World leaders return to UN amid wars in Middle East and Ukraine

Leaders confront wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, rising AI risks and a deepening crisis of confidence and funding at the 80-year-old world body.

World leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, bracing for President Donald Trump’s return to the rostrum for a second year running, with talks centering on the widening conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and the risks of artificial intelligence.