Belarus-EU migrant row intensifies

Belarus's leader has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Europe if sanctions are imposed over an escalating migrant crisis at the country's border. Migrants complain to Newshour that they are being used as tools in a political game.

Also in the programme; a public declaration in China raises the current leader Xi Jinping to the exalted status of the founding father of the People's Republic, Mao Zedong and; the architect of the Paris climate deal in 2015 discusses what will constitute a success as COP26 draws to a close.

Image: Migrants' children gather near the fence on the Poland/Belarus border. Credit: REUTERS