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Forces loyal to Yemen’s former president attacked several locations on the Saudi border, as momentum gathered towards a UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva.

Ceasefire efforts in Yemen after more than six weeks of Saudi-led air strikes have gathered pace after renegade troops who helped Shia rebels seize much of the country said they would respond positively to a truce plan supported by the US.

The UN has announced its special envoy to Yemen is stepping down after four years of efforts at a peaceful political transition.

Yemeni government officials and Shia rebels signed a peace agreement on Sunday after days of violence that left more than 140 people dead and sent thousands fleeing their homes.

Fighting has intensified in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, in the biggest challenge to the country’s transition to democracy since former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh was ousted in 2012.