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Wednesday 23 September 2026 · times in UTC

What the front pages led with on 23 September 2026

13 news sites, 129 top headlines. The longest-running: UP Transformation Dialogues on The Times of India (IN), 4d 20h on top.

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BBC News (UK) 11 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:10 (from 22 Sep) 2h 50m Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines
  2. 01:10–06:30 5h 20m Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials from both countries meet on sidelines
  3. 06:30–11:00 4h 30m US and Iran hold first talks since June after Trump's 'annihilation' threat
  4. 11:00–13:20 2h 20m White House rolling out red carpet for historic Xi Jinping visit
  5. 13:20–16:20 3h 0m Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions
  6. 16:20–17:00 40m Ethiopia and Tigray accuse each of launching offensives, fuelling fears of new war
  7. 17:00–21:50 4h 50m Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'
  8. 21:50–22:10 20m Trump arrives to greet Xi in rare airport welcome to kick off three-day US visit
  9. 22:10–22:20 10m Trump and Xi shake hands at rare airport welcome to kick off three-day US visit
  10. 22:20–23:30 1h 10m Trump welcomes Xi at airport with red carpet and military flyover to kick off three-day US visit
  11. 23:30–00:00 30m Trump welcomes Xi to Washington as his trade secretary says US and China agree to extend trade truce

The Independent (UK) 9 headlines

  1. 00:00–02:00 (from 22 Sep) 3h 10m Pentagon officially adds one more soldier death to US count from Iran war
  2. 02:00–12:10 10h 10m TV host who Donald Trump joked to about sexual assault in video scandal gets new role at Fox News
  3. 12:10–13:40 1h 30m Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and the strange politics of living forever
  4. 13:40–14:40 1h 0m Trump team now wants to put his name on Ford’s Theater site of the Lincoln assassination: report
  5. 14:40–17:00 2h 20m Trump team now wants to put his name on Ford’s Theatre site of the Lincoln assassination: report
  6. 17:00–19:00 2h 0m Trump wants to redefine AI. The name he chose is extremely telling
  7. 19:00–21:10 2h 10m Trump ready to ban diesel gas exports to lower costs at home – something his own energy secretary says could backfire
  8. 21:10–22:50 1h 40m Judge says Trump did not follow ‘process’ with White House press ban but keeps CNN, MSNow in limbo
  9. 22:50–00:00 1h 10m Trump mocked as he welcomes Xi in winter gear during unusual airport greeting

RTÉ News (IE) 11 headlines

  1. 00:00–05:10 (from 22 Sep) 5h 50m 'No single solution to wrong-way driving,' cttee to hear
  2. 05:10–07:30 2h 20m Child trafficking under-identified in Ireland - IHREC
  3. 07:30–10:40 3h 10m Cancer patients losing average of €16,200 annual income
  4. 10:40–11:50 1h 10m 'No single solution to wrong-way driving,' cttee hears
  5. 11:50–13:40 1h 50m Chambers hints fuel excise cuts to be extended in Budget
  6. 13:40–14:10 30m Govt cannot do everything for everyone in Budget - Martin
  7. 14:10–16:30 2h 20m Boy who posted stolen car videos convicted over thefts
  8. 16:30–17:20 50m Weinstein resentenced to 15 years for sexual assault
  9. 17:20–23:20 6h 0m Iran's president tells Trump it will not 'bend the knee'
  10. 23:20–23:40 21m Xi arrives in US to personal Trump welcome
  11. 23:40–00:00 19m US invites Putin to December G20 meeting

ABC News (US) 7 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:00 (from 22 Sep) 5h 10m Iran live updates: Trump says team met with Iran delegation at UN
  2. 00:00–01:40 1h 40m Nolan Wells' parents make emotional plea for justice after no charges filed in death
  3. 01:40–09:10 7h 30m Macron tells ABC News' David Muir: 'Hormuz Strait was probably underestimated'
  4. 09:10–17:00 7h 50m Trump-Xi meeting comes amid tensions on Iran, Taiwan and trade: What to know
  5. 17:00–21:50 4h 50m Iran live updates: Iranian president pushes back at Trump during UN speech
  6. 21:50–22:40 50m Trump-Xi meeting comes amid tensions on Iran, Taiwan and trade: What to know
  7. 22:40–00:00 1h 20m Trump rolls out the red carpet for China's Xi

CBS News (US) 7 headlines

  1. 00:00–03:30 (from 22 Sep) 11h 59m In U.N. speech, Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran and defends foreign policy
  2. 03:30–03:50 20m U.S., Iran hold talks as Trump weighs cutting a deal or driving Iran "into hell"
  3. 03:50–11:10 7h 20m Iran's president in N.Y. as Trump weighs cutting deal or driving Iran "into hell"
  4. 11:10–19:20 8h 10m U.S., Iran hold first talks since June as Trump threatens annihilation
  5. 19:20–21:00 1h 40m DOJ defends Trump media ban, citing national security and "professionalism"
  6. 21:00–22:20 1h 20m Judge skeptical of Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico
  7. 22:20–00:00 1h 40m Trump rolls out the red carpet for Xi despite U.S.-China tensions

The Guardian (US) 15 headlines

  1. 00:00–02:00 (from 22 Sep) 7h 30m Trump defends actions in Iran and Venezuela amid rising tensions with allies
  2. 02:00–06:50 4h 50m Guardian political editor asks Trump about Iran war economic consequences
  3. 06:50–07:00 10m Trump calls on allies to enforce ‘complete economic isolation of Iran’ in UN speech
  4. 07:00–07:20 20m Oil prices fall in longest losing streak in a year on hopes of progress in US-Iran talks
  5. 07:20–10:50 3h 30m Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action
  6. 10:50–13:30 2h 40m Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald Trump
  7. 13:30–14:20 50m Iran’s president Pezeshkian to address UN general assembly before Zelenskyy takes the stage
  8. 14:20–15:00 40m Iran’s president Pezeshkian responds to Trump at UN General Assembly
  9. 15:00–17:00 2h 0m Iran denies dropping preconditions amid ‘very productive’ three-hour UN talks in New York
  10. 17:00–17:40 40m Argentina’s Milei slams ‘useless’ UN at its summit, saying it ‘looked the other way’ over Falkland Islands
  11. 17:40–20:30 2h 50m Iran’s president says his country’s people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States
  12. 20:30–21:50 1h 20m ‘Ukraine did not choose this war’, Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells UN general assembly
  13. 21:50–22:30 40m ‘We are not the ones seeking confrontation,’ Polish president says about Russia during UN address
  14. 22:30–23:30 1h 0m Trump greets Xi Jinping at plane as Chinese leader arrives for state visit
  15. 23:30–00:00 30m Trump greets Xi in rare personal welcome ahead of high stakes US-China summit

ABC News (AU) 15 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:00 (from 22 Sep) 2h 40m Trump tells UN he could 'annihilate' Iran but expects deal after midterms
  2. 01:00–02:00 1h 0m Prime minister defends social media reforms amid US backlash
  3. 02:00–02:10 10m Albanese and Trump meet after US criticises social media reforms
  4. 02:10–06:40 4h 30m Albanese and Trump meet after US criticises social media overhaul
  5. 06:40–08:00 1h 20m Australian rock legend Angry Anderson dies, aged 79
  6. 08:00–14:10 6h 10m Australian rock legend Angry Anderson dies
  7. 14:10–19:00 4h 50m Half of young Australian adults now living with parents, up from 39 per cent in 2001, survey shows
  8. 19:00–19:30 30m Inside the AI machine: How the tech race binds nations into dependence
  9. 19:30–20:30 1h 0m AI is now a geopolitical machine no country can fully control
  10. 20:30–20:40 10m Iran's president tells UN 'we will never bow' to US
  11. 20:40–20:50 10m AI agent accessed Australian government site, PM says
  12. 20:50–21:00 10m OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
  13. 21:00–21:30 30m Public and non-public data accessed in OpenAI Medicare breach, PM says
  14. 21:30–22:00 30m Non-public data accessed in OpenAI Medicare breach, PM says
  15. 22:00–00:00 2h 0m Non-public data accessed in OpenAI Medicare breach

South China Morning Post (HK) 17 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:40 (from 22 Sep) 3h 30m Can Xi and Trump use their leverage to actually make progress?
  2. 01:40–01:50 10m China launches commercial radio-tracking satellites in electronic warfare leap
  3. 01:50–03:40 1h 50m Split on US investments stalls Chinese business visit alongside Xi, sources say
  4. 03:40–04:10 30m Harness AI to propel manufacturing, Chinese Premier Li Qiang says
  5. 04:10–05:40 1h 30m Alibaba Cloud set to open new data centres in Europe as overseas push speeds up
  6. 05:40–06:20 40m Alibaba Cloud set to open new data centres in Europe as overseas push gains pace
  7. 06:20–07:00 40m Digital yuan speeds up as Ant International spurs instant cross-border transfers
  8. 07:00–07:10 10m Digital yuan push quickens as Ant International spurs instant cross-border flows
  9. 07:10–08:10 1h 0m China launches ‘mineral exploration offensive’ amid growing global uncertainties
  10. 08:10–09:10 1h 0m PLA chiefs’ downfall eliminated ‘political danger’, military mouthpiece says
  11. 09:10–11:10 2h 0m China’s first lady Peng Liyuan projects glamour and soft power on world stage
  12. 11:10–13:10 2h 0m China hawks grumble over Trump’s lavish welcome planned for Xi state visit
  13. 13:10–13:20 10m Xi-Trump summit: China’s state car has already proved a match for the US ‘Beast’
  14. 13:20–15:10 1h 50m China’s first lady Peng Liyuan projects glamour and soft power on world stage
  15. 15:10–21:50 6h 40m Will Xi and Trump find common ground on AI risk amid an escalating tech war?
  16. 21:50–22:50 1h 0m Xi begins 3-day US visit with rare airport welcome from Trump
  17. 22:50–00:00 1h 10m Xi’s US visit begins with rare airport welcome from Trump, trade truce extension

The Straits Times (SG) 6 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:10 (from 22 Sep) 2h 40m Trump warns in UN speech he could ‘annihilate’ Iran without peace deal
  2. 01:10–03:00 1h 50m 3.6m ‘shell pages’ on Facebook, Instagram found primed for scams after S’pore police tip-off: Meta
  3. 03:00–15:50 12h 50m Singapore cannot let its guard down and be complacent about peace and security: PM Wong
  4. 15:50–21:50 6h 0m Cambodia accuses Thailand of using scam crackdowns as excuse for attacks
  5. 21:50–22:10 20m Trump plans grand spectacle for potentially tense Xi talks
  6. 22:10–00:00 1h 49m Trump greets China’s Xi in rare airport welcome to kick off three-day state visit

The Times of India (IN) 1 headline

  1. 00:00–00:00 (from 19 Sep) 4d 20h UP Transformation Dialogues

Al Jazeera English (QA) 9 headlines

  1. 00:00–00:10 (from 22 Sep) 4h 10m Trump threatens Iran again as Witkoff, Araghchi meet in New York
  2. 00:10–07:40 7h 30m Trump confirms ‘very good’ talks with Iranian delegation at UN
  3. 07:40–13:00 5h 20m Iran calls Trump ‘annihilation’ threat a sign of ‘strategic desperation’
  4. 13:00–13:20 20m UNGA 2026: Iran’s Pezeshkian, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to speak amid wars
  5. 13:20–13:30 10m UNGA 2026: ‘Syria’s rising,’ says al-Sharaa; Pezeshkian, Zelenskyy to speak
  6. 13:30–14:20 50m UNGA 2026: Iran’s Pezeshkian, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to speak
  7. 14:20–18:30 4h 10m UNGA 2026: Pezeshkian responds to Trump, says Iran ‘victim of terrorism’
  8. 18:30–18:40 10m UNGA 2026: Zelenskyy says target is Russia’s revenues, not oil
  9. 18:40–00:00 5h 20m Iran ready for ‘dialogue, diplomacy, negotiations without force’

The Kyiv Independent (UA) 13 headlines

  1. 00:00–05:20 (from 22 Sep) 11h 30m Who are Usmanov and Fridman, the Russian oligarchs France helped remove from the EU sanctions list?
  2. 05:20–06:20 1h 0m Russian drone attack hits Kyiv gas stations, warehouses, officials say
  3. 06:20–07:20 1h 0m Russian drone attack hits Kyiv gas stations, warehouses, injures three, officials say
  4. 07:20–07:40 20m Russian drone attack hits Kyiv gas stations, warehouses, kills one, injures two, officials say
  5. 07:40–08:00 20m Russian drone attack hits Kyiv gas stations, warehouses, kills 1, injures 8, officials say
  6. 08:00–09:30 1h 30m Russian drone attack hits Kyiv gas stations, warehouses, kills 1, injures 7, officials say
  7. 09:30–10:10 40m Inside the Ukrainian drone unit controlling Russian-occupied Crimea’s highways
  8. 10:10–16:10 6h 0m As Russia adapts to Ukraine's middle strikes, elite drone units stay ahead of the curve
  9. 16:10–16:50 40m Russian citizen who served as Ukrainian Supreme Court's deputy chief charged with corruption
  10. 16:50–19:20 2h 30m Putin to be invited to G20 Summit in Miami, Rubio reveals
  11. 19:20–20:50 1h 30m 'Ukrainians did not choose this war. We choose not to die,' Zelensky says to UN General Assembly as he calls for peace
  12. 20:50–23:40 2h 50m Zelensky says Putin 'patient zero' of Russia's war as Ukraine calls for peace at UN General Assembly
  13. 23:40–00:00 19m Russian ballistic missile attack against Kyiv kills 1, injures 2 after day of drone strikes

Le Monde in English (FR) 8 headlines

  1. 00:00–01:30 (from 22 Sep) 6h 50m Trump's unpredictability forces America's Asian allies to rethink security
  2. 01:30–03:10 1h 40m Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran and claims Cuba will 'fall' in UN speech
  3. 03:10–07:50 4h 40m 'Macron, more than any of his predecessors, faces the challenge of not handing the keys of the Elysée to the far right'
  4. 07:50–08:20 30m At UN, Trump feigns hesitation between 'deal' and 'annihilation' of Iran
  5. 08:20–14:50 6h 30m Macron positions himself as Trump's opposite in last UN speech
  6. 14:50–16:10 1h 20m 'We can feel the RN wave coming': A traditional stronghold of French conservatives shifts right
  7. 16:10–18:30 2h 20m 'After Trump's failure in Iran, the Houthi offensive is another blow to a fragile house of cards'
  8. 18:30–00:00 5h 30m As Xi visits US, China now has the upper hand

Each line is one headline that held a site's top slot: when it was there that day, how long it stayed in all, and a link to its permanent record. A reworded headline starts a new line. We check each front page every 10m or so, so times are right to within a few minutes.

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