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EU to step up sanctions on Belarus over escalating border crisis

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The European Union will toughen sanctions on Belarus on Monday and may extend them to include airlines and others involved in transporting migrants, the EU's top diplomat said, as the migrant crisis on the Polish border intensifies. FRANCE 24's Chief Foreign Editor Robert Parsons tells us more.

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