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19th Mar 2024

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Italy deputy PM Di Maio quits as Five Star party leader

Italy could be heading for a snap election after deputy prime minister Luigi Di Maio resigned Wednesday as leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, coalition partner of the centre-left Democratic Party. The 33-year-old Di Maio faced mounting internal criticism as Five Star plunged in opinion polls and lawmakers abandoned his party. More than 20 lawmakers have left or been expelled since the government came to power last September.

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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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