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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
The US and European delegations on the UN Security Council condemn Belarus's behavior in the migrant crisis on its border with Poland. SOUNDBITE
The European Central Bank unveils a new crisis-fighting tool to keep the borrowing costs of indebted eurozone governments like Italy under control as interest rates rise for the first time in a decade. Dubbed the "Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI)", the targeted bond-buying scheme "can be activated to counter unwarranted, disorderly market dynamics that pose a serious threat to the transmission of monetary policy across the euro area," says ECB President Christine Lagarde. SOUNDBITE by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe lists sanctions applied to the Belarus Athletic Federation over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which "will take immediate effect and continue for the foreseeable future". SOUNDBITE
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will impose a "new package of sanctions" on Belarus. SOUNDBITE
The US has expanded sanctions on Belarus along with Canada and European allies, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says at her briefing, "to hold the Lukashenko regime accountable for its ongoing attacks on democracy, human rights and international norms." SOUNDBITE
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