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Faced with the explosion of artificial intelligence, which is arousing both enthusiasm and concern, the UN General Assembly adopts its first resolution on this sensitive social issue. The text, prepared by the United States and co-sponsored by dozens of countries, was adopted without a vote, by consensus, after several months of negotiations. IMAGES
Protesters gather near the United Nations headquarters in New York to call out the attendance of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the UN General Assembly. At least eight people have been killed in a crackdown on protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by morality police, according to a combined toll. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow, amid talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal. The meeting is Raisi's most important official visit abroad since he took office in August, and the first visit by an Iranian president to Russia since 2017. IMAGES
Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, an Emirati general accused of torture elected as new Interpol president, attends the closing ceremony of the organisation's General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey. The appointment follows generous funding by the United Arab Emirates for the Lyon, France-based body and accusations that Abu Dhabi has abused Interpol's system of so-called "red notices" for wanted suspects to persecute political dissidents. IMAGES
Iran's Ebrahim Raisi arrives for the presidential inauguration before parliament in Tehran, with Iran facing an economy battered by US sanctions, a grinding health crisis and thorny negotiations on its nuclear programme. IMAGES
The President of the United Nations General Assembly Volkan Bozkir says the "overdue ceasefire" in Gaza is "reassuring" after Israel and Hamas, the Islamists who control Gaza, announced a ceasefire aimed to close 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets. SOUNDBITE
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