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19th Mar 2024

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Turkish MPs back Erdogan power-grab

MPs in Turkey's parliament on Sunday backed wide-sweeping constitutional changes to bolster president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grip on power. The changes, if approved via a second reading and a referendum, will create an executive presidency, replace the prime minister post with a vice-president, and allow the president to intervene in the judiciary. The move follows a purge of so-called state saboteurs in the wake of last July's failed military coup.

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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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