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Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Theres been a chorus of condemnation across europe after a Ryanair Plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus and a dissident belarusian journalist On Board was detained. State media in belarus said the plane was forced to land because of a bomb scare. The uk Foreign Secretary said the � outlandish actions� would have � serious implications�. The bbc� s diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports. This is not where Flight Fr4978 was supposed to be this afternoon, on the ground at minsk airport. The Ryanair Flight with about 170 people On Board left athens this morning bound for vilnius. Butjust before the aircraft entered lithuanian airspace, it suddenly headed east. According to ryanair, the crew were warned of a potential Security Threat and ordered to land at minsk. For good measure, a Belarussian Warplane onto the teeth was dispatched to the aircraft in. Armed to the teeth. But no bombs were found On Board. Instead, this man was taken off the plane and arrested. Roman protasevich is a well known belarussian Opposition Journalist and is wanted by the authorities for organising protests last year. According to the Belarus State News agency, the operation was ordered personally by the country� s authoritarian president alexander lukashenko, who has faced growing opposition since disputed elections last year. Belarus� s exiled Opposition Leader said mr protasevich� s life was in danger. Translation today, lukashenko personally caused an international scandal, using Military Aircraft against civilians in belarus and European Countries to arrest a single person. No one else is safe. Anyone can be in Roman Protasevich� s place. After several hours on the ground, the plain and remaining passengers were allowed to leave and arrived this evening in vilnius, as Outrage Spread across europe, with several countries accusing belarus of an active state terrorism. In a tweet, the Foreign Secretary Dominic Rav said he was coordinating with allies and warned this outlandish action by lukashenko have serious obligations. At Vilnius Airport, supporters of Roman Protasevich waited in vain for his arrival as they contemplated just how far president lukashenko will go to suppress opposition. Tomorrow, eu leaders will meet to discuss what price he should pay. James landale, bbc news. And in the last few hours, the plane arrived at its original destination, Vilnius Airport in lithuania. These are pictures of the Ryanair Flight as it touched down. Ryanair says it found nothing untoward On Board after it was ordered to land by air traffic control. Belarus State Media says authorities are investigating a Hoax Bomb Plot and the fact an opposition was On Board as a coincidence. As passengers arrived, one of them told waiting reporters what happened when the plane was forcibly diverted to minsk. They were checking our suitcases, but at the same time, they were arresting the journalists. Were you not scared for your life . No, we were not scared, but, i mean, we were hoping. But, yeah, it was quite crazy because for three hours, we was being kept in some kind of corridors. Later, they already put us in the lounge. Did you ask any questions . From regular passengers . No, not really, no. Just checking. Inspected our stuff. They were searching us and looking. Not in front of us, but we were afraid that they. Call security . Super scared. I looked at him directly into his eyes, and it was very sad. A Cable Car has plunged to the ground near Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy, killing 14 people, including five israelis. Others are seriously injured, including a five year old child. The service was taking passengers up into the mountains from the Resort Town of stresa at the time of the accident. The resort had only recently reopened as covid restrictions were eased. Our italy Correspondent Mark Lowen reports. A climb to admire alpine beauty ending in tragedy. The Cable Car was in the last part of its journey, nearly 1500 metres high, when it plunged to the ground, killing most On Board. It seems a cable near the final pylon broke away, but the cause is not yet clear. Rescuers struggled to reach the densely wooded site. 0ne Fire Vehicle even overturned en route. No teams were injured. Heading up the mountain from Lake Maggiore in North West italy, it� s a stunning stockpot. The Cable Car, along with other attractions, is one of the reasons tourists come to stresa and the lake, and just before the pandemic, it used to transport 100,000 passengers every year. For those in the area, and even planning to have taken the trip themselves, deep shock. Translation we got on the Cable Car an hour before the tragedy. When we got on, the Cable Car didnt give any strange signals. Everything was fine. Translation | think it was an accident because the system is in good order. The Maintenance Companies are leaders in italy. The Cable Car had reopened from Covid Lockdown just last month. It underwent a two year, 4 Million Euros Repair in 2014. An investigation will try to discover how and why a trip through this Tourist Idyll collapsed in disaster. Mark lowen, bbc news, rome. The uk� s Home Secretary Priti patel has denied claims the government pursued a Herd Immunity Policy early on in the pandemic. It comes after claims from the Prime Minister� s Ex Aide Dominic Cummings that the uk� s original plan was to let the virus spread through the population. Here� s our political correspondent damian grammaticas. Late last year and out of downing street. Dominic cummings had been boris johnson� s closest aide. Now, he� S Spilling his stories, even if they damage his former boss. The events he wants to highlight, last march and how the Prime Minister handled the start of the pandemic. In spain and italy, covid was spreading fast, lockdowns being brought in. In the uk, lockdowns came ten days later. Mr cummings said borisjohnson� s strategy was different, to try for Herd Immunity, letting people build natural resistance. He tweeted today. Herd immunity wasn� t a secret strategy, it was the official strategy. He says, it only changed when officials understood Herd Immunity� s effects Hundreds Of Thousands Choking to death, no nhs for anybody. An economic implosion, so we moved to plan b, suppression. And he says, critical as i am of the pm, the disaster was notjust his fault, the official plan was disastrously misconceived. Plan b had to be bodged amid total and utter chaos. This is one of those public explanations he points to, talk about cocooning the most vulnerable only from the government� s top behavioural scientist on march 10th. By the time they come out of their cocooning, Herd Immunity� s been achieved in the rest of the population. And the Chief Scientific Adviser two days later. Its not possible to stop everybody getting it and its also actually not desirable because you want some immunity in the population. We need to have immunity to protect ourselves from this in the future. Today, the Home Secretary insisted Herd Immunity had never been the strategy. Not at all, no, absolutely not. Our policy from the outset, andrew, the policy and the strategy. So why is Dominic Cummings telling us that is true . Well, i Cant Speak for Mr Cummings and one individual. The government says it followed the science and acted to protect lives and the nhs. Mr cummings will have his chance to produce his own evidence before parliament this week. Damian grammaticas, bbc news. To the democratic republic of congo, where people have started to return to their homes after one of the world� s most active volcanoes erupted on saturday night. Thousands of homes were destroyed and at least five people died in the rush to get away from the lava, which stopped just short of the city of goma. Here� s our Africa Correspondent Reha kansara. At least 15. This is one of the world� s deadliest volcanoes. Mount nyiragongo erupted late saturday night, Setting Homes and roads on fire. The first warning came when a thick Orange Cloud illuminated the night sky. Locals fled in desperation. Some of them to neighbouring rwanda, others to a nearby town. Translation its something weve never seen before. We� re all together, shaken. Translation we watched the whole neighbourhood go up in smoke. The fire came right down to here. Even now, we can still see lava. The last time nyiragongo erupted, its consequences were devastating. 250 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. Aid agencies say early warning systems failed. When the Volcano Team monitoring people are not even aware of the behaviour of the volcano, this can affect the whole, the entire town. While we continue to feel the seismic activity, an eruption, a new eruption cannot be ruled out. Now the Orange Sky has turned a dreary grey and as people return home, at least five tremors have been felt in the aftermath. There have been reports of casualties but the full picture is yet to emerge. Reha kansara, bbc news, in nairobi. The sister of the murdered british Mpjo Cox has been chosen as labour� s candidate to fight a By Election in the constituency of Batley And Spen in west yorkshire. Kim leadbeater said she was overwhelmed and humbled by the support she had received from Party Members in the seat her sister used to represent. India has reported more than 8,800 cases of the Black Fungus in a growing epidemic of the disease. This is normally a rare infection with a high Mortality Rate of 50 . But in recent months, india Saw Thousands of cases affecting recovered and recovering covid 19 patients. Dr Priya Sampathkumar is the chair of Infection Prevention and control at the mayo clinic. She explains what the Black Fungus is. So, essentially, it refers to a type of Fungal Infection that happens very, very rarely, and affects primarily the long and the sinuses. It is very uncommon in most parts of the western world because this fungus isn� t very prevalent. In warm humid climates, the fungus tends to be in the air, but even and then, infections are very rare. Covid has created a perfect storm with inflammation from covid, the treatment from covid will be used to suppress the Immune System and allowed much of us to led to this really epidemic of the Black Fungus infections. It starts out initially with some facial pain, feeling like one side of your nose is blocked and sometimes double vision. And if they don� t seek medical attention earlier on, it can progress very quickly to become so destructive that it starts eating away the tissue of the face, the eyes, the brain, and that� s why treatment with both the antifungals early on is so critical. The headlines on bbc news. The head of nato demands an international investigation into the forced landing in minsk, ordered by the president of belarus, of a flight with a belarusian Opposition Activist On Board. A mountain Cable Car plunges to the ground in Northern Italy, Killing 1a people. There are Reports Tonight that the leading black Lives Matter Activist Sasha Johnson is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the head. The bbc understands the incident happened in south london. Our Correspondentjon Donnison is with me. What more do we know about this . Well, this News First came in a statement from the Political Party taking the initiative party, a recently formed Party And Wish Sasha Johnson was a member, and they said she was shot in the early hours of this morning. And was in Intensive Care in a critical condition. Now, police in london say that a woman in her 20s, 27 years old, was shotjust before three o� clock this morning in peckham and south london. They have not confirmed her identity. We have just had an update from the metropolitan police, and they said that while the investigation is at an early stage, there is nothing to suggest that the woman who was shot was a subject of a targeted attack or that she had received any credible threats against her prior to the incident. Also adding they would ask people not to speculate as to the motive or the circumstances behind it. This Political Party say that Sasha Johnson had been subject to death threats. That Sasha Johnson had been subect to death threats. � while other parts of the world suffered lengthy lockdowns, for most of the past Year East Asia remained relatively unscathed by the virus. Now though, cases in the region are rising again in spite of strict measures and tight border controls. Even places considered Success Stories like Singapore And Taiwan are returning to partial lockdowns. From singapore, Nick Marsh reports. This is now this woman� s office. It� s also a classroom for her daughter. Just when everything seemed fine in singapore, highly infectious variants entered the country. The government says they� re spreading fast, with children being infected much more this time around. Now schools are shut, and the message is to stay at home. I really didn� t expect that the number of cases can increase like that and we again come back to square one here. What i� m looking for now is my family to be safe, to be at home, don� t always go out, and for myself, the opportunity right now to work from home. I already work from home, and for the children, i think it� s better for them to be at home. It� s almost certain that the variants came in through the airport. Cracks in the supposedly watertight Quarantine System saw some Airport Workers infected, then mixing with the general public. Now, dining in at Food Courts and restaurants is banned and you can only meet in groups of two. Here we are again, tightening up once more. And the question being asked by a lot of people here and in other parts of asia, is if this can happen even in a safe place like singapore, what hope is there of going back to normal life anytime soon . Having done so well against the virus until now, some places have pursued a zero covid approach. The experts say this is not realistic. Many countries did use their borders to effectively keep the virus out. Now, thats not sustainable. You cant keep locking down and doing Mass Testing forever. Eventually, you have to live with this virus. The hope is in the vaccine, obviously. Thats clearly the most important Tool Weve got to preventing serious infection. Singapore does look to be on course to vaccinate everyone by The End of the year, but most other countries in the region don� t have enough supplies. Taiwan and japan will probably have to wait until the middle of 2022. Poorer countries, for much longer than that. For them, the road to a post covid world will be a long one. Nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. Across the united states almost 20,000 Migrant Children are being held in Detention Camps after entering the country illegally, many of them having travelled alone from central america. Their families hoped they� d be able to begin a new life, but a Bbc Team has heard accounts from children of being neglected and held in cold and filthy conditions. Hilary andersson� s report begins on america� s southern border. Midnight on the rio grande. Smugglers very migrants across to the land that they� ve dreamt of. But this is a night of fear. Many of the adults will be deported in the morning. There are children here too, travelling alone. Most of them will stay. Jordi has fled violent gangs in guatemala. Tonight, he has a new dread america� s camps for Migrant Children. This is donna, texas. These tents held almost 4000 children earlier this spring. These, the notorious cubicles the migrants call ice boxes. Journalists haven� t been allowed to speak to children inside to tell their stories. But we� ve tracked down children who have been released. Ariani, ten years old, was about to see her mother for the first time since she was four, after a harrowing ordeal. This a few weeks ago. She says they are not sure because they can� t recognise her, but it is her. Ariani fled violence in honduras and then spent weeks in donna. To paola, 16 years old, who was in the same camp, it was a child jail. Lights were on all night, children cried incessantly and were left filthy. Now a mass movement of children is under way. We obtained flight logs. Here, children are about to be flown to a set of new and secretive Detention Sites around the country. Cindy was transported out of donna with a0 girls, all sick with covid. Cindy was flown 1500 miles away to a new Detention Site in california. There are 1a new facilities set up to reduce overcrowding. We set out to find them. This is a camp with a capacity for 10,000 children in el paso, texas. We� ve been told hundreds of children are being isolated in tents for covid, scabies and lice, and there� s at least one allegation of sexual abuse. An official document indicates children under six may be sent here. In the heart of downtown dallas, we� d heard that hundreds of teenage boys were being held here in the convention centre. We asked for access, but no. Staff have to sign agreements that they won� T Talk about what goes on inside, so they� ve asked us to leave the premises. They don� t want Anyone Filming Anything around this place, and No One will give us any reasons for the secrecy. This man who worked inside spoke to us on the condition of anonymity. The boys have been in there for 45 days straight without any sunlight. They go to bed hungry, it� s freezing cold. No recreational time outside, none of that, no fresh no nothing. No fresh air, no nothing. How do the boys cope with that . How can they cope . They� re all depressed. I heard the other day that several were contemplating suicide because of the conditions here. This, a rare glimpse inside, was secretly shocked and given to us. This, a rare glimpse inside, was secretly shot and given to us. Children spend on average a month in the new facilities. Responding to the allegations of neglect, the government told the bbc that the children have access to nutritious food, recreation and are being kept in a healthy environment. Ariani drew pictures in detention of Love Hearts And Flowers to fight off her sadness. Many nights now, she wakes up screaming. Ariani, once bubbly, has become withdrawn. Like thousands, she may bear scars of her detention for life. Hilary andersson, bbc news. You can see the full version of hilary andersson� s documentary � detained in america� on bbc World News next saturday, 29th may, at 1730 gmt 2230 gmt. We� ll show it again on Sunday 30th may at 0430 gmt 1030 gmt. The Lead Singer of the italian glam Rock Band that won last night� s Eurovision Song Contest will undergo a voluntary Drugs Test on monday. It comes after this footage of the band in The Green Room prompted speculation that he may have been using drugs. The singer, damiano david, strongly denies allegations he was taking cocaine. He says that one of the Band Members had broken a glass and he was clearing it away. The band have now returned to italy. The Maneskin Frontman told the journalists at the Rome Airport that he� s happy to take a Drugs Test. We told to the ebu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. We are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. The eurovision hosts have confirmed in a statement that broken glass was indeed found on site and said they are still looking carefully at footage from the night. Let� s Take A Look at some of the other stories making the news. Some of china� s top long distance runners are believed to be among 21 athletes who died in extreme weather during a one 100 kilometre race. The competitors were hit by Plummeting Temperatures freezing rain and gales on a mountainous course in gansu province. More than A Thousand motorcyclists have rallied in rio, at the request of President Bolsonaro in what is another deliberate breach of coronavirus restrictions. The president � s call came after he was fined by a State Governor for breaking a Ban On Holding Public events. Vietnamese voters have gone to the polls to elect members of the country� s national assembly. There� s very little choice, as more than 90 of those standing are members of the ruling communist party. The few independent candidates that have been allowed to run have all been vetted by the party. You� re watching bbc news. After the weather, we� ll Take A Look at tomorrow� s front pages in the papers. Our Guestsjoining Me Tonight are france 24� s Uk Correspondent Benedicte Paviot and the sunday times� s deputy political editor caroline wheeler. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with helen. Hello there. The Weather Charts are pointing towards something a little drier, more settled toward The End of the week at long last because it has been a very wet may for virtually all parts of the uk. But some areas have had nearly 300 of their average may rainfall. And this week is starting on an unsettled note. The rain moving through on sunday, and showers following for the day ahead. This is the area of low pressure that brought that intense rain and strong winds for a time. It has actually become stuck or slow moving across the north of scotland. That will be with us through monday. We can see clearing in Eastern Areas by dawn, but showers do follow, but under the Clearing Skies i think the morning could start on a chilly note, perhaps A Touch Of Frost in rural parts of Northern Ireland and a bright start. A little bit of mist around and that clears. And then sunshine prevails for a time but already the showers in the west are developing more widely, our rain circulating, our area of low pressure moving to the Northern Isles after a dry start here and after the fine start in Northern Ireland, chilly albeit, The Rain arrives in the afternoon. Now, the showers will end up being slow moving, some torrential downpour with hail and thunder, but the sunshine in between lifts the temperature to 14 or 15. Those showers and thunderstorms continue to go through the evening, only easing slowly overnight, Tomorrow Night not as chilly and some respite potentially in western areas later but really we have bands of cloudy, showery weather for tuesday, heavy showers particularly in scotland and central and eastern england. We may have something a little wetter as well for the southwest on tuesday. In between there may be fewer showers but they will still be intense when they come along. Light winds, strong sunshine, building some really big thunderstorms potentially with hail. Come wednesday, just the hint things are starting to settle down. We still have Weather Fronts around but they do look a little bit weaker. A few heavy showers following in behind, not certainly a dry picture but probably fewer of those intense downpours, and therefore temperatures will creep up 16, 17 in the sunshine. That� s because we have that little ridge of high pressure potentially just keeping these Weather Fronts at bay, or even if they do come in later in the week, they are likely to be weaker. That is, they will not give as much rainfall as we have seen of late in may. Just the signs things are starting to settle a little later in the week and perhaps a little warmer too by then. Hello. This is bbc news. I� m ben mundy. We� ll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. As lockdown eases a push for people to get both covid Vaccine Doses as a study shows high protection against the indian variant. At the same time ministers reject claims from a former downing Street Adviser of a � Herd Immunity� plan at the start of the pandemic. A Ryanair Plane is forced to land in belarus amid claims of a bomb On Board but was it just a ploy to detain a dissidentjournalist. In Northern Italy a Cable Car crashes to the ground killing 14 people. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me tonight are france 24� s Uk Correspondent Benedicte Paviot and the sunday times� s deputy political editor caroline wheeler. Tomorrow� s front pages starting with. Let� s start with the financial times and the Ryanair Plane flying from greece to lithuania that was forced to divert to minsk

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