tonight at ten, belarus is accused of state sponsored hijacking, following the forced re routing of a ryanair flight. the plane was on its way from athens to vilnius when it was diverted to minsk because the belarus authorities wanted to detain one of the passengers. the journalist roman protasevich is a well known critic of the regime in belarus. his arrest was witnessed by other passengers. super scared. i looked at him directly into his eyes and it was very sad. tonight eu leaders are discussing a flight ban on the national airline of belarus along with other sanctions, as the uk added its voice. the scenario as reported is a shocking assault on civil aviation and an assault on international law.