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19th Mar 2024

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Erdogan accuses EU of 'standing by terrorists' in Syria

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Western countries of "standing by terrorists" as they failed to support Turkey's operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters. "Can you imagine the whole West stood by the terrorists and all attacked us, including Nato member states and European Union countries?", Erdogan said in Istanbul. Turkey announced a 120-hour suspension of the offensive following a deal with US vice-president Mike Pence on Thursday.

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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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