Of sundays president ial election the crackdown comes as president Alexander Lukashenko looks to extend his 26 year old a d w reporter is sentenced to 10 days in prison. Im frugal welcome to the program we start in india where a passenger plane skidded off the runway while trying to land and 14 cause he koda also known as kali cuts in the Southern States of canada at least 17 people are dead and Dozens Injured according to reports the India Express flight was returning from dubai with nearly 200 passengers on board lets go straight to the indian capital for more data blue corresponding to many of the challenger it joins us from delhi welcome so tell us about the passengers. Well this was one of the read back creation flights which are being run by the Indian Government says the girl on wires out flights out to bring back indians while stranded in Different Countries and out the using issues like job losses because of the colored outbreaks of this was one of those flights all the citize
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in one small nation lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made up of refugees from syria. Iran wields huge influence in lebanon thanks to its sponsorship of the militant Group Hezbollah, and israel has a long history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is lebanons foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict, and your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we are repeatedly aggressed by israeli violations of Un Resolution 1701.
Got to come away with something hes got a very very narrow majority in the countrys parliament he doesnt control the senate so certainly he will want to return to islamabad with something tangible out of his meeting with President Trump to be able to shore up the position of his government like in washington thank you. Im still ahead on the program set for an unprecedented majority in ukraines president followed him as a lengthy snap election gamble pays off. On burning anger in the philippines thousands protest against president bush rico to take his state of the union address. So we got a really ramping up across western parts of europe at the moment might see want to see records broken over the next couple of days the air being pushed in from the south quite a bit of cloud here just tumbling across scotland down into the north sea running across scandinavia pushing down into the low countries and that will make its way further east with will be some showers and thunder pools certain
Are trying to contract the backdrop. Wide germanys carnival season ended last wednesday it is still in full swing in other parts of europe and france for example the fifth season of news has just begun this weekend kind of all at the court as your is one of the Worlds Largest of these events and has been taking place for hundreds of years and the tradition of the famous flower parades began in eight hundred seventy six it is now always the previewed of the festivities there we joined the colorful kick off. Yes trying to potty even nice on saturday revelers were turned loose on the French Riviera city and half a million visitors watched and sixteen floats hundreds of outsized because im fans of dancers and musicians settle for the first of twelve parades over the next two weeks. Very fun so much corn long we come in every year to carnival. Very boisterous very very boisterous open in free fall easy to live all you know without us so we come back a lot just to get ready. For the highligh
Smith many in america say that the president is a warnt criminal, killing civilians. translated what should we do . Send boxes of flowers and fruit . translated theres no alternative to president bashar. Tonight ofrontline, inside assads syria. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide, at fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major