Trump's UN speech, ICC sanctions and Turkey's LGBTQ+ crackdown (Updated)

Hi, I'm Tara Oakes in Liverpool. And I'm Christopher Waljasper in Chicago. It's Tuesday, September 22nd. Today, Trump speaks at the UN General Assembly. While his approval rating hits its lowest point ever. And Turkish authorities widen a crackdown on LGBTQ plus groups. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, 7 days a week. Download the app today. And you. Use code SPOTIFY to get $150 instantly in lineups if you win your first $5 lineup. Prize picks run your game. A lot has happened since we last gathered here one year ago. U.S. President Donald Trump, with perhaps the understatement of the year at the UN General Assembly in New York City. The biggest change since last year's meeting, the U.S.'s ongoing war with Iran, which Trump defended in front of world leaders. Is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. The cowards and traitors, thank you. Trump repeated the claim that he thinks a deal could be made after the U.S. midterm elections in November. Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no hope? No chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations. But I believe we'll make a deal right after the election. Trump touted his foreign policy wins while promoting the increasingly interventionist approach of the United States. He highlighted the U.S. raid in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro and has led to deals between U.S. oil companies and Caracas. It was a war, but it's perhaps the biggest deal. Ever made to the victor belong the spoils. You've all heard that. Trump also doubled down on his dismissal of warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence and said that the U.S. would encourage A.I. development, not rein it in. He's also proposing changing the name of the technology to super intelligence. Going to stifle growth of something that will be bigger than the industrial revolution. Many say bigger. Bigger than the industrial revolution or the internet itself. While international diplomacy plays out at the U.N. on the domestic front, President Trump's approval rating has dropped to 32%. That's the lowest point of his political career, according to a new Reuters-Ipsos poll. The survey points to growing frustration over two issues, the cost of living and the war with Iran. And some of that frustration is showing up inside Trump's own party. Support among Reuters fans is growing. Some Republicans fell from 82% to 73% in just one week. The poll also finds Democrats opening their biggest lead of the year ahead of November's midterm elections. Now, during Trump's speech to the U.N., he didn't mince words about his disdain for the International Criminal Court. You're an evil group of people. I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue institution immediately. Trump is promising to protect U.S. service members from any legal actions from the ICC. Two sources have told Reuters that the Trump administration is planning to prepare sanctions against the entire International Criminal Court. Washington has already sanctioned a number of ICC judges and prosecutors. And this move would be a sharp escalation in the U.S. government's attack on the court, which prosecutes the world's worst crimes. Amsterdam bureau chief Antony Deutsch has more. Trump has opened disdain for international organizations and international justice. And there's been a creeping campaign against the court for the past year, or rather since the Trump administration came to power. The escalation really came to a head in July when Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he was going to launch a campaign aimed at the U.S. government. He said it taking down the court brick by brick is the way he worded it. The ICC, which has about 900 employees from 100 countries, was created in 2002 to prosecute individuals accused some of the worst crimes known to humanity. So you're talking about war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. So it's a, you know, it's an extreme policy measure which could undermine the day to day functioning of the court. So in practical terms, what will happen? The court could be barred from using the dollar denominated international banking system. So they're going to have trouble doing simple things like paying their some of their staff unless they can find or use alternative banks to do so. And other simple examples would be U.S. companies that are supplying services to the court. So think of basic things day to day like e-mail. I cloud services that could no longer be able to use U.S. companies that are supplying those services because they could be afraid of also being targeted by U.S. sanctions. Show button here. Football is finally back and prize picks is going crazy with the deals to start the season, giving out promos every day in September on prize picks. You can make all the picks you want all in the same app. And now prize picks is available nationwide. So what are you waiting for? Lock in for kickoff because everyone and everything is on prize picks. What you want? Download the app today and use code Spotify to get one hundred fifty dollars instantly in lineups. If you win your first five dollar lineup prize picks run your game. Turkish authorities are increasingly targeting LGBTQ plus groups. Lawyers say dozens of people have now been arrested pending trial. More than a hundred others were detained during protests in Ankara and Istanbul. The latest arrests include five transgender women in Ankara. The arrests follow coordinated raids across several provinces. Turkish authorities say the operation called My Family is Safe is meant to protect children and family values. But rights groups and opposition politicians say they're concerned about growing restrictions on civil society in Turkey. In Ankara, there has been public backlash against it, mostly from members of the LGBTQ community and members of these organizations and associations that have been targeted, so they have gone out to demonstrate in protest and we have seen an outpour of support on social media as well, but it hasn't been shown on mainstream media and obviously in Turkey, a large portion of the media is pro-government or lenient towards the government, so we have seen an outpour of support on social media as well. So that makes it very difficult for certain outlets to publish certain things, and because of this, it becomes difficult for the public to really have a 100% objective idea of what's happening. But those who have been following the issue have voiced support. Obviously, there is also a segment of the population that supports these arrests and these operations. Now, keep in mind that this isn't just a one-off operation or a one-off week of operations. This is the result of years of preparation by the government in terms of rhetoric and approach and policy that has been anti-LGBTQ and to the point of suppressing some of their rights and making sure that they're silenced and muzzled as much as possible. So I don't believe that this is the first time we're going to be seeing this or the last time that we're going to be seeing this. Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, is stirring up controversy with his new memoir. In the book, Swan Song, My Sister, he claims King Charles was, quote, His version of events has been rejected by Buckingham Palace in unusually strong terms, saying in a statement that, quote, Fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and colour memory. 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