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19th Mar 2024

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EU scolds Israel for destroying Palestinian homes

The EU's ambassador to Israel on Wednesday criticised Israel for destroying Palestinian homes in the West Bank. Israel razed 168 homes in the so-called area C, under full Israeli control, as well as EU humanitarian structures."In the first six months of 2016 alone, 91 EU structures in Area C have been demolished. This is more than all of 2015," said Lars Faaborg-Andersen. Israel has demolished 170 EU structures since 2009.

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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.

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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.

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