US offers Middle East ceasefire plan during General Assembly

The new plan packages up a series of regional objectives that have remained out of reach for diplomats for nearly two decades.

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On a late night Zoom briefing so packed with reporters that some had to be turned away, senior Biden administration officials described the announcement as a “breakthrough”.

What they meant was they saw getting an agreement from key European countries and Arab states, led by Washington, as a big diplomatic achievement during the current explosive escalation

But this was world powers calling for a ceasefire - not a ceasefire itself.

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