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19th Mar 2024

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Swedish minister reminds Europe of Russia's war

Swedish foreign minister Ann Linde said she welcomed the "lower level of violence" in Russia's war in eastern Ukraine, after visiting the front line in her role as the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's chair. "However, lives are still being lost and the everyday life of citizens in this region is still heavily affected," she added Thursday. Russia invaded Ukraine six years ago after a revolution in Kiev.

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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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