U.S. negotiators met with Iranian officials at the United Nations as President Trump warned that the United States would either reach a deal with Iran or “annihilate” it. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.

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Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump questioned whether to “annihilate the Islamic Republic” or offer a rebuilding deal, then told reporters that US and Iranian officials had met on the sidelines. Most of Iran’s delegation walked out during his speech.

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President Donald Trump says American and Iranian officials met on Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the United Nations that he might “annihilate” Iran.

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US President Donald Trump mounted a forceful defence of the deeply unpopular US-Israeli war against Iran at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, saying Washington would reach a deal with Tehran after the upcoming US midterm elections. He also opposed global AI regulation, predicted Cuba’s government would soon “fall” and urged ICC members to “resign”.

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President Trump says US officials held a “very good” meeting with the Iranian delegation at the United Nations on Tuesday.

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The 81st UN General Assembly opened with US President Donald Trump threatening to ‘annihilate’ Iran. Despite the threat, US and Iranian officials held three hours of talks on the sidelines of the gathering.

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Donald Trump said Iranian officials held three hours of talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff during the UN General Assembly, with another meeting expected soon. An Iranian official said Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if Washington took reciprocal steps to ease military and economic pressure, though Iranian factions disputed whether a new position had been approved.

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Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the UN General Assembly that Qatar is more than a mediator in the US-Israeli war on Iran. He said Qatar will continue pursuing diplomacy while providing humanitarian support to people affected by the conflict.

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Qantas plans to begin selling tickets next year for its first nonstop flight between New York and Sydney.

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Xi Jinping is expected to visit Washington from September 23 to 25 for his second meeting this year with Donald Trump. Experts anticipate an extension of the trade truce but little substantive progress on disputes including rare earths, AI regulation, technology exports, arms sales to Taiwan and Iran. The two sides are seeking stability, not reconciliation, amid deep mistrust.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his first state visit to the United States in 11 years on September 23, with talks with President Donald Trump expected to center on stabilizing bilateral ties. The agenda includes fentanyl precursors, expiring mutual moratoriums, rare earths, tariffs, China’s access to advanced AI chips, and US arms supplies to Taiwan. The leaders are also expected to discuss Ukraine, US-Iran tensions, Hormuz shipping, sanctions and militarization of space.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is due in Washington on Sept. 23 for a closely watched one-day summit with President Donald Trump the next day. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies are expected to seek warmer personal ties and common ground on trade, artificial intelligence, the Iran war and Taiwan’s future.

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As Xi Jinping prepares for a state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25, experts say competition and cooperation will coexist as a normal feature of China-US ties. They identify room for practical cooperation in global governance, law enforcement, AI, trade, climate change and people-to-people exchanges, while urging safeguards around competition and greater youth contact to build trust.

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CGTN’s Mike Walter revisits 13 years spent covering diplomacy between the United States and China while Xi Jinping and Donald Trump ready themselves for another high-stakes encounter.

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Vice President JD Vance and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced that a White House task force will remove hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollees from coverage, citing widespread fraud.

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The Trump administration is removing hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act plans, saying many received subsidies they were not eligible for and that some listed enrollees did not even exist.

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Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges over fraud claims.

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Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration will remove hundreds of thousands of people from Obamacare plans, alleging that some were enrolled improperly while others do not exist at all.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio may discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington at the United Nations during contacts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said Washington’s UN policy has become more pragmatic since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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The CFTC is warning that prediction-market bets on whether someone will mention specific words carry heightened risks of manipulation.

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Donald Trump said he would support suspending US sales of diesel to foreign markets, as conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine drive up the price of the vital fuel.

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he supported the idea of banning diesel exports. Some U.S. politicians are advocating the measure as a way to rein in soaring energy costs.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is assessing whether a diesel export ban could work, taking into account overall refining capacity and whether the measure should be full or partial.

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Banning US diesel exports may seem like a tempting way for President Trump to demonstrate action against record-shattering diesel prices, but researchers warn the measure would likely backfire over the medium and long term.

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A coroner determined that actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose involving several drugs, including fentanyl.

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Actor Hayden Panettiere’s recent death was ruled accidental and attributed to the “toxic effects” of a combination of drugs, including fentanyl, according to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office.

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An autopsy by South Carolina’s Greenville County Coroner’s Office found that actress Hayden Panettiere died from the toxic effects of fentanyl, Xanax, methocarbamol and quetiapine. Her death was ruled accidental, with no contributing signs of trauma found.

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A coroner determined that actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose involving several drugs, including fentanyl.

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The coroner’s office says actress Hayden Panettiere died from the toxic effects of fentanyl and other substances. Her manner of death was ruled accidental.

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The Greenville County Coroner’s Office in South Carolina ruled that actress Hayden Panettiere died accidentally from drugs, including fentanyl.

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Kamala Harris is scheduled to campaign Tuesday with Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. The joint appearance by the two Democrats comes in a state crucial to the party’s prospects in this fall’s midterm elections and the presidential primary that follows.

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Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the Trump administration weakened allies’ trust in the United States during negotiations over a Greenland deal. She said Trump’s threats toward Denmark and “bullying rhetoric” had left the US facing greater skepticism, damaged trade ties and undermined NATO.

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US President Donald Trump and the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement allowing an expanded US military presence in Greenland while preserving Danish sovereignty over the island. The deal follows months of Trump pushing to annex the territory.

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A new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland grants the United States unrestricted access through Greenland’s airspace and territorial waters for military aircraft, ships and forces. Donald Trump signed the accord in New York alongside Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen during the UN General Assembly session.

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The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement on Tuesday intended to end months of tension over the Danish self-governing territory, following repeated threats by President Donald Trump to take control of the vast Arctic island.

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The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed an agreement at the UN General Assembly in New York to expand Washington’s military presence on the Arctic island. It permits upgrades and expansion at Pituffik Space Base, new bases in the south and east, broader flight and undersea access, and gives the US significant control over other countries’ military presence there.

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The US, Denmark and Greenland have signed a defence agreement allowing Washington to establish new defence areas at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, while reaffirming Danish sovereignty over Greenland. The deal also permits expansion of the Pituffik Space Base and bars non-Nato states from establishing military installations or maintaining a persistent troop presence there.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could become President Donald Trump’s new AI czar, a source familiar with the discussions said Tuesday, as lawmakers in Washington grow increasingly concerned about the risks posed by AI technology.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is vowing to keep using military power to advance American interests, including stopping what he calls “hostile foreign adversaries” from expanding their influence in the Western Hemisphere.

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Speaking at the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump said Washington would promote AI and retain its lead safely and responsibly, rejecting what he called a “globalist scheme” to control the technology. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries to share safety information and create a multilateral framework for managing AI risks, while Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for regulation.

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Richard Gowan, program director at the International Crisis Group, comments on President Donald Trump’s speech defending his decision to launch the war with Iran.

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President Donald Trump used his 37-minute address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to defend the US-Israeli campaign against Iran and outline his foreign-policy priorities. The speech covered several major issues.

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Donald Trump urged countries at the UN General Assembly to unite in isolating Iran and lowering global energy prices, while threatening that he might “annihilate” the Islamic Republic. He defended his administration’s foreign policy and strikes on Iran, and dismissed warnings about uncontrolled artificial intelligence as a “hoax.”

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A grand jury concluded there was insufficient evidence to bring charges over the death of Nolan Wells, a Black teenager found dead after a July 4 boating trip off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Wells’s family quickly challenged the conclusion.

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Facing pressure to support businesses and workers hit by soaring fuel prices, France is expanding targeted energy relief for those most affected. The new package costs €450 million, taking the total announced so far to €1.4 billion. President Emmanuel Macron is also calling for more biofuels in diesel, while an expert assesses the environmental risks of rapidly increasing their use.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will begin a packed schedule on September 23 during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session in New York and is due to address the gathering on September 26. Russia will emphasize multipolarity, equal Eurasian security, opposition to colonialism, financial reform, counterterrorism and disarmament. Lavrov is also scheduled to meet Marco Rubio, Aleksandar Vucic and Antonio Guterres, among others.

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As world leaders convene in New York for the 81st UN General Assembly, people in Bangladesh, Gaza and Nigeria offer differing views of the UN’s role in resolving conflicts. Some see an institution trying to mediate, while others doubt it can take effective action.

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Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said three masked men burglarized her home and stole her Porsche GTS. She told TikTok followers Monday that she is now without one luxury car but has gained a security dog.

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