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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices hope for a deal to free hostages from Gaza but said more work was needed after briefing Israeli leaders on a Qatari-brokered proposal. IMAGES
The Israeli cabinet meets in the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, as hopes mounted that Hamas could release dozens of hostages from war-torn Gaza after the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a truce deal was the "right decision" and the militant group's leader and key mediator Qatar said an agreement was in sight. IMAGES
The EU's foreign policy chief says he is hopeful the Iran nuclear deal could be revived after receiving "reasonable" responses to his proposed text from Iran and the United States. "I am hoping that in the coming days we are not going to lose this momentum and we can close the deal" says Josep Borrell, at an informal meeing of EU foreign ministers in Prague. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference in Berlin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that he believes reviving the Iran nuclear deal is still possible after "modest progress" in talks. SOUNDBITE of Antony Blinken
The IMF hopes to mobilise 100 billion dollars from the world's richest countries to be distributed to countries in need, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, says chief Kristalina Georgieva in Kinshasa during her first trip to Africa since start of Covid-19 pandemic. SOUNDBITE