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Newshour: 26/05/2021 13:06 GMT: Belarusian president accuses arrested couple of terrorism

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Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega

26/05/2021 13:06 GMT

26/05/2021 13:06 GMT: Belarusian president accuses arrested couple of terrorism

Belarusian president accuses arrested couple of terrorism

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Alexander Lukashenko says Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega are agents of the West

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Alexander Lukashenko says opposition journalist Roman Protasevich and Russian student Sofia Sapega are agents of the West. The couple were arrested after their passenger flight was diverted - escorted by a military jet - to the Belarusian capital Minsk.

Also in the programme: A corruption trial begins in South Africa against the former president Jacob Zuma; and Syria holds presidential elections condemned by Western powers as 'neither free nor fair'.

Plus a major new exhibition setting out thousands of years of Iranian art and culture at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. 

Photo: Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega in custody in Belarus. Credit: Reuters.

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