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19th Mar 2024

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Brexit will destroy NI peace deal, says Gerry Adams

Taking Northern Ireland out of the EU will "destroy" the 1998 peace settlement that quelled sectarian violence in the province, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said over the weekend. "The British government’s intention to take the north out of the EU, despite the wish of the people there to remain, is a hostile action," said Adams. In Northern Ireland, 56 percent voted to stay.

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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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