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19th Mar 2024

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Tsipras calls snap Greek election after EP defeat

Greek prime minster Alexis Tsipras has called early national elections after his ruling Syriza party lost badly to the opposition New Democrat (ND) conservatives on Sunday night in the European Parliament elections. Elections in Greece had been expected by October, but will now be in June. Exit polls had put ND on 32-36 percent, according to the poll for six broadcasters, with the governing Syriza on 25-29 percent.

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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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