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I'm Robin Brant and in the early hours of Wednesday the 17th of January these are our

main stories.

The US National Security Advisor says Washington is seeking to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East,

despite its recent actions against Huthy militants.

But Jake Sullivan says the course of the conflict depends on Iran.

Pakistan has angrily condemned Iran for carrying out what it said was a deadly missile

strike in Balochistan.

Iran said it had attacked separatist militants, and two deputy chairman of Britain's ruling Conservative

Party have resigned for defying the government and voting for changes to its controversial immigration bill.

Also in this podcast, researchers created a hundred and thirteen cloned embryos,

11 of which were implanted in surrogate animals, one of which led to a healthy offspring.

Scientists in China say a cloned monkey has lived healthily for two years

defying the short-lived fate of other cloned primates.

But we start in the Middle East where the US is seeking a de-escalation in rising tensions in the region.

That's according to President Biden's National Security Advisor,

despite the country's strikes on Huthy rebels based in Yemen.

Jake Sullivan made the comments at the annual economic

gathering in Davos in Switzerland. We are not looking for regional conflict.

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