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19th Mar 2024

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Cyprus reunification talks resume in Switzerland

UN-mediated Cyprus reunification talks will resume on Wednesday, when Greek-Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades meets his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart, Mustafa Akinci, at a Swiss ski resort, in an attempt to seal a deal to unite the island. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and foreign ministers from the so-called guarantor powers of Cyprus – Greece, Turkey and Britain – will take part in the talks. Cyprus has been divided since 1974.

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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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