Tuesday

19th Mar 2024

Ticker

France's religious leaders call for more security

President Hollande met with France's Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Buddhist leaders Wednesday after two Islamist militants killed a Catholic priest in a church. Muslim leader Dalil Boubakeur said that "we deeply desire that our places of worship are the subject of greater [security] focus". The archbishop of Paris pledged not "to be dragged into" the was of the jihadist group Islamic State, which aims to set religions against each other.

Read and decide

Join EUobserver today

Get the EU news that really matters

Instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14-day free trial.

... or subscribe as a group

Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

Opinion

Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

Join EUobserver

EU news that matters

Join us