UN General Assembly highlights: Leaders warn on climate, AI, and conflict

The United Nations General Assembly convened amid global instability, with leaders addressing wars, climate change, and AI threats, while several notable speeches and events occurred beyond the main headlines. French President Emmanuel Macron warned against a "return to the law of the jungle," urging commitment to international law and condemning inaction on Gaza and strikes in the Ukraine-Russia war. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian defiantly accused the US of terrorism, while Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a pre-recorded address after being denied a US visa. Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah called catastrophic flooding a climate warning, and Pacific leaders echoed existential climate threats. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his final address to urge AI regulation, conflict resolution, and UN reform, bidding farewell while vowing to champion peace.