Breakfast News Recap: UN tensions deepen as Russia strikes Kyiv and leaders clash over Gaza, Ukraine and Iran

Russia launched fresh ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring six, in another attack that damaged buildings across the capital and underlined the continuing pressure on Ukraine as leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York.  🔗

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his UN address to urge sustained economic pressure on Moscow, saying Russia is using fighters from 47 countries in the war, while Ukraine and Russia also intensified their long range drone war over occupied Luhansk far from the front line.  🔗  🔗  🔗

The UN General Assembly has become a focal point for the wider conflict, with world leaders clashing over Gaza, Ukraine and Iran, and with Benjamin Netanyahu due to speak as scrutiny of Israel's war in Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian territory intensifies.  🔗  🔗

On the Gaza file, the US backed Board of Peace unveiled a $2.45 billion reconstruction plan, but the funding gap remains unclear, while US senators are preparing sanctions over Israel's E1 settlement plan in the occupied West Bank.  🔗  🔗

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Violence in the West Bank also continued, with a Palestinian man shot dead and an Israeli soldier seriously wounded at a checkpoint west of Ramallah, and Israeli bulldozers uprooting olive groves near Ramallah in an incident that has drawn local anger.  🔗  🔗

Iran and the United States have resumed backchannel contacts through mediators at the UN, even as Tehran and Washington traded threats in New York, with President Masoud Pezeshkian rejecting US pressure and accusing Washington and Israel of attacks on Iran.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere at the UN, Syria's Ahmed al Sharaa warned that Israeli military activity is endangering post war recovery, Argentina's Javier Milei escalated his Falklands claim and threatened legal and economic action, Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez promised elections, and Kenya's William Ruto said UN equality stops at the Security Council.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In other developments, the FBI said it is investigating a breach of its jobs portal after the ShinyHunters hacking group claimed to have stolen employee data, while in Britain an RAF Hawk T2 training jet crashed near Anglesey after both pilots ejected safely.  🔗  🔗

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Australia warned that the Indo Pacific is not a chessboard for China and the United States as Anthony Albanese deepens support for Ukraine, while Canberra also faces a possible diesel price spike if Washington curbs US diesel exports.  🔗  🔗

Further diplomatic moves included the United States inviting Vladimir Putin to a G20 meeting in Miami, Washington saying it is open to talks with Cuba if Havana changes government, Turkey agreeing a gradual handover of the Bashiqa base to Iraq, and Pakistan administered Kashmir lawmakers voting for a president after months of unrest.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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