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You re watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories... the uk and other nations are banning flights to and from belarus, after the countrys government forced a ryanair flight to land in minsk. they arrested a 26—year—old journalist. a video has emerged of roman protasevich, in which he admits to organising mass disorder. his supporters say the confession was coerced. also in the programme... trying to keep the peace. the us secretary of st...

This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is.. european union leaders are considering sanctions against belarus for a hijacking aircraft in order to detain a dissident journalist, who is now being held in minsk. on tuesday it will be one year since george floyd was murdered by a minneapolis police officer. derek chauvin knelt on george floyds neck for over nine minutes. he was found guilty on three charges, including second—degree murder, earlier this year. there is a w...

This is bbc news. the headlines. this is bbc news. the headlines... the government has told uk aircraft to avoid flying through belarussian airspace after a ryanair flight was forced to divert to minsk so an opposition journalist on board could be arrested. the belarusian ambassador to the uk is summoned to the foreign office. it represents a danger to civilian flights everywhere and it is an egregious and extraordinary departure from international law and international practice which guides int...

Passengers would execute him. this woman tries to get passengers to stay calm. as roman protasevich is led away by agents from belaruss secret service, witnesses say he was shaking. they were checking our suitcases but at the same time they were arresting the journalist. how scared he was? super scared. i looked at him, directly in his eyes and it was very sad. immediately after the plane forcibly landed in minsk, - roman was detained by the kgb and now more likely he is - interrogated by specia...

Deputy political editor at the telegraph. eu leaders consider sanctions against belarus for hijacking an aircraft to detain a journalist. ursula van der leyen says they will be severe consequences. here, british flights are told to avoid belarussian airspace. the uk foreign secretary says international law has been breached. max mosley, former boss of the formula 1 association, who took the news of the world record for invading his privacy and one, has died aged 81. sport and for a full round up...

This is bbc news. theres not usually much politics in aviation. that changed when belarus forced a ryanairflight to land in minsk. the cargo they wanted was a 26—year—old dissidentjournalist. the nabbed him. but they also got a ton of international condemnation. the uk and other nations are now banning flights to and from belarus. will that be enough though to secure the release of the journalist, roman protasevich? calls to �*defund the police are one thing. efforts to reform the police a...

Ive been very clear with them that, of course, im always looking to make sure — as i have committed to — that british farmers will not be undercut by unfair practices from elsewhere, and we will make sure in all the deals we do, that british farming thrives. and im absolutely confident that will be achieved through the australia deal. liz truss. the transport secretary has unveiled what he says is the biggest shake—up in britains railways for three decades. passengers are being offered fle...

For running an opposition news channel on the social media platform telegram. its used to organised protests in belarus and to broadcast them. the protests exploded during last summers election, when belaruss long—time leader president lukashenko claimed yet another disputed victory. back then, we witnessed peaceful protesters being dragged off the streets of the capital. since, hundreds ofjournalists and opposition politicians have been imprisoned. roman is the latest target. they endangered ...

Know him on a personal level, he was someone that was adamant that he would do the right thing. he did the right thing was safety for drivers and when it came to his experience firstly of having press intrusion he dealt with that. and then behind the scenes he didnt shout from the root of telling people he was open but we know within the hacked off environment that he helped lots of people that needed to be helped. thank you very much for your time. remembering max mosley who is died at the age ...

Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. european union leaders are considering sanctions against belarus for hijacking and aircraft to detain a journalist. there will be a strong answer because it is outrageous heavier and lukashenko has to understand this will have severe consequences. —— it is outrageous behaviour. the ryanair the rya nair flight was the ryanair flight was forced to land in minsk, claiming a bomb threat which turned out to be fake. it is understood the target was a c...