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19th Mar 2024

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Commission urges enforcement of Covid-19 measures

The EU health commissioner called on member states to communicate better, and enforce social distancing and hygiene rules to halt a new wave of coronavirus. "In some member states, the situation is now even worse than during the peak in March. This is a real cause for concern," Stella Kyriakides said on Thursday, adding that all countries need to enforce measures "at the very first sign of potential new outbreaks."

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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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