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19th Mar 2024

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UK court rules against government in Article 50 case

The UK Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the British government to stop a decision on whether Article 50 (the formal Brexit notification) can be reversed from going to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. Campaigners to stay in the EU had asked the Scottish courts to rule on the issue. They passed the decision on to the ECJ - a referral then challenged by the government.

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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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