In Colombia, the government has suspended airstrikes against the rebel group FARC, the latest in a series of steps to de-escalate the decades-long conflict. President Juan Manuel Santos made the announcement after FARC leaders announced a unilateral ceasefire.

President Juan Manuel Santos: “Given the statement made by the enemy, the FARC, the unilateral declaration of a ceasefire by the FARC, I have given the order to suspend, starting today, the airstrikes on camps where there is a concentration of members of that organization.”