Is it too late to stop wider Middle East war?

The World Tonight

The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the crisis in the Middle East as fears mount of a much wider war. We speak live to the UK's former ambassador to the UN to ask does diplomacy stand a chance - or is it too late for the wider world to prevent a dangerous escalation?

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