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19th Mar 2024

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SPD drops opposition to grand coalition in Germany

Following a meeting between SPD leader Martin Schulz and German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday night, the SPD declared a willingness to discuss the government crisis. After eight hours of deliberations of the SPD leadership, secretary general Hubertus Heil concluded that "the SPD is firmly convinced that it is necessary to speak. The SPD will not shut up talks". The SPD ruled in 'Grand Coalition' with Merkel 2013-2017.

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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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