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"We believe that a blockade doesn't solve another blockade"

CNN's Becky Anderson spoke with @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu, António Costa, about the Middle East conflict during his visit to the UAE.

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Following an undercover investigation by CNN, Polish authorities have arrested a man in connection with the alleged rape of an “unknowing victim” that was recorded and shared online.

CNN's Saskya Vandoorne reports.

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Asian markets dip as investors assess fragile US-Iran ceasefire deal YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout

🌏 Asian shares are trading lower after Wednesday’s global rally faded amid growing doubts about a US-Iran ceasefire.

⚠️ Iran says it suspended transits through the Strait of Hormuz following what it called a ceasefire violation by Israel in Lebanon.

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From $500,000 weddings to crushing debt: The real cost of marriage in India YouTube video by CNN

As India's middle class grows, the expectations for a massive wedding keep rising. Now newlyweds and their families are feeling the squeeze with devastating and sometimes deadly impact.

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Asian stocks surge on hopes Iran war could end soon YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout

📈Asian stocks are surging, following Trump's claim that US could end its campaign against Iran in next 2-3 weeks.

🛢️Oil prices remain elevated. Avg US gas price hitting $4 a gallon, highest since 2022.

“Gas prices go up like a rocket and come down like a feather.”

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The Iranian regime has been rolling out propaganda on state media claiming they have more than a million troops organized to fight US forces.

CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports.

The vast network of men drugging and raping their wives YouTube video by CNN

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Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

Exposing a global 'rape academy.'

A months-long CNN investigation uncovers a hidden network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

New from CNN's Saskya Vandoorne, Niamh Kennedy and Kara Fox.

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Evacuation orders and air strikes are emptying Southern Lebanon of its civilian population as fears grow about when they can expect to return.

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh speaks to residents who have been displaced.

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has announced that Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was “eliminated” Monday night.

CNN's Oren Liebermann breaks down what we know so far.

Israel has intensified its air campaign on Lebanon over the last 24 hours.

CNN's Isobel Yeung spoke with a 16-year-old boy who was pulled out of the rubble of a struck building in the nearby town of Temnine el-Tahta.

Israel has raised the prospect of a major ground operation into Lebanon amid an intensifying conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.

CNN's Isobel Yeung is in Beirut amid a fresh wave of strikes across the city.

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Russia is helping Iran with advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine to hit US and Gulf nation targets in the Middle East, according to a Western intelligence official.

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In an interview with @biannagolodryga.bsky.social, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei continues the “very extremist and mad policies of his father."

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"I don't see any room for diplomacy anymore," Kamal Kharazi, Foreign Policy Advisor to the office of the Supreme Leader, tells CNN's Fred Pleitgen in an exclusive interview in Tehran.

He also said he believes the regime can continue with the war for a long time.

New CNN Investigation👇

Forensic analysis of videos and satellite imagery shows how US-Israeli strikes have damaged Iranian hospitals, schools and gyms near targets.

From CNN's Katie Polglase and the investigations team.

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CNN Senior International Correspondent Fred Pleitgen and his team have just crossed the border into Iran.

CNN is the first US network into the country since the start of the war.

His report 👇

As the Trump administration creates chaos in Iran, Jon welcomes @camanpour.bsky.social and Wendy Sherman to make sense of the situation. New podcast drops tomorrow.

Iran was not days or weeks away from having a nuclear weapon, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi told CNN's Becky Anderson today, contradicting a US claim that Iran posed an imminent nuclear threat.

CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports from Ramat Gan, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, the site of an intercepted Iranian missile strike.

The Israeli military has said it's begun attacking Hezbollah command centers and weapons storage facilities in Beirut.

CNN's Matthew Chance reports on what he is witnessing on the ground in the Lebanese capital.

Iran targets Strait of Hormuz, global energy supply YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout

🚢⛽️⁉️ Iran is threatening to attack any ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

It has also hit energy sites in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait... sending oil and LNG prices surging and risking a clash with top crude importer China.

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Earlier today, CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward witnessed an Iranian drone flying overhead at the Iraq-Iran border.

Iran conflict triggers global travel shock YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout

✈️The Iran conflict has triggered a global aviation shock we haven’t seen in years.

Major airports in the Middle East remain closed.

Major airlines have cancelled flights.

Scores of travelers are stranded. Australia says 115,000 residents are stuck overseas.

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CNN's Bijan Hosseini reports from Doha where "six or seven loud explosions" in the sky on Monday morning, as reports of Iranian strikes were coming from various locations around the Gulf.

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Kuwait's defense ministry says "several" US military aircraft have crashed https://cnn.it/4aY0yzN