Reeves: UK urges de-escalation in Middle East crisis
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the UK is deploying jets and other assets to the Middle East to protect British and allied interests, while urging calm amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran. She stresses the PM is working with G7 allies to avoid wider conflict. .
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