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US calls for a 'de-escalation' in tensions in the Middle East
The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, says the course of the Mideast conflict depends on Iran. Also: Pakistan condemns Iran for carrying out a deadly missile strike on Baluchistan, and Chinese scientists clone monkey to speed up medical research.