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BBC News
Tuesday 22 September 2026 · 05:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (76%)
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World leaders arrived in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly. Andy Burnham was due to have his first face-to-face meeting with President Trump since becoming prime minister, and Chris Mason said Burnham wanted to focus on Ukraine, the conflicts in the Middle East and artificial intelligence, hoping the UK could act as an honest broker. Antonio Guterres welcomed leaders amid escalating global turmoil. Iranian officials were given strict access to the United States, and Iran's president was scheduled to address the Assembly on Wednesday. Ukraine's President Zelensky was also due to meet Trump, while Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, was expected to hold talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, was in New York for the first time a Venezuelan head of state had attended the Assembly in nearly 10 years. David Smith said Trump's main speech was expected to include attacks on the UN, a defence of his war in Iran, and domestic economic claims, with attention also on whether the US and Iran could move toward negotiations.
The White House launched an online television channel named Trump TV hours after major US television networks suspended pooled coverage in protest at Donald Trump's decision to ban several broadcasters from the White House. The barred outlets said they would sue the Trump administration, and Trump defended bans on CNN, Politico and MS Now. A White House reporter said Trump TV was a YouTube streaming channel launched at 7pm Eastern time and did not perform the same function as the White House press pool. The UK was also to provide support to Saudi Arabia in its war with the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. Andy Burnham said he had agreed to a request for assistance with defensive air-to-air refuelling. Recent fighting had forced nearly 130,000 people from their homes, according to the United Nations, as Houthi rebels advanced in western Yemen against Saudi-backed government forces. The G7 condemned the attacks and called on the Houthis to cease all military actions. Thousands fled by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait to Djibouti, where a refugee camp in Obock housed 3,000 new arrivals and the UN was braced for 7,000 more.
A court in Australia heard that a former police officer accused of using his work gun to kill a Sydney couple was driven by a jealous infatuation with his ex. Beau Lamarre-Condon pleaded not guilty to murdering his former partner, TV presenter Jesse Baird, and Baird's new boyfriend, Luke Davies, as well as aggravated breaking and entering. Prosecutors alleged the killings at a home in Paddington in February 2024 were premeditated in the case of Baird, while Davies tried to contact emergency services and was eliminated as a witness. The defence said the officer went to the home to remove belongings, was not expecting anyone to be there, and shot the two men in self-defence during a confrontation. The trial was expected to last 12 weeks, with 15 jurors initially.
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The White House launched an online television channel named Trump TV.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:41-8:45
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The White House launched an online television channel named Trump TV.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:41-8:45
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Other networks refused to act as the press pool for Trump in solidarity with the banned outlets.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:45-8:56
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Other networks refused to act as the press pool for Trump in solidarity with the banned outlets.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:45-8:57
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Other networks refused to act as the press pool for Trump in solidarity with the banned outlets.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:45-8:57
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The ban may end up in court, according to reports.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:57-9:01
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The ban may end up in court, according to reports.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:57-9:01
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The ban may end up in court, according to reports.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:57-9:01
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
The ban may end up in court, according to reports.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 8:57-9:01
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Claim UK sends RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets in defensive support
Saudi Arabia requested defensive support from several countries and the UK was reportedly first to agree, with the Prime Minister ordering the RAF to provide one Voyager aircraft for limited defensive air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets rather than offensive operations in Yemen.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 10:43-10:48
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Claim UK sends RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets in defensive support
Saudi Arabia requested defensive support from several countries and the UK was reportedly first to agree, with the Prime Minister ordering the RAF to provide one Voyager aircraft for limited defensive air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets rather than offensive operations in Yemen.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 10:48-10:55
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Charged quote UK sends RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets in defensive support
Our security correspondent, Frank Gardner, reports from a refugee camp there which houses 3,000 new arrivals from Yemen in the small port town of Obock. Hungry and homeless, just some of the more than 3,000 Yemeni refugees who've crossed the Bab al-Mandab Strait to safety. These people have fled bombs, bullets and airstrikes back home
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 11:40-11:46
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Charged quote UK sends RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets in defensive support
Of all the people here in this camp, it's the children who seem to have suffered the most. What makes us to flee, when you see the kids frightening, screaming, cannot sleep, cannot eat. And for us as a parent, when you feel kids are in panic, what you can do? Move on. That's why we move. We decided to move to come to Djibouti.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 13:45-13:49
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Charged quote UK sends RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets in defensive support
in the Yemen conflict, that's Saudi Arabia. Why? Because Saudi Arabia is an ally of the UK. It's a big trading partner. I think this is probably largely performative. This is not Britain entering the war. It's going to be helping Saudi Arabia shoot down the Houthi missiles and drones that are being fired at it.
BBC News, 22 September 2026, 14:33-14:36
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Contested quote UK sends RAF Voyager to refuel Saudi jets in defensive support
This is not Britain entering the war. It's going to be helping Saudi Arabia shoot down the Houthi missiles and drones that are being fired at it. It's unlikely to make a huge difference to this war, but it is definitely taking sides. Is the war going to end soon? There's no sign of it. Diplomacy doesn't seem to be working.
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