UN map vote, Greek air show crash, and Trump envoys head to Moscow

A Greek Phantom jet crashes at an air show; the UN adopts a new world map; Witkoff and Kushner prepare for Moscow and Kyiv.

UN map vote, Greek air show crash, and Trump envoys head to Moscow — A U.S.-made F-4 Phantom fighter jet of the Hellenic Air Force crashed today before thousands of spectators at the Athens Flying Week air show at Tanagra Air Base, north of Athens.[^1] Hellenic Air Force officials told the Associated Press that it is currently unclear whether the pilots managed to eject before the crash.[^1] The twin-seat aircraft went down in a fireball, with dramatic footage circulating on social media. The incident occurred during the annual event, which draws large crowds to the base. Last night, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution calling for a transition to the use of the Equal Earth map, which displays the African continent more accurately relative to its actual size.[^2] 164 countries supported the proposal; the United States was the only one to oppose, and six countries — Serbia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, and Ukraine — abstained.[^2] Togo's Foreign Minister, Robert Dussy, who promoted the proposal, said: "Maps shape our understanding of the world. They guide education, fuel the imagination, and influence collective perceptions."[^2] France's Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, praised the resolution and said: "Changing the map of course does not change the world. But correcting a representation that distorts it is already an act of truth."[^2] The Mercator map shows Greenland and Africa as roughly the same size, while in reality Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland.[^2] US President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are preparing to arrive in Moscow and Kyiv at the end of the week as part of a renewed American effort to advance the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine.[^3] According to the Russian news agency TASS, Witkoff and Kushner are expected to arrive first in Moscow on September 5, and then continue to Kyiv.[^3] The trip comes as the US also faces a separate military engagement: US Central Command attacked three Iranian oil tankers after the Revolutionary Guard launched ballistic missiles at two American warships over the weekend.[^4] Separately, a Syrian security source close to the regime in Damascus told K