Trump news at a glance: president backs Ukraine to ‘get their land back’ from Russia and lambasts UN

Trump says Ukraine can get back all the land lost to Russia since 2022

The US president delivered his upbeat assessment by claiming Russia was in big economic trouble, after meeting Zelenskyy in New York.

He wrote: “After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia Military and Economic situation and, after seeing the Economic trouble it is causing Russia, I think Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back.

“With time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, Nato, the original Borders from where this War started, is very much an option. Why not?”

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Trump calls for nations to expel foreigners in UN speech

Donald Trump launched a full-on assault on the UN during his general assembly speech, describing it as a feckless, corrupt and pernicious global force that should follow the example of his own leadership.

In an inflammatory speech on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Trump called for countries to close their borders and expel foreigners, accused the UN of leading a “globalist migration agenda”, and told national leaders that the world body was “funding an assault on your countries”.

The Guardian’s Andrew Roth said the speech was red meat for Trump’s supporters, and observers from across the aisle in the US quickly identified Trump’s likely audience as his own base.

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TV hosts celebrate return of Kimmel after backlash

Late-night television hosts credited people who boycotted Disney for getting Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night TV show back on the air after the corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration.

“We got word that our long national late-nightmare is over,” Stephen Colbert said during his show on Monday night. “Once more, I am the only martyr in late night, unless … CBS, you want to announce anything?” Colbert joked, referencing CBS’s decision to cancel his show earlier this year. “Still no?”

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‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss Trump's claim on painkillers

Global health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump that made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and vaccines.

In a sign of how worried foreign governments are about the US president’s comments, the health secretary of the UK, which is one the US’s closest allies, told the British public they should not “pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine”.

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Trump cancels Democrat meeting as federal shutdown looms

Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not meet with top congressional Democrats to discuss their demands for keeping the federal government open, prompting Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer to accuse the president of “running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there”.

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Macron phones Trump over motorcade hold-up

Emmanuel Macron had to walk half an hour by foot through New York after his speech to the United Nations on recognising Palestine as a state.

Video footage shows him getting out of his car to talk to police officers after they stop his vehicle to make way for the expected arrival of the motorcade of Donald Trump.

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Hegseth dissolves women’s military committee over ‘divisive feminist agenda’

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, ended an advisory committee on women in the armed services on Tuesday, saying it was putting forth a “divisive feminist agenda”.

“The committee is focused on advancing a divisive feminist agenda that hurts combat readiness, while Secretary Hegseth has focused on advancing uniform, sex-neutral standards across the Department,” said Kingsley Wilson, press secretary for the Pentagon.

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