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Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.

Coming to you live from London, I'm Shai Mechaliel, and we'll start in New York.

One of the key moments at the UN General Assembly is when the U.S. President

takes to the podium. The speech is seen as America setting the tone for how it sees the

world and its role in its key events. But President Trump's in New York today appeared more

in line with a Maga Rally speech than a global vision by the leader of the free world, especially

when he took aim at fellow

leaders and allied countries. If you're scratching your head at some of his remarks, you're not

alone. There were some humorous and frankly bizarre moments in a speech that went way over time.

I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal.

All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle.

If the first lady wasn't in great shape, she would have fallen,

but she's in great shape. We're both in good shape. We both stood. And then a teleprompter

that didn't work. This is, these are the two things I got from the United Nations, a bad

escalator and a bad teleprompter.

Thank you very much.

And by the way, it's working now.

Just one on.

Thank you.

Some laughter there and muted applause, but there were also shock and gasps on the floor when President Trump described climate change as, quote, the greatest con job ever.

He seemed to gloss over some of the bigger issues in his speech, briefly mentioning the war in Ukraine,

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