de-escalate

Last year, that status was de-escalated by HIW who said the quality of care was getting better, though more improvement was needed.

This is followed by a seven-week training programme, during which trainees are taught how to look after people in custody and de-escalate challenging situations.

Bregy said staff consistently monitored the “spirited demonstrations” this week and “acted swiftly to de-escalate when expressions crossed into disruption.”

There were efforts to de-escalate the trade dispute, but the Covid pandemic wiped out this possibility, and relations got worse as the former president labelled Covid a “Chinese virus”.

But Washington’s aim, he added, is “to accelerate diplomacy and de-escalate tensions in the Middle East region.”