The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has defended his decision to force a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk in order to arrest a journalist and critic who was on board.
The EU and the UK have imposed new sanctions on Belarus following the detention of Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend.
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