World leaders gather in New York for UN General Assembly
24 September 2019 |
12:34 pm
World leaders and diplomats are gathering in New York for the UN General Assembly with plenty of geopolitical intrigue at play. Among them, U.S.-Iran tensions will likely overshadow this week’s meetings though odds of a meeting between President Trump and the Iranian delegation are fading fast. Bloomberg’s Josh Wingrove reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
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