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The Context
Tuesday 22 September 2026 · 21:00 BST · 30m · 4 stories · 9 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (75%)
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At the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham held their first face-to-face meeting. Burnham said he could work with Trump and described a good connection and common ground on the cost of living, ending the Middle East conflict and ensuring Iran does not become a nuclear power. He said he raised reindustrialisation and a tariff issue concerning a factory in the North East, discussed the need for a Chagos Islands resolution to safeguard a base, and told Trump Britain would stand firm on the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination and to remain British. A political correspondent said there was no major breakthrough or public admonishment, and that a better test would be a White House visit.
Separately, AFP reported Iranian state media saying Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met US envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines and gave Tehran's conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: immediate lifting of the US naval blockade, prompt payment of frozen Iranian assets, and an end to the war on all resistance fronts. In his UN General Assembly speech, Trump said he was still deciding whether to annihilate Iran or make a deal, claimed a deal would come after the midterm elections, and accused the UN of a far-left agenda. He also said he wanted artificial intelligence renamed superintelligence, threatened crime cartels in South America, said his administration sought fundamental change in Cuba and that the communist regime would fall, and after the speech the US, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement that would end his demand to own the Arctic territory and would see the United States establish two major military bases on the island. A former State Department adviser said Trump's language on annihilating Iran was unprecedented and that low-level talks did not necessarily indicate meaningful progress.
Volodymyr Zelensky met Trump to seek more American air defence, particularly Patriot systems, and a truce covering attacks on energy infrastructure, as Russia and Ukraine increasingly target power plants and refineries behind the front line. Trump said the US was working closely with Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict and that 25,000 young people, mostly soldiers, were dying a month on both sides. Zelensky said Trump wanted to end the war and could organise a trilateral meeting. A former US ambassador to Ukraine said the problem remained Russia, which had rejected ceasefire proposals and showed no sign that Putin was ready to negotiate; he also said Congress had shown strong bipartisan support for Ukraine, though US funding was low.
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Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
US and Iranian officials held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, lasting three hours and involving Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and Iran's foreign minister, the first such talks since June.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 9:53-10:06
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Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
Iran set conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including lifting the US naval blockade, unfreezing Iranian assets and ending military operations, and reports suggested it had dropped demands for reparations and US base withdrawals.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 9:53-10:06
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Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
US and Iranian officials held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, lasting three hours and involving Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and Iran's foreign minister, the first such talks since June.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 10:09-10:21
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Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
Iran set conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including lifting the US naval blockade, unfreezing Iranian assets and ending military operations, and reports suggested it had dropped demands for reparations and US base withdrawals.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 10:09-10:21
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Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
President Trump said he was deciding between a deal with Iran and annihilating the Islamic Republic, and that a deal would come after the midterm elections and not be influenced by them.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 11:36-11:47
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Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
President Trump said he was deciding between a deal with Iran and annihilating the Islamic Republic, and that a deal would come after the midterm elections and not be influenced by them.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 11:36-11:47
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Claim Trump threatens Iran and rebrands AI as superintelligence at UN
Trump predicted Iran would make a deal immediately after the election.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 11:36-11:47
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Claim Trump threatens Iran and rebrands AI as superintelligence at UN
After Trump's speech, the US, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement, ending Trump's demand to own the Arctic territory.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 11:47-11:52
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Claim Trump threatens Iran and rebrands AI as superintelligence at UN
Trump said his administration sought fundamental change in Cuba and the Cuban delegation walked out in protest.
BBC News, The Context, 22 September 2026, 11:52-12:00
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