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...“Our focus has been on de-escalation, on avoiding a larger conflict,” Blinken said. “[We are] calling on all concerned to exercise restraint.”...
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...recognising a Palestinian state....
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...efforts to develop a nuclear weapon,” he said....
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...I’m joined now by the FT’s Felicia Schwartz, who’s been covering the war. Hi, Felicia. Felicia SchwartzHello....
...“We have been co-ordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation,” he said. The US wanted Israel be thoughtful about what comes next, Blinken said....
...“We have been co-ordinating a diplomatic response to seek to prevent escalation,” he said. “Strength and wisdom need to be . . . different sides of the same coin....
...“His office has agreed to reschedule that meeting which would be dedicated to Rafah, which is a good thing,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday....
...Nato is to start planning a $100bn military aid programme for Ukraine, according to the alliance’s head, despite the US urging caution over aspects of a proposal aiming to “Trump proof” western support....
...Monday’s vote comes after Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution on Friday that would have supported “an immediate and sustained ceasefire” of at least six weeks and a prisoner exchange....
...It would also spark a fierce reaction from Israel, which has described such policies as anti-Israel and discriminatory....
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...Sullivan is recovering from a cracked rib and as a result he and other senior officials meant to visit this week are postponing the trip, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Wednesday...
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