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CNN By Sophie Tanno and Helen Regan, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after exit polls showed his opposition conservatives were on track to win Sunday’s election, in a vote that also saw surging support for the far-right. Merz, an

By Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, Frederik Pleitgen and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after exit polls showed his opposition conservatives were on track to win Sunday’s election, in a vote that also saw surging support for the

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is “sitting in an armchair today and continuing with his treatment” for pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday. In a medical update later in the day, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff has shown a “further, slight improvement” and that

CNN By Kostyantyn Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Billy Stockwell and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was “ready” to resign as leader if it meant it would bring peace to his country, suggesting he could swap it for NATO membership – while also pushing back against US demands for Ukraine’s

By Kostyantyn Gak, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Billy Stockwell and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was “ready” to resign as leader if it meant it would bring peace to his country, suggesting he could swap it for NATO membership – while also pushing back against US demands for Ukraine’s critical

By CNN Staff (CNN) — The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah took place on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event was intended as a show of strength

By Eugenia Yosef, Abeer Salman, Billy Stockwell, and Irene Nasser CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military deployed tanks Sunday into the occupied West Bank Sunday for the first time in more than two decades and said residents who had been “evacuated” will be prevented from returning, in a move decried by Palestinian authorities as an escalation

By CNN Staff (CNN) — The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is taking place Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event is intended as a show of strength

By Soph Warnes and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump is pushing for a quick end to the war in Ukraine, but it’s proving more difficult than he thought. A heated meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has left the White House reeling, with some top US officials suggesting Zelensky

By Esha Mitra and Lex Harvey, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Five years ago, a 13-year-old girl, the daughter of poor wage laborers from one of India’s most marginalized communities, was allegedly sexually abused by one of her neighbors in the village where she lived. Her alleged abuser filmed it and police are investigating whether

CNN By Antonia Mortensen and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, adding that his mild kidney issues are not concerning. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father, although critical, show a slight improvement. Even today there

By Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and several are wounded following a knife attack at a town market in eastern France, in what French authorities have described as an act of terror. “Horror has just gripped our city. A man attacked passers-by at the covered canal market with a knife, several

By Nick Paton Walsh and Victoria Butenko Kyiv (CNN) — A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one President Zelensky would accept,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations. “It is a strange offer to try and take from a country

By Nick Paton Walsh, Darya Tarasova and Kosta Gak, CNN Kyiv & London (CNN) — The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues, according to videos and testimony obtained by CNN. Frontline

By Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN For weeks, an unpleasant dream haunted Md (short for Mohammed) Atik Ullah Khan. In his sleep, he heard machine guns and saw himself stuck in a fierce fight between a group of pirates and navy commandos. He woke up sweating. “I was running and running… trying

By Abeer Salman, Eugenia Yosef, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Mick Krever, Ivana Kottasová, Billy Stockwell, Brad Lendon, and Irene Nasser (CNN) — Israel has delayed an expected release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for returned Israeli hostages “until further notice,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society said early Sunday. Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office confirmed

By Max Saltman and Avery Schmitz, CNN and Sebastian Jimenez Valencia and Rocio Munoz-Ledo, CNNE (CNN) — Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Sinaloa cartel are among the two gangs and six drug cartels the US has officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations, fulfilling a long-standing goal from US President Donald Trump’s first term in

By Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — For days, they say they were locked inside a hotel in Panama, surrounded by tight security with limited contact with the outside world. Nearly 300 migrants from Asia, all deported by the US, were held there by Panamanian authorities who agreed

By Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Voting opened Sunday in a German general election that opinion polls suggest will bring a new chancellor and a new governing coalition. The country’s elections are often a little dry and predictable, but this campaign has been eventful by comparison. Last November, Chancellor

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities arrested two alleged high ranking members of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel this week, just days before the Trump administration designated that group and others based in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations. The list includes transnational gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, as well as several cartels including