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Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Ress-Andersen announces that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 is awarded to the World Food Programme. SOUNDBITE
Images of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin leaving a UN building following talks on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal. Russia has agreed to renew the accord but only for another 60 days. IMAGES
A day after a controversial decision to ban beer from stadiums at the Qatar World Cup, football fans line up to buy their first drinks at the official fan zone in Doha. IMAGES
Production has been halted in the world's biggest chocolate plant, run by Swiss giant Barry Callebaut in the Belgian town of Wieze, after salmonella contaminations were found. IMAGES
The Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme says it is an "emotional moment" after the organisation was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, with the coronavirus pandemic pushing millions more into hunger. SOUNDBITE
According to a new landmark assessment, humanity faces increasingly painful trade-offs between food security and rising temperatures within decades unless it curbs emissions and stops unsustainable farming and deforestation. SOUNDBITE
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