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EU leaders ban Belarusian airlines from European airspace

The decision comes after opposition journalist Roman Protasevich was detained on Sunday.

The decision comes after opposition journalist Roman Protasevich was detained on Sunday, after his plane - bound for Vilnius in Lithuania - was diverted to the Belarusian capital Minsk. We get analysis from Michael Birnbaum, Brussels bureau chief for the Washington Post.
A study in the US has found a huge increase in the number of start-ups during the pandemic, coinciding with the trillions of dollars being handed out as part of various federal stimulus packages. We speak to Jorge Guzman, one of the report's authors.
And on Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, we discuss the singer's long career with Ben Sisario, music reporter at the New York Times.

Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by financial journalist Sushma Ramachandran, who's in Delhi, and by Nicole Childers, executive producer at our sister programme Marketplace in LA.

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