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Im george howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Reigning in north korea. Thats the meeting of top diplomats taking place in manila. The United States is pushing for more isolation but others believe dialogue is the key. One notable meeting did take place though. The Foreign Ministers from both north and south korea reportedly met facetoface. South korean media say the two ministers spoke briefly at a gala event on sunday. He missed the dinner at the meeting with asean. New sanctions with pyongyang have been major focus eest vent. Rex tillerson say those sanctions send a very strong message. He said the whole world wants to see a nuclearfree korean peninsula. Tillerson said the u. S. Was willing to hold talks with north korea but that there are are some conditions. Listen. A best signal that north korea could give us that they are prepared to talk would be to stop the missile launches. Weve not had app extended period of time where they have not take
5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast and were tracking developments in the middle east of a simmering standoff between israel, syria, and iran. The United States says its deeply concerned but israel has the right to defend itself. All of this comes after israel says it launched strike into syria against iranian targets there. The wave of attacks come after an israeli warplane crashed after being hit by syrian antiaircraft fire. It was taking part in a raid inside syria, after an iranian drone entered israeli air space. The Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu had this message to say on saturday. Listen. Israel holds iran and its syrian host responsible for todays aggression. We will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security. Were covering this across the region with our correspondents. Cnns Oren Liebermann in jerusalem and our Senior International correspondent ben wedeman live in the lebanese capital of beirut. Oren the responses were h