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US top diplomat Antony Blinken calls President Vladimir Putin's "provocative" nuclear rhetoric "the height of irresponsibility," days after the Russian leader put his strategic forces on alert after invading Ukraine. "It's dangerous. It adds to the risk of miscalculation. It needs to be avoided," Blinken tells a press briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden's administration has "completed the necessary legal procedures" to extend the New START nuclear treaty with Russia by five years, US State Department spokesman Ned Price announces in a press conference. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns Russia that it would withdraw from the Cold War-era treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms if Moscow does not return to compliance within 60 days. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission urges the US and Russia to continue talks to "preserve" a nuclear weapons treaty after US President Donald Trump said Washington was withdrawing from the deal. SOUNDBITE
US President Donald Trump declares that US and Russia's dominance in nuclear powers "is a bad thing" and expresses his hopes of getting "along" with Russia at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump "a flamboyant person" and welcomes his calls to restore US-Russia relations. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
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