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19th Mar 2024

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Juncker to meet Trump on 25 July

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will meet US president Donald Trump in Washington on 25 July, the commission confirmed on Tuesday. It said they will discuss "deep cooperation" between the EU and the US "across a wide range of priorities, including foreign and security policy, counter-terrorism, energy security, and economic growth," and that they will focus on "improving transatlantic trade and forging a stronger economic partnership."

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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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