Sightline with Tim Marshall: There's a lot to talk about at the UN General Assembly



The UN General Assembly, or UNGA, kicks off this week in New York with climate change at the top of the agenda.

Teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg, will be bringing her star-power to proceedings.

However with 193 countries represented and an increasing amount of local, regional and global pressures pushing for attention, the agenda is far from certain.

US President Donald Trump is speaking to the assembly and Iran's President Hasan Rouhani expected to make the trip.

India's Prime Minister Narindra Modi is attending as is Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and both will have Kashmir front and centre of any conversation.

While China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin are not expected it is unlikely that the countries will not be represented at any top table discussions.

With the Middle East, migrants and Brexit: UNGA has a lot to talk about.

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ROUTE TO TITLE

Round 1: Beat Leolia Jeanjean 6-1, 6-2
Round 2: Beat Naomi Osaka 7-6, 1-6, 7-5
Round 3: Beat Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-2
Round 4: Beat Anastasia Potapova 6-0, 6-0
Quarter-final: Beat Marketa Vondrousova 6-0, 6-2
Semi-final: Beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4
Final: Beat Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-2

The team

Fashion director: Sarah Maisey
Photographer: Greg Adamski
Hair and make-up: Ania Poniatowska
Models: Nyajouk and Kristine at MMG, and Mitchell
Stylist’s assistants: Nihala Naval and Sneha Maria Siby
Videographer: Nilanjana Gupta

COMPANY PROFILE

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Started: 2022
Founders: Hamza Iraqui and Abdessamad Ben Zakour
Based: UAE
Industry: Refurbished electronics
Funds raised so far: $10m
Investors: Flat6Labs, Resonance and various others

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