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One theory about why Macron called an election now is that France might soon have been forced to the polls anyway. When Macron was reelected as president in 2022, his party failed to win an outright majority in parliament. Another theory is that Macron is gambling he can defeat extremist parties by exposing them to government. Some argue Macron hoped that, by giving the RN time in government before, they would have time to prove disappointing to voters. Jordan Bardella has said he will refuse to govern a minority government, meaning France could be left in deadlock in a mess of Macron’s making.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Let’s, Macron, Jordan Bardella Organizations: Elysee Locations: France

American newlyweds Casey and Warner Haley traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica, for their honeymoon. The airport looked “like a scene out of a doomsday movie” Casey Haley wrote in a Facebook post. Food was running out at the grocery store and lines were “backing up to the back of the store,” Warner Haley said. “So we just had to go back to the resort and buy all the supplies we could from the gift shop,” Warner Haley said. What’s going to happen is what’s going to happen.

Persons: Casey, Warner Haley, “, ” Casey Haley, Casey Haley, ”, ” Warner Haley, We’re Organizations: Sangster, CNN, Food Locations: Montego Bay, Jamaica

Smith has argued in court filings that the indictment’s allegations against Trump, particularly regarding the fraudulent electors plot, represent a far more sweeping case. The Supreme Court’s opinion did not address the fake electors scheme specifically. Trump called the decision a “BIG WIN!” on social media. What is far more important for Trump is the Supreme Court’s pending decision on his argument for sweeping immunity on charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Read a full breakdown of the Supreme Court’s January 6 ruling.

Persons: Jose Luis Magana, Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Smith, John Roberts, nodded, —, Trump, Read Organizations: Trump, Capitol, CNN, Justice Department Locations: Washington ,

☆ Live updates: US heat wave as record temperatures across central and Eastern US bring natural disasters
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Antoinette Radford Elise Hammond Maureen Chowdhury Mary Gilbert Eric Zerkel | Antoinette Radford | Elise Hammond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Advocacy groups are petitioning Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include extreme heat and wildfire smoke as major disasters in the same way they do for hurricanes and other major disasters and emergencies. Extreme heat is by far the most deadly kind of weather, killing on average more than twice as many people each year as hurricanes and tornadoes combined, according to data tracked by the National Weather Service. But as CNN as previously reported, FEMA’s hands are tied by congress and the Stafford Act — the federal law that gives FEMA the power to respond to emergencies and determines what qualifies as one. The petition notes that the Stafford Act can be easily amended as it was just a few years ago to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. On the other side of the country, a dangerous, long-duration heat wave is tightening its grip on the Northeast and parts of the Midwest.

Persons: Stafford, Ella Nilsen, Rob Shackelford Organizations: Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, National Weather Service, CNN, Tribal, National Interagency Fire Center

A truck carrying aid for delivery into Gaza drives through the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, on June 17. Netanyahu then contacted his military secretary and said this was unacceptable, until he was assured the fighting in Rafah would continue. It raises the question of where the “tactical pause” order originated, but it’s expected to continue. Israeli security minister Ben Gvir — a leading right-wing member of the country’s cabinet — condemned the pause. Fighting and deadly strikes: Fierce fighting and airstrikes have rocked Rafah as the Israeli effort to destroy Hamas in Gaza continues.

Persons: Nathan Frandino, Salah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ben Gvir —, —, ”, Ahmed Radwan Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, United Nations Relief, Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, CNN, Rafah Civil Defense Locations: Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Kerem, Kerem Shalom

The Supreme Court justices suggested that abortion opponents had other ways to seek stricter rules for abortion drugs in the court’s unanimous ruling that rejected a group of anti-abortion organizations and doctors challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s current regulations for a widely used pill. Much of Kavanaugh’s opinion covered the various legal thresholds a plaintiff must reach to make it appropriate for courts to intervene in a dispute. He noted that federal law already protects individual health care providers who have objections to performing abortions for moral reasons. “In short, given the broad and comprehensive conscience protections guaranteed by federal law, the plaintiffs have not shown—and cannot show—that FDA’s actions will cause them to suffer any conscience injury,” Kavanaugh wrote. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurrence to bring up other issues he had with the anti-abortion groups’ standing claims.

Persons: Brett Kavanaugh, ”, Kavanaugh, ” Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas Organizations: Food, Legislative

The Israeli military said forty rockets were fired at northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, causing at least ten fires that teams are working to extinguish. The rockets were fired from northern Lebanon, with Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claiming responsibility for their launch. The group said it targeted six Israeli military barracks using Katyusha and Falaq rockets and used three drones to target bases. Hezbollah's massive rocket barrage: Thursday's launches came after more than 200 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel Wednesday, according to the IDF. The group on Tuesday confirmed the death of Talib Sami Abdullah, known as Abu Talib, and three other fighters.

Persons: Israel's Magen David, Talib Sami Abdullah, Abu Talib, Talib Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, IDF Locations: Israel, Golan, Lebanon, Iran, Lebanese

One juror who found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal gun charges on Tuesday told CNN that he does not believe the president’s son should serve jail time. “I really don’t think that Hunter belongs in jail,” Juror 10 said. The juror pointed to the fact that Hunter Biden did not want the gun back after Hallie Biden took it out of his truck and threw it in the garbage near a grocery store. The juror said it didn’t make a difference for him that Hunter Biden did not take the stand in his own defense. “No politics came into play and politics was not even spoken about,” the juror said, reiterating it was all about Hunter Biden.

Persons: Hunter Biden, “, Hunter, Hallie Biden, ”, Naomi Biden, Hunter’s Organizations: Tuesday, CNN

Noa Argamani, a rescued hostage embraces her father, Yaakov Argamani, in Ramat Gan, Israel, in this handout image dated June 8. Israeli Army/ReutersNoa Argamani, one of the four Israeli hostages freed during Israel's Nuseirat operation on Saturday, has been reunited with her terminally ill mother. However, Argamani's father, Yaakov, said the reunion was "difficult." "This was not how I imagined the meeting would go," Yaakov said, sobbing while speaking to Galatz radio on Sunday. Despite the difficult reunion, her father said he was still grateful they met, fulfilling her mother’s wish.

Persons: Noa Argamani, Yaakov Argamani, Reuters Noa Argamani, Liora, Argamani's, Yaakov, Noa Organizations: Israeli Army, Reuters Locations: Ramat Gan, Israel

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla attended the UK Ministry of Defense and the Royal British Legion’s commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer on Thursday morning. Charles — on his first trip overseas since his cancer diagnosis — is patron of the Royal British Legion and Normandy Memorial Trust. Instead, in a planned decision, Prince William will represent Britain’s royal family. The optics of seeing the Prince of Wales instead of his father will not be lost on those within the royal household. A royal source told CNN that it was considered a step too far at this stage but that the monarch was delighted the Prince of Wales was representing the nation.

Persons: Britain’s King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Charles —, Prince William, Prince, Wales, King Charles, “, ” Organizations: UK Ministry of Defense, Royal British, Royal British Legion, CNN Locations: Normandy, Ver, France, Omaha Beach

CNN —Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified on Monday at a House subcommittee hearing about the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the origins of the virus. The hearing was Fauci’s first public testimony on Capitol Hill since his retirement from government service. It turned contentious at times as Republicans grilled Fauci over a wide range of topics, including the basis for public health recommendations during the pandemic and email use by public health officials. Fauci said there was a “disconnect between the health-care system and the public health system” during Covid-19 in the US. That’s in large part why public health agencies emphasized the importance of people wearing masks to reduce the number of germs that could float in the air and make people sick.

Persons: Anthony Fauci, Fauci, ” Fauci, Morens, David Morens, ”, — Jeremy Farrar, Kristian Andersen, “, Debbie Dingell, “ They’re Organizations: CNN, National Institute of Allergy, Capitol, US Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, NIH, FOIA, Wellcome, Scripps Research, World Health Organization, Wuhan Institute of Virology, US Department of Energy, Democratic, CDC Locations: Covid, “, China

☆ Australian state appoints official for ‘Men’s Behavior Change’ as outcry over violence against women grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As Australian women push for action on domestic violence – a problem described by the country’s prime minister as a “national crisis” – one state has appointed a special official charged with improving men’s behavior. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan announced Wednesday that state MP Tim Richardson would serve as the inaugural Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behavior Change – the first position of its kind in the country. Richardson said he would focus on the influence the internet and social media have on male attitudes towards women, and on building respectful relationships. Last year, 64 women were murdered, the group said. Women should not be responsible for ending violence against women,” he said at the time.

Persons: Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan, Tim Richardson, Richardson, ” Richardson, couldn’t, ”, Tarang Chawla, Niki, Nikita Chawla, Jane Hume, Anthony Albanese Organizations: CNN, Victoria Premier, Police, Liberal Party, Victoria, Sky News Locations: Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Bondi, Sydney

Gazan journalists told CNN they are haunted by their colleagues’ deaths, as they balance the emotional labor of covering the war with trying to protect their families. Israel launched a military assault on Gaza on October 7 after the militant group Hamas, which governs Gaza, killed at least 1,200 people in Israel and abducted more than 250 others. After nearly seven months of war, Abu Dagga told CNN that she, too, wants to leave. The photojournalist for Turkish state broadcaster TRT told CNN he had been traveling through the neighborhood, after being displaced from the local refugee camp. We hope that God will bring him back to us safely.”Whether they report from within the enclave, or elsewhere, Palestinian journalists told CNN they could not turn away from the horrors unfolding in Gaza.

Persons: CNN —, ” Dr, Mahmoud Abu Nujaila, Médecins, Israel, Wael Al, ”, Mariam Abu Dagga, ” Al, Hamza Al, “, Abu Dagga, ’, Heath, ” Mariam Abu Dagga, Khan Younis, Mohammad Ahmed, Shrapnel, Ahmed, Nobody, ” Ahmed, Adnan, what’s, ” Mohammad Ahmed, Ibrahim Dahman, Rasha, – Zeid, Khalil, ” Dahman, Dahman, Sheikh Radwan, ” Ibrahim Dahman, Saeed Al, Taweel, Alaa Abu Mohsen, Al, Saeed, ” Mohsen, Mahmud Hams, Saba, ‘ Saeed, ’ ”, Jaafrawi, Nidal, Haitham Abdelwahed, Wahidi, Erez, Beit, Mohammed Soboh, Arafat Barbakh, Fadi Wael Abdel Karim Al, ’ ” Fadi, Fadi Organizations: CNN, Awda, Protect Journalists, Independent, AFP, Getty, ”, Press, Borders, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, Hamas, Ministry of Health, United, United Arab Emirates, TRT, Al, Wafa, Saba Al, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Reuters, Cross Locations: Jabalya, Gaza, Israel, Rafah, ” Al Jazeera's Gaza, Palestine, United Arab, Khan, Egypt, Turkish, Gaza City, Sheikh Radwan, Wadi Gaza, Giza, Cairo, Sheikh, Phoenix, AFP, Israeli

☆ ‘Heart-breaking’: Refugees once detained offshore by Australia warn the UK government not to push through its Rwanda policy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The policy enjoys bipartisan political support in Australia, with both the coalition and Labor governments backing offshore detention. And on face value, the UK’s proposed offshore detention policy follows a similar model to that of Australia. Australia’s own offshore detention policy has been heavily criticized and fraught with controversy – but still seems to exert considerable appeal for some UK politicians. Another difference between two nations stems from the fact Australia does not have a human rights charter, Tubakovic said. She notes that the UK is still bound by human rights obligations, particularly as a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Persons: CNN — “, Behrouz Boochani, “, ”, Boochani, Mostafa Azimitabar –, –, ” Azimitabar, Rwanda Bill, Dan Kitwood, Rishi Sunak, Tony Abbott, Jonas Gratzer, Alexander Downer, Downer, Tamara Tubakovic, “ It’s, Tubakovic, David Gray, ” Tubakovic Organizations: CNN, Kurd, European, of Human, Australia’s Department of Home Affairs, Labor, Refugee Council of Australia, ‘, Conservative, English Channel, UK Border Force, University of Melbourne, University of Oxford, Human Rights, of Human Rights, UN, Reuters Locations: New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Iran, Indonesia, Australia, Nauru, Manus, Melbourne, United Kingdom, Rwanda, England, Britain, British, France, Sydney

☆ Live updates: James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of Michigan school shooter, sentencing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Antoinette Radford | Maureen Chowdhury | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Judge Cheryl Matthews speaks in court during the Crumbleys sentencing hearing on Tuesday. Pool/WDIVThe judge presiding over the sentencing of James and Jennifer Crumbley said the decision should be a deterrent to try to stop school shootings in the future. "Opportunity knocked over and over again, louder and louder, and was ignored," Judge Cheryl Matthews said. “These convictions confirm repeated acts or lack of acts that could have halted an oncoming runaway train," she added. She said she is "aware of my job in this situation” and promised not to be “swayed by public opinion” when handing down the sentencing decision.

Persons: Cheryl Matthews, James, Jennifer Crumbley, ”, Matthews, “ Organizations: Opportunity

“I sit here today to express my deepest sorrows for the families of Hana, Tate, Madisyn, Justin and to all those affected on November 30, 2021,” Jennifer Crumbley said. The parents failed to properly secure the firearm, as James Crumbley hid it in their bedroom but did not use any locking device, the prosecution argued. By contrast, James Crumbley did not testify in his trial, and his attorney argued he simply didn’t know about his son’s plans or mental issues. Still, Jennifer Crumbley was convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in early February, and James Crumbley was convicted of the same counts in March. My actions were that of any other parent,” James Crumbley wrote.

Persons: James, Jennifer Crumbley, Cheryl Matthews, “, ” Matthews, James Crumbley, Jennifer Crumbley “, Tate, Madisyn, Justin, ” Jennifer Crumbley, ” “, Ethan, Nicole Beausoleil, Madisyn Baldwin, ” Beausoleil, Ethan don’t, ’, ‘, Justin Shilling’s, Craig, Craig Shilling, Justin Shilling, Bill Pugliano, ”, Justin’s, Jill Soave, ” Reina St, Juliana, Hana, Karen McDonald, ” McDonald, McDonald, Crumbley, remorseful, James Crumbley’s, Ethan Crumbley, Sig, St, Tate Myre, Jennifer, “ I’ve, ” James Crumbley, Celina Tebor, Nicki Brown, Antoinette Radford, Maureen Chowdhury Organizations: CNN, Oakland, Opportunity, Prosecutors, Oxford High School Locations: Oxford , Michigan, Detroit, Oakland, Hana, Oakland County

Strange animal behaviors have been observed at the Fort Worth Zoo during totality, according to researchers stationed in Texas. One of the most bizarre animal observations reported during the 2017 total solar eclipse was of giraffes at other facilities gathering in a herd and beginning to gallop. The giraffes did not gallop this year at the Fort Worth Zoo, but they did huddle together and attempt to enter their nighttime enclosures. The most “dramatic reaction” at Fort Worth Zoo came from the primates. “Right at totality, all of the (gorillas) got up from all quarters of the exhibit and walked directly to where they're supposed to be let in (at night),” Hartstone-Rose told CNN.

Persons: Dr, Adam Hartstone, Rose, ” Hartstone Organizations: Fort Worth, Fort Worth Zoo, North Carolina State University, CNN Locations: Texas, Raleigh, Fort

☆ Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse reverberates around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLiveAround the same time, numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. “Once you get here, I’ll go grab the workers on the Key Bridge and then stop the outer loop,” an officer said. When the Key Bridge was built decades ago, container ships were a fraction of the size and weight they are today. Miguel Luna, a native of El Salvador, was also working on the Key Bridge.

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People line up at a makeshift memorial outside Crocus City Hall near Moscow on March 24. Maxim Shemetov/ReutersAll four suspects in the Crocus City concert hall attack case have been remanded into pre-trial detention until May 22, the Moscow City Court said via Telegram. The names of the four accused in the case are Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, Shamsidin Fariduni and Mukhammadsobir Faizov, Moscow City Courts announced via Telegram. All four are from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic, and had been in Russia on either temporary or expired visas. The attack also came barely a week after Putin secured his fifth presidential term.

Persons: Maxim Shemetov, Saidakrami, Shamsidin, Mukhammadsobir Faizov, Putin Organizations: Reuters, Telegram Locations: Crocus, Moscow, Crocus City, Tajikistan, Soviet, Russia

☆ Live updates: House to vote on TikTok ban bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNNSummer Lucille, a content creator with over 1.4 million followers on her @JuicyBodyGoddess TikTok account, said how lawmakers vote for the bill that could ban TikTok in the US would directly influence who she casts her ballot for in November. So I will have to say this will highly influence who I vote for," she said in an interview on CNN. The bill would prohibit TikTok from US app stores unless the social media platform — used by roughly 170 million Americans — is spun off from its China-linked company, ByteDance. When asked how her business would change if TikTok were owned by an American entity instead of a Chinese company, Lucille responded:"I believe it would change the dynamics of TikTok. We will be limited to what we can say and limited what we can do, which is against the American way."

Persons: Lucille Organizations: CNN, Apple, Google Locations: China

The sun rises through the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 11. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesWhite House officials are planning a real-time, rapid-response and fact-checking operation for Robert Hur’s testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, according to a White House official. Hur’s highly anticipated appearance comes weeks after he released a controversial report on his investigation into Biden’s handling of classified materials. The White House has pushed back forcefully on Hur’s report, both in its substance and its motivation. “We are preparing to make clear yet again that the conclusion of the investigation was that there was no case here,” the White House official said.

Persons: Jim Watson, Robert Hur’s, Hur’s, Hur, Biden, ”, Beau, “ Organizations: White, Getty, Capitol, White House Locations: Portico, Washington ,, AFP

Stacey Van Gronigen, right, and Kim Brand, center, speak with CNN's Jeff Zeleny. CNNNorth Carolina, one of 15 states holding Republican contests Tuesday, is emerging as an early general election battleground. In the waning days of the primary, conversations with Nikki Haley voters offer important lessons – perhaps less so for her own candidacy than for Donald Trump, Joe Biden or even a third-party candidate. When asked what Brand will do in November if Haley doesn't win the primary, she replied: "Cry." Meanwhile, Gronigen — a two-time Trump voter — said she would vote for Trump again, if Haley was not successful.

Persons: Stacey Van Gronigen, Kim Brand, CNN's Jeff Zeleny, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Haley, Brand, Haley doesn't, Gronigen, — Organizations: CNN, Trump Locations: CNN North Carolina, Charlotte

A five-member majority from the court said in Monday's ruling that Congress would need to pass an enforcement mechanism before states could remove federal candidates from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Four members of the court – the three liberals, plus Justice Amy Coney Barrett – disagreed. "The relevant provision is Section 5, which enables Congress, subject of course to judicial review, to pass 'appropriate legislation' to 'enforce' the Fourteenth Amendment.”Some more context: This finding from the majority revolves around whether the insurrectionist ban is “self-executing,” which would mean that its ratification in 1868 is enough for election officials or courts to enforce it against Trump or any other candidate. Historically, that is what happened to thousands of Confederates during Reconstruction, according to testimony at the Colorado disqualification trial from a leading constitutional scholar. Trump argued that the Colorado courts got it wrong when they concluded that Congress doesn’t need to pass a resolution disqualifying him from office for the ban to be enforced against him. One of the dissenting Colorado justices embraced Trump’s theory that the provision isn’t self-executing, citing a ruling from the 1869 “Griffin’s Case,” which Trump heavily leaned on in his Supreme Court appeal.

Persons: “, Amy Coney Barrett –, United States …, Trump Organizations: United, Congress, Trump Locations: United States, Colorado

Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesA Russian helicopter pilot Maxim Kuzminov who defected to Ukraine in a dramatic operation is dead, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) tells CNN. A source at Ukraine’s GUR confirmed to CNN the body was that of Kuzminov, but would not comment on how he had died. Spanish Civil Guard officers investigate the garage where the body of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov was found in Villajoyosa, Spain, on February 13. Some context: Last September, CNN reported on how the Russian pilot flew his Mi8 combat helicopter across the border – in an operation directed by Ukraine’s GUR. In an interview, carried out under the auspices of the GUR, Kuzminov explained how he planned his defection and why he did it, telling reporters he was opposed to the war.

Persons: Butenko, Andrew Carey, Al Goodman, Maxim Kuzminov, Maxym, Ukraine’s GUR, Rafa Arjones, Dmitry Peskov, Sergey Naryshkin, Kuzminov Organizations: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, CNN, Spanish Civil Guard, Ukraine’s, Civil Guard, Reuters, Foreign, RIA Novosti, Mi8 Locations: CNN’s, Kyiv, Madrid, Russian, Ukraine, Spain, Villajoyosa, Informacion, Russia, Moscow

☆ Live updates: Russia advances in Ukraine as Navalny's family demand answers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Christian Edwards | Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, attends the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 16. Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersYulia Navalnaya said Monday that the Russian authorities are hiding her husband's body and “lying pathetically,” while waiting for traces of poisoning to disappear. A CNN and Bellingcat investigation later uncovered that a Russian intelligence service squad planted the poison on his underwear. Navalny returned to Russia in 2021 after being treated in Germany for Novichok poisoning. Even today, no country outside of Russia is known to have developed the substance.

Persons: Yulia Navalnaya, Alexey Navalny, Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters Yulia Navalnaya, Vladimir, Putin’s, Navalny, ” Organizations: Reuters, CNN Locations: Munich, Germany, Russian, Russia, Soviet Union, Soviet

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