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Hello?
And welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez,
and we're going to begin in New York
because Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been addressing the UN General Assembly in the past hour.
His address comes just a few days after several leading countries, including Britain and France,
announced they were recognizing her Palestinian statehood,
something that Mr Netanyahu has said will never happen.
And of course,
it comes against the backdrop of a growing chorus of condemnation over Isra's conduct of the war in Gaza.
Well, Mr Netanyahu finished speaking about 15 or 20 minutes ago,
but just before he began his speech, many of those gathered in the hall walked out.
Please order in the hall.
Please order in the hall.
And there were many empty seats during what was about a 40-minute speech,
much longer than the allotted 15 minutes.
Well, in it,
Israel's Prime Minister said that the country's war against Hamas in Gaza would continue.