3 d. ago Uefa puts Israel vote on hold after Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan

National federations accept decision to pause Israel banMaccabi Tel Aviv due to face Dinamo Zagreb on ThursdayUefa has paused plans to ban Israel from European football after the announcement of Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan for the region.Expectation had been growing of a decisive intervention by Uefa this week, amid growing pressure within football and from outside groups, including the United Nations. But Trump’s announcement of his plan in a joint press conference with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday put any measures on hold. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago ‘You think Biden could have done that?’ Trump brags about overcoming broken UN teleprompter

Donald Trump continued his criticism of the United Nations teleprompter as he welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Monday, 29 September.

Politics

6 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel takes swipe at Trump's United Nations escalator 'sabotage'

The 57-year-old comedian - whose late night talk show returned on Tuesday after being pulled off the air - referenced to the incident by sharing an Instagram post on Friday.

Politics

7 d. ago FACT CHECK: AP's director of climate news breaks down Trump's remarks at the UN on climate change

This week, addressing the United Nations, President Donald Trump made several false claims about climate change, including that it didn’t actually exist

Politics

7 d. ago Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘must finish the job’ in Gaza after dozens of delegates walk out in protest

Israeli PM rebuked Western nations for embracing Palestinian statehood after scores of delegates left the hall in protestPalestinians living in poverty were also affected, the Palestinian prime minister’s spokesperson Mohammad Abu al-Rob told Agence France-Presse (AFP), with their numbers rising by more than 150% since the start of the Gaza war, and with cash assistance not paid out in more than two months.An increase in the number of Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, and a reduction in work permits for West Bank Palestinians seeking work inside Israel have had a drastic impact. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Benjamin Netanyahu addresses UN general assembly as dozens of delegates walk out

Israeli PM is addressing the United Nations in New York Palestinians living in poverty were also affected, the Palestinian prime minister’s spokesperson Mohammad Abu al-Rob told Agence France-Presse (AFP), with their numbers rising by more than 150% since the start of the Gaza war, and with cash assistance not paid out in more than two months.An increase in the number of Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, and a reduction in work permits for West Bank Palestinians seeking work inside Israel have had a drastic impact. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Chinese premier says US and his country need to 'work in the same direction'

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has told a group of American business executives that the U.S. and his country need “to work in the same direction” to further what he called the most important bilateral relationship in the world

Politics

8 d. ago The issue of drugs doesn't usually get showcased at the UN General Assembly. This year is different

Every year, tons of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs flow around the world

Events

8 d. ago Escalatorgate: Trump alleges ‘triple sabotage’ after technical mishaps at UN

Trump claims teleprompter and audio issues, and a stopped escalator that UN says may be due to US delegation stafferDonald Trump alleged “triple sabotage” at the United Nations, after the US president was plagued by a series of unfortunate events surrounding his address to the global body.“A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday,” Trump wrote Wednesday in a 357-word social media chronicle of “Not one, not two, but three very sinister events!” Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Trump suggests the broken UN escalator could have gravely injured him and Melania as he demands culprits behind 'sabotage' are arrested

President Donald Trump made a dramatic claim Wednesday night that he and First Lady Melania Trump could have been gravely injured by the United Nations' escalator.

Events

9 d. ago Trump’s UN rant revealed his true priorities – and Britain should watch out | Martin Kettle

Less than a week after his state visit, the president launched a surprise attack on the UK – and sent a clear signal about US powerTrying to pin down the real Donald Trump is a mug’s game. Doubtless, some will have persuaded themselves that the real Trump was the one we saw in Windsor a week ago, fawning over the royals, treating Keir Starmer with respect, and claiming that Britain and the United States were two notes in the same chord. Well, maybe.Perhaps the more plausible version was actually the one who went to the United Nations this week. This Trump went not to fawn but to boast and trash, whingeing about everything from the UN’s supposed failure to back his claims to have ended seven “un-endable” wars, to its refusal to award him a renovation building contract – “I said at the time that I would do it for $500m, rebuilding everything, it would be beautiful” – for its New York headquarters complex.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised ...

Politics

9 d. ago Secret Service probes escalator sabotage of Trump even as UN blames snafu on cameraman

The Secret Service is looking into whether the escalator Donald Trump rode at the United Nations was sabotaged, after the UN said his videographer likely tripped a safety switch.

Politics

9 d. ago Ukraine’s president says the world is in `the most destructive arms race in history’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is telling world leaders that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in history."

Politics

9 d. ago Did the UN really sabotage an escalator to embarrass Donald Trump?

The US President and First Lady Melania Trump were forced to walk up the motionless escalator when it stopped moving

Politics

9 d. ago Donald Trump's rage at UN escalates as he tells Europe: 'Your countries are going to hell'

Loud gasps were heard at the United Nations General Assembly in New York as Donald Trump, the US President, attacked and belittled his audience in a bizarre rant

Politics

9 d. ago 'Green scam': At UN, watched by drowning nations' leaders, Trump assails the ethos of climate change

In his address at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated renewable energy, international climate diplomacy, the science of global warming and other environmental issues

Politics

1 week ago Trump claims UK and Europe ‘going to hell’ in extraordinary UN rant

Bizarre tirade at the General Assembly dismisses climate change as ‘green scam’ and claims London is adopting Islamic law

Politics

1 week ago 'Your countries are going to hell': Trump's extraordinary address accuses UN of 'funding an assault' on West, rails against 'uncontrolled immigration' and predicts death of Europe

Donald Trump accused the United Nations of 'funding an assault' on the West through immigration during his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

Events

1 week ago Secret Service smashes massive telecom ‘network’ threat to NYC cell service ahead of Trump’s United Nations address

The threats threat were ‘directed towards senior U.S. government officials,’ according to the Secret Service

Politics

1 week ago Photo highlights from the 80th UN General Assembly in New York

World leaders are convening in New York this week for the 80th United Nations General Assembly. President Donald Trump addressed the General Assembly on Tuesday amid protests against his policies outside U.N. headquarters.

Culture