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NBC News · Gaza · 22 Sept 2026

The headline editorialises, one side gets far more space, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.

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Trump to address the U.N. General Assembly as Iran war rumbles on

President Donald Trump will deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday. U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz told reporters that the remarks would highlight peace deals the president has worked on, U.S. actions in the Western Hemisphere and progress on Trump’s 20-point peace plan in Gaza. It will also touch on the “importance of ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon,” Waltz said. The American president traditionally addresses the General Assembly each year. In 2025, Trump spoke for almost an hour, criticizing climate change and European immigration policies. But what grabbed headlines were mishaps before and during his appearance at the U.N., as the escalator carrying Trump and first lady Melania Trump abruptly stopped and then the teleprompter with Trump’s speech broke early on in his remarks and he was forced to improvise. Trump at the time blamed the world body, insinuating intentional sabotage to humiliate him, while U.N. officials said the White House’s videographer “may have inadvertently triggered the safety function” on the escalator. Trump’s remarks to the assembly this year come as the U.N.’s Human Rights Council found in a report last week “reasonable grounds to believe” that the U.S. had committed war crimes during “indiscriminate attacks” against an Iranian school and a residential area in February. Trump is expected to meet with several world leaders this week on the sidelines of the U.N. gathering, including Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez. It will be Rodríguez’s first meeting with Trump since the U.S. captured then-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, who are in a Brooklyn jail awaiting trial. Trump is also expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has said the meeting “could change a lot,” adding that there “is diplomatic momentum” in a push for an energy truce with the Kremlin. Last week, Trump signed into law a Russian sanctions bill championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. He also announced that the U.S. would take over military operations and have “permanent control over security” in Greenland, in a deal expected to be signed Tuesday with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark to try and end the tense standoff over the strategic Arctic territory. The U.N. assembly comes as the Iran war is about to enter its eighth month. Trump is expected to meet with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday. Senior U.S. officials said Iran will be a key topic of conversation at the assembly this year. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to address the U.N. on Wednesday. Trump told Fox News that he would “probably” be open to meeting with Pezeshkian, but did not announce any specifics.

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