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THE European Union and the United States have been criticised for interfering in the internal affairs of Belarus, using the “unacceptable” grounding of a Ryanair plane to press for regime change. EU leaders promised new sanctions on Belarus after a flight from Greece to Lithuania was grounded on Sunday and passenger Roman Protasevich, a Belarusian opposition journalist, was arrested. Officials in Minsk claimed that they were responding to a bomb threat when they scrambled fighter jets, fo...

Last modified on Tue 25 May 2021 09.16 EDT Good morning. One year ago, the world watched in horror as George Floyd was murdered while handcuffed on the ground, a now-former Minneapolis police officer’s knee on his neck. Since then a racial reckoning has swept the nation, with a summer of demonstrations and marches in cities and towns big and small. More rallies marking the anniversary of Floyd’s death are expected to take place across the country throughout the week. Today, Joe Biden ...

Global outrage as Belarus ‘hijacks’ flight to arrest opposition activist 1 published : 24 May 2021 at 11:49 1 A Belarusian dog handler checks luggage from a Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS (flight number FR4978) parked on Minsk International Airports apron in Minsk, on May 23, 2021. - Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in its capital, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who de...

By ISABELLE KHURSHUDYAN AND MICHAEL BIRNBAUM | The Washington Post | Published: May 23, 2021 MOSCOW — Belarusian authorities on Sunday forced a civilian jetliner that was traveling over the country to land in Minsk and arrested an opposition journalist on board - an act that some European leaders compared to a hijacking. The seizure of the Ryanair flight traveling between Athens and Vilnius, Lithuania - the capitals of two NATO nations - had little recent precedent, and European leaders sai...

Global outrage after Belarus diverts Ryanair flight to detain journalist Issued on: 24/05/2021 - 04:43 Opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich, who is accused of participating in an unsanctioned protest at the Kuropaty preserve, arrives for a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus April 10, 2017. Picture taken April 10, 2017. © REUTERS/Stringer 8 min Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to div...

“This shocking act perpetrated by the Lukashenka regime endangered the lives of more than 120 passengers, including US citizens,” the statement said. “Initial reports suggesting the involvement of the Belarusian security services and the use of Belarusian military aircraft to escort the plane are deeply concerning and require full investigation,” he said. The passenger plane flying from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday was forced to perform an emergency landing in Minsk after a suspected t...

Belarus had KGB agents on the passenger plane that was diverted to arrest a dissident journalist, Ryanair CEO says wbostock@businessinsider.com (Bill Bostock) Belarus on Sunday diverted a Ryanair plane and arrested a journalist who was onboard. Roman Protasevich, 26, fled to Poland in 2019 and is accused of terrorism in Belarus. Ryanairs CEO said Monday that Belarusian KGB agents were on the plane during the forced landing. Belarusian KGB agents were onboard the Ryanair plane th...

First Thing: rallies in Minneapolis mark anniversary of George Floyd murder Vivian Ho Good morning, Rallies have been taking place in Minneapolis to mark the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The world watched in horror one year ago on Tuesday as former police officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd’s neck during an arrest and ignored his cries for help. After a summer of demonstrations nationwide, Chauvin went on to be one of the few police officers in the US to ...

24-05-2021 ) A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 lands in the Vilnius International Airport, in Vilnius, Lithuania, 23 May 2021. As Ryanair spokeswoman said, the aircraft carrying scores of passengers from Athens to Vilnius was diverted to the Belarusian capital under the escort of a Mig-29 fighter jet after its crew was notified by authorities in Minsk of a potential security threat on board. A Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania, with Belarus opposition journalist Roman Pro...

Published May 24, 2021, 9:52 AM MINSK, Belarus (AFP) – Belarus forced a Ryanair flight carrying a wanted opposition activist to land in the capital Minsk on Sunday, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as a “hijacking” and an “act of state terrorism.” Belarusian state television reported that Roman Protasevich, a 26-year-old dissident journalist exiled in Poland, had been detained in the capital Minsk after flight FR4978 was diverted from its Athens-to-Vilniu...