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19th Mar 2024

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Estonia working on 'Plan B' for Nato

Estonia's interior minister, Mart Helme, told Finnish media on Tuesday his country no longer "fully trusts" that Nato would defend it if it was attacked by Russia. Estonia was working on a "Plan B" for territorial defence with other Baltic states and Finland, Helme, who also chairs the far-right Ekre party in Estonia's ruling coalition, said. The Plan B included forging better relations with Germany and the US, he added.

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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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