Tornado hits Inner Mongolia
Footage shows a tornado hitting Inner Mongolia on Monday. No casualties were reported from the incident, according to a state media report.
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Hear from Israeli hostages' families after meeting with Witkoff
Steve Witkoff, the United States' Special Envoy to the Middle East, held a nearly three-hour meeting with the families of those still being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, telling them that the US' 'first priority' is getting the hostages back to Israel, the forum said. Fifty hostages remain in Gaza, at least 20 of whom are believed to be alive. CNN has reached out to Witkoff's team to confirm that he made these comments.
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Young Catholics flock to Rome for Youth Jubilee
Pope Leo XIV received a rock star's welcome and led a prayer vigil with young people participating in the Jubilee of the Youth in Rome. CNN's Christopher Lamb reports.
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Witkoff visits controversial Gaza aid site
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff spent over five hours in Gaza, and visited the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid site. He said the purpose of the visit was to give Trump 'a clear understanding of the humanitarian situation and help craft a plan to deliver food and medical aid to the people of Gaza.' CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports.
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United Nations' Relief Chief: If anyone can shift Israeli Government, 'It's of course, the Americans'
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour that if anyone can shift the Israeli government, it's the US, and addresses reports of how food aid is being intercepted.
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Amusement park ride splits in half in Saudi Arabia
At least 23 people were injured, three of them critically, when a fairground ride buckled in Saudi Arabia, sending passengers crashing to the ground, according to state media.
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Soldiers in Ukraine battle Russian drones
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports from the frontlines of Ukraine, where soldiers rush to bring in the wounded as drones constantly look for a target.
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US diminished a key weapons stockpile fighting Iran
The US used about a quarter of its supply of high-end missile interceptors during the Israel-Iran war, exposing a gap in supplies, and raising concerns about US global security posture. CNN's Tamara Qiblawi reports.
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Carney says Canada will recognize Palestinian state
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has joined France and Britain in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations, as international pressure builds on Israel over the ongoing war and starvation crisis in Gaza. President Donald Trump reacted to the announcement by threatening to derail trade talks with Canada.
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Two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide
Two leading Israeli human rights groups have accused Israel of 'committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,' becoming the first such organizations to make the claim. B'Tselem's Executive Director Yuli Novak and Physicians for Human Rights Israel's Executive Director Guy Shalev tell CNN's Christiane Amanpour what was behind their groups' decisions to use the word genocide.
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Watch F-18 fighter jet perform evasive maneuvers to avoid crashing into audience at airshow
A video verified by Reuters shows the moment when a Spanish F-18 fighter jet was forced to perform "evasive maneuvers" to avoid crashing into attendees during the Gijón Air Festival. The military praised the pilot's actions which ensured the safety of the attendees.
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Mothers risk their lives to get food in Gaza
Palestinian women face an awful choice between risking their own lives, which could deprive their families of their only remaining provider, or watching their children starve. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
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Medics perform surgery during earthquake
Video shows medics in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, continuing a surgery on a patient despite a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's far eastern coast on July 30.
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Tsunami warnings triggered after major earthquake
The strongest earthquake on the planet since 2011 has triggered tsunami warnings for parts of Russia, Japan, and Alaska, as well as all of Hawaii. CNN's Will Ripley reports on the 8.8-magnitude quake.
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Israeli settler kills activist who worked on Oscar-winning film
Odeh Hathalin, a prominent Palestinian activist who had worked on an Oscar-winning documentary, was killed on Monday during an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to local journalists and officials. CNN's Jeremy Diamond explains video circulated on social media that shows the gunman firing a hand gun in the vicinity of where Hathalin was said to be killed.
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Fans in England celebrate Women's Euro 2025 final win
Fans celebrate in London as England has been crowned champion of Europe for the second successive time after defeating Spain 3-1 on penalties in the Women's Euro 2025 final.
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Breaking down Israel's aid drops into Gaza
In the midst of a hunger crisis in Gaza, Israel and other countries have begun dropping aid by plane into the area. CNN's Nic Robertson breaks down how much effect this measure can offer, while the UN calls for substantial relief to come from aid trucks moving in quickly through open corridors.
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People fight for scraps of food in Gaza
CNN's Nic Robertson reports on the scarce food conditions in Gaza, with children and mothers fighting off starvation as soup kitchens face shortages.
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Trump vows more secondary sanctions for Russia oil buyers are coming, including potentially on China
US President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that more punishment was coming for countries buying Russian energy products after slapping a 25% tariff on India that is supposed to go into effect Thursday. 'You're going to see a lot more. So this is a taste,' he said in the Oval Office. 'You're going to see a lot more. You're going to see so much secondary sanctions.' The move is part of Trump's high-stakes effort to cripple Russia's economy over its war in Ukraine. He had set a Friday deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make peace before imposing that economic punishment. Previous rounds of US sanctions, including under Trump's predecessor Joe Biden, knocked Russia's economy but have not stopped Putin war machine. The strategy marks an escalation in Trump's use of tariffs, his signature second-term weapon. He has previously used them to pursue a sprawling agenda, from protecting US manufacturing to pressuring foreign governments on policy. These 'secondary tariffs,' however, are being used to force third-party nations into a choice: sever ties with a US adversary or risk further penalties. While Trump voiced optimism about progress made during a meeting Wednesday between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff, he suggested it wasn't enough to stave off the new sanctions. The top purchaser of Russian energy is China, with which Trump is working to negotiate a new trade deal. US officials have described significant progress on those talks. But Trump did not rule out applying the new secondary sanctions on Beijing, despite the potential for scuttling the trade discussions. 'One of them could be China,' he said. 'It may happen. I don't know. I can't tell you yet.' China previously said it will 'take energy supply measures that are right for China based in our national interests.' 'Tariff wars have no winners,' foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said during a news briefing last week. 'Coercion and pressuring cannot solve problems. China will firmly safeguard its own sovereignty, security and development interests.' The US and China are still working to extend a trade truce that held back triple-digit tariffs, which is set to expire on August 12. China's exports accelerated before that looming deadline, beating expectations to grow 7.2% in July from a year earlier – a faster pace than June's 5.8%. Trump's secondary tariff threats have escalated tensions between Washington and another of its most important trading partners. The US president announced sweeping and substantial tariffs on India Wednesday, making the penalties imposed on the world's fifth-largest economy among the highest the US charges. In addition to a 25% tariff set to go into effect Thursday, Trump also announced a 25% tariff on India that will go into effect later this month as punishment for importing Russian oil and gas. India responded to Trump's tariff escalation, defending its purchases of Russian oil. 'We have already made clear our position on these issues, including the fact that our imports are based on market factors and done with the overall objective of ensuring the energy security of 1.4 billion people of India,' a statement from India's Ministry of External Affairs said. 'It is therefore extremely unfortunate that the US should choose to impose additional tariffs on India for actions that several other countries are also taking in their own national interest.'
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Analysis: Trump may be forging progress in Ukraine or walking into Putin's trap
Donald Trump proclaimed 'great progress' toward ending the Ukraine war after announcing plans to meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But is Putin, to quote the US president in a previous, and rare, moment of lucidity on Russian relations, merely 'tapping (him) along' again? Trump's boiling frustration with Putin, who has tarnished the president's hopes of becoming a peacemaker worthy of the Nobel Prize, evaporated after his envoy Steve Witkoff emerged from a three-hour meeting Wednesday with the Kremlin strongman. Trump predicted that a summit within weeks could stop the war in Ukraine, saying there was a 'very good chance that we could be ending … the end of that road.' His bullishness was more in character than his stance over the past few weeks, when he's lambasted Putin's 'disgusting' air strikes on Kyiv and called the world leader he's always tried to impress the most 'absolutely crazy.' He cautioned Wednesday that there hadn't been a 'breakthrough' in Moscow. But he still seemed impossibly optimistic in light of Russia's recent drone and missile blitzes on Ukraine — some of the most intense yet — and the absence of any evidence over three years of combat that Putin has any intention of ending the horrific war. Trump has repeatedly claimed great progress is imminent since taking office in January — after promising and then failing to end the war in 24 hours. But Putin's reasons for continuing the war are far more compelling than any incentive Trump can give him to end it. 'I think we in Washington sometimes underestimate just how invested the Kremlin is in waging this war,' said David Salvo, a Russia expert and managing director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund. 'The legitimacy and the fate of the entire Putin regime is based on not just concluding this war on Russian terms but continuing to fight it for the foreseeable future, the entire economy is propped up around the war.' Salvo, a former State Department official, added, 'I just don't see anything that's going to move the needle and change the calculus of the Kremlin.' Still, successful peacemaking often requires presidents to take risks. And if Trump somehow did manage to initiate a genuine peace process, he'd save potentially thousands of lives in a war that has devastated Ukrainian civilians. He'd also achieve a major milestone for the US and himself. So is there any reason for optimism? A Putin summit would be a grand moment of statesmanship and offer Trump a long-hoped-for one-on-one with the Russian leader and the chance to test his belief that, in person, he can use his dealmaking skills to end the war. Trump is also proposing a trilateral meeting that would bring together Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the most significant diplomatic encounter since the illegal Russian invasion three years ago. Russian has not yet publicly confirmed either of the summits. Moscow typically prepares for such meetings with painstaking lower-level talks, which it often uses as delaying tactics, so it might bristle at the rush. But the raised stakes of a presidential meeting could put pressure on Putin to deliver at least something Trump can call a win. This might include a deal to halt air attacks on civilians, even if a full ceasefire and peace deal could take many months to clinch. But Russian ceasefire pledges are often not worth the paper they are written on. Significant progress would also validate Trump's new strategy of trying to coerce Putin to the table with punishments rather than flattery. It may be no coincidence that apparent movement in the war came on a day when Trump said he'd slap heavy tariffs on India — one of the top buyers of the Russian oil that bankrolls the war effort. In two days, Trump faces his own deadline to also impose new sanctions on Russia over its snub to his ceasefire demands. There was a rare note of optimism in Ukraine on Wednesday. 'Russia now seems to be more inclined toward a ceasefire — the pressure is working,' Zelensky said in his nightly wartime address. Putin may still be playing the same old game. In the first seven months of Trump's second term, he's been humiliated by Putin ignoring his peace efforts and making a mockery of Trump's claims that the Russian leader sincerely wants peace. Even Trump, who has a long history of genuflecting to the Russian leader, seems to have realized he was taken for a fool. But Putin could be stringing Trump along again after meeting Witkoff, who left previous Kremlin meetings amplifying Russian talking points and whose record is threadbare to date on peacemaking in the Middle East and Ukraine is threadbare. The president admitted he doesn't know what Putin's game is. 'I can't answer that question yet,' he told reporters on Wednesday. 'I'll tell you in a matter of weeks, maybe less.' Trump might try to bill any Putin summit as a win on its own. But he'd be granting Putin a prize without securing a price. The ex-KGB lieutenant colonel in the Kremlin may be banking on Trump's love of theatrical photo-ops that often don't yield much. His first-term summits with tyrant Kim Jong Un, for example, failed to end North Korea's nuclear program. Putin has long said he's willing to meet Trump when the moment is right, and such a meeting — which would evoke echoes of famous US-Soviet Cold War summits — would represent a reentry by a pariah leader on the world's top diplomatic stage. And any meeting would rekindle memories of the Helsinki summit in Trump's first term, when Putin was stunningly successful in manipulating his US counterpart. 'I think Putin will see it as an opportunity,' former Trump national security adviser John Bolton told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on 'The Source' Wednesday. 'I think he knows he's, deliberately or inadvertently, pushed Trump a little too far, and he will have some ideas about how to bring things back in his direction,' Bolton said. The crunch question is what the Russians would offer as a summit deliverable. The US tried in the past for an agreement to halt air attacks by both sides. This might allow Ukrainians to leave their air raid shelters. But chances of a broader ceasefire seem remote. Major breakthroughs seem likely in Moscow's summer offensive. So why stop fighting now? Putin may see this new engagement with Trump as buying more time to bite off key strategic land in eastern Ukraine. Another potential approach would be for Russia to coax Trump with inducements to take his eye off Ukraine — perhaps a promise for talks on a nuclear arms control agreement that would boost his legacy, or some significant economic cooperation that would conjure Trump's transactional instincts. Ukraine must also be heard, and it will be wary of Trump returning to a pro-Russian peace plan that would have met Moscow's demands to retain all territory it has seized in Ukraine, as well as for NATO membership for Kyiv to be definitively ruled out. Moscow has long tried to play on Trump's skepticism about the war by encouraging splits between the US and Kyiv's European allies. So it was significant that European leaders were on a call with Trump and Zelensky on Wednesday. President Ronald Reagan's Cold War maxim about dealing with Moscow — 'Trust but verify' — seems quaint given Putin's record of duplicity over the war. Zelensky on Wednesday had a more apt forewarning: 'The key is to ensure they don't deceive anyone in the details — neither us nor the United States.'
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