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19th Mar 2024

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Bulgaria may expel Russian diplomats over 'espionage'

Bulgaria is considering expelling two Russian diplomats who may have been spying on the Balkan country, Reuters reports. "We have received letters from the prosecutors with the allegations. We will undertake the action that we are obliged to undertake and will most probably declare them 'persona non grata'," Bulgarian foreign minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said on Friday. Zaharieva is expected to meet with the Russian ambassador to Sofia later on Friday.

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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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