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19th Mar 2024

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Hollande: Vote Macron to avoid 'risk' for France

French president Francois Hollande said on Monday that he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the run-off of the presidential election on 7 May. He called on voters to avoid a "risk" to France if far-right candidate Marine Le Pen were elected. "There is a threat of isolation for France and of a break-up with the EU," he said, also pointing to economic damage if the country left the euro.

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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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