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Poland blames Russia after rail track used to transport aid to Ukraine is destroyed by ‘act of sabotage’

By Catherine Nicholls, Antonia Mortensen, Charlotte Reck, and Char Reck, CNN (CNN) — Polish officials have pointed the finger at Russia after a key train track was destroyed in what Warsaw said was an “unprecedented act of sabotage” committed by two Ukrainian citizens who were “collaborating with Russian services.” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said

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The receding waters of Latyan Dam reveal a dry riverbed near Tehran

Iran turns to cloud-seeding as historic drought causes driest fall in 50 years

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — To combat a severe water crisis, Iranian authorities have begun cloud-seeding operations to induce rainfall, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday, amid the driest fall in half a century. Iran’s National Weather Forecasting Center of the Meteorological Organizations said Saturday that rainfall across the country has decreased

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Ecuador's Minister of the Interior John Reimberg posted this photo after Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barre

Alleged leader of Ecuadorian drug trafficking gang Los Lobos arrested in Spain

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español (CNN) — Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barré, known as “Pipo,” the alleged leader of drug trafficking gang Los Lobos – Ecuador’s most powerful and violent criminal organization – has been arrested in Spain, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced on Sunday. “Today we captured ‘Pipo’ Chavarría, the

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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh holds a press conference in Tehran on May 9

Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has described his country’s nuclear program as still “intact” despite admitting that US and Israeli strikes badly damaged facilities earlier this year. In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen Sunday, Khatibzadeh said Iran’s “peaceful nuclear program is intact, as we are speaking,”

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Danish police conducting spot checks on incoming traffic from Germany stand at the A7 highway border crossing in 2016.

Britain announces ‘most significant’ change to asylum rules in years, setting Europe’s longest route to settlement

By Christian Edwards, Laura Sharman, CNN London (CNN) — Britain plans to carry out the most significant reform of its asylum policy in modern times by making refugee status temporary and quadrupling the wait for permanent settlement to 20 years, as the Labour government confronts a “broken” asylum system that has fueled support for right-wing

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Communist and far-right politicians battle for Chile’s presidency in election dominated by crime and immigration

By Michael Rios, Cristopher Ulloa, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Chile faces a stark range of candidates in Sunday’s presidential election where the frontrunners include a longtime Communist Party member and two ultraconservatives. As the country grapples with growing crime rates, surging immigration and discontent with the policies of the leftist President Gabriel Boric, some

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Pope Leo walks on the day of an audience with international filmmakers and actors

Cate Blanchett and Spike Lee join Pope Leo as he hosts star-packed Vatican meeting

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Hollywood stars met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where the pontiff called cinema a “workshop of hope” and lamented declining audiences. The line-up of film stars and directors meeting the first American pope on Saturday included Oscar-winners Cate Blanchett, known for “Aviator” and “Elizabeth”, and Spike Lee, who

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Gaza is seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on October 29 in southern Israel. Scores of Hamas militants

Weeks into the Gaza ceasefire, scores of Hamas fighters remain stuck in tunnels under Gaza

By Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Deep underneath the wreckage of Rafah, southern Gaza, the war is not over. Scores of Hamas militants, split up into independent cells, are trapped in tunnels underground behind Israeli lines, as mediators try to find a solution that doesn’t collapse the month-old ceasefire

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Venezuela’s Maduro denounces US military drills in Trinidad and Tobago amid heightened tensions

By Michael Rios, Sophie Tanno, Mary Trina Mena, and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro criticized “irresponsible” plans for the United States to hold five days of military drills in Trinidad and Tobago beginning on Sunday. Supporters of the regime gathered on Saturday to watch Maduro’s address in the eastern Caracas neighborhood

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