A business minister said that the government is working "at pace" to speak with Israel in an attempt to de-escalate the increasingly tense situation in the Middle East. Sarah Jones said that the ongoing conflict is "very worrying," and expressed the need for a ceasefire in the region. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The situation in the region is very worrying. We've been calling for a ceasefire in Lebanon
00:05and Gaza for some time. We of course condemn the attacks by Iran on Israel and Israel has a right
00:14to defend itself, absolutely. We are working at pace, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary
00:20to speak to all our allies, to speak to people in the region, to speak to Israel and obviously
00:26work with America and our other G7 countries to try and find a way forward that de-escalates
00:32the situation.