Plus, how sport joined the fight against racism
| EU sanctions after Belarus plane arrest |
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| | | Having accused Belarus of "hijacking" a plane forced to land in Minsk for the removal of a dissident journalist, the EU has now banned the country's aircraft from its skies and promised further economic sanctions. It comes as a video of Roman Protasevich, apparently recorded under duress since his detention, shows him appearing to confess to crimes with which he had been charged by the Belarusian state. Mr Protasevich's father has told the BBC he fears his son may be tortured. The EU also followed the UK in instructing airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace, following the diversion of the Ryanair flight at the behest of Belarusian military jets on Sunday. British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the move was necessary "to keep passengers safe". Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says the UK is "considering and co-ordinating with our allies on further sanctions on those responsible" for the "shocking assault on civil aviation". Meanwhile, pilots have been telling us what goes on in the cockpit when a flight is intercepted by military aircraft. | |
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| 'Stay local' advice for variant-hit areas |
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| The government has advised people not to travel into and out of areas hardest hit by the Indian variant of Covid-19 unless necessary, it has emerged. The guidance urges those in Bolton, Blackburn, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside to meet only outside and keep 2m from people not in their household or support bubble. While the advice was issued on Friday - and a week earlier for Bolton and Blackburn - local politicians say they were not informed. North Tyneside Council says it was not consulted and officials knew nothing about it until Monday evening. "Such an important announcement and they don't even have the decency to tell us," complains Labour's Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi. | |
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| Sexual harassment in the classroom |
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| Teachers say they do not feel equipped to deal with peer-on-peer sexual abuse because they have had no training. Almost one-in-three said they had witnessed peer-on-peer sexual harassment or abuse, in response to a questionnaire sent to 1,500 teachers by the BBC's File on 4 and the NASUWT union. Almost one in 10 said they saw it on a weekly basis. But many say they are unsure of how to deliver elements of a new sex-and-relationships curriculum. Children's Minister Vicky Ford says Ofsted will review whether schools are getting enough training and support and that third-party training could be provided. | |
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| | | | | Has anything changed in the year since George Floyd died and sport started protesting? In the world of football, racism is as rife as ever. Fans may not have been in stadiums for most of the past year, but players have regularly been sent horrific abuse on social media. Recently, it has felt like there have been weeks on end where every single day a different player has been racially abused online. While we can’t yet know what its impact will be, some sport is slowly getting back to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic. But maybe normal isn’t what we need. | |
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| | Miriam Walker-Khan | BBC Sport | |
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| | | | A range of stories feature on front pages. The Guardian says it's obtained NHS data showing up to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid while being treated in hospital for other problems. The Daily Telegraph says even after 21 June, when all legal limits on social contact are due to end, millions of people who are fully vaccinated could still be made to spend 10 days at home if they've been in contact with someone who's had the virus. And the Daily Mail says 123 British companies, worth a total of £36bn, have been sold off to private equity "predators" since the start of the pandemic. Read the review. | |
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| | | Explosion Cut gas pipe caused blast that killed toddler, say police |
| | | | | | UK tourism Spending forecast at half of pre-pandemic level |
| | | | Japan US issues travel warning weeks before Olympics |
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| If you watch one thing today |
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| If you listen to one thing today |
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| Need something different? |
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| After the UK's Eurovision challenge ended dismally yet again, with James Newman ending on nul points, Ian Youngs has been asking who might turn around the nation's fortunes in the annual song contest. Steps, anyone? Macca and Adele? Or how about Bill Bailey? And here's a lovely story about a 12-year-old cricketer who shared a match-winning stand of 143 when opening the innings... with his mum, a former England international. | |
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