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19th Mar 2024

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Barnier briefs EU ministers: intense negotiations continue

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier briefed EU affairs ministers in Brussels on Monday on developments in the Brexit negotiations, saying that intense negotiations continue, but the agreement has not been reached yet. Avoiding a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland remains the key obstacle. "We have time, but not so much," Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders said, adding the EU awaits a "positive signal" from London.

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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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