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19th Mar 2024

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Tusk: EU budget agreed before 2019 elections 'unrealistic'

In a note sent to EU leaders ahead of their summit on Friday, European Council president Donald Tusk said reaching a final agreement on the EU budget for 2020-27 before the May 2019 European elections is "unrealistic." That timeline was advocated last week by Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker. Tusk proposed to "make as much progress as possible" in 2019, and leave a final decision to the next parliament.

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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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