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19th Mar 2024

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Liberal Alde rename themselves 'Renew Europe'

The liberal group in the European Parliament, formerly Alde, has been renamed "Renew Europe", after French president Emmanuel Macron's En Marche and other parties joined, following EU elections last month. "This should keep our new French partners content, but many of us will continue to refer to it as the Liberal Group," British MEP Chris Davies tweeted. They now have 108 seats after a boost in French and UK members.

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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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