Germany urges explanation on Belarus flight diversion

Belarus must "immediately" explain the alleged arrest of opposition activist Roman Protasevich after his flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Minsk on Sunday, a senior official at Germany's foreign ministry said.

"We need an immediate explanation by the government of Belarus on the diversion of a RyanAir flight within the EU to Minsk and the alleged detention of a journalist," the foreign ministry's state secretary Miguel Berger wrote on Twitter.