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Sanaa (Yemen), Jun 9 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Yahya Arhab) Diplomatic efforts continue to pressure the warring factions in Yemen to end the armed conflict in the country that has lasted since 2014 and has plunged the country into the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.
US President Joe Biden says that the war in Yemen "has to end", pledging to terminate US support for Saudi-led offensive operations and to halt arms sales, during his first foreign policy address at the State Department. SOUNDBITE
A large French flag flies above the first level of the Eiffel Tower as part of the annual 8 May commemorations. This year marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe but ceremonies have had to be scaled back and held without the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
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
Officials arrive at the Kigali Genocide Memorial as Rwanda marks 30 years since a genocide orchestrated by Hutu extremists tore their country apart. IMAGES
NATO foreign ministers meet for the NATO-Ukraine Council foreign ministers' session. One of the issues on the agenda is military aid to Kyiv. It comes on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, menaced by an aggressive Russia and the spectre of Donald Trump's return to power. IMAGES
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