Daily Brief: 5 takeaways from day 3 of UNGA
Here’s your AnewZ Daily Brief for 25 September 2026, with five key developments from the third day of the 81st United Nations General Assembl...
Donald Trump has been elected US President after a closely-fought race against Kamala Harris. Trump secured more than the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the presidency, according to projections.
The 78-year-old former president will make a remarkable comeback, four years after being voted out of the White House. It makes him the first ever US candidate to be re-elected for a second term after losing an election in between.
In his victory speech, Trump labelled the moment “the golden age of America.”
“We’re going to help our country heal, we have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly.”
Trump praised Elon Musk for contributing around $120 million to his campaign He has previously said he'll appoint the CTO of X (formerly Twitter) to head a government efficiency commission.
“A star is born: Elon!” Trump said.
Trump also emphasised what he claimed as a swift victory over ISIS:
"We defeated ISIS in record time, but we had no wars. [...] We’re going to stop wars,” he pledged.
Reaffirming a commitment from his first term, he promised to lead with the principle of "promises made, promises kept." Trump also appealed for unity:
“It’s time to put the divisions of the past four years behind us. It’s time to unite.”
“We’re going to start by putting America first. We need to put our country first for a period of time,” he added.
As the Ukraine war is highlighted by some leaders during the United Nations' 81st General Assembly meeting in New York, Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Thursday with ballistic missiles, killing two people and injuring six, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained low on Thursday, as Iran reiterated that it will neither enter into new negotiations with the United States nor re-open the Strait as long as its conditions are not met, despite recent indirect talks in New York mediated by Qatar.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York on Wednesday, as Washington pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine and Kyiv and Moscow continue to strike energy infrastructure.
The 81st UN General Assembly continues in New York on Wednesday, with another day of high-level speeches and diplomatic meetings. The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, global security and international cooperation remain at the centre of discussions.
The 81st UN General Assembly has wrapped up its third day in New York on Thursday, with world leaders delivering high-level speeches and holding diplomatic meetings.
Here’s your AnewZ Daily Brief for 25 September 2026, with five key developments from the third day of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Finland and Sweden deployed fighter aircraft on Thursday after a group of Russian military planes was detected over the Gulf of Finland, the Finnish Air Force reported on Friday (25 September).
Xi Jinping touched down at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday evening to a welcome that was fairly unprecedented. President Donald Trump was there on the tarmac to greet him personally, which is something no sitting U.S. president had done for a visiting foreign leader in six decades.
The U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a resolution on Thursday that would have required President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or seek congressional authorisation, as Democrats sought to put Republicans on the record over the increasingly unpopular conflict ahead of November's midterm elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, 24 September, for talks focused on trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan and the war with Iran.
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