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19th Mar 2024

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Swedish government toppled in no-confidence vote

Sweden's parliament passed a vote of no confidence in prime minister Stefan Lofven on Monday, the BBC reports. A total of 181 of the 349 MPs voted in favour, with 51 abstentions. It is the first time in Swedish history that a prime minister has been ousted in such a vote. The social democrat leader has a week to resign or call a snap election.

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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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