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Thursday, 6 December 2018

Yemen's warring sides agree to prisoner swap to free 5,000 people

Houthi militants and delegates from government sign up to exchange at meeting in Sweden overseen by UN special envoy

Yemen’s warring sides have agreed to free thousands of prisoners at the start of crucial peace talks aimed at ending a devastating conflict that has pushed millions of people to the verge of starvation.

Martin Griffiths, the UN special envoy, started shuttling between Houthi rebels and representatives of the Yemeni government, based in a castle just outside Stockholm on Thursday morning.

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