US imposes fresh sanctions on Belarus

After European leaders agreed to sanctions earlier this week, the US has followed suit and announced further sanctions. We speak to Franak Viacorka, Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarus opposition leader and Viola von Cramon, German member of the European Parliament and a rapporteur on Belarus, about where Belarus goes from here.

Also in the programme; India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces growing criticism over his handling of COVID-19; and we bring you the build up to the UEFA Champions League Final between Chelsea and Manchester City.

Joining Julian Worricker on the programme is Catherine Fieschi, a political scientist and founder and executive director of the Counterpoint political research and advisory organisation and Toby Cadman, Barrister and co-Founder of Guernica 37, a specialist barrister's chambers in the field of international human rights.

(Photo: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Sochi, Russia. Credit:EPA/MIKHAEL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL)