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19th Mar 2024

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Romanian protestors form EU flag at anti-government rally

Some 3,000 anti-government protestors gathered in front of the Romanian parliament building on Sunday, forming the EU flag with sheets of blue and yellow paper and cloth. The rally marked the 27th consecutive evening of protests against social democrat prime minister Sorin Grindeanu's cabinet after it passed a decree that would ease penalties for low-level corruption offences. The government later withdrew the decree, but protests have continued every night since.

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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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