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  "id": 17792575,
  "title": "Talks are the only way out, China tells Iran as US threat hangs over Middle East",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/talks-are-the-only-way-out-china-tells-iran-as-us-threat-hangs-over-17792575",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T11:45:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3373010/talks-are-only-way-out-china-tells-iran-us-threat-hangs-over-middle-east"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China’s top diplomat has again stressed the need for a political settlement to strife in the Middle East, telling a senior Iranian official in Beijing on Monday that armed conflict was not the way out. “As conflicts in the Middle East drag on and risk further spillover, dialogue and negotiation remain the only viable path forward,” Wang Yi told Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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