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Talks opening in Sweden between Yemen's government and rebels, who have been locked in a devastating war for nearly four years, are a "critical opportunity", says special envoy Martin Griffiths. SOUNDBITE
Rival sides in Yemen's civil war, the country's foreign minister Khaled al Yamani and rebel negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalam shake hands after agreeing a ceasefire for a vital port on the seventh day of the UN-brokered peace talks in Sweden. IMAGES
European Council President Charles Michel welcomes Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for peace talks hosted by the European Union in Brussels. The discussions, mediated by Michel and aimed at resolving the conflict for the control of Armenian-populated Karabakh, come at a time of renewed tensions after Azerbaijan closed the Lachin corridor, the sole land link between Karabakh and Armenia. IMAGES
Images show an aircraft flying under the banner of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) departing from Sanaa International Airport to Aden International Airport with released prisoners, previously held by Yemen's Huthi rebels, aboard. IMAGES
A plane transporting released Huthi prisoners takes off from Aden airport towards Sanaa as the three-day exchange of prisoners between cities in Yemen and its oil-rich neighbour, Saudi Arabia begins. Nearly 900 prisoners from Yemen's civil war will be exchanged in the biggest prisoner swap since 2020, after a delegation from Saudi Arabia, which launched a military intervention in 2015, held talks with Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels this week in an attempt to end hostilities. IMAGES
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