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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that North Korea will pay the "price" if it supplies Russia with arms, during a press briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
The White House rejects claims that the United States has declared war on North Korea as "absurd" in the latest exchange of barbs and insults between the two nuclear powers. SOUNDBITE
The United States is "deeply concerned" about the detention of a human rights activist in Venezuela, a White House spokesman says, warning that the administration of President Joe Biden is watching the situation "very, very closely." "We are aware of reports that Rocio San Miguel, and I think a couple of members of her family, now have been taken into custody. We're deeply concerned about that," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters at a White House briefing. SOUNDBITE
The White House says US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken about Gaza in their first conversation for nearly a month amid reports of tensions between the leaders. "The two leaders also reviewed the situation in Gaza and the shift to targeted operations that will enable the flow of increasing amounts of humanitarian assistance while keeping the military pressure on Hamas and its leaders," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters in a press briefing. IMAGES
North Korea has supplied Russia with ballistic missiles and missile launchers that were used in recent attacks on Ukraine, the White House says. SOUNDBITE