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Senior envoys from world and regional powers hold roundtable talks once again in Vienna in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria's civil war. IMAGES of roundtable
Head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, says they "hope" Iran would release jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi so she could attend the prize ceremony in December. "If the Iranian authorities make the right decision, they will release her," she tells a press conference after announcing Mohammadi was this year's prize winner. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday voices skepticism over Chinese President Xi Jinping's "peace" proposals in Moscow, warning they could be a "stalling tactic" to help Russia on the ground in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a "wider war." "The prospects for peace keep diminishing. The chances of further escalation and bloodshed keep growing," he added as explained his 2023 priorities plan to the UN General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
In Borodianka, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that 'War is an absurdity in 21st century'. SOUNDBITE
Pope Francis holds a mass on the World Day of Peace at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. IMAGES
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