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Newshour: 19/04/2024 20:06 GMT: US calls for calm after strike on Iran

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US calls for calm after strike on Iran

19/04/2024 20:06 GMT

19/04/2024 20:06 GMT: US calls for calm after strike on Iran

BBC World Service - Newshour, US calls for calm after strike on Iran

Secretary Blinken calls for de-escalation after a presumed retaliatory strike by Israel

Following a presumed Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins renewed international calls for de-escalation. Israel has not commented on the attack, which saw projectiles reach deep into Iran. 
 
Also on the programme: the US Congress moves closer to approving $60 billion of aid for Ukraine; in India voting begins in the world’s biggest election. 
 
(Picture: Antony Blinken at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Capri, Italy, April 19, 2024.Credit: REUTERS/Remo Casilli)

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