CIA chief: More detailed ceasefire proposal due in coming days

CIA director William Burns, the chief US negotiator in the truce talks between Hamas and Israel, has said at an event in London that a "more detailed" ceasefire proposal would be made in the coming days.

Burns said that achieving an agreement soon was possible, but that it was "a matter of political will".

His comments followed the first joint statement by the US and UK intelligence agencies, which emphasised that the two are "working tirelessly towards a ceasefire".

In an opinion piece for the Financial Times, Burns and MI6 chief Richard Moore said that their agencies had "exploited our intelligence channels to push hard for restraint and de-escalation".