This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Miles and at 17 Hours GMT on Wednesday the 24th of September, these are our main stories.
Russia has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that it is a paper tiger and that a real military power would have beaten Ukraine in a week.
Syria's interim leader, Ahmed Alshara, will address the United Nations General Assembly,
making him the first Syrian president to speak at the UN since 1967.
Also in this podcast.
This gene therapy news is really the first time in the history of Huntington's disease that we have convincingly slowed the progression of Huntington's disease.
How one of the cruelest genetic disorders has been successfully treated for the first time and a landmark deal to make a highly effective new HIV prevention drug available to poorer countries at a fraction of the price.
When it comes to the world's two largest nuclear powers,
it's always better if they trade metaphorical blows rather than real ones.
And that is, thankfully, what the US and Russia have been doing.
In an animal-themed war of words, the Kremlin's spokesman,
Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia is a real bear.
It was in response to this snub from Donald Trump after a meeting with the Ukrainian president in New York.
Russia should have stopped it.
But they've been three and a half years and they've gotten that so far.
So we'll see what happens.
But the other side can fight too.
And they've proven that maybe it's a pain.
It could be that Russia is a paper tiger.