
GAZA took the spotlight as the annual meeting at the United Nations general assembly opened in New York.
As the world’s leaders took it in turns to speak on Tuesday, the crisis in the devastated Palestinian territory received the greatest attention, though many also highlighted the conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan as well as climate problems, exclusion from UN decision-making and poor nations struggling to feed their populations.
King Abdullah of Jordan said: “I cannot recall a time of greater peril than this.”

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