Thats about. But there are a lot of strong learns that that is going to be addressed thats it. Singular people are more universal than they sound on the surface grace i seizure. Finally, were all going to be listening this weekend. Thanks so much thanks to our panel and thank you for joining us this morning. Im jim acosta, cnn news starts right now. Have a great day, swiftness cnns Breaking News are Breaking News. Israel strikes iran hours after a stark warning from iran that it will respond with maximum effect. But this morning we are seeing what appears to be the first signs of relief Around The World as a source in the region declares direct strikes between the two atoms are now over and vote both nations so far seem to be downplaying at all. We are standing by right now to hear from us secretary of state Antony Blinken he is in italy right now, and well deliver his first remarks since israel strike. Heres whats happened. Us officials confirm israel carried out an attack overnight a
questions first, do you have the feeling that today s strike was limited so that you ran was not compelled to react in that sense, are you optimistic about not? a big war breaking out? and there isn t a real issue. do you think that in the future other countries like italy that has historical ties with the to play a role in that de-escalation and the stabilization that you mentioned. thank you. well, two things again, i m i m not going to speak to these reported events all i can say is that for our part and for the entire g7, our focus has been on the escalation on avoiding a larger conflict and actually that s been true since day one. after the horrific events of october 7, a big part of our approach has been to prevent the conflict from spreading, to avoid escalation everywhere. and that s a