Joe Biden tells UN world is at inflection point in farewell address as president [Video]

US president Joe Biden has addressed the United Nations for the final time before he leaves the White House, urging world leaders to work together in the face of global turmoil and geopolitical divisions.

Amid the growing conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and lingering tensions over China, Biden warned that the world was at an inflection point and that the test of its leaders was to “make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart.”

He also used his speech to defend his foreign policy record, reiterate concerns on climate change, and warn about the dangers of artificial intelligence, which he said had enormous benefits but also “brings profound risks, from …