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The UN's Libya envoy says she is "quite optimistic" about the prospects of talks in Geneva between the two warring factions producing a ceasefire. "I'm qute optimistic... there is an air of seriousness and commitment," Stephanie Williams, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), tells a press conference, after the sides agree to open internal land and air routes. SOUNDBITE
Tanks drive around a mountainous village in breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, while civilians use shaky ceasefire to assess damage. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Syrians in Damascus are welcoming a government announcement that it will halt "combat operations" on Saturday, but some say the move is meaningless as it does not apply to all militant groups. Nathan Frandino reports.
Amid a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, residents in separatist controlled territory struggle to rebuild their damaged lives, and property. Nathan Frandino reports.
Residents of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold Donetsk say they have doubts a ceasefire planned for midnight will be fully implemented. Nathan Frandino reports.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the British Parliament in the latest demonstration in London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. IMAGES