After that brazen move by belarus forcing a jet line for land to arrest a dissident journalist on board that flight. President biden calling the flight s diversion escorted by a fighter jet, quote, a direct affront to international norms. The european union agrees imposing new sanctions overnight. This is an attack on democracy, this is an attack on freedom of expression and this is an attack on european sovereignty. This outrageous behavior needs a strong answer. Senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is live for us in berlin. Fred, with he see these new sanctions and we re getting our first look at the journalist since his arrest making a statement. His supporters possibly under duress, what more are you learning? reporter: his supporters saying they believe it was definitely under duress. This happened on a social media channel, a proregime social media channel in belarus where roman protasevich is seen sit ago at table, essentially being saying that he is a he treated wel
good morning. for many, cloudy and wet start to the day but that will give way to sunny spells through the afternoon. however, more rain coming in from the south west and it will be mild. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 19th march. our main story. a group compensation claim has been launched for those affected by the pollution of the river wye, which lawyers say could add up to hundreds of millions of pounds. last year, the government s nature watchdog, natural england, said the river s health was declining with many putting the blame on the rapid expansion of industrial chicken farms in the area, and the spreading of their manure on fields. now, lawyers want to hear from those affected but the food producer being targeted says it isn t supported by evidence. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher has the details. this is england s favourite river, and now it s like something like charlie and the chocolate factory. pete used to love taking his cor
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practically every neighbourhood in the last few days i am hearing the last few days i am hearing the city is. hospitals faced a massive influx of patients with gunshot wounds at the weekend. the port was pillaged at the weekend, luckily we were able to retrieve our containers before that happened but i hear the containers of many aid agencies have gone. the i hear the containers of many aid agencies have gone. agencies have gone. the un has warned of agencies have gone. the un has warned of about agencies have gone. the un has warned of about 3000 agencies have gone. the un has warned of about 3000 pregnant | agencies have gone. the un has - warned of about 3000 pregnant women who may give birth amidst all of those. could you tell us more about the health care risks? the those. could you tell us more about the health care risks? the health care risks? the needs toda are the health care risks? the needs today are everywhere. the health care risks? the needs tod
and zambia has been seen by many as a test case for how well the common framework works. but despite protracted negotiations, the zambia debt relief deal has collapsed, raising doubts about the workability of the common framework. zambia s president hakainde hichilema, who inherited a huge debt overhang when he was elected in 2021 has been spearheading efforts to get the country s economy back on track. i spoke to the zambian president in an exclusive interview and began by asking him about the economy. i think we did our part as a country in terms of meeting our obligations. we did that well ahead of time. now it is for the other part of the stick to come on board. the bilateral creditors, i think we are doing reasonably well. delayed? yes, it was delayed. but the private creditors, we now need to close and put this to bed so that it can create the headroom we needed, we anticipated long before. but these delays are beginning to negate the gains that we already made as a