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19th Mar 2024

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EU might let cars exceed pollution limits

Car makers might be allowed to exceed previous pollution limits by 50% under draft EU laws, reports The Guardian newspaper. The draft regulation is still being discussed by EU member states with a final decision expected on 7 December. Campaigners say that a simple €25 filter could drastically cut the pollution. Potential deal comes despite VW scandal, in which the German firm, and others, cheated on emissions tests.

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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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