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19th Mar 2024

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Wilders pulls out of second Dutch election TV debate

Dutch anti-EU politician Geert Wilders has cancelled his participation in an election debate, after rejecting as "disgusting" that one of the broadcasters that organised it interviewed his brother, who does not support Wilders' views. He had already pulled out of another TV debate a week ago. There are now only two debates left in which he will appear, ahead of the 15 March elections.

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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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