US President Donald Trump says he had a ‘very good’ three-hour meeting with Iranian officials at the UN.

Settlement is largest of its kind in any US city and is set to affect 260,000 delivery drivers.

Shadrack Sibiya, who has made no comment, is alleged to have groomed a 16-year-old and raped an 18-year-old.

The BBC goes inside the prison where prisoners were trapped in stifling, cramped conditions.

The G7 also condemns "in the strongest terms" Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, saying that the escalation in fighting in Yemen jeopardises global energy security.

The UK says it will provide air-to-air refuelling for "defensive" operations following a request from Saudi Arabia.

Spain's Sanchez pledges continued support for Lebanon after Unifil withdrawal Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met with his Lebanese counterpart Nawaf Salam in New York City on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. In a post on X, Sanchez said that Spain would continue to support Lebanon and work with European partners to strengthen the capabilities of the Lebanese Armed Forces following the end of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) peacekeeping mission, set to expire at the end of the year. "Our country maintains a firm commitment to [Lebanon's] sovereignty, its security, and its territorial integrity," he said, adding that "the ceasefire must be fully respected, and dialogue must pave the way toward a lasting peace". España seguirá apoyando al Líbano y trabajando con nuestros socios europeos para reforzar las capacidades de las Fuerzas Armadas libanesas tras el fin de la FINUL. Así se lo he trasladado hoy en Nueva York al primer ministro del Líbano, Nawaf Salam. Nuestro país mantiene un… pic.twitter.com/Gu1N5GdUfk — Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) September 22, 2026

EU top diplomat meets Iran’s Araghchi to discuss Strait of Hormuz The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss free maritime passage in the Strait of Hormuz. “There were no tolls or fees for passage before the war, and there should be none after the war,” Kallas said on X, describing their discussions held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. “Navigation must be free and unimpeded, both in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.” The EU foreign policy chief also said she raised the issue of “domestic repression inside Iran, including the sharp rise in executions and death sentences”. I met with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. We addressed diplomatic prospects for ending the US-Iran war and fully re-opening the Strait of Hormuz. There were no tolls or fees for passage before the war, and there should be none… pic.twitter.com/u5ZqUMWCDz — Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) September 22, 2026

In tonight's edition, the United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appearance. Also, Ghana’s beefing up its drugs authority in the wake of  major drug busts in France, Belgium and South Africa. And it’s back-to-school season in Ivory Coast.

French President Emmanuel Macron used his last address before the UN General Assembly as France's leader to urge the world's nations to stand alongside the United Nations in the face of a resurgent "law of the jungle". Macron also called for a moratorium on strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war and an "open-source" model for frontier AI independent of China and the US.

BAGHDAD: ‌Iraq ordered its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad airport starting Wednesday, two ​sources told Reuters, after the United States threatened to sanction any airport that services Iranian carriers. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that all Iranian airlines would be shut down on September 23 by the threat of secondary ‌sanctions on air ‌services providers, seven months ​into ‌the ⁠war ​between the ⁠United States and Iran. The Iraqi govern

LONDON: The Middle East is going through “one of its most dangerous phases” in its history, Qatar’s emir told the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said the situation in the Gulf “should come as no surprise to anyone” and has “repercussions” for the entire world, in reference to the Iran war that has led to attacks on neighboring states and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. “It’s the cumulative result of years of postponing crisis management through t

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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has to decide whether to make a deal with Iran or "annihilate" the country, in a bombastic speech to the United Nations that appeared tailored to war-weary American voters