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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a nuclear deal with Iran will bring greater security to the Middle East, during strategic dialogue talks in Cairo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
The White House says it had "warned" Iran after President Joe Biden said Tehran was threatening a significant attack on Israel over a strike that destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Damascus. SOUNDBITE
The White House denies that the unfreezing of $6 billion of Iranian funds to help secure the release of five US citizens was effectively a ransom payment. "This is not a payment of any kind. It's not ransom," says White House national security spokesman John Kirby, pushing back against criticism of the deal. SOUNDBITE
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that the United States will offer no sanctions relief to Iran under a draft deal that would free five Americans. "In any event, in any respect, Iran will not be receiving any sanctions relief," Blinken tells reporters when asked about the expected release of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds. SOUNDBITE
Michael Waltz, a Republican representative from Florida, says "authoritarian regimes all over the world" are using the Republicans' struggle to select a speaker for their majority in the US House of Representatives to blame "the messiness of democracy," during a press conference held at the US Congress, engulfed in crisis for a second day running. 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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