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• Diplomats from across the globe described the current state of the world as messy and unpredictable during interviews leading up to the annual United Nations meeting. • Current and former ministers and ambassadors highlighted a stark picture of crises facing the international community and the 193 member states.

• World leaders are gathering at the United Nations to address escalating global wars and economic uncertainty. • The Middle East conflict has expanded to involve regional nations and resulted in the closure of a vital waterway.

• CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a surprise official visit to Cairo to meet with President El-Sisi and the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate. • The meetings focused on international maritime security and geopolitical challenges across the Middle East and the Horn of Africa.

• World leaders gathered in New York for the 81st UN General Assembly session to discuss climate change, artificial intelligence safety, and the wars between Russia-Ukraine and Iran-US. • The White House press pool will not send a camera to replace CNN for President Donald Trump's trip due to ongoing conflict between the administration and the media.

• The United Nations is shifting its strategy in the Sahel region toward diplomacy and humanitarian aid as the 81st UN General Assembly begins. • The UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) now operates as a special political mission focused on mediation and conflict prevention rather than a peacekeeping operation with troops.

• Prime ministers from Australia and Iceland addressed the global climate crisis ahead of a United Nations meeting. • These leaders discussed the specific environmental impacts on their nations while other world leaders avoided the issue due to inflation and war.

• World leaders are gathering in New York for the 81st annual United Nations General Assembly to address widening global conflicts and a trust deficit. • Some actors are controlling fuel and food supplies to create scarcity and increase costs on a global scale.

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‘I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it,’ the progressive US representative saysUS politics live – latest updatesAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive Democratic congresswoman, has refused to rule out a potential run against the party’s Senate leader Chuck Schumer amid mounting speculation around her political ambitions.When asked by the New York Times whether she would challenge Schumer in 2028, when his current term is up, Ocasio-Cortez declined to exclude the possibility – even if Democrats win back the Senate majority. Continue reading...

Brother-in-law went to check on Nicholas Brandram at his home and found him unresponsive, coroner saysThe man who was arrested on suspicion of being the so-called “Putney pusher” was found dead at his home after missing a family meal, an inquest has heard.Nicholas Brandram, 44, was arrested in June in connection with an incident on Putney Bridge on 5 May 2017 in which a jogger shoved a woman headfirst into the path of an oncoming bus. Continue reading...

Tribal leaders and organizers return to reservation 10 years after demonstrations against Dakota Access pipelineTen years after major demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline, tribal leaders and Native American organizers returned to the Standing Rock Sioux reservation this week to honor the movement and its lasting impacts.In the rural reservation area of Fort Yates, a four-day encampment that centered on the phrase “mní wičóni” – “water is life” – brought together about 150 tribal members and allies for meals, drum circles, sacred ceremonies and memorials. Continue reading...

Putin ally helped cover cost of renting private island in the Bahamas for wedding of Trump Jr and Bettina AndersonUS politics live – latest updatesA Republican senator has accused Donald Trump Jr of corruption and demanded a Senate investigation into revelations that a Russian oligarch bankrolled part of his recent wedding in the Bahamas.John Curtis, of Utah, wrote to the leaders of the US Senate judiciary committee on Tuesday, urging them to subpoena Trump Jr over his business dealings, his relationships with foreign individuals, gifts he has received – and any occasions where his connection to his father, Donald Trump, “was invoked or understood to provide value”. Continue reading...