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Leaders depart UN empty-handed, facing wider Middle East war

Edith Lederer and Jennifer Peltz

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New York | They gathered at the United Nations surrounded by unsettling warnings of an escalating conflict that could engulf the Middle East and further shatter international relations that are based on “multilateralism” – nations working together and sharing power.

A week later, world leaders headed home with the prospect of a broader war intensifying and global divisions front and centre, not only in the Middle East but elsewhere.

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