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19th Mar 2024

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German troops return to Bosnia over instability fears

German soldiers have returned to Bosnia for the first time in a decade, Reuters reported, as fears of instability from the Ukraine war could spread to the Western Balkans. The troops are part of the European Union's peacekeeping mission (EUFOR), and were greeted in Sarajevo on Tuesday at a ceremony at the HQ. Some 30 troops are expected by mid-September. Bosnian Serb separatists are suspected of being supported from Moscow.

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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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