Canberra, April 2 -- Calling for de-escalation in the Iran war, Australian PM Anthony Albanese on Thursday warned that while key military objectives, including the degradation of Iran's navy and air force, appear to have been achieved, "it is not clear what more needs to be achieved or what the end point looks like."Reacting to a national address by Donald Trump, Albanese said the main objective of weakening Iran's military capabilities had effectively been met.

"Now those objectives have been realised it is not clear what more needs to be achieved or what the end point looks like," he said during a speech in Canberra. He added, "What is clear is that the longer the war goes on the more significant the impact on the global economy will be....