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19th Mar 2024

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Polish ruling party PiS takes lion's share of EU vote

The ruling right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party won EU elections in Poland with 42 percent, compared to 32 percent in 2014, beating the European Coalition, a pro-EU group, on 39 percent, exit polls said. The new Spring party of openly-gay politician Robert Biedron got six percent. The "decisive blow" for the future of Poland will come in autumn national elections, PiS leader Jarolslaw Kaczynski said.

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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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