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Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 05:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 21 of 30 min on news stories (71%)
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At the United Nations General Assembly, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered his first address there, urging world leaders to establish principles to govern artificial intelligence and saying the UK could act as an honest broker. He accused Russia of an industrial-scale disinformation campaign, said there was evidence it tried to interfere in the 2019 general election, and announced that UK security chiefs would begin work on a new national centre for information defence. President Trump later hailed a productive meeting with Iranian officials on the sidelines of the assembly; Steve Wyckoff and Jared Kushner held three hours of talks, and Iranian state media said the main purpose was to convey Tehran's conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reported to include lifting the US blockade and unfreezing Iranian assets. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York ahead of his address. France's President Macron criticised the pace of peace efforts in Gaza and Israeli actions in the occupied West Bank, drawing a response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kiev and Washington want the war with Russia to end before winter, after talks with President Trump.
In the UK, hundreds of anti-migrant demonstrators gathered at a former naval base in Gosport, Hampshire, over the expected arrival of a boat carrying asylum seekers. Six arrests were made after overnight protests; the boat was taken to Dover instead. Many protesters wore face masks, and police said they were investigating an incident in which a live streamer filmed slashing a rescue boat while the rescuer was still in it. Separately, China's President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in the United States before meeting President Trump at the White House on Thursday to discuss trade, technology and artificial intelligence. A rare look at data centres in Inner Mongolia showed more than 100 in one area, with China aiming for 80% of its data centres to run on renewable energy by 2030; China uses open source AI models and Xi has pushed for global AI governance, while the US is seeking a notification system. The leaders may also discuss extending a trade truce that runs out in November, high-end chips, Taiwan and Iran.
In other news, Colombia's president sent the army into a city on the Caribbean coast to quell armed attacks that surged after a gang leader was killed; authorities killed 13 members of a drug trafficking faction called the ACSN, and the president said anyone who did not submit would be taken down. A court in Sri Lanka jailed 15 men for more than 220 years each over the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 270 people including 45 foreigners. A coroner found that American actress Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental drug overdose involving fentanyl, muscle relaxants and an anti-psychotic drug. In London, Prince William and Catherine attended the world premiere of Tom Cruise's film Digger, a dark satire in which Cruise plays the most powerful man in the world racing to fix an environmental catastrophe.
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Andy Burnham was due to address the UN General Assembly and wanted a single set of global principles and standards for artificial intelligence.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 1:28-1:42
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Charged quote Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
have seen industrial scale assault by hostile actors on the information environment in the UK and that of many of our allies. Russian agencies have used every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation and prey on people's fears. And Mr Burnham went further. We have evidence that they tried to interfere with the 2019
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 2:40-2:53
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 3:42-3:58
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 3:42-3:58
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 3:42-3:58
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 3:42-3:58
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Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 3:42-3:58
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Charged quote Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
may have to blow up another one, Pickaxe Mountain. We're not seeing a lot of activity there, but if we do, we'll blow it up immediately. Well, earlier, Mr Trump told the Assembly that Iran was a long-term menace. But I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 9:57-10:00
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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, 23 September 2026, 10:17-10:31
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Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
Six people were arrested in Gosport for offences including careless driving, assaulting an emergency worker, and aggravated trespass.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 17:44-17:52
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Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
Six people were arrested in Gosport for offences including careless driving, assaulting an emergency worker, and aggravated trespass.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 17:44-17:52
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Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
A migrant dinghy left the Normandy coast and was being monitored by a French coast guard vessel near the Channel boundary.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 17:54-18:02
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Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
Six people were arrested in Gosport for offences including careless driving, assaulting an emergency worker, and aggravated trespass.
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 17:54-18:02
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Contested quote Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
this boat only to find that these individuals that were on that boat were actually in the water for 30 hours and were actually transported to Dover because of the protesters. So there was lots of anger from the protesters towards the police when they realised that this boat wasn't coming ashore into
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 18:16-18:18
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Contested quote Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
Donald Trump in the White House this week and many hope that the main source of discussion will be artificial intelligence but it's unlikely the two leaders can agree when they are such fierce competitors. Well let's join Laura now she's back in Beijing. Laura it really is fascinating to compare the advancement of AI
BBC News, 23 September 2026, 20:32-20:34
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