today, one of the organisers of the annual candlelit event in the park, chow hung tang was detained by police. in the park was detained by

after that forced landing, protasevich and his girlfriend were hauled off the jet by security forces.rik pleitgen is monitoring events in belarus from berlin. and, frederick, this new video is peoneven more damning when y look at it closely. >> you are absolutely right, jake. and certainly, causing even more outrage than a lot of the other events that we have seen around the detention of roman protasevich. he clearly looks like he's very much under duress. that he certainly isn't doing that voluntarily. but what we did is actually focused into one part of the interview, where he is sort of holding his hands in front of his face. breaks down several times and sort of touches his face with his hands and there, you can see, he has some clear bruise and even blood marks on his wrist. which clearly points to the fact he seemed to have handcuffs on in a tight way and for an excessive period of time. now, in the interview, he allegedly said that he was doing voluntarily. but certainly, it doesn't seem as though anyone in the international community is buying that, certainly. the opposition i

roman protasevich appeared on a television station in numbers.is family says he was coerced into making a confession on tv. >> in an appearance on national television, roman protasevich praises the president of belarus and admits that trying to topple him by spearheading protests, a confession the leader of the opposition says was visibly made under duress. >> you should understand in what conditions these people are. they are for sure being tortured and violated. we should not believe any of the words of these people. >> it is the third time the dissident john list has made such an appearance since he was arrested after his flight to this weightier -- to lithuania was forced to land. human rights campaigners say he was tortured. his parents have denounced the treatment of their son. >> he said those things because someone needed him to do it. it is obvious that the authorities needed to justify their own criminal actions. >> protests erted across belarus after president lukashenko claimed victory in the election last august. a crackdown follow,

in the interview, itself, protasevich is essentially saying that he is repending. he says he pleads guilty to organizing some of those protests that took place in belarus. he also says he doesn't want to conduct political activism anymore, in the future. he essentially says that he respects the dictator, alexander lukashenko. the belarusian opposition, of course, not buying any of that. in fact, the opposition leader, svetlana tikhanovskaya, she, in warsaw, called for tougher sanctions. against the belarusian regime and there are, indeed, some new sanctions that have just come into effect. the u.s. is sanctioning nine state-run belarusian companies. and minsk is reacting to that. they are now saying that they are going to limit the amount of personnel that the u.s. is allowed to have at the u.s. embassy in minsk and that includes both technical, as well as diplomatic personnel. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >>> coming up. the u.s. is still fighting to get 70% of adults at least one coronavirus shot, by july 4th. we'll talk about why it's so tricky, next. >>> plus, wh

she gave me her take on the latest footage we've seen of mr protasevich.ee with what svetlana has stated. the video is ohviouslym _ svetlana has stated. the video is obviously... and to my understanding, this so—called interview— understanding, this so—called interview was more an interrogation. it interview was more an interrogation. it was _ interview was more an interrogation. it was in _ interview was more an interrogation. it was in the — interview was more an interrogation. it was in the pretrial kgb detention centre. _ it was in the pretrial kgb detention centre, and that was the purpose. 0ne centre, and that was the purpose. one was— centre, and that was the purpose. one was to — centre, and that was the purpose. one was to show his supporters in belarus _ one was to show his supporters in belarus that the west is bad, that the demonstration after the elections were orchestrated by the polish _ elections were orchestrated by the polish and the lithuanians and such, and second — polish and the lithuanians and such, and second of all, people who are

the belarus activist, roman protasevich — seized three weeks ago on a diverted ryanair flight — was broughtsk — supposedly to give more details of the ryanair incident. the bbc and other international media, as well as foreign diplomats, left the press conference so as not to validate the seizure of the journalist. jonah fisher reports. so we were invited to this briefing here in minsk, in belarus, because the belarus authorities said they wanted to give a more complete and detailed account of what happened to the ryanair plane that was diverted last month with the blogger and activist roman protasevich on board, and he was arrested of course here in minsk. so we came here at relatively short notice and they facilitated our visas for coming here, we were brought to this press conference, and then just as it was about to start a label was changed and it became clear that roman protasevich, the man detained on board this plane, was going to be taking part. in effect, we had been duped into coming here, basically, to try and lend credibility to this press event. he is clearly not here under hi

the detained bela rusian opposition journalist roman protasevich has appeared again on state televisiong to organise anti—government protests. he is also seen recanting his criticism of belarus's authoritarian president, alexander lu kashenko. his family and opposition groups say he was clearly speaking under duress. the authorities, who've labelled mr protasevich an extremist, claim television confessions by government opponents are purely done voluntarily. officials in sri lanka are desperately trying to contain a potentially devastating oil leak from a sinking cargo ship. the ship caught fire nearly two weeks ago, and debris and oil have already spread onto the coast, sparking fears of an environmental disaster. the bbc�*s secunder kermani has more. an environmental disaster that only looks to be getting worse. after a fire broke out around two weeks ago, this huge ship, the x—press pearl, is sinking. desperate efforts to tow it further away from sri lanka's western coastline have failed, with part of the boat striking against the sea bed. millions of plastic pellets that were being

the detained bela rusian opposition journalist roman protasevich has appeared again on state televisioning to organise anti—government protests. he is also seen recanting his criticism of belarus s authoritarian president alexander lukashenko. his family and opposition groups say he was clearly speaking under duress. the authorities, who ve labelled mr protasevich an extremist, claim television confessions by government opponents are purely done voluntarily. hundreds of uk holidaymakers and would—be travellers have had their plans thrown into disarray, as quarantine rules for those returning from portugal are to be reintroduced. the country had been the only mainstream european travel destination on the uk's green list, but those returning from there after 4am on tuesday will now have to isolate for ten days and take two coronavirus tests. bbc transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it was a brief moment in the sun. after three weeks, portugal is off the green list. for passengers heading out there today, the news came as a shock. gutted, really. but, anyway, it is what it is.

sofia sapega, the girlfriend of opposition activist roman protasevich, has told her family — she's "nots. the couple were arrested when their ryanair flight was forcibly diverted to minsk, sparking international condemnation. news of how she is coping — came in three letters to her family she'd written injail. here's our correspondent in moscow, sarah rainsford. sophia's mothers share these letters with me late last night. they were the very first directly communication she had with sophia since she was arrested on the 23rd of may with her boyfriend when they were forcibly removed after the plane was forcibly diverted as we just mentioned. the tone of the letters appear to be one attempting to reassure her family that she was ok but there were obvious moments of distress in their to come up sofia talked about how much she was tormented by the thought of missing out on life was supposed to defend her dissertation this week and talked about how she had planned to drink champagne with roman protasevich and to celebrate that with her boyfriend with a special dinner but instead she said she

foreign news crews walked out, saying mr protasevich clearly had no choice but to take part.ow on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. no industry has been hit harder by the global covid pandemic than aviation. cross—border travel is either banned or constrained by tests and quarantines across much of the world. besides, who wants to travel for either business or pleasure in a world full of insecurity and uncertainty? that is the challenge facing my guest, johan lundgren, ceo of easyjet, europe's second—biggest budget airline. can his business model survive the double whammy of covid and climate change? johan lundgren, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you and easyjet have been grappling with the covid pandemic for more than 15 months now. in your wildest nightmares, did you imagine it would be this bad for this long? no, i didn't, and nobody knew and nobody thought that this would happen to the scale of it. but we did assume, compared to some other airlines, that it was going to last for a period of time that we couldn't determine when it was going to f

if convicted, roman protasevich faces a prison term up to 15 years for organizing mass unrest.n he was taken from the plane, other passengers reportedly heard him say, quote, i'll get the death penalty here. anthony. >> thanks, holly williams in london. that video is so upsetting to watch. >> it's chilling. it's chilling. >> absolutely upsetting. >> you can see the duress and you can see the pain. it's very, very frightening. >>> ahead, what are those ufos that military pilots say they saw? we have the first information from an upcoming report >>> ahead, a texas high school valedictorian dumps her graduation speech and instead blasts lawmakers for a tough new abortion law. ahead we'll look at how that law puts abortion rights advocates in legal jeopardy. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by let's gogo places. ne goeoes outs from her f friends. jejess, they w wanted to s s, "“good lucuck on the i interv”" ♪ ♪ and u uh-oh, i sesee anothr moununtain to clclimb ♪ heyyyy! ! you got ththis, jes! ♪ but i i, i, i gotot stamin

olga ivshina from the bbc�*s russian service has more on what mr protasevich's father told the bbc.is a positive sign in terms of the wellbeing of roman, but they think some bargaining is going on. the parents say there are no communications, no—one is talking to them. they were not able to speak to roman yet, so they are completely in the dark, but an opposition leader said according to her sources some of the russian diplomats were calling some european diplomats yesterday and saying that some political prisoners would be moved under arrest. these are all small signs which give hints that this might be a part of a bigger game by the russian authorities, but the exact terms of this game is of course unclear, and the fact is that this game involves human lives. the headlines on bbc news: matt hancock says sorry for breaching distancing guidelines, after he was caught on camera in an embrace with a close aide. borisjohnson's spokesman has said the prime minister has accepted matt hancock's apology and that the matter was now closed. labour has called for action to be taken. there's a

human rights watch is pointing to signs of injury on protasevich's hands including here, where markings's a sign that his son probably gave this interview as a result of torture. now, back on may 24, one day after he was detained, this video appeared on social media where protasevich appeared to have bruises on his face. joining me now with more is nbc news' matt bodner who is in st. petersburg, russia for us. matt, i know you've been tracking this closely and a disturbing twist late last night. >> reporter: thank you, ayman. this is the third time we've seen him used this way, this one arguably one of the more unsettling versions of it. as you mentioned, there's clear signs of duress. so i don't think we're going to show too many clips from it. and like you said, clearly bruises on his wrists. one of the things that really stuck out to me is not only is he refuting essentially everything that he's worked hard for over the past several years, what he's done with his journalism career. it's the way he's done it, it's this very kind of strange pro-government language, something you might

and he appeared in a one _ roman protasevich and he appeared in a one hour— roman protasevich and here now sitting in prison — regimes who are now sitting in prison it's_ regimes who are now sitting in prison. it'sjust a sad state of the world _ prison. it'sjust a sad state of the world that — prison. it'sjust a sad state of the world that two of many activists that are — world that two of many activists that are in — world that two of many activists that are in similar situations. do ou that are in similar situations. you think that are in similar situations. dir? you think the democratic world does enough? there's been a lot of protests and a lot of strong words about those things that you are talking about, but is there enough action? hat talking about, but is there enough action? ., ., ~ talking about, but is there enough action? ., ., . ., action? not enough. we are confronting _ action? not enough. we are confronting these _ action? not enough. we are i confronting these authoritarian reginres— confronting these authoritarian regimes that are routinelyjailing activists— regimes

will avoid impunity. >> let me ask you, finally, do you have any updates on the condition of roman protasevich lawyer has access to roman, but she can't say a lot because it is forbidden in our country to say peculiarities about the state, but lately we saw roman in press conference made by lukashenko's cronies and he was telling there that he is now supporting lukashenko and he's fine, but we don't believe this because we understand that people in prison, they are being tortured there and they are forced to say what regime wants. so we don't have right to discuss the content of this conversation, and the content of this press conference, but we have to discuss with international community how to release roman and all other political prisoners. >> all right. svetlana tsikhanouskaya, thank you very much. >>> a judge told them get the vaccine or get a new job. their fight is not yet over. you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports." nobody builds 5g like verizon builds 5g because we're the engineers who built the most reliable network in america. thousands of smarter towers, with the 5g coverage y

it was forced to land in minsk where two passengers, including the opposition journalist, roman protasevich the transport committee. before he spoke, the chair read out a letter from the belarusian ambassador, who had been expected to appear before the mps. the authorities of belarus took necessary measures to ensure the safety of passengers of the flight in full compliance with the international aviation law. the belarusian side is concerned about the unfortunate decision of the british authorities to suspend belavia's permit to operate services from and to the uk. belavia is the belarusian state airline. michael 0'leary took a very different view of the incident. this was clearly a premeditated breach of all the international aviation rules, regulations, safety. an aircraft was brought down under false pretenses using minsk, and it seems clear that two passengers were removed against their will and forcibly detained in ukraine. the other three passengers, we still have no feedback from. they didn't appear to be forcibly removed or detained against their will. mr 0'leary presumably meaning

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are being tortured and suppressed in this way and the plane has been hijacked as we know roman protasevich21st century. this story has also much wider importance for the world. notjust for humanitarian reasons, although they should not be underestimated, but belarus, the small european country that has been in the midst of tragedies of the 20th century is really important today for how the relationship shapes between the west and russia. they are watching that as a potential theatre of action. russia considers it its backyard and the only reason lukashenko is in power, lets be honest, is because of russia's backing. it's all the more important for america and europe to impose sanctions now on his regime which will serve as a message to russia. it's also a message too, it's a small country which including china, has been a traditional backer of lukashenko. a lot of things could be decided, a lot of decisions could be made, a lot of calculations made on the basis of what happens next in belarus. i think it's the country we must watch very carefully and we should lend whatever support we can

and in belarus i think we have moved on and forgotten about roman protasevich who remains injail andsident and, you know, confessed to alleged crimes and some of his supporters noted that, you know, he had marks on his wrist which indicated that, you know, he had been tortured. so here you have a case of two pro—democracy activists, you know, campaigning against authoritarian regimes who are now sitting in prison and it isjust a sad state of the world that, you know, they are just two of many other activists in similar situations. do you think the world, the democratic world, if you like, does enough? there are a lot of protests and strong words about those things that you are talking about but is there enough action? well, you know, not enough. we are confronting these authoritarian regimes that are routinelyjailing, you know, activists. and it pops up in the news and then we all forget about it, which is why i wanted to highlight the plight in belarus because it is easy to move on in the cycle and forget that these people are still sitting injail. so i don't actually think there wa

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european union, in the wake of a continuing row over the arrest of the opposition journalist roman protasevichced trade sanctions on parts of the belarus economy. belarus has recalled its ambassador to the eu for consulations. the united states says it has carried out air strikes against iranian—backed militias in iraq and syria in retaliation for drone attacks on us personnel and facilities in iraq. iraqi border guards say at least four militiamen were killed. in response, us forces in syria were targeted by multiple rockets, but no injuries were reported. it's not possible for life to exist in the clouds of venus — it's simply too dry. that's the finding of an international research team led by queen's university belfast. scientists say the availability of water is 100 times too low to support even the most extreme life forms known to exist on earth. after india's devastating second covid wave, the country is now grappling with more than 40,000 cases of a fungal infection called mucormycosis. the disease has been declared an epidemic in india. thousands have died of it. doctors say covid, an

the belarussian activist, roman protasevich, seized three weeks ago on a diverted airline flight, hasfore journalists at a news conference in minsk. he was there supposedly, to give more details of the incident. the bbc and other international media, as well as foreign diplomats, left the press conference so as not to validate the seizure of the journalist. a former contractor for the us national security agency has been released from prison. reality winner was sentenced to 63 months for leaking classified documents that described russian efforts to launch cyber attacks before the 2016 presidential elections. she's been released after three years for what her lawyers say is good behaviour. her supporters though are still pushing for a full pardon. prosecutors have begun questioning the seven members of the medical team who treated the argentine football star diego maradona before he died. a board of experts looking into his death decided he had received inadequate care. maradona died of a heart attack last november at the age of 60, weeks after surgery to remove a blood clot. the bbc

sofiya sapega asks her mother not to blame her partner roman protasevich for her plight.aghdad have been giving blood samples in the hope of identifying relatives of an islamic state massacre at a jail in 2014. the murder of around 600, mainly shia, detainees at badush prison was one of thejihadi groups biggest attacks. a buckingham palace source has told the bbc that the queen was "never asked" for permission by prince harry and meghan to name their daughter lilibet, which was the queen's childhood nickname.?earlier today, the law firm schillings —which acts for the couple — has written to some news organisations saying that claim is false and defamatory. our royal correspondentjonny dymond says that two different versions of events had emerged: maybe it's an issue of interpretation. but let's rack back a bit. sunday night, we get an announcement from harry and meghan about the naming of their second child, their daughter, who will be lilibet diana mountbatten windsor. lilibet, as you say, is the queen's childhood nickname given to her by her grandfather and used by her

the detained bela rusian opposition journalist roman protasevich has appeared again on state television clearly speaking under duress. leading hong kong pro—democracy activist chow hang—tung has been detained by police as the city braces itself for protests on the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. let's stay with the us now, and those trade tensions with china. president biden has signed an executive order banning americans — as of the 2nd of august — from investing in dozens of chinese firms with alleged military ties. the move expands an order previously issued by ex—president donald trump. mariko 0i and our asia business team are following this. lots of people look at president biden and think he rolls back a lot of the policies of trump, but here we are seeing pretty much the opposite. are seeing pretty much the opposite-— are seeing pretty much the opposite. are seeing pretty much the ouosite. , opposite. yes, as you said, it is an amendment _ opposite. yes, as you said, it is an amendment of - opposite. yes, as you said, it is an amendment of the - is an amendment of t

sofia sapega, the girlfriend of opposition activist roman protasevich, has told her family, she�*s not arrested when their ryanair flight was forcibly diverted to minsk, sparking international condemnation. news of how she is coping, came in three letters to herfamily she�*d written injail. here�*s our correspondent in moscow, sarah rainsford. sofia�*s mother shared these letters with me late last night. they were the very first direct communication she�*s had with sofia since she was arrested on the 23rd of may with her boyfriend when they were forcibly removed after their plane was forcibly diverted as we just mentioned. the tone of the letters appear to be one attempting to reassure her family that she was ok but there were obvious moments of distress in there. sofia talked about how much she was tormented by the thought of missing out on life, how she was supposed to defend her dissertation this week, and talked about how she had planned to drink champagne with roman and to celebrate that with her boyfriend with a special dinner but instead she said she had tea and a biscuit alone

olga ivshina from the bbc�*s russian service has more on what mr protasevich's father told the bbc.hem. they were not able to speak to roman yet, so they are completely in the dark, but an opposition leader said according to her sources, some of the russian diplomats were calling some european diplomats yesterday and saying that some political prisoners would be moved to under arrest. these are all small signs which give a hints that this might be a part of a bigger game by the russian authorities, but the exact terms of this game is of course unclear, and the fact is that this game involves human lives. there are fears there could be an increase in drowning this summer, as the number of people heading to the coast is expected to double. the rnli and the royal life saving society have launched a campaign offering advice on water safety. our reporter, luxmy gopal, has been to see an open water swimming group at the royal docks in east london. (tx) organisations are worried there could be an increase in the number of peoplejoining this could be an increase in the number of people join

european union, in the wake of a continuing row over the arrest of the opposition journalist roman protasevichons on parts of the belarus economy. belarus has recalled its ambassador to the eu for consulations. the united states says it has carried out air strikes against iranian—backed militias in iraq and syria in retaliation for drone attacks on us personnel and facilities in iraq. iraqi border guards say at least four militiamen were killed. in response, us forces in syria were targeted by multiple rockets, but no injuries were reported. it's not possible for life to exist in the clouds of venus — it's simply too dry. that's the finding of an international research team led from queen's university belfast. scientists say the availability of water is 100 times too low to support even the most extreme life forms known to exist on earth. the ethiopian government has declared a ceasefire in the country's northern tigray region, eight months after prime minister abiy ahmed sent troops to oust its leadership. the announcement came after tigrayan rebel forces said they were back in control of the

roman protasevich has called for an end to street protests in another interview on state tv.untry. but election, many have been in prison or fled the country.— or fled the country. but president lukashenko's _ or fled the country. but president lukashenko's authoritarian - or fled the country. but president| lukashenko's authoritarian regime lu kashenko's authoritarian regime does lukashenko's authoritarian regime does not appear to be buckling because of them, or a flight ban on sanctions from the us, eu and uk. so what of this latest twist? as belarus is the only european country that executes prisoners, roman protasevich it's interview may have been an act of survival after he told fellow passengers as he left the plane before his detention, he feared he would face the death penalty. mark lobel, bbc news. nepal's prime minister has made an urgent plea to world leaders to provide vaccines for his country as it undergoes a severe second wave of coronavirus. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, kp sharma oli said the uk had a particular responsibility to help, given its cl

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we release of roman protasevich and his airlfriend. ~ ., ., ~ , girlfriend.eet _ am also sure that nato when they meet this— am also sure that nato when they meet this will be an issue they discuss — meet this will be an issue they discuss. as part of the response to the unacceptable behaviour of belarus — the unacceptable behaviour of belarus but also as part of their response — belarus but also as part of their response to a more assertive russia because _ response to a more assertive russia because this is part of a behaviour, we see _ because this is part of a behaviour, we see russia and belarus are working — we see russia and belarus are working closely together. new figures released by the office for national statistics shows that the number of covid deaths continued to fall — in the week up to the 21st may. the number of deaths registered in the uk in the week ending 21st may 2021 was 11,214, which was 3% below the five—year average. robert cuffe is the bbc�*s head of statistics. there were about 115 deaths that mention covid on the death certificate

belarusian authorities forced an international flight to land to take an activist and journalist roman protasevich belarusian opposition up in arms about this latest incident. they are calling the dictatorship of lukashenko a terrorist state and specifically calling on the biden administration to take tougher action against lukashenko. all of this this happens only a few days before that summit between president biden and vladimir putin. vladimir putin the last big backer of lukashenko. the two leaders met a couple of days ago. the opposition demands the biden administration takes stronger action amid this courtroom. >> we only have about 20 seconds but briefly summarize what does this mean about what's going on in belarus. >> i think what it really means is that lukashenko does not fear repercussions. you have sanctions coming in from the european union. you have the u.s. saying there's going to be additional sanctions as well. one of the things i think we can see is as long as lukashenko has the backing of vladimir putin, he certainly seems to believe hhe in the driver's seat and does not fear r

to watch that voochlt one of the things we did is we took a closer look at and some point roman protasevichand you can see deep marks on his wrists that looked like he had tight handcuffs on not too long before doing the interview. in the interview he pleads guilty to everything, he said he would never take up political activism again, he praises alexander lukashenko calling him a man horks wrote, acts as someone who has balls of steel. as you mentioned the opposition absolutely crying foul. this morning an opposition leader called on tougher sanctions by the west against the belarusian regime. there are new u.s. sanction that is went into effect yesterday against nine belarusian state companies. the regime firing back at the u.s. saying they are going to limit the number of personnel at the u.s. embassy in minsk and that includes diplomatic personnel as well as technical personnel as well. as you can see things are continuing to escalate. right now lukashenko shows no sign of backing down. we are waiting for another decision by the eu to further limit possibly belarusian airlines flying in

prominent journalist, analytical observer whose name was mentioned in the forced confession from roman protasevich. felt he had to leave belarus. i think it is important to realize we have three allies an important partner, all of whom are significantly impacted by these events. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. and thank you for your good work in this regard and your trip. i understand -- senator portman is coming out right now. >> i understand that senator portman is about to make a grand entrance. senator portman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, ambassador, i appreciate your opening statement and the opportunity to hear some of the back and forth. i was privileged to go as you know to lithuania last week with senator is a halloween, senator murphy, and to have a chance the debrief with the lit wanians about what's going on in belarus. you are not there, because you can't be there. we weren't able to go there. on the other hand, we were able to get some good input, including, as you know, chikungunya from ms. tsikhanouskaya, who we are going

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sofiya sapega asks her mother not to blame her partner roman protasevich for her plight.daughters. today they came to the old bailey to see a teenager go on trial accused of killing them both. bibaa henry, on the left, died within hours of celebrating her 46th birthday outside in a park during lockdown. her younger sister, nicole smallman, who was 27, was murdered beside her. their bodies were discovered with their limbs intertwined at fryant country park in wembley in north london. in the dock is 19—year—old danyal hussein. he denies the double murder. prosecutor 0liver glasgow qc told thejury he had made a written pact with the devil, signed in his own blood. it said he would perform a minimum of six sacrifices every six months. "sacrifice only women, build a temple for you to do everything that i have promised." the court heard that danyal hussein's dna was found on both women's bodies and on a bloodstained knife close by. bibaa henry had been stabbed eight times, nicole smallman had suffered 28 stab wounds, and it appeared she had tried to fight off the attacker. june