This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Gillile and in the early hours of Monday the 15th of April,

these are our main stories.

At an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, the head of the UN has warned

the Middle East is on the brink of a full-scale devastating conflict, a must step back.

Israel's ambassador to the UN said Iran had crossed every red line

with its attack on the Jewish state and that Israel reserved the right to retaliate.

In other news, Haiti's main political parties have urged a quicker transfer of power

accusing the outgoing Prime Minister Ariol-Lonri of changing the terms of an agreed deal.

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Neither the region nor the world can afford more war. The words of the United Nations Secretary

General Antonio Guterresch at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called after Iran carried out its first ever direct

attack on Israel firing hundreds of missiles and drones on the back from the brink. It's vital to avoid any action that could lead to major

military confrontations on multiple fronts in the Middle East. Civilians are

already bearing the brunt and paying the highest price.

And we have a shared responsibility to actively engage all parties concerned to prevent further escalation.

The US has firmly backed Israel in fending off this unprecedented Iranian attack, but it's

automatically it does not want to see the crisis in the Middle East escalate either.

President Joe Biden is reported to have told the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

that if Israel does decide to go ahead with a counter-offensive against Iran,

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