Original version

BBC World Service South Asia

Newsday

Bulletins

News

Live news, business and sport from around the world.

BBC World Service Australasia

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 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

Newsday: 26/02/2024 06:06 GMT : Belarus holds tightly-controlled elections

Magazines & Reviews

26/02/2024 06:06 GMT 

26/02/2024 06:06 GMT : Belarus holds tightly-controlled elections

Belarus holds tightly-controlled elections

BBC World Service - Newsday, Belarus holds tightly-controlled elections

The opposition leader has described the vote as a ''farce”.

Belarus has been holding parliamentary elections with wide expectations that there will be victory for parties backing the country's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

The people of Belarus have been voting in parliamentary and local elections, but the opposition leader has described the vote as a ''farce”, with expectations that only parties backing leader Alexander Lukashenko will win.   

European Union Agriculture ministers will gather in Brussels today as angry farmers continue to protest across the continent for less regulations and greater protection from international competition. 

The US military says it and the UK have launched a new wave of attacks on Houthi positions on the Red Sea coast. Since the renewed conflict in Gaza, Houthis have launched missile attacks on commercial shipping travelling off the coast of Yemen.   

And Cassie Kinoshi the jazz-band leader and saxophonist has composed new work that pays tribute to the women musicians during World War II in Britain.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newsday

26/02/2024 06:06 GMT : Belarus holds tightly-controlled elections

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service