Date: September 25, 2026
Host: Jim Schneider
MP3 | Order
Worldwide news from a Christian perspective. That’s what you’ll get each week when you review Crosstalk’s Friday News Round-Up & Comment. Here’s a sample of what Jim presented this week:
–President Trump used the United Nations gathering and the run-up to a White House summit to work through the largest foreign policy files on his desk in one stretch–Iran, Russia, China, artificial intelligence, Greenland, and a contracting global peace organization. Jim provided audio from the president’s comments.
–Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. and China have extended their trade agreement by 2 months, pushing the new end date to January 10th.
–President Trump launched a pointed attack on the International Criminal Court, calling it a “rogue institution.”
–Jim provided a portion of the remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
–A bipartisan group of 10 U.S. senators have called on President Trump to press visiting Chinese leader Xi Jinping to end China’s persecution of religious minorities.
–Chinese President Xi Jinping made history this week as the first Chinese leader to make two formal state visits to the U.S. He arrived with a bold proposal. Send 100,000 U.S. students to study in his communist nation.
–Democratic New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell resigned after an independent investigation substantiated sexual harassment and ethics violations against him.
–China’s President Xi Jinping told President Trump that the world’s two largest economies must avoid military confrontation, arguing that they can compete without allowing their rivalry to spiral into war.
–Xi Jinping said the U.S. and China must have both the ability and responsibility to develop and manage A/I for good while insuring that the technology remains under human control and serves the well-being of the people.
–China is rapidly expanding nuclear weapons infrastructure on at least 7 sites.
–Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that President Trump had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Miami to attend the G20 summit in December.
–Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week and begin talks on its nuclear program the following day if the U.S. lifts sanctions on Iranian oil exports, ends the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and releases some of Iran’s frozen assets.
