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19th Mar 2024

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Juncker appoints new head of cabinet

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker announced Wednesday that his head of cabinet Martin Selmayr will become the institution's secretary general on 1 March, replacing Alexander Italianer. Selmayr will be replaced by his deputy, Spain's Clara Martinez Alberola, who will become the first woman at this position. Germany's Selmayr, often considered as the most powerful man in the commission, will now be in charge of the whole administration.

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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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