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Yemen Government Announces Peace Talks Extension

09/02/2019 GMT

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Peace agreement hinges on large-scale prisoner exchange

Peace agreement hinges on large-scale prisoner exchange.

Yemen’s government has announced that a second round of talks with the Houthi rebels will be extended in order to in order to complete the data on the issue of prisoners.

Also in the programme: The life and ethics of a war reporter; and the latest from Venezuela.

(Picture: An explosion crater is seen behind a destroyed factory after a reported airstrike by Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on 20th January 2019.  Credit: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)

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