Colombian leader warns UN humanity is making itself extinct

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro Urrego waits for audience noise to stop before he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday (Richard Drew/AP/PA)

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivered an ominous prophecy on Tuesday, painting a grim picture of what lies ahead if nations fail to swiftly redesign the way humans live.

“It has been a year in which humanity lost and without hesitation has advanced the times of extinction,” he said in his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.