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19th Mar 2024

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May and Juncker meet over Brexit on Wednesday

British prime minister Theresa May will travel to Brussels on Wednesday for talks with EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in a continued attempt to find a way to push the Brexit deal through the UK parliament. A commission spokesman reiterated that the EU-27 will not reopen the withdrawal agreement, cannot accept a time limit to the Irish backstop or a unilateral exit clause - key demands of the British PM.

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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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