Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday that attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the U.

Donald Trump arrived at the United Nations with diplomacy happening behind the scenes and a considerably less diplomatic message ready for the microphone. Nearly seven months into the war with Iran, negotiations are gathering pace in New York as mediators shuttle between Washington and Tehran in search of a possible way out.