World needs to do more to bring about ceasefire in Middle East – Harris

Taoiseach Simon Harris is attending the UN General Assembly in New York. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

World leaders need to do more to bring about a ceasefire in the Middle East, Taoiseach Simon Harris has said.

Speaking while attending the UN General Assembly in New York, Mr Harris said Israel had effectively opened up a second front in the war, with “catastrophic implications”.