UN chief says Middle East, world can’t afford another war

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00:00 In its latest Security Council huddle, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned

00:05 member nations to refrain escalating tensions with reprisals against Iran.

00:10 Guterres expressly cited the UN Charter that bars the use of force against the territorial

00:15 integrity or independence of a state, assailing Iran's latest and unprecedented direct assault

00:21 on Israel over the weekend with a swarm of at least 300 drone and ballistic missile launches.

00:27 Meanwhile, for its part, the DFA echoed a plea of peaceful, like-minded nations sworn

00:32 to uphold an internationally-based rules order over the rising tensions in the Middle East

00:38 that could erupt in a devastating region-wide war.