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Added on the 24/04/2023 17:42:41 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose with foreign ministers ahead of a Gulf Cooperation Council-US joint ministerial meeting in Riyadh, at the start of a new crisis tour aimed at pushing an elusive Israel-Hamas ceasefire and increasing humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
The United States will soon announce measures against Russia's Wagner mercenary group over its past activities in Africa, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
Images of Red Square in Moscow and military patrols outside the State Duma as the Wagner mercenary group stages a mutiny, seizing control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don in the south and vowing to topple Russia's military leadership. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he voiced "concerns" about "the PRC's provocative actions in the Taiwan Strait", after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. SOUNDBITE
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the United States is working with Sudan's warring generals to extend an expiring, shaky ceasefire that he helped broker. "We've had a 72-hour ceasefire, which like most ceasefires is imperfect but nonetheless has reduced violence. And that's obviously created somewhat better conditions for people in Sudan," he tells reporters at a briefing. SOUNDBITE