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Iran denies dropping preconditions amid ‘very productive’ three-hour UN talks in New York

Trump says further talks possible as barrel of Brent crude falls to below $100 for first time in two weeks Iran has pushed back on claims that it dropped former preconditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz in surprise talks held in New York under the mediation of Qatar between Tehran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Trump said the three-hour talks held in a room at the UN headquarters had gone very well and been very productive. He suggested further talks were possible imminently, which led to the price of a barrel of Brent crude to fall to below $100 (£75) for the first time in two weeks. Witkoff said the talks had been “encouraging, constructive and successful”. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Patrick Wintour in New York14h ago

At Climate Week, Elmo recalls a storm on Sesame Street: ‘Courage is when you still help others’

New York event hears about the red Muppet’s fears during a recent storm as climate crisis increasingly affects children A generation of political leaders has failed to galvanize sufficient action on the climate crisis for so long now that it was perhaps little surprise that an audience in New York City turned to a three-and-a-half-year-old red furry monster for inspiration on Tuesday. Elmo, the Sesame Street denizen, made a starry appearance at a Climate Week event that highlighted how the impacts of global heating affect children . The red creature, who frequently refers to himself in the third person, recounted to the audience his fear when a storm hit Sesame Street, an event depicted in a recent episode that featured the singer Post Malone. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Oliver Milman in New York15h ago

The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben

There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030 Our message to global leaders: we need solar power everywhere by the decade’s end As climate experts from around the world gather in New York for their annual week of talking through the world’s deepest dilemma, the vibes are mostly bad. Though 2026 seems likely to set a new global temperature record (and 2027, as El Niño gathers steam, is almost certain to break it), and though the planet has careened from one climate disaster to another (European heatwaves that killed tens of thousands, a Nepali flood that wiped out entire communities), and though scientists warn that we’re reaching precisely the global tipping points they’ve long feared (the new research on the faltering great currents of the Atlantic should send a literal chill up your spine), there’s a distinct lack of political momentum. The path forward is difficult, but the way is clear. We want solar for everyone, everywhere, before the decade is out. We know that standing up to the powerful can be scary. But if there is one thing that unites us, it is that we live beneath the same sun. That unity is our strength, and we must use it to act now. Bill McKibben is the Schumann distinguished scholar at Middlebury College. He is the founder of Third Act, organizing people over 60 for progressive change Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Bill McKibben15h ago

Abdullah bin Zayed meets foreign ministers, senior officials in New York

NEW YORK: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held separate meetings in New York with a number of foreign ministers participating in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81). H.H. Sheikh Abdullah met with Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic; Dr. Velislava Petrova-Chamova, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria; Chris Fearne, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Malta; Baiba Braže, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia; Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Le Hoai Trung, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Riccardo Paternò Di Montecupo, Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; and Kalani Kaneko, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The meetings explored ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation and partnerships across various fields, including the economy, trade, investment, food security, advanced technology, culture, education and health, as well as artificial intelligence, renewable energy and climate. Discussions also addressed a number of issues on the agenda of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, including strengthening multilateral action and cooperation within international organisations to support efforts to achieve international peace and security and sustainable development. During the meetings, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah reaffirmed the UAE's commitment to building effective partnerships with friendly countries around the world and expanding cooperation and coordination to advance joint action and support international efforts towards peace, stability and development. H.H. Sheikh Abdullah and the foreign ministers also exchanged views on current regional and international developments and issues of mutual interest. The meetings also discussed the UAE's preparations to host the 2026 United Nations Water Conference from 8th to 10th December, in partnership with the Republic of Senegal, as well as ways to strengthen international efforts to advance water security and develop sustainable solutions to water-related challenges. H.H. Sheikh Abdullah also chaired a trilateral meeting with Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, and Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, within the framework of the UAE-France-India trilateral cooperation initiative. The meeting discussed a number of issues of mutual interest related to advancing cooperation across sectors that serve the development priorities of the three countries. The ministers also exchanged views on regional and international developments and issues on the agenda of the UN General Assembly. The meetings were attended by Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation; Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Foreign Trade; Lana Nusseibeh, Minister of State; and Saeed Al Hajeri, Minister of State.

MBMobile Business•WAM15h ago

Ireland manager gets prime minister Martin’s backing in row with Israel over ‘genocide’

Heimir Hallgrímsson accused of ‘stupidity’ by Israel’s FA Micheál Martin says IFA’s response is ‘unacceptable’ Ireland’s prime minister, Micheál Martin, backed his country’s football manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, after Israel’s football federation accused Hallgrimsson of “stupidity, ignorance and hypocrisy” over comments about the war in Gaza. “I think those are unacceptable remarks; they should be withdrawn,” Martin told reporters in New York, where he is attending the UN general assembly. “Israel can’t keep denying what the world knows, and what the world understands.” Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Agence France-Presse15h ago
  • neutral toward Micheál Martin · 96%

Trump and Zelensky discuss path to ending Ukraine war

On Tuesday, September 22, Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in New York to discuss the war in Ukraine. Ahead of Zelensky’s address to the UN General Assembly today, he said he wants the war to end before winter, stressing that people across Ukraine are living in increasingly difficult conditions and that the longer the conflict continues, the greater the risk of further deaths on the frontline. Trump has also said that Ukraine and Russia agreed not to target each other’s energy infrastructure, after previously criticising Kyiv for striking Russian oil refineries. According to France 24 correspondent from Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg, Another potential area for a temporary ceasefire could be the Black Sea, where attacks have disrupted Ukrainian and Russian grain shipments. Ukraine has indicated it is willing to cooperate, although Zelensky has questioned whether Russia would do the same. Analysts say the growing Ukrainian pressure on Russian oil infrastructure could create an opening for a limited ceasefire, although there is uncertainty over how strongly Trump is pushing for such an agreement and when he would want it to happen. France 24 International Affairs editor Philip Turle shares further details.

France 24France 24•FRANCE2415h ago
  • neutral toward Donald Trump · 98%

Harvey Weinstein set to be sentenced again after 6-year legal odyssey

NEW YORK: The first time Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to prison, reporters, advocates and the curious public crammed the courtroom to witness the disgraced Hollywood honcho’s #MeToo reckoning. Hours later, the world began shutting down as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. Now, after an overturned conviction and two retrials, Weinstein is set to be sentenced again on Wednesday for one of the same crimes - more than six years after his first sentencing in March 2020. Weinstein, 74, faces up to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a one-time TV production assistant, Miriam Haley, at his Manhattan apartment in 2006. He has already served more than six years as his case has cycled again and again through the criminal justice system. Haley gave her account of the assault at two trials. "The unthinkable was happening,” Haley testified last year, dabbing her eyes. Haley, who has also gone by the name Mimi Haleyi, is planning to speak at Weinstein’s sentencing, her lawyer, Gloria Allred, said. Weinstein will also address the court, his spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, said. The Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction” and "Shakespeare in Love” producer was originally sentenced to 23 years in prison after a jury convicted him of assaulting Haley and raping an aspiring actress, Jessica Mann, in 2013. But New York’s highest court erased those guilty verdicts in 2024, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren’t part of the case. Tried for a second time last year, Weinstein was again convicted of first-degree criminal sex act for assaulting Haley. After another retrial ended in a hung jury in May, Manhattan prosecutors dropped the rape charge rather than pursue a fourth trial after Mann said she could not bear to testify again. That decision cleared the way for Weinstein’s sentencing. Manhattan prosecutors have said they will ask for 20 years in prison - which would keep him behind bars until at least his late 80s. Weinstein’s lawyers haven’t said what sentence they’ll seek. He denies raping or sexually assaulting anyone. Once he’s sentenced, he can appeal. "I will be proven innocent. That I promise you,” Weinstein told The Hollywood Reporter in a jailhouse interview in March. Weinstein is also awaiting resentencing in a separate rape case in Los Angeles. A California appeals court upheld the 2022 conviction but threw out his original 16-year sentence because the judge had considered his New York convictions that were later thrown out as an aggravating factor. After shuffling between state prison, where he tested positive for COVID-19 early in the pandemic, and New York City’s notorious Rikers Island complex, the ailing Weinstein is now housed at a medical unit for jail inmates at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. His health issues in recent years have included chronic myeloid leukemia, diabetes and walking difficulties that necessitate a wheelchair to get in and out of court, his lawyers said. Two years ago, he underwent emergency surgery to remove fluid on his heart and lungs.

MBMobile Business•Associated Press15h ago
  • critical toward Harvey Weinstein · 98%

Zelenskyy to present Ukraine’s case to UN general assembly – live

Second day of UNGA in New York will feature speeches by European leaders, while Trump and Xi will meet later Ukraine is set to feature prominently on Day 2 of the UN general assembly in New York, with leaders first joining the UN security council meeting on Ukraine, before president Volodymyr Zelenskyy takes to the podium to deliver his address to the assembly. It will be a key opportunity to rally international support behind Kyiv, bolstering Ukraine’s position ahead of any potential peace talks with Moscow. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Jakub Krupa17h ago
  • favorable toward Volodymyr Zelenskyy · 78%
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oPt: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan opens High Level Dialogue on Palestinian Children in Military detention with the Taoiseach, Palestinian and other World Representatives at the UN

Countries: occupied Palestinian territory, Ireland, Jordan, South Africa, Spain Source: Save the Children NEW YORK, 22 September 2026 – Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan joined the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin, the State of Palestine and Save the Children at a United Nations General Assembly side event on Tuesday to call for urgent international action to protect Palestinian children subjected to military detention. The High-Level Dialogue on Palestinian Children in Military Detention, convened by Save the Children and co-sponsored by the governments of Jordan, Ireland, the State of Palestine, Spain, and South Africa, focused on the escalating risks facing Palestinian children who are arrested, detained and prosecuted under Israeli military law, and on the concrete steps governments can take to protect their rights. Save the Children’s latest research documents severe physical, psychological and sexual abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention, including reports of torture and other ill-treatment, solitary confinement, deprivation of adequate food and medical care, and denial of basic legal protections. The humanitarian organisation has found that conditions for detained children have deteriorated significantly since October 2023. The dialogue came amid growing international concern over the treatment of Palestinian children in detention and called for greater diplomatic action. Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan said: “Children’s accounts follow a grim, familiar pattern: Ripped from their homes in the middle of the night, not knowing where they are being taken or why. Brought alone, handcuffed and blindfolded, to interrogation sites; hauled before military courts; pressured to sign documents they don’t understand. Assaulted and threatened with rape… kept underfed, isolated, and afraid.” “I just don’t understand. What is so terrifying about Palestinian children? Before they have even come of age, Palestinians are cast as threats: demographic threats, security threats, presumed guilty of future crimes they haven’t committed. Their innocence stripped away, they are dehumanized so thoroughly that even a kid with roller skates, a soccer ball, or a kite can be seen as something menacing. And a child can be branded a terrorist – as if they were never a child at all.” Micheál Martin, Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland said: “The report on abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention, and the testimonies we have heard today, are deeply shocking and describe experiences that no child should ever endure. “We all have a responsibility to ensure that the testimonies of these extraordinarily courageous children are not only listened to, but urgently acted upon. The military detention of children cannot be justified. “Ireland, together with international partners, continues to call for Israel to fully comply with international law, and for independent monitoring and accountability, and the protection of all children affected by conflict – of their rights, safety and dignity at all times.” Inger Ashing, CEO of Save the Children International, said: “Children should never be subjected to violence, abuse or degrading treatment. Yet for decades, Palestinian children have been arrested, prosecuted and detained through a military system that fails to guarantee the protections every child is entitled to. “The testimonies we have heard from children are deeply disturbing. They describe being taken from their families, subjected to violence and humiliation, denied adequate food and healthcare, and left with lasting physical and psychological harm. “Governments have both the responsibility and the influence to act. Expressions of concern are not enough. We need coordinated diplomatic action that delivers tangible protection for Palestinian children and ensures their rights are respected.” The event brought together representatives of governments, the United Nations, humanitarian and human rights organisations to examine both the immediate protection needs of detained Palestinian children and the broader international response. Discussions focused on steps governments can take to end violations against children, strengthen monitoring and accountability, secure independent access to children in detention, and ensure that international law and child rights standards are upheld. Save the Children is calling for an end to the detention of Palestinian children within the Israeli military detention system and the release of children currently held. The organisation is also calling on the international community to use its diplomatic influence to end systematic violations against Palestinian children and ensure independent investigation and accountability for alleged abuses. Notes to editors The High-Level Dialogue took place on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, from 3:00–4:15pm EDT in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The event was livestreamed on UNTV . Save the Children’s policy brief, “Tortured”: The Escalating Abuse of Palestinian Children in Israeli Military Detention , documents physical, psychological and sexual abuse, solitary confinement, inadequate food and medical care, and denial of legal protections reported by Palestinian children subjected to military detention. The research found a significant deterioration in detention conditions since October 2023, with serious long-term consequences for children’s mental health, education and wellbeing. Save the Children has called for children held in the military detention system to be released, for the system of military detention of Palestinian children to end, and for stronger international action to protect Palestinian children and uphold their rights.

ReliefWebReliefWeb•Save the Children17h ago