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  "id": 9178545,
  "title": "'We are settling years of unfinished business': Trump talks up Iran, Gaza, Latin America strategy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/we-are-settling-years-of-unfinished-business-trump-talks-up-iran-gaza-9178545",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T18:14:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/we-are-settling-years-unfinished-business-trump-talks-iran-gaza-latin"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump addressed the UN General Assembly, reflecting on his 20-month tenure as president, despite lacking concrete evidence to support his claims. In his 38-minute speech, Trump touched upon Iran, Gaza, and Latin America but largely avoided direct attacks he launched last year. He made unsubstantiated assertions, including that 72,000 Iranians were killed by their government last year, a figure far higher than the 3,500-5,000 figure provided by Iranian authorities and human rights organizations. Trump's claims of Hamas and other Palestinian groups torturing, mutilating, and killing babies in Gaza also lack corroborative evidence. Israeli media and the Israeli army have debunked these allegations, while admitting to mistakes in the past. Despite these inaccuracies, Trump reiterated his vision for US foreign policy, which includes seeking to have UN member states withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).",
  "summary": "'We are settling years of unfinished business': Trump talks up Iran, Gaza, Latin America strategy US President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his 20-month legacy in the White House with wholesale generalisations about his foreign policy, relying on unsubstantiated figures, debunked allegations, and a demand that United Nations member states withdraw their membership from the International…",
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    "outlets": 11,
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      {
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        "title": "Iran, AI and the ICC: Trump makes threats, touts policies at UN General Assembly",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Trump makes no mention of N. Korea while touching on Iran, AI, other key issues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-makes-no-mention-of-n-korea-while-touching-on-iran-ai-other-key",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:22:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Trump weighs 'big decision' on Iran, rejects AI push in major UN speech",
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        "published": "2026-09-22T17:26:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "'We are settling years of unfinished business': Trump talks up Iran, Gaza, Latin America strategy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/we-are-settling-years-of-unfinished-business-trump-talks-up-iran-gaza",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:36:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(2nd LD) Trump makes no mention of N. Korea in U.N. address while touching on Iran, Cuba, other issues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/2nd-ld-trump-makes-no-mention-of-n-korea-in-u-n-address-while",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:53:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in UN speech with electoral slant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-threatens-to-annihilate-iran-in-un-speech-with-electoral-slant",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:19:15.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trumps-threat-to-annihilate-iran-to-un-general-assembly-is-stunning",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:23:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran at UN, then confirms direct talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/trump-threatens-to-annihilate-iran-at-un-then-confirms-direct-talks",
        "published": "2026-09-22T18:50:18.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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