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The United States is seeking a "de-escalation" in the Middle East despite its strikes on Huthi positions in Yemen, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says. "We seek to stop the spread of conflict and to create the conditions for de-escalation," he tells the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. SOUNDBITE
The United Nations Security Council demands an immediate end to attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea. The resolution passed "demands that the Huthis immediately cease all such attacks, which impede global commerce and undermine navigational rights and freedoms as well as regional peace and security." It passed after Russia, as well as China, Mozambique and Algeria abstained. IMAGES
The United States says that Russia's drone strikes on Ukraine's Danube infrastructure show that President Vladimir Putin does not care about food supply for the developing world. "It is unacceptable. Putin simply does not care about global food security," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
Sanaa (Yemen), Apr 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Yahya Arhab) Yemenis received food Wednesday in a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Sanaa.
President Joe Biden plans to announce an end to support for "offensive operations" in Yemen, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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