dpa NEWS SCHEDULE for TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1200 GMT

EUROPE-JUSTICE-ENVIRONMENT

Climate activists in Switzerland win a landmark case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) holding that authorities had failed to adequately mitigate climate change, in a ruling which could set a precedent for similar complaints. Moving

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ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES-CONFLICT-GERMANY-NICARAGUA

Germany categorically rejects legal action brought by Nicaragua that it is facilitating genocide in providing support to Israel in the war in the Gaza Strip. Moved

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UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA

Several people are killed and many more injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day. Moving

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RUSSIA-DIPLOMACY-CHINA

The governments in Beijing and Moscow must elevate their engagement with each other in order to provide a counterbalance to the West's domineering geopolitical posture, Russia's top diplomat says. Moved

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EU-ELECTIONS

Representatives of the European Union's main political coalitions sign a pledge not to spread disinformation or deepfakes during the forthcoming elections to the European Parliament in June. Moved