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19th Mar 2024

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Ambassador: Trump ordered Ukraine election meddling

The US ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, told an impeachment enquiry in Washington Wednesday he acted on president Donald Trump's orders to pressure Ukraine to interfere in upcoming US elections. "We followed the president's orders," Sondland said. "Was there a quid pro quo? ... the answer is yes," he added, referring to US diplomatic favours, but not the more serious charge, that Trump also threatened to withhold military aid.

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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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