Minister ‘pleased and relieved’ by Iran-Israel ceasefire

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Cabinet minister Pat McFadden says the government is “pleased and relieved” by the ceasefire agreed between Iran and Israel overnight and hopes it will hold – despite the situation in the Middle East remaining ‘very fragile’. Report by Chinnianl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Well, we are pleased and relieved at news of a ceasefire in the Middle East.

00:05It's a very fragile situation. A number of people have been killed in missile attacks overnight.

00:12But we hope this ceasefire holds and hope it leads to Iran coming to the table to agree to end their attempt to develop a nuclear weapon.

00:23Well, we certainly hope it holds. It's always an unstable situation in the Middle East.

00:29I think we should acknowledge this is fragile.

00:32But if it does hold and it leads to Iran understanding that they can't go ahead with developing a nuclear weapon,

00:40then I think the region and certainly the United Kingdom would be pleased at that outcome.

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