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19th Mar 2024

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Sweden Democrats won more local seats than able to fill

At least 22 seats in 17 local Swedish city councils will be empty following 9 September elections, a SVT review of results showed. The empty chairs belong to the far-right Swedish Democrats, which won more votes than they had candidates to fill. Prime minister Stefan Lofven still hopes to form a new national government with smaller parties or a grand coalition to avoid relying on the Sweden Democrats.

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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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