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Trump pushes message of American power\nBy Sarah Smith, North America editor in the room\nThe US president has no great respect for the United Nations – he accused it of imposing a far-left agenda – but he does relish the global platform it gives him.\nHe used Tuesday's speech to tout his achievements, and claim the mantle of a peacemaker, at the same time as he issued a number of pointed threats.\nIran might be annihilated, lethal strikes on small boats suspected of drug smuggling will continue and the Cuban regime may even be toppled.\nThe clear message was: America is still prepared to use its military might wherever Trump thinks it might be required to secure its national interests.\nTrump said he was \"reasserting American power\" and flexed what he called the country's \"unmatched military might\".\n\"The United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere,\" he said.\nOnce again, Trump has made the full-throated assertion to the world of \"America First\".\n2. Cubans walk out as Trump calls nation 'failed state'\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump took aim at one of the US's closest neighbours, Cuba, calling it \"an absolutely failed state\" and saying his administration has been pursuing \"a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba\".\n\"It will fall,\" he said.\nThe Cuban delegation walked out of the hall as Trump continued his remarks.\nOver the last year, the US president become more vocal in criticising Cuba's communist government. On Tuesday, he said it was under \"enormous pressure\" and \"failing like never before\".\nThe US has not, however, provided a detailed picture of what it believes change will look like in Cuba.\nCuba's foreign minister reacted angrily to Trump's comments and accused the US president of spreading \"falsehoods\".\n\"The US government is incapable of accepting that Cuba is and has the right to be a full sovereign and independent country,\" Bruno Rodriguez wrote on X.\n3. A direct threat to 'annihilate' Iran\nBy Khashayar Joneidi, BBC Persian correspondent in Washington\nTrump presented Iran with a stark choice at the UN General Assembly: reach an agreement with Washington and rebuild the country, or face the rapid \"annihilation\" of the Islamic Republic.\nHe then again predicted that a deal to end the war would probably follow the US midterm elections in November.\nHis remarks illustrated Trump's familiar strategy of coercive diplomacy - keeping negotiations open while also threatening overwhelming force.\nBut his language blurred the distinction between destroying the political system and threatening Iran itself.\nInternational law experts have previously expressed concern at what they called \"alarming rhetoric\" used by US officials, including Trump himself, who has posted that the US might \"obliterate\" Iran's power plants.\nReferences on Tuesday to leaving \"no chance of survival\" and \"no hope\" for future generations will likely have stoked similar alarm. There is also an irony in delivering this warning at the United Nations, an organisation founded to save future generations from war.\nYet the speech was not a declaration that diplomacy has failed.\nIt was an attempt to define the terms of possible negotiations: the US remains prepared to make a deal, but only under the shadow of an existential threat.\n4. Trump hails new Greenland security deal\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump also praised a new deal with Greenland under which he said the US would build two military bases in the Arctic territory.\nHe added that it \"very much enhances\" the defence alliance Nato.\nThe US, Denmark and Greenland held a joint signing ceremony at the UN shortly after Trump's address.\nAlthough Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory, it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark which primarily handles its foreign policy.\nTrump administration officials are already hailing the agreement as enhancing US security at minimal cost - and with relationships intact.\nDenmark and Greenland's governments, however, will be hoping it ends the long-simmering disagreement that began when Trump threatened to take Greenland by force.\nThat threat shook the Nato alliance and sorely tested the US-Danish relationship.\nFew clear details about the nature of the deal have been confirmed publicly, and given Trump had tried for months to purchase or annex the semi-autonomous territory, some analysts are viewing it as a quiet win for diplomacy.\n5. 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Trump pushes message of American power\nBy Sarah Smith, North America editor in the room\nThe US president has no great respect for the United Nations – he accused it of imposing a far-left agenda – but he does relish the global platform it gives him.\nHe used Tuesday's speech to tout his achievements, and claim the mantle of a peacemaker, at the same time as he issued a number of pointed threats.\nIran might be annihilated, lethal strikes on small boats suspected of drug smuggling will continue and the Cuban regime may even be toppled.\nThe clear message was: America is still prepared to use its military might wherever Trump thinks it might be required to secure its national interests.\nTrump said he was \"reasserting American power\" and flexed what he called the country's \"unmatched military might\".\n\"The United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere,\" he said.\nOnce again, Trump has made the full-throated assertion to the world of \"America First\".\n2. Cubans walk out as Trump calls nation 'failed state'\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump took aim at one of the US's closest neighbours, Cuba, calling it \"an absolutely failed state\" and saying his administration has been pursuing \"a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba\".\n\"It will fall,\" he said.\nThe Cuban delegation walked out of the hall as Trump continued his remarks.\nOver the last year, the US president become more vocal in criticising Cuba's communist government. On Tuesday, he said it was under \"enormous pressure\" and \"failing like never before\".\nThe US has not, however, provided a detailed picture of what it believes change will look like in Cuba.\nCuba's foreign minister reacted angrily to Trump's comments and accused the US president of spreading \"falsehoods\".\n\"The US government is incapable of accepting that Cuba is and has the right to be a full sovereign and independent country,\" Bruno Rodriguez wrote on X.\n3. 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There is also an irony in delivering this warning at the United Nations, an organisation founded to save future generations from war.\nYet the speech was not a declaration that diplomacy has failed.\nIt was an attempt to define the terms of possible negotiations: the US remains prepared to make a deal, but only under the shadow of an existential threat.\n4. Trump hails new Greenland security deal\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump also praised a new deal with Greenland under which he said the US would build two military bases in the Arctic territory.\nHe added that it \"very much enhances\" the defence alliance Nato.\nThe US, Denmark and Greenland held a joint signing ceremony at the UN shortly after Trump's address.\nAlthough Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory, it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark which primarily handles its foreign policy.\nTrump administration officials are already hailing the agreement as enhancing US security at minimal cost - and with relationships intact.\nDenmark and Greenland's governments, however, will be hoping it ends the long-simmering disagreement that began when Trump threatened to take Greenland by force.\nThat threat shook the Nato alliance and sorely tested the US-Danish relationship.\nFew clear details about the nature of the deal have been confirmed publicly, and given Trump had tried for months to purchase or annex the semi-autonomous territory, some analysts are viewing it as a quiet win for diplomacy.\n5. 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Trump pushes message of American power\nBy Sarah Smith, North America editor in the room\nThe US president has no great respect for the United Nations – he accused it of imposing a far-left agenda – but he does relish the global platform it gives him.\nHe used Tuesday's speech to tout his achievements, and claim the mantle of a peacemaker, at the same time as he issued a number of pointed threats.\nIran might be annihilated, lethal strikes on small boats suspected of drug smuggling will continue and the Cuban regime may even be toppled.\nThe clear message was: America is still prepared to use its military might wherever Trump thinks it might be required to secure its national interests.\nTrump said he was \"reasserting American power\" and flexed what he called the country's \"unmatched military might\".\n\"The United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere,\" he said.\nOnce again, Trump has made the full-throated assertion to the world of \"America First\".\n2. Cubans walk out as Trump calls nation 'failed state'\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump took aim at one of the US's closest neighbours, Cuba, calling it \"an absolutely failed state\" and saying his administration has been pursuing \"a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba\".\n\"It will fall,\" he said.\nThe Cuban delegation walked out of the hall as Trump continued his remarks.\nOver the last year, the US president become more vocal in criticising Cuba's communist government. On Tuesday, he said it was under \"enormous pressure\" and \"failing like never before\".\nThe US has not, however, provided a detailed picture of what it believes change will look like in Cuba.\nCuba's foreign minister reacted angrily to Trump's comments and accused the US president of spreading \"falsehoods\".\n\"The US government is incapable of accepting that Cuba is and has the right to be a full sovereign and independent country,\" Bruno Rodriguez wrote on X.\n3. 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Trump pushes message of American power\nBy Sarah Smith, North America editor in the room\nThe US president has no great respect for the United Nations – he accused it of imposing a far-left agenda – but he does relish the global platform it gives him.\nHe used Tuesday's speech to tout his achievements, and claim the mantle of a peacemaker, at the same time as he issued a number of pointed threats.\nIran might be annihilated, lethal strikes on small boats suspected of drug smuggling will continue and the Cuban regime may even be toppled.\nThe clear message was: America is still prepared to use its military might wherever Trump thinks it might be required to secure its national interests.\nTrump said he was \"reasserting American power\" and flexed what he called the country's \"unmatched military might\".\n\"The United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere,\" he said.\nOnce again, Trump has made the full-throated assertion to the world of \"America First\".\n2. Cubans walk out as Trump calls nation 'failed state'\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump took aim at one of the US's closest neighbours, Cuba, calling it \"an absolutely failed state\" and saying his administration has been pursuing \"a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba\".\n\"It will fall,\" he said.\nThe Cuban delegation walked out of the hall as Trump continued his remarks.\nOver the last year, the US president become more vocal in criticising Cuba's communist government. On Tuesday, he said it was under \"enormous pressure\" and \"failing like never before\".\nThe US has not, however, provided a detailed picture of what it believes change will look like in Cuba.\nCuba's foreign minister reacted angrily to Trump's comments and accused the US president of spreading \"falsehoods\".\n\"The US government is incapable of accepting that Cuba is and has the right to be a full sovereign and independent country,\" Bruno Rodriguez wrote on X.\n3. A direct threat to 'annihilate' Iran\nBy Khashayar Joneidi, BBC Persian correspondent in Washington\nTrump presented Iran with a stark choice at the UN General Assembly: reach an agreement with Washington and rebuild the country, or face the rapid \"annihilation\" of the Islamic Republic.\nHe then again predicted that a deal to end the war would probably follow the US midterm elections in November.\nHis remarks illustrated Trump's familiar strategy of coercive diplomacy - keeping negotiations open while also threatening overwhelming force.\nBut his language blurred the distinction between destroying the political system and threatening Iran itself.\nInternational law experts have previously expressed concern at what they called \"alarming rhetoric\" used by US officials, including Trump himself, who has posted that the US might \"obliterate\" Iran's power plants.\nReferences on Tuesday to leaving \"no chance of survival\" and \"no hope\" for future generations will likely have stoked similar alarm. There is also an irony in delivering this warning at the United Nations, an organisation founded to save future generations from war.\nYet the speech was not a declaration that diplomacy has failed.\nIt was an attempt to define the terms of possible negotiations: the US remains prepared to make a deal, but only under the shadow of an existential threat.\n4. Trump hails new Greenland security deal\nBy Bernd Debusmann Jr, White House reporter in the room\nTrump also praised a new deal with Greenland under which he said the US would build two military bases in the Arctic territory.\nHe added that it \"very much enhances\" the defence alliance Nato.\nThe US, Denmark and Greenland held a joint signing ceremony at the UN shortly after Trump's address.\nAlthough Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory, it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark which primarily handles its foreign policy.\nTrump administration officials are already hailing the agreement as enhancing US security at minimal cost - and with relationships intact.\nDenmark and Greenland's governments, however, will be hoping it ends the long-simmering disagreement that began when Trump threatened to take Greenland by force.\nThat threat shook the Nato alliance and sorely tested the US-Danish relationship.\nFew clear details about the nature of the deal have been confirmed publicly, and given Trump had tried for months to purchase or annex the semi-autonomous territory, some analysts are viewing it as a quiet win for diplomacy.\n5. 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