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The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ———————— TOP STORIES ———————— UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY — Ukraine’s president laid out a detailed case against Russia’s invasion at the United Nations and demanded punishment from world leaders in a speech delivered just hours after Moscow made an extraordinary announcement that it would mobilize some reservists for the war effort. SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN — The leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed to accelerate efforts to mend ties frayed over Japan’s past colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula as they held their countries’ first summit talks in nearly three years on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, both governments announced. ———————— NATIONAL ———————— TRUMP-LEGAL TROUBLES — Former President Donald Trump padded his net worth by billions of dollars and habitually misled banks and others about the value of prized assets like golf courses, hotels and his Mar-a-Lago estate, New York’s attorney general said in a lawsuit that seeks to permanently disrupt the Republican’s ability to do business in the state. ———————— INTERNATIONAL ———————— BRITAIN-GREEN KING — Now that he’s monarch, King Charles III — one of Britain’s most prominent environmental voices — will have to be more careful with his words.