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UN Trump: Global Speech or Electoral Campaign?

Donald Trump came to the United Nations General Assembly with a speech focused on his alleged diplomatic and military achievements, from the resolution of eight conflicts to actions against Iran and drug trafficking in Latin America. His statements, delivered a few weeks after the mid-term elections in the United States, rekindle the debate on Washington's role in the international order and the crisis of multilateralism. Did Trump address the international community or did he take advantage of the UN scenario to strengthen his political message to the US electorate?

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United States: White House launches "Trump TV" against media boycott

By closing the doors of the White House to several traditional media including CNN, the American Constitution will have to decide. The channels concerned have taken legal action and a first hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, 23 September. The day before, when he arrived at the UN, the American president again explained that CNN "should not be there". The explanations of Julien Labarre, a politician specializing in American politics, information and political behaviour.

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Texas: Police release video of Venezuelan migrant injured by ICE

In #Texas, images of a Venezuelan migrant who had been shot during an ICE intervention, the U.S. immigration police, are indignant. While the 28-year-old now claims to be suffering from paralysis on the left side, students are demonstrating and denouncing the #migration policy of the #Trump administration.

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Trump ramps up his war on the media

US media outlets CNN, Politico and MS NOW are suing the Trump administration after it removed their press credentials and banned them from covering the White House. FRANCE 24 spoke to Steven Herman, executive director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation at the University of Mississippi about the legality of the move and its wider ramnifications.

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Does the UN General Assembly reflect a crisis of international cooperation between member countries?

The first day of the 81st UN General Assembly in New York was marked by speeches about war, artificial intelligence and climate crisis. Discourses such as Trump, Macron and Lula showed a fracture in multilateralism. Sergio Castaño Riaño, international analyst, doctor in International Relations and coordinator of the degree in International Relations at the International University of La Rioja, addresses the issue in France 24.

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Trump, Lula and Macron mark the beginning of the UN General Assembly

The UN opened its 81st General Assembly in New York with the role of Trump, Lula and Macron. Trump proclaimed that the US is' the most powerful country in the world '; Lula denounced the democratic crisis in Venezuela and Cuba; and Macron called for greater international commitment to Palestine.

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The Deportation Project: "We welcome them, except the criminals," says Burundian President

The Burundian President spoke about the investigation of a consortium of international media, including FRANCE 24, on the agreements between several African countries and the Trump administration to accommodate people expelled from third countries. Burundi recently hosted a dozen of them. "B Burundi is a host country", explains Evariste Ndayishimiye, stating that her government only asked the United States not to "bring criminals".

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US President warns Tehran at UN but says talks ongoing

The day began with Donald Trump threatening to annihilate Iran but ended with a three-hour meeting between US and Iranian mediators, which Trump described as “very good.” Trump also held a high-level meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with both sides saying they wanted the war in Ukraine to end before winter. Today, as the UN General Assembly continues, Zelensky and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among those expected to address the assembly, as world leaders seek ways to end the two conflicts dominating international politics. France 24 International Affairs Editor K

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Donald Trump threatens Iran before the UN and announces a resumption of dialogue

Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, September 22, that the dialogue with Tehran had resumed to put an end to a conflict that was politically ravaging him, a few minutes after threatening, in the UN rostrum, to destroy Iran. According to Iranian State TV IRIB, Tehran communicated during these talks its conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Ormuz.

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