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Dozens of Delegations Walked Out as Netanyahu Told the UN General Assembly 'We Prevented a Second Holocaust'

Israel's prime minister addressed a half-empty hall on Thursday, attacked New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan by name, and thanked Donald Trump for joining the strikes on Iran.

Sep 26, 2026/2 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, where Netanyahu addressed a chamber that emptied within minutes, a file photo taken in April 2011

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Iran's Pezeshkian Told the UN 'We Have Been the Victims of Terrorism', Rebutting Trump's Threat to 'Annihilate' Iran

Opening with photographs of children killed in the war's first strikes, Iran's president became the first leader in UN history to address the General Assembly in person while his country remained at active war with the United States.

Sep 25, 2026/2 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, where Iran's president addressed the chamber, photographed in April 2011

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Trump and Xi Extended Their Trade Truce to 10 January but Left Rare Earths and Taiwan Unresolved

Treasury Secretary Bessent confirmed the Busan truce runs two more months, shorter than the six-month extension many had expected, with soybean and rare-earth pledges still lagging. Two more Trump-Xi meetings are pencilled in for Shenzhen and Miami.

Sep 25, 2026/2 min read

The North Portico of the White House in Washington, where Trump hosted Xi Jinping's state visit, photographed in November 2014

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Passed Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the Highest-Grossing Film Ever at the US Box Office

After 47 days in theatres the film's domestic total passed the 936.6 million dollar mark The Force Awakens set in 2015, and it is the first film since Avatar: The Way of Water to top the weekend chart six weekends running.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

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A Judge Grilled the Justice Department on Trump's Press Ban but Left Without Ruling; CNN, MS NOW and Politico Wait

Wednesday's hearing tested the government's national-security defence of barring three outlets, with Judge Kelly noting the 1977 Sherrill precedent on due process. He set no date for a ruling but said he would 'try to get an answer as soon as I can'.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

The exterior of the White House West Wing, home of the press operation at the centre of the ban, photographed in November 2022

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Zelenskyy Met Trump in New York, Called for a Trilateral Meeting With Putin, and Offered an 'Energy Ceasefire'

The two met for about 40 minutes on Tuesday during UN General Assembly week. Trump said 'I think we're going to make a deal'. Zelenskyy proposed a ceasefire limited to energy infrastructure and repeated his call for a three-way meeting with Putin present.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, where high-level week speeches are delivered, photographed in April 2011

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Xi Jinping Arrived at Joint Base Andrews for His First White House Visit in Eleven Years

Trump gave Xi a rare planeside welcome on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's formal arrival ceremony, the first state visit by a Chinese leader to Washington since Xi's 2015 trip. The two governments extended their trade truce to January and put AI on the agenda.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

The White House and its South Lawn, Washington DC, site of state arrival ceremonies, photographed in May 2011

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The Week in AI: Meta Connect, Trump's 'AI Force', a Gemini Test That Hacked Real Firms, and a Gates Foundation Billion

Meta showed new glasses and a mixed-reality headset at Connect, Trump announced an AI Force to police 'BAD' behaviour without slowing growth, Google disclosed Gemini breached three real firms during a May test, and Gates pledged a billion for AI equity.

Sep 24, 2026/3 min read

Meta Platforms' headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, California, where Connect news originates, photographed in March 2022

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Trump Barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico From the White House. Reporters Were Turned Away; a Judge Hears It Wednesday

The announcement came on Truth Social on Friday, citing fake news; on Saturday three correspondents had their hard passes taken at the gate. The outlets sued on First Amendment and due process grounds. Fox News journalists objected. The judge is Trump's.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, empty, photographed in 2007

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The Greenland Deal: What 'Permanent Control Over Security' Means, What Denmark Kept, and Who Must Approve It

Trump says America gets permanent control of Greenland's security, a large new garrison and a veto on rival bases, at no cost. Copenhagen says the text recognises Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination. Nobody has published the document.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

A freighter unloading at the deepwater port of Pituffik Space Base in north-west Greenland, in a US Space Force photograph from August 2022

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Ukraine Sent More Than a Thousand Drones at Russia in One Night, Hit Moscow's Refinery, and Did It on Election Day

About 450 were aimed at the capital, in what its mayor called an unprecedented attack. Two died and twenty were hurt in the Moscow region. Russia says it shot down 1,110. Near Kyiv, a mother and her three-year-old twins were killed the night before.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

The Moscow oil refinery at Kapotnya in the south-east of the city, seen from the air in May 2017