Priests, monks and residents held prayers and candlelight vigils as Nepal ended its 13-day Hindu mourning period for flash floods that killed at least 1,380 people, left more than 5,500 missing and devastated communities across a swathe of the country.
Priests, monks and residents held prayers and candlelight vigils as Nepal ended its 13-day Hindu mourning period for flash floods that killed at least 1,380 people, left more than 5,500 missing and devastated communities across a swathe of the country. Germany's far-right AfD is on course for a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, a result that could put it closer than ever to leading a state government, though rival parties have ruled out cooperation and could block it from taking power.
The win delivered the AfD 39 of 83 seats in parliament, just short of the 42 it needed for an absolute majority. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday after 'substantive' discussions with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv.
The talks followed intensive meetings Witkoff and Kushner held with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, part of Washington's renewed push to end the war in Ukraine. CNN's Julia Benbrook reports. When flash floods hit the China-Nepal border late last month, surveillance footage captured the dramatic moment a five-story building was engulfed by a wall of water. CNN's Simone McCarthy was among the first group of foreign media to visit the site and see what it's like now.
Mount Anak Krakatau in Indonesia is on its second straight day of a major eruption. Volcanic ash has caused the suspension of flights out of Jakarta's main airport. The US military said its forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships, but did not hit them. The strike marks the latest escalation between the US and Iran near a critical route for global oil supplies.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited Palestinian-Americans in the occupied West Bank who are repeatedly subjected to Israeli settler attacks. Huckabee, a longtime supporter of Israeli settlements, called the attacks"terrorism" but characterized the perpetrators as a small minority, saying the US has limited leverage over their actions. CNN's Jeremy Diamond pressed the ambassador on those comments and spoke with residents skeptical anything will change.
The UN voted to swap the 16th century Mercator map for the more accurate Equal Earth projection. CNN's Larry Madowo explains the difference between those maps, and why Africa's size has been minimized for generations.
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