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At the White House, President Xi Jinping was expected for a state visit with President Donald Trump covering trade, Taiwan and AI. Coverage was affected by a press access dispute: CNN, MS Now and Politico had been banned, and although a federal judge ordered their temporary restoration, the outlets said they were refused entry and had credentials confiscated; lawyers filed a notice of non-compliance. An expert described the US-China relationship as competitive and stuck in a stalemate, and said a tariff pause had been extended from November to January. On AI, Trump had called it 'super intelligence' and said the Justice Department was the only guardrail needed, while the expert said neither side wanted to slow development.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly by video after the US denied him a visa for the second consecutive year. He rejected the measures and said Palestinians had fulfilled their obligations and upheld the two-state solution. He described Gaza as facing killing, destruction, starvation, displacement and a genocidal war, and the West Bank as facing accelerating settler expansion and terrorism. He welcomed Trump's 20-point plan and Security Council Resolution 2803 but said they had not materialized, called for accelerating the second phase, warned against the E1 settlement plan, thanked the UK and 12 other countries for banning settlement products, and demanded the release of more than $6bn in withheld Palestinian funds.