🔴 Live: ‘We’re going to win because we’ve got no other choice’, Israeli PM Netanyahu says at UN

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the UN General Assembly on Thursday after dozens of delegates walked out during his speech. His address came hours after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Israeli policies threaten the "life and existence" of Palestinians and urged the assembly not to "allow another Nakba". Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates. Israel has 'no greater ally than Trump', Netahyahu says 'We will continue to defend our state, we will continue to win because we have no other choice': Netanyahu Israeli soldiers have been fighting ‘seven-front war’ for three years Netanyahu says Netanyahu is claiming success on most fronts saying that Israel has "hammered Hamas", and "pummeled Hezbollah". But he added, Israel is still under threat: "They try to murder us. Thosands of attempts per year". Netanyahu claims that the international media ignore attacks on Israel in favour of reporting on Palestinian casualties. Attacking Iran ‘one of the easiest decisions I have made as PM’: Netanyahu The Israeli prime minister added that if he had not taken action against Iran, "we would all be dead". Current conflicts in the Middle East were part of an ongoing concern in the region about the "existence of a Jewish state", he added. Netanyahu calls those who left hall ahead of his speech 'moral cowards' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be the next speaker at the UN General Assembly Numerous delegates are leaving the hall ahead of Netahyahu's speech. Xi tells Trump he backs US, Iran returning to peace deal, Xinhua reports Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House that China supports the US and Iran returning to a June deal that was meant to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, Xinhua news agency said. Protesters gather outside UN HQ ahead of Netanyahu's speech Demonstrators protest ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nations 81st General Assembly in New York City. 80 countries call at UN for full restoration of Gulf maritime navigation A coalition of 80 countries have called at the UN for the full restoration of maritime navigation in the Gulf, disrupted by Tehran after the start of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. "We call for the full restoration of navigational rights and principles without delay," said Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, reading a joint statement to journalists. Zelensky broke confidentiality with North Korea POWs disclosure, South's president says President Volodymyr Zelensky broke a confidentiality agreement by disclosing that Ukraine had sent North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea, Seoul's president President Lee Jae Myung has said. Zelensky on Wednesday told the United Nations that Ukraine had sent two North Korean soldiers to the South, adding they were "not easy to capture alive". The revelation prompted South Korea's political opposition to criticise the Lee administration for allowing a foreign leader to inform them of the prisoners' arrivals. "I do not know why the Ukrainian side broke the agreement and made the matter public, but it is very disappointing," Lee said on X. "The issue of bringing North Korean prisoners to South Korea is a highly sensitive one that could have a major impact on diplomacy, security and the situation on the Korean Peninsula," he said. Threat to 'life and existence': Major takeaways from Palestinian president's UN speech France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani takes a look at some of the main takeaways from Abbas' turn on the rostrum at the UN general assembly. Abbas thanks '160 countries that have recognised the state of Palestine' Abbas also called on countries that have not yet recognised Palestine to do so and for Palestine's inclusion with full membership into the UN. Abbas calls for accelerating implementation of second phase of Gaza peace plan The Palestinian leader also warned against Israeli plans to separate the West Bank into north and south zones and called on US President Donald Trump to "fulfil commitments" he made to Arab leaders to prevent the annexation of Palestinian lands. Israeli policies will ‘destroy two-state solution’, Abbas warns Abbas said that Palestinian people “seek a democratic Palestinian state” that "lives in peace alongside the state of Israel". "No lasting security can be built on the occupation of a people and the denial of their basic rights," he added. He called for a process to put an end to Israeli occupation and allows Palestinians to stay on their land. People in Gaza subject to ‘genocidal war’, Abbas says Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank "threaten life and existence of Palestinian people on their own land", Abbas told the general assembly. "The danger is no longer limited to undermining the two-state solution and preventing the realization of the Palestinian state," he added. Palestinians 'should not be punished for demanding an end to occupation', Abbas tells UN Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has slammed Washington's "punitive" decision to deny him a visa to attend the UN's signature diplomatic week. "We reject these unlawful punitive measures, and we reject the accusations and justifications on which they were based," he told the UN General Assembly in a pre-recorded video message. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be the next speaker at the UN General Assembly After being denied a visa by the US Mahmoud Abbas will address the assembly by video. Nigeria, US agree to increase mining investment Nigeria and the United States have agreed to "deepen American investment" in the mining sector of Africa's most populous country, Nigeria's minerals ministry said Thursday. The accord comes as US President Donald Trump has slashed foreign aid and instead prioritised investment deals, especially in Africa, where Chinese firms have deeper roots. Dele Alake, Nigeria's minister for solid minerals, and Christopher Landau, US deputy secretary of state, signed the "framework for American investment in Nigeria's $700 billion mineral resources" Wednesday in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the ministry said. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the UN Wednesday that the contested Golan Heights region would "remain Syrian" despite ongoing military occupation by Israel. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gave a defiant wartime address at the UN accusing the US of terrorism in his country and saying Iran would not "bend at the knee". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN General Assembly that Russian President Vladimir Putin had enlisted fighters from 47 countries including North Korea, Ghana and India to fight against Ukraine. Leaders of some of the world's biggest AI companies urged caution at the United Nations, warning that increasingly autonomous systems could outpace human oversight.