Breakfast News Recap: Trump Iran talks dominate UN week as storms, conflicts and markets move

US and Iranian officials held their first reported talks since the June ceasefire unravelled, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meeting US envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The discussions came as Washington and Tehran kept diplomacy alive despite rising tensions over sanctions, regional security and the risk of wider conflict.  🔗

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Donald Trump sharpened the pressure on Tehran at the UN, saying he faced a big decision on whether to strike Iran and warning he could “annihilate” the country if it moved against US interests. He also said American officials had held a three hour meeting with an Iranian delegation, underlining that talks were continuing even as his rhetoric escalated.  🔗 🔗

Separate reports said the US and Iran held mediated UNGA talks focused on the Strait of Hormuz and sanctions, with hours of indirect discussions taking place through intermediaries in New York. Iran also began cancelling flights to Baghdad and Muscat as new US aviation sanctions took effect, showing how the pressure campaign is already affecting travel links.  🔗 🔗

Elsewhere at the UN, Trump and Andy Burnham met for the first time in New York, with their encounter drawing attention because of the scrutiny around the Chagos deal. The US also signed a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland that expands American military access on the island while reaffirming Danish sovereignty.  🔗 🔗

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In the Middle East, the UN said violence against women and girls in Gaza has risen sharply, including cases of early and forced marriage. Qatar’s emir warned the Gulf is in one of its most dangerous phases amid the Iran war, while Saudi Arabia condemned the Houthi movement after intercepting a drone launched towards Mecca.  🔗 🔗 🔗

In Europe and the wider security picture, the EU extended its Russia sanctions for 36 months and removed Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov from the list, while also condemning Russia’s 18 to 20 September State Duma elections and rejecting the vote in occupied Ukraine. The European Court of Human Rights also heard a case involving 10 Ukrainian children who disappeared after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.  🔗 🔗 🔗

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is ready for a bilateral energy ceasefire with Russia after separate talks with Trump in New York. In parallel, French President Emmanuel Macron used what he said was his final UN speech as France’s leader to urge resistance to the “law of the jungle”, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb called for UN reform and more cooperation.  🔗 🔗 🔗

In Africa, seven armed groups in Ethiopia announced an alliance aimed at toppling the government in Addis Ababa, raising fears of renewed civil war. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional unity government and appointed a caretaker administration ahead of the country’s first national elections.  🔗 🔗

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Across the Asia Pacific, Typhoon Dujuan left at least four people dead near Tokyo and six people missing as rescue teams searched the region, while Fiji’s Constitution Review Commission proposed scrapping coup immunity, including for the current prime minister. In Papua New Guinea, police raided a Port Moresby property and said they found 39 Indonesian nationals allegedly held against their will in a trafficking and online scam case.  🔗 🔗 🔗

Other developments included a rare Category 5 Hurricane Polo off Mexico’s Pacific coast, with warnings widening despite no direct landfall forecast, and a US F 16 crash near Spangdahlem air base in western Germany. In Australia, counter terrorism police arrested a 65 year old Melbourne man over alleged ISIS propaganda, while in the Northern Territory, Katherine was promised a new $13.3 million levee after its worst flood in 28 years.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

In the Americas, Lula warned at the UN against foreign interference in Brazil’s vote, Canada pledged C$100 million for Palestinians and signalled possible trade restrictions over West Bank settlements, and Palestinian Americans lobbied US lawmakers over Gaza policy amid a reported $2.8 billion arms transfer. Trump also pushed the Shield of the Americas coalition to target 24 cartel groups.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

Separately, a hacking group calling itself ShinyHunters claimed a cyberattack on the FBI and said it stole data linked to the majority of current and former FBI employees, adding to the week’s security concerns.  🔗

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