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Western countries and powers gather in Switzerland to pursue consensus on condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Reuters provides some more detail on the hostage situation in Rostov: six detainees, some with links to Isis, took guards hostage at a pre-trial detention centre and demanded free passage in negotiations with the authorities, Russian media reported on Sunday.

The men, who include some already convicted of terrorism offences, knocked out the bars of a window in their cell and entered a guard room where they took at least two prison officers hostage, the Baza Telegram channel said.

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