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“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 threat. According to online flight data, the plane was over Belarusian airspace when it diverted cour...

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. Ryanair's CEO said Monday that Belarusian KGB agents were on the plane during the forced landing. Belarusian KGB agents were onboard the Ryanair plane that was abruptly diverted so a dissident journalist could be arrested, the airline's CEO said Monday...

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 be prosecuted and convicted for killing a person while on duty. Demonstrations and marches are expec...

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 Protasevich onboard, has been diverted and forced to land in Minsk on 23 May 2021, after alleged bo...

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-Vilnius route, ostensibly over a security scare. After finally landing in Vilnius several hours after the ...