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"We are now at the closest we ever have been at reaching an agreement. We are very optimistic, we are very hopeful. But we are also very keen for this mediation to succeed in reaching a humanitarian truce" says Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari during a press conference in Doha. IMAGES
Former Nigerian president and special African Union broker Olusegun Obasanjo announces the success of the Tigray peace talks in Pretoria, confirming that both parties have agreed "to the cessation of hostilities as well as the systematic, orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament" in Ethiopia. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky sign a bilateral security agreement in Paris designed to guarantee long-term civilian and military support for Ukraine in the midst of its war with Russia. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he still saw space to reach an agreement to bring back hostages from Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Hamas's demand for ceasefire. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices hope for a positive outcome on a UN Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war after previous US vetoes. "We've been working this intensely," Blinken tells reporters. "I hope we can get to a good place." SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).