Good morning, this is Pip, and today we’ve got the latest update on talks being held in Geneva between Libya’s rival factions, who are making progress towards establishing a new temporary government to oversee the run-up to elections in December.
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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas
has announced elections will be held in May and July 2021 in an effort to heal long-standing internal divisions. Secretary General of the UN António Guterres has welcomed the move as a “crucial step towards Palestinian unity”.
UN News (EN)
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Here’s what else is happening
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Credit: Keystone / EPA / Esteban Biba
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US-bound migrant caravan met with violence in Guatemala.
Hundreds of mostly Honduran migrants were met by truncheon-wielding Guatemalan troops on Sunday as they tried to push north towards the US border just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Security forces used sticks and tear gas to halt the migrants, many of whom spent Sunday night huddled on the road.
Reuters (EN)
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