US-Iran talks at UN, Trump-Zelenskiy meet and Nigeria deaths
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What did President Trump say about Iran at the UN General Assembly?
Hi, I'm Kim Vanel in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Wednesday, September 23rd. Today. Washington and Tehran talk on the sidelines of the General Assembly. AI executives take their warnings to the UN. Half a million children go back to school in the rubble of Gaza. And Nigeria grapples with shocking allegations of young men killed in detention. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in ten minutes, seven days a week.
How did the United States and Iran manage to hold talks on the sidelines of the UN?
Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? President Donald
Trump opening this year's UN General Assembly with a blunt message isolate Iran. In a combative speech, Trump called for cutting the country off from the world. But he also held open the possibility of a deal. Then, just hours after his speech, confirmation that Washington and Tehran had lengthy talks on the sidelines through mediators.
It's to their advantage to make a deal. And we can do that. It's preferable, I guess, you know.
For more on that, here's White House national security reporter Graham Slattery, who's in New York.
That was a little bit of a surprise. We knew it could happen. It did happen. It implies that there's perhaps some Resumption of a serious attempt at diplomacy.
What was discussed in Trump’s meeting with President Zelenskiy and were any new Ukraine commitments made?
You know, after after the two sides had really been sort of walking away from the negotiating table or or not engaging much in that respect over the last several weeks.
Trump also met with Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky. Trump renewed his promise to end Russia's war in Ukraine and once again said Russian President Vladimir Putin is on board. But Graham says there were no new promises of support from the US.
concrete commitments to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion. And I think that it seems that we're sort of in a similar pattern here, you know. They were discussed Patriot licenses for for Ukraine, Patriot being an important missile defense system, but no commitments were made. Trump was asked if he would use some of the authorities that he was granted in a recent piece of legislation to sanction buyers of Russian oil. He kinda deflected on that. So cordial but noncommittal.
Those countries d leading this technological revolution must share information on emerging safety risks. Cooperate on testing and evaluation. and work towards common safeguards that protect us all.
That's UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres using his final General Assembly address to call for global guardrails on AI. And that's on the agenda for today. OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropics Dario Emodé, plus one of the co-founders of Hugging Face, are set to brief the UN Security Council. Their briefing comes as warnings grow that AI technologies could soon improve themselves and slip beyond human control. President Trump's trip to the United Nations is also putting the spotlight on his fight with the media.
Why are AI leaders briefing the UN Security Council and what risks are they highlighting?
After being barred from the White House, CNN, MS Now, and Politico are still covering the president this week in New York. And Trump took notice.
ban in court, arguing the ban violates First Amendment protections. French President Emmanuel Macron used his UN address, his last before he leaves office, to criticize Trump's Gaza efforts, saying despite claiming to have secured peace, not a single humanitarian corridor has been opened in the enclave.
Mais quelle est notre crédibilité si nous continuons de rester inactifs face à Gaza ? Vive les Nations Unies, merci.
This week in Gaza, more than half a million students are returning to school for the first time in nearly three years. But school looks very different. Some classes are being held in tents. Others in damaged buildings or bare rooms with little more than mattresses and a blackboard. Still, after years of war, displacement, and remote learning, being back in a classroom feels like a milestone. Moyad Abu Mustafa is going to class in Khan Yunis. He says, despite his classroom being a tent with no desks and few supplies, the new school year is a moment of joy and hope.
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Chapters
7 chapters
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What did President Trump say about Iran at the UN General Assembly?
0:00–0:47
2
How did the United States and Iran manage to hold talks on the sidelines of the UN?
0:47–1:51
3
What was discussed in Trump’s meeting with President Zelenskiy and were any new Ukraine commitments made?
1:51–3:55
4
Why are AI leaders briefing the UN Security Council and what risks are they highlighting?
3:55–6:23
5
How are half‑a‑million children returning to school in Gaza after three years of conflict?
6:23–8:20
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What impact did Saudi Arabia’s East‑West pipeline restart have on global oil markets?
8:20–10:05
7
What are the allegations behind the deaths of 37 young men in a Nigerian detention centre?
10:05–10:12
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