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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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18 people dead after Peru bus accident
At least 18 people have died and 24 were injured after a bus overturned in the Province of Junín, in Central Peru. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
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Rare snow leopard baby born at UK zoo
Video released by Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom shows a rare snow leopard cub taking its first steps. The baby was the first of its kind born at the facility in its 94-year history. Snow leopards are currently listed as 'vulnerable' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
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Trump tells Israel to 'finish the job' against Hamas
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Desperate fishermen risk their lives to get food in Gaza
Israel reissued a warning prohibiting anyone from entering Gaza's sea, but hunger drives desperate people to fish. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports.
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'The level of destruction is enormous': Says Cardinal about Gaza
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, recently toured Gaza after what Israel says was stray ammunition that struck Gaza's only Catholic church, killing three people. He recounts what he witnessed with CNN's Erin Burnett.
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Why are Thailand and Cambodia fighting?
Tensions are rising between Thailand and Cambodia over a border dispute that dates back to 1907. CNN's Will Ripley explains how the conflict has escalated.
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CNN reports from Gaza aid crossing
CNN's Nic Robertson is on the scene at the Kerem Shalom border crossing as aid agencies warn of rampant hunger caused by Israel's blockade of Gaza. Gaza's health ministry said on Tuesday that 900,000 children are going hungry, and 70,000 already show signs of malnutrition. Israel denies it is at fault and accuses Hamas of 'engineering' food shortages.
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Reopening the ancient tunnels 75 feet under Rome
CNN's Ben Wedeman was given an exclusive tour of ancient tunnels underneath Rome's Capitoline Hill. The tunnels, which archeologists say were once filled with ancient Roman shops and taverns, are set to open to the public in late 2026 or early 2027.
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Ukraine sees first major anti-government protests since start of war
Hundreds took to the streets after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a new law limiting the autonomy of anti-corruption agencies in his government.
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Peruvian police use superhero disguise during drug raid
An agent in the Peruvian police force disguised themselves as the Mexican superhero character El Chapulín Colorado during a drug raid in the nation's capital of Lima. Police said six members of a criminal gang were captured and that cocaine paste, marijuana, cell phones, and money were seized.
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Distressing images show starvation in Gaza
Distressing video footage shows a 41-year-old man in Gaza who died of starvation as humanitarian organizations urge for Israel to end its blockade of the enclave. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports.
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Small Irish town confronts its dark past
Excavations of the remains of nearly 800 babies have begun at a former so-called mother and baby home in Tuam, Ireland. At least 9,000 infants and children died in more than a dozen of these institutions over the course of eight decades.
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Fire tornado rips through Turkish forest
Turkey's forestry ministry has released video of a fire tornado tearing through the country's woodland. Hundreds of wildfires have gripped Turkey this summer, as well as Greece and other Mediterranean countries.
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Concerns grow over Australia's toxic algae bloom
A harmful algae bloom off the coast of South Australia, caused by high sea temperatures and runoff from flooding, is poisoning marine life and depleting oxygen in the water. The Australian government has stated that there is little that can be done to reverse the rapid rate of the climate crisis.
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International visitors to US will pay new fee
CNN's Richard Quest explains how the Trump administration enacted a bill that will require international visitors to pay a new 'visa integrity fee' of $250 dollars. The fee will apply to all visitors who are required to obtain nonimmigrant visas to enter the US.
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Mexico City residents furious over gentrification
Mexico City saw its second anti-gentrification protest in less than a month on Sunday with demonstrators furious over rising prices in the city and the record number of foreigners applying for a resident visa. The main nationality of those foreigners seeking to move legally to the nation's capital? The United States of America.
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Child flees Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp
Video shows a child running away as Israeli munitions struck near a UNRWA school in Bureij Refugee Camp behind her.
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China cracks down on fake "Lafufu" Labubus
Fake Labubu plush toys, dubbed "Lafufu," have gained popularity due to shortages of the original dolls made by China's Pop Mart.
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Jair Bolsonaro denies coup charges as police raid home
Police in Brazil raided the home of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and enforced a ruling from the country's Supreme Court that Bolsonaro wear an electronic ankle tag. Bolsonaro is being accused of plotting to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.
01:17 - Source: CNN
Taiwan conducts 10-day military drill
The Taiwanese government is preparing for a war they hope will never happen. For the first time this year, Taiwan combined two major civil defense exercises, with the drills lasting ten days. These drills have included urban combat, mass casualty simulations, emergency supply drops and cyber defense that could be enacted if an invasion was to occur. CNN's Senior International Correspondent, Will Ripley, reports.
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Deadly flooding grips South Korea for days
South Korea has been ravaged for days by intense flooding that's left more than a dozen people dead. Reuters reported more than 16 inches of rain fell in one area in just 24 hours, citing the country's Interior and Safety Ministry.
00:48 - Source: CNN
Brazil's Lula tells Christiane Amanpour: Trump 'Was not elected to be emperor of the world'
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tells CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview it was 'a surprise' to see President Donald Trump's letter posted to Truth Social, threatening Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1st. Lula says that he initially thought the letter was 'fake news.' Watch the full 'Amanpour' interview on CNN.
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Gaza's only Catholic church hit by Israeli strike
Gaza's only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli tank, killing three and injuring many more, church officials said. It became internationally recognized after reports emerged that the late Pope Francis used to call the church daily. CNN's Nada Bashir reports
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Prince Harry recreates his mother's historic landmine walk
Following in his mother's footsteps, Prince Harry visited Angola's minefields just as Princess Diana did 28 years ago. The Duke of Sussex was in Angola with The Halo Trust as part of the group's efforts to clear landmines.
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Israeli defense may falter at world court as starvation claims dominate global discourse
After the April win for Israel at the ICC, it did not need to be this way. Israel always had an uphill battle to fight back against war crimes allegations before the International Criminal Court. But after losing a series of those battles in 2019, 2021, and November 2024, it got a rare and important interim win in April of this year. Despite that interim win, the starvation narrative – now dominating global discourse and acknowledged by top IDF officials, who admit that even without mass starvation, food security in Gaza is at its lowest point of the war – has once again placed Jerusalem on the defensive in the war crimes case. When the ICC Appeals Court ruled in favor of Israel in April, it was likely that it was not only because Israel's lawyers made a number of strong legal arguments that the ICC lower court's prior rulings had skipped over. No court is completely immune to political context, and the ICC most definitely is not immune, with judges often connected to their country's policies. So it was likely that the ICC Appeals Court ruling also came as Europe and other international institutions were trying to find a halfway point with the new and aggressive Trump administration, as well as a belief that a new 60-day ceasefire might not be far off. It is noteworthy that the ICC Appeals Court issued its ruling on April 24, nearly two months after Israel began blocking new food aid from getting into Gaza. Had those two months of blocking food aid led to mass starvation, it is unlikely that the ICC Appeals Court would have issued any positive ruling for Israel, interim or otherwise. But at the time, despite repeated false charges of imminent starvation dating back to late 2023, the ICC Appeals Court could plainly see that no mass starvation had taken place. This critical political and ideological human rights context may all change now that even top US allies and an increasingly strident UN are calling the Gaza situation a starvation situation. Just on Friday, Israel filed its latest legal brief to try to convince the ICC lower court to cancel the arrest warrants issued against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant and to drop the entire war crimes case against the Jewish state. ISRAEL'S LEGAL brief made a number of critical arguments that, if the situation in Gaza were moderately stable, might have a chance of getting Jerusalem out of this jam. First, Israel asserts that the ICC lower court from 2024 could not ignore Jerusalem's substantive arguments attacking the idea of Palestine as a state, which can give the ICC jurisdiction, simply because an earlier ICC lower court in 2021 had ruled that Palestine was a state, and could do so. This kind of an argument is called 'res judicata,' meaning a later court can just lean on the ruling of an earlier court if an issue has already been litigated and decided. But Israel chose not to participate directly in the 2021 legal fight. This was probably a foolish move by the Jewish state, but when major issues are at stake, courts usually let a party, or here a country, make its arguments belatedly, if the court shows up before a final verdict at trial. Based on that general rule, Israel should get a chance to make its arguments at this stage, even if it had an earlier opportunity to make them and did not. There are counterpoints to this, where legal jurisdictions apply some version of the 'entire controversy doctrine' – that anytime a party misses a chance to make an argument, it has forfeited that argument. Palestinians do not control a terrority with set borders But that is usually a civil law concept, not applicable to criminal cases like this one, and is used against the plaintiff bringing the case, not against the defendant, who might lose something if they do not get to defend themselves. Moreover, as Israeli lawyers argue, the Palestinians do not control a territory with set borders right now, certainly not Gaza. If that is true, then how can 'Palestine' grant the ICC jurisdiction? Israel has not granted jurisdiction, so if Palestine cannot grant jurisdiction either, the ICC would need to drop everything. Next, Israel recognizes a number of potentially strong arguments for the ICC prosecutor and the Palestinians, and tries to disarm them all. For example, theInternational Court of Justice (ICJ) in a 2024 opinion ruled that Israel's occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and east Jerusalem is illegal. From this ruling, the ICC prosecutor contends that these areas are defined as Palestine, even if Israel allegedly illegally occupies them. Israel hits back that the ruling was a non-binding advisory opinion for the UN General Assembly, which itself also only issued non-binding votes. MOREOVER, ISRAEL argues that since the whole process was an advisory proceeding, it did not allow a full exploration of the most concrete facts on the ground, which is required in a criminal proceeding, such as the one the ICC is overseeing. The ICC prosecutor has said that even if Palestine lacks aspects of standard statehood, the inherent principles of self-determination cannot allow Israel to prevent the Palestinians from seeking ICC assistance to protect them from alleged Israeli war crimes. Jerusalem responds that the Palestinian Authority, which is purporting to try to give jurisdiction (it filed an accession document to the ICC's Rome Statute around a decade ago) only came into existence by virtue of the Oslo Accords agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. This agreement specifically prohibited the PA from trying to invoke criminal jurisdiction against Israelis. Next, Jerusalem asserts that even if an entity could somehow give jurisdiction to the ICC, even lacking fully set borders, that it at least must control the areas – in this case, Gaza – from which it wants to refer jurisdiction. The ICC prosecutor then employed a clever tactic and said that even if Israel has some technical points, to allow it to throw out the Palestinians' case based on such formalities would abrogate the whole 'object and purpose' of the ICC and its Rome Statute, which is to 'put an end to impunity.' Here, Israel quotes precedent that says that pursuing the ICC's object and purpose cannot come at the expense of Article 1 of the Statute, which requires that '[t]he jurisdiction and functioning of the Court shall be governed by the provisions of this Statute.' This means that the ICC judges cannot just ignore technical rules that apply because they do not like the result. Next, the ICC prosecutor argues that any finding by the ICC lower court that 'Palestine' is not '[t]he State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred' under 12(2)(a) – 'would be inconsistent with the principle of effectiveness' because it would 'defeat the effect of Palestine's accession to the Statute'. In other words, the ICC Assembly of State Parties, which governs the ICC, accepted Palestine as a state. How can that have happened while leaving the Palestinians no recourse to defend themselves against alleged war crimes? Israel responds, saying, 'The Parties continue to conduct themselves in accordance with the jurisdictional arrangements of the Accords. Moreover, the international community has continuously and steadfastly shown its support for the bilateral negotiation framework as the basis for the resolution of the conflict. This Chamber should not undermine the framework that governs the relations between the Parties and lays the foundation for the resolution of the conflict, as agreed to by the Parties and endorsed by the international community.' AND THESE high-minded-sounding words might have held the day or won further delays if the 60-day expected ceasefire had transpired. Or if the situation in Gaza was starting to stabilize and Jerusalem's 'only' problem was defending against past war crimes allegations as opposed to ongoing and potential future ones. But how will Israel have any chance in convincing the ICC to give it a win on technicalities and to ignore the object and purpose of the ICC itself when the judges are witnessing near universal global consensus that there is mass starvation in Gaza? Will they be more favorable to Israel than Trump's own recent statements on the issue? When Israeli ministers openly support blocking food to Gaza and remain in office, won't this influence the ICC's decision? In a situation where the IDF admits that there have been individuals who have starved to death, but is trying to deflect the negative impact of those individual cases by claiming that many or most of them had preexisting conditions, will the ICC give Israel a pass? Can Israel fight this fight by saying that maybe only dozens have starved, but not hundreds and not thousands? On legal blogs following the situation, the tone has shifted from summarizing both sides of the issue with some general bias against Israel, to asserting that third-party countries now have a duty to intervene to stop Israel from causing the alleged starvation. Some legal scholars are arguing that intent to starve does not even need to be proven in standard ways if it can be proven that a foreseeable consequence of certain policies would be to lead to starvation. It is hard to see how Jerusalem turns this case around. And yet, after the April win for Israel, it did not need to be this way. Israel had already been defeating Hamas for around 17 months straight. Pausing, even for an extended period, would not have left Hamas the same as it was in 2023 or even the same as it was in mid-2024. If Israel had agreed to a ceasefire then and stabilized the humanitarian situation, it might have still lost the war crimes fight, but it also might have capitalized on the interim win to get a total win. Instead, Israel pulled out all the stops both on the war front and the aid front and ended up having to mostly pause the war and give Hamas much of the aid it wants, receiving no hostages, and probably now teeing up a new low before the ICC. Solve the daily Crossword