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US says preparing new Belarus sanctions over 'inhumane' border crisis

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The United States is preparing new sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, in coordination with the European Union, over the "inhumane facilitation" of migrant flows on its border with Poland. SOUNDBITE

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