The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, meets Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, 25 September 2025. (Keystone/EPA/Ramil Sitdikov/pool)

☢️Rafael Grossi: ‘The UN has lost its ability for active diplomacy’. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s chief talks about the role he has played in managing potential and past nuclear tipping points globally, and his ambitions for the UN’s top job.

🎟️Trump apparently invites himself to the WEF. Some see the visit as a “first big test” for the Forum since the resignation of founder and chairman Klaus Schwab.

💼UN picks former Belgian prime minister to lead UNDP. De Croo, who also held the role of finance minister, would replace Achim Steiner as head of the programme, if the UN General Assembly gives the go-ahead.

🤖AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows. The European Broadcasting Union, together with the BBC, found that nearly half of all AI responses included at least one major issue, such as accuracy and distinguishing opinion from fact.

🇵🇸‘Fatal combination’ of disease, injuries and famine in Gaza is generational crisis, WHO tells BBC. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a massive increase in aid would be needed, noting that the quantities delivered since the start of the ceasefire have been smaller than expected.

⚖️Former UN official awaits extradition to US on bribery charge. A Spanish court seeks the extradition of Vitaly Vanshelboim, a former senior official at the UN Office for Project Services, accused of accepting $3 million in gifts after money went missing from an affordable homes programme.