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19th Mar 2024

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No bond buying yet for Greece, says ECB chief

The European Central Bank (ECB) will consider extending its quantitative easing (QE) scheme to Greece, but only when Greek debt has been made sustainable, said ECB president Mario Draghi on Monday. Draghi told MEPs that Greece would need to reach an agreement with its creditors over its bailout and its debt before it can access the scheme, whereby the ECB buys state bonds to pump money into the economy.

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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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