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19th Mar 2024

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Timmermans: disappointed about presidency but 'loyal'

"I can't say I'm overjoyed. Of course it's disappointing if you're not elected as president of the European Commission," said commission vice-president Frans Timmermans Tuesday in his first press conference since EU leaders blocked his candidacy. "That's their decision. So it goes in politics," he noted. The centre-left Dutchman, who will return as vice-president, said that he nevertheless would be "loyal" to new commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

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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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