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19th Mar 2024

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Sweden emerges as possible US-North Korean summit host

North Korea's foreign minister landed Thursday in Sweden for talks with foreign minister Margot Wallstrom, prompting speculations of a possible summit between US president Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on Swedish soil. Visiting Washington last week and Berlin on Friday, Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven told TT news agency that "if the main actors want Sweden to play a role then we are ready to do that."

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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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