entering america illegally. the united states has condemned the forced diversion of a passenger plane carrying a dissident belarus journalist. it follows a chorus of condemnation across europe after the ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus. in a statement, the us secretary of state antony blinken said. 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 belarusian warplane armed to the teeth was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs were found on board. instead, this man was taken off the plane and arrested. roman protasevich is a well known belarusian opposi
after speculation over this competition footage. hello. the united states and eu have condemned the forced diversion of a passenger plane carrying a dissident belarus journalist. it follows a chorus of condemnation across europe after the ryanair plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus. in a statement, the us secretary of state antony blinken said it was s shocking act. ursula von der leyen described it as an illegal hijacking and said belarus would be punished. 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 belarusian warplane armed to the teeth was dispatched to escort the aircraft in. but no bombs
after speculation over this competition footage. the united states and the eu have condemned the forced diversion of a passenger plane carrying a dissident belarusian journalist. he belarusianjournalist. was he belarusian journalist. was arrested he belarusianjournalist. was arrested on he belarusian journalist. was arrested on landing. the plane flying from greece to lithuania was diverted to minsk in belarus. the us secretary of state antony blinken called it a shocking act that endangered the lives of more than 120 passengers, while the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen described it as an illegal hijacking and said belarus would be punished. this bbc 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 s
we hear some of the desperate accounts of the thousands of youngsters detained after entering america illegally. the eu and the us have strongly condemned belarus for forcing a plane to land and then arresting an opposition activist. the ryanair flight was diverted to minsk and roman protasayvitch was then detained by the authorities. the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen said. absolutely, yes, we have been waiting for the reaction from the united states on top of the reaction from european states which has been very strong and powerful. and actually, determined to be practical this time around, notjust condemnation and concerns, but doing something practical to address the dismal situation in belarus. what are the practical steps you d like to see happen now? it is to address the aviation industry regulations being violated by the belarus government, to close the airspace of belarus to international flights but also to probably ban the flights fro