Overview

• President Donald Trump criticized countries including France, Belgium, Canada and the United Kingdom for recognizing a Palestinian state, arguing such moves reward Hamas.
• Jordan’s King Abdullah II countered that Palestinian statehood is a fundamental right, not a concession, reinforcing broad support for a two‑state solution.
• UN Secretary‑General António Guterres warned that the organization’s founding principles are under siege and later met with Trump, who said he supports the UN 100 percent as Guterres called the United States essential.
• Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenski said he will seek a General Assembly resolution condemning Russia for the deportation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children, as Canada pledged funding for an AI‑based system to help locate them.
• Police arrested demonstrators who tried to block traffic on 42nd Street near UN headquarters, with heavy security causing visible delays for cyclists and disruptions around the venue.