US strikes Iran: UN chief warns against cycle of retaliation

美国空袭伊朗:联合国秘书长警告反对报复循环

Global News Podcast

2025-06-23

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At an emergency session of the UN Security Council, Antonio Guterres warned that fighting needed to stop and negotiations should resume. Also: 20 people are dead after a suicide bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Monday the 23rd of June, these are our main stories.

  • At an emergency UN Security Council session called after the US strikes on Iran,

  • the UN chief warns against a cycle of retaliation in the Middle East.

  • The UN's nuclear watchdog says it can't assess the damage caused by the American attacks,

  • contradicting the Trump administration's claim that its operation was an incredible success.

  • 20 people are reported to have been killed in a suicide bombing in a church in the Syrian capital,

  • Damascus.

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  • It was an emergency meeting called to try to restore a degree of calm after the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites.

  • But perhaps predictably, the UN Security Council session merely exposed divisions,

  • with Iran's allies, Russia and China, condemning the American attack,

  • and along with Pakistan,

  • putting forward a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire,

  • a move likely to be vetoed by the US.

  • The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres,

  • warned that the fighting needed to stop and negotiations needed to resume.