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19th Mar 2024

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Transport commissioner 'not aware' of legal action on emissions

The EU's transport commissioner Violeta Bulc said on Thursday that a ministerial meeting did not feature any discussion about potential legal action by the commission against member states who are not doing enough to force carmakers to abide by emissions laws. "As far as I'm aware, the commission is not thinking in that direction," she said. Her colleague, industry commissioner Elzbieta Bienkowsa, has repeatedly promised to take legal action.

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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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