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Reuters World News · Paramount deal, Germany elections, AI at the UN (Updated) · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

Hi, I'm Kim Vanel in Wanganui, New Zealand.

OpenAI's Sam Altman prepares to address the UN with AI fears front and center at the gathering of world leaders.

And another win for the far right in Germany puts Chancellor Merz in a tight spot.

This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in ten minutes, seven days a week.

Timor says the Houthi attacks have shaken the kingdom.

The widening conflict in the Middle East is just one of the topics on the agenda as world leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly.

They're also going to tackle the risks of artificial intelligence, with Reuters learning that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will also be there to brief leaders.

Our UN correspondent at Ne Slodkowski at the UN headquarters has more.

The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AFD, celebrating another state election win, this time in Mecklenburg, Western Pomerania.

The result adds to the party's growing momentum nationwide.

And with the far left Linke topping the poll in Berlin, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives are being squeezed, and he himself is fighting for political survival, calling the AFD win a disaster.

Here's Reuters correspondent James McKenzie in Berlin.

Russia's ruling United Russia Party is on course for a decisive win in parliamentary elections there, which the Kremlin has framed as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.

Early results show the party winning nearly 58% of the vote, with other parties expected to take seats in parliament, but who broadly back the government on major issues.

Critics say Russia's political system leaves little room for genuine opposition, with most anti war candidates excluded from the ballot.

Anthropic is taking its AI push beyond the digital realm into drug research.

The company is quietly building a wet biology lab in the San Francisco Bay Area.

And it says its clawed models could help researchers tackle rare diseases.

But as tech reporter Jeffrey Dastin explains, the new initiative is a big step at a delicate moment.

Jeffrey says Anthropic is already partnering with some drug makers to provide AI to automate lab and other equipment.

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