António Guterres welcomes truce and says through spokesperson he hopes halt in fighting will ‘pave the way for negotiations’ António Guterres welcomes truce and says through spokesperson he hopes halt in fighting will ‘pave the way for negotiations’ Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. United Nations chief António Guterres has welcomed the ceasefire announced on Thursday between Israel and Lebanon , urging “all actors” to fully respect the truce. “The secretary