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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
In Luxembourg, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner says it is not yet possible for the EU to cut Russian gas imports as a sanction against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. 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
Images show tear gas billowing on the Greek side of the Kastanies border checkpoint between Greece and Turkey amid the ongoing migration crisis in the region. IMAGES
Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi, who is also the chief executive of QatarEnergy signs a deal with Shun-Chin Lee, Chairman of the CPC Corporation Taiwan for Qatar to supply the Taiwan-headquartered CPC with natural gas for 27 years. Qatar will supply four million tonnes of gas a year under the deal, QatarEnergy said in a statement, without disclosing the cost of the agreement. IMAGES
The United States says it would refuse visas for extremist Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians, stepping up pressure to curb a wave of violence in the West Bank during the Gaza war. "The United States is taking action to address this escalating violence in the West Bank by implementing a new visa restriction policy," says US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. SOUNDBITE
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