Inside the decadelong, global pursuit of Julian Assange that ended in a plea deal met with praise and scorn
Gabriel Shipton joins The Lead
Gabriel Shipton joins The Lead
Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance
Biden’s uncertain future set to overshadow NATO summit as concerns about Trump winning election grow
Draft NATO communique describes Ukraine’s path to NATO as irreversible, sources say
NATO’s next leader knows how to handle Trump but would he be able to rein him in?
Biden administration to allow paused shipment of 500-pound bombs to be sent to Israel
NATO allies are discussing reclaiming some Chinese-owned infrastructure in Europe
Exclusive: Secret Service ramped up security after intel of Iran plot to assassinate Trump; no known connection to shooting
Fareed Zakaria sat down with Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani and pressed him on the CNN reporting of an alleged Iranian assassination plot against former President Donald Trump. The reporting stemmed from US authorities obtaining intelligence on the alleged plot from a human source in recent weeks, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations denied the accusation. Zakaria’s full interview with Kani will air Sunday at 10 a.m. ET on “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”
US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN. There is no indication that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the would-be assassin who attempted to kill the former president on Saturday, was connected to the Iranian plot, the sources said. CNN's Evan Perez has the details.
Three former Trump officials say they requested protection from increased Iranian threats in 2023
Blinken says Iran’s nuclear weapon breakout time is probably down to 1-2 weeks
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Iran’s breakout time – the amount of time needed to produce enough weapons grade material for a nuclear weapon – “is now probably one or two weeks” as Tehran has continued to develop its nuclear program.
Netanyahu will make speech to Congress as optimism for a ceasefire in Gaza rises
Biden and Netanyahu meet with urgency to reach ceasefire deal at top of the agenda
Trump meets with Netanyahu for first time since departing White House
Former President Donald Trump is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the first meeting between the two men since Trump left the White House more than three years ago. CNN's Kristen Holmes has the details.
Harris’ team rejects Israeli notion that her comments could harm ceasefire talks
Blinken raises concerns over Beijing’s ‘destabilizing actions’ in South China Sea at meeting with Chinese counterpart
Russia releases Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in historic prisoner swap with West
CNN's Matthew Chance explains why he believes President Vladimir Putin agreed to a massive prisoner swap that included Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
American citizens Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich are expected to be part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. Whelan, an ex-US marine, was arrested in Moscow in 2018, subsequently charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Evan Gershkovich, a journalist with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2023 while on assignment, and also charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years. The United States had designated both as wrongfully detained.
Inside the ‘painstaking’ negotiations that led to the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War
Biden administration announces major actions to tackle Russian efforts to influence 2024 election
The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence the 2024 US presidential election, including unveiling criminal charges against two Russian nationals, sanctions on ten individuals and entities, and the seizure of 32 internet domains.
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