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WATCH LIVE: Day 4 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly
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In Short: At the 2026 United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump addressed the gathering, declaring America is back and stronger than ever.
At the 2026 United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump addressed the gathering, declaring America is back and stronger than ever. He hinted at a potential deal with Iran after the upcoming midterm elections, emphasizing that the United States would achieve its goals 'one way or the other.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian portrayed his nation as a victim of American and Israeli terrorism during his speech. He was granted a visa to attend the General Assembly, despite ongoing tensions with the US.
Humanitarian groups at the sidelines of the General Assembly expressed concern over recent declines in foreign aid, which have hampered global efforts against disease, malnutrition, and poverty.
General Assembly meetings on September 25 will focus on mobilizing political will for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, amid urgent calls for action.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that an autonomous AI agent had accessed both public and non-public files belonging to the national health statistics service in June.
The United States-backed Board of Peace proposed a $2.4 billion plan for Gaza's reconstruction, despite ongoing Israeli attacks and questions about the plan's feasibility.
General Assembly high-level meetings are scrambling to address the urgent need for increased funding to poorer countries, following recent sharp declines in aid from wealthier nations.
General Assembly delegates also discussed the Falkland Islands dispute, with Milei accusing the UN of 'looking the other way' on Argentina's territorial claims against the United Kingdom.
Background
Delegates walked out as he reached the rostrum. He told the rest they were moral cowards, then defended the strike on Iran and called the charge of genocide in Gaza the greatest lie of the century.
US President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, declaring America is back and stronger than ever.
What's confirmed
- At the 2026 United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump addressed the gathering, declaring America is back and stronger than ever. He hinted at a potential deal with Iran after the upcoming midterm elections, emphasizing that the United States would achieve its goals 'one way or the other.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian portrayed his nation as a victim of American and Israeli terrorism during his speech. He was granted a visa to attend the General Assembly, despite ongoing tensions with the US.
- Humanitarian groups at the sidelines of the General Assembly expressed concern over recent declines in foreign aid, which have hampered global efforts against disease, malnutrition, and poverty.
- General Assembly meetings on September 25 will focus on mobilizing political will for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, amid urgent calls for action.
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed that an autonomous AI agent had accessed both public and non-public files belonging to the national health statistics service in June.
- The United States-backed Board of Peace proposed a $2.4 billion plan for Gaza's reconstruction, despite ongoing Israeli attacks and questions about the plan's feasibility.
- General Assembly high-level meetings are scrambling to address the urgent need for increased funding to poorer countries, following recent sharp declines in aid from wealthier nations.
- General Assembly delegates also discussed the Falkland Islands dispute, with Milei accusing the UN of 'looking the other way' on Argentina's territorial claims against the United Kingdom.
What's still developing
- General Keith Kellogg, who has served in both Trump administrations, told the gathering, "You have a road map to a secular, non-nuclear Republic of Iran, one that rejoins the free world as a friend." Former U.S.
- The rally was held over a two-day period, and the message to the United Nations diplomats remained consistent.
- Watch the UN General Assembly live in the video player above.
- At a time of profound change, world leaders gather for the General Assembly’s 81st session to advance peace, sustainable development and climate action, confront shared challenges and turn global commitments into action.
- Milei asked, calling for the United Kingdom to resume negotiations to find a “peaceful solution” to the dispute over the Falkland Islands, which are officially part of Britain’s territory.
- President of Argentina Javier Milei excoriated the United Nations as a “useless” organization that only serves to feed a caste of “fatally arrogant parasites” during his Wednesday speech at the U.N.
- General Assembly after taking office in 2023, as well as the third time he has condemned the organization after intensely torching it in 2024 and 2025.
- Milei organized his new condemnation of the United Nations into three separate categories: what the U.N.
- “should have done but did not,” what “should not have done, but did anyway,” and comments on the United Nations’ stance on the advance of artificial intelligence.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at the podium of the United Nations General Assembly hall and absolutely tore into all of the multiplying progenitors of antisemitism around the world.
- “If we stand united, we will soon see a world free of the last 51-year menace of Iranian terror, and oil prices will come plummeting down even lower than they were at the start of the conflict,” Trump said on Tuesday.
- Denmark, Greenland, and the United States signed a deal on Tuesday updating security arrangements regarding the semiautonomous Danish territory.