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19th Mar 2024

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Orban: coronavirus exposes EU 'weaknesses'

"The government still wants a strong Europe, but the EU has its weaknesses," Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said in a radio interview on Friday, a day after EU leaders failed to agree on a robust economic and financial plan to offset the pandemic's fallout. "In terms of coronavirus aid, for example, Hungary has received support from China and the Turkish Council," he said, referring to the organisation of Turkish-speaking states.

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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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