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"Earlier today, I sent a letter to Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov proposing that we meet next week in Europe following on our talks in recent weeks to discuss the steps that we can take to resolve this crisis without conflict," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says while speaking at a UN Security Council meeting. SOUNDBITE
A plane carrying Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives in Poland, where she is expected to take refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home. The Polish airline LOT flight from Vienna, where she stopped over on her way from Tokyo, landed in Warsaw at 8:11pm (1811 GMT), according to the arrivals screen at Warsaw Airport. IMAGES
An Austrian Airlines plane from Tokyo carrying Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya lands at Vienna airport shortly after 3:00 pm local time (1300 GMT). IMAGES
Images of the plane in Tokyo which Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is expected to board and travel to Poland, after Warsaw offered the sprinter a humanitarian visa. on the tarmac of Narita airport, in Tokyo. The 24-year-old, who was offered a humanitarian visa by Warsaw, has said her team tried to force her to return home after she criticised her coaches. IMAGES
The UN Human rights office demands the immediate release of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend after their flight was forced to land in Minsk, says a spokesman Rupert Colville. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a new post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union would benefit both sides of the Channel, after a last-gasp agreement was secured. "This is a good deal for the whole of Europe and for our friends and partners as well," he told a Downing Street news conference. SOUNDBITE
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