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19th Mar 2024

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EU concerned by US approach to Kosovo and Serbia

EU countries have begun to rally round Germany in its opposition to a land-swap deal between Kosovo and Serbia, an EU official told press Thursday, amid German fears of enflaming ethnic tensions. Some US diplomats have backed the swap, while others said they had nothing against it. EU sources confirmed US Kosovo/Serbia envoy Richard Grenell had not yet spoken to his EU counterpart, Miroslav Lajčák, despite Lajčák's overtures.

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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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