UK, Canada and Australia formally recognise a Palestinian state [SOUND]

# The UK, alongside Canada and Australia, have formally announced its recognition of Palestine as a state. This is ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. The death toll in Gaza since the Israeli Defence Force launched its offensive following Hamas’s October 7th, 2023, attacks has now risen above 65-thousand people. UK prime minister Keir Starmer says they join over 150 countries that recognise a Palestinian state, to revive the hope of peace and a two-state solution: