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19th Mar 2024

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EU dodges decision in US visa row

The European Commission has delayed making a decision on whether to block visa-free travel for Americans - a move it is duty-bound to make because the US imposes visa requirements on Bulgarians, Croats, Cypriots, Poles and Romanians. The commission said it wanted to talk to the new US administration before taking a decision, and promised it would publish a report on the issue in June.

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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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