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19th Mar 2024

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Migrant rescue ship heading to French port

The charity rescue ship Aquarius is planning to disembark 58 migrants in Marseilles, France, despite not having French permission to do so. SOS Mediterranee said that was its "only option" after Italy again refused to let it go there. The ship will have to end rescues when Panama shortly revokes its flag under Italian pressure. Italy Monday also passed a new law to make it easier to deport migrants.

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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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