'No breakthrough, no breakdown' in Syria peace talks

The seventh round of intra-Syria talks aimed at helping end the country's six-year-old war have ended with "no breakthrough, no breakdown, no-one walking out and incremental progress", the UN envoy said.

Staffan de Mistura said the Syrian government has not budged in its unwillingness to discuss political transition at the talks in Geneva while President Bashar Assad's representatives have pursued an almost incessant theme of the fight against terrorism.