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19th Mar 2024

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France fined €10m for failing to tackle air pollution

France's Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, on Wednesday fined the government €10m for failing to improve air quality in several urban areas, such as Paris and Lyon, Reuters reported. But the government could face further €10m fines every six months until it meets its air quality targets, the court said. In the EU, air pollution causes around 400,000 premature deaths every year.

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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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