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19th Mar 2024

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Switzerland unlikely to sign draft EU deal

Political opposition will make it all but impossible for the Swiss government to sign a draft treaty with the EU next month, Reuters reported Thursday. The lack of such a deal will upset relations between non-EU Switzerland and the EU, potentially disrupting trade. The Swiss government is locked in a fight with the far-right over freedom of movement for EU citizens, to be voted on a referendum next year.

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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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