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19th Mar 2024

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Nordic MEP candidates in first ever joint EU election debate

European Parliament candidates from Denmark, Finland, and Sweden will for the first time ever take part in a joint Nordic election debate. "This is a unique event. We've never before seen a pan-Nordic debate in which every Nordic EU member state is represented ahead of a European parliamentary election," said Swedish conservative Jessica Polfjard. The meeting in Copenhagen on 8 April will focus on Brexit, climate and security.

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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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