| Hi, everyone, and welcome back to the Daily Review. | Today at WPR, columnist Frida Ghitis unpacks Donald Trump’s low-impact speech at the U.N. General Assembly this week. And Elfadil Ibrahim lays out why holding Palestinian elections in November as scheduled will be a tall order. | Scroll down for more on those items. But first, here’s our take on today’s top story: |  | President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at Joint Base Andrews, MD, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo by Mark Schiefelbein) |
| U.S. President Donald Trump personally greeted Xi Jinping at a military airfield Wednesday to kick off the Chinese leader’s state visit to Washington. The rare gesture was a sign of the importance Trump has placed on ensuring the two-day summit is a success. Nevertheless, the criteria for measuring that success appear to be modest, with the goal seemingly to ensure the two men’s third face-to-face meeting since Trump’s return to the presidency, including most recently his trip to Beijing in May, is not their last. | If the bilateral talks this week had a motto, it would be, “no breakthroughs, but no breakdown.” They will cover a familiar litany of issues, but also one that did not figure with such urgency in May: the question of whether and how to regulate the development of artificial intelligence. | The question has surged into the spotlight in recent weeks due to a series of incidents involving … |
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| | U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the high-level meetings of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was no doubt intended to showcase his penchant for militarism and unilateralism, as well as his open disdain for the institution he was addressing. But the primary impact was to demonstrate that, after a decade on the global stage, he has lost much of his ability to shock and even to accidentally amuse the world, WPR’s Frida Ghitis writes. | | | For nearly three years, media coverage of Palestine has largely centered on Israel’s brutal war in Gaza, with its excruciatingly high civilian death toll that has resulted in Israeli officials facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. But another, quieter story has been building: The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has decreed legislative elections will be held in November for the first time in two decades. However, political infighting, Israeli restrictions and years of war are stacking the odds against the polls being held successfully, Elfadil Ibrahim writes. | | | Morocco: A centrist party aligned with the monarchy won Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, securing 97 of 395 seats, according to provisional results. The Authenticity and Modernity Party, part of the outgoing ruling coalition, is now expected to lead the next government that will oversee preparations for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup. However, in Morocco’s hybrid political system, the king maintains control over key portfolios like foreign policy, national security and religious affairs. | The vote was the first since Gen Z-led protests last year that highlighted frustration over unemployment and the high cost of living. The voter turnout was around 38 percent, the lowest since 2007, reflecting widespread disillusionment, particularly among young voters who expect little change from a political system where the palace retains broad powers. | As we noted in yesterday’s newsletter, younger Moroccans are also voting with their feet. In late July, tens of thousands crossed the border into the Spanish territory of Ceuta in a mass exodus, while thousands more have tried to leave through other means. That is a choice that reflects not just a lack of economic opportunities, but also the absence of political agency. | | Venezuela: In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez pledged that “elections will be held in Venezuela,” at some point in the future, without specifying … Purchase your premium subscription now to make sure you don’t miss important news and analysis. | India: The country’s Election Commission is under scrutiny after a newspaper investigation published yesterday found that rushed changes to voter rolls prevented millions of people from voting. The Indian Express reported, based on … Purchase your premium subscription now to make sure you don’t miss important news and analysis. | U.S., China: The Pentagon is investigating how components from an Australian shipment of F-35 components, the U.S. military’s most advanced fighter jet, ended up in Hong Kong, prompting a … Purchase your premium subscription now to make sure you don’t miss important news and analysis. | | More From WPR | | Read all of our latest coverage here. |
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