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19th Mar 2024

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US: Nord Stream 2 undermines Ukraine's security

US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline undermines Ukraine's security, since it would curtail gas exports through the country, depriving Kyiv of lucrative transit fees, Reuters reported. "Our goal remains to ensure that Russia cannot use energy as a coercive tool as a weapon against Ukraine, or anyone else in Europe," Blinken said. Germany, meanwhile, wants to see the pipeline completed.

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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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