MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump for 50 minutes on Saturday, focusing on hostilities between Israel and Iran and calling for efforts to bring them to an end.

Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s support of Iran does not mean the Middle East conflict will balloon into a full scale global war, defence experts have said. Following dozens of missile attacks by Israel on military commanders and nuclear scientists in Iran,

Despite his promises to avoid foreign wars, Donald Trump now faces pressure at home and abroad to intervene as tensions between Israel and Iran spiral. The stakes could redefine his second term.