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5 takeaways from Trump's whirlwind day at UN General Assembly (LINK) — 22 September 2026

— President Trump threatened the annihilation of Iran if its leaders refuse to strike a deal and framed the U.S. as conquerors of Venezuela, while promoting himself as a problem solver. The president's remarks at the global summit kicked off a whirlwind day that included a secret meeting between U.S. officials and the Iranian delegation, with the two sides at an impasse nearly seven months into the war. Trump also signed an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that ended a standoff over his threats to invade or annex the Arctic island.

— Trump sought to rebrand artificial intelligence as "super intelligence" during his remarks to the U.N. General Assembly but largely dismissed concerns about the technology and calls for global cooperation on its regulation.

CNN Fact check: Trump's false claims to the United Nations — (LINK)

• "Since I took office, it has been my great honor to settle eight wars." Trump did help to end the brief 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran, though Israel proceeded to join the US in starting another war against Iran in 2026.
• Trump scoffed at dire warnings that artificial intelligence might eventually attack or kill people, claiming they are coming from "the very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming, a name since reborn to climate change because the planet was cooling, not warming, and nobody was dead." While somebody somewhere might have said that "we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming," that isn't how an expert report framed the issue.
• "We've secured commitments for $21 trillion in new investments from all over the planet." His figure has no apparent basis even with the "secured commitments for" caveat; the White House has never been able to substantiate it.
• "When I arrived on January 20 of last year in Washington, DC, it was riddled with crime, and now crime is down 87%, and we're going for 100." The local police department had still recorded and publicly reported more than 15,000 total crimes through Monday — a reduction of about 23% from 2024 as of the same date,

Daily Beast: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, 54, "has roasted" Donald Trump, 80, after sitting through the president's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly during which he threatened to "annihilate the Islamic Republic" and called Cuba a "failed state" — (LINK)

— "It was, as usual, a very ideological speech," Sánchez told Jon Stewart, 63, in a preview clip from an upcoming episode of the comedian's Weekly Show podcast. "Not backed and supported by facts and data. When he speaks about climate change, or the war in Iran, or the things that are going on in the Middle East, his political positions are not, let's say, largely supported by many countries worldwide." Both the Cuban and the Iranian delegations walked out of the chamber while Trump was speaking, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, 61, scrolled on a tablet throughout the address.

Mediaite: 'Craven Hypocrites!' Trump rages at UN officials in UN Speech — (LINK)

— "The United Nations has great, great potential — I've said that for many years — but it must stop imposing the far-left agenda of globalist bureaucrats whom nobody ever elected. Led by Ambassador Michael Waltz here at the United Nations, we have also worked with many countries in this room to implement the most sweeping UN reforms in history. We cut the UN budget for the first time ever, slashing it by 15 percent in 2026, and eliminating more than 4,000 positions from the UN bureaucracy."

— "Last year, my administration was forced to intervene to stop an obscure UN body, the International Maritime Organization, from secretly establishing a first-ever global carbon tax — a very expensive tax — to raise international shipping costs by 10 to 20 percent, and maybe more than that. There is no global government, and while I'm president, there will be no global taxes."

— "The United States is equally opposed to the out-of-control institution known as the International Criminal Court. We will never allow U.S. service members or anyone else to be investigated or given show trials by an anti-American tribunal with no jurisdiction over us. You're an evil group of people. I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately."

— "It is equally unacceptable that, with all the genuine atrocities in the world, the UN's top human rights officials spend their time criticizing the United States for protecting our children from transgender mutilation and transgender insanity, and for enforcing our immigration laws. What they do is unbelievable, what they do — transgender mutilation of our children. The craven hypocrites of the Human Rights Council have little to say about the persecution of Christians. I mean, Christians are being persecuted all over the world."

— "It is deeply ironic that the United Nations has an entire institution — UNESCO — a group of people and countries devoted to protecting cultural heritage, yet with their ceaseless promotion of mass migration, these globalists are actively destroying the greatest cultures and most extraordinary heritage in all of history. There is no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation, and we want to remain a sovereign nation, and so should you."

Fifteen of 24 acccused found guilty in 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings: the deadliest attacks in the country since the end of its civil war in 2009 (LINK) — 22 September 2026

— Al Jazeera: Police had filed more than 23,000 charges against the suspects, all of whom denied involvement. Six almost simultaneous bombings struck churches and hotels on Easter Sunday in 2019, killing 279 people. At least 450 people were injured, with officials in the aftermath blaming a local armed group for the suicide bombings. All of the accused are from Sri Lanka's minority Muslim community. During the trial, more than 2,300 people gave evidence for the prosecution. There were also 2,076 pieces of evidence, including explosives, swords and firearms.

Accused jailed for 220 years: 14 for life: the court also ordered that all property and other assets of the convicts be confiscated — (LINK)

Ukraine anger as EU removes Russian oligarchs from sanctions list (LINK) — 22 September 2026

— BBC: France had campaigned for Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be taken off the list, citing "national security concerns". Luxembourg called for the removal of Russian-Israeli businessman Mikhail Fridman, who is suing the country for the release of frozen assets. France had campaigned for Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be taken off the list, citing "national security concerns". Luxembourg called for the removal of Russian-Israeli businessman Mikhail Fridman, who is suing the country for the release of frozen assets.

— Ukrainian officials said the move was "unacceptable" and sent the wrong signal to Moscow. "Moscow is celebrating because it got what it wanted: a sense of impunity, the humiliation of the EU, and division among Europeans," Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said on X. He urged all EU member states to instead announce national sanctions on the two individuals. Latvia has already said it would do so.

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