Police in Belarus have detained two senior opposition figures a day after more than 100,000 people rallied against President Alexander Lukashenko. Protesters want the president’s 26-year rule to end – but he has vowed to crush unrest. | BBC World Service

Just now, dictator Lukashenko declared himself “president” of Belarus for the 7th time in a row. He’s the first — and ONLY — person to ever hold the office since it was created.“ Half the world DREAMS of our ‘dictatorship,’” he said at his “inauguration.” | Kyiv Post