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 were foun
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Time and on behalf of myself and everyone here at R T International thanks for watching and have a great day. Oh and welcome to crossfire all things are considered im the confirmation process that will most likely see judge bear become the next Supreme Court justice is in full swing them in their liberal media doubt over the proceedings legally their doubts dont have any merit whatsoever however this is not once in a way simply said the Supreme Court has been politicized maybe forever and packing the court is a real possibility. Ross stocking the Supreme Court im joined by my guest wed enables he is a president ial historian and a former white house advisor to 2 american president s his latest book is inside Trumps White House the real story of his presidency and in washington we cross to robert but tell me as an attorney as well as executive director of the Rainbow Push Coalition are joining hospitals in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok