Episode Details

New York City is awash with VIP visitors this week as world leaders gather for the UN General Assembly - but two men in particular are commanding global attention. One is skipping the UN to receive a red-carpet welcome from President Donald Trump, while the other faces threats of arrest the moment he lands.

China’s Xi Jinping receives full state visit honors ahead of high-stakes talks with Trump on everything from the AI war to the future of Taiwan. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lands under fire as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani calls for his arrest under an ICC war crimes warrant.

Netanyahu has rerouted to New Jersey  - and in an explosive pre-speech video, he’s firing back.

Piers Morgan speaks to Jeffrey Sachs before speaking to his panel; foreign policy expert and former US deputy assistant secretary of state Joel Rubin, geopolitical analyst and self-styled ‘China insider’ Cyrus Jansen, poltiical analyst Gordon Chang and US-Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani.

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:02:00) Jeffrey Sachs

(00:07:45) The rise of China and economic imperialism

(00:12:49) Mamdani’s calls for Netanyahu’s arrest

(00:18:35) Donald Trump at the UNGA threatening to wipe out Iran

(00:23:06) Netanyahu and Trump facing crucial elections

(00:24:45) A shift in power from America to China

(00:29:38) Gordon Chang addresses Trump criticism

(00:31:13) What will happen in the U.S. midterm elections?

(00:33:15) What will happen when AI begins to think for itself?

(00:36:46) Netanyahu to speak in New York against backdrop of Haaretz report

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