Yvette Cooper suggests international community on brink of Gaza peace deal

Exclusive: Foreign secretary says world has reached moment' it wants to end war after Donald Trump signals plan within reach

The international community is on the brink of securing a peace deal for Gaza that could finally bring an end to two years of conflict and a humanitarian crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, Yvette Cooper has suggested.

The new foreign secretary, who has just returned from a UN summit, said that they had reached a moment where the world wants to end this war" after US president Donald Trump indicated a peace deal was within reach.