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 suddenly head
Now on Bbc News, Dateline London. Hello, im martine croxall. Welcome to Dateline London. My first time hosting the programme, which is very exciting Hold On to your hats. This week, we discuss the successes and failures of the worldwide Vaccination Programmes against covid 19, and the conflict between israel and hamas. Our guests are the french journalist Agnes Poirier of the magazine, lexpress, The American Journalist And Broadcasterjef mcallister. And with me, suitably distanced still in the studio, the bbc s Science Editor, david shukman. Were welcoming you, david, Yourfirst Time back in the building for over a year. Very strange feeling but very nice. And i hear your mum is an avid dateline viewer, so she will be especially pleased to see you here for the first time she is a huge fan so i cannot make any mistakes. I cant make any mistakes. She will be so glad that you are here with me on the programme. In the uk and the us, the Vaccination Programmes against the pandemic has been h
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 youd 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 from belarus to e
Its a Special Edition of hardtalk from the natural History Museum in london. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Now, this has to be one of the most distinctive Museum Spaces in the world, the Main Hall of the natural History Museum in london. For more than a century, this space was dominated by the vast skeleton of dippy, the diplodocus dinosaur. But dippy has gone, to be replaced by hope, the Blue Whale. And that is perhaps a symbol of this museums desire to focus not so much on the deep past and more on the fragility of our planet today. My guest is Museum Director doug gurr. Is this now a museum on a mission . Doug gurr, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Welcome. Its a real pleasure to be here. But the strangest thing is to be in this vast, beautiful museum with absolutely no people. That, of course, is because of the pandemic. How strange and hard has it been running a museum in this time . Yeah, its been, at one level, very, very frustrating because, you know, were here to offe
The eu has strongly condemned belarus for forcing a plane to land and then arresting an opposition activist. the ryanair flight was diverted to minsk and roman prota sayvitch was then detained. eu commission president ursula von der leyen said it was an illegal hijack that would face consequences. relatives and supporters of george floyd the black man killed by a white police officer in minneapolis are holding a rally to mark the upcoming first anniversary of his death. the lead singer of the italian band that won the eurovision song contest says he will take a voluntary drugs test on monday. the glam rock band maneskin denied taking drugs afterfootage showed their singer leaning over a table. he said he was clearing up a broken glass.