He once again framed<\/a> the war he launched on Iran earlier this year with Israel the same way he has to his domestic audience \u2014 as a necessary conflict to addressing a long-ignored threat. The United States, Trump said, had acted to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while other countries ignored the issue.<\/p>\n Trump then re-issued<\/a> his threat to \u201cannihilate\u201d Iran and \u201cdrive them into Hell\u201d if the regime didn\u2019t capitulate and make a deal.\u201d He touted<\/a> his version of the war: one in which the US had defanged Iran militarily and driven the country to the brink of economic collapse. And hedged by saying he was confident Iran would make a deal after the US midterm elections \u2013 an argument he\u2019s made to US voters.<\/p>\n Trump said<\/a> he was \u201cworking closely with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine\u201d to end the disastrous war. \u201cIt\u2019s going to happen, I think, more quickly than people understand,\u201d he said. The US president said<\/a> he had signed into law \u201ca powerful new law\u201d on sanctions, and \u201cif necessary, I will have to use them.\u201d He added: \u201cIt\u2019s time to stop the killing.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump defended<\/a> his administration\u2019s actions in Latin America \u2013 including the midnight raid to arrest former Venezuelan president Nic\u00f3las Maduro, and the oil deal he struck with his more US-friendly successor, Delcy Rodriguez. \u201cTo the victor belong the spoils,\u201d Trump declared, justifying the deal that will funnel a share of the nation\u2019s immense oil wealth into the US treasury.<\/p>\n Defending his drone strikes on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Trump equated the cartels he claims to be fighting with Islamist terrorist organizations. \u201cThe cartels are the ISIS of the western Hemisphere \u2013 not good people,\u201d he said. \u201cLike ISIS, they should be killed, exiled or detained as enemy combatants without the possibility of release, which is what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n He accused Mexico of being effectively controlled by the cartels, and said it was \u201cunacceptable\u201d for the US to share a border with a nation under such conditions. \u201cSo Mexico must reclaim control of its soil from the enemies of humanity,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n Trump also pointed<\/a> to regime change in Cuba. \u201cMy administration is also seeking a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba, where the communist regime is under great pressure, the biggest pressure they\u2019ve ever been under,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely failed state. It\u2019s failing.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump said<\/a> the US has reached \u201can unprecedented agreement\u201d on Greenland, with the Kingdom of Denmark. He said the deal \u2013 to be formally signed shortly after his speech \u2013 \u201cgives the US permanent control over security and all of the needs on that territory\u201d and that the US will build two \u201cvery major\u201d military bases in Greenland.<\/p>\n Trump said<\/a> he would reject any calls for a \u201cglobalist scheme\u201d to control artificial intelligence, and made an impromptu pitch to world leaders to call the technology \u201csuper intelligence\u201d or \u201cSI\u201d. Amid mounting fears over the dangers of AI as some, including leaders in the industry, call for international regulation on the technology, Trump said he would not hinder its growth. He said he believes will be \u201cbigger than the industrial revolution,\u201d and vowed the US would lead on AI. \u201cWe\u2019re only going to encourage superintelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Republican National Committee sues New Jersey election officials for refusal to turn over voter records<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Trump’s FBI killed corruption probe into Susan Collins’ campaign: report<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 4h ago<\/p>\n Trump strikes warm tone in meeting with UK prime minister<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Members of US delegation met Iranian leadership at UN, Trump says<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 5h ago<\/p>\n Trump endorses a US embargo on diesel exports in conversation with Zelenskyy<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n Trump, Zelenskyy speak to reporters at the United Nations<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 6h ago<\/p>\n Vance, Oz announced removal of 760,000 Obamacare enrollees, alleging fraud<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n Donald Trump to CNN at UN general assembly: ‘You shouldn’t be here’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 7h ago<\/p>\n Trump praises Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, Venezuela’s interim president, before their planned meeting<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n Trump hails ‘tremendous’ relationship with Denmark, Greenland as he signs Greenland deal<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n Trump’s UN remarks – in summary<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n Trump, Danish and Greenlandic leaders to speak at Greenland deal signing ceremony<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n US will build two ‘very major’ military bases as part of new Greenland deal, Trump says<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n \u2018Time to stop the killing\u2019 in Ukraine, Trump says<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n Trump points to goal of regime change in Cuba<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 8h ago<\/p>\n Trump on Venezuela: ‘To the victor belong the spoils’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9h ago<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s going to happen … more quickly than people understand,\u2019 Trump says on ending Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9h ago<\/p>\n Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran and ‘drive them into Hell’ if regime doesn’t cave<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9h ago<\/p>\n Trump touts actions against Iran in address to UN General Assembly<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9h ago<\/p>\n Trump addressing world leaders at the United Nations<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 9h ago<\/p>\n Trump’s message to Putin: “settle the war”<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 10h ago<\/p>\n Head of the United Nations warns of spiraling global conflict ahead of Trump’s address<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 10h ago<\/p>\n Republican senator calls for probe into Trump Jr’s oligarch-funded wedding, crypto<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 10h ago<\/p>\n Trump on concerns about depleted US munitions: ‘It’s not true’<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 12h ago<\/p>\n Democrat says ICE blocked her oversight visit to country\u2019s largest detention camp<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 12h ago<\/p>\n Trump seeks \u2018massive\u2019 Belarus fertiliser deal amid Canada trade war<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 12h ago<\/p>\n Trump and Mamdani appear friendly after \u2018wide-ranging\u2019 meeting at Gracie Mansion<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 12h ago<\/p>\n US TV networks suspend White House pool coverage over Trump media ban<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 13h ago<\/p>\n Trump set for UN meetings with war on agenda as speech looms<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Democratic attorneys general from California and New York have sued the Trump administration<\/a> over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as Donald Trump seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n California attorney general Rob Bonta said he was suing over removal of a project off his state\u2019s coast planned by Chicago-based Invenergy. The Trump administration<\/a> said in June it was buying back the company\u2019s US offshore wind leases for four wind projects on the east and west coasts.<\/p>\n New York attorney general Letitia James, meanwhile, led seven states in suits seeking to block the Invenergy deal and another proposal with Bluepoint Wind, which agreed in April to end a wind farm under development off the New York<\/a> and New Jersey coast.<\/p>\n The deals would hand energy companies $1.4bn in taxpayer dollars in exchange for the cancellation of multiple projects. In all, the Trump administration has pledged nearly $4bn to companies to walk away from projects across the country.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s our full story:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Richard Luscombe<\/p>\n Another prominent Florida<\/a> Republican has publicly distanced himself from Donald Trump<\/a>, days after Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar called out<\/a> the US president\u2019s immigration-enforcement policy targeting law-abiding undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor in November\u2019s US midterm elections, launched an updated campaign website on Tuesday that was stripped of almost every mention of Trump and removed a photograph of the congressman and his wife, Erika, posing with the president, the Miami Herald reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Until now, Donalds has proudly touted his close ties with the president, running a Republican primary campaign themed largely on Trump\u2019s endorsement, and displaying a large banner on his website advertising his support.<\/p>\n The move comes as Trump\u2019s overall approval rating fell below 30%<\/a> for the first time, dragged down by dissatisfaction over his handling of the US economy and the Iran war, and Republicans brace for heavy losses in November, including the possible loss of the party\u2019s majorities in the US House of Representatives and Senate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Republican National Committee sues New Jersey election officials for refusal to turn over voter records<\/p>\n The Republican National Committee has sued top election officials in New Jersey, alleging they failed to produce public voter roll records, including the addresses of noncitizen voters.<\/p>\n The lawsuit follows New Jersey governor Mikie Sherril\u2019s announcement in July that \u201ca software error\u201d in the state\u2019s motor vehicle registration system added 6,600 noncitizens to the state\u2019s voter registration list beginning in 2023. According to the state, 400 votes were cast by noncitizens \u2013 although Donald Trump<\/a> claimed that \u201cthousands of votes\u201d were cast by noncitizens in the state, in an effort to drum up support for his SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n In 2024, Kamala Harris won New Jersey by more than 252,000 votes \u2013 meaning that even if all voters were registered as Democrats, which they were not, their votes would not have swung the presidential election.<\/p>\n In Tuesday\u2019s lawsuit, the RNC states that, New Jersey \u201cobjected to or denied\u201d several of its records requests \u201cincluding the request for records of address confirmation notices\u201d.<\/p>\n In July, assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon wrote to Sherril requesting the \u201cfull names, dates of birth, nationalities, residential addresses, and registration dates and locations\u201d of all 6,600 noncitizen voters.<\/p>\n Sherrill has said she will not provide that information. \u201cWe now have certain people that, through no fault of their own, have been registered to vote,\u201d she said at a press conference. \u201cIt may imperil their immigration status.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a018.33 EDT<\/p>\n Kamala Harris joined Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed for a roundtable on Black maternal health and mortality in Detroit today. The two spoke with local leaders for more than an hour at Birth Detroit, a Black-led birth center.<\/p>\n The roundtable marked Harris\u2019s first campaign trip of the midterms.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m here to support Dr. El-Sayed because on this subject, I know he will be a champion,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n El-Sayed struggled to gain the support of Black voters in his primary election last month. While in Michigan, Harris will also attend a local NAACP event.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Trump administration will accept 17,500 refugees in fiscal year 2027, CNN reports<\/a>, citing a copy of the report to Congress.<\/p>\n The vast majority of the refugees are expected to be white South Africans, including Afrikaners. Earlier this year, the administration raised the cap for South African refugees, setting a limit of 17,500 refugees from the country.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States anticipates that Afrikaners from South Africa will fully assimilate into the United States in a manner that preserves taxpayer resources for U.S. citizens and does not anticipate other countries resettling Afrikaners,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> US president Donald Trump<\/a> called on all Latin American and Caribbean countries aligned with his administration to designate cartels as narco-terrorists and \u201capply crushing sanctions\u201d against them.<\/p>\n During a meeting of the Shield of the Americas \u2013 an anti-drug cartel coalition formed by 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries governed by rightwing or far-right presidents \u2013 Trump said that \u201cfor years, cartels have waged war on the people of this hemisphere. Now, we\u2019re waging war on them\u201d.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cSo, today, I\u2019m asking all nations in the Shield of the Americas to formally designate narco-terrorists as common threats to stability and apply crushing sanctions against all 24 U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n The group, which includes countries such as Argentina, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic, met in New York after Trump said in his speech to the UN General Assembly that \u201cthe cartels are the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere\u201d and that \u201clike ISIS, they should be killed, exiled or detained as enemy combatants without the possibility of release\u201d.<\/p>\n In a speech lasting just over 10 minutes to members of the coalition, Trump added: \u201cYou probably noticed that the drugs, the fentanyl being delivered by sea, by ocean and sea, it\u2019s down 97 per cent coming into the US\u201d \u2013 although many experts have repeatedly pointed out that there is no evidence of fentanyl being produced in or trafficked by sea to the US from South America.<\/p>\n The US president also used the meeting to boast that candidates he had backed had won every election in the region since he took office for a second term.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been a big shift in your countries, a big shift to the right. That\u2019s a good thing,\u201d said Trump, who particularly celebrated the victory in Colombia of the far-right millionaire former lawyer and businessman Abelardo de la Espriella \u2013 who was not present and sent his vice-president instead because he pledged not to leave the country during his four-year term.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was a big Trump fan,\u201d said Trump of De la Espriella\u2019s campaign. \u201cAll he did was talk about Trump, Trump, Trump. And I said, I like that guy. Let\u2019s endorse him.\u201d<\/p>\n Although the US president said that, after his endorsement, De la Espriella \u201cwent from number 10 to number one and won in a landslide\u201d, Trump only endorsed him in the second round, after the Colombian had already won the first round \u2013 in which Trump had not backed any candidate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has criticized Donald Trump\u2019s remarks on Iran at the UN general assembly today, and called for Senate Republicans to join with Democrats in passing a War Powers Resolution this week.<\/p>\n \u201cOnly Trump could try to present himself as a peacemaker and then threaten to \u2018annihilate\u2019 an entire country in the same breath \u2013 that\u2019s what he did at the UN this morning,\u201d Schumer said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThis week, Senate Democrats will force another vote on our War Powers Resolution to end this war and get our troops\u2019 out of harm\u2019s way,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery Republican who votes against ending the war this week is choosing to pander to the president instead of protecting our troops and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The United States is withholding a visa for Sudan\u2019s de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled Thursday appearance at the United Nations general assembly, Reuters reports<\/a>, citing Sudanese and other sources who believe the move is tied to Burhan\u2019s opposition to a US-backed ceasefire proposal.<\/p>\n \u201cWe in the Sudanese government express our deep regret because this is a violation of the UN Convention and international law,\u201d a senior Sudanese source told Reuters, adding that Burhan had postponed his trip as he awaited official notice of the visa denial.<\/p>\n The country\u2019s UN ambassador has asked UN secretary-general Ant\u00f3nio Guterres to intervene. Although Burhan, Sudan\u2019s army chief, has attended the UN general assembly before, the country is preparing to have foreign minister Mohieldin Salem stand in for him on Thursday.<\/p>\n In a statement, UN spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric told Reuters that Guterres is \u201cdeeply concerned that a visa has reportedly not yet been issued.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Speaking at the sidelines of the UN general assembly, Donald Trump<\/a> said his diplomatic representatives \u2013 real estate investor Steve Witkoff and the president\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner – had \u201ca very productive meeting today\u201d with Iranian mediators.<\/p>\n While addressing a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council \u2013 a security alliance comprised of leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman \u2013 Trump suggested his team could reach a peace deal with Iran. Trump has claimed that the war with Iran, which began in February, would only last a few weeks.<\/p>\n According to Iranian state media, the country\u2019s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met Witkoff to discuss conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.31 EDT<\/p>\n Trump’s FBI killed corruption probe into Susan Collins’ campaign: report<\/p>\n The FBI under Trump killed an anti-corruption probe into Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, stemming from a convicted former defense contracting executive\u2019s claims that he\u2019d paid off Collins\u2019 campaign in exchange for government contracts, ProPublica<\/a> reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n The report by ProPublica presents evidence that Kao contributed campaign funds in return for Collins steering funds toward Kao\u2019s company, Navatek. Kao, facing criminal charges, began sharing details on an alleged scheme with the FBI to skirt campaign finance laws to contribute to Collins\u2019 campaign treasury, ProPublica reported.<\/p>\n Annie Clark, Collins\u2019 deputy chief of staff, denied the allegations in a post to social media.<\/p>\n \u201cThe seven-year-old allegations made against Senator Collins and her staff in this piece are categorically false,\u201d Clark wrote. She said that Collins\u2019 campaign cooperated fully with the FBI, and that ProPublica was amplifying false and \u201coutlandish\u201d allegations Kao made while trying deflect blame for his own crimes. \u201cThere have never been any allegations of wrongdoing by the Collins for Senator campaign, and the campaign was never the target of the FBI investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Trump strikes warm tone in meeting with UK prime minister Trump also met earlier this afternoon with the the United Kingdom\u2019s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, with whom he appeared to enjoy a solid rapport \u2013\u00a0a divergence from his at-times testy relationship with Burnham\u2019s predecessor in the role, Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s going to be a great prime minister,\u201d Trump said of Burnham. \u201cI think he\u2019s got a lot of assets on his side.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump added: \u201cWe talked about everything from Rolls-Royce to energy, immigration. We covered a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Donald Trump shakes hands with Andy Burnham during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on 22 September. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n One point of tension in an otherwise cordial exchange: the Chagos Islands<\/a> deal, a proposal by Keir Starmer\u2019s goverment to give Mauritius sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, on condition that the US and the UK can continue to operate the Diego Garcia military base there for at least another 99 years.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t support it,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a terrible deal.\u201d<\/p>\n At one point the relationship between Trump and Starmer was good. But it worsened as Starmer started to criticize Trump publicly on issues like his proposal to annex Greenland, and his claim British troops avoided frontline action in Afghanistan. And the full rupture came when Keir Starmer refused to allow the US to use British airbases for attacks against Iran<\/a> at the start of the war.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.40 EDT<\/p>\n Members of US delegation met Iranian leadership at UN, Trump says<\/p>\n During a press conference alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump said some members of his team met today with the Iranian delegation, a meeting that he said lasted three hours and \u201cwent very well.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump left the exact nature of the exchange \u2013 what was discussed, and what progress, if any, was made toward a deal \u2013 unclear, but said it was a \u201ca very good meeting.\u201d He then repeated his threat delivered to the assembled world leaders in an address earlier that morning that Iran had to choose between \u201cpotential greatness or obliteration.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey had a very good meeting, and they have another one scheduled in the near future,\u201d Trump said, teasing future conversations with Iran.<\/p>\n Steve Witkoff, Trump\u2019s special envoy to the Middle East, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law-turned-Middle East diplomat, sat alongside the president. Both declined to share specifics of the meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel very good right now,\u201d Witkoff said when asked how he felt after the initial meeting.<\/p>\n \u201cHow will you feel tomorrow?\u201d a reporter pressed him.<\/p>\n \u201cI think very good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.15 EDT<\/p>\n Trump endorses a US embargo on diesel exports in conversation with Zelenskyy<\/p>\n President Trump appeared to support the increasingly loud calls from some members of his party to halt the export of US diesel fuel, whose skyrocketing price has begun to ripple out through the American economy and stung Republicans ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve called for that too, I\u2019ve said, \u2018let\u2019s not send out the diesel\u2019,\u201d Trump said, when asked about the outcry from his fellow Republicans.<\/p>\n He then turned to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, sitting at his side, who said the Trump administration<\/a> is evaluating the feasibility of a full or partial plan. Trump declined to share a timeline for when such a ban could come down.<\/p>\n The subject was raised after a reporter mentioned Ukraine\u2019s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, which Trump was quick to point out had damaged global diesel supplies. (The conflict between the US and Iran, which Trump launched in February alongside Israel, has also strangled global energy markets.)<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a serious hit on the Russians,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s also a very serious hit on the price of diesel.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Tiago](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Tiago_Rogero.png\")
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Andrew Sparrow<\/p>\n