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19th Mar 2024

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Unicef: UK among 'least family-friendly' in Europe

The United Kingdom ranks as one of least family-friendly places in Europe, according to a report by the UN's child rights organisation Unicef. When ranked with 31 other wealthy countries, the UK came near the bottom in terms of length of maternity and paternity leave and the proportions of pre-school children above and below the age of three in childcare.

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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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