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The kind of tragic, urgent attention Afghanistan is getting now is very clearly the result of the spectacular and exhausted inattention it got for about the last 9 years.
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Of all the COVID-19 struggles I’ve seen around the world, this is by far the hardest and bravest, with Iran’s valiant doctors.
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'They'll kill us all': Ukrainian children talk to CNN as Russian forces get closer to their town - CNN Video
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BREAKING
100s of trucks carrying US personnel and equipment observed by CNN gathering near Hasakah, en route east to the border with Iraq.
US official confirms ground move is largest the US made in Syria so far and marks the symbolic end of the major US presence in the region.
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Source: Taliban gave direct warning to senior US military that departure of all foreign uniformed personnel by august 31 was non-negotiable. Considered “high-risk” to stay longer. Retrograde would start Weds am if Biden adheres to (own) deadline.
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One of the rare moments we reached the edge of the Amazon fires, and the smoke cleared enough for a view of what enshrouded Rondonia State in a blanket of grey this morning.
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US forces at a base West of Ain Issa approached by Turkish-backed forces, very close, causing them to call in a show of force of air support. Official said my characterisation of force as “a bunch of former ISIS trying to chase them out of town” is accurate.
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1/ US official tells me Turkish backed Syrian rebels have set up checkpoints on road between Ain Issa and Kobani. We heard gunfire and saw civilians flee. Road closed. Turkish jet buzzed us and US convoy leaving the town.
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Signs of the daydreams those children on MH17 would have been having, still lie at the site.
http://t.co/c8Bd3HETUE
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Inside the Kabul airport massacre
4 months went into these findings: perhaps the most extraordinary story I’ve worked on.
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A bullet casing lies near the cockpit of MH17, inspectors unable to get there four days on. Smoke on the horizon.
http://t.co/toFdEjP1Xo
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What must be shrapnel holes in the cockpit fuselage of MH17. Eerily abandoned in sunflower fields.
http://t.co/gvuSe8fSBC
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Last CNN show for now for my dear colleague & friend
@HalaGorani
. Will sorely miss her unflappable ability to get right to the heart of it all, with eloquence & precision. A terrific news anchor & passionate voice through challenging times. She’s also hilarious, & will shine on.
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European intel official tells me of Russian GRU offer of cash to Taliban to kill Coalition troops: “This callous approach by the GRU is startling and reprehensible. Their motivation is bewildering.”
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An absurdly worthwhile cause, and you also get to mention that
@jaketapper
turned 50. Yesterday. Which makes him 18,263 days old today. Please give to Homes for our Troops, as the wars we don’t talk enough about are still going on, overseas & at home.
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The withdrawal extends US troop presence past May 1 deadline set by the Trump admin in an agreement with Taliban, but only by months.
Biden has been weighing the decision for months, signaled he did not believe US troops should remain in the country long past the deadline.
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2/ Later, saw Turkish military APCs and tanks sat alongside the M4 main highway that connects West and East in Syrian Kurdish areas. Apparent Turkish ambition to cut main connecting road, effectively breaking Kurdish area in two. Live on CNN in 10 mins.
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3/3 US kept pushing for a deal for Ghani to quit until end, & more Doha talks were meant to begin Monday. Taliban entered Kabul Sunday. To “save a city of 6m”, Ghani fled to Termez Uzbekistan, then Dubai, "no money with him. He literally just had the clothes he was wearing.”
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Europe's big question: What a diminished Russia will do next | CNN
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It really ages me watching these two at work, and the migraine is usually accompanied with incredible discoveries where KnG have spotted something like a shoe, or door handle out of place
How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine
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What China knew. But didn’t say. 6 weeks of work on 117 pages.
Misleading case and death counts, 3 weeks to diagnose a patient, and a mysterious spike in flu, early December in Wuhan.
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Video: CNN reporter witnesses Haitian gang violence from inside an armored car - CNN Video
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Mum and Dad had AstroZeneca an hour or so ago, stunned by the efficiency and speed.
@HWHCT_NHS
thank you - everywhere else I’ve lived, healthcare isn’t something you just know will be there, free at the point of use, when & where you need it. Privileged.
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Trump's betrayal of the Kurds is a gift to Putin and Assad - CNN
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War in Ukraine: 'You betray me,' says Ukrainian to former Russian friends - CNN Video
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Privileged to talk with
@andersoncooper
who’s significantly more interesting than I, and an exceptionally kind, thoughtful interviewer.
In the latest episode of Tug of War,
@andersoncooper
and
@npwcnn
discuss how "Russia does wars very differently."
In the midst of a full-scale invasion, how can reporters amplify the voices of people struggling to survive?
Listen here.
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Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan
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Natalia Estemirova, murdered July 2009 in Chechnya, remembered today by Nobel Peace prize winner and colleague Dmitry Muratov.
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Anderson Cooper and Nick Paton Walsh report from Ukraine with the latest on the crisis - CNN Video
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How tiny planes torched after one use, Venezuelan border guards waving cocaine trucks through, a corrupt elite, and dozens of hidden runways, help get $40bn coke to the USA, a trade rocketing as fast as Venezuela collapses.
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Watch: CNN among the first inside the city of Lyman as Russian forces retreat - CNN Video
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The Kherson advance - CNN team meets relieved Ukrainians in newly liberated town along the Dnipro river - CNN Video
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As Lashkar Gah faces a Taliban onslaught, some Afghan soldiers in Helmand defected to their old enemy. Our report:
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Paramedic from Utah bought a one-way ticket to Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now she's helping to keep other foreign fighters alive - CNN
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Russian annexation can't hide the gulf between what Putin wants and what his forces can control | CNN
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New details of final days of Ghani admin, per former senior official. 1/2:
Final call to surrender came when NSA Mohib met with Khalil Haqqani - US “wanted terrorist” with AQ affiliate - who “wanted a peaceful transfer of power and government to issue a statement of surrender”
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Putin risks losing his iron grip on power. The next 24 hours are critical | CNN
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Two days in devastated Kobani. Here Peshmerga fire mortars at Isis in the East. Reports on CNN in days ahead.
http://t.co/4VuYxWvQ1f
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Two Emmys for ISIS coverage. The real work done by:
@SalmaCNN
@gabriel_chaim
@MarkPhillipsCNN
@cstreib
@william_bonnett
@MHJournalist
@Jambaz1
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Each time I think about writing again about the last twenty years in Afghanistan, I come back to the first sentence of this.
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With US special operations forces, dragged into an unenviable new chapter of Syria’s endless war.
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European intel official tells me Russian GRU recently offered Taliban $$$ as rewards if they killed US or UK troops in Afghanistan. Official unclear on Russian motivation, but assessed incentives had led to Coalition casualties - date, number, nature, nationality of which unclear
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3 days on the battered road to Kherson - Inside Ukraine's fight to take back Russia-controlled Kherson - CNN Video
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'We know the danger': Ukrainians keep resisting the Russian invasion - CNN Video
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'We all will be judged.' Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine voice disquiet, shame over war - CNN
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Updated - Analysis: Moscow is at risk of losing its iron grip on power in Russia. The next 24 hours are critical | CNN
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Source: 4am clash on perimeter began when sniper (unclear affiliation) fired upon Afghan security for airport, killing one. Afghans shot back, but in the direction of US marines, who then return fire at Afghans, injuring 4… now in a stable condition. No US casualties.
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Lyman: CNN team visits key city, hours after Ukraine regains control from Russian forces | CNN
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My cameo
@PartsUnknownCNN
in apparent cop-duo (image) with
@Bourdain
- it's more fun, less serious & grey than looks.
http://t.co/S9m9MiM5Ae
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Leonard Cohen 15 years ago, when even this clumsy writer couldn't obscure his cool.
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Porto Velho in Rondônia state, where the most Amazon fires are burning. You can usually see the sky at 7am, this time of year.
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“We have taken over air traffic control”, President Joe Biden, on Afghanistan, 17.8.21
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Source close to HKIA airport situation: 18-20,000 on base end Sunday. Maybe 4-5 days left of evacuations. Gates mostly closed Sunday. Families separated - sent to diff countries - in chaos. Hundreds of local Afghan employees of US Embassy still caught in Kabul & “screwed over”.
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Eery graffiti on Raqqa stadium ISIS jail wall for spies: ‘you’re here because you tweeted with GPS location on... be patient... be patient.’
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At least 440 unmarked graves found in recently liberated Ukrainian town
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Putin: Bizarre and chaotic 36 hours in Russia feels like the beginning of the end for Kremlin leader | CNN
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Proud to see my two friends and talented colleagues behind the camera accepting this award. Also right that Haiti should receive this attention. Thank you
#prixbayeux
🏆 Le Trophée
#T
élévision 📺
@amnestyfrance
est attribué à
@npwcnn
, Brice Laine, Natalie Gallón et Etienne Dupont pour leur reportage "Gangs gain the upper hand in war with haitian police" réalisé en août 2022 pour
@CNN
. 👏
#Palmar
ès
#Awards
#PBCN2023
#PrixBayeux
#Ha
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Minutes before and over midnight, 40-50 blasts. Then, 00.04, silence falls. Sustained to now, from our vantage in central in Donetsk only.
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“an isolated man, disinterested in the concerns of ordinary Russians -- speaking primarily to himself, or to imagined history books, or a possible clique of potential successors -- about his long-standing grievances accumulated since 1989.”
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Western official: “failure on the first day to destroy Ukraine’s air defences” by Russia and that it was “well behind the schedule it set,” for the invasion. Russia has about half the forces it massed on Ukraine’s borders “forward and operating in Ukraine,” the source added.
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2020 Emmys involve a blanket, sofa, coffee and laptop til 3am, but doesn't take the shine off Breaking News win, with team
@GhaziBalkiz
and Scott McWhinnie, with
@MHJournalist
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We reached the Ukrainian frontline near Robotine, to see forces pushing forwards, unbothered by commentary on their pace, seeing a determined adversary. CNN on the frontline in Ukraine near Orikhiv | CNN
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Afghanistan: Adviser to ousted President Ashraf Ghani details days before Taliban takeover - CNN
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Battle for Severodonetsk rages, Lysychansk in crosshairs. Some stay, some desperate to leave: 'When is this grief going to end?': Elderly woman tearfully uprooted from home - CNN Video
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The entire Russian project is the stuff of a malarial nightmare. …why has the strategy swung so rapidly toward a form of collective punishment …? Was there no plan for something in between appreciation and annihilation?
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“The Conversation About CNN Changed”: Network Leaves Drama Behind With Focus on War in Ukraine | Vanity Fair
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Venezuela: not really about Moscow or Washington on the streets, but about food.
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Here is CNN’s Darien Gap documentary in 5 parts on YouTube
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Analysis: Vladimir Putin's clumsy military campaign in southern Ukraine makes little sense - CNN
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We witnessed Mariupol's agony and fled a Russian hit list | AP News
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Video: Ukrainian forces reclaim villages near Kharkiv - CNN Video
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The median age in Afghanistan is 18.4 years.
In awe of our Sky Dragon Soldiers.
This was an incredibly tough, pressurized mission filled with multiple complexities, with active threats the entire time. Our troops displayed grit, discipline and empathy.
Below is a picture of the last Soldier to leave Afghanistan.
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And here are all 5 parts of the CNN Darien Gap doco in one go.
Part 1.
Part 2.
Part 3.
Part 4.
Part 5.
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First Bourdain: a chef is a lot like being an air-traffic controller: you are constantly dealing with the threat of disaster. You’ve got to be Mom and Dad, drill sergeant, detective, psychiatrist, and priest to a crew of opportunistic, mercenary hooligans.
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Crimea bridge explosion worsens Putin's nightmare in Ukraine | CNN
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Incendiary munitions torch village just outside Ukraine’s second biggest city - He's my husband': Russian attack kills residents outside Kharkiv - CNN Video
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European security officials believe that reports suggesting that the Ukrainian airliner was shot down by an Iranian surface to air missile in error are credible, I’m told. This isn’t just a US-Iran spat.
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Flattered & proud to be two among a record 27 Emmy nominations for CNN - for the Fall of ISIS with the shiny
@arwaCNN
&
@SalmaCNN
@GhaziBalkiz
@gabriel_chaim
@MarkPhillipsCNN
@william_bonnett
@christianstreibcnn
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Kharkiv: Russia's retreat from another key Ukrainian city reveals new evidence of atrocities - CNN
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Heavy shelling reverberated around the outskirts of the strategic maritime town of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine on Saturday night. One substantial blast lit up the skyline at around 6p local. The impacts of multiple rockets were heard on several occasions and small arms fire grew
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Russia's militarization of the Arctic shows no sign of slowing down | CNN
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Source: now 4500 on the airport with 9,000 estimated at the gates, which are for the most part still closed.
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Watch: How Ukrainian volunteers beat back Russian progression - CNN Video
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CNN: The US increasingly believes that Iran mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner on Tuesday, according to multiple US officials. The working theory is based on continuing analysis of data from satellites, radar and electronic data collected routinely by US military and intel
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In corporate news: CNN Digital broke all records on Wednesday, Nov. 4th with 116 million global unique users, making it the biggest day in history for CNN.
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