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19th Mar 2024

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Truss still leads in next UK PM polling

Liz Truss is leading in the polls to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. The YouGov/Sky News poll, published on Thursday, shows Truss with a 32-point lead over rival contender Rishi Sunak. Some 66 percent of the conservative party members back her, as opposed to 34 percent for Sunak. The same poll two weeks ago gave her a 38-point lead. The result is due in September.

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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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