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Is priority will be working day today. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. These are tough times in South Africa. Officially, covid has taken more than 55,000 lives. Researchers reckon the real figure is much higher. And right now there are fears of a third wave of infection. But many minds in the Ruling Party are consumed not by this national health and economic crisis, but by Anc Infighting and mudslinging over corruption and accountability. My guest is Finance Minister Tito mboweni. Has the anc lost the plot . Tito mboweni in limpopo province, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. Ive been here before on hardtalk, but those days i was at the studios in london. This time im speaking to you from modjadjiskloof in limpopo province. Thank you very much indeed. Well, its a, its a pleasure to have you on the programme, minister. Last time you were with us on hardtalk, of course, none of us had heard of covid 19. Now your country is sti
Regulation of the press, has died at 81. Hello and welcome. The European Union has agreed to hit belarus with sanctions after the forced Re Routing of a ryanair flight, in order to capture one of the passengers on board. The eu is also urging airlines to avoid the countrys airspace. The passenger detained was roman protasevich, a 26 year old journalist whos a well known critic of president alexander lukashenko. Eu leaders described the incident as State Terrorism and aviation piracy. Our Europe Correspondent Jean mackenzie 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 yesterday under the most extraordinary circumstances by a regime, he told his fellow passengers, would execute him. His father has described his sons capture as a terrorist act. Translation We Hope that he will cope. We hope th
Hello and thanks forjoining us. The belarussian Opposition Journalist Roman protasevich, who was arrested after the authorities forced his flight to divert to minsk, has appeared in a video, apparently confessing to Organising Mass protests against the president. In the statement, Mr Protasevich says hes being treated well and is co operating with investigators. His forehead looks bruised his colleagues say hes been beaten. The footage of Mr Protasevich was shown as Eu Leaders met in brussels to discuss how to respond to the incident. Theyve agreed to impose further sanctions on belarus. 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 yesterday under the most extraordinary circumstances by a regime, he told his fellow passengers, would execute him. His fa