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Belarus accused of hijacking passenger plane

An opposition journalist was arrested after the plane was forced to land in Minsk.

Belarus has been condemned by western countries after it diverted a plane flying over its territory to arrest an opposition journalist. Belarus scrambled a fighter jet to force the plane to land, claiming there was a bomb threat on board. We will have all the latest from the political fall-out of the story, hear from BBC Monitoring and speak to people who have been protesting the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Also, we’ll hear a conversation between people who are immunocompromised about life during the pandemic and how getting vaccinated has affected them.

And Dr Eleanor Murray - assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health - will answer your questions on the latest coronavirus stories.

(Photo: A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 lands in the Vilnius International Airport, in Vilnius, Lithuania on May 23rd. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)

53 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 May 202115:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 May 202115:06GMT

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