It s been a godsend to be able to talk to people, you know, without going out of my house. Hello and welcome. The european union has cut europe s air links with belarus, over the arrest of opposition activist roman protasevich, who was seized when his plane was forced to land in minsk. The us presidentjoe biden has accused belarus of a shameful assault on dissent and freedom of the press. Mr protasevich has appeared in a video, apparently confessing to organising mass protests against president lukashenko. He says he s being treated well and is co operating with investigators but his forehead looks bruised and his colleagues say he s been beaten. Our europe correspondent jean mckenzie has the latest. Armed police greet the arrivals on board the plane belarus is accused of hijacking, all to capture this young man roman protasevich. A journalist and political refugee, he fled belarus two years ago, only to be forced back home under the most extraordinary circumstances by a regime,
Capito. Those decisions are more important now after justine sky manchin doubling down. He says if democrats are holding out hopes of getting rid of the filibuster so they can pass things like voting rights, well, they can forget about that, too. A 32year ban on assault rifles is gone, scrapped by one federal judge. State leaders are planning to put it back in place after another deadly weekend of gun violence across the country. I want to start with our msnbc analysts. Michael, today is going to be the third time president biden and shelly capito is meeting. The white house have been after this working with the group leds by shelly capito for over a month. We remember the deadline. The house is set to do a mark up of their infrastructure package this week. As the president gets ready to head overseas. It is clear while the two sides have been inching taking baby steps toward each other over the course of last month s plus. There is a wide gap in between the two. The phone calls that t
Do let me know if you wish to contact me on twitter @vicderbyshire or email me on victoria@bbc. Co. Uk you can also message me you can also message me on you can also message me on twitter. You have now a total of 28 points. Thank you. A 24 year old student from scotland becomes the youngest ever winner of mastermind since the show started in 1972. Hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. With its health system on the brink of collapse, the daily writing coronavirus cases in india has remained above the 300,000 mark for the sixth straight day. Doctors fear a further peak in infections is still to come , despite medical aid starting to arrive from across the world. The first shipment of medical aid from the uk has arrived in india to help tackle its growing coronavirus crisis. More than 600 pieces of equipment, including ventilators and oxygen machines were off loaded from a flight in the early hours of this morning. Devina gupta reports. A haunting warning
With perhaps the most high profile republican candidate running in the california recall election. Former olympian reality tv star caitlyn jenner. Do you believe that the election was stolen? no, i believe in the system, but i believe in the what we need to do in the future is we are a democratic republic. We need to have integrity in our election system. I m not going to go on the past, you know. We re in a post trump era and they still keep are we, though? we re in a post trump era. I don t think he believes that. We have moved forward. A lot to unpack together. Let start with the breaking news of the drama unfolding with the house republican leadership vote. Jamie joins us with breaking details and our chief political analyst gloria borger. You re learning more how this vote is expected to go on on wednesday as well as how congresswoman liz cheney feels about all of this. What can you tell us? what i think not a lot of people realize is what does the conference chair do? liz cheney