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Your nightly rundown of the day's top stories delivered straight to your inbox. View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Monday, September 28, 2015 Monday, September 28, 2015 NYTimes.com/NYTNow » Enjoy this newsletter? The NYT Now app for iPhone is now completely free. It's the fastest way to catch up with the news throughout the day. Download now. Michael Appleton for The New York Times Your Monday Evening Briefing By ANDREA KANNAPELL AND WILLIAM NABERS Good evening. Here's the start of tonight's briefing. Go to the full briefing.  1. Tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine dominated the opening of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Vladimir Putin praised the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, as a bastion against the Islamic State, while President Obama called him a tyrant "who drops barrel bombs to massacre innocent civilians." 2. The U.N. secretary general seated himself between Mr. Putin and Mr. Obama at a lunch, but absented himself for some of the toasts. The two leaders met privately later for the first time in more than two years, shadowed by Russia's maneuvering to build up its military presence and diplomatic power in Syria and its continuing support for Ukrainian separatists. Read the full briefing » ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes FACEBOOK @NYTNOW Get more NYTimes.com newsletters »  | Sign Up for the Morning Briefing newsletter » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The NYT Now Evening Briefing newsletter. As a member of the TRUSTe privacy program, we are committed to protecting your privacy. (...) | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2015 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018