US calls for calm after strike on Iran

Published: April 19, 2024, 9:32 p.m.

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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. \\n \\nAlso on the programme: the US Congress moves closer to approving $60 billion of aid for Ukraine; in India voting begins in the world\\u2019s biggest election. \\n \\n(Picture: Antony Blinken at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Capri, Italy, April 19, 2024.Credit: REUTERS/Remo Casilli)

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