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19th Mar 2024

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Italian court: Migrant rescue ship can enter Italian waters

An Italian judge ordered Italy to open its waters to the Spanish migrant rescue ship Open Arms, despite a new law by deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini to fine migrant rescue boats up to €1m if they entered Italian maritime zones. The Open Arms ship has 147 people on board amid a shortage of food and space. This week another ship, the Ocean Viking, rescued 356 people.

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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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