Trump uses UN speech to attack global body as feckless and pernicious | First Thing

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Donald Trump took the stage at the United Nations general assembly hall for the first time in six years to launch a full-on assault on the world body, which he described as a feckless, corrupt and pernicious global force that should follow the example of his own leadership.

What did Trump say? He appealed to European leaders to embrace a blood-and-soil nationalism and follow his example. It's time to end the failed experiment of open borders," he urged. You have to end it now ... Your countries are going to hell."

What is the significance of the address? Those who support the values of the UN must realize the degree to which the world's superpower seems bent on the destruction of everything they believe", writes Patrick Wintour, the Guardian's diplomatic editor. The speech urgently prompts the question of how the world will operate in the absence of reliable American leadership".

What is the latest in the Russia-Ukraine war? Russia is launching long-range drones into Nato countries' airspace to test the military alliance's air defences and search for weak points, Zelenskyy said Tuesday.

How serious is the risk of escalation? The first step of any further escalation would be new Russian incursions. That could happen if the Russians think it may cause disruption or sow discord in Nato", says David Jordan, of the Freeman Air and Space Institute at King's College London.