Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shops, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman,

and this is the Sunday Roundup. This week, peace talks begin as Hamas and Israel agree on a ceasefire,

and the government faces questions over the collapsed

Chinese spy trial. On Monday, Donald Trump will chair a Gaza peace summit in Egypt, attended by

several world leaders, including Kirstama. Achieving the ceasefire is a huge diplomatic success

for President Trump. On Sky News, Trevor Phillips asked Education Secretary

Bridget Philipson what role the UK played in the process. We have played a key rule

behind the scenes in shaping this. It's right that we do so because it's in all of our interest,

including our own national interest, that we move to a lasting peace in the region.

Well, when you say behind the scenes, like what? I mean, it seems to everybody else in the world

that this has been done by Trump and the Israelis and Hamas. What part did we play?

These are complex matters of diplomacy that we are involved in. But we do welcome and

recognise the critical rule

that the American government played

in moving us to this point.

What matters now, of course,

is how we move beyond this immediate end to the war,

moving towards that lasting peace

that we all want to see.

That is why we've recognised a Palestinian state,

but why alongside that we're committed to making sure

that a safe and secure

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