the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, accused belarus of state sponsored people smuggling. we will keep up the pressure on the lukashenko regime. we have already proposed targeted measures to reverse visa facilitation for its regime and its proxies and we are ready to explore options for further sanctions not only for individuals but also for entities or companies. second, we agreed that we need concerted action. belarus as we are observing now is looking at opening new routes, it is offered further visa waivers to additional third countries it has offered further visa waivers to additional third countries and we will continue our engagement with these countries to limit the state sponsored smuggling. the row with belarus stems from the european union s decision to introduce sanctions against the country, after its contested presidential election last year. the eu says minsk has retaliated
after he accidentally shot two people on the set of his new film. the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, was killed and the director, joel souza, was injured when a gun being used as a prop went off. the eu has accused belarus of recruiting migrants in the middle east and pushing them into europe, and said the government there is planning to issue visa waivers to even more countries. eu leaders said the matter will lead to them taking further action against minsk. health officials in the uk say a new, mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling delta plus may spread more easily than regular delta. the uk health security agency has declared it a variant under investigation . there is no evidence that it causes more serious illness.
this is bbc news, the headlines. the actor alec baldwin has expressed his shock and sadness after he accidentally shot two people on the set of his new film. the cinematographer, halyna hutchins, was killed and the director, joel souza, was injured when a gun being used as a prop went off. the eu has accused belarus of recruiting migrants in the middle east and pushing them into europe, and said the government there is planning to issue visa waivers to even more countries. eu leaders said the matter will lead to them taking further action against minsk. health officials in the uk say a new, mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling delta plus may spread more easily than regular delta. the uk health security agency has declared it a variant under investigation . there is no evidence that it causes more serious illness.
administration. that is how trump chose these seven countries. let me jump in and you can respond. you re referring to congressional action that obama signed that said that people who got visa waivers, traveling from europe, if they stopped in those countries, dangerous to visit, they would get extra vetting on the way. it was vetting for europeans because it did make sense that if they stopped in, somalia, you might give them an extra look. it was not, as you may know, it was not ever about immigrants natives to those countries. right. but these countries were seen as a threat. here s the thing. the american people who voted for trump, we have seen what happened in paris, what happened in cologne, what happened in europe, we don t want that happening here. this is just a simple common sense solution to prevent attacks in the u.s. it is a temporary ban. everyone is acting like this is a permanent muslim ban. first of all, it is not a muslim ban. it is not permanent. there is a lot
we have processes that i called for us to look at, visa waivers, and other ways that terrorists could explore far more than this. there is important stuff. i have been reading p up on what you have been concerned about, i think you re the only person that notice this, the trump administration inside the way they are putting together agencies and task force have decided to against to quijanos on alt-right groups, is a real problem. tell me what you tli is the reality of the nexus of having people like steve bannon of the alt-right in the white house deciding we re not going to go after those groups which a danger to us. islamic is a only threat in