Hello. The united states has condemned the forced diversion of a Passenger Plane carrying a dissident belarusian journalist. It follows a chorus of condemnation across europe after the Ryanair Plane flying from greece To Lithuania was forced to land in the belarus capital minsk. State media there said the Intervention was due to a bomb scare. The uk Foreign Secretary said the outlandish actions would have serious implications. The bbc s 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 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 the aircraft in. But no bombs were found On Board. In
The next few hours. So, should we be worried . Hello, and welcome to the programme. We start injerusalem. There have been more clashes between palestinians and israeli police, a day after more than 200 people were injured in some of the worst violence in years at the Al Aqsa Mosque. Fighting broke outjust as Tens Of Thousands of muslim worshippers prayed at the compound to mark the most holy night of ramadan. More than 50 people were injured. Gareth barlow reports. Stun grenades against stones. Palestinian protesters and israeli Security Forces clashing outside the Al Aqsa Mosque complex injerusalems old city, one of the most revered sites in islam. Its also the location of the temple mount, the holiest site injudaism. The source of the anger weeks of rising tensions over the potential eviction of palestinian families from their homes in occupied eastjerusalem, which israeli settlers claim as their land. Earlier on saturday, roads into the city became gridlocked as israel ramped up sec
Police are granted more time to question a man arrested in connection with the murder of Community Support Officerjulia james. Disruption continues on some of britains busiest Rail Lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. The cabinet office minister, Michael Gove, has refused to be drawn on whether the government at westminster would challenge a second scottish Independence Referendum in the courts. He said the focus of the devolved administration in edinburgh should be the recovery from the pandemic. But the First Minister of scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, warned number ten against using legal arguments. It comes as the Prime Minister invites the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how to recoverfrom the pandemic. I asked our political correspondent at Holyrood Nick Eardley how quickly Nicola Sturgeon might try to go for another Independence Referendum. Probably not for a while. I think you will see Nicola Sturgeon make a very public play in the next coupl