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19th Mar 2024

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Macron 'not in favour' of EU-US trade deal

French president Emmanuel Macron said he was "not in favour" of a "large trade agreement" between the EU and US, after European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and US president Donald Trump agreed to open talks. "We have some questions that we will want to clarify in the coming days with our European partners," he said on Thursday, insisting on reciprocity and the respect of EU sanitary and environmental standards.

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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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