The Telegraph, Guardian, Independent i and the online edition of the Financial Times all cover yesterday’s speech by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Abbas, who had threatened a “bombshell” in his speech, said that the PA no longer considers itself bound by the Oslo Accord peace agreements of the 1990s, due to what Abbas claimed are Israeli violations. Abbas gave little indication of what this would mean in practice. Despite speculation otherwise, he did not however announce the dissolution of the PA or the end of security cooperation with Israel, two scenarios which would likely have an immediate practical impact.

Meanwhile, the Times, Independent i and the online edition of the Guardian all cover the raising of the Palestinian flag at UN headquarters in New York yesterday for the first time. Although the Palestinian UN delegation is categorised as representing a non-member observer state, a UNGA vote last month paved the way to yesterday’s ceremony, although the UK along with most European countries abstained.

The Times, Telegraph and Daily Mail all cover Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance at a Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) reception during the Brighton party conference. All highlight that towards the end of a speech in which Corbyn addressed the conflict with the Palestinians, but did not mention Israel at all, a heckler vocally pointed out his omission.

The Times and the online edition of the Guardian report Russia’s first air strike in Syria yesterday. The Times says that Russian jets targeted three areas, Homs, Hama and Latakia and their targets included a town held by the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, with more than 40 civilians killed. The online editions of the Guardian and Financial Times both cover comments by US Defence Secretary Ash Carter, who said that the Russian air strikes did not target ISIS and that Moscow is “pouring gasoline” on the Syrian conflict. The Telegraph online reports that Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond told the UN yesterday that Russia will share responsibility for Assad’s crimes if its target is not ISIS.

In commentary on Russia’s Syrian intervention, a Guardian analysis predicts a “rerun” of Afghanistan. In the Independent, Patrick Cockburn says that having joined the conflict and seemingly taken the international lead in Syria, “Moscow must now win it [the conflict] or lose its new-found status.” Also in the Independent, Paddy Ashdown decries a British “diplomatic failure of inglorious proportions” in Syria.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Haaretz and Maariv is coverage of PA President Abbas’s speech to the UNGA yesterday, in which he threatened to cease upholding the Oslo Accords. He accused Israel of acting to destroy the two-state solution. Israel Radio news highlights the response of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called Abbas’s speech “deceitful and encourages incitement and lawlessness in the Middle East.” Israel Radio news also quotes opposition leader Isaac Herzog, who accused both Abbas and Netanyahu of choosing sloganeering rather than taking action towards peace.

The top story in Israel Hayom is yesterday’s Russian air strike in Syria, leading with a headline summarizing international disunity, which states “Obama talks, Putin bombs.” Meanwhile, both Haaretz and Israel Radio news highlight that Israeli officials were informed in advance of the air strike by their Russian counterparts. The move would appear to be the result of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit last week to Moscow, where he agreed a mechanism with Russia’s President Putin to avoid any confusion over military actions in Syria.

Israel Radio news also reports that Roni Alsheich, who is Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan’s candidate to become Israel Police chief, will this morning appear before the committee for senior public appointments to assess his candidacy.