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19th Mar 2024

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Pilots from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden strike

About 1,000 SAS pilots from Denmark, Norway and Sweden went on strike Monday following several months of failed attempts to reach an agreement. Around 200-250 flights and 20,000-30,000 passengers will be affected every day of the dispute, which could push the semi-public SAS company into bankruptcy. The unions are demanding that new pilots are not hired on cheaper agreements in the two subsidiaries SAS Link and SAS Connect.

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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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