Over the past two days a handful of countries have recognised Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly. UNGA brings the world’s media to America, to the institution’s grand headquarters in New York, where delegates and journalists pour through security checks. Before speaking, he met the father of an Israeli hostage, and began his speech by calling for their release. He argued that this was as much about Israeli as Palestinian security, as he warned about the damage of this endless war and humanitarian crisis. 10 says this is about diary pressures, as the conference comes between a state visit, Labour conference and more international travel to follow.