What to know about President Trump's U.N. speech and today's meetings
o President Trump is addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York City at 9:50 a.m. on Tuesday.

o Dozens of other world leaders are also in town to give speeches and hold meetings at this year's General Assembly session, including U.S. allies as well as foes, like the president of Iran.

o Mr. Trump told reporters Sunday he plans to address "the good and the bad" happening around the world, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which the president has sought to end, and the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, which he has called a "disaster."

o White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the president will also highlight his accomplishments — as Mr. Trump touts a series of ceasefire deals his administration has helped broker.

o Also in the background of this year's sessions: Several U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom, Canada and France are set to recognize a Palestinian state, a move the U.S. and Israel have condemned. It's unclear if Mr. Trump will address that issue in his speech.

o While in New York, Mr. Trump is expected to meet with the leadership of Ukraine, Argentina and the European Union, among others.

Trump to speak on failures of globalism during U.N. address, White House official says
President Trump is expected to touch on the "return of American strength" and deliver "blunt" and "tough talk" about the failures of globalism during his U.N. address, a White House official said.

The official said the president will bring up his role in peace agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan; Thailand and Cambodia; and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He's also expected to bring up the recent U.S. strikes on boats from Venezuela and the airstrikes conducted by the U.S. on Iranian nuclear sites in June. Fox News first reported Mr. Trump's plans for his U.N. remarks.

A White House official said the president would "highlight his success in delivering peace on a scale that no other president has accomplished, while simultaneously speaking bluntly about how globalist ideologies risk destroying successful nations around the world."

The official said the president's expected criticism of globalism would include the "global migration regime, energy and climate, and how these ideologies pushed by globalists are on the verge of destroying successful nations."

Trump to speak on failures of globalism during U.N. address, White House official says
President Trump is expected to touch on the "return of American strength" and deliver "blunt" and "tough talk" about the failures of globalism during his U.N. address, a White House official said.

The official said the president will bring up his role in peace agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan; Thailand and Cambodia; and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He's also expected to bring up the recent U.S. strikes on boats from Venezuela and the airstrikes conducted by the U.S. on Iranian nuclear sites in June. Fox News first reported Mr. Trump's plans for his U.N. remarks.

A White House official said the president would "highlight his success in delivering peace on a scale that no other president has accomplished, while simultaneously speaking bluntly about how globalist ideologies risk destroying successful nations around the world."

The official said the president's expected criticism of globalism would include the "global migration regime, energy and climate, and how these ideologies pushed by globalists are on the verge of destroying successful nations."

Palestinian ambassador to U.K. urges Trump to keep his vow to broker peace
The senior Palestinian diplomat in the U.K., Ambassador Husam Zomlot, told CBS News on Tuesday that President Trump must live up to his vow to bring peace to the Middle East.

"We hope the U.S. will join this international momentum, and will be part of this real international quest, for an end to the genocide," Zomlot told CBS News at the Palestinian mission in London. "Whether the president or the Trump administration or any administration, the long-standing U.S. policy is a two-state solution on the 1967 borders. If not now, when? If not during the middle of a genocide, the middle of the most atrocious attack against the Palestinian people…when? The U.S. must be part of the solution, not part of the problem."

Palestinian ambassador Husam Zomlot speaks to the media
Just last week — and for the sixth time since Hamas-led terrorists attacked Israel nearly two years ago, sparking the ongoing war — the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, criticizing it for not going further in condemning Hamas. Over decades of support for Israel, Washington has vetoed dozens of U.N. resolutions linked to Palestinian sovereignty or statehood.

"It doesn't help," said Zomlot. "It's very counterproductive and it plays into the hands of (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, (Finance Minister Bezalel) Smotrich, (National Security Minister) Itamar Ben-Gvir and the fanatics in the Israeli government."

"I've had the opportunity to meet President Trump several times," he told CBS News, "and he always, always repeated that he is a man of peace. He wants to be the one who makes peace. He wants to be the one to finally, finally reach a peace agreement in Palestine."

"I want him to stick to that promise," the envoy said. "I think doing that requires an immediate, immediate intervention to stop the genocide. It's under his watch."

The Israeli government has rejected accusations, including from an expert panel commissioned by the United Nations, that its military operations in Gaza amount to genocide against the Palestinians, dismissing the claims as lies based on Hamas propaganda. It says the Israel has no intent to commit genocide and complies with international law.


Palestinian Ambassador to the U.K. Husam Zomlot speaks to media outside the Embassy of Palestine, formerly the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, in Hammersmith, London, as the U.K. formally recognizes Palestine as an independent state. VUK VALCIC/SOPA IMAGES/LIGHTROCKET/GETTY

Rubio says of effort to recognize Palestinian state: "The whole thing is irrelevant"
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday on "CBS Mornings" of the effort by several U.S. allies to ask the U.N. to formally recognize a Palestinian state that "the whole thing is irrelevant" as long as the war continues. He added that "it's almost a vanity project for a couple of these world leaders who want to be relevant." He said the effort has "made it even harder to get Hamas to enter into concessions" to bring an end to the war.

The secretary of state said there's "a window [of] opportunity right now" to bring an end to war in Gaza.

"The only leader in the world really that can sort of broker that or bring that together is President Trump," Rubio said. "That's why every country in the region, and frankly, every country in the world, including many of those involved in this recognition effort, are begging the president to get involved in this issue."

Rubio said "we'll have a very important meeting today with the majority of Muslim countries, including the Gulf kingdoms and others in different parts of the world, in the hopes of perhaps taking one last shot here at ending the conflict in Gaza, getting all of the hostages, all of them, released and putting together in place something where humanitarian relief can be provided to people safely without rewarding a terrorist group like Hamas."

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