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19th Mar 2024

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Berlusconi's party sees comeback in Italian local votes

Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party and the Northern League did well in mayoral elections in 110 municipalities on Sunday, according to exit polls, whereas the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement performed very badly. The vote is an important test ahead of national elections due to take place in the next nine months. "We have clearly lost these elections," said lower house leader Ettore Rosato from Italy's ruling PD party.

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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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