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19th Mar 2024

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Covid-19: Spain considers curfews in hardest-hit areas

Spain's health minister Salvador Illa said on Tuesday the government is considering to introduce new restrictions, such as curfews, to halt the spread of the virus in hard-hit regions, Reuters reported. However, imposing a curfew in Madrid - one of the hotspots in Europe - would require invoking a state of emergency. France ordered a curfew in Paris and eight other cities, while Belgium recently introducing a nationwide one.

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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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