Poland border crisis: EU starts talks

State media in Belarus say President Lukashenko and Germany's Chancellor Merkel have agreed that the European Union should be involved in negotiations about the migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border. We get the latest.

Also, we explain the complexities of the conflict in Ethiopia, giving the background and reflecting some of the many perspectives about what is happening there. We get the analysis of our Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, who answers your questions on the conflict. In addition, we hear the views of people who are connected to Ethiopia’s different communities in the global diaspora, as well as those inside the country.

And we talk through the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic, with the help of one of our regular experts, Dr Maria Sundaram.

(Photo: People gathering around a bonfire at the Belarusian-Polish border near the Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint, in the Grodno region, Belarus, 17 November 2021. Creidt: EPA/LEONID SCHEGLOV/BELTA HANDOUT)