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welcome to the week. let us begin with breaking news story i swear sounds like something a bond villain would do. government of belarus forced a passenger plane to land there apparently because a dissident blogger was on board. president did not just tell the plane to land, he ordered a fighter jet to intercept it in belarusian airspace. founded a popular opposition social media channel in belarus. latest from matt bradley. reporter: there s a reason why belarus is commonly referred to as last dictatorship in europe, because of stuff like this. what we saw in the presidential elections or immediately after the presidential elections last year. scenes of horrible police brutality and mass arrests, protests in the streets over what many called a rigged election. that s why this young man roman petrosovic, who was detained on flight going from greece to lithuania. lithuania is going to prosecute and bring a lawsuit against the belarusians for stopping plane in midair. s