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19th Mar 2024

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G7 back Russia sanctions but not climate pact

The G7 group of wealthy nations said in a communique in Italy on Saturday that sanctions on Russia should stay in place until it left east Ukraine and that they stood "ready to take further restrictive measures" if need be. US leader Trump declined to recommit to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The US "is not in a position to join the consensus" on climate, the G7 statement said.

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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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