Original version

BBC World Service Australasia

Newshour

News

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Newshour: 18/11/2021 14:06 GMT: Poland border crisis: Migrants 'being used as bullets'

Magazines & Reviews

Poland border crisis: Migrants 'being used as bullets'

18/11/2021 14:06 GMT

18/11/2021 14:06 GMT: Poland border crisis: Migrants 'being used as bullets'

BBC World Service - Newshour, Poland border crisis: Migrants 'being used as bullets'

Poland's deputy foreign minister says President Lukashenko is using migrants as a weapon

Poland's deputy foreign minister says President Lukashenko is using migrants as a weapon.

Poland's deputy foreign minister says Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko is using "emotional blackmail" during the crisis at the Poland-Belarus border. Marcin Przydacz has also accused Belarus of using the 2000 migrants there as a weapon. This week, Polish troops used water cannon and tear gas against the stone-throwing migrants. The EU has pledged to send food, blankets and other aid to the people who refuse to leave the border.

Also in the programme: The Women's Tennis Association has said the world needs independent and verifiable proof that the missing Chinese player, Peng Shuai, is safe. And a global study has found that wearing a mask cuts the incidence of Covid-19 by 53%.

(Photo: A camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus. Credit: Reuters/Kacper Pempel)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newshour

18/11/2021 14:06 GMT: Poland border crisis: Migrants 'being used as bullets'

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Australasia

About BBC World Service