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World Service,22 Sep 2026,26 mins

UN General Assembly: will diplomasy talks help the global oil market?

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We're assessing where a busy day of diplomacy at the UN General Assembly has left the global oil market. Face-to-face talks have begun between the US and Iran. But President Trump also concedes that a peace deal is unlikely before November. Can the stretched global oil supply survive that long? Also in the show, why are Xboxes on the wane, and why do women screenwriters write better movies? (Picture: 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City. Credit:Reuters)

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