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(CNN)Yachts slicing through water are difficult to capture in a single image. There is the speed, the dynamism, the turns, the spray, the reflections and ever-changing lighting. So professional sailing photographers choose to focus on different elements -- the patterns in the sky, the facial expressions of the crew, or the wind filling the sails.Nothing shows this more than the selection of photographs from this year's Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image. The annual contest picks the top 80 sailing photographs from sailing regattas that year. Then, with the help of an international jury and a online public vote, these images are whittled down to a shortlist of 20, and finally to a single winner.Photographer Eugenia Bakunova captures the speed of the Volvo Ocean Race.Russian photographer Eugenia Bakunova specialises in speed. "I love the challenges of shooting sailing dynamics," she says. "That is why whenever it is possible I try to catch the speed with my camera."Chinese photographer Bo Wang tries to capture the moments of calm when the wind drops during a race. "Yacht racing is not only fierce confrontation, but also quiet and beautiful," he says.Read MoreAndras Kollman, from Hungary, has a different approach. He explains that he thinks less about the action of the race and more about capturing "magic, poetic moments." In this year's contest, his photo shows a bird racing on the water towards a group of yachts. Andras Kollmann focuses on the bird rather than the boats during the Kékszalag Regatta in Hungary."Birds and sailors operate in the same way," Kollman says. "They both trim lightweight streamlined structures to create lift; there are many physical features working together, but the sails have the key role."Evolving technology is giving more opportunities for photographers to capture new angles. Since last year -- when Sören Hese won with an extraordinary drone shot from the German 505 class championships -- jury members have seen an increase in photographers using drones to show bird's eye views of the yachts. Sören Hese won in 2017 with this photo taken from a drone during the German 505 championships.The contest is open to professional photographers from all over the world -- this year, images were submitted from photographers spanning 25 countries. It includes shots from Olympic sailing events, the Volvo Ocean Race, the Extreme Sailing Series and many more. Nicolas Mirabaud, a member of Mirabaud's executive committee and the international jury, was impressed by the high caliber of photos. "Once again this year, the submitted pictures show the complexity and beauty of the sport of sailing," he says.

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Story highlightsDutch midfielder Wes Sneijder in contract dispute with Inter MilanCash-strapped Italian club asking the 28-year-old to take a pay cutHe has not played since September 26 and will not be considered for selectionSneijder has been one of Inter's key players since moving to the San Siro in 2009Wesley Sneijder's future at Inter Milan is in doubt after the Italian club confirmed on Saturday that the Dutch playmaker will not be considered for selection until he agrees to take a pay cut.The 28-year-old is one of football's highest-paid players, but he has struggled to regain the heights of 2010 when he helped the Netherlands reach the World Cup final after a treble-winning season with Inter.He has not played for the cash-strapped Serie A side since September 26, at least partially due to injuries, but now Inter technical director Marco Branca says he will stay on the sidelines until he accepts a "contract adjustment.""The situation with Wes, who is part of the history of this club and a player we all care about, is that we've been discussing a possible -- and for us necessary -- adjustment to his contract for a while," Branca said in quotes reported by Inter's website. "We want to give the player and his entourage all the time they need to consider the terms of our proposal carefully, so the coach and the club have decided not to use the player in this period until things are clearer. This also allows our coach to give more playing time to the other players." Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's view Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewRising from the ashes – Over the weekend third-tier Spanish club Real Oviedo were saved from extinction after receiving a huge injection of cash from the world's richest man Carlos Slim.Hide Caption 1 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewHard times – Oviedo fans show their support for the club in the Estadio Carlos Tartiere with a banner reading "For the future of Real Oviedo". The Spanish club had needed to raise €1.9 million ($2.4 million) by November 17 or go bust.Hide Caption 2 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewGlobal concern – Earlier in November Oviedo's board announced a share issue to attract investment and save the club. Remarkably the scheme took off as fans from all over the world bought the €11 ($13) shares after Oviedo's precarious position was highlighted on the social media website Twitter.Hide Caption 3 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's view"Extraordinary" gesture. – Slim was so impressed by the interest of fans in Oviedo from across the world -- he described their support as "extraordinary" -- that the Mexican tycoon pumped in a further $2.5 million to become Oviedo's majority shareholder. According to Forbes magazine, Slim has a net worth of $69 billion, having made his fortune in the telecommunications industry.Hide Caption 4 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewOviedo solidarity – The Oviedo players huddle on the pitch before the match. Just over a decade ago Oviedo were playing in La Liga alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona, but mismanagement from the club's directors took the Asturian team to the brink of bankruptcy in recent years.Hide Caption 5 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewSoccer synergy – In September, Slim bought 30% stakes in two Mexican football teams, Pachuca and Leon, and he plans to use Oviedo "to create synergies and exchanges between Spanish, Mexican and Latin American football.''Hide Caption 6 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewDepth of feeling – Oviedo fans display a banner in the Estadio Carlos Tartiere reading: "Happen what may, Oviedistas until death." Of Slim's intervention, an Oviedo statement said: "This challenge and ambition is strictly a sports investment and one that looks to benefit the club and its fans. The investment will try to support Oviedo's players so they can reach their goals and the club can reach the division that corresponds to its history and values.''Hide Caption 7 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewLowe down – Spanish football expert and long-time Oviedo supporter Sid Lowe has been a key figure in publicizing the club's plight. "Naturally, I have reservations, doubts & concerns," tweeted Lowe last weekend. "But with c. €2m of shares bought by 13,000+ ppl round world & Slim buying €2m Oviedo safe."Hide Caption 8 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewProud tradition – World Cup winner Juan Mata is one of the stars produced by Oviedo's youth system. He now plays for England's European champions Chelsea.Hide Caption 9 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewPremier support – Michu was a Real Oviedo player for four years and has been campaigning on Twitter to save the club. He now plays in the English Premier League with Welsh club Swansea.Hide Caption 10 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewCazorla concern – Arsenal's midfield maestro Santi Cazorla is another big-name player from Oviedo's academy who helped save his former club.Hide Caption 11 of 12 Photos: Real Oviedo - A fan's viewSlim's sporting interests – Mexican tycoon Slim is pictured at the 2012 Homeless World Cup in October. His widespread interests include providing financial backing for Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Perez.Hide Caption 12 of 12 Photos: Match-fixing in football Photos: Match-fixing in footballIn-play betting – The Secret Footballer says in the early days of in-play betting players used to make money by manipulating elements of the match such as who would win the first throw in.Hide Caption 1 of 4 Photos: Match-fixing in footballLundekvam speaks out – Former Southampton man Claus Lundekvam has insisted that whilst he and the other players knew what they were doing at the time was illegal, it was never considered more than a bit of fun. Players, he claims, would bet on anything from who would get carded to the recipient of the first throw-in. En route to away matches everything was fair game for a flutter, he says, except for the score.Hide Caption 2 of 4 Photos: Match-fixing in footballBohinen's concern – Lars Bohinen enjoyed eight successful years in the Premier League, and played alongside Lundekvam at international level for Norway. He explains that whilst he heard talk of spot-fixing, he never fully bought into the idea. It is only now, years after his retirement, that he considers that gambling talk between the players was more than a harmless joke. He also believes that there is far more addiction amongst top-flight players than people see. "You could sense it from the way they gambled", he says.Hide Caption 3 of 4 Photos: Match-fixing in footballAdams' addiction – For former Arsenal and England captain Tony Adams holds the matter of addiction amongst professioanl footballers much more seriously. After overcoming drug and alcohol problems he fouded the Sporting Chance Clinic, dedicated to help other sportsmen and women do the same. The Professional Footballers' Association and ex-Gunner Paul Merson are also patrons.Hide Caption 4 of 4 Photos: Dortmund's training pays dividends Photos: Dortmund's training pays dividendsThe final frontier? – The "Footbonaut" -- is a robotic cage which footballers can use to improve passing, spatial awareness and control. The machine is being used by German champions Borussia Dortmund.Hide Caption 1 of 5 Photos: Dortmund's training pays dividendsA giant leap for soccer training? – Once inside the "Footbonaut", a player is fed balls by eight different machines and then has deliver the ball to one of the 72 panels - - which is indciated by a flashing green light -- that make up the space-age contraption before they receive another ball. This picture shows Dortmund's German star Mario Gotze testing himself against the machine.Hide Caption 2 of 5 Photos: Dortmund's training pays dividendsHigh-klass Klopp – German coach Jurgen Klopp has overseen Dortmund's recent domination of German football. Dortmund have won the Bundesliga in each of the last two seasons, winning plaudits for the adventurous style of play. Klopp's team also currently sit top of a European Champions League group containing Real Madrid, Manchester City and Ajax.Hide Caption 3 of 5 Photos: Dortmund's training pays dividendsPolish power – Dortmund's rise to prominence has forced their attractive young squad into the limelight. None more so than Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who was strongly linked with a move to Manchester United earlier this year.Hide Caption 4 of 5 Photos: Dortmund's training pays dividendsBorussia's best – One player who did swap Dortmund for Manchester was Shinji Kagawa. The Japanese playmaker had made a promising start to his Old Trafford career before being sidelined with a knee injury last month. Another player developed by Dortmund was Nuri Sahin, the Turkish midfielder who signed for Real Madrid in 2011 before joining Liverpool on a season-long loan deal in August.Hide Caption 5 of 5In the same interview, Branca revealed that Inter coach Andrea Stramaccioni will not have any funds to bolster his second-placed team's title charge during the January transfer window."As things stand, the current economic situation -- both generally speaking and in our specific case -- doesn't allow us to budget for any sort of outlay," Branca said.When asked if Inter could afford to sign highly-rated Brazil midfielder Paulinho, Branca replied: "If there's a 'costs' we can't do it at the moment."The announcement is likely to spark a January bidding war for former Real Madrid star Sneijder, who has been linked with a move to the English Premier League for the past two years.Inter's financial problems mirror those of city rivals AC Milan, who have sold several top names since winning the Italian title in 2011.Branca said Inter would not be rushing Sneijder, who moved to the San Siro in 2009 and has more than two and a half years left on his contract. "It's a very serious matter. We're patient precisely because we have a certain sort of relationship with Wes, and I'm sure it's the same for him. We're patient and calm as we wait for the situation to evolve."Stramaccioni's team travel to Parma on Monday, facing the possibility that champions Juventus' four-point lead will be even greater following Sunday's trip to struggling Milan.In Saturday's only Serie A game, seventh-placed Catania lost 3-1 at Palermo.Slovenia midfielder Josep Ilicic scored twice in the second half to lift the Sicilian team up to 14th place.

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(CNN)The data didn't make sense.Five years ago, University of Maryland researcher Alisa Morss Clyne was studying pulmonary hypertension -- a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs -- in human cells she had cultured in her lab. But the results she was seeing just didn't stack up."We had these huge error bars. It didn't make any sense," she said. "And we said, OK, let's just graph it by male versus female, and what we found was really interesting." The blood vessels in the lungs of people with pulmonary hypertension take up more glucose, and she found the female cells metabolized the glucose in way that changed a protein that was critical to blood vessel function. In other words, the sex of the cells became an important variable that affected the outcome of the research. Read More"Because we were grouping our sexes together, we were missing the difference. We were getting the average with a big deviation," said Clyne, an associate professor at the University of Maryland's Fischell Department of Bioengineering and the director of the Vascular Kinetics Laboratory."I was shocked when we saw the cells themselves were different based on sex." Concern has been growing in recent years that ignoring or downplaying differences in sex as a biological variable -- whether in cells under a microscope or in lab animals -- is undermining biomedical research at the earliest stages. This matters because many diseases -- including Covid-19 -- affect men and women differently, and missing sex-based differences can make misdiagnosis and mistreatment more likely. "When researchers don't consider sex as a biological variable, that means we have incomplete data. And if we have incomplete data, we run the risk of making judgments that are incorrect. And incomplete data and erroneous conclusions in preclinical research, ultimately, can have an impact on the health of all of us, the health of women and men," said Chyren Hunter, associate director for basic and translational research at the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, which is holding a conference on sex as a biological variable this week. The default lab rat is maleWhile it's often unclear what sex the cells used in lab research are, and to what degree female cells are underrepresented, the default lab rat has long been male. One study from 2011 found that in neuroscience research, male animals were used six times more often than females, and figures from a more recent analysis in 2017 suggest they have only improved marginally. Women have been routinely included in clinical trials since the 1990s, but "integrating female animals into basic and preclinical research -- which is the key building block for studies in humans -- has been much slower," said Hunter. Women are more likely to be misdiagnosed than men when it comes to a wide range of conditions, including heart attacks and ADHD. And women typically experience more -- and more intense -- side effects from pharmacological drugs.Some drugs are more effective in men than women, including common over the counter ones such as ibuprofen and naproxen -- both forms of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). And it goes both ways: Alosetron, a drug approved to treat severe irritable bowel syndrome, is only approved for treatment in women as it is largely ineffective in men. "We're saying here that not all researchers need to study sex differences. But all researchers really should consider how biological sex can impact the questions that they're studying," Hunter said. In the case of research into Covid-19, it's not clear that sex as a biological variable is consistently being taken into account even though men are three times more likely than women to be admitted to the ICU. What's being doneMajor funders of scientific research -- including the US National Institutes of Health, which handles 80,000 grants a year -- have required the research they fund to take account of sex as a biological variable. Since 2016, NIH grant applications are required to include male and female animals or cells in both designing the research and in analyzing the results or provide strong justification for studying only one sex.Hunter said that there have been signs of progress, but a five-year report card called for greater action.The NIH doesn't have any mechanism to ensure the funded research adheres to what was set out in the grant application, and some feel the efforts made in grant applications are only lip service."It's been nearly six years, and we haven't seen the needle move in any considerable direction in terms of even understanding what the sex differences are at baseline level in between males and females," said Aditi Bhargava, a professor in the Department of Ob/Gyn and the Center for Reproductive Sciences at the University of California San Francisco. Bhargava, who is the author of a new scientific statement on sex as a biological variable for the Endocrine Society, and others said that high-profile scientific journals -- like those published by Nature and Science -- need to do more to ensure the papers they publish take sex as a biological variable into account. "It's up to the journal and the scientists who (peer) review for the journals to start holding people accountable and say this doesn't deserve to be a high profile paper because it only studied males. It can't be that impactful if we don't know the answer to the science question in females," said Rebecca Shansky, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University in Boston. Shansky wrote in Nature Neuroscience in March that considering sex as a biological variable "will require a global shift in science culture."Many journals ask authors to adhere to SAGER guidelines on sex and gender equity in research, but that doesn't mean that researchers have to comply with them. "We are not currently monitoring compliance with SAGER guidance, but we may in the future ask authors to provide a clear disclosure as to whether the study adhered to SAGER guidance," said Sowmya Swaminathan, head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity, Nature Portfolio. She said Nature does require researchers to fill in a detailed reporting summary that includes the sex of lab animals. An independent study published in 2019 in the journal BMJ Open Science, which evaluated the effectiveness of these reporting summaries, found 52% of a sample of Nature journal papers published after the reporting summary was implemented reported the sex of experimental animals, compared to 36% in a sample of articles on similar topics published by journals from other publishers.Not just hormonesFor a long time, female lab animals were thought too hormonal and messy for science, said Shansky, and one of the main reasons given for not using female mice was that they made data more "variable" as a result of the female reproductive cycle. But this is a myth, she said. Hormones aren't a uniquely female problem. The testosterone levels of male mice can also vary widely. The push for greater awareness of sex as a research variable is not just about using more female lab rats. It's also important not to take the behavior of male mice as the baseline for research, Shansky said. In her lab, she has been studying fear behavior in mice, and the typical fear response in mice has long been thought to be freezing. However, she found that female mice will often exhibit an escape response."They try to escape the boxes. They are afraid. They are just showing it differently. So say if we were looking for drugs that reduce fear, say to treat PTSD, and you were looking for a freezing response when the breathing goes down, you wouldn't be looking for the right response," she explained."If you based your interpretations in the behavior of male mice, you might misinterpret the behavior of female mice." This could throw off the results of research, she said. We are still learning about differences between the sexes in both animals and humans -- but they go beyond hormones and the reproductive system.A study published last year in the journal Science found that over 13,000 genes are expressed differently between the sexes; the researchers also identified sex-biased patterns of gene regulation that were linked to over 50 bodily traits and functions.These differences don't always matter and shouldn't be exaggerated. For example, the popular sleep medication zolpidem, better known as Ambien, lingers longer in the blood of women than of men, causing drowsiness, cognitive impairment and increased traffic accidents. For these reasons, the FDA in 2013 halved the recommended dosage prescribed to women. One subsequent study into the drug after the FDA changed its recommendations suggested that it was body weight, not sex, that was the key biological variable.However, many researchers agree it should be taken into account.Bhargava said disease should be thought of as a destination, and researchers needed to pay more attention to the journey at the biochemical and cellular level. "I want to come to London. If I'm coming from San Francisco, I could take a nonstop flight, or I could come via Washington DC and Paris," she said. "The outcome is that we've all reached London, but the paths were divergent. "Men and women can take different paths, and they may cross and intersect, to reach the same destination -- or in this case, in disease -- but that doesn't mean that they started off in a same way, or that every single step that they took to reach that destination was identical."ChallengesFor Clyne at the University of Maryland, the realization that the cells she worked on differed by sex has completely reshaped how she and her lab work. "I had never thought about the sex of my cells before," she said. "I just thought you take cells out of a person, and you get rid of the physical and biochemical differences that happen in the blood vessels of men and women, and we should all be the same." Information on where the cells comes from isn't routinely available, and she now spends time tracking down the details. She also has twice as many samples in each experiment, which adds up in terms of cost and time. Plus, it can be hard to confident about the sex effects in experiments. "We have been asked how many cell donors we need to be sure that an effect is sex rather than donor related. We don't yet know the answer to that question," Clyne saidBut even with these challenges, she thinks the effort is crucial. "People think that if you take the cells out of the living being and put them in a dish, there's no difference anymore. A lot of thoughts about male and female differences are based around estrogen and sex hormones, but it's more fundamental than that."

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Story highlightsFive police officers in Dallas were killed Thursday, 11 shot (CNN)Five Dallas police officers were killed in the deadliest incident for law enforcement in the United States since 9/11, according to statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.A total of 11 officers were shot at a protest that took place Thursday against police brutality.The names of all five deceased officers have not yet been released, but they served in the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency. DART tweeted that it was grieving the death of Officer Brent Thompson, 43, who joined the agency in 2009. DART grieving the loss of Ofc Brent Thompson, 43, killed during Thurs protest. First DART officer killed in line of duty. Joined DART 2009.— dartmedia (@dartmedia) July 8, 2016 "To say our police officers put their lives on the line everyday is not a hyperbole, it's a reality," said Mayor Mike Rawlings in a press conference early Friday morning. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said that he was proud of the officers and saw "the courage and professionalism and their grit to stay on scene to search for the suspects while we're vulnerable."Read MoreIn 2015, 41 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty, according to FBI statistics. The number of police killed in the line of duty had been on the decline, having fallen from 51 in 2014. Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice respond after shots were fired in downtown Dallas on Thursday, July 7. Five police officers were fatally shot during a protest over recent police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. Seven other officers were injured in the ambush, as were two civilians.Hide Caption 1 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestEmergency responders administer CPR to an unknown patient near the receiving area of the Baylor University Medical Center.Hide Caption 2 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestA police officer with Dallas Area Rapid Transit is comforted at the emergency room entrance of the hospital.Hide Caption 3 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestA police helicopter flies over the scene in downtown Dallas. One suspect was killed by police after a standoff that lasted for hours.Hide Caption 4 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestA man raises his hands as he walks near a law enforcement officer in Dallas.Hide Caption 5 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestProtesters gather as police officers arrest someone in the aftermath of the shootings.Hide Caption 6 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestA Dallas police officer takes a moment as she guards an intersection in the early morning hours.Hide Caption 7 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestDallas police respond to the scene of the shootings.Hide Caption 8 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice officers shield bystanders after shots were fired at the protest.Hide Caption 9 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice officers take cover as shots are fired. Hide Caption 10 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice get in position after gunshots rang out.Hide Caption 11 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestTwo officers crouch behind barriers.Hide Caption 12 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestDallas police order people away from the area after the shootings.Hide Caption 13 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice and others gather at the emergency entrance to the Baylor University Medical Center.Hide Caption 14 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice stop a driver in downtown Dallas.Hide Caption 15 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestA view of downtown Dallas after the shootings. Kent Giles captured the image and told CNN he "heard multiple shots being fired. Probably more than 20 rounds. This is the intersection of Main and Griffin looking towards the west."Hide Caption 16 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestDallas police check a car after detaining a driver.Hide Caption 17 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestDallas police stand watch after the shootings.Hide Caption 18 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestOnlookers stand near police barricades after the shootings. Hide Caption 19 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestPolice attempt to calm the crowd after an arrest.Hide Caption 20 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestA clerk looks at broken windows that were shot out at a store in downtown Dallas.Hide Caption 21 of 22 Photos: Officers shot during Dallas protestLaw enforcement officials wait outside the emergency room entrance of the Baylor University Medical Center.Hide Caption 22 of 22Here's a look at the deadliest incidents on law enforcement officers: November 29, 2009Four police officers from the Lakewood Police Department in Washington were killed at a coffee shop. The four slain officers were: Lt. Mark Renninger, Officer Ronald Owens, Officer Tina Griswold and Officer Greg Richards.They were killed in an ambush-style shooting. The suspect in that attack, Maurice Clemmons, was shot and killed by police after a two-day manhunt. Police said he intentionally targeted the officers after a series of run-ins with authorities. In 1989, Clemmons had been given a 95-year prison sentence in Arkansas for a host of charges, including robbery, burglary, theft and bringing a gun to school, but his sentence was commuted in 2000.March 21, 2009Four police officers from the Oakland Police Department in California were killed in two incidents on the same day. The gunman, Lovelle Mixon, 26, allegedly shot two Oakland patrol officers and fled to a nearby apartment building. Mixon then allegedly shot and killed two SWAT officers who burst into the apartment before police fatally shot him. A fifth officer was injured. The four slain officers were: Sgt. Ervin Romans, Sgt. Daniel Sakai, Sgt. Mark Dunakin and John Hege.September 11, 2001The terror attack is the deadliest day in U.S. law enforcement history, killing 72 officers, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a group that tracks law enforcement deaths.The officers came from several different agencies, including the Port Authority, New Jersey Police Department, New York City Police Department, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, New York State Office of Court Administration, New York City Fire Department, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer died in the crash of Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. April 19, 1995Emergency workers sift through the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, OK.Eight federal law enforcement officers were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing. The officers came from the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.The eight slain officers were: Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alan Whicher, Special Agents Cynthia Brown, Donald Leonard, Mickey Maroney, Senior Special Agents Paul Ice, Claude Medearis, Special Agents Paul Broxterman and Special Agent Kenneth McCullough. Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, was executed in June 2001. February 28, 1993The Branch Davidians, a religious sect led by David Koresh, clashed with federal agents in 1993 in Waco, Texas.Four Special Agents of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were killed trying to serve a search-and-arrest warrant for illegal weapons at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. Instead, a gun battle ensued with four ATF agents killed. The four slain agents were: Conway LeBleu, Todd McKeehan, Robert J. Williams and Steven Willis.The incident led to a seven-week stalemate, leading to the deaths of 82 Davidians, who followed their leader leader, David Koresh.

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Story highlightsCristiano scores hat-trick in Real's 5-1 win over DeportivoNapoli move level with Juventus at top of Serie AMarseille's six-match winning streak comes to an endAston Villa held at home by West Bromwich AlbionIt's arguably the biggest game in world football -- and Real Madrid warmed up for next Sunday's El Clasico with a five-star showing led by their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo.Ronaldo fired his 17th career hat-trick to signal his intentions ahead of next weekend's clash with arch-rivals and league leaders Barcelona and his showdown with Lionel Messi.Brazilian great Ronaldo plumps for Messi ahead of Cristiano as world's best playerThe 27-year-old had stated he was feeling sad about life in the Spanish capital but this latest display would have put a smile on his face.Jose Mourinho's men are eight points adrift of the Catalan side going into the game at the Santiago Bernabeu.While Barca will provide far stiffer opposition than Deportivo La Coruna, this was still a scintillating showing from Ronaldo and Real.JUST WATCHEDReal Madrid coach in World Sport specialReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHReal Madrid coach in World Sport special 00:57JUST WATCHEDCristiano Ronaldo: I'm better than MessiReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCristiano Ronaldo: I'm better than Messi 01:50JUST WATCHEDFrench football club spends bigReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFrench football club spends big 02:45Deportivo had lost on its previous six visits to the Bernabeu but took a shock lead through former Real man Riki after 16 minutes.But that was as good as it got for the visitors as Ronaldo fired his first treble since April.The former Manchester United man equalized from the penalty spot before Angel Di Maria put the home side ahead.Ronaldo grabbed his second after Sergio Ramos' effort was only parried by the goalkeeper and Pepe added a fourth with his first goal in ten months.Ronaldo completed his hat-trick six minutes from time from the penalty spot after a handball by Evaldo Santos.Atletico Madrid claimed a 1-0 win at Espanyol to go second in La Liga with Raul Garcia's goal enough to secure the points.Villa on target as Barcelona snatch last-gasp win at Sevilla Real Valladolid came from behind to smash six past Rayo Vallecano.Alejandro Dominguez gave the visitors a fifth minute lead before Valladolid roared back in sensational style.Alberto Bueno and Manucho soon had the home side ahead following a two-goal burst inside three minutes.Oscar Gonzalez made it 3-1 before Antonio Rukavina extended Valladolid's lead once more.Oscar slotted home his second and his side's fourth ten minutes after the break and Manucho completed the rout to seal an emphatic win.Osasuna scored three goals in the last eight minutes to claim a 4-0 win over Levante.Emilian Armenteros gave the home side a 10th minute lead but they were made to wait to seal the win.Roland Lamah's doubled his side's advantage after 82 minutes with a David Timor penalty and Nino's injury-time strike helping Osasuna to its first win of the season. Photos: The best (and worst) of Zinedine Zidane Photos: The best (and worst) of Zinedine ZidaneZizou's bronze butt – The moment French football superstar Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italy's Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final has been immortalized in a five meter bronze statue. The statue, positioned outside of Paris' Pompidou Museum, is the work of Algerian-born artist Adel Abdessemed.Hide Caption 1 of 5 Photos: The best (and worst) of Zinedine ZidaneOut with a bang – The headbutt, which occured in the second half of extra-time, stunned the football world. Zidane scored from the penalty spot to give France a 1-0 lead, before Materazzi equalized. After 120 minutes of play and with the scores still level, the match went to penalties. Italy prevailed to win a third World Cup. The assault was the last action of Zidane's incredible career.Hide Caption 2 of 5 Photos: The best (and worst) of Zinedine ZidaneBrilliant brace – Eight years earlier, Zidane had an altogether different World Cup experience. With an expectant French crowd looking on at the Stade de France, Zidane scored two first-half headers as France beat Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 final.Hide Caption 3 of 5 Photos: The best (and worst) of Zinedine ZidaneAllez Les Bleus! – Zidane and his teammates, including Thierry Henry and Marcel Desailly, ensured France were crowned world champions for the first time.Hide Caption 4 of 5 Photos: The best (and worst) of Zinedine ZidaneHammer at Hampden – Four years later, Zidane painted his masterpiece at Hampden Park in Glasgow. With the scores level at 1-1 between Zidane's Real Madrid and Germany's Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 European Champions League final, the Frenchman expertly dispatched a Roberto Carlos cross with a stunning volley from the edge of the penalty area. The sumptuous strike was enough to secure Real a ninth European crown. Hide Caption 5 of 5JUST WATCHEDCollymore on John Terry quitting ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCollymore on John Terry quitting 03:07Granada grabbed its first league win of the season courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Celta Vigo.Guilherme Siqueira's 11th minute penalty and a Gabriel Torje effort secured the points for the hosts.Cavani hat-trick moves Napoli level with Serie A leaders JuventusEdinson Cavani netted his fifth goal in six games as Napoli kept up its Serie A ambitions with a win over Sampdoria.With both teams unbeaten going into the clash, it took a second-half penalty from Cavani to separate the sides.Marek Hamsik weaved his way into the Sampdoria penalty area only to be brought down by Daniele Gastaldello.The Sampdoria man was shown a red card and Cavani smashed home the spot kick to leave Napoli level on points with league leaders Juventus.Inter Milan picked up a 2-1 win over Fiorentina courtesy of goals from Diego Milito and Antonio Cassano in Sunday's late game.Palermo grabbed its first win of the season as Fabrizio Miccoli scored a hat-trick to seal a 4-1 win over Chievo.Miccoli fired home a stunning 13th minute free-kick only for Chievo to hit back through Marco Rigoni.Palermo looked unlikely to hang on for a point after Franco Brienza was sent off after picking up two yellow cards.But Miccoli shocked Chievo just minutes later as he fired home his hat-trick and Palermo's third.Luigi Giorgi fired home a fourth late on to seal the win and lift Palermo off the bottom of Serie A.Bologna claimed its second win of the season after cruising to a 4-0 win against Catania.Tiberio Guarente fired home a 19th minute opener before Alberto Gilardino doubled Bologna's lead.Gilardino scored his second just after the hour mark before Panagionis Kone sealed the win after Alessandro Diamanti's effort had been saved.Torino produced a five-star showing as it thrashed Atalanta 5-1.German Denis gave the home side the lead before Torino roared back in some style.Rolando Bianchi converted from the penalty spot to equalise before Alessandro Gazzi headed Torino into the lead.Alen Stevanovic's spectacular volley made it 3-1 befpre Danilo D'Ambrosio and another Bianchi effort wrapped up the win.UEFA to take action against LazioLazio bounced back from its midweek defeat against Napoli with a 2-1 win over Siena.Honorato Ederson and Cristian Ledesma scored for the hosts with Massimo Paci scoring a late consolation for Siena.Cagliari slumped to the bottom of Serie A after suffering a 2-1 home defeat against Pescara.Christian Terlizzi and Vladimir Weiss got the goals for Pescara as they recorded a second victory in five days.Mauricio Pinilla scored from the penalty spot with eight minutes remaining, while the hosts were also reduced to ten men when Luca Rossettini was sent off.JUST WATCHEDCan AC Milan rebuild this season? ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCan AC Milan rebuild this season? 02:54 Photos: Real Madrid stun Man City Photos: Real Madrid stun Man CityDeadly Dzeko – Edin Dzeko came off the bench to give Manchester City the lead against Real Madrid in their European Champions League encounter in the Spanish capital.Hide Caption 1 of 6 Photos: Real Madrid stun Man CityMourinho has the last laugh – But it was Jose Mourinho's Real who edged a pulsating tie, Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a last-minute winner to give the Spanish champions a 3-2 win. As the ball struck the net, Mourinho slid on his knees across the touchline.Hide Caption 2 of 6 Photos: Real Madrid stun Man CityZero for Zenit – Big-spending Zenit St Petersburg, who recruited Hulk (pictured) and Axel Witsel from Portuguese football during the recent transfer window, were stunned by Spanish Champions League debutants Malaga.Hide Caption 3 of 6 Photos: Real Madrid stun Man CityMalaga march on – Despite being in financial turmoil, Malaga continued their fine start to the season with a 3-0 triumph. Isco (pictured) scored either side of a strike from Argentine striker Javier Saviola.Hide Caption 4 of 6 Photos: Real Madrid stun Man CityMilan's misery – It has been a turbulent few months for AC Milan, who lost star duo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to Paris-Saint German during the offseason. Massimiliano Allegri's team have made a stuttering start to the Italian season, which carried over into the Champions League on Tuesday with a 0-0 draw against Anderlecht.Hide Caption 5 of 6 Photos: Real Madrid stun Man CitySilva lining – While his former club were struggling, Silva was enjoying a dream debut for PSG. The Brazilian defender scored the second of four goals, with PSG running out 4-1 winners against Dinamo Kiev.Hide Caption 6 of 6 Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubs Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubsManchester's money machine – Manchester United is the most valuable brand in football according to a report by independent consultancy Brand Finance. The global appeal and on-field success of the 19-time English champions has helped establish a brand worth an estimated $853 million.Hide Caption 1 of 6 Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubsSilver lining – Bayern Munich's players and fans were distraught after losing Saturday's European Champions League to Chelsea, but the German team's brand was second on the list, valued at $786 million.Hide Caption 2 of 6 Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubsCuts for 'El Clasico' – Real Madrid recently pipped Barcelona to the Spanish title, but both clubs have suffered setbacks financially. Both brands decreased, by 7% and 8% respectively, as a result of the eurozone crisis and its impact on the Spanish economy.Hide Caption 3 of 6 Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubsChampions cash in – Chelsea's brand value was significantly boosted by the European triumph. The west London club, backed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, is ranked fifth on the list valued at $398 million.Hide Caption 4 of 6 Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubsCity slickers – Manchester City's dramatic Premier League title win has increased the value of the Abu Dhabi-owned English club's brand, putting it eighth on the list, worth an estimated $302 million.Hide Caption 5 of 6 Photos: Brand power: Football's most valuable clubsA major league? – The 2011 Major League Soccer champions Los Angeles Galaxy had the honor of meeting President Barack Obama earlier this month. Galaxy, 50th on the list, still struggle to attract commercial rights deals which compare to the club's European counterparts.Hide Caption 6 of 6Udinese's disappointing start to the season continued after they were held to a goalless draw by Genoa.Bayern maintain perfect start with win over Werder BremenIn Germany, Eintracht Frankfurt continued their impressive start to the season with a 2-1 win over Freiburg.Alexander Meir scored twice to earn Frankfurt a fifth win in six games to leave them just two points off league leaders Bayern Munich.Karim Guede made matters worse for the visitors when he was sent off late on.Wolfsburg suffered yet another home defeat after going down 2-0 to Mainz 05.Junior Diaz's first goal for the club and Adam Szalai's effort secured all three points for the visitors.Schalke held as Lille crash to defeatIn France, Marseille suffered a shock 4-1 defeat at Valenciennes as its six-match winning streak came to a dramatic end.Gael Danic and former Liverpool man Anthony Le Tallec gave the home side a two-goal lead, before an inexplicable mistake by Marseille keeper Steve Mandanda allowed Foued Kadir to make it 3-0.Le Tallec grabbed his second after the interval with Jordan Ayew netting a late consolation for the visitors.Saint Etienne was held to a goalless draw at home by Stade de Reims.Torres and Mata fire Chelsea to win over Arsenal In the Premier League, Aston Villa came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against West Bromwich Albion.Darren Bent came off the bench to equalize for Villa after the visitors had taken the lead through Shane Long.

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Story highlightsRussian-based federation says Vladimir Putin gets eighth-degree belt in Kyokushin-kan disciplinePutin, 62, is quite the sportsman and already has highest rank in taekwondoNo protective gear is worn in Kyokushin-kan That Vladimir Putin, he's a baaad man.The muscle-bound Russian President rides horses while shirtless. He catches massive fish and gives them a kiss. He tranquilizes tigers. He also is apparently pretty good on the mat. Putin, 62, has been awarded a karate black belt, the Russian Kyokushin-kan Karate-do Federation said Friday.In a letter to Putin, the federation said the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu decided to award him an eighth-dan, or eighth-degree, black belt for his "contribution in promoting Kyokushin-kan karate in Russia."Putin, known also for his judo skills, had already been awarded a fifth-degree black belt in 2001, according to the federation. Kyokushin-kan is a full contact form of karate in which no protective gear is worn and in which striking an opponent in the head with hands is not permitted. Putin in 2013 also received the highest rank in taekwondo, the ninth-dan ranking, giving him honorary grandmaster status, according to Russian state news agency Itar-Tass.

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(CNN)After the RBC Canadian Open in June 2019, Collin Morikawa was ranked 1039th in the world having finished tied for 14th. A little over a year later, in August 2020, he was golf's fifth highest-ranked player.His shock victory that month at the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco -- finishing two shots ahead of Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey in only his second major outing -- catapulted him to the top of the game and into mainstream recognition.Morikawa, who admits the victory at the PGA was "very life-changing," is adamant the fame that has come with it won't "change who I am.""A lot of opportunities are given to you, a lot more sponsorships, people being aware of who you are," he told CNN's Living Golf's Shane O'Donoghue.Read MoreMorikawa reacts as the lid to the Wanamaker Trophy falls off during the trophy presentation for the 2020 PGA Championship."I feel like I'm still the same 23-year-old kid that you guys call me. I've got a smile on my face, and I love food, and I hope that's me for the rest of my life."While many players might have been sated by that victory, that is not the case for Morikawa."It didn't feel like I checked that box off of winning a major championship and I'm satisfied with the rest of my career. It just made me want more," he said. "Now, whether I'm at a major championship or a regular event, European Tour event, whatever it might be, I want that winning feeling because when you win, it's just a feeling that you can't describe, especially in golf, with us really losing more than we win."READ: How Dustin Johnson's speedy approach could help golf's pace of playMorikawa plays his shot from the eighth tee during the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii.A global playerHaving initially broken onto the scene in the US with victories on the PGA Tour, Morikawa is now looking to take his game around the globe. "If you look at the history of golf, there's a lot of global players and those are the ones that are well-known," he explained. "It speaks a lot to their personalities as a person, but it also speaks a lot about their games. They're able to adjust. That's all about golf, adjusting to what we're given ahead of us."On the European Tour, Morikawa finished fifth in the 2020 Race to Dubai and will be traveling back to the emirate this month as one of the headliners for the OMEGA Dubai Desert Classic, which is set to start on January 28.Taking to the course alongside 2017 winner Sergio Garcia and European Ryder Cup heroes Tommy Fleetwood, Justin Rose and Tyrrell Hatton, the Californian's skills will be put to the test at the Emirates Golf Club. Morikawa plays a shot during day two of the DP World Tour Championship.Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videos"My entire life, it's always been about consistency. I've said that since day one, I believed in myself that I could do it, but I've only tested myself out really in the US on the PGA Tour," he said. "And what better way to come out here on the European Tour, the Race to Dubai, and really make a statement for myself to show that my game travels. At the end of my career, I want to look back and be able to say that it does."

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(CNN)Dr. Nelson Atehortua, an assistant professor at Jackson State University's school of public health, drove two hours to get a coveted shot of Covid-19 vaccine because demand was so high, he couldn't find an appointment locally.But on a recent day at a mass Covid-19 vaccination site at the university in Jackson, Mississippi, getting a shot was a snap. People wanting to be vaccinated just trickled in, and the staff at the site sat bored in the meantime."Today it's quiet, but it hasn't been like that all the time," Atehortua said. Many evangelicals say they won't be vaccinated against Covid-19. Some experts say distrust and misinformation have played a roleAt a drive-thru site in Jackson that can handle up to 1,200 appointments in a day, only 275 people had signed up Thursday -- and some of those didn't bother to show up, workers there said. Experts worry the drop-off suggests a lot of people don't want the vaccine and fear what's happening here could jeopardize reaching herd immunity, which doctors say won't be achieved until at least 70% of population is vaccinated. Read MorePublic health officials fight misinformationCampaigns encouraging vaccination are being overwhelmed by disinformation on social media and elsewhere now that most people who needed and wanted the vaccine have been immunized, public health officials said."Miscommunication has been constant since the pandemic started, and that has created distrust in the population," Atehortua said. "So unfortunately -- and this is a reflection that I have made with some colleagues in public health -- we are losing the battle of communication."Students hope vaccine mandate will bring life back to collegeJSU, a historically Black university, has an enrollment of close to 7,000 students and 1,100 faculty and staff members. Close to 700 of them have been vaccinated on campus.False information is what caused JSU student Halle Coleman to delay getting her shots, she told CNN."It just felt like everywhere I looked, I was seeing somebody with a new conspiracy theory or just a reason not to get the vaccine," she said. Some of the conspiracy theories she heard included that the vaccine "was a way for the government to track us, it was a way for the government to inject a new illness into us to make us more sick, to have control over us," Coleman said.Mississippi was one of the first states to open Covid-19 vaccinations to everyone 16 and older, but the state is far from having vaccinated everyone who is eligible. About 30% of Mississippians have had their first vaccine dose, while the national average is closer to 40%. And it's not just Mississippi that's lagging. Southern states from South Carolina to Louisiana -- excluding Florida -- have vaccinated fewer than 59 per 100 people in the states.And it's not just the Southern states were vaccination rates are slowing. While the US this week reached the milestone of 200 million doses administered since the first shots were given in December, vaccinations reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have slowed from the peak earlier this month of almost 3.4 million shots reported on one day.GOP Sen. Ron Johnson downplays urgency of getting Covid-19 vaccineThis week, on Thursday and Friday, vaccinations were fewer than 3 million for two days in a row, and the seven-day average of new Covid-19 doses reported administered continued to fall. It now is at 2,862,758.In Mercer County, Ohio, demand for vaccinations has dropped so much that the health district decided to end mass vaccination clinics for first doses and instead, transition to smaller clinics that require fewer resources and volunteers.Other vaccine providers in the area are reporting the same pattern, according to Kristy Fryman, the emergency response coordinator and public information officer for the Mercer County Health District.Reaching the 'hard audiences'Pharmacies in one part of Louisiana say Covid-19 vaccine demand has "completely fallen off." Georgia officials announced recently they were shutting down a mass vaccination site due to low demand. Tennessee leaders said late last month they were opening eligibility following low numbers of vaccinations in rural areas. Parts of Texas have also seen declining demand."We're reaching the point where we're getting to the hard audiences," said Lori Tremmel Freeman, CEO of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. "The ones that either are unsure or on the fence about the vaccine, don't have enough information or are just plain outright ... not interested in the vaccine for other reasons."CDC, FDA lift pause on using J&J's coronavirus vaccine, add safety warningPart of the problem has been the uncertainty surrounding Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine. The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration on April 13 recommended pausing use of the vaccine while they investigated the risk of rare, severe blood clots. Data from the Mississippi Department of Health shows a decrease in vaccinations since late March, and the steepest decline has occurred in the last two weeks. More than 74,000 Covid-19 vaccine appointments remain vacant across the state through mid-May. On Friday, members of the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices agreed the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks from rare blood clots linked with the vaccine and voted to recommend resuming its use. Felicia Kent, director of revenue at Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, said when the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was paused, about 80% of people who were scheduled for their second doses showed up at a vaccine site, but "we only had a handful that came out for their first dose.""Getting individuals out for the first dose has now become a challenge," Kent said, so public health officials are reaching out for help from community members."What we're doing now is working with churches, working with community organizations, also working with local barber shops, grocery stores," to get the word out that the vaccines are safe and that everyone needs to get one.Dr. Samuel Jones, the director of student health services at JSU, says he gets questions about whether the vaccines will interfere with people's DNA, and "perhaps am I going to grow an extra toe or finger in the future?"Jones likes to call it vaccine "inquisitiveness" instead of hesitancy."As we as persons who inquire, if we have the right information, perhaps they will, a person will, be armed to make a better decision," he said.Many of those people asking him those questions went on to be vaccinated, Jones said.CNN's Christina Maxouris contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Five Italian top-flight soccer games have been postponed this weekend due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. Initially, the matches were scheduled to be played behind closed doors but following an increase in cases, the Serie A league called them off. Among the matches canceled is the top of the table clash between title holders Juventus and Inter Milan in Turin. The other games that are postponed include AC Milan's game at home against Genoa, SPAL's trip to Parma, Sassuolo's match against Brescia and Udinese's game against Fiorentina. The fixtures have all been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 13. As a result, the final of the Coppa Italia will be played a week later, on Wednesday, May 20.Read MoreFour other games -- Lazio vs. Bologna, Napoli vs. Torino, Lecce vs. Atalanta and Cagliari vs. Roma -- will still go ahead this weekend as planned with spectators.A decision on Sampdoria vs. Hellas Verona (due to be played on Monday) has yet to be made.The San Siro stadium is empty after closing to the public as a precaution against coronavirus.Victory for Lazio against Bologna would lift the team above Juventus and to the top of the table, two points above the Turin team.In a statement, Serie A said the decision was made "considering the various and urgent rules issued by the government to respond to this extraordinary health protection emergency."In Europe, the largest number of coronavirus cases have been recorded in Italy -- 821 cases and 21 deaths so far. Whole cities and towns have been placed in lockdown as a preventative measure against the spread of the disease. This follows on from four fixtures being postponed last weekend as a precaution. Inter Milan played its round of 32 Europa League game against Ludogorets in Milan in an empty stadium.The Bulgarian side arrived in Milan on Wednesday wearing protective masks.The Italian side qualified for the next round in an eerie atmosphere, with goals from Romelu Lukaku and Cristiano Biraghi helping the hosts progress. READ: How the coronavirus is impacting sportLudogorets players wore face mask as a safety measure.Euro 2020 fearsThere are fears that the outbreak could impact Euro 2020, with the tournament set to kick off in Rome on June 12, though European football's governing body, UEFA, said that "for the moment there is no need to change anything in the planned timetable.""UEFA is in touch with the relevant international and local authorities regarding the coronavirus and its development," read UEFA's statement."The issue will be kept under constant scrutiny."

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(CNN)It's been a dizzying week of gossip and speculation for Meghan Markle's father days before one of the most anticipated weddings of the year. The American actress will wed Prince Harry on Saturday at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle in a ceremony watched by millions around the world. But while she's largely stayed out of the spotlight in the days leading up to the wedding, the father of the bride has been busy making headlines worldwide with one theme -- will he be there or won't he?Thomas Markle has given multiple interviews to celebrity news site TMZ on whether he'll walk his famous daughter down the aisle -- saying in the latest that he won't.At first, the former Hollywood lighting director was expected to play a key role on his daughter's big day, but it emerged Tuesday that he could miss the wedding because of heart surgery.Read MoreThe announcement marked the latest twist after accusations that he posed for wedding preparation photos for a paparazzi agency. After the revelation, he pulled out of the wedding, reportedly saying he doesn't want to embarrass the royal family or his daughter. Thomas Markle drops off flowers at his ex-wife Doria Ragland's home days before the wedding. Close ties despite divorce Whether or not he attends the wedding, the father and daughter share a close relationship by all accounts. Meghan is said to be upset about the staged photos, but still wants her father to walk her down the aisle.Markle divorced Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, in the 1980s but has remained part of his daughter's life. In a 2016 message titled "Happy Father's Day" posted on her now-deleted Instagram account, Meghan Markle paid tribute to him.More on Meghan MarkleThe reason Thomas Markle is being vilified Meghan's father ay not attend wedding due to surgeryMeghan, Harry ask for privacy for father Meghan is rewriting the princess storyHow Meghan will use her royal voice"Thanks for my work ethic, my love of Busby Berkeley films & club sandwiches, for teaching me the importance of handwritten thank you notes, and for giving me that signature Markle nose. I love you," she reportedly posted. Meghan has said she spent most of her childhood hanging out at her father's job after school."Every day after school for 10 years, I was on the set of 'Married ... with Children,' which is a really funny and perverse place for a little girl in a Catholic school uniform to grow up," she told Esquire in 2013. "There were a lot of times my dad would say, 'Meg, why don't you go and help with the craft services room over there? This is just a little off-color for your 11-year-old eyes.' " Thomas Markle is being vilified for one reason: he's AmericanThose days on the set with her father shaped her career. In the interview, she said he'd call and offer her advice on lighting while she was on television show "Suits." "... [M]y dad will be the first person to call me and say like, 'Why aren't you using this sort of lighting gel?' The crew guys know that it's where I grew up," she said. Meghan said in the 2013 interview that her father had retired about six years earlier. She recalled watching the credits at the end of "Married .. with Children" episodes and giving the screen a kiss when she saw his name go by. 'Draw your own box'Long before she turned into a Hollywood star, Meghan struggled with her biracial identity. She's said her father helped her realize she doesn't need to pick one race over the other. When she was in seventh grade, her English teacher asked her to check the ethnicity box for Caucasian on a census, which made her feel like she was choosing one parent over anotherWhen she told her father about the incident, he was angry. '"If that happens again, you draw your own box," she said he told her, according to Elle UK. The issue of race would be a confusing thread throughout Meghan's early years. When she was 7, she wanted a doll set that came in either an all-white or all-black family. Her father took apart the doll packages and mixed a black mom doll, a white dad doll and two children of both races, and gave them to her as a Christmas gift."My dad had taken the sets apart and customized my family," she wrote. He lives in Mexico Thomas Markle lives in the Mexican beach city of Rosarito, where he was photographed by a paparazzo in the apparently staged photos over the past few weeks.Her half-sister Samantha Markle has added to the controversy by leaking details on their father even as Kensington Palace has requested that journalists respect his privacy. The estranged sibling has said their father suffered a heart attack after reports emerged that Thomas Markle may not attend the royal wedding on Saturday. Samantha Markle says her father staged the photographs to improve his image. While Samantha Markle has reportedly not spoken to her sister for several years, she has not been shy about making media rounds. She did not specify the timing of her father's heart attack, but told the "Good Morning Britain" program that while she's concerned for his health, she did not want him to miss out on the big day."I wanted to see him go. I didn't want him deprived of that. But clearly the propriety should be whether or not it is safe for him to do that," Markle added.Samantha Markle has previously said she was the one who had encouraged their father to stage the photos in an ill-fated bid to improve his image. He was to meet with the royal familyBoth of Meghan's parents were due to fly into the UK in the days before the wedding. Once there, they are expected to spend time with the British royal family, including Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Harry has yet to meet his fiancée's father.CNN's Laura Said-Moorhouse contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsMan Utd confirms Jose Mourinho as bossPortuguese coach succeeds Louis van GaalVan Gaal was fired despite FA Cup win (CNN)Life in the English Premier League just got a whole lot more interesting.Manchester United has hired Jose Mourinho as its new manager, with his old La Liga rival Pep Guardiola having already been appointed by neighbor Manchester City.Follow @cnnsport Mourinho and Guardiola had a volatile relationship during their time in charge of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively -- and now they will renew that rivalry next season.Read: Man Utd sacks Louis van GaalThe Portuguese, whose appointment was confirmed by United on Friday, succeeds Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford.Read More"To become Manchester United manager is a special honor in the game," Mourinho said in a statement. "It is a club known and admired throughout the world. There is a mystique and a romance about it which no other club can match."Dutchman Van Gaal was dismissed Monday, only two days after his team had won the FA Cup final at Wembley to lift United's first major trophy since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013. But he failed to secure qualification for next season's Champions League as the club finished fifth in the Premier League.JUST WATCHEDPremier League: Chelsea has fired star managerReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPremier League: Chelsea has fired star manager 01:39Former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Madrid manager Mourinho had been linked heavily with taking over at United in recent months.The Red Devils had reportedly been tracking the 53-year-old since he left Chelsea in December, with speculation of a managerial change growing as Van Gaal's side struggled for form and results.Glory days to return?He now tackles the challenge of restoring United to its former glories.The club has struggled for success since Ferguson, who spent 27 years at Old Trafford, winning 13 Premier League titles and the Champions League twice, retired."José is quite simply the best manager in the game today," said United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward."He has won trophies and inspired players in countries across Europe and, of course, he knows the Premier League very well, having won three titles here."I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome him to Manchester United. His track record of success is ideal to take the club forward."Mourinho -- also linked with the manager's job at Paris Saint-Germain -- is likely to be given a large transfer budget as he attempts to put United back on top.PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Everton defender John Stones are among the big-name players linked with moves to the club.Mourinho, who has often spoken of his admiration for United, will be keen to make amends for the way in which his second spell at Chelsea came to an end after the Blues, then defending Premier League champion, slumped to nine defeats in its first 16 games.Despite that dismal run of results, he possesses one of the most impressive CVs in football management.JUST WATCHEDLooking back on Mourinho's Chelsea reign ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLooking back on Mourinho's Chelsea reign 02:36He guided unfancied Porto to a shock Champions League win in 2004 and then took Chelsea to a first title triumph in 50 years in 2005.At Inter, he won the Champions League, Italian league and Italian Cup treble in 2010 before moving to Madrid. There, he lifted the 2012 Spanish title before returning to Chelsea a year later and leading the London club to another Premier League crown in 2015.Mou's controversiesMourinho has often been at the center of controversies during his career.Fellow managers Arsene Wenger, Rafael Benitez and Manuel Pellegrini, as well as Guardiola, have all had run-ins with him.Mourinho often tried to goad Guardiola, who would frequently refuse to respond to his remarks.Their rivalry erupted a few months later when Mourinho poked Guardiola's then assistant manager, Tito Vilanova, in the eye during a pitchside scuffle as Real and Barcelona faced each other.During the first game of the 2015-16 Premier League season, Mourinho was criticised for his treatment of Chelsea club doctor Eva Carneiro.Next month, he is due to appear at an employment tribunal into her departure from Stamford Bridge. Photos: Louis van Gaal sacked Photos: Louis van Gaal sackedLouis van Gaal has been sacked as manager of Manchester United.Hide Caption 1 of 5 Photos: Louis van Gaal sackedFormer Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is reportedly set to take over from the Dutchman.Hide Caption 2 of 5 Photos: Louis van Gaal sackedVan Gaal guided United to fourth place and qualification for the Champions League in his first season in charge, but results and performances have fluctuated n recent months.Hide Caption 3 of 5 Photos: Louis van Gaal sackedOne of the 64-year-old's lowest moments came in February as United lost 2-1 to Danish minnows Midtjylland in the Europa League.Hide Caption 4 of 5 Photos: Louis van Gaal sackedHowever, he did finish his tenure on a high by guiding Manchester United to its first trophy in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era.Hide Caption 5 of 5

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Story highlightsWarrior's on pace to break Chicago Bulls' 72-win recordStephen Curry has already shattered 3-point recordCurry shooting better from 30 feet than normal 3-point distanceSan Antonio can still challenge for title, says Steve Smith (CNN)As the Golden State Warriors plow through their history-making season, superstar point guard Stephen Curry is having the time of his life -- and there's nothing wrong with that, says CNN's lead NBA analyst Steve Smith. "It is business, and he's making it look fun," says Smith, who earned a championship ring with the 2003 San Antonio Spurs and played against the 1996 Chicago Bulls, whose 72-10 record Golden State is chasing.Follow @cnnsport "In the old school days, everything was about business, where you had to have this stern look and this focus. You can't say (Curry) is not focused because of the numbers he's putting up, and his team is winning," adds Smith, who calls Curry the greatest shooter in NBA history. "He plays the game with a smile, and a lot of unorthodox shots. He's taking shots at half court and making it look easy."What he's doing right now is more entertainment than basketball."Read MoreSmith isn't kidding. Curry has recently taken to spinning around after shooting three-pointers, gauging whether the shot has dropped in by the reaction of the crowd (46% of the time, it does). It's a borderline-cocky move reminiscent of vintage Larry Bird. @stephencurry30 ignites Oracle. #SlateNight on @csnauthentic. A video posted by Golden State Warriors (@warriors) on Mar 12, 2016 at 9:30pm PST But the great 1986 Boston Celtics team, which went 40-1 at home on the way to winning a championship, never had this much fun. In fact, no championship-contending squad in memory has exuded this much playfulness (the 1985 Showtime-era Lakers were close, but featured brooding Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Finals MVP.)Part of the reason why Curry has enjoyed this much success beyond the arc is because of the way the game has changed, says Smith, a former All-Star known for his defensive prowess. "In our day you could hand check; I could grab him, I could foul him hard, and all that I would get was a personal foul. Now...you would probably be ejected from the game," he says."There is a misconception that old legends are criticizing Stephen Curry's game. I don't think that's it," Smith says about recent statements made by Oscar Robertson and Isiah Thomas. "Most of the legends are talking about the defenses, the way it's played, the rules have changed a lot. They are basically saying, in our era, we would not have allowed this to happen. No one is saying Stephen Curry is not a great player."On the contrary, says Smith: "He became the best player in the NBA last season, and this season I think he'll win MVP as well."JUST WATCHEDNBA great Steve Smith on Warriors' history chaseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNBA great Steve Smith on Warriors' history chase 05:24But would this season's Warriors beat Michael Jordan's record-breaking Bulls? It's a question that's been asked countless times this season. "If the Golden State Warriors were playing in that era, it would be much harder," says the 6-foot 8-inch former guard tasked with stopping Michael Jordan. "I give the advantage to the (1996) Chicago Bulls. But the Bulls playing Golden State in this era? It would go down to a Game 7 series, down to the last shot -- either between Michael or Stephen Curry." Smith points out that Curry has worked tirelessly on his game since he entered the league. Curry's practice routine is the stuff of legend (once this season he made 77 three-pointers in a row, according to Sports Illustrated), but it's his dramatic improvement in ball-handling that has been the difference-maker. On this date in 1985, Larry Bird dropped 60 points against the Hawks. It's still a Celtics record. [Credit: Scott Maguire/AP Photo/1992] A photo posted by espn (@espn) on Mar 12, 2016 at 7:52am PST "He's worked on his ball handling so much, he's able to create a lot of separation," says Smith. "He's a phenomenal worker. "He came into the game as a great shooter, now he's an elite shooter. He came into the league as a great ball handler, now he's elite. You start to look at the work ethic; he's making everything to perfection almost." Watching Curry play is one thing, marveling at his stats is another. Smith notes that the former Davidson College standout set the league record for made three-pointers with 286 last season, and has already made 325 this season with 16 games remaining before the playoffs. The only other person with more than 200 threes is teammate Klay Thompson. Curry leads the NBA in scoring with 30.5 per game, while shooting a blistering 48% from a distance of 30 feet or more. Curry's success in shooting from more than six feet away from the three-point arc could be down to the fact he isn't tightly guarded from that range. After all, no other player has ever taken shots from that distance with regularity."Half his shots from an unbelievable distance are basically going in," Smith marvels. "We've had guys put up astronomical numbers, but their teams weren't winning. He's doing both right now." If the Warriors are to face a challenge on the way to back-to-back titles, Smith thinks it will come from the Spurs, led by his former coach Gregg Popovich and teammate Tim Duncan, as well as rising superstar Kawhi Leonard. The @warriors defeat the @orlandomagic 119-113 on @stephencurry30's 41p & 13r! #phantomcam A video posted by NBA (@nba) on Mar 7, 2016 at 10:04pm PST "This (San Antonio) team matches up pretty well against the Golden State Warriors," says Smith, who also happens to have teamed with Warriors' coach Steve Kerr on the 2003 Spurs. "They haven't lost a game at home either."In case the cross-references aren't dizzying enough, Kerr was, of course, also a member of the 1996 Bulls. Back then Jordan was so serious about making history that he and Kerr engaged in a now-legendary bust-up during practice -- a notion that seems far-fetched on this tight-knit Warriors team. So what does Kerr think of the Warriors' hypothetical matchup against the reigning greatest team ever? "The only thing I know for sure is I had no chance to guard Steph," Kerr told ESPN early in the season. "So I would say, we would probably have had to put a combination of Scottie (Pippen) and Harp (Ron Harper) on Steph." (Harper, for the record, has said his Bulls would have swept this Warriors team.) Back to the here and now, Smith says the Warriors are likely to complete their mission to become one of the greatest teams in NBA history: "I say they get the record, and I also say they win the championship."For Curry and the Warriors to still be smiling in June, it will all come down to execution, as Kerr might say. Photos: Basketball's big bucksLeBron James and Kevin Love are smiling all the way to the bank, as two of the highest-paid players in the NBA this season. The NBA boasts the highest average salary of any team sport in the world, at $4.7 million. Here are the top 20 earners in the league, ranked in ascending order (source: basketball-reference.com). **Note: Anthony Davis, who is not yet in the top 20, has the largest guaranteed contract at $126.6 million for six years. Hide Caption 1 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 20: Kawhi Leonard, $16.5 million – Leonard was named MVP of the 2014 finals for the San Antonio Spurs when he was tasked with guarding LeBron James, while averaging 17.8 points on 11-19 3-point shooting. Still only 24, Leonard will anchor the Spurs long after the "Big Three" of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili have retired. Hide Caption 2 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 19: Russell Westbrook, $16.7 million – Without injured running mate Kevin Durant, Westbrook was only a game away from single-handedly willing Oklahoma City to the 2014-15 playoffs after a stellar season featuring 11 triple-doubles. A leading MVP candidate for 2016, Westbrook's contract escalates to $17.8 million next season, his last under contract. Look for him to benefit from a new collective bargaining agreement in 2017. Hide Caption 3 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 18: Paul George, $17.1 million – The versatile Indiana Pacers small forward (#24) was a budding superstar until breaking his leg before last season. He came back to play six games but it was too early to tell whether George will live up to the $55 million the Pacers guaranteed him after his breakout 2014 campaign (21.7 ppg, 6.8 rpg). Hide Caption 4 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 17: Blake Griffin, $18.9 million – For all his skills and physical prowess, Griffin shies away from the big shot in the fourth quarter, which is partially what doomed the Clippers in the playoffs last year. But as long as he is a Clipper, a spectacular dunk is just a moment away, keeping the Hollywood glitterati packing the Staples Center. Hide Caption 5 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 16: Paul Millsap, $19 million – Without averaging more than 18 points or nine rebounds in any season, Millsap (#4 of the Atlanta Hawks) is the least-known player in the top 20. But he was a leader for the 60-win Hawks, who were intent on keeping the team intact; hence, the $60 million, three-year deal for the 30-year-old power forward. Hide Caption 6 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 15: Kevin Love, $19.5 million – Love was always going to get paid, the question was -- who was going to write the checks? After an an up-and-down first season in Cleveland capped by a separated shoulder that kept him out the Cavs' playoffs run, speculators had Love bolting to his native West Coast. But the sharp-shooting power forward wisely committed to Cleveland and, more importantly, teaming with LeBron James for five years and $113 million in total. Hide Caption 7 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo.14: DeAndre Jordan $19.5 million – The second Clipper on the list, Jordan is a beast under the basket, but is plagued by terrible foul shooting (39.7% last season) that kept him out of big chunks of fourth quarters, especially in the playoffs. In a league favoring small-ball, the standoff between Dallas and LA to sign Jordan was a curious one. After committing to Dallas in July and then changing his mind, the center signed with the Clippers for $88 million over four seasons. Hide Caption 8 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 13: LaMarcus Aldridge $19.5 million – After nine seasons with Portland, the four-time All-Star power forward brings his 23.4 points and 10.2 rebounds per game to San Antonio, who ponied up for an $80 million deal to 2019. Hide Caption 9 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 12: Marc Gasol $19.7 million – Like Kevin Love, Gasol was one of the most coveted free agents during the offseason, but opted to remain with his team. The Spaniard -- whose time in Memphis stretches back to high school when he accompanied his older brother Pau to the U.S. -- re-signed for five years and $110 million. With those kind of numbers, the Grizz are hoping for championship payback. Hide Caption 10 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 11: Brook Lopez, $20 million – Lopez (#11 of the Brooklyn Nets) came off an average season for a starting center (17.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg) but the big-spending Nets re-signed him to a three-year, $63 million contract. The 7-foot Lopez also sat out half of the last four seasons with injuries. Sometimes it pays to be tall, literally. Hide Caption 11 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo.10: Dwyane Wade, $20 million – The NBA has a culture of paying for past performance. Entering his 13th season, the 33-year-old Wade hasn't played in 70 regular season games since 2011. When healthy, however, he's still one of the best guards in the league, averaging 24.3 points, 5.5 assists and 1.3 steals in 2015. He was signed to a one-year, $20 million deal by Miami in the offseason. Hide Caption 12 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 9: Derrick Rose, $20.1 million – Rose signed a $94 million extension with the Bulls halfway through his 2011 MVP campaign. Unfortunately, due to a variety of injuries, he's only played in 61 regular-season games in the three years since then. Because of situations like this, NBA owners will be pushing for non-guaranteed contracts in the next collective bargaining agreement, set to be in place by 2017.Hide Caption 13 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 8 Kevin Durant, $20.2 million – Durant was an MVP two seasons ago, then promptly had foot surgery to rule him out of most of last season (sound familiar?). He's on the last year of his Oklahoma contract, so has plenty of incentive to impress on the court. Hide Caption 14 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 7 Chris Paul, $21.5 million – The third Clipper in the top 20, Paul is the undisputed leader of the perennial playoff team. He has three more seasons under an escalating contract, with an option to terminate his 2018 salary of $24.3 million and test the open market at age 33. Hide Caption 15 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 6 Chris Bosh, $22.2 million – The Miami Heat's starting center on the 2012 and 2013 NBA championship runs was diagnosed with career-threatening blood clots in his lungs that sat him out for the entire second half of last season. Thankfully, Bosh made a full recovery -- but had he been forced to retire, the Heat would have been on the hook for the remaining $98 million on his contract. Hide Caption 16 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 5 Dwight Howard, $22.6 million – Once thought of as a franchise player, Howard sat out half of last season with knee problems, having previously had back surgery. Worrying trends for the Rockets, who are on the hook for $45.6 million if "Superman" decides to come back to Houston next season. Sadly, like DeAndre Jordan, his Kryptonite is free-throw shooting (career 57.3%). Hide Caption 17 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 4: Carmelo Anthony, $22.9 million – 'Melo missed half of the 2014-15 campaign with left knee surgery, which gave him a front-row seat to watch the Knicks sink to their worst season in franchise history. Since signing with the Knicks in 2011 for three years and $65 million, the team has won one playoff series. Anthony recently re-signed for three years and a guaranteed $73 million, with a team option for a fourth year at $28 million. Hide Caption 18 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 3: LeBron James, $22.98 million – It's tough to argue that anyone making $23 million is underpaid -- except when it comes to James. The self-anointed best basketball player in the world (agreed on by nearly everyone) was worth $162 million to the economy of Northeast Ohio when he returned from Miami last year, as forecast by LeRoy Brooks of John Carroll University. He is set to make another $24 million next season, his last under contract before the new collective bargaining agreement kicks in. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's negotiating skills will be put to the test in 2017. Hide Caption 19 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 2: Joe Johnson $24.9 million – Johnson was thought as of as a potential NBA superstar when Atlanta signed him to a six-year, $123.7 million deal in 2010, coming off a 21.3-point, 4.9-assist, 4.6-rebound season. Unfortunately, that was his peak. At least Johnson has stayed healthy and productive for the Nets, who picked up his crippling contract in 2012, though last season's 14.4 points, 3.7 assists and 4.8 rebounds was nothing to write home about. Hide Caption 20 of 21 Photos: Basketball's big bucksNo. 1: Kobe Bryant, $25 million – The 17-time All-Star and five-time NBA champion is not only top of this list, but after this season (which he says will be his last) he will have accumulated the most salary money in NBA history at $303.24 million. Only Bryant and his rival/mentor Michael Jordan have ever notched paychecks of over $30 million in a season (Jordan received $33.14 million in 1998 and $30.14 million in 1997 -- but received only $90.24 million for his career).Hide Caption 21 of 21

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Story highlightsPalace source tells CNN that Kate feels "fulfilled" by her achievements over the past 12 monthsWilliam and other royals have helped smooth her transition into the monarchy, source saysWilliam phoned Kate from the Falklands to coach her for her first public addressKate intervened to prevent her new puppy Lupo becoming a public relations eventThe Duchess of Cambridge has successfully graduated as a "fully fledged member" of Britain's monarchy after fulfilling all her objectives one year on from her marriage to Prince William, a senior royal source has told CNN.St. James's Palace, which represents her, William and his brother Harry, now regards Kate's "induction" as complete and the duchess herself feels "fulfilled" by the achievements of the past 12 months, the source said.Confirmation of her smooth transition into the ranks of royalty will help dispel fears voiced ahead of last year's wedding that commoner-born Kate would struggle with the pressure of being thrust into the public eye.But, thanks to guidance from her husband, Kate feels she has settled into her new life, CNN has learned."She would never judge her achievements but she has succeeded in doing what she set out to do in her first year," the source said. "She has achieved her objectives."JUST WATCHEDKate, Duchess of Cambridge: Part 1ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHKate, Duchess of Cambridge: Part 1 08:21Kate's other mentor has been her father-in-law, Prince Charles, with whom she has become close. "They spend a lot of time together. They go on visits to the opera and art galleries. They share passions that neither of the princes share. They get on very well."JUST WATCHEDKate, Duchess of Cambridge: Part 2ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHKate, Duchess of Cambridge: Part 2 06:59Gallery: Photographer's year with duchessJUST WATCHEDKate, Duchess of Cambridge: Part 3ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHKate, Duchess of Cambridge: Part 3 09:03The source was speaking to CNN for a new documentary: The Royals; Kate, Duchess of Cambridge airing on May 4. In it, CNN explores how the whole royal family has thrown its support behind their newest member as she finds her feet. Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchess Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessRoyal Wedding – Getty Images photographer Chris Jackson talks to CNN about key images of Kate Middleton: "I was lucky enough to be positioned right outside the front of Westminster Abbey. I was seriously nervous. I had to get this picture. As they came out the front door, the crowd roared and I was just shooting away and you literally only had a matter of minutes, if that."Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessPippa Middleton – Jackson on THAT photo of Pippa Middleton: "You never know exactly what's going to happen afterwards, what the media are going to talk about but I did really feel that this was a strong image. I mean how often do you take a picture where you haven't got someone facing you, you can't see their face? I didn't realise it would be quite such a big deal."Hide Caption 2 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessKate meets Reese Witherspoon – Kate meets Reese Witherspoon in Los Angeles: "I think the thing for me, which really struck me about this moment was having a chat with Reese [Witherspoon] before, she seemed so excited about meeting Catherine. This is someone who mixes with Hollywood royalty every day. But meeting actual royalty was just an incredible thing for her." Hide Caption 3 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessThe 'pregnancy' false alarm – On the photo that stirred false pregnancy rumors: "I'm not sure if someone made a joke or Prince William said something to her but she just sort of laughed a bit and held her hands there and obviously it's a fortunate or unfortunate picture, depending on how you're looking. The picture has winged its way around the world onto numerous front pages."Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessKate arrives in Wales – On Kate's official apperance after her engagement to Prince William: "From the point of view of pictures and moving images, I think Catherine always looks very confident. Even from her first appearance, I remember up in north Wales, she stepped out of the car with a huge smile on her face."Hide Caption 5 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessKate's handbag 'security blanket' – Jackson: "She's developed a few mannerisms. Photographing her on a regular basis, I notice. You know, there's a laugh where she comes back and she laughs and looks at the camera. She often uses her handbag almost like a security blanket. It all looks great, it doesn't look bad at all."Hide Caption 6 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessKate enjoys chatting to people – Jackson: "She always enjoys chatting to people and she gives people a great deal of time. Quite often you'll see Prince William has walked off ahead but she is left chatting with someone because she wants to keep talking to them."Hide Caption 7 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessKate hugs a young girl – Jackson: "This was one of her solo engagements which she made while William was in the Falklands flying rescue helicopters. It just really shows that she gets stuck in and she's got the common touch and a real affinity with the children."Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchessKate's unusual hockey kit – Jackson: "Some of the fashionistas were getting very excited about Kate's jeans. She looked amazing, again. I think she was a little bit nervous when she arrived. But she knocked the ball around for a bit and I think the nerves evaporated slightly. It's great seeing her get stuck in and she doesn't hold back." Hide Caption 9 of 10 Photos: Royal photographer's year with a duchess'Clothes look really good on her' – Jackson: "She looks great in pictures. There's much talk about her weight. The fact is she's slightly slimmer. I think she looks healthy. It means that clothes look really good on her."Hide Caption 10 of 10"The queen has made a lot of time for the duchess. [Kate] gets on very well with the queen. They have a warm relationship as was evidenced in Leicester," says the source, referring to a visit last March when the pair were seen chatting and smiling.It has been a whirlwind year for Kate. Her wedding last April, one the biggest media events in history, was followed by a triumphant tour of Canada, which she regards as the highlight of her official year, and a trip to the United States.Watch: The Royals: Kate, Duchess of CambridgeWhen the duchess returned to Britain, she began shaping her own identity within the royal family.In January, she announced her support for four charities and began her first solo engagements. Last month she made her inaugural speech with the help of William who, CNN has learned, coached her via phone from the Falklands where he was on military service.By delivering her first speech, Kate completed the full range of official duties expected of a working royal.A small palace team has provided what training it can for the duchess, but they accept that the best insight comes from William and Charles.However, Kate has also proved to be a natural."For her, the public engagements are a joy," the royal source said. "She enjoys it. Not much fazes her. She is confident enough to handle it. She is strong-willed. She knows her mind. She is professional."Kate's hands-on approach came to light when the media was bombarding the palace with calls demanding to know the name of her new puppy.The duchess was unwilling to let her puppy become a public relations event, CNN understands. Instead she revealed it naturally during a visit to a school when a student asked her.In case you missed it, the newest member of the royal family is called Lupo.

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Story highlightsMillions have been displaced by upheaval in their native countries and are drawn to hope of better lifeTurkey: President says the Western world must wake up to its role in the crisisHungary: A chaotic way station on the way to hopes of a better life in Germany (CNN)To read the headlines, one could conclude that Europe is a mess.Its response to the historic wave of people now migrating from the Middle East and North Africa has been muddled and incoherent. There is a patchwork of different policies. Train stations in Budapest, Hungary, sell tickets, then close down, then reopen.Migrant crisis in Europe: How you can helpBorders that normally are just road signs along the highway are suddenly patrolled again. Some countries welcome migrants. Others build walls to keep them out. Yet there's reason for this unprecedented human migration. A significant part of the Middle East is in flames. In Europe, there is peace. Read MoreHere's a look at the latest country-by-country developments in the refugee and migrant crisis unfolding across much of Europe:Turkey: 2-year-old's death captures world's attention JUST WATCHEDErdogan: 'Western world to be blamed' for migrant crisisReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHErdogan: 'Western world to be blamed' for migrant crisis 03:12Four Syrian citizens were taken into custody Thursday, suspected of human trafficking in connection with the deaths of a toddler whose body was photographed on the Turkish shore and nine others, according to Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu news agency. The image of 2-year-old Aylan Kurdi's body, face down in the surf of a Turkish beach, rocketed around the world. He died along with his 4-year-old brother and mom -- three of several thousand refugees and migrants who have perished while trying to find safety in Europe.Photographer describes 'scream' of migrant boy's 'silent body'The boy's father, Abdullah Kurdi, was in mourning Thursday."I don't want anything else from this world," he told CNN. "Everything I was dreaming of is gone. I want to bury my children and sit beside them until I die."Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meanwhile, told CNN's Becky Anderson that the image shocked him, too."When I saw that picture, it was in a family setting, unfortunately, and my children and my grandchildren, they saw the picture at the same time as me," Erdogan said."To be honest, the whole Western world is to be blamed in my opinion on this issue," he said. "When we saw it, we were devastated and we asked the question of ourselves: Where is humanity? Where is the conscience of humanity that a (2-year-old) child -- and it's not the first time this is happening. ... Many children, mothers, fathers unfortunately have been drowned in the rough waters of the Mediterranean."Hungary: A chaotic transit stopJUST WATCHEDTake a look inside a migrant train near BudapestReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTake a look inside a migrant train near Budapest 03:19Trains packed with refugees left a station in Budapest on Thursday but stopped suddenly at a station outside the capital. Police gathered at the side of the track in Bicske. A CNN crew on one of the trains said the families there, who boarded hoping to travel to Austria or ultimately Germany, were refusing to get off despite suffocating heat and limited food and water. Tents and desks had been set up near the station in what the migrants feared was a relocation camp to transfer them to a nearby refugee center.Meanwhile, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met in Brussels, Belgium, with other EU leaders to discuss the crisis. His nation, a transit point for migrants trying to make their way north, has responded by erecting a fence along its border with Serbia."The problem is not a European problem; the problem is a German problem," he said. Germany's government said last month it expected up to 800,000 asylum seekers to come this year -- four times more than in 2014. But, Orban said, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that they must be registered before leaving Hungary."All of them would like to go to Germany; our job is only to register them," Orban said.France: 'Welcome those who are pushed out'JUST WATCHEDAugust: A Syrian refugee's journey across EuropeReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAugust: A Syrian refugee's journey across Europe 02:54French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that it's "time to act" to prevent more tragedies such as the death of Aylan Kurdi, the refugee toddler whose body was photographed after it washed up on a Turkish beach -- called upon Europe's conscience. "An image goes around the world and brings out emotion. It is shared," he said."Europe is a group of principles, of values which oblige us to welcome those who are pushed out and look for refuge because they are persecuted." He said some of the 4 million displaced people in Syria have been "welcomed by neighboring countries that are themselves suffering."Hollande said he had spoken to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the crisis.Czech Republic: Removed from trains, marked in inkWe have to question them. It's our legal obligation.-- Katerina Rendlova, Czech immigration officialCzech authorities said this week that they've started to remove migrants traveling without documentation from trains.In some instances, Czech police have been marking and numbering the migrants with washable ink. "We cannot let people without any documents and identification travel through the Czech territory. We have to question them. It's our legal obligation," said Katerina Rendlova, a Czech immigration official. "I know other states are not doing it, letting them pass freely to the next country, but we have laws that don't allow us to do it."Italy: Border controls with Austria reinstatedJUST WATCHEDLast week: 51 found dead in one boatReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLast week: 51 found dead in one boat 01:45Foreign Ministers Paolo Gentiloni of Italy, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and Laurent Fabius of France have presented the European Union with a joint document calling for a revision of asylum rules and a fairer distribution of refugees, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry.Italian authorities on Wednesday said they were temporarily reinstating border controls at the Italian-Austrian line in the Alto Adige region. This is after Bavarian authorities in Germany requested them to do so because they are "overwhelmed" by the influx of migrants, according to a statement by Italy's Bolzano prefecture.Bavaria has had a great number of refugees arriving mainly from the Balkan route, and the situation is getting difficult to handle, the Italian statement said.United Kingdom: Pressure on to take more refugees Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photos Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA woman cries after being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea about 15 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, on July 25, 2017. More than 6,600 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in January 2018, according to the UN migration agency, and more than 240 people died on the Mediterranean Sea during that month.Hide Caption 1 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosRefugees and migrants get off a fishing boat at the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey in October 2015.Hide Caption 2 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosHide Caption 3 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants step over dead bodies while being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya in October 2016. Agence France-Presse photographer Aris Messinis was on a Spanish rescue boat that encountered several crowded migrant boats. Messinis said the rescuers counted 29 dead bodies -- 10 men and 19 women, all between 20 and 30 years old. "I've (seen) in my career a lot of death," he said. "I cover war zones, conflict and everything. I see a lot of death and suffering, but this is something different. Completely different."Hide Caption 4 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosAuthorities stand near the body of 2-year-old Alan Kurdi on the shore of Bodrum, Turkey, in September 2015. Alan, his brother and their mother drowned while fleeing Syria. This photo was shared around the world, often with a Turkish hashtag that means "Flotsam of Humanity."Hide Caption 5 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants board a train at Keleti station in Budapest, Hungary, after the station was reopened in September 2015.Hide Caption 6 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosChildren cry as migrants in Greece try to break through a police cordon to cross into Macedonia in August 2015. Thousands of migrants -- most of them fleeing Syria's bitter conflict -- were stranded in a no-man's land on the border.Hide Caption 7 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosThe Kusadasi Ilgun, a sunken 20-foot boat, lies in waters off the Greek island of Samos in November 2016. Hide Caption 8 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants bathe outside near a makeshift shelter in an abandoned warehouse in Subotica, Serbia, in January 2017.Hide Caption 9 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA police officer in Calais, France, tries to prevent migrants from heading for the Channel Tunnel to England in June 2015.Hide Caption 10 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA migrant walks past a burning shack in the southern part of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, France, in March 2016. Part of the camp was being demolished -- and the inhabitants relocated -- in response to unsanitary conditions at the site.Hide Caption 11 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants stumble as they cross a river north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border-control fence in March 2016.Hide Caption 12 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosIn September 2015, an excavator dumps life vests that were previously used by migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos.Hide Caption 13 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosThe Turkish coast guard helps refugees near Aydin, Turkey, after their boat toppled en route to Greece in January 2016.Hide Caption 14 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA woman sits with children around a fire at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni in March 2016.Hide Caption 15 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA column of migrants moves along a path between farm fields in Rigonce, Slovenia, in October 2015.Hide Caption 16 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA ship crowded with migrants flips onto its side in May 2016 as an Italian navy ship approaches off the coach of Libya. Passengers had rushed to the port side, a shift in weight that proved too much. Five people died and more than 500 were rescued.Hide Caption 17 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosRefugees break through a barbed-wire fence on the Greece-Macedonia border in February 2016, as tensions boiled over regarding new travel restrictions into Europe.Hide Caption 18 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosPolicemen try to disperse hundreds of migrants by spraying them with fire extinguishers during a registration procedure in Kos, Greece, in August 2015.Hide Caption 19 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA member of the humanitarian organization Sea-Watch holds a migrant baby who drowned following the capsizing of a boat off Libya in May 2016.Hide Caption 20 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosA migrant in Gevgelija, Macedonia, tries to sneak onto a train bound for Serbia in August 2015.Hide Caption 21 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosMigrants, most of them from Eritrea, jump into the Mediterranean from a crowded wooden boat during a rescue operation about 13 miles north of Sabratha, Libya, in August 2016.Hide Caption 22 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosRefugees rescued off the Libyan coast get their first sight of Sardinia as they sail in the Mediterranean Sea toward Cagliari, Italy, in September 2015.Hide Caption 23 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosLocal residents and rescue workers help migrants from the sea after a boat carrying them sank off the island of Rhodes, Greece, in April 2015.Hide Caption 24 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosInvestigators in Burgenland, Austria, inspect an abandoned truck that contained the bodies of refugees who died of suffocation in August 2015. The 71 victims -- most likely fleeing war-ravaged Syria -- were 60 men, eight women and three children.Hide Caption 25 of 26 Photos: Europe's migration crisis in 25 photosSyrian refugees sleep on the floor of a train car taking them from Macedonia to the Serbian border in August 2015. How to help the ongoing migrant crisisHide Caption 26 of 26Prime Minister David Cameron has come under new pressure to offer shelter to more refugees from the Middle East after saying the best policy was to focus on bringing peace to the region.The Council of Europe commissioner for human rights, Nils Muiznieks, said that Cameron's position "seriously concerned" him."The truth is that at the moment the UK is doing much less than other European countries, like Germany or Sweden, which give refuge to thousands of Syrians," Muiznieks said in a statement.An online petition calling for the UK Parliament to accept more asylum seekers has passed the 100,000 mark required to ensure debate."We can't allow refugees who have risked their lives to escape horrendous conflict and violence to be left living in dire, unsafe and inhumane conditions in Europe. We must help," the petition states.CNN's Laura Smith-Spark and Ashley Fantz contributed to this report.

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(CNN)The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is rethinking the addition of a popular film category to the Oscars after the idea proved to be largely unpopular."There has been a wide range of reactions to the introduction of a new award, and we recognize the need for further discussion with our members," said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson in a statement Thursday. "We have made changes to the Oscars over the years -- including this year -- and we will continue to evolve while also respecting the incredible legacy of the last 90 years." The Academy announced in August that it intended to add a category for achievement in popular film, in hopes it would open the door to movies that might otherwise be overlooked in the best picture category. In announcing the move, the Academy left key questions unaddressed, however. Particularly, how a movie would earn the distinction of being a so-called popular film and whether a movie could be nominated in both the popular film and best picture categories. Everyone from prominent film critics to celebrities like Rob Lowe criticized the move. Read More"The film business passed away today with the announcement of the 'popular' film Oscar," Lowe wrote on Twitter. "It had been in poor health for a number of years. It is survived by sequels, tent-poles, and vertical integration."At the time, the Academy did not clarify when the category would be added, but the body's announcement that the measure "merits further study" indicates it had been on track for addition in the upcoming Oscars cycle. The Academy's decision to extend honors to so-called popular films was largely considered a play for more viewers. The most-watched telecast in Oscars history was in 1998 when "Titanic" won.Last year's telecast hit an all-time low in ratings with just 26.5 million viewers, a drop of 20% from the previous year.The 91st Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019.

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London (CNN)If lawmakers don't take their final chance to vote for British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal on Tuesday, then -- in the words of European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker -- the United Kingdom might never leave the European Union. In Strasbourg late last night, Juncker referred to the first defeat of May's plans back in January and warned: "In politics sometimes you get a second chance, it's what you do with the second chance that counts, because there will be no third chance ... it is this deal or Brexit might not happen at all."Whether rebellious Brexiteer Conservatives believe him is another thing entirely. They have, after all, spent months forcing the Prime Minister to go back and forth to Brussels and Strasbourg to make the changes they demanded.If they don't, May's position as Prime Minister is in serious danger -- and Britain will inch towards a no-deal Brexit or, at least, face a delay to the entire process.JUST WATCHEDWhat a fish can tell you about BrexitReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhat a fish can tell you about Brexit 03:45Later on Tuesday, May will appeal to lawmakers in the House of Commons to back her deal -- which, she claims, is now enforced with "legally binding" changes designed to assuage concerns about the UK being locked into permanent arrangements with the EU and undermine Brexit.Read MoreSpeaking alongside Juncker, after more than two hours of talks in Strasbourg last night, May insisted the changes to her deal would allow the UK to break free of the backstop -- the insurance policy mechanism in the original agreement to prevent a hard border in Northern Ireland by keeping customs arrangements between the UK and Ireland aligned. Yet pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers are deeply skeptical that the changes go far enough in protecting Brexit. Critics pointed to the phrase "reduce the risk" of the UK being locked in a permanent backstop, rather than a cast iron guarantee. There is also no fixed time limit, causing more concern among anti-EU Tory lawmakers.On Tuesday, they will push for the government's most senior law chief, Geoffrey Cox, to publish his legal advice on whether the changes May has secured really are "legally binding." They are also likely to seek their own legal opinion on the new documents.JUST WATCHEDSeaside town struggles during wait for BrexitReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSeaside town struggles during wait for Brexit 02:38The Northern Irish DUP party, on whose votes May normally relies to give her government a working majority in Parliament, will be decisive. If they oppose the new plans, May's Brexit deal will fail altogether -- but they could also swing many Tories against the government.If May's plan fails, there will be subsequent votes later this week on whether the Commons wants to block a no deal and whether Brexit should be delayed. In fact, the new documents published last night suggest Brexit could be delayed until May, before the European elections at the end of that month -- a short extension to the timetable but one which will nevertheless infuriate Euroskeptics. At that point, the Prime Minister's position will become increasingly untenable.Her own minister and de facto deputy David Lidington told the Commons last night that lawmakers faced a "fundamental choice -- to vote for the improved deal or to plunge this country into a political crisis." And it would, indeed, be a full-blown political crisis. While May is protected until the end of the year from a leadership challenge, she may find herself with little choice but to resign if her deal fails yet again.May has faced many crucial weeks since striking the original deal with the EU back in November. She has been defeated in Parliament over Brexit many times. But Tuesday is a genuine moment of truth on whether she has done enough to secure the votes she needs. Juncker's warning of "no third chance" was a message designed not only for Conservative rebels but the Prime Minister herself.

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(CNN)Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau -- these former major winners used the second day of the Masters to make their move up the leaderboard. A winner at Augusta, Spieth -- following his first PGA Tour victory since 2017 last week -- hit a 4-under round to finish 5-under, while his friend Thomas hit a 5-under round to finish 4-under. And after looking completely out of sorts on Thursday, 2020 US Open winner DeChambeau had a 5-under round of 67 to finish 1-under and make the cut. READ: Moe Norman: The 'Rain Man of golf' who amazed even the greats of the sport Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentHideki Matsuyama celebrates with the green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, April 11. He finished one shot ahead of Will Zalatoris.Hide Caption 1 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMatsuyama celebrates with his caddie, Shota Hayafuji, on the 18th green Sunday.Hide Caption 2 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMatsuyama lines up a putt on the 18th green Sunday.Hide Caption 3 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentXander Schauffele bites his club on the 16th hole Sunday. He hit the ball in the water there, effectively ending his hopes of winning the tournament.Hide Caption 4 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentKevin Na plays a shot from a bunker on Sunday.Hide Caption 5 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMatsuyama plays a shot from a bunker.Hide Caption 6 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentSchauffele hits a tee shot on Sunday.Hide Caption 7 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentAn attendant adjusts scores from behind a leaderboard on Saturday.Hide Caption 8 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMatsuyama finished with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round.Hide Caption 9 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentSpectators walk to cover on Saturday after play was temporarily suspended because of inclement weather.Hide Caption 10 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMatt Jones reacts on the 13th hole as a warning horn was sounded to suspend play on Saturday.Hide Caption 11 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentJustin Thomas hits a tee shot on Saturday.Hide Caption 12 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentJustin Rose eyes a par putt on the first hole Friday. Rose held a one-shot lead heading into the weekend.Hide Caption 13 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentPeople spread out from one another as they watch Tommy Fleetwood putt on the 16th green on Friday.Hide Caption 14 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentBryson DeChambeau, last year's US Open champion, plays a shot on the 13th hole Friday.Hide Caption 15 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentFormer US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, watches the action along with fellow Augusta National member Heidi Ueberroth on Friday.Hide Caption 16 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentFormer Masters champion Jordan Spieth walks past the azaleas on the sixth fairway Friday.Hide Caption 17 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentLee Elder acknowledges applause as he joins Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus as honorary starters on Thursday. In 1975, Elder became the first African American to play in the Masters.Hide Caption 18 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentDustin Johnson, last year's Masters champion, plays a shot on the second hole on Thursday.Hide Caption 19 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentRose hits out of a bunker on the second hole on Thursday. He shot a 7-under 65 to take a four-shot lead after the first round.Hide Caption 20 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentThis was the first time in two years that the Masters had allowed spectators on the course.Hide Caption 21 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentSpieth hits a tee shot on Thursday.Hide Caption 22 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentFour-time major winner Brooks Koepka had knee surgery less than a month ago, but he was on the course for the first round.Hide Caption 23 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentRory McIlroy hits out of the rough on the sixth hole Thursday.Hide Caption 24 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentTwo-time Masters champ Bubba Watson hits out of a bunker on the first hole Thursday.Hide Caption 25 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentFans watch some of the first-round play.Hide Caption 26 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMax Homa walks down the 18th fairway on Thursday.Hide Caption 27 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentJoaquin Niemann looks for his ball on the 10th hole Thursday.Hide Caption 28 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentDuring a practice round on Wednesday, Ian Poulter takes a Hogan Bridge selfie with his playing partners and their caddies.Hide Caption 29 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentMcIlroy and Thomas walk across the Sarazen Bridge during a practice round on Tuesday.Hide Caption 30 of 31 Photos: The 2021 Masters golf tournamentAzaleas frame the 16th green on Monday.Hide Caption 31 of 31However, despite all their hard work, they remain a few shots off the brilliant Justin Rose after the first two rounds. Read MoreRose, after a tough front nine which included four bogeys, battled back to recover an even round and retain his lead atop the standing. The Englishman had a brilliant Thursday while others struggled, and stressed the magnitude of playing at the Masters can bring added pressure while playing on the storied course. "I think it was just a classic day at Augusta National when you're just slightly off," Rose told the media. "You can be a foot or two out on certain occasions and you end up struggling. Bryson DeChambeau hits out of the pine straw on the seventh hole during the second round of the Masters."I think maybe off the back of yesterday, it starts to feel pretty different pretty quickly. But again, I kind of told myself going up the 8th hole, you're leading the Masters, your frame of reference is a little bit different to yesterday. Four ahead is something, but you're still leading so like just enjoy it and keep going. "I was able to do that. I felt like the turning point for me, a good two-putt on No. 9 just to stop the rot and just to feel like could then just walk onto the back nine and try to build something fresh and something new. Actually started to play pretty well from that point onwards."And Rose will be glad he recovered on the back nine with Spieth looking to be somewhere near his best. Justin Rose hits out of a bunker on the seventh hole during the second round of the Masters.Although he admitted afterward he wasn't 100% as confident as when he won the Masters twice, elements of his unerring consistency have crept back in, which will have his components quaking. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videos"I came in thinking that (I could win the Masters)," Spieth told the media in his post-round press conference. "I'm in position now to think that for sure, but at the halfway point, I would have been pleased with being two back, if that's where I'm at, especially after last week. For me, I think less is more and rest is key, but certainly, I'm happy that the golf course has the opportunity to play more and more difficult over the weekend."I think that personally I'm looking forward to that kind of challenge, and I think that could be an advantage to me if I'm in control of the ball."With just two days left in the tournament, Rose will have to be at his calmest best with those big names breathing down his neck.Jordan Spieth tees off on the seventh hole during the second round of the Masters.It wasn't so plain sailing for some of the other big names in the draw.Defending champion Dustin Johnson, who set a record score of 20-under to win last year's tournament, carded a second-round 75 to close on 5-over and miss the cut. Three bogeys on the last four holes cost Johnson, who was bidding to become the fourth player to win back-to-back Masters titles.He was joined in an early exit by Rory McIlroy, who missed the cut at Augusta for the first time since 2010, as well as major winners Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka and Jason Day.

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Brussels, Belgium (CNN)What can the UK achieve in three weeks that it couldn't in three years?The most obvious answer to this is, worryingly for some, not very much.While the European Union offered Prime Minister Theresa May -- and her vision for Brexit -- a final lifeline this week, it did so with caveats and, crucially, harder deadlines than before.It's these deadlines that European leaders hope will focus the minds of British lawmakers as they return to the House of Commons to try and find a way out of the Brexit deadlock.About last night...Read MoreThe UK essentially now has three options, and each comes with increasingly urgent logic.Option one: Approve the Withdrawal Agreement. The UK will then leave the EU on May 22 and enter the transition period. More on that later. If MPs vote the deal down, then they have a decision to make by April 11: stand in the EU parliamentary elections or don't.Option two: Don't stand in the elections, held between May 23-26, and leave the EU before then. It is unlikely that any substantial new deal could be struck by this point. What the EU would do at this point is unclear.Option three: Stand in the elections and request a long extension. This makes softer Brexit all but inevitable and undoing Brexit a lot more likely.Meaningful Vote ThreeAt some point next week, May will bring her Withdrawal Agreement back to the Commons. She needs to flip 75 MPs if she's to win by a margin of one. Given she dedicated some of this week to accusing them of betraying the nation, it's hard to see them feeling charitable. All the PM can hope for is that the EU has bought a new level of focus to London.Why should MPs who hate the deal back it suddenly? There are arguments to be made either way. Ultimately, all the Withdrawal Agreement does is place the UK into a transition period, allowing for future negotiations about where all this ends up. If your biggest fear is remaining in the EU, then this is the case for holding your nose.Taking back controlIf May fails, as is widely expected, then it's likely that MPs will do everything in their power to take control of Brexit away from the PM. On Monday, MPs will vote on an amendable motion. This means that the Commons votes on a question put forward by the government, which MPs can amend to suit their needs. It is highly likely that an amendment will be made demanding that the PM allows the Commons to hold a series of indicative votes so MPs can finally say what they are for, not just what they are against.And if parliament *actually* says what it wants?You had to ask, didn't you? It's very likely that any consensus that could be reached across the Commons would be a softer Brexit than the one May is currently pursuing. That, I am afraid, is still a fairly open-ended answer. It might mean the need to renegotiate, which would mean a longer extension, which would mean being in the EU elections, which could mean a second referendum, ultimately. The key point here is that cross-party consensus might sound nice, but on an issue as divisive as Brexit, it's as likely as anything to blow up both main parties. While things are far from rosy and three weeks is not enough time to sort much, it's worth noting that while Brexit might not be going terribly well, the last three years have been a huge learning curve for the entire UK. We know more now than we did. So while the next bit of the Brexit process might look crunchy, the decisions made in the coming days will not be made lightly.

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(CNN)What's in a name?Well, quite a lot it would seem if you're a racing driver named Max.Maximilian Günther made Formula E history on a sweltering afternoon in Santiago, Chile, becoming at age 22 the youngest driver to ever win a race in the series.His achievement parallels that of a fellow driver named Max. In 2016, then 18-year-old Max Verstappen became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race.Günther was involved in an enthralling wheel-to-wheel battle with the vastly more experienced Antonio Felix da Costa, who must have thought he'd secured the ePrix win after controversially bashing his way past the youngster on the penultimate lap.Read MoreMaximilian Günther celebrates victory in the Santiago E-Prix.But the German driver impressively kept his cool and fought back to retake the lead on the final lap and give BMW just its third win in Formula E.Da Costa left BMW in the summer to join last season's championship-winning outfit DS Techeetah and was today critical of the team, claiming a miscommunication about battery temperature cost him the race win.READ: Formula E boss hopes racing series will 'accelerate' adoption of electric vehiclesJaguar's Mitch Evans completed the podium in third place but will be ruing a missed opportunity after an impressive drive in qualifying put him in pole position."It was a nice fight until the end and I'm super happy with my first victory in Formula E," Günther said after the race. "It became quite challenging ... it was an amazing race, fighting so much side-by-side with the cars for the win -- it's super cool."'The body and brain is the limit, not the car': How it feels to drive the world's quickest PorscheLast year's race in Santiago was affected by the record-breaking 42-degree Celsius (107.6-degree Fahrenheit) temperature, which caused parts of the track to melt under the drivers' wheels.To avoid a repeat this year, organizers enlisted the help of a company that usually lays the tarmac for airport runways and the track remained in fine fettle throughout.Santiago's circuit, situated in the Chilean capital's central O'Higgins Park, provides one of the most thrilling stops on the Formula E calendar, offering drivers more opportunities than usual to overtake — though one tricky hairpin has been the bane of several drivers' races in recent years.Permission to rename Santiago as 'overtake city' #SantiagoEPrix pic.twitter.com/Mu2F2gppTV— ABB Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) January 18, 2020 The win completes a remarkable comeback for Günther, a former Formula 2 driver, after indifferent results saw him dropped from his seat at GEOX Dragon last season.Victory and the full 25 points pushes Günther into fourth in the overall standings, 13 points behind leader Stoffel Vandoorne who overtakes Alexander Sims at the top thanks to his sixth-place finish in Santiago.

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Paris (CNN)The US women's national soccer team will "fight until the end" in its battle for equality, says one of the team's co-captains Megan Rapinoe. With the Women's World Cup just months away, 28 players in the US squad last week filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation, stating "institutionalized gender discrimination," which the reigning world champions say has existed for years. Follow @cnnsport The suit, filed in a federal court in Los Angeles on March 8 -- International Women's Day -- intensified the team's long-running dispute with the federation over pay equity and working conditions, stating that "female players have been consistently paid less money than their male counterparts." Rapinoe, a World Cup winner in 2015, told CNN Sport she was confident the team would be successful, adding that the USWNT was happy to "clear the path as much as we can" for other countries in the fight for gender equality. Alex Morgan #13 and Megan Rapinoe #15 of USA celebrate after a goal against Mexico in October 2018.READ: France 2019 -- What you need to knowRead MoreREAD: From 'whirlwind year' to seeking World Cup glory "To even bring about a lawsuit to the forefront you better be sure as hell that your claims are solid," said the 33-year-old Rapinoe, who was speaking in Paris at the launch of the USWNT's World Cup kit."I've been on this team a long time and we're extremely organized and united and feel that this is the right time for it and that we have a very strong case. We feel good about it. "For us, it's just another step forward. It's obviously not something we're going to drop ever. We're going to fight to the very end and this was just the next step that we needed to take."World Cup favoritesThe dominant power in the women's game, the USWNT is the world's top-ranked team and favorites to win this summer's Women's World Cup in France, which would bring about a fourth title in eight tournaments. The country's men, by comparison, are currently 25th in the world rankings and failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. US Soccer has yet to comment on the legal action which also seeks compensation for any player who has appeared for the US since February 2015. Rapinoe was one of five high-profile players who filed a complained with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2016 alleging wage discrimination. The men's national team, the athletes said, unjustly earned far more than they did. Megan Rapinoe #15 kneels during the National Anthem prior to the match between the US and the Netherlands in September 2016.The players and their federation eventually agreed a settlement in 2017. Though the terms of the deal, which runs through to 2021, were not released, it reportedly included increases in base pay and match bonuses, better per diem allowances, enhanced travel benefits and increased financial support for players who are pregnant. However, the US women soccer players argue that they still receive less pay from their employers even though they are required to play more games than the men's team and win more matches. Frustrated by a lack of progress on their wage discrimination complaint, the EEOC granted the players a right-to-sue letter. "We tried to go through the EEOC process and tried to get the federation to come to the table, not really in negotiation but in mediation," said Rapinoe. "They were not really into doing that. "At this time, this is the best step we can take to put us in the strongest position to continue this fight."The first white professional athlete to kneel during the US national anthem in support of Colin Kaepernick, Rapinoe said the team did not make the decision lightly with the World Cup on the horizon."It's not something that we were willing to give up or just let float out into the ether," the Californian said."We felt as well that it's far enough out that we can manage the distraction now and be done with that and fully focus on the World Cup, and obviously with litigation it takes a million years to do anything in the court [so] it's not as if anything is happening very quickly. "No one understands better than us the power and the importance of winning and pushing the needle forward so this team has always had distractions of some kind. "We're used to this and we have a very experienced veteran group that can guide the younger players and by the time the World Cup comes around it's not something we're going to be talking about every day."Rapinoe added that the USWNT stars were also motivated by the feeling that they weren't just fighting for themselves. "We have a very visceral understanding of our place within the bigger fight. We feel any time we win, other teams win as well and other players can really piggyback off the success. We're happy to be the ones out charging in front and try to clear the path as much as we can for anyone else."JUST WATCHEDHope Solo does not back North America's 2026 bidReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHope Solo does not back North America's 2026 bid 01:55Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features and videosAlex Morgan, a World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist, said achieving equal pay would be as great as anything she has achieved on the pitch. "I had a dream to play soccer and to make it at the highest level, but when I'm retired and older what I'll look back on is the legacy that I'll leave and feeling proud of the mark that I've made on the sport," Morgan, who along with Rapinoe filed the 2016 complaint against US Soccer, told CNN Sport. "At some point we need to take a stand and realize that we do deserve true equality."Once we all made the decision together it was a really easy one because it's the right thing to do, it's the next step forward."

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Story highlights22 demonstrators are arrested28 are hurt, 2 of them policeSome 6,000 protesters gathered outside Spain's congressional building in MadridThe demonstrators are against the government and the oppositionThousands of protesters fed up with the country's austerity measures demonstrated here Tuesday outside the congressional building.Clashes between police and demonstrators in central Madrid's Neptuno Square resulted in 28 people being hurt, two of them police officers, a police spokesman said.The spokesman said 22 people among the estimated crowd of 6,000 had been arrested.Read more: Spain to reveal pain on its booksDemonstrators said police were shooting into the crowd with rubber bullets; the police would not comment."We have you surrounded," some demonstrators sang. "We have no fear."JUST WATCHEDSpaniards protest austerity plansReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSpaniards protest austerity plans 02:49JUST WATCHEDSpain's hairdressers fear tax, not cutsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSpain's hairdressers fear tax, not cuts 02:42JUST WATCHEDSpain's olive oil crisisReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSpain's olive oil crisis 02:45At one point, Spanish police charged demonstrators with batons to prevent them from approaching the parliament, which was in session.Spain is facing an economic crisis with unemployment near 25%, and the protesters accused the government and the opposition alike of trying to solve the country's financial woes on the backs of the people.Video from the scene showed police charging groups of protesters with their clubs, but such clashes were isolated.Protesters' demands include a reduction in the size of the government, state-run broadcaster TVE reported.Some protesters threw bottles and rocks at the police officers, who fought back, TVE reported.

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Story highlightsLindsey Vonn in tears at memory of late grandfather at news conferenceThe American is bidding for second Olympic gold after 2010 triumphVonn is most successful female ski racer ever (CNN)She was moved to tears over the memory of her late grandfather, but Lindsey Vonn vowed to win gold in honor of the man she calls her ski racing inspiration at PyeongChang 2018.Follow @cnnsport The 33-year-old is among the favorites to add a second downhill gold to her 2010 title from Vancouver, but she cried as the emotion of losing her grandfather, Don Kildow, at the age of 88 in November came flooding back in her first Winter Olympics news conference Friday.READ: Vonn set for "full charge" at Winter Olympics CNN's Coy Wire asked the American how memories of her grandfather resonated with her now she was in South Korea preparing for the Games."Ah, it's really hard," replied Vonn, the most successful female ski racer of all time.Read More"I wish you wouldn't have said that. It's really hard for me not to cry."She paused before adding: "Yeah, I just want so badly to do well for him and... I miss him so much."Vonn teared up as she continued: "He's been such a big part of my life. "And I really hoped he'd be alive to see me but I know he's watching and I know that he's going to help me. And... I'm going to win for him."JUST WATCHEDLindsey Vonn overcomes grief to reach OlympicsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLindsey Vonn overcomes grief to reach Olympics 01:15READ: Vonn -- 'I won't be representing US president at Olympics''Huge loss'Vonn missed the Sochi Olympics because of a knee injury, and struggled for much of last season after breaking her arm and suffering nerve damage in her hand.Walking in my last opening ceremonies with my teammates tonight was incredible.🙏🏻🇺🇸 So honored to be a part of this team! Sports has the power to unite the world, and watching N & S Korea walk together tonight is what it's all about. 🌏❤️— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) February 9, 2018 But she has won four World Cup races this season, including back-to-back downhills coming into the Games, to close to within five victories of the all-time record held by Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark. She also won super-G bronze at Vancouver 2010.Vonn says without her grandfather's influence she may never have taken up the sport."If it wasn't for my grandfather I wouldn't be racing," Vonn told CNN's Alpine Edge in St Moritz, Switzerland in December.JUST WATCHEDVonn: I won't represent Trump at Winter GamesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHVonn: I won't represent Trump at Winter Games 01:11"My grandfather taught my father how to ski. It's because of him that it is in our family. It was a huge loss to me and my family. I think about him all the time, especially when I'm racing. And I feel closer to him when I'm skiing."

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Story highlights A lip reader tells the court what John Terry said, including two extremely obscene wordsFerdinand says he did not hear the alleged racist abuse, but would have been hurt Terry, one of England's biggest stars, faces a potential fine of about $3,900 if convictedEnglish soccer officials are struggling to stamp racism out of the sportOne of England's biggest soccer stars went on trial Monday, accused of hurling racist abuse at another player during a match last year.The normally staid chambers of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London got an earful of shockingly foul language as lawyers and witnesses detailed what Chelsea captain John Terry said to Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand in the match.A lip reader watching a video of the incident told the court what Terry said, including two extremely obscene words.Terry did not deny directing a barrage of foul language at Ferdinand and referring to him as "black," but he denied engaging in racist abuse.The highly unusual criminal prosecution over words uttered on a soccer field comes as English soccer officials fight to stamp racism out of the sport, with mixed results.Liverpool player Luis Suarez was banned for eight matches when the Football Association, the English sport's governing body, found he had racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.The chanting of racist abuse by fans also remains a sporadic problem in soccer across Europe.JUST WATCHEDSoccer star arrives for race abuse trialReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSoccer star arrives for race abuse trial 01:02JUST WATCHEDFootballer John Terry accused of racismReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFootballer John Terry accused of racism 02:02The Crown Prosecution Service is pressing charges against Terry for a "racially aggravated public order offense" because of the comments during an October 23 match between Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers.Prosecutors played a video of the incident, without sound, as the case opened Monday morning.The alleged abuse came after Ferdinand knocked Terry down during the game, the jury heard.When he got up, Terry made a gesture as if Ferdinand's breath smelled, and he called Ferdinand a "c---," prosecutor Duncan Penny told the court.Ferdinand responded with the same word, saying it described Terry, not him, because Terry had had sex with a teammate's wife, the prosecutor said.Ferdinand also made an obscene gesture related to sex as Terry ran back into position, Penny said.Ferdinand testified that he did not hear the comments Terry made at him, but that he would have been "hurt and disappointed" if he had heard Terry call him a "black c---""When someone brings your color into it, it takes it to another level and it's very hurtful," Ferdinand said.Terry maintains that Ferdinand knocked him down before the incident and that the two then exchanged "normal football verbals."He told Football Association officials that he then repeated to Ferdinand words he thought the opposing player had said to him, Penny told the court Monday.The maximum penalty for the offense is £2,500 (about $3,900). That would be a drop in the bucket for a player worth millions, but a criminal conviction could lead to action against him by his team or England's Football Association.Terry was captain of England's national team at the time of the incident but was stripped of his captaincy after a preliminary court hearing on the racism charge in February.He remained captain of Chelsea, which went on to win the prestigious Europe-wide Champions League this year.The trial could last up to five days, court officials say.

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Story highlights"Boyhood" wins best film at BAFTAsScientist Stephen Hawking draws cheers as he presents onstageThe ceremony is often seen as a prediction for the Oscars (CNN)"Boyhood" won big at Sunday's BAFTA ceremony, netting prizes for best film, best director and best supporting actress.Director Richard Linklater filmed the critically acclaimed coming-of-age movie with the same cast over 12 years.The EE British Academy Film Awards, known as the BAFTAs, are the most anticipated event for the British film industry. And with the Oscars only two weeks away, the ceremony is often seen as an indicator of who is in the running for an Academy Award.Patricia Arquette won best supporting actress Sunday for her role as a mother in "Boyhood." She also won a Screen Actors Guild Award last month for her performance.Congratulations to @PattyArquette on her Supporting Actress award! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/KcmqhaZtWl— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015 Held at the Royal Opera House in London and presented by comedian Stephen Fry, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" was at the top of the leader board going into the awards with 11 nominations. The film won five awards for best costume design, best production design, best makeup and hair, best original music and best original screenplay. Read MoreJUST WATCHED'Boyhood' wins big at BAFTAsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH'Boyhood' wins big at BAFTAs 00:10Eddie Redmayne won best leading actor for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything," paying tribute to the Hawking family in an emotional acceptance speech.Redmayne was not only a favorite of the BAFTA judges, but also with hundreds of fans who lined up -- some since Friday -- to watch him walk on the red carpet and chant his name as he went by.But it was Hawking himself who got some of the biggest cheers of the night, drawing a standing ovation when he took the stage with actress Felicity Jones to present the award for best special digital effects.And here's Eddie Redmayne with Stephen Hawking! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/tU5XARRVDb— BAFTA (@BAFTA) February 8, 2015 "I'm particularly pleased to be presenting with the only person on the planet more intelligent than Stephen Fry," Jones said."Yes, and better looking," Hawking quipped.READ: The BAFTAs: How the numbers stack upJulianne Moore won best leading actress for her role as a professor battling Alzheimer's in "Still Alice."J.K. Simmons won best supporting actor for his role in "Whiplash." The film also won awards for best editing and best sound."Birdman," which started the night with 10 nominations, walked away with the award for best cinematography. The light-hearted "Lego Movie" won best animated film.Formed on April 16, 1947, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity that rewards, develops and promotes excellence in film, television and games. British rock band Kasabian opened the show.Some stars posed for photographs on the red carpet with David Beckham, who presented the first award for the evening: outstanding British film, which went to "The Theory of Everything."Who else won the night? See the full list here. CNN's Kellie Morgan and Sara Mazloumsaki contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsSuspect arrested is from UzbekistanIstanbul governor says shooting was 'based on ISIS' (CNN)A man from Uzbekistan arrested in Turkey has confessed to carrying out the deadly New Year's gun attack at Istanbul's Reina nightclub, the city's governor has said, dubbing the shooting an ISIS-influenced terrorist attack. Abdulgadir Masharipov, seen after his arrest, is the alleged gunman in a deadly attack at Istanbul's Reina nightclub.Abdulgadir Masharipov allegedly opened fire in the early hours of New Year's Day in an attack that left 39 people dead and dozens injured, in a gruesome beginning to the new year following multiple acts of terror in 2016."The terrorist actually said that he did it," Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin told journalists Tuesday.Nightclub attack: Read moreWhy Turkey is such a target for terrorVictims from 14 countriesHorrifying scene inside massacre nightclubIstanbul club was a hot spot for celebritiesMasharipov was born in 1983 and was educated in Afghanistan, Sahin said. He came to Turkey in January 2016 and went by the code name Abu Mohammed Khorasani Abdulkavi.The attack was "based on ISIS," Sahin said.Read MoreHe added that 168 foreigners were handed over to related authorities on suspicion of being terrorists and that one Iraqi man and three women from different places, including Egypt, were detained alongside Masharipov. "During this operation we have gone through 152 addresses, and in these operations, we detained 50 people."ISIS declaration of war on Turkey?ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack -- the militant Islamist group typically refrains from claiming responsibility for attacks in Turkey to create "an environment of suspicion in Turkish politics," analyst Soner Cagaptay wrote for CNN in 2016. The claim could be seen as a "a declaration of war on Turkey," CNN intelligence and security analyst Bob Baer said. Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubThis still photo, taken from surveillance footage and released on Monday, January 2, is believed to show the gunman responsible for carrying out a New Year's Day attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul. The popular nightclub was attacked shortly after midnight on Sunday, January 1. At least 39 people were killed and 69 were wounded, Turkey's Interior Minister said. Authorities are still searching for the attacker.Hide Caption 1 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA Turkish special forces officer stands near the Reina nightclub on January 2. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 2 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA friend of someone killed in the attack reacts near victims' pictures outside the nightclub on January 2.Hide Caption 3 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA police officer inspects cars near the scene on January 2.Hide Caption 4 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubPeople carry the coffin of Yunus Gormek, a victim of the attack, during a funeral ceremony in Istanbul on January 2.Hide Caption 5 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubPeople mourn outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul on January 1.Hide Caption 6 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubRelatives of Ayhan Arik, one of the victims of the attack, cry during a funeral ceremony in Istanbul on January 1.Hide Caption 7 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubAn ambulance rushes from the scene of the attack on January 1.Hide Caption 8 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA woman is consoled at the site of the attack.Hide Caption 9 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubMedics wheel a stretcher at the scene.Hide Caption 10 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubPolice officers stand guard.Hide Caption 11 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubPeople leave the scene of the attack.Hide Caption 12 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA medic reacts near the scene of the attack.Hide Caption 13 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubHide Caption 14 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA wounded victim is rushed from the scene.Hide Caption 15 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubMedics and security officials work at the scene of the attack.Hide Caption 16 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubA wounded person is put into an ambulance.Hide Caption 17 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubPeople walk in the rain near the scene of the attack.Hide Caption 18 of 19 Photos: Attack at Istanbul nightclubAn ambulance transports those wounded in the attack.Hide Caption 19 of 19The nightclub was a glittering waterside venue frequented by Turkey's wealthy secular millennials and international celebrities. Ortakoy, where Reina is located, is a vibrant seaside neighborhood that caters to a wide range of people, from the uber-rich who party at clubs like Reina to students who buy stuffed baked potatoes from vendors along the Bosphorus shore.Around 1:15 am on New Year's Day, the gunman shot and killed a police officer who was guarding the front gate, then rushed inside, spraying gunfire. Revelers jumped into the freezing waters of the Bosphorus to escape the chaos.The nightclub's owner, Memet Korcarslan, told CNN he felt "an immense wave of relief rush through me" upon hearing news of arrests.Relatives of one of the victims of the Reina nightclub attack mourn at his funeral on January 1."I think a huge weight has been lifted off the shoulders of all the victims and their families just knowing that this man is no longer walking free," he said. "The Turkish police and Turkish intelligence have carried out a very successful operation by catching him alive. I hope they will find anyone else who was involved with this heinous attack."CNN's Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report.

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(CNN)She's one of the globe's best players but the world won't be able to watch Ada Hegerberg this summer for what is being described as the mother of all women's tournaments."I don't mean to beat a dead horse (what a weird saying) but why exactly is Hegerberg not playing with Norway? If Messi or Ronaldo opted to not play in a World Cup the world would know why not with clarity," asked Heather O'Reilly, who plays for North Carolina Courage, in a tweet which received 1, 200 likes after Norway's squad was announced for the forthcoming Women's World Cup with Hegerberg absent from the list. "I would like to know as well," replied Alex Morgan, the American who is as ruthless in front of goal as her fellow striker Hegerberg and who, last month, was named in Time magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. Follow @cnnsport I don't mean to beat a dead horse (what a weird saying) but why exactly is Hegerberg not playing with Norway? If Messi or Ronaldo opted to not play in a World Cup the world would know why not with clarity— Heather O'Reilly (@HeatherOReilly) May 2, 2019 The 23-yera-old Hegerberg used to play for Norway, but she doesn't anymore. The gifted striker, who is a Ballon d'Or winner and owner of multiple Champions League titles, may never represent her country again. Though even her contemporaries want to know her reasons for giving up the chance of playing on the biggest stage of all, Hegerberg has been unwilling to give a blow-by-blow account of why she is at odds with her country's federationRead More"If I start saying ... things are going to blow up everywhere," Hegerberg, who last played for her country in 2017, tells CNN Sport as way of explaining why she has never divulged the specific reasons for sacrificing her international career. It is not about money, she says, revealing that she respects elite male players for the oodles they earn, but ensuring the young girls following her path have the same opportunities as aspiring young male footballers. READ: The world's best player won't be at the Women's World CupREAD: Overshadowed by 'twerking' controversy but not silencedHegerberg is the first woman to win the Ballon d'Or. "I was really honest with the national team representative what I felt wasn't good enough. What my experience had been since youth with the national team," she says, speaking at her club's training ground in Lyon. "I wanted it to be a relationship between me and them, so they could take the feedback and do something with it."I have no thoughts about giving that to all the people. I think it's a good way to deal with things, to be honest -- honesty is the right way for development. Now I've done my feedback, it's up to them to do what they want to do with it. "I've never been trying to control the starting 11, or something internal to the group. This is a feeling that's based on my whole experience with the national team. It's not even up to me anymore. I've moved on in my career and my life. I was sharp in what I meant with them, I don't really have a reason to share that with anyone else.JUST WATCHEDThe secret of this women's football powerhouseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThe secret of this women's football powerhouse 03:16"I've always respected men's footballers for what they earn. The gap is enormous, but at the same time you need to give young women and girls the same opportunity as the men. That's where we need to do the change. "There are federations, there are clubs, there are men in high positions who have that responsibility to put the women in the right place and that's where I think, I feel, and I know, we have a long way to go."The Norwegian Football Association didn't immediately respond to CNN's request for comment, but in 2017 the organization and Norway's players' association signed an agreement on equal pay in a deal thought to be the first of its kind in international football.Outstanding talentIt was the weeks leading up to her decision to ultimately quit the national team which were the most difficult, Hegerberg explains. "When I took the decision it was like a weight off my shoulders," she says. "I've done what I can do to make an impact and do the best to make things better. When that doesn't work you have to take a choice. Life is full of difficult choices to make. "I'm quite clear in who I am and where I want to go and, in the end, it was a decision I was confident with."Hegerberg is an outstanding talent. This weekend she and her Olympique Lyonnais Feminin team will aim to win a fourth successive Champions League title. Should they beat Barcelona in Budapest on Saturday, they will become the first team, male or female, to achieve such a feat. Last season she scored 53 goals in 33 games, including a record-breaking number in a single Champions League campaign.On the back of such prolific form, Hegerberg became the first female recipient of the Ballon d'Or last December -- a historic event which was, for that week at least, overshadowed by one of the co-hosts asking the Norwegian whether she could twerk. But despite the controversy, talking about winning such a prestigious award gives the player "goosebumps."Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features and videosHegerberg holds aloft her Balon d'Or, received in Paris last December. Though goals have not been as plentiful this season, she has still found the back of the net 26 times in a season where her club has continued its domination of French football. The Norwegian moved to France in 2014, joining a club she describes as the model for how others should be organized. The team won its fifth league title this month, and the Women's French Cup. Since 2004, Lyonnais Feminin has secured 12 league titles and the Champions League five times. Arguably, this is the greatest women's team ever assembled. Hegerberg (L) with Lyon's French President Jean-Michel Aulas. 'Good atmosphere'Hegerberg credits the club's president, Jean-Michel Aulas, for investing heavily in the women's team, bringing in world talents such as Hegerberg and Germany captain Dzsenifer Marozsan, to name but two."You can have as much good players as you want but, at the end of the day, you have to work hard," she explains. "It's a mix of everything. The fact of keeping a lot of players together for a lot of years so we get to know each other -- and know each other well on the pitch which is really important. We have the conditions to be the best, we have equality here because of one man basically, the president."I was [made to feel] welcome from day one when I came to Lyon. People think there are so many tough environments in this club but it's the opposite and you need that good atmosphere to succeed. "We're so well integrated into the men's club, it's our club now -- men's and women's team. I'm really good friends with a lot of people who work in the club, outside the team, so just the fact that you eat together with the groundsman, the security man, the chef, for me is pleasant."It's something you should appreciate, and I appreciate a lot. That's what makes me feel so at home here as well."Lyon has the perfect model of how you should run a modern club. That didn't come by one year, investment in something good takes time. Give the women and the girls the same opportunity to do their sports is the best way to succeed. That's what I've been saying for a lot of years now, but it won't change by itself, you need to push for it."Hegerberg (R) heads the ball in a Champions League quarterfinal match against Wolfsberg. EqualityHegerberg grew up in rural Norway to parents who loved football so much that she jokes of being discouraged to take up handball and pushed towards the beautiful game instead.Her mother, whom she describes as an "idol," and father made sure their three children, a son and two daughters, knew equality was important. They would discuss the subject at home. "There was never a question in our family, you play football whether you're a girl or a boy," she says."Just by coming from a family who talks a lot about that subject gave me the regard to look upon things. It's important to be conscious about these things, especially the youth so the future knows this is what it's all about." JUST WATCHEDAda Hegerberg incident is 'a little bit sad'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAda Hegerberg incident is 'a little bit sad' 03:33Her elder sister, Andrine, whom Hegerberg also describes as a hero for forcing her to practice even when staying indoors was more appealing, plays in midfield for Paris Saint-Germain and will also not be playing for Norway in France next summer. "We live in a world where equality is the most important thing. We're in 2019. Women must have their spots, and that's in society," says Hegerberg."That's why, even though there are changes, that's why you need to push for those changes every single day, never stop demanding for equality and development. That's why our position is important. Every player needs to use their voice to shake up things."JUST WATCHEDAda Hegerberg: Surprised talk wasn't footballReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHAda Hegerberg: Surprised talk wasn't football 03:24'Tricky'Hegerberg's willingness to sacrifice her own career in the hope that it will benefit future generations helps to partly explain how she has managed to maintain unprecedented levels of success, both individually and with Lyon.It is, she says, "tricky" to stay hungry and motivated. But staying in her comfort zone, she says, would not only be detrimental to her game, but to women's football in general. "I always look at what we can do better, what can the players do better, and that is obviously to train, train hard enough, stay out of the comfort zone and always increase the level. But, at some point, you need help to develop the product in the form of an investment," she says. Working with a mental coach in Norway after every season, analyzing her campaign with her family and fiancé has also helped Hegerberg remain focused. "It's important to think about what you've done and what needs to be done," she explains. "That's a clear plan I've had from youth. I always analyze myself."As the world's best female players gather in France next month for the 2019 World Cup, when Hegerberg reflects on another season full of goals and trophies, and potentially more history-making feats, she will have no regrets. "That's part of the consequence," she says of missing a tournament where the semifinals and finals are being held in a city she now calls home. "I knew about the choice like this, but it doesn't stop me from making that choice because I believe in it so passionately because I want the best for the sport, I want the best for the youth, the ones who comes after. It sounds like a cliche but that's the truth."

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(CNN)The Salvation Army is getting an early start on its holiday fundraising campaign due to the unprecedented demands of the coronavirus pandemic. "It would be no exaggeration to say that since the pandemic began in mid-March, the Salvation Army has seen a tsunami of human need," said Kenneth Hodder, Salvation Army's National Commander.Since March, Salvation Army USA has provided more than 100 million meals, 1.5 million nights of safe shelter, plus emotional and spiritual support to over 800,000 people across the US. They expect those numbers to grow, bracing for a 155% increase in the need for their services heading into the holiday season. Those services include putting food on the table, paying bills, providing shelter, and even helping place gifts under the tree."We will go from our average of about 2.6 million people every year to more than 6.6 million people."'Rescue Christmas'Read MoreThe new campaign is called "Rescue Christmas," and it kicked off on September 14 -- 100 days before Christmas.A Salvation Army bell ringer in action outside a Chcago store in 2003. "Our traditional red kettle campaign, a symbol of Christmas and Americans caring for one another, is going to be increasingly difficult this year," Hodder told CNN."We believe that Christmas for millions of Americans is at risk," the commander said. "The need that we see at Christmas will last far beyond the holidays." Last year, the Salvation Army raised $126 million with its Red Kettle campaign; they expect to only bring in half that much this year."That would be disastrous for our ability to meet the needs of people," Hodder said. "So, for us, the Christmas Kettle Campaign not only is a symbol, but it is a means of acquiring the vital resources that we need."Red Kettle goes virtualAlthough this year's campaign got an early start, you won't be seeing as many kettles this season as you have in Christmas past. A man in a Santa suit publicizes a free Christmas dinner organized by the Salvation Army in New York, circa 1910. "Most people are carrying less cash than they have in the past. We have less foot traffic at some stores, and as unemployment has risen, so many people who have given to the army in the past are in fact, coming to us for help."In response, the organization shifted focus to online donations and launched the "Rescue Christmas" donation page. "People can go to that website today, and they can provide a one-time donation, find volunteer opportunities and also enlist in the army and make a $25 monthly sustaining gift," added Hodden.Local donations will continue to stay in the communities from which those funds are given. The Salvation Army assures that .82 cents of each dollar donated goes directly to helping those in need."We want to make sure everyone who comes to the Salvation Army will get what they need, not only for Christmas but to know that there's hope and that there's a bright future ahead."You can donate online here.

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(CNN)Polish teenager Iga Swiatek says support from a sports psychologist was a key factor in helping her to win the French Open final on Saturday. The 19-year-old became the first player from Poland to win a grand slam singles title after beating No. 4 seed Sofia Kenin, 6-4 6-1. Swiatek was unseeded at Roland Garros and, despite feeling confident ahead of the season, hadn't been playing her best in the build up to the tournament.However, she showed nerves of steel in storming to victory, becoming the first female to win the French Open without dropping a set since Justine Henin in 2007. It was a turnaround in fortunes she partly credits to working with sports psychologist Daria Abramowicz, who watched the final from the player's box. Read MoreThe pair have worked together for almost two years and Swiatek has been open about working hard on her mental game."It's a long process," Swiatek told CNN Sport. "It helped me during the whole tournament especially after coming back from Covid break."We did great work the last few weeks to lower my expectations and come back to basics and just focus on having fun on court."She helped me a lot during that process but also she's helping me develop as a person and as a player."READ: Nadal beats Djokovic at French Open for record tying 20th majorIga Swiatek celebrates winning the French Open in Paris.'Couldn't believe it'Abramowicz travels to major tournaments with the teenager but also works with elite athletes from many of Poland's national teams. Speaking to the WTA in September, she said the younger generation of sports stars appear more comfortable when talking about their mental health."With Iga [Swiatek] I really appreciate that she's so aware at this younger age," said Abramowicz. "I do appreciate that a lot and I respect it a lot as well."Swiatek served up the perfect birthday present for her mind mentor on Saturday, with Abramowicz tweeting her congratulations after the match. "It's simply the best birthday gift of my life," she wrote on Twitter.Despite boasting an impressive junior career -- Swiatek won the 2018 Wimbledon juniors -- victory in Paris was certainly not expected at this stage of her career. Her expression after winning championship point showed just how surprised she was. "I just couldn't believe it," she said. "Playing good tennis, winning grand slams seemed so distant to me, so achieving that is kind of a weird feeling and I just couldn't believe it."Swiatek pinpointed her fourth-round victory over Simona Halep as a key turning point for the Pole at the French Open. Halep was in great form and was fully expected to progress past her teenage opponent but Swiatek brushed the Romanian aside in little over an hour. "Before I had a problem with playing under pressure because I felt great in practices and then, in a match, suddenly my tennis was a little bit worse," said Swiatek."But in this tournament, I finally realized that I can do it and I just need to be mentally prepared and have a proper mindset. "I never really felt that I was really going to win the tournament because I knew, in the final, I was going to play against a great champion."When I realized that I was thinking about winning the tournament I tried to push those thoughts away and just focus on working because I think it would stress me."READ: Tennis players complain about new balls at French Open View this post on Instagram Speechless... #teamSwiatek #rolandgarros #polandgarros A post shared by Daria Abramowicz (@abramowiczdaria) on Oct 10, 2020 at 12:50pm PDT 'She inspired me'Swiatek says she struggled to sleep the night after lifting the trophy and has been overwhelmed by the messages of support she has received. Beaten men's finalist Novak Djokovic and Polish soccer star Robert Lewandowski are now two of her most high-profile fans, while Noami Osaka was tweeting her support throughout the finalThe pair have become close on tour and Swiatek says the two-time grand slam champion has been a constant source of inspiration during her fledgling career. "She inspired me even before we met because she was one of the girls that won a grand slam when she was an underdog," she said."I'm really glad we're texting sometimes because it's really nice to have someone who's so experienced and someone who can really help prepare you."READ: Serena Williams withdraws from French Open with Achilles injuryNaomi Osaka has become friends with Swiatek on tour. Father's influenceSport runs through Swiatek's family, with her father representing Poland in rowing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.He was in Paris to watch his daughter lift the trophy and the pair celebrated with the rest of the family in the player's box moments after victory was sealed. "I think we're always focused on work because of him because he had high expectations that we were going to get good grades and we were going to have good practices," she said, speaking of her father's influence. "Sometimes these expectations are not a good thing because they are pressure for a child but in my case, I think it really helped me because I learned how to be professional."My sister got injured when she was 15 and she stopped playing tennis but she has a great brain and she is studying really well so I think we're both going to be successful."Even after winning the French Open, Swiatek hasn't entirely forgotten her studies either.The teenager has taken a gap year out from her academic pursuits but says she hasn't ruled out heading to university at some point in the future. "I think I have a lot to learn about certain aspects of life," she said. "At some point my brain is going to need something other than tennis. But I know being a tennis player means I'll be busy."

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(CNN)An Australian swimmer has died following a suspected stingray attack, according to reports. The 42-year-old man was attended to by emergency services at Lauderdale Beach in Tasmania after suffering "a puncture wound to his lower abdomen," according to a police statement.The man, who was swimming alone at the time of the attack, was dragged to shore by friends before emergency services arrived. He died after attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful."Initial indications are that the wound was possibly inflicted by a marine animal although the incident is not shark related," the statement said. News reports later suggested that the injury was caused by a stingray. The man was identified by Australia's national broadcaster ABC as Nicolas Ricketts, a plumber who had previously served in the Australian Navy. Read MoreThe beach, about 10 miles from the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, is a popular swimming spot but also known for stingrays and skates.Stingray attacks on humans are extremely rare, according to marine biologist Peter Last, who was quoted in the ABC report. Steve Irwin, the TV personality known as the Crocodile Hunter, poses with a three foot long alligator at the San Francisco Zoo in June 2002.One of the most famous attacks happened in 2006, when Steve Irwin, the TV presenter known as the "Crocodile Hunter," died after a stingray barb went through his chest, in a marine accident off Australia's north coast.

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Story highlightsInvestigators believe Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed Germanwings Flight 9525, killing himself and 149 othersLubitz suffered from anxiety and depression symptoms dating back to 2009, French newspaper reportedDoctor: It's 'rare for depression to cause people to kill other people' (CNN)Barring a revelation from his parents or girlfriend, we may never know what was going through the mind of Andreas Lubitz in the moments leading up to the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525.What we now know is that all indications point to Lubitz as the perpetrator of the crash, locking the pilot out of the cockpit and setting the aircraft on a fatal trajectory into a remote mountain range in the French Alps.Every day, more details come to light, as the world struggles to make sense of why a 27-year-old German man would apparently choose to deliberately crash a plane with 150 people on board, including himself -- and remain so calm while doing it.'Unfit to work'When investigators searched Lubitz's home in Dusseldorf, they found medical leave notes "slashed," suggesting Lubitz was hiding an illness or illnesses from his employers.Read MoreThe dates for which Lubitz was excused from work included the day of the crash, though investigators have not yet revealed the reason he was excused, if any reason was written on the notes by his doctor.We do know, from a German aviation source, that Lubitz passed his annual pilot recertification examination last summer.An official with Lufthansa, the parent company of the budget airline Germanwings, said that the exam only tests physical health, not psychological health."He was 100% fit to fly without restrictions," Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr told reporters at press conference last week. "His flight performance was perfect. There was nothing to worry about."Spohr added that Lubitz had "interrupted" his training, which he began in 2008. That break lasted several months, he said, but that such an interruption isn't uncommon.Lubitz suffered from "generalized anxiety disorder," with severe depression symptoms dating back to 2009, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.While the main medical clinic in Dusseldorf denies it was treating Lubitz for depression, German investigators found antidepressant medications in Lubitz's apartment, according to published reports that CNN has not yet been able to independently confirm.Die Welt, a German newspaper, over the weekend cited an unidentified senior investigator, who said Lubitz suffered from "severe subjective burnout syndrome" and severe depression.More on the medications"Someone who has a significant depressive episode or depressive disorder will oftentimes get an antidepressant alone, and many times will have a good resolution of those symptoms," CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta told Poppy Harlow Sunday on "CNN Newsroom." "People who relapse or develop more of what is called a psychotic depression in addition may have symptoms of psychosis. Maybe they could be having delusions or hallucinations, but the idea is having breaks with reality."One of the medications Lubitz was prescribed is said to be Agomelatine (an antidepressant medication), according to Le Perisien.Antidepressants can sometimes make people suicidal, especially those suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Other times, they can make patients manic or psychotic.The drug's list of warnings and precautions include metabolic changes -- such as weight gain -- and the potential for cognitive and motor impairment. "Has potential to impair judgment, thinking and motor skills; use caution when operating machinery."In 2010, Lubitz received Olanzpine injections (an antipsychotic medication) "to treat OCD," according to Le Perisien. Doctors advised Lubitz to be more active, practice a new sport and regain self-confidence."This is a powerful medication," said Gupta. "If this is true, it sort of reads into the severity of just how bad the psychosis was, at least at one point in his life."There are other things besides psychosis for which the drug may be administered, but that's the most common use. One of the side effects is blurred vision.Citing two officials with knowledge of the investigation, The New York Times Saturday reported that Lubitz sought treatment for vision problems that might have put his career at risk.If he was prescribed this medication as an injectable five years ago, was now taking it as an oral antipsychotic and wasn't taking it because of it was causing these detrimental side effects, "that could be very concerning, as well," said Gupta.Authorities have not ruled out that Lubitz's vision problem could have been psychosomatic.Can experts explain his behavior?Many people have been asking how likely it is that depression could result in this sort of horrific action.In a word: "Unlikely," says Dr. Charles Raison, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona."Most people would just kill themselves," he says. "It's very, very rare for depression to cause people to kill other people. This leads me to believe there's something else going on, like a personality character flaw."Forensic psychologist Jeff Gardere agrees."It has to be a very severe depression to the point that there's a psychosis that's a result of that depression," he says. "That's different than the schizophrenia part of psychosis. With this kind of depression, it's so deep that you actually break with reality."Remember, Lubitz was in his late 20s -- and the odds of mental illness presenting at this age are much higher for someone in their 20s or 30s."Sometimes people lose touch with reality slowly. Other times, they lose touch really quickly," says Raison. "Bipolar psychotic states can develop in as little as a day or two. I'm most curious what was going on in this guy's life the week before this happened. Did anyone see any changes with his behavior? Did he stop sleeping? There's a pretty good chance something would come up in speaking with the people in his life.""If a story doesn't make sense, it means you don't have the real story," says Raison. "Even people who are psychotic will tell you a crazy story. It's crazy, but it makes sense."More details are needed on Lubitz's story.'Robotic and calm'Perhaps the most chilling revelation so far is that Lubitz not only decided to do what he did, but that he ignored the pilot's pleas to think about the lives on board and change his mind."It tells you he's at peace with what he's doing," says Raison. "If you were uncertain or anxious, you might still open the cabin door (when the pilot was banging on the door and yelling to be let in). Calm determination to do this tells you he really believed in what he was doing.""If you look at school shooters, they go into a dissociative state," says Gardere. "They've been planning for quite some time. They go into this personality where they can calmly go into murder mode -- robotic and calm. Even when they're shooting or doing something rageful, they behave in a calm manner. (Lubitz) knew when he got onto that plane that he wasn't coming back."World weighs inOn Monday, Britain's most senior psychiatrist told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that when a pilot is "acutely depressed or suffering from... any mental illness" that impairs his or her ability to fly, he or she cannot fly an aircraft."We don't let pilots fly with depression, not because we're worried that they're going to murder everybody on board. That's such an extraordinary possibility that -- that's not depression -- but because they're impaired in concentration, memory and attention, which isn't good for a pilot," said Sir Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and an adviser to the British army.Wessely added that the Germanwings plane crash might open a discussion on "relaxing the laws of (doctor-patient) confidentiality in different countries," though in the United Kingdom, as well as in many other countries, a doctor is obliged to go to the authorities if he or she believes that people are genuinely being put at risk by one of their patients.CNN's John Bonifield contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsFrench stuntman performs tricks with horsesThe 47-year-old has trained horses since 11Appeared at London's Olympia in December (CNN)If there is such a thing as animal magnetism, then Jean-Francois Pignon has it in spades. With a mere flick of his hand, the Frenchman gets his horses to perform the most amazing tricks. From instructing them to stand elegantly on their hind legs to riding bareback on not one, but two horses at the same time, it's little wonder that Pignon's shows have become a hit with audiences worldwide.The veteran performer, who appeared in the London International Horse Show at Olympia in December, has been training horses since when he was a boy."I started really young with (my first horse) Gazelle," Pignon told CNN. "I was 11 years old and she was a year and a half. My first goal was not to do a show, but to communicate with my horse and play with them.Bring on the dancing horses: Equestrian artist creates stunning horse showRead More"And then I had the opportunity to perform in a small village to do my first show and I immediately liked it. I was very shy but I felt on this day that I really liked this job."More than three decades later, the 47-year-old -- who lives in Calvission in the South of France -- still puts in hours of training, although he is ever mindful of his horses' welfare. "The most difficult moves are when the horses are tired, which is rare, and also when the horses are excited," he explained. "My role is to be the maestro in the middle, and to use them a little bit more, a little bit less, depending on their mood."Audiences are amazed when they see Pignon, says Jo Peck, who manages the marketing and communications for the annual Olympia event where the Frenchman has appeared four times."He can get horses to do things that other people just can't get them to do," Peck told CNN."He has this almost telepathic conversation that goes on ... it's almost like a communication with his horses. The way he asks them to do things is very different from the way a show jumper would ask his or her horse to do something," she added."It's not just one horse, he controls several horse at the same time. The skill is just incredible."Extreme horsepower: Love and carriage hits London

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Story highlights The memorial is by turns emotional and humorous Dan Wheldon's teammates recall practical jokes He is remembered as a devoted family manThe two-time Indy 500 winner died October 16 after a crash in Las Vegas The racing sanctioning body IndyCar held a public memorial service, punctuated by laughter and tears, Sunday to celebrate the life of two-time Indianapolis 500 champ Dan Wheldon. Those at the memorial, held at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, recalled Wheldon not only as a successful driver, but remembered his winning charm, his sense of humor, and his devotion to his family and his fans. Wheldon, 33, was near the back of a 34-car field at the Las Vegas Indy 300 on October 16 when he got mixed up in a crash that saw several cars spin out of control and burst into flames, spewing smoke and debris. He died of head injuries. "The victories and the accolades, they didn't define him," said IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard. "His strong character, his enthusiastic approach to life, and the love of family, friends and fans did. "There was a reason he was a fan favorite," Bernard said. "I'd see him go out of his way to shake a serviceman's hand, or sign a young man's autograph, or do that extra interview, or just joke around with the drivers. Dan loved life and it always showed."Featured on stage beside the speakers Sunday was a car Bernard said Wheldon had been testing. It had "cutting-edge enhancements that promised to move the sport of racing and automotive engineering forward." It also had additional safety features, testament to Wheldon's commitment to improving the sport and increasing safety for drivers, he said."He would want the drivers and the teams and the series to unite and to work together," Bernard said. "He'd want us to strive to make our sport safer."The memorial featured music from country artists Reba McEntire and The Band Perry. Wheldon's family was in attendance."It was a privilege for us to witness a young, carefree racer blossom into a true champion and a devoted family man," said one of Wheldon's managers, Mickey Ryan.JUST WATCHEDWheldon, wife got tattoos before crashReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWheldon, wife got tattoos before crash 00:51JUST WATCHEDMax Mosley talks IndyCar safetyReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMax Mosley talks IndyCar safety 03:53He recalled Wheldon partying all night after his first Indianapolis 500 win in 2005, then falling asleep while on hold waiting for an early morning radio interview. After his second win in 2011, he pledged to take his children to a Disney park, and dedicated the win to his mother, who was battling Alzheimer's disease, Ryan and manager Adrian Sussman said. The two issued a message of gratitude from Wheldon's family."They'd like you to know how much they appreciate the amazing outpouring of sympathy, flowers, gifts and notes of condolences," Sussman said. "It's been a great comfort for them to know that there are so many others that share in their grief."Despite the somber event, speakers recalled many humorous moments, recalling Wheldon's penchant for practical jokes, his compulsive neatness and his liking for tight racing suits.Drivers Brian Herta, Tony Kanaan and Dario Franchitti -- Wheldon's former teammates -- recalled messing Wheldon's locker up on purpose once and then waiting for him before a run, as he could not come out and drive unless the locker was straightened."He made us look like pigs," Herta said. They also recalled entering Wheldon's hotel room in Japan once, stealing one of each of his shoes and sending them back to America, along with taking his television and some of his hair products. Herta said he was not saying goodbye to Wheldon. "Goodbye is final," he said. "Our friendship won't end."On Saturday, hundreds gathered in St. Petersburg, Florida, for Wheldon's funeral. Born in Emberton, England, Wheldon had settled in the west Florida city with his wife and two young sons. Susie Wheldon spoke to her late husband through a letter read aloud by family friend Michael Johnson at the First Presbyterian Church. Audio from that message, and other parts of Saturday's otherwise private ceremony, were recorded and released by CNN affiliate WTSP."I am so scared. Scared I'm going to forget things as time goes by: the way you smell, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand," she wrote.Country singer Wynonna Judd -- whose half-sister, actress Ashley Judd, is married to Franchitti, one of Wheldon's pallbearers -- sang at the funeral. Besides those inside, dozens of people stood nearby the church to pay their respects. NASCAR said it will provide teams at the Talladega Superspeedway this weekend with a decal in honor of Wheldon.The decal features an image of a knight and the word "Lionheart." Wheldon likened himself to Richard the Lionheart, the 12th-century British warrior king, and often wore the image on the back of his helmets."When I first started racing, a lot of the guys said that I raced with a lot of heart, occasionally not my head, but always with a lot of heart, like the way that Richard the Lionheart fought in battle," Wheldon wrote on a sponsor's blog in 2010.

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(CNN)Former US goalkeeper Hope Solo and husband Jerramy Stevens have welcomed twins into the world, the soccer star announced on Thursday. Former US Women's National Team goalkeeper and two-time Olympic gold medalist Solo announced the birth of her twins -- named Vittorio Genghis Stevens and Lozen Orianna Judith Stevens -- by posting an image on social media."What have we been doing during our time in quarantine? Well, as you can see, we've been incredibly busy," she said in a video posted to the Instagram account of the Uninterrupted athletic brand. View this post on Instagram Vittorio Genghis Stevens Lozen Orianna Judith Stevens 3/4/2020 A post shared by Hope Solo (@hopesolo) on Apr 23, 2020 at 2:34pm PDT The soccer star said the twins -- the couple's first children -- were born on March 4, coming into the world "in the middle of a pandemic," adding that the experience had been "incredibly stressful times for us."Men and women footballers experiencing 'glaring' rise in mental health issues during lockdownThe athlete added that the babies had required a stay in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and took the opportunity to thank healthcare workers tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Read More"We would like to thank all of the incredible nurses and the doctors who helped take care of our babies during our time in the NICU and we'd also like to thank all the health care workers who've been on the frontlines fighting this pandemic, day in and day out," she said. Solo, the first goalkeeper to achieve 100 clean sheets in international football, announced that she and her husband, a former NFL player, were expecting twins in December.

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Story highlightsFerrari drops idea of challenging the Brazilian Grand Prix resultItalian team had questioned whether Sebastian Vettel had illegally overtaken Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso"Ferrari duly takes note of the reply sent by the FIA and considers the matter now closed"Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo wants to "revamp our organization and our working methods"It's official: Sebastian Vettel is a three-time world champion after Ferrari dropped the idea of challenging the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix.The Italian team has written to the governing body the FIA requesting clarification as to whether Red Bull racer Vettel had illegally overtaken Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso during Sunday's race at Interlagos.If that had been the case, Vettel would have incurred a 20 seconds penalty, demoting the German driver to eighth place and ensuring Ferari's Fernando Alonso would have won the drivers' title by one point.Read: Victorious Vettel makes historyJUST WATCHEDCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day OneReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day One 01:14JUST WATCHEDCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day TwoReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day Two 01:02JUST WATCHEDCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day ThreeReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day Three 01:09"The request for a clarification from the FIA, regarding Vettel's passing move on Vergne, came about through the need to shed light on the circumstances of the move, which came out on the Internet only a few days after the race," said a Ferrari statement on Friday."The letter to the FIA was in no way intended to undermine the legality of the race result. "We received tens of thousands of queries relating to this matter from all over the world and it was incumbent on us to take the matter further, asking the Federation to look into an incident that could have cast a shadow over the championship in the eyes of all Formula 1 enthusiasts, not just Ferrari fans. "Ferrari duly takes note of the reply sent by the FIA this morning and therefore considers the matter now closed."Read: Just how good is Sebastian VettelOn Sunday, Vettel recovered from a nightmare start to become the youngest ever triple Formula One champion as Jenson Button won the Brazilian Grand Prix.The 25-year-old German was hit on the fourth turn of the opening lap and suffered damage to the left side of his car which could not be fixed.But Vettel roared back through the field to finish sixth and deny title rival Alonso by three points.JUST WATCHEDCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day FourReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day Four 01:14JUST WATCHEDCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day FiveReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCNN Greatest F1 Driver: Day Five 01:21Having decided against challenging the result of the race, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has turned his attention to "revamping" the Italian team ahead of the 2013 season."Now is the time to look ahead to next year," said Di Montezemolo. "I want us to start with a car that is immediately capable of fighting for the win and it has to be our first task."That was a reference to Red Bull's engineering dominance over the last three seasons thanks to the input of design guru Adrian Newey."In order to achieve that, each one of us must improve in our own roles by at least a millimetre," Di Montezemolo."We must revamp our organization and our working methods to try and be at the same level as the best, right from the first race, which for too many years now we have failed to do."

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(CNN)Although seals are known to clap their flippers in captivity, a gray seal has been filmed doing it in the wild for the very first time, researchers say. Ben Burville, a marine biologist at Newcastle University in the UK, filmed a seal clapping its flippers together underwater near the Farne Islands, a group of islands off the northeast coast of England. The seal's clapping produced a distinctive "crack" sound.Seals have been taught to sing the 'Star Wars' theme tuneBurville spent 17 years attempting to capture the behavior on film before finally succeeding in October 2017.Scientists believe bull seals make the noise underwater to deter competitors during the mating season, with the loud high-frequency sound sending a strong message to other males in the vicinity. Read MoreThe sound was previously thought to be made vocally, but the new video footage shows a gray seal clapping its flippers to create the noise. Burville said in a statement that diving with seals was his passion and that he believes he has spent "more time underwater with grey seals than anyone in the world." Stranded seals swarm a small Canadian town, unable to steer their way back to seaHe added that this previously unseen behavior made him think about "how much there still is to learn" about the species. The footage Burville captured is part of an international study led by Monash University in Australia, which is published on Monday in the journal Marine Mammal Science. David Hocking, the lead author of the study and a research fellow at Monash, said noise pollution from humans interferes with whale song and other marine-mammal communication. "Clapping appears to be an important social behaviour for grey seals," he added, "so anything that disturbed it could impact breeding success and survival for this species."

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Story highlightsJaguars kicker playing in fourth NFL seasonIs a former US Under-17 goalkeeperWas signed to Dallas MLS club London (CNN)Josh Lambo is not your typical NFL placekicker. The 27-year-old from Lansing, Michigan began his athletic career as a goalkeeping prodigy for the US Under-17 national team, even garnering interest from English Premier League club Everton. Follow @cnnsport But when his MLS career with FC Dallas stalled, Lambo turned to college football and earned a spot with the Texas A&M Aggies. Like any kicker worth his weight in cleats, the four-year veteran with the Jacksonville Jaguars has a knack for pressure situations. Last November, Lambo nailed game-tying and overtime field goals for the Jags to sink his former team, the LA Chargers, who cut him in the preseason. Read MoreHe was also a key part of the team's stellar playoff run, kicking a field goal in the final two minutes in a wild win at Pittsburgh to secure Jacksonville's spot in the AFC title game. In his first taste of the playoffs Lambo was perfect, hitting all nine of his extra point attempts and all four field goals. CNN caught up with Lambo ahead of the Jaguar's London game against the Philadelphia Eagles on October 28, where he discussed handling big pressure moments, befriending other kickers and exactly what he thinks of "icing" kickers. Josh Lambo poses with MLS Commissioner Don Garber, after being selected eighth by FC Dallas in the MLS Super Draft in January, 2008.CNN: What are the similarities between playing in goal and being a placekicker? Lambo: "You really only have one shot to do your job. You don't get a redo to miss a save really, the ball goes in the back of the net. You don't get a redo if the kick goes outside the uprights, so you have to be on your game all the time. "I have really been able to adopt the mentality of being one-for-one on every kick."There is a sense that fans remember the mistakes of both goalkeepers and placekickers instead of their great plays. Does that ring true? "They can for sure, just hopefully you don't have very many of them. You got to give them a lot more good things to remember than bad."Both positions invite a level of isolation from the other guys on the team. Can you describe the type of personality it takes to do those jobs?"You need to be able to be alone with yourself a little bit, because you're not in the position meetings with all the other guys in football. "And being a goalkeeper, you're often in goalkeeper training. It's much easier to be integrated as a goalkeeper, especially because you have a smaller team, usually 24 guys in the locker room."Now with football, going into camp we have 90 (eventually whittled down to 53) and we only have a couple of specialists, so you become really good friends with other specialists." After breaking his jaw at FC Dallas, Lambo (#49) turned to American football and landed a spot as a placekicker with the Texas A&M Aggies.It seems NFL kickers prefer to be left alone before pressure kicks -- and other players avoid speaking to them. Why is that? "Yes, just because that's how the routine is for every other kicker. You know, if you're going through a penalty kick in the middle of the game, you don't get a pep talk by your coach."In the middle of the game, if it's a 27-yard field goal, five minutes up in the second quarter, guys aren't coming up to you pumping you up saying 'Hey we need this,' so I like to keep everything the same."I like to keep people away from me. I'll have our media guys form a little barrier around me if it's a game winner to keep people away, because I don't want to change anything. When you change things, that's when mistakes happen."Do you have any superstitions when it comes to kicking? "No, I trust my process, I believe in my skill, and I'm going to let that take over. I'm not going to let anything outside of myself take control."Can you describe your process and pregame rituals?"I'm not really a big ritual guy. I do believe in a routine. Saturday nights, I have different things I do to try and get my body and my mind right. "Sunday before the game, for warmups, I'll go out and do a visualization session, seeing myself making field goals and seeing myself hit perfect kickoffs. "My process throughout the week and why I am not superstitious is because superstition is leaving power up to something that is not yourself, and I don't believe in that. If I am going to make the kick, it has nothing to do with what sock I am wearing or what shoe I put on my foot first. It is about me doing my job, and I can control it. "External factors will not control the outcome of something that I do." Do you meditate or do yoga?"I have been doing a lot of Pilates, which has really helped me, obviously physically, but also mentally. I am a big fan of yoga. I think it has physical benefits as well as mental and spiritual benefits. "I have definitely been studying mindfulness, and meditation is a part of that. Just being able to stay in the present moment and not let any situation get too big. You never let get your highs get too high, your lows be too low, and just be very much in the moment. I think that helped me a lot last year." Is there anything you do to combat anxiety in pressure situations?"Yes. Part of the mindfulness that I have read about is really being present in that exact moment. Let's say I'm trotting out for a kick and some thought process washes over me that is either positive or negative. I will try to acknowledge that I had that thought and then just let it pass. "I do not live in it. If I am anxious, I am not saying to myself, 'Oh no, I'm anxious!' If I am anxious, I will acknowledge that I am feeling anxiousness. That is OK. I take a deep breath. I let it pass, and I rely on my muscle memory and my technique."Lambo celebrated after kicking a crucial field goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Divisional Playoff game in January, 2918.How does icing the kicker impact you? What do you think if you see the ball go through the uprights, only to hear a timeout has been called before your kick?"I think icing is really stupid. All you're doing is giving the kicker another chance. You are not messing with him. "If I miss it, OK great, I know how to make that correction. If I make it, I know exactly what I need to do again. If they will give me five stabs at it, I don't care. I will make them all."Many goalies appear to have a special bond in soccer leagues; is it the same in with NFL kickers?"There is a good little group of guys that are all kind of connected and encourage each other. I talk to (Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker) Chandler Catanzaro and (New Orleans Saints kicker) Wil Lutz quite a lot. (Carolina Panthers kicker) Graham Gano and I text fairly frequently. "I love the fact that I am in the same division as (Indianapolis Colts 23-year veteran kicker) Adam Vinatieri because I get to see him face to face twice a year, which is just incredible. If you are going to learn from anybody, you want to learn from the best. He is, if not the best, probably top three. "I kind of pick his brain sometimes about football stuff, but he is just a good man, a good person. I enjoy being around him. I enjoy his demeanor, so that is the stuff that I think will make you successful on and off the field."Given that you played for Team USA in the Under-17 World Cup against Belgium, and got the man of the match by keeping a clean sheet against Eden Hazard and Christian Benteke, did you watch this year's World Cup and wonder about how you could have been there?"Unfortunately, this year the US wasn't in it. But, yeah, you watch guys like Eden Hazard and you realize that you played against them and beat them. We won 2-0 against Belgium in the Under-17s, and the next game we played against Toni Kroos with the German team."And my first ever youth international was against Theo Walcott and England. So watching some of those guys in the Premier League, it's fun to look back and (know) that I did that or (wonder) what could have been, but I'm pretty happy with the way life turned out for me so far."Though he prefers to be left alone before kicks, Lambo celebrates with teammates afterwards. He also maintains close friendships with other NFL kickers. What was missing for you as an MLS goalie? And what went right as a placekicker?"My height for sure as a goalkeeper (laughs, Lambo is 6-foot tall), but seven minutes into my first reserve game I broke my jaw, so that didn't help either."And then the coach that brought me in got fired, that definitely didn't help."And the successes as a placekicker I think came really from the failures as a goalie, in terms of just dealing with the adversity and not giving up, and just realizing that there are good ways to be a pro and there are some mistakes you need to avoid. "So I took everything I learned being a goalkeeper and transferred it to being a placekicker."Jags owner Shaheed Khan also owns Fulham FC. Are you tempted to try out in goal? You could be the Bo Jackson of the NFL and English Football.(Laughs) "I don't know if Shad would be too happy if I tried to go back to soccer -- but if they need me I'm available."JUST WATCHEDNFL: Jurrell Casey to protest, pay fineReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNFL: Jurrell Casey to protest, pay fine 01:13

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(CNN)Imagine a world entirely free of fossil fuels. That's no longer such an abstract concept, as most of the everyday things we do can be powered by electricity -- driving a car, heating a home, charging a phone or computer -- and all that energy could come from sources like the wind, the sun and the natural movement of water. For industries that need more oomph than solar or wind can offer -- like aviation, steel and concrete -- there's hydrogen. And it's everywhere. There's a lot of buzz and billions of dollars being poured into the hydrogen industry, but not all types of hydrogen are created equal. Hydrogen is the most abundant element on the planet, but it needs to be isolated from its source, and that in itself takes energy. At the moment, it's mostly derived from fossil fuels -- natural gas, coal and oil -- in what's called "gray" hydrogen. If the carbon-dioxide (CO2) emitted during production is captured, you get "blue" hydrogen.As governments around the world devise new energy strategies to rapidly remove the carbon from their economies, major fossil fuel companies are lobbying hard to keep blue hydrogen in the mix. In doing so, energy and climate experts say, they are locking in the global use of natural gas, a planet-warming fossil fuel, potentially for decades to come. The most promising hydrogen for the climate is really the "green" sort, which is derived from water and is processed using 100% renewable energy, making it a potential zero-emissions power source. Green hydrogen is seen as a game-changing solution to emissions in the heaviest of industries, but it has a long way to go -- less than 1% of the world's hydrogen today is green, according to Fitch Ratings. The rest comes from fossil fuels.Read MoreAn analysis provided to CNN from the independent climate think tank InfluenceMap, which uses data to track the influence of business and finance on climate policy, found that several major fossil fuel companies are using the hydrogen hype to keep natural gas on the playing field, and that's having an impact on a crucial upcoming decision in the European Union. The EU's 27 countries are so divided on the future role of natural gas that the bloc's executive arm, the European Commission, has for months failed to deliver what should be a simple list of energy sources that it considers sustainable. After several delays, the decision was again postponed on this week, as countries squabbled over whether gas -- as well as nuclear power -- should make the list, and whether they should be called "green" or "transitional" forms of energy. Earlier draft versions of the list -- known as the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy -- made no mention of gas or nuclear, a source close to the talks told CNN, and now EU officials are publicly saying they will almost certainly be included. That could allow natural gas operations to carry on with a green stamp of approval and unleash a wave of private investment and green recovery public funds to new projects. Nuclear energy scares people. The climate crisis is giving it another chanceIn an opinion piece for the website Euractiv, Greta Thunberg and follow climate activists described the list as "fake climate action." Using a database of more than 350 of the world's largest companies, InfluenceMap identified a number of major fossil fuel companies that have been active in lobbying the EU on the sustainable fuels decision, as well as two other policies on gas and hydrogen. The three most active companies were Equinor, TotalEnergies and BP, the analysis concludes. Gas industry associations representing some of the biggest fossil fuel companies operating in Europe are also arguing that natural gas in new projects could be blended with hydrogen -- including blue hydrogen -- to make it "cleaner." Vivek Parekh, an InfluenceMap analyst, described this lobbying to CNN as a "slow creep" of natural gas back into EU energy policy. "The positions put out initially by the European Commission looked to push fossil gas infrastructure down the back road, and try to avoid it as much as possible," Parekh said. "But it looks like the gas industry -- after such a long fight -- has managed to weaken the sustainability criteria in its favor. And that essentially secures the role of fossil gas and its long-term energy future. This is in the European Union, which is supposed to be a policy leader when it comes to climate." Exhaust emerges from the smokestack of a natural gas-fired power plant in Berlin, Germany.The EU has one of the most ambitious climate plans in the world, with a goal enshrined in law to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030, from levels in 1990. Its policies tends to influence those in other parts of the world, making this decision particularly consequential. Pascal Canfin, the EU lawmaker who chairs the bloc's powerful environment committee, said he was hopeful of a compromise to break the impasse. One proposal put forward, Canfin told CNN, is to include gas but impose a limit to how much carbon dioxide (CO2) new projects should be allowed to emit. Another could be to only allow new gas projects when they replace coal, and a "sunset clause" ending any new gas infrastructure as of December 31, 2030. "So here are three key conditions under which you can define your design, the space where gas can be considered as useful for the transition, even if it's fossil," he said. Equinor and TotalEnergies were among companies that campaigned against the proposed CO2 limit, according to InfluenceMap. Equinor -- which is investing in green hydrogen but also continues to drill for more oil and gas -- confirmed to CNN it had been engaging with the EU on the policy and said it would support the CO2 limit in electricity and heat projects, but that it would not in other circumstances, for example, new gas projects to help a region transition from coal. As gas prices soar, people are mulling alternatives to heating their homes. Here's what to know"Like many member state governments we see natural gas as key to the EU's decarbonization efforts," the company said in a statement to CNN. It emphasized that natural gas can be "decarbonized" through carbon capture and storage. But no technology that exists today can remove 100% of the CO2 from natural gas, and a landmark study on blue hydrogen from Cornell University in August showed that blue hydrogen, at the moment, emits 20% more than natural gas in the first place. That's partly because the greenhouse gas methane tends to leak in the carbon capture process.French company TotalEnergies did not comment on its position on the emissions limit, but said it was investing in both blue and green hydrogen. It argued natural gas is currently "the best option for providing the world with the energy it needs while combating global warming," and is even "a champion of energy transition." BP did not reply to CNN's request for comment. A growing gas addiction Despite its clean-sounding name, natural gas is a major contributor to the climate crisis. It is made mostly of methane, a greenhouse gas more than 80 times more potent than carbon-dioxide in the short term. It surged in use in the '70s and took off in the '90s, when it was sold as a "bridge fuel" -- a cleaner alternative to coal and one that would eventually be dropped when renewable energy took off. The Heizkraftwerk Lichterfelde natural gas-fired power and heating plant stands illuminated on November 03, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Natural gas prices have risen dramatically in Europe and Germany over recent months, leading to a corresponding sharp rise in electricity prices.But the world has become somewhat addicted to gas, and that "bridge" has become so long, governments are realizing they don't really know when and where it ends. Global use of natural gas is at an all-time high, according to the International Energy Agency. In the EU, it's come down slightly since a 2010 peak, but not that much, and is still higher than levels in the '90s. The scale of growth in the EU is a clear sign that, even in Europe, gas isn't going anywhere soon. Data from Global Energy Monitor (GEM) shows that at the end of 2020, there were around 17,000 kilometres (around 1,500 miles) of gas pipeline in development in the EU. That's 65 projects across 23 nations worth 72.6 billion euros ($81.8 billion). There were another 15.5 billion euros-worth of projects for liquified natural gas. 'We really don't have a plan': Biden's climate promises are sunk without Build Back Better, experts sayAnd, depending on how they are built, new natural gas projects tend to stick around for some time. Greig Aitken, who manages GEM's Europe Gas Tracker, said that pipelines and the gas plants they serve typically have lifetimes of 30 to 40 years, warning that any new gas infrastructure will either lock in the fossil fuel and undermine the bloc's climate goals or force the projects to be abandoned. "A tipping point has been reached, and there really should be no new commissioning of gas infrastructure from now given the timelines involved, unless companies and their financial backers actually welcome the idea of having stranded assets on their books," Aitken said. So where does that leave green hydrogen? The industry needs a windfall in funding to build more electrolyzers -- the machines needed to extract hydrogen from water -- as well as a huge increase in renewable energy sources. A decision like the EU's on taxonomy could potentially mean money that could be going to green hydrogen is diverted to blue. Green hydrogen could be the fuel of the future. But there is huge momentum. A new green hydrogen project appears to pop up somewhere in the world on a weekly basis, and even fossil fuel companies promoting blue hydrogen are beginning to look at green as well. The International Renewable Energy Agency says that green hydrogen could become cheaper than blue hydrogen by 2030 if -- and it's a big if -- the industry gets enough buy-in. "Green hydrogen proves that the world has a clean, practical, implementable way out of global warming," said Andrew Forrest, whose company Fortescue Future Industries is investing heavily in green hydrogen. Forrest, an Australian who made his fortune from mining with the Fortescue Metals Group, is betting big on green hydrogen to not only decarbonize his company's entire mining operation, but also to transform Fortescue into a global renewables giant. To Forrest, all this talk about blending blue hydrogen into natural gas is a distraction. The energy transformation has to happen now, and not lock in yet another "bridge" fuel, he said. "Fossil fuel companies trying to tell the world that natural gas, blue hydrogen or gray hydrogen are a solution to climate change are lying," Forrest said. "Blue hydrogen, gray hydrogen, any type of hydrogen that is not green is dirty and uses fossil fuels to make it. It is like clean coal or cancer-free tobacco."

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(CNN)Eddie Howe has been named Newcastle United's new Head Coach on a two-and-a-half-year deal until the summer of 2024, the English Premier League club announced in a statement on Monday.Howe is the first manager to be appointed by the club's new owners following last month's Saudi Arabia-backed takeover of the Geordie team.The Englishman replaces Steve Bruce who was sacked by mutual consent in October having failed to win a game this season."It is a great honour to become head coach of a club with the stature and history of Newcastle United," Howe said in the statement. "It is a very proud day for me and my family."This is a wonderful opportunity, but there is also a lot of work ahead of us and I am eager to get onto the training ground to start working with the players.Read More"I would like to thank the club's owners for this opportunity and thank the club's supporters for the incredible welcome they have already given me. I am very excited to begin our journey together," Howe added.Howe's first game in charge will be on November 20 when Newcastle host newly-promoted Brentford at St. James' Park.It's the 43-year-old's first managerial job since August 2020 when he left Bournemouth following the club's relegation from the English Premier League.Howe spent 11 years as a player at Bournemouth before taking over the managerial reins of the club.He managed Bournemouth across two spells guiding the club from the fourth tier of English football all the way to the Premier League, where they remained for five seasons.Howe is only one of a handful of managers ever to lead their team through all three divisions to Premier League promotion.'He is a great fit for what we are trying to build here'Newcastle United co-owner Amanda Stavely said: "We have been incredibly impressed by Eddie through what has been a rigorous recruitment process."As well as his obvious achievements with AFC Bournemouth, where he had a transformational impact, he is a passionate and dynamic coach who has clear ideas about taking this team and club forward."He is a great fit for what we are trying to build here. We are delighted to welcome Eddie and his staff to St. James' Park and very much look forward to working together towards our collective ambitions."The Englishman is familiar with Newcastle players Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser and Matt Ritchie having worked with them during his time at Bournemouth.Howe takes over a Newcastle side who find themselves in the relegation zone and are the only team not to win a Premier League game this season.The club sit 19th in the table on five points -- six off of safety.

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Bill McGowan is the founder and CEO of Clarity Media Group, a global communications coaching firm based in New York. He is the author of "Pitch Perfect: How to Say It Right the First Time, Every Time." Follow him on Twitter @BillMcGowan22. Juliana Silva is a strategic communications adviser at Clarity. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN)The fact that Tuesday night's debate in Cleveland was more of a crash than a clash will no doubt dominate the media coverage and people's memory of the event. No matter how much we would like to wipe the image of that disgraceful spectacle from our consciousness, the indelible stain of a President of the United States behaving like a juvenile delinquent initiating a food fight will be tough to erase. But what may get overlooked amid the pandemonium that erupted at the first of three showdowns between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump was the stark contrast in the two candidates' body language. Bill McGowanJuliana SilvaFrom the opening bell, Biden strode to the lectern with a sense of purpose. Ironically, Trump was the one who seemed sleepy and slow, lumbering onto the stage with all the enthusiasm and excitement of a root canal patient entering the dentist's office. The candidates' facial expressiveness also rested on opposite ends of the spectrum. Trump redefined "RBF" (Resting Bully Face) while listening to both Biden and the moderator, Fox's Chris Wallace. For most of the night, Trump looked like he was smelling rancid milk. It was a judgmental, imperious expression that played right into Biden's "Scranton vs Park Avenue" comparison, teeing Biden up to cast Trump as a gold-plated elitist. "This guy and his friends look down their nose on people like Irish Catholics like me who grew up in Scranton," Biden said. Read MoreTrump's default demeanor came off as angry, hostile and disdainful of the entire process. In fact, when Chris Wallace finally chastised Trump for breaking the very debate rules that his campaign agreed to, his facial contortions resembled a petulant child being scolded. Biden, by contrast, frequently maintained an approachable and empathetic look that underscores one of his biggest advantages over his opponent: likability. When under attack, Biden pulled an oldie but goodie from his greatest hits bag: the incredulous smile, shake of the head and chuckle that was as close to a real-time fact check on Trump as you can get. It was a nonverbal version of Ronald Reagan's legendary line to Jimmy Carter, "there you go again." It's a tactic that served Biden well in his 2012 vice presidential debate against Paul Ryan. Debate coach: Why this debate went terribly wrong But perhaps the most dramatic difference between Biden and Trump's onstage presence was their eye contact. Research studies have shown that making meaningful eye contact with those with whom you are communicating, boosts your credibility, your trustworthiness, your empathy and perhaps most importantly, your likability. According to doctor Atsushi Senju, a cognitive neuroscientist who studies the biological and cultural aspects of eye contact at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London, eye contact makes us seem more socially aware and empathetic. Conversely, his studies show that avoiding eye contact can undermine one's perception of your sociability and emotional intelligence -- it discredits you. Over the course of the chaotic 90 minutes, Trump looked the American people in the eye (by looking straight into the camera), a grand total of zero times. For Trump, that runs the risk of cementing his image as someone who cares only about himself and lacks empathy. Biden frequently spoke directly to the American people, perhaps most effectively when Trump was hammering away on the reputation of Biden's sons. The former vice president looked directly into the camera and said, "This is not about my family or his family, this is about your family -- the American people. He doesn't want to talk about what you need." If you were sitting at home watching the debate, only one candidate looked you square in the eye. Biden has framed the entire election as a battle for the soul of America. He needed that good guy versus bully contrast to be on display for the debate audience, and boy, was it ever! Trump, trailing in the national polling, was in desperate need of a knockout punch. Clearly the strategy going in was to throw as many haymakers at Biden as possible. None squarely landed on him.Get our free weekly newsletterSign up for CNN Opinion's new newsletter.Join us on Twitter and Facebook For the most part, their respective nonverbal communication skills spoke every bit as loud as the shouting match that ensued. And they contributed to Biden's win on the debate stage.

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Story highlightsAlgeria 1-2 Tunisia African Player of the Year Mahrez fails to inspire Fennec Foxes (CNN)The likes of Algeria and Tunisia have endured something of a dry spell in recent years, with no team from north of the Sahara reaching the Africa Cup of Nations semifinal since Egypt lifted the trophy in 2010. On the evidence of Thursday's North African Derby -- billed as must-win for both sides -- that barren run doesn't look any closer to ending for Algeria. Follow @cnnsport Few in this tournament can boast star names on the level of Yacine Brahimi, Islam Slimani and CAF African Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez, but it has now been almost three decades since the Desert Warriors' solitary AFCON title back in 1990 on home soil. This is Algeria's seventeenth AFCON appearance, the same as three-time winner Nigeria, but coach Georges Leeken's men are in danger of becoming known as one of this competition's perennial underachievers. The Ugandan 'Cranes' that touched the stars and pleased a murderous dictatorFootball has never been played on paper and, despite a promising start from the Fennec Foxes, it was Tunisia that took the lead on a humid afternoon in Franceville.Read MoreAfter intricate play down the left, Youssef Msakni's cross deflected agonizingly off the foot of Ramy Bensebaini and looped over Malik Asselah in the Algeria goal. There was nothing the stand-in keeper could do and Algeria might have felt justifiably aggrieved, having shaded an end-to-end first half. READ: Host Gabon on verge of exit, heartbreak for Guinea-BissauAymen Mathlouthi was certainly the busier of the two goalkeepers throughout proceedings, and the Tunisia captain had to be at his best to deny Slimani after just five minutes, stopping a powerful header at point-blank range. With Premier League quality abounding in the Algerian ranks, Adlène Guédioura of Watford also saw a fierce swerving drive beaten away by the Tunisian goalkeeper.And yet it for all the mounting pressure, Algeria failed to break the deadlock. READ: Egypt goalkeeper, 44, breaks tournament record The Fennec Foxes had scored 25 in just six games during qualification for the tournament but, just as a porous defense let them down against unfancied Zimbabwe on matchday one, the frailties again began to surface here. Dealing with an innocuous ball over the top, left-back Faouzi Ghoulam of Napoli attempted a looping header back to his goalkeeper from all of 50 yards, unaware of the approaching Wahbi Khazri.FULL TIME: Algeria 🇩🇿 1-2 Tunisia 🇹🇳Despite a late charge, Algeria 🇩🇿 is now on the brink of an early exit from #AFCON2017. pic.twitter.com/ddcOpykP5r— CNN Football (@CNNFC) January 19, 2017 Tunisia's chief threat here and in the defeat to Senegal, Khazri was alert to the opportunity, and looked set to test Asselah as he broke through on goal.That was until Ghoulam attempted to rectify his mistake, chasing back and clumsily bringing down his opponent for a Tunisia penalty. A yellow card was generous from the referee given Ghoulam had denied a clear goalscoring opportunity, but Naïm Sliti dished out further punishment by coolly stroking home the spot kick. STATS | Check out the full-time stats! Which team had the better overall performance? #CAN2017 #ALGTUN pic.twitter.com/9USItzaZUS— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 19, 2017 If Tunisia's first goal had more than a hint of good fortune, the Algeria players now had a mountain to climb of their own making. Leekens, taking on the side he led to the quarterfinal stage two years ago, attempted to bridge the gap by introducing attacker Sofiane Hanni of Anderlecht in place of an unhappy Brahimi. Hanni did make the scoreline respectable with a fine sweeping finish in added time after Mathlouthi had been forced off injured, but it was ultimately too little too late. Algeria's attacking triumvirate would walk into almost any side in the competition, but defeat today means their 2017 AFCON future is no longer in their own hands. The drought goes on. Senegal's year?In Group B's later fixture, Senegal became the first nation to book a place in this year's quarterfinals after easily getting the better of Zimbabwe. The Lions of Teranga had looked impressive in Sunday's convincing 2-0 win against Tunisia and overcame Zimbabwe in similar fashion in Franceville, ending any semblance of a contest with two early goals. Liverpool star Sadio Mane was once again on song, poking a teasing ball from the mercurial Keita Balde into an empty net with less than ten minutes played, after good work from wideman Henri Saivet down the left.Have your say on the CNN Goal of the Week:— CNN Football (@CNNFC) January 18, 2017 Zimbabwe -- ranked 110th in the world -- had been hoping to pull off an upset after matchday one's unexpected 2-2 draw against Algeria, but the gulf in quality quickly began to show. The imposing central midfield pairing of Cheikhou Kouyaté and Idrissa Gueye -- the latter the Premier League's top tackler this season (71) -- weren't allowing Zimbabwe an outlet in attack. And, still collecting themselves after Mane's goal, it wasn't long before 'the Warriors' were dealt a knockout blow. Placing the ball down around 25 yards from goal, Saivet stepped up having only scored one goal in the past calendar year. FULL TIME: Senegal 🇸🇳 2-0 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼A comfortable win sees Senegal become the first team to qualify for the quarterfinals.#AFCON2017 pic.twitter.com/1C3lFrUb95— CNN Football (@CNNFC) January 19, 2017 A former standout player for France U21s, he had once been touted as one of European football's next big stars, but seen a promising career stall having left boyhood club Bordeaux. Now a full international for his country of birth, it was some way for the 26-year-old to score his first Senegal goal, whipping a free-kick of real quality over the wall and into Tatenda Mukuruva's top-right corner. The valiant Zimbabwe players, to their credit, refused to crumble. African Champions League winner Khama Billiat tested Abdoulaye Diallo in the Senegal goal, as Zimbabwe looked to get back into the game. But in a match decided within the opening quarter of an hour, Senegal never relinquished control. Who will win the Africa Cup of Nations? Have your say on our Facebook page. Aliou Cisse, a former Senegal player, praised the humility of his squad in the build-up, admitting they had "perhaps been overconfident in previous campaigns." Long regarded as one of African football's powerhouses after a 2002 World Cup quarterfinal appearance, the Lions of Teranga look capable of winning AFCON for the very first time.

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Story highlightsMaradona and Veron clash in charity game"United for Peace" game organized by Pope Match raised funds for Italy earthquake victims (CNN)You don't become one of the greatest footballers of all time without having a burning desire to win.And even in a charity match dubbed "United for Peace" -- organized by Pope Francis -- soccer legend Diego Maradona, now aged 55, shows no sign of losing that competitive streak.Follow @cnnsport The Argentine, famed for his heavenly skill, was one of several high-profile current and former players to take to the pitch at Roma's Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday.READ MORE: The 8.1 second goal. The fastest ever?Rome's own son Francesco Totti, Brazilian Ronaldinho and Juan Sebastian Veron were just some of the star names to make an appearance at the charity event.Read MoreLa pelea completa entre Verón y Maradona en pleno partido por La Paz. https://t.co/lXP6HA3VcH pic.twitter.com/zLWk88IMeE— CrackDeportivo (@crackdeportivo) October 12, 2016 It was fellow Argentine Veron that sent Maradona into a bit of a strop as the two teams were walking off at the end of the first half.Maradona, who inspired Argentina to the 1986 World Cup, took exception to a tackle from Veron midway through the opening 45 minutes.While the pair initially laughed the incident off, something triggered a heated discussion as they made their way towards the changing rooms.Maradona coached Veron between 2008-10 while in charge of the Argentina national team, and it was reported the compatriots reconciled their differences during the interval.Proceeds from the charity match will go to the Vatican's international projects, including rebuilding facilities in Italy's earthquake-hit town of Amatrice.The Pope, a fellow countryman of Maradona and Veron, is a huge football fan and supports Argentine club San Lorenzo.READ MORE: FIFA fighting 'forces that don't want change'Pope Francis welcomes players of San Lorenzo to the vatican following their Copa Libertadores win.In 2014, following San Lorenzo winning the Copa Libertadores title -- South America's Champions League equivalent -- the Pope invited the team to visit him at the Vatican.Health problemsMaradona also credits Pope Francis for renewing his faith, saying he had previously distanced himself from religion."I am with Pope Francis, for him I am always available," Maradona told a press conference before the match."He is doing a great job also inside the Vatican, which pleases all Catholics. I had distanced myself from the church for many reasons. ... Pope Francis made me come back."JUST WATCHEDLionel Messi is ...ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHLionel Messi is ... 01:03READ MORE: Guardiola on his legacy mission for mentor CruyffMaradona is one of the greatest players in soccer history, having helped Napoli win two Italian league titles after a difficult two-year stay at Barcelona -- both clubs signed him for world-record fees.But his career was marred by controversy over drug use -- he was thrown out of the 1994 World Cup after testing positive for ephedrine -- and he suffered from subsequent health problems.Veron had the last laugh in Wednesday's game -- the "White Team" he played for won 4-3.

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Story highlightsNovak Djokovic beats Radek Stepanek at Rome Masters after nearly a month out with injuryWorld No. 2 takes 97 minutes to win in straight setsFederer explains decision to leave home for RomeSwiss became father to twin boys last weekNovak Djokovic made a winning return from a wrist injury when beating Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters but the Serb described the conditions as some of the most testing he's faced. Playing his first match since losing in Monte Carlo to Roger Federer on April 19, the second seed dropped serve three times but beat the Czech 6-3 7-5. Despite Stepanek's resistance, the two-time winner of the event found the gusting wind to be an even bigger obstacle. Read: Djokovic pulls out of Madrid with wrist problem"It was one of the most difficult conditions I've played in my life," Djokovic told the ATP website. "When it's very windy on court, especially on clay, the clay gets in your eyes. It was very difficult to get any kind of rhythm." JUST WATCHEDWilliams' father: We're too soft on kidsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWilliams' father: We're too soft on kids 03:50JUST WATCHEDWhat happened inside James Blake's mansion?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhat happened inside James Blake's mansion? 02:39JUST WATCHEDTennis star Elena Baltacha dies at 30ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTennis star Elena Baltacha dies at 30 01:01JUST WATCHEDIn the footsteps of 'Grand Slam Stan'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHIn the footsteps of 'Grand Slam Stan' 04:31JUST WATCHEDA game-changer for tennis?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHA game-changer for tennis? 02:43"But the positive is that I managed to stay mentally tough until the end and win." Watched by new coach Boris Becker, the 26-year-old needed one hour and 37 minutes to win through as he finetunes preparations for the French Open, which starts on May 25. The world number two missed last week's Madrid Open because of his the trouble in his right wrist and there had been some expectations that Federer would be a headline absentee in the Italian capital. Surprise ReturnThe Swiss welcomed the second set of twins into his life on Tuesday last week after wife Mirka gave birth to Leo and Lenny, who join elder sisters Myla and Charlene. The 32-year-old only arrived in the Italian capital on Monday after being packed off -- to his own surprise -- by his family. "It happened all of sudden on Thursday," Federer, who plays on Wednesday, told reporters. "I spoke to the team, I spoke to Mirka, asked all of them what they thought I should do and they said too quickly that I should come here and play. "So 'ok, if you don't want me around, I'll go away!'" joked the Swiss. "It's hard to leave all the family, but I'll see them soon." Read: Doubles time for ecstatic FedererThe world number four revealed that he fully expects the twins to soon be joining the rest of the family on the ATP World Tour. "Clearly, it's going to be so much work with four kids on the road, but I feel like we're going to be able to handle it," he said. "My wife's unbelievably supportive, and she's so good with the kids. I try my best every day as well, when I can, to help. I'm there every day, always with the kids, and I see them so often. "It's something I'm really going to look forward to, spending this quality time with them, as we travel the world and are in different countries and cities. It's going to be actually very exciting."Federer will meet France's Jeremy Chardy as he returns to the court just eight days after the expansion of his family. He has not played since losing last month's Monte Carlo final to compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka, who beat qualifier Pere Riba 6-0 6-3, registering 50 winners in a victory that lasted as many minutes. In the women's first round, there was local pride as Camilla Giorgi surprised ninth seed Dominika Cibulkova while Sara Errani also made it through, beating Chanelle Scheepers in straight sets.

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(CNN)There's a special bond between German football club Union Berlin and its fans and the closeness of that relationship was honored in a poignant way over the weekend as the team made its Bundesliga debut.Ahead of Saturday's match against RB Leipzig, Union supporters held up placards of deceased loved ones with the inscription "Endlich dabei" (Finally there). The deceased were even counted in the official attendance. The Stadion An der Alten Försterei's official capacity is listed as 22,402, but Saturday's attendance was recorded as 22,467.The stadium, which is the largest purpose-built football ground in Berlin, was officially opened in 1920, but has undergone a series of structural changes over the years, notably the refurbishment and roofing of the standing areas between June 2008 and July 2009.According to the club's website, Union fans "built their own stadium," with over 2,300 volunteers providing 140,000 hours of labor time, helping the Berlin team save millions of dollars.Read MoreREAD: How Borussia Dortmund is leading gootball's fight against the far-right in GermanyREAD: Europe's next generation of football stars shine across the continentSaturday's tribute was organized by a collection of fan groups, with images of the departed fans raised prior to kick-off as the club's anthem rang out. The costs of their tickets were paid for by supporters. Yussuf Poulsen of RB Leipzig battles with Christopher Trimmel of 1. FC Union Berlin.However, Union's introduction to the Bundesliga proved a tough one -- they were hammered 4-0 by Leipzig.Last season Union finished third in German football's second tier to earn a playoff against VfB Stuttgart.Union's subsequent two-legged victory and promotion saw the club become the first from East Berlin and the fifth from the former East Germany to gain passage into the Bundesliga.

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Story highlightsUK police say six new cases have come to light of a male intruder targeting childrenPolice say there are 18 potentially linked cases in the same regionOne of the new sexual assault cases occurred in Praia da Luz in 2005Madeleine McCann was 3 when she vanished in Praia da Luz while on a family vacation Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal are looking at six more cases where a male intruder entered holiday villas where children were staying, police said Wednesday.The development means there are now 18 potentially linked crimes at resorts near where the 3-year-old vanished in June 2007, London's Metropolitan Police said. Children were sexually assaulted by the intruder in half of those cases.Madeleine's disappearance while on a family vacation in the Portuguese resort town of Praia da Luz prompted headlines worldwide -- and remains a mystery.The six new cases have come to light thanks to an appeal for information last month that prompted more than 500 calls from the public, a police statement said.JUST WATCHEDFresh lead in Madeleine McCann caseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFresh lead in Madeleine McCann case 07:22JUST WATCHEDSerial attacker linked to missing McCann ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSerial attacker linked to missing McCann 01:06"Five involve sexual assaults on children and one was a 'near miss,' " it said."Of particular interest to the team is that one of the new sexual assaults took place in Praia da Luz in 2005."All but one of the six offenses had been reported to the Portuguese police at the time of the Madeleine's disappearance, the Metropolitan Police said."These new cases are similar to a number of the originally identified (12 offenses) whereby a male intruder has gained access to holiday villas occupied by UK families in the Western Algarve," the force said.Investigators request Portugal interviewsOf the 18 potentially linked incidents, five were in Carvoeiro, nine in the Albufeira district, three in Praia da Luz and one in Vilamoura. The offenses in Praia da Luz occurred between 2005 and 2010.When police appealed for information last month, they said witnesses described the intruder as being tanned with short, dark, unkempt hair.The man was said to have spoken in English with an accent, and his voice was described as slow, or possibly slurred.No new information about the suspect was given Wednesday.In October, new police sketches were released of potential suspects in the case, and UK police appeared in a television appeal for information.The program prompted a flurry of tips, and police in Portugal announced they would reopen the case.Since then, the Portuguese investigation has run parallel to the British one.Detectives previously said they were investigating a spike in break-ins in the area in the weeks before Madeleine disappeared, two in the same block where her family was staying.Neither her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, nor the detectives investigating her case have given up on one day finding the little girl from Leicestershire, England.Read: Madeleine McCann case: Police hunt intruder who assaulted other girlsRead: Madeleine McCann: Hunt for missing girl goes on

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(CNN)Rapper and businessman Jay-Z said a new partnership between his Roc Nation company and the NFL will bring attention to social justice issues and build on former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's activism.The partnership, announced Tuesday, aims to "nurture and strengthen community through football and music, including through the NFL's Inspire Change initiative," according to NFL.com.Roc Nation will help the NFL choose artists to perform at games, and will contribute to the league's Inspire Change initiative, launched in early 2019, which supports "programs and initiatives that reduce barriers to opportunity, with a focus on three priority areas: education and economic advancement; police and community relations; and criminal justice reform."Trump says he'd 'love' for Colin Kaepernick to play in NFL, but 'only if he's good enough'Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, told reporters Wednesday that he aims to draw attention to the same issues that Kaepernick was protesting when he sat or knelt during the National Anthem before several 2016 NFL preseason and regular-season games."I think we forget that Colin's whole thing was to bring attention to social injustice," Jay-Z said. "So, in that case, this is a success. This is the next thing."Read More"If protesting on the field is the most effective way, then protest on the field," he said. "But if you have a vehicle that can inspire change or you can speak to the masses and educate at the same time as well, tell people what's going on, so people are not controlling your narrative, not telling you, 'your protest is about this.'""I think we've passed kneeling. I think it's time to go into our actionable items," he added.Fans and hip-hop stars have criticized the NFL over its perceived shunning of Kaepernick. He became a free agent in 2017 but has not been signed by a team since his protests. Kaepernick later filed a grievance against the league, accusing team owners of colluding to keep him from being signed. He and former teammate Eric Reid, who also kneeled with him, settled their grievances in February.NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has denied the league's team owners conspired to ensure that Kaepernick is not signed, saying, "Teams are making the best decision for what they need, as a football team."When asked by a reporter if he wanted people stop kneeling, Jay-Z said, "No. I don't want people to stop protesting at all.""Kneeling -- I don't want to step on it because it's a real thing, but, it's a form of protest. I support protest across the board," he said. Jay-Z said he has spoken to Kaepernick but declined to discuss the details of the conversation. Later on Wednesday, Kaepernick posted a Tweet marking the third anniversary of his on-field protest."Today marks the three year anniversary of the first time I protested systemic oppression," he wrote. "I continue to work and stand with the people in our fight for liberation, despite those who are trying to erase the movement! The movement has always lived with the people!"Today marks the three year anniversary of the first time I protested systemic oppression. I continue to work and stand with the people in our fight for liberation, despite those who are trying to erase the movement! The movement has always lived with the people! ✊🏾🎥: @REL pic.twitter.com/TAqumRfjbi— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) August 14, 2019 Last week, Kaepernick released a video saying he has been out of work for more than 800 days and was "still ready" to play professional football.5am. 5 days a week. For 3 years. Still Ready. pic.twitter.com/AGczejA1rM— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) August 7, 2019 Jay-Z has previously called Kaepernick an "iconic figure" and said he would "100%" advise Kaepernick to do the same thing and stand against racism in this country, despite losing his job for it. In a 2017 Saturday Night Live performance, Jay-Z wore a Kaepernick jersey. And in "Apesh*t," a recent song with his wife, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, he rapped: "I said no to the Super Bowl. You need me. I don't need you." The video showed a group of black men kneeling, an apparent sign of support for Kaepernick's activism. JUST WATCHEDJay-Z: Colin Kaepernick 'an iconic figure'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHJay-Z: Colin Kaepernick 'an iconic figure' 01:24In an interview Tuesday at Roc Nation's New York offices, Jay-Z told The Washington Post: "I think we have autonomy.""I anticipate that there will be a lot of -- with any big organization, in this building right here we have internal problems," the rapper and businessman told the paper. "Anything that's new is going to go through its growing pains. We put what we want to do on the table. The NFL agreed to it. So we're going to proceed with that as if we have a partnership." Goodell told reporters he and Jay-Z both expected their new relationship will have its critics. "I'm not into how it looks," Jay-Z said. "How it looks only lasts for a couple months until we really start doing the work."Reid, who protested with Kaepernick, seemed less than impressed by the announcement of the Roc Nation-NFL partnership. You & some others seem to misunderstand that we had no beef with the NFL until they started perpetuating the systemic oppression that we are fighting by blackballing Colin and then me. Nah I won't quit playing but I will be a royal pain in the NFL's a** for acting like they care https://t.co/bL6SMUkrQP— Eric Reid (@E_Reid35) August 14, 2019 Responding to a user who tweeted that it "seems kinda weird" that he would denounce such a venture while being employed by the Carolina Panthers, Reid replied that they were separate issues. "You & some others seem to misunderstand that we had no beef with the NFL until they started perpetuating the systemic oppression that we are fighting by blackballing Colin and then me. Nah I won't quit playing but I will be a royal pain in the NFL's a** for acting like they care about people of color by forming numerous disingenuous partnerships to address social injustice while collectively blackballing Colin, the person who brought oppression and social injustice to the forefront of the NFL platform," Reid said in a pair of tweets. An attempt by CNN to contact representatives for Kaepernick was unsuccessful. The National Football League Players Association declined to comment.Evan Simko-Bednarski reported and wrote from New York. Darran Simon wrote from Atlanta. CNN's Elizabeth Joseph, Deena Zaru, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Melissa Mahtani contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Anderson Cooper got the giggles. Again. One woman got on the Pope's bad side. And somebody get this phone OUTTA HERE! These are your must-see videos of the week:'This is 2020!'JUST WATCHED'SNL' alum revives iconic character, and Anderson loses itReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH'SNL' alum revives iconic character, and Anderson loses it 03:57"Saturday Night Live" alum Cheri Oteri revived her iconic Barbara Walters impression to ring in 2020 on CNN. For the new year, we're hoping Anderson resolves to feature his giggle on live TV more often.Holy molyJUST WATCHEDPope Francis apologizes for smacking woman on handReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPope Francis apologizes for smacking woman on hand 00:50Pope Francis showed a rare moment of frustration after a woman grabbed his hand and wouldn't let go. He later apologized for the "bad example" he displayed.Read MoreNew phone, who dis?JUST WATCHEDSee general's reaction when phone rings live on CNNReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSee general's reaction when phone rings live on CNN 01:18The floor may be lava, but retired Gen. Wesley Clark isn't leaving phones to chance either. He chucked his phone after it started ringing during a live interview with CNN's Jim Sciutto.Lookout belowJUST WATCHEDSinkhole swallows SUV driving down the streetReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSinkhole swallows SUV driving down the street 01:17An SUV plunged into a sinkhole that opened as it approached an intersection in Pennsylvania. The driver was able to escape the sudden crater much easier than the vehicle.Drink up, little buddyJUST WATCHEDThirsty koala guzzles cyclist's water bottleReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHThirsty koala guzzles cyclist's water bottle 01:07Some cyclists in South Australia was stunned by a thirsty koala that approached them on their ride. As the country deals with deadly bushfires and record-breaking heat waves, wildlife there has been devastated.Follow @christipocket

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Story highlightsNewly reopened American Wing at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York shows American history through artCollection includes iconic paintings of American Revolution and American Civil War until beginning of 20th centuryPreoccupation with protecting natural environment and use of European styles reflected in the collectionCollection now houses new acquisition, a bronze sculpture of Abraham LincolnWith its early colonial portraits, depictions of grand historical battles, transcendentalist landscapes and intimate, turn-of-the-century paintings of the elite classes, the collection of American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ranks as one of the finest in the world. It also functions as a visual timeline for the events in the nation's history. "It's American history through the eyes of American artists," said Morrison Heckscher, Chairman of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art."Most of the major trends, the events of importance in the nation's history, were addressed by artists in one way or another -- war, Civil War, the environment, all of these things," he said. Now, the American Wing at the museum has been re-configured for the 21st century and has re-opened to the public following a decade-long renovation program. "The display of the art is broadly chronological," said Heckscher, explaining that the re-designed galleries move from early colonial paintings, onto the post-Revolutionary period, the Hudson River School, the Civil War era and finally to the late-nineteenth century paintings of John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler. Hermitage sets up 'mini-museum' in Madrid's PradoAlso on display are collections of American decorative arts, including furniture, silverware and ceramics. "We want to treat these different media as works of art on their own -- it's an effort to have a broader a view of what constitutes art," said Heckscher. But the jewel in the collection, according to Heckscher, is Emanuel Leutze's monumental painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, which depicts George Washington crossing an iceberg-strewn river with his troops at a pivotal moment in the revolution. "It was a major history painting, Leutze had done a series of history paintings that documented and touched on the evolution of the United States as a democratic society," said curator at the American Wing Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser.Leutze grew up in America but subsequently moved back to his native Germany, where he painted Washington Crossing the Delaware in 1851. "The intention was really to fuel the quest for freedom in Europe and Germany by looking back in time to this great hero of the American Revolution, creating this kind of mythic historical scene, an event that was a turning point in the revolution," said Kornhauser.It was later taken to America and served as a focal point during the Civil War, Kornhauser said, and has fallen in and out of public favor ever since. Now it takes pride of place in the new galleries. Also on display following a recent acquisition -- obtained just three days before the new wing opened in January -- is a sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a reduction of the one that stands in Lincoln Park in Chicago. "This is particularly exciting for us because it was originally in the collection of John Hay and John Hay was Lincoln's private secretary during the Civil War," said curator Thayer Tolles.Khubiliai Khan's riches travel to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art The sculpture portrays Lincoln deep in thought and looking, according to Thayer, "as if the weight of the world is on his shoulders."Though the works in the collection are arranged chronologically, themes emerge throughout -- notably the importance of the environment. Kornhauser describes a painting by Thomas Cole, founder of the landscape-oriented, mid-19th-century Hudson River School, depicting a tourist attraction on the Connecticut River. "He's portrayed settled land on the right and wilderness on the left and it's essentially his manifesto to preserve the wilderness, to not lose sight of the beauty and spiritual importance of the wilderness as we rush to settle the land," said Kornhauser. "It's almost like the beginning of the environmental movement, portrayed in this painting," she continued. This also comes through in the 1918 bronze sculpture "End of the Trail," by James Earle Fraser, which portrays a Native American sat slumped on his exhausted horse and which functions as a metaphor, according to Thayer, "for the effect of Euro-American settlement on the American West." What also emerges throughout the collection is the enduring influence of European styles in American art. Through the works, said Tholles, you can see "an interesting blend of European sophistication and aesthetics with American subjects."This carries through from the early colonial portraits by British artists, which influenced American painters such as John Singleton Copley, all the way through to Europhile John Singer Sargent. "What is American art?" said Heckscher. "Well, it's somewhat in the eye of the beholder."

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(CNN)The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced that women's basketball player Liz Cambage -- a star player on the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces -- has withdrawn from the Australian Olympic Team and will not compete in Tokyo.Cambage, a 2021 WNBA All-Star, is averaging 14.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game for the Aces this season."It's no secret that in the past I've struggled with my mental health and recently I've been really worried about heading into a 'bubble' Olympics," Cambage said in posts on Instagram and Twitter. "No family. No friends. No fans. No support system outside of my team. It's honestly terrifying for me. The past month I've been having panic attacks, not sleeping and not eating."Relying on daily medication to control my anxiety is not the place I want to be right now. Especially walking into competition on the world's biggest sporting stage.Read More"I know myself, and I know I can't be the Liz everyone deserves to see compete for the Opals. Not right now at least. I need to take care of myself mentally and physically."READ: Basketball star Liz Cambage criticizes lack of diversity in Australian Olympic team's promotional photosJUST WATCHEDWNBA star Jewell Loyd talks Olympics, athlete activism ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWNBA star Jewell Loyd talks Olympics, athlete activism 01:58Prior to the announcement of Cambage's withdrawal, an AOC spokesman had told CNN that it was aware of a potential incident involving Cambage and were awaiting a report from Basketball Australia, but the organization provided no further details.CNN has reached out to Basketball Australia for more information but has not heard back. The Australian team is in Las Vegas preparing for the Olympics. Following the announcement of Cambage's withdrawal, the Opals defeated the gold-medal favorite Team USA on Friday in an exhibition game, 70-67.Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman had said in an earlier press conference: "We've been informed by Basketball Australia that they're investigating an issue. We have not received any further reporting except for that."In an Instagram story posted Friday after she had withdrawn, Cambage referenced what had happened during a recent scrimmage between Australia and Nigeria -- and said her decision to not go to Tokyo had been "a few days in the making.""As soon as I put out that little statement yesterday and made the final decision, I felt a world of anxiety and pressure and heaviness I have been carrying lift straight off me," Cambage said, later adding, "I just want to say this decision was coming and I'm happy I finally made it on my own terms. It's sad that news got leaked yesterday that I didn't even know about."Yeah, things got heated in the Nigeria game. There was a physical altercation and there were words exchanged."Cambage had opted out of the 2020 WNBA season when it took place in a bubble environment in Florida."The main reason I sat out of the WNBA last season was my mental health," Cambage said. "I'm not OK in a bubble. I'm not OK playing in front of no fans. Mentally, I'm an escapist. If I have no escape from a situation, it gives me anxiety and I panic. There's definitely no escape except for leaving once you get into Tokyo, and I would not want to do that to my team."The AOC has said it will explore the potential for a late replacement for Cambage for the Opals Team."Liz has made a great contribution to the Australian Olympic Team over two Olympic Games campaigns. We respect her decision and wish her the best in returning to full health," Chesterman said.In May, Cambage threatened to boycott the Tokyo Olympics while speaking out against the lack of racial diversity in promotional photos of the Australian Olympic team.The Olympics are scheduled to get underway on July 23 and run until August 8.

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(CNN)Bangladesh cricket star Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from cricket for two years, with one year suspended, after breaching the sport's anti-corruption code.Al Hasan was guilty of failing to contact the sport's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) watchdog after being approached on three separate occasions to "engage in corrupt conduct," said a statement published on the International Cricket Council's website Tuesday. He accepted all three charges linked to requests to supply "inside information for betting purposes" and his failure to report "corrupt approaches."Shakib Al Hasan (right) was the third highest run scorer at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The 32-year-old's failure to report the three separate incidents, two of which took place in January 2018 and the other on April 26, 2018, means that if he serves the terms of his ban, he will be able to return to action on October 29 next year.Al Hasan, who has made more than 200 one-day appearances for Bangladesh and starred at the 2019 Cricket World Cup, is one of the most exciting players in the sport.Shakib Al Hasan bowls during the Group Stage match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between Bangladesh and South Africa.Read MoreCaptain of the country's Test match and Twenty20 team, he was the third-highest run scorer at the 2019 Cricket World Cup."I am obviously extremely sad to have been banned from the game I love, but I completely accept my sanction for not reporting the approaches," Al Hasan said in a statement."The ICC ACU is reliant on players to play a central part in the fight against corruption and I didn't do my duty in this instance."Like the majority of players and fans around the world, I want cricket to be a corruption-free sport and I am looking forward to working with the ICC ACU team to support their education program and ensure young players don't make the same mistake I did."Schoolchildren in the Pavilion at Lord's with Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan on July 5, 2019 in London.Alex Marshall, ICC general manager - Integrity, added: "Shakib Al Hasan is a highly experienced international cricketer. He has attended many education sessions and knows his obligations under the Code. He should have reported each of these approaches."Shakib has accepted his errors and cooperated fully with the investigation. He has offered to assist the Integrity Unit in future education, to help younger players to learn from his mistakes. I am happy to accept this offer."

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(CNN)Greta Thunberg's father says he initially did not support his daughter's climate activism, calling it a "bad idea," but his view changed when he saw how happy it made her. In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today program Monday, Svante Thunberg revealed that by skipping school and staging Friday sit-ins outside the Swedish parliament, Greta was not only battling climate change but also the crippling depression that had plagued her for up to four years. Greta Thunberg and her father Svante attend a press conference during the COP24 summit on climate change in Katowice, Poland on December 4, 2018. "She stopped talking, she stopped eating, and all these things," Svante Thunberg said of Greta's period of illness, speaking on a program guest-edited by the 16-year-old activist. "She stopped going to school. She was basically home for a year, she didn't eat for three months," the 50-year-old said of what he described as "the ultimate nightmare as a parent." Shouting into the apocalypse: The decade in climate changeThunberg and his wife, opera singer Malena Ernman, stopped work to look after Greta -- who at that point was only speaking to them, her sister and one of her teachers at school. Read MoreSo when she expressed a desire to become an activist, both parents said "quite clearly that we would not support it," worried that she was "putting herself out there on the frontline with such a huge question like climate change."Change in outlook But not only did Greta's strikes create a powerful global movement, they helped change her outlook. During her first sit-in outside the Swedish parliament, she began answering journalists' questions as when they approached her. On the third day, she ate a vegan pad thai dish someone had handed to her. "I cannot explain what a change that meant to her and to us," Thunberg said. "And she could do things she could not have done before." "I can see Greta is very happy from doing this," he added. During the wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Mishal Husain, Thunberg dismissed criticism that he and wife pushed Greta into becoming an activist. Greta Thunberg and German railway company trade tweets about 'overcrowded trains'"We are not climate activists, we never were," he said, saying Greta used to call them "hypocrites" for not taking the climate issue seriously. "We obviously did not have a clue (about) the climate crisis and she basically thought we were huge hypocrites," he said, adding that he and his wife were longtime refugee and human rights advocates instead. "So Greta was like 'Whose human rights are you standing up for?'' he said.Thunberg said he "ran out of arguments" against climate activism and started to support Greta's initiatives. His wife decided to stop flying to opera engagements and he became vegan -- but it was not because of the climate crisis, he added. "I didn't do it to save the climate, I did it to save my child," he said.

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(CNN)The International Judo Federation (IJF) has suspended Vladimir Putin's status as Honorary President and Ambassador of the federation due to "the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine," the sport's governing body announced Sunday."In light of the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine, the International Judo Federation announces the suspension of Mr. Vladimir Putin's status as Honorary President and Ambassador of the International Judo Federation," the statement read. On Friday, the IJF canceled the 2022 Grand Slam in Kazan, Russia which was to be held from May 20-22. Marius Vizer, the IJF president, said in Friday's statement: "We are saddened by the current international situation, the result of inefficient dialogue at international level. We, the sports community, must remain united and strong, to support each other and our universal values, in order to always promote peace and friendship, harmony and unity. "The judo family hopes that the current unrest can be solved in the last moment, to reestablish normality and stability in Eastern Europe and the world, to once again be able to focus on the diverse cultures, history and legacy of Europe, in the most positive way."Read MoreIt comes as the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) also announced the Russian and Belarusian national flags will not be displayed, and the two countries' anthems will not be played at any FIG sanctioned event "following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine," the sport's governing body announced on Saturday.The FIG has canceled all World Cup and World Challenge Cup events scheduled for Russia and Belarus and said "no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia or Belarus until further notice."The FIG added in a statement: "All FIG-sanctioned events planned to take place in Russia and Belarus are removed from the FIG calendar and will no longer be recognized by the FIG. No other events taking place in Russia and Belarus will be sanctioned by the FIG until further notice."Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, features, and videosIn its statement, FIG president Morinari Watanabe said: "As a sporting governing body, our first duty is to protect all our athletes, including to protect them from political pressure. Our thoughts go to the members of the Gymnastics community in Ukraine. Sport is friendship and solidarity. "We must show solidarity with the members of our family who are in despair and offer them a helping hand to ensure their future. The FIG will ask the FIG Foundation for Solidarity to allocate special aid to support Ukrainian athletes and other members of the Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation hit by the war."

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Story highlightsA rebel commander says many of those on MH17 were dead before it was shot downMoscow claims the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jetClaim: MH17 was traveling along almost the same route as Putin's presidential planeA rebel leader denies a string of evidence pointing to his forces shooting down MH17In the tangled aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, two narratives have emerged -- one that most of the world subscribes to, and another that Russia and the rebels are pushing. In the first, MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, using a sophisticated Russian-built missile system. In the second, Russia and the rebels suggest several different scenarios for what brought the jetliner down, some of them bordering on the bizarre. JUST WATCHEDMH17: Tragedy, blame and heartacheReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMH17: Tragedy, blame and heartache 02:22JUST WATCHEDMcCain: Putin 'getting away with murder'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMcCain: Putin 'getting away with murder' 01:59Propaganda is nothing new in world politics. Since the beginning of time, everyone has put their spin on the events of the day. But the word from Washington about Russia's take? Take any information coming out of Moscow "with a very large grain of salt.""I would also say that these aren't competing narratives from two equally credible sources here," said Marie Harf, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman. JUST WATCHEDMedia war over MH17 messagingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMedia war over MH17 messaging 03:31JUST WATCHEDWhat's Putin's next move?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhat's Putin's next move? 05:09JUST WATCHEDRebel leader: I invite international helpReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRebel leader: I invite international help 04:58"The Russian government has repeatedly put out misinformation and propaganda throughout this conflict in Ukraine, so I would caution you from saying that these are two equally credible sources, although you're happy to report it that way, but I would take issue with it."The Russian mindset, says CNN's former Moscow bureau chief, loves a good story. And the Russian narrative is meant to sway public opinion on who's responsible for the jet's downing."Don't forget, the mentality of Russians is to think of conspiracy theories," said Jill Dougherty. "So when they hear something that is outrageous, they might believe it."Here are some of the stories circulating in the Russian media.THE RUSSIAN TAKE: The passengers were already deadRebel commander Igor Girkin suggested that many of MH17's passengers were corpses -- already dead -- and put aboard the 11-plus-hour flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Those claims were made on Russia's Russkaya Vessna website."A significant number of the bodies weren't fresh," Girkin said he'd learned, adding, their blood had been drained. He also reportedly claimed a vast amount of blood serum and medications were discovered in the wreckage.THE WORLD'S TAKE: The information contradicts the Malaysia Airlines passenger manifest for Flight 17 that lists the 298 people who were alive when they boarded the regularly scheduled flight. For instance, Dutch passenger Pim de Kuijer was on his way to an International AIDS Conference in Australia -- a trip that was to be followed by a backpacking excursion there. The day of the crash, de Kuijer posted to his Facebook page a picture of him posing beneath aviator sunglasses and sporting a large travelers' backpack.---THE RUSSIAN TAKE: A Ukrainian fighter jet shot it downOn the day of the crash, Russia's radar system spotted a Ukrainian Air Force jet approaching the Boeing, said Russian Army Lt. Gen. Andrey Kartopolov. "Its standard armament includes R60 air-to-air missiles, which are capable of locking and hitting targets from 12 kilometers (7 miles) and which are guaranteed to hit the target from the distance of 5 kilometers (3 miles)," he said. THE WORLD'S TAKE: That's a claim that Ukraine has denied. And the United States and others have said the plane was brought down by a surface-to-air missile. Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in Ukraine Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineDebris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 sits in a field at the crash site in Hrabove, Ukraine, on September 9, 2014. The Boeing 777 was shot down July 17, 2014, over Ukrainian territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists. All 298 people on board were killed. In an October 2015 report, Dutch investigators found the flight was shot down by a warhead that fit a Buk rocket, referring to Russian technology, Dutch Safety Board Chairman Tjibbe Joustra said.Hide Caption 1 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineAustralian and Dutch experts examine the area of the crash on August 3, 2014.Hide Caption 2 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA woman walks with her bicycle near the crash site on August 2, 2014.Hide Caption 3 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePolice secure a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of passengers from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it arrives in a Kharkiv, Ukraine, factory on July 22, 2014. Hide Caption 4 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA pro-Russian rebel passes wreckage from the crashed jet near Hrabove on Monday, July 21, 2014.Hide Caption 5 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in Ukraine – Wreckage from the jet lies in grass near Hrabove on July 21, 2014.Hide Caption 6 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man covers his face with a rag as members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team inspect bodies in a refrigerated train near the crash site in eastern Ukraine on July 21, 2014.Hide Caption 7 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineEmergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag at the crash site on July 21, 2014.Hide Caption 8 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA piece of the plane lies in the grass in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region on July 21, 2014.Hide Caption 9 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineAn armed pro-Russian rebel stands guard next to a refrigerated train loaded with bodies in Torez, Ukraine, on Sunday, July 20, 2014.Hide Caption 10 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineUkrainian State Emergency Service employees sort through debris on July 20, 2014, as they work to locate the deceased.Hide Caption 11 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA woman covers her mouth with a piece of fabric July 20, 2014, to ward off smells from railway cars that reportedly contained passengers' bodies.Hide Caption 12 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineToys and flowers sit on the charred fuselage of the jet as a memorial on July 20, 2014.Hide Caption 13 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePeople search a wheat field for remains in the area of the crash site on July 20, 2014. Hide Caption 14 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA woman walks among charred debris at the crash site on July 20, 2014.Hide Caption 15 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineEmergency workers load the body of a victim onto a truck at the crash site on Saturday, July 19, 2014. Hide Caption 16 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineEmergency workers carry the body of a victim at the crash site on July 19, 2014. Hide Caption 17 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA large piece of the main cabin is under guard at the crash site on July 19, 2014. Hide Caption 18 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineVictims' bodies are placed by the side of the road on July 19, 2014, as recovery efforts continue at the crash site. International officials lament the lack of a secured perimeter.Hide Caption 19 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man looks through the debris at the crash site on July 19, 2014. Hide Caption 20 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineAn envelope bearing the Malaysia Airlines logo is seen at the crash site on July 19, 2014. Hide Caption 21 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineArmed rebels walk past large pieces of the Boeing 777 on July 19, 2014. Hide Caption 22 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineUkrainian rescue workers walk through a wheat field with a stretcher as they collect the bodies of victims on July 19, 2014.Hide Caption 23 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA woman looks at wreckage on July 19, 2014.Hide Caption 24 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePro-Russian rebels stand guard as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe delegation arrives at the crash site on Friday, July 18, 2014. Hide Caption 25 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA woman walks through the debris field on July 18, 2014. Hide Caption 26 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePro-Russian rebels stand guard at the crash site.Hide Caption 27 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineWreckage from Flight 17 lies in a field in Shaktarsk, Ukraine, on July 18, 2014.Hide Caption 28 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man covers a body with a plastic sheet near the crash site on July 18, 2014. The passengers and crew hailed from all over the world, including Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Germany and Canada. Hide Caption 29 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA diver searches for the jet's flight data recorders on July 18, 2014.Hide Caption 30 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineCoal miners search the crash site.Hide Caption 31 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineWreckage from the Boeing 777 lies on the ground July 18, 2014.Hide Caption 32 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePeople search for bodies of passengers on July 18, 2014. Hide Caption 33 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA woman walks past a body covered with a plastic sheet near the crash site July 18, 2014.Hide Caption 34 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineBelongings of passengers lie in the grass on July 18, 2014.Hide Caption 35 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePeople inspect the crash site on Thursday, July 17, 2014.Hide Caption 36 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePeople walk amid the debris at the site of the crash.Hide Caption 37 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in Ukraine Debris smoulders in a field near the Russian border. Hide Caption 38 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineFire engines arrive at the crash site.Hide Caption 39 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man stands next to wreckage.Hide Caption 40 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineDebris from the crashed jet lies in a field in Ukraine.Hide Caption 41 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineFamily members of those aboard Flight 17 leave Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam, Netherlands.Hide Caption 42 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA large piece of the plane lies on the ground.Hide Caption 43 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineLuggage from the flight sits in a field at the crash site.Hide Caption 44 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA couple walks to the location at Schiphol Airport where more information would be given regarding the flight.Hide Caption 45 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineFlight arrivals are listed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia.Hide Caption 46 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineDebris from the Boeing 777, pictured on July 17, 2014.Hide Caption 47 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man inspects debris from the plane.Hide Caption 48 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineWreckage from the plane is seen on July 17, 2014.Hide Caption 49 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man talks with security at Schiphol Airport on July 17, 2014.Hide Caption 50 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineWreckage burns in Ukraine.Hide Caption 51 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA man stands next to the wreckage of the airliner.Hide Caption 52 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePeople inspect a piece of wreckage believed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. This image was posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 53 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkrainePeople inspect a piece of wreckage believed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. This image was posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 54 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA piece of wreckage believed to be from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. This image was posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 55 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA piece of wreckage believed to be from MH17. This image was posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 56 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineAn airsickness bag believed to be from MH17. This image was posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 57 of 58 Photos: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashes in UkraineA piece of wreckage believed to be from MH17. This image was posted to Twitter.Hide Caption 58 of 58JUST WATCHEDWhen passenger jets become targetsReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhen passenger jets become targets 02:49JUST WATCHEDFirth: RT was 'pushing a narrative'ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHFirth: RT was 'pushing a narrative' 01:33 Photos: MH17: What they left behind Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A birthday card found in a sunflower field near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, July 24. The passenger plane was shot down July 17 above Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed, and much of what they left behind was scattered in a vast field of debris.Hide Caption 1 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A classical music record is seen among the sunflowers on July 24. Hide Caption 2 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A shoe, appearing to be brand new, sits under foliage at the crash site. Hide Caption 3 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Two Dutch passports belonging to passengers lie in a field at the site of the crash on Tuesday, July 22.Hide Caption 4 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Clothing, sunglasses and chocolate are seen on July 22.Hide Caption 5 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – More sunglasses and a travel guide lie in the field on July 22.Hide Caption 6 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A doll is seen on the ground on Saturday, July 19.Hide Caption 7 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A single shoe is seen among the debris and wreckage on July 19. There has been concern that the site has not been sealed off properly and that vital evidence is being tampered with. Hide Caption 8 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Pieces of a wristwatch lie on a plastic cover at the crash site. Hide Caption 9 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A toy monkey.Hide Caption 10 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Books, bags, a tourist T-shirt. Ukraine's government said it had received reports of looting, and it urged relatives to cancel the victims' credit cards. But a CNN crew at the scene July 19 said it did not see any signs of looting.Hide Caption 11 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Passports were scattered across the large field.Hide Caption 12 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Playing cards and euros are seen at the crash site.Hide Caption 13 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – A travel guide and toiletries.Hide Caption 14 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – Luggage on Friday, July 18.Hide Caption 15 of 16 Photos: MH17: What they left behindMH17: What they left behind – An empty suitcase is cordoned off near the plane's impact site on Thursday, July 17.Hide Caption 16 of 16"The Russian government has a propaganda machine second to none, as these latest conspiracy theories demonstrate," a U.S. official told CNN.---THE RUSSIAN TAKE: Putin's plane was the targetAccording to some accounts in the Russian media, MH17 was traveling along almost the same route as President Vladimir Putin's presidential plane, which was returning to Moscow from a summit in Brazil. Both planes have red, white and blue markings."The contours of the airplanes are in general similar, the linear dimensions are also very similar and regarding the coloring, from a sufficiently long distance, they are practically identical," an aviation source was quoted as telling the news outlet, RT.THE WORLD'S TAKE: Another Russian media, the online news portal Gazeta.ru, reported that Putin's plane has not flown over Ukrainian airspace for quite some time because of the conflict between the government and rebel forces.---THE RUSSIAN TAKE: Don't believe what you read on the Internet Rebel leader Alexander Borodai has maintained for days that MH17 was shot down, just not by his forces. He said they don't have that capability.Asked about the trail of evidence that contradicted him, Borodai just rolled his eyes."It's very easy to refute it," Borodai told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "Almost all information that comes over the internet is practically all lies."THE WORLD'S TAKE: Western and Ukrainian intelligence say the rebels did have the means to bring down a jetliner. They were in control of a Russian missile system that once belonged to the Ukrainian military. A video reportedly showed the weapons system being carted out of eastern Ukraine into Russia. Intercepted conversations brag of an aircraft being shot down before the debris showed it was a civilian aircraft. A tweet from a rebel defense minister also bragged of the accomplishment -- before it was deleted.---THE RUSSIAN TAKE: Did we mention it was the Ukrainians?JUST WATCHEDRT Reporter quits over MH17 CoverageReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRT Reporter quits over MH17 Coverage 06:40JUST WATCHEDPaying tribute to the lives lost on MH17ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHPaying tribute to the lives lost on MH17 01:30 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – The passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came from around the world and held a wide range of hopes and dreams. While the identities of the 298 people aboard have not been release by the airline, CNN has been able to confirm some of them via family, friends and social media. Hide Caption 1 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Karlijn Keijzer, 25, was a champion rower from Amsterdam who showed much passion and leadership in the United States as a member of the team at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Hide Caption 2 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Miguel Calehr, left, and his older brother Shaka were both aboard the flight. They were on their way to Bali to visit their grandmother. Their middle brother, Mika, was supposed to be on the flight as well, but it was fully booked.Hide Caption 3 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – A 77-year-old teacher and Roman Catholic nun, Sister Philomene Tiernan, was on the flight, according to Australia's Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart. The school principal described Tiernan as "wonderfully wise and compassionate."Hide Caption 4 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – On Friday, President Barack Obama told reporters that an American, Quinn Lucas Schansman, was aboard. His Facebook page said he was a student at International Business School Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Hide Caption 5 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – The World Health Organization was able to confirm to CNN that their employee Glenneth Thomas was on board and heading to the International AIDS Conference scheduled to begin this weekend in Melbourne, Australia.Hide Caption 6 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Shazana Salleh, a Malaysian national, was one of 15 crew members aboard.Hide Caption 7 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Prominent Dutch scientist Joep Lange was a pioneer in HIV research and a former president of the International AIDS Society, which organizes the International AIDS Conference.Hide Caption 8 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Jacqueline van Tongeren, partner of HIV researcher Joep Lange, was on the flight with him. Hide Caption 9 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Medical student Andrei Anghel, 24, boarded Flight 17 on his way to vacation in Bali. Hide Caption 10 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Darryl Dwight Gunawan, 20, was traveling home to the Philippines after a summer vacation with his family. His mother, Irene Gunawan, 54, and sister Sheryl Shania Gunawan, 15, were also aboard. Hide Caption 11 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – John Paulissen, his wife Yuli Hastini and their two children, Martin Arjuna and Sri were all aboard the flight. Hide Caption 12 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 passengers remembered – Tessa van der Sande, an Amnesty International employee, was on the flight. Hide Caption 13 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 passengers remembered – Angeline Premila Rajandaran was a flight attendant, one of the 15 crew on board. Hide Caption 14 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 passengers remembered – A lover of French literature, Adi Soetjipto, 73, was returning home to Jakarta, Indonesia, after her annual visit to her mother in the Netherlands, nephew Joss Wibisono said.Hide Caption 15 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Nick Norris and his three grandchildren, Otis, 8, Evie,10 and Mo, 12, were all aboard the flight. Hide Caption 16 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Pim de Kuijer was also on his way to the International AIDS Conference.Hide Caption 17 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Husband and wife Albert and Maree Rizk were among the passengers on board. Hide Caption 18 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Musician Cor Schilfder was on vacation with girlfriend NeeltjeTol, a florist. Hide Caption 19 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Shun Poh Fan and wife Jenny Loh were restaurant owners in the Netherlands. Hide Caption 20 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Fatima Dycynski was an engineer and the founder and CEO of Xoterra Space. Hide Caption 21 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Arjen and Yvonne RyderHide Caption 22 of 23 Photos: Photos: Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered Malaysia Flight 17 victims remembered – Flight attendant Sanjid Singh Sandu swapped flights at the last moment on Thursday and boarded MH17 in Amsterdam so he could get home early, his parents told CNN.Hide Caption 23 of 23JUST WATCHEDRussian media MH17 conspiracy theoriesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRussian media MH17 conspiracy theories 02:34With the stakes so high even basic information online was being changed to shape facts. The Twitter site @RuGovEdits automatically tracks changes made by Russian government sites to Wikipedia. It has tracked dozens of edits from Moscow to Wikipedia entries about MH17.In one case, one edit that said the plane was shot down by the pro-Russian rebels was changed less than an hour later by someone inside the Russian government to say: "The plane was shot down by Ukrainian soldiers."THE WORLD'S TAKE: The Wikipedia entry now says the two sides are accusing each other. ---THE RUSSIAN TAKE: At first, the story didn't require such heavy media coverage.Russian newspapers downplayed the story just after the crash. THE WORLD'S TAKE: The downing of the Malaysia Airlines made headlines instantly around the world."The Kremlin or the people that control the information, networks in Russia, decide how they are going to explain something, what the general narrative will be, and that is given to radio, TV, newspapers to a certain extent, etc.," said Dougherty. "They essentially are told, this is what you should say."It proved too much for one reporter, RT's Sarah Firth, who quit the network last week. "I've had many times over the five years I've been at RT where I had a similar struggle and you've watched the story handled in that way. And you felt very strongly that right away the narrative is being pitched -- a very specific narrative to the detriment to the facts and accuracy in reporting."READ: MH17 black boxes finally handed overREAD: How rebels in Ukraine built up an arsenal capable of reaching the skiesREAD: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Five unanswered questions

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(CNN)As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across Europe and the United States, a global scramble for medical equipment such as respirator masks and gloves is underway. Several countries have accused the United States of trying to hijack their orders, but the details of who may have done what to whom are still murky.In France they are calling it the "guerre des masques" -- the war of the masks, and on Friday German officials also made allegations against the United States. Andreas Geisel, a senior official in the state of Berlin, said that the US had committed an act of "modern piracy," alleging that a consignment of 200,000 respirator masks destined for the Berlin police had been diverted to the US while in transit in Bangkok.Related storiesCan you use apps to track coronavirus?Asia may have been right about face masksHow the coronavirus could impact gender equalityUpdates: Coronavirus deaths top 60,000 globally "This is not how you deal with transatlantic partners," Geisel said, adding that "even in times of global crisis, no wild west methods should be used."Read MoreA German media report said the company involved in the Berlin order was US manufacturer 3M. But 3M told CNN Friday that the company "has no evidence to suggest 3M products have been seized. 3M has no record of any order of respirators from China for the Berlin police."The Berlin police told CNN they could not confirm whether an order had been placed with 3M. CNN has reached out to the White House and US Department of Health and Human Services for comment.The US government's invocation of the Defense Production Act has made life difficult for some suppliers with foreign contracts. The 1950 law gives the government sweeping powers during emergencies to direct industrial production. President Donald Trump criticized 3M for seeking to export protective equipment, tweeting Thursday: "We hit 3M hard today after seeing what they were doing with their Masks. 'P Act' all the way. Big surprise to many in government as to what they were doing - will have a big price to pay!"Trump announces new face mask recommendations after heated internal debateOn Friday 3M responded: "Ceasing all export of respirators produced in the United States would likely cause other countries to retaliate and do the same, as some have already done."A senior White House official denied the administration was blocking 3M from sending shipments of respirators to Latin America and Canada.As stockpiles dwindle and countries embark on what one French official called a "global treasure hunt," governments are reluctant to allow protective and other equipment to leave their shores. Many governments say the prices being offered and demanded for personal protective equipment (PPE) are exorbitant.On Friday, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya said an order for ventilators that had already been paid for had been impounded in Turkey."There is a shipment of ventilators that for now are not going to leave Turkey because the Turkish government understands that it is a priority for the treatment of its patients in Turkey," she said. "[What] they do guarantee is that, within a reasonable period of time, within a few weeks, they will make that material available to Spain again," González Laya added. CNN has requested comment from the Turkish government. Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers at the Inhauma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, carry the coffin containing the remains of 89-year-old Irodina Pinto Ribeiro on Friday, June 18, 2021. Brazil has now marked 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 -- the second-highest death toll in the world. Hide Caption 1 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA demonstrator holds a sign that reads "Bolsonaro out" in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's administration on June 19, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro. Many are angry at his handling of the Covid-19 crisis as the country marks 500,000 deaths from the virus.Hide Caption 2 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicJeffrey Shiau, a volunteer from the crowd, spits water into the mouth of Sam Kaufman, a performer from the Human Fountains, during a "reopening party" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 15. California lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions Tuesday as part of a grand reopening in which the state ended capacity limits, physical distancing and — at least for those vaccinated — mask requirements.Hide Caption 3 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople watch fireworks in front of the Statue of Liberty after the state of New York lifted most of its Covid-19 restrictions on Tuesday, June 15. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that 70% of adults in New York had received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.Hide Caption 4 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicExhausted grave diggers rest between funerals at a cemetery designated for Covid-19 victims in Bandung, Indonesia, on Tuesday, June 15.Hide Caption 5 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThis aerial photo, taken on Sunday, June 13, shows a graduation ceremony at Central China Normal University. The ceremony in Wuhan, China, also included graduates who could not attend last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.Hide Caption 6 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDr. Brajpal Singh Tyagi, left, performs surgery to remove mucormycosis, a rare and potentially deadly infection also known as black fungus, from a patient in Ghaziabad, India, on June 1. In the past few weeks, thousands of black fungus cases have been reported across the country, with hundreds hospitalized and dozens dead. Many of those being infected are coronavirus patients or those who have recently recovered from Covid-19 and have weakened immune systems. Hide Caption 7 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Covid-19 victim is laid to rest in a graveyard in Comas, Peru, on June 1. Peru has more than doubled its official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic following a government review of the figures. That leaves the country with the world's highest coronavirus-related death rate per capita.Hide Caption 8 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTwo moviegoers watch a film at the Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver, Washington, on May 14. Many places in the United States are starting to reopen and get back to some sort of normal as more people get vaccinated.Hide Caption 9 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople ride on a wave swinger at Chicago's Navy Pier on May 14. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently revised its Covid-19 guidelines, saying it's safe for fully vaccinated people to remove their face masks in most settings.Hide Caption 10 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGuests are seen at the reopening of The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, which held a concert for health care workers, first responders and essential workers.Hide Caption 11 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFamily members look on as Jack Frilingos, 12, receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Decatur, Georgia, on May 11. It was a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer's vaccine for the 12-15 age group.Hide Caption 12 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople in protective suits cremate the bodies of Covid-19 victims while others work to extend a crematorium in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 5. Covid-19 cases are skyrocketing in Nepal, resembling a similar outbreak in neighboring India.Hide Caption 13 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth workers carry signs while participating in a protest outside a hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, on May 1. During the protest, which was part of International Workers' Day, they demanded better wages and working conditions as well as mass vaccinations against Covid-19.Hide Caption 14 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers sit on the deck of the Costa Smeralda cruise ship in Savona, Italy, on May 1. The Italian cruise line Costa Cruises set sail for the first time in more than four months.Hide Caption 15 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA member of the group Rio de la Paz places a cross at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on April 30. It was in preparation for an event marking Brazil's Covid-19 death toll, which had reached 400,000.Hide Caption 16 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receives a Covid-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Ottawa on April 23.Hide Caption 17 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFuneral pyres burn in New Delhi as people wait to cremate Covid-19 victims on April 23. A second wave of Covid-19 is devastating India, killing thousands of people each day and setting world records for daily infections.Hide Caption 18 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople sit in an observation area after receiving Covid-19 vaccines at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Appointments are no longer necessary at any of the vaccination sites run by the city.Hide Caption 19 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRelatives of a patient who died from Covid-19 perform his last rites amid other burning pyres at a crematorium in New Delhi.Hide Caption 20 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMigrant workers line up to enter a railway station ahead of a lockdown in Mumbai, India, on April 14.Hide Caption 21 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker at a charity hospital in Belém, Brazil, sings and prays for a Covid-19 patient as part of Easter celebrations on April 4.Hide Caption 22 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThis aerial photo shows an area of Mumbai, India, on April 10. Because of rising Covid-19 cases, a weekend lockdown was imposed across the entire state of Maharashtra.Hide Caption 23 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Rev. John Kellogg, rector of Christ Church, wears a protective mask as he distributes communion at a sunrise Easter service held at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC.Hide Caption 24 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWomen in Krakow, Poland, carry Easter baskets after a food-blessing ceremony at the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel on April 3.Hide Caption 25 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wear face masks and observe social distancing as they attend a Good Friday church service in Berlin on April 2.Hide Caption 26 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople scatter as police fire water cannons to disperse a crowd at a park in Brussels, Belgium, on April 1. Violent clashes broke out between Brussels police and people gathering to attend a fake April Fool's Day festival that violated coronavirus restrictions.Hide Caption 27 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicYoshia Uomoto, 98, reacts as her son Mark Uomoto and niece Gail Yamada surprise her at her assisted-living facility in Seattle on March 30. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, it was their first in-person visit in a year.Hide Caption 28 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople in Barcelona, Spain, attend a concert for the rock group Love of Lesbian on March 27. Fans had to take a same-day Covid-19 test before attending the show, which was permitted by Spanish health authorities.Hide Caption 29 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA person dressed as the Easter Bunny greets children in a vehicle during a drive-thru event in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 27.Hide Caption 30 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBeachgoers are seen in Miami on March 22. Miami Beach was forced to extend a curfew and state of emergency, possibly for several weeks, after city police struggled to control shoulder-to-shoulder crowds of spring breakers over the weekend, Mayor Dan Gelber said.Hide Caption 31 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTercio Galdino and his wife, Alicea, wear astronaut costumes to protect themselves from Covid-19 as they walk along the Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro on March 20.Hide Caption 32 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA remote-controlled robot takes a throat swab at a hospital in Tanta, Egypt, on March 20. The robot prototype is part of a project to assist physicians in testing patients for Covid-19.Hide Caption 33 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRelatives of Tereza Santos, a Covid-19 victim, react as she is about to be buried in São Paulo, Brazil, on March 9.Hide Caption 34 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFirst-grader Sophia Frazier does her schoolwork behind a plastic divider at Two Rivers Elementary School in Sacramento, California, on March 8.Hide Caption 35 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDr. Mayank Amin, dressed as Superman, prepares a Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, on March 7. Amin has been on a mission to vaccinate thousands of people in his rural community.Hide Caption 36 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA child tosses a surgical mask into a fire during a mask-burning event at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise on March 6. People gathered in at least 20 cities across the state to protest Covid-19 restrictions. Hide Caption 37 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCountry music legend Dolly Parton receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 2. She posted the video to her Twitter account, urging her followers to get their shot when they can.Hide Caption 38 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFrom left, high school students Emma Banker, Jessi McIrvin and Valerie Sanchez record their vocals in pop-up tents during a choir class in Wenatchee, Washington, on February 26. Wenatchee High School has been using the tents for its music programs during the Covid-19 pandemic.Hide Caption 39 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAnna, a resident of the Villa Sacra Famiglia Nursing Home, holds her daughter's hand in the Rome facility's "hug room" on February 24. The room allows residents and their families to touch one another while staying safe from Covid-19.Hide Caption 40 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMembers of Congress observe a moment of silence on the steps of the US Capitol on February 23. At that point, more than 500,000 Americans had lost their lives to Covid-19.Hide Caption 41 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeter Ben Embarek, a member of the World Health Organization team tasked with investigating the origins of Covid-19, receives a swab test on the balcony of a hotel in Wuhan, China, on February 3.Hide Caption 42 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicSandra Fogel watches a movie alone January 30 during the Gothenburg Film Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden. Most fans watched the movies online this year. Fogel applied to be one of the few allowed to see a movie in person.Hide Caption 43 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during a Covid-19 news conference on January 26. The virus at that point had killed 100,000 people in the United Kingdom.Hide Caption 44 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA nurse takes care of a Covid-19 patient at a hospital in Pierre-Benite, France, on January 25. Hide Caption 45 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople dance in a park in Wuhan, China, on January 23, a year after the city went into lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.Hide Caption 46 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA morgue attendant, right, stands next to the body of a Covid-19 victim in Pretoria, South Africa, on January 22.Hide Caption 47 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wait to receive a Covid-19 vaccine January 20 at a vaccination center set up inside Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England.Hide Caption 48 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA tennis player waits for a training session from his hotel in Melbourne on January 19. Dozens of players had to quarantine in hotels ahead of the Australian Open.Hide Caption 49 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicKelvia Andrea Goncalves, left, is supported by her aunt Vanderleia dos Reis Brasao during the burial of her mother, Andrea dos Reis Brasao, in Manaus, Brazil, on January 17. Andrea, 39, died from Covid-19.Hide Caption 50 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicChinese workers wait to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination center in Beijing on January 15.Hide Caption 51 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMotorists wait in lines for Covid-19 tests outside of Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium on January 4. Hide Caption 52 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA family gathers around the television in Liverpool, England, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the nation on January 4. Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fueled a surge in infections and hospitalizations in the country.Hide Caption 53 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth-care workers celebrate the new year in the intensive care unit at the San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome.Hide Caption 54 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMortuary workers take off their personal protective equipment after removing the body of a person who allegedly died of Covid-19 in Barcelona, Spain, on December 23.Hide Caption 55 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS President-elect Joe Biden receives the first dose of his Covid-19 vaccine during a live televised event in Newark, Delaware, on December 21.Hide Caption 56 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMargaret Keenan, 90, is applauded on December 8 after she became the first person in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine. The United Kingdom was the world's first nation to begin vaccinating its citizens with a fully vetted and authorized Covid-19 shot, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 57 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA doctor tests a man for Covid-19 in Shah Alam, Malaysia, on December 10.Hide Caption 58 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDr. Joseph Varon comforts a patient on Thanksgiving Day in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston.Hide Caption 59 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAirline crew members wearing protective suits arrive at Los Angeles International Airport on November 24.Hide Caption 60 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers in El Paso, Texas, move coronavirus victims from refrigerated trailers into the main morgue on November 23. El Paso County had seen a surge in coronavirus cases, and inmates were recruited to help the shorthanded, overworked staff. Hide Caption 61 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCali Hammer fist-bumps Santa, who was behind a plexiglass partition at a Cabela's store in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania, on November 20.Hide Caption 62 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a news conference on November 19. Birx became the first official with the White House coronavirus task force to speak at a briefing while wearing a face mask.Hide Caption 63 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical workers and patients are seen November 18 at a temporary hospital that was set up for coronavirus patients at the Krylatskoye Ice Palace in Moscow. Russia said that as of November 16, more than 33,000 people in the country had died of Covid-19. But that number is disputed by critics who say the Kremlin is underreporting the numbers.Hide Caption 64 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff transport a coronavirus patient to a waiting flight at the Lyon-Bron Airport in France on November 16.Hide Caption 65 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCars line up at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium for Covid-19 testing on November 14.Hide Caption 66 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicSpc. Demetrie Barnett of the Nevada National Guard administers a Covid-19 test to North Las Vegas City Councilwoman Pamela Goynes-Brown during a preview of a free drive-thru testing site on November 12.Hide Caption 67 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA nursing-home resident, left, speaks with her visiting daughter through a plastic screen in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, on November 11. The plastic screen is part of a "Hug Room" that allows residents and their families to embrace each other during the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 68 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA soldier waits at a window for a colleague's swab as they practice inside a rapid testing center in Liverpool, England, on November 6.Hide Caption 69 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA medical worker looks away as she provides care to a Covid-19 patient in Saint-Etienne, France, on November 6.Hide Caption 70 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA boy watches as a health worker tests someone for Covid-19 in Hyderabad, India, on October 27.Hide Caption 71 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople shop at an outside market in Berlin on October 27.Hide Caption 72 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA medic sits in an ambulance in Kommunarka, Russia, on October 27.Hide Caption 73 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCommuters ride a bus in Beijing during rush hour on October 26.Hide Caption 74 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicVolunteers at a cemetery in Yangon, Myanmar, bury someone believed to have died from Covid-19.Hide Caption 75 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wait in a line to vote early in New York City on October 24. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the state of New York was allowing early voting for the first time.Hide Caption 76 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn oversized surgical mask is displayed on the front of a house in San Francisco. The homeowner put it there ahead of Halloween.Hide Caption 77 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA cyclist takes pictures of a public art project set up on the DC Armory Parade Ground in Washington, DC. An estimated 240,000 flags were planted to represent lives lost to Covid-19. The display, created by local artist Susanne Brennan Firstenberg, was on display for two weeks.Hide Caption 78 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff use a biocontainment stretcher to transfer a Covid-19 patient to a hospital in Varese, Italy, on October 19.Hide Caption 79 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA dog is trained to sniff out Covid-19 at a national veterinary school in Paris on October 15.Hide Caption 80 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker takes a swab from a resident at a Covid-19 testing center in Qingdao, China, on October 12. The Chinese port city planned to test some 9 million people in the following days after 12 locally transmitted cases were reported.Hide Caption 81 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker in Manila, Philippines, sits behind a booth October 6 during mass testing for public transportation drivers. Hide Caption 82 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn Orthodox Jewish man takes photos of a photographer with his cell phone during protests in New York on October 6. Members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested after the state announced new coronavirus-related restrictions.Hide Caption 83 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA security guard gives hand sanitizer to students as they arrive at the Prabhat secondary school on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 6.Hide Caption 84 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man from the Mouride Brotherhood reads a book with poems written by Cheikh Amadou Bamba as he stands in line to enter the Grand Mosque of Touba in Touba, Senegal, on October 5. Hide Caption 85 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTourists crowd together in Beijing as they move slowly on a section of the Great Wall of China on October 4. The scene would have been unthinkable just months ago.Hide Caption 86 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicEmpty chairs are displayed near the White House to represent the American lives lost to Covid-19.Hide Caption 87 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS President Donald Trump arrives at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on October 2. Trump announced on Twitter earlier that day that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19. He spent the weekend at Walter Reed and received various treatments.Hide Caption 88 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA paramedic adjusts a patient's face mask outside an Athens, Greece, nursing home where dozens of people tested positive for Covid-19.Hide Caption 89 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Moncloa bus station in Madrid is deserted after new lockdown measures were imposed in the city. New measures are being introduced in many countries across Europe as a second wave grips the continent.Hide Caption 90 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA student has her temperature checked before entering classes at a school in Thankot, Nepal, on September 30.Hide Caption 91 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker tests a student for Covid-19 after classes started at a college in the Indian village of Jhargaon on September 30. Hide Caption 92 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff hold swabs for rapid Covid-19 tests at a high school in Rome on September 28. Hide Caption 93 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical residents sit in the middle of a street as they protest their working conditions in Barcelona, Spain, on September 28.Hide Caption 94 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMembers of the LSU marching band sit apart from one another before a college football game in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on September 26.Hide Caption 95 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA grave digger in Jakarta, Indonesia, plants a cross in a public cemetery, part of which is reserved for suspected Covid-19 victims, on September 26.Hide Caption 96 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA cemetery worker in La Paz, Bolivia, pushes a cart with a plastic-wrapped coffin on September 23.Hide Caption 97 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCarmen Wilke places flags September 22 as part of the Covid Memorial Project, which installed 20,000 American flags on the National Mall in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people in the United States have died from Covid-19.Hide Caption 98 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn adviser waits for people behind a plastic glass screen during a job fair in Barcelona, Spain, on September 21.Hide Caption 99 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman watches the band Jikustik during a drive-in concert in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on September 20.Hide Caption 100 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUltra-Orthodox Jews are separated by plastic shields as they pray in a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, on September 18.Hide Caption 101 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker in Hyderabad, India, takes a break in front of a fan on September 17.Hide Caption 102 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBrides and grooms wait for the Pope's arrival at the San Damaso courtyard in the Vatican on September 16.Hide Caption 103 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMaria Hernandez, top, embraces her aunt through a transparent curtain at a nursing home in San Salvador, El Salvador, on September 11.Hide Caption 104 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA coronavirus victim is buried at a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 8.Hide Caption 105 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicYoung students make sure they are spread out from one another as they stand in a line before entering a classroom in Pamplona, Spain, on September 7.Hide Caption 106 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA girl cries as she is tested for Covid-19 at a drive-thru testing station in East Jerusalem on September 6.Hide Caption 107 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wear face masks and sit spread apart at the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 2.Hide Caption 108 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, wear masks and face shields as they distribute food to the poor and homeless in Kolkata, India, on August 26.Hide Caption 109 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCemetery workers carry Wilson Gil's remains on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on August 26. Gil died of complications related to Covid-19, according to family members.Hide Caption 110 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers in New Delhi prepare to cremate the body of a coronavirus victim on August 22.Hide Caption 111 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker administers a Covid-19 test in the Indian village of Kusumpur on August 17.Hide Caption 112 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople gather in Little Venice on the Aegean Sea island of Mykonos, Greece, on August 16.Hide Caption 113 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThousands of people gather for an electronic music festival at a water park in Wuhan, China, on August 15. The novel coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan late last year.Hide Caption 114 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFuneral workers in Peru's Uchumayo District bury a coffin in a massive burial ground for low-income people and unidentified victims of Covid-19.Hide Caption 115 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man receives an injection while taking part in a vaccine trial in Hollywood, Florida, on August 13.Hide Caption 116 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicElection officials sort absentee ballots in Atlanta, where there were several runoffs taking place on August 11.Hide Caption 117 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGravediggers bury a coronavirus victim at the Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 10.Hide Caption 118 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicKindergarten students wear face masks and play in screened-in areas at the Wat Khlong Toey School in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 10.Hide Caption 119 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedics wait to transport a woman with possible Covid-19 symptoms to a hospital in Austin, Texas, on August 7.Hide Caption 120 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA coronavirus victim is lowered into the ground during her funeral in New Delhi on August 7.Hide Caption 121 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicResident doctors and interns attend a rally in Seoul, South Korea, on August 7. They were protesting the government's plan to expand admissions to medical schools — a policy meant to address a shortage in physicians.Hide Caption 122 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker performs a Covid-19 test at a gymnasium in Navotas, Philippines, on August 6.Hide Caption 123 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker disinfects a public school in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 5. The local government has begun preparations for the reopening of schools in early September.Hide Caption 124 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCemetery workers carry the coffin of a Covid-19 victim at a graveyard in Comas, Peru, on August 5.Hide Caption 125 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn empty Swanston Street is seen in Melbourne's Central Business District on August 5. Australia's second-most populous city has implemented a curfew for the next six weeks.Hide Caption 126 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicElementary school students walk to class in Godley, Texas, on August 5. Three rural school districts in Johnson County were among the first in the state to head back to school for in-person classes.Hide Caption 127 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPoll worker Debra Moore sanitizes her workspace during a primary election in Detroit on August 4.Hide Caption 128 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA stylist from Grey Matter LA cuts a client's hair on a rooftop parking lot in Los Angeles on August 4.Hide Caption 129 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPaul Adamus, 7, waits at the bus stop for his first day of school in Dallas, Georgia, on August 3.Hide Caption 130 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBeds are seen at a temporary field hospital set up in Hong Kong on August 1. AsiaWorld-Expo has been converted into a makeshift hospital that can take up to 500 patients. Hide Caption 131 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical workers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, showcase designs during a fashion show of personal protective equipment on August 1. The fashion show was held as a form of gratitude for all medical personnel who have been fighting Covid-19.Hide Caption 132 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA volunteer disinfects a rooftop area in Rio de Janeiro on August 1.Hide Caption 133 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicVolunteer health workers disinfect a mosque prior to Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 31.Hide Caption 134 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA casket carrying the body of coronavirus victim Lola M. Simmons is placed into a hearse following her funeral service in Dallas on July 30.Hide Caption 135 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRelatives of Covid-19 patients line up to recharge oxygen cylinders in Villa Maria del Triunfo, Peru, on July 29.Hide Caption 136 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople watch the film "The Prestige" from a gondola boat in Venice, Italy, on July 28. Around the world, many films are being shown outside so that people can practice social distancing.Hide Caption 137 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNurse Kathe Olmstead gives an injection to volunteer Melissa Harting in Binghamton, New York, on July 27. It was part of a clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine. The trial is the first to reach Phase 3 in the United States. Hide Caption 138 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker tests a child for Covid-19 at a school in New Delhi on July 27.Hide Caption 139 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPortraits are taped onto seats to help theatergoers spread out in Nicosia, Cyprus, on July 27.Hide Caption 140 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe casket of a coronavirus victim is carried from a funeral home in Johannesburg on July 26.Hide Caption 141 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorshippers of Legio Maria attend a prayer at their church in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 26. Places of worship have reopened in Kenya under strict guidelines.Hide Caption 142 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA casket containing the remains of a coronavirus victim waits to be removed from a mortuary in Soweto, South Africa, on July 24.Hide Caption 143 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCardboard cutouts of fans are seen in Globe Life Field during a Major League Baseball game in Arlington, Texas, on July 24. The league has resumed for a 60-game abbreviated season, but fans are not allowed to attend.Hide Caption 144 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCommuters wear face masks and face shields while traveling on a public bus in Lima, Peru, on July 22. Peru has mandated masks and shields on public transportation.Hide Caption 145 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUndertakers push the casket of a coronavirus victim during a funeral in Soweto, South Africa, on July 21.Hide Caption 146 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNurse Gabriel Leyva, second from left, treats a coronavirus patient in Edinburg, Texas, on July 20. Texas is among a string of Southern states grappling with rising coronavirus cases.Hide Caption 147 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker measures a man's temperature before allowing him to enter La Vega market in Santiago, Chile, on July 19.Hide Caption 148 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicIndigenous nurses in Santarem, Brazil, administer a Covid-19 test on Chief Domingos from the Arapium tribe on July 19.Hide Caption 149 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA restaurant's outdoor seating area is closed in Miami Beach, Florida, on July 18. The city ordered a curfew for most of its entertainment district.Hide Caption 150 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople watch a video projection in Avignon, France, on July 18. Since the Avignon Theatre Festival has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the festival's organization has been projecting plays that made its history.Hide Caption 151 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGuests arrive at Disney's Epcot park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on July 15. The park was reopening, as was Hollywood Studios, for the first time since March 15.Hide Caption 152 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDoctors from the Palestinian Ministry of Health take blood samples in Hebron, West Bank, on July 15.Hide Caption 153 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth-care workers and union members demonstrate during a Bastille Day protest in Paris on July 14. France is giving health-care workers a raise for their efforts to fight the novel coronavirus.Hide Caption 154 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth workers in Mumbai, India, screen residents for Covid-19 symptoms on July 14.Hide Caption 155 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicActivist Thomas Kennedy is escorted away by security as he heckles Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a briefing in Miami on July 13. If Florida were a country, it would have ranked No. 9 in the number of Covid-19 cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins data that day.Hide Caption 156 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUltra-Orthodox Jews gather for a July 13 protest over lockdown measures in Jerusalem.Hide Caption 157 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks with a paramedic during his visit to the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust on July 13. Wearing face masks in shops and supermarkets in England will be compulsory from July 24. The United Kingdom is one of the countries worst hit by coronavirus. Its fatalities trail only Brazil and the United States.Hide Caption 158 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMembers of the Bungoma County Isolation Team stand by the coffin of Dr. Doreen Lugaliki during her funeral in Ndalu, Kenya, on July 13. Lugaliki, 39, died from complications related to the novel coronavirus.Hide Caption 159 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople play volleyball in Hermosa Beach, California, on July 12. Los Angeles County beaches were reopened after being closed over the Fourth of July weekend. California is one of almost three dozen states in which cases were rising.Hide Caption 160 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe boxed cremated remains of Mexicans who died from Covid-19 are covered before a service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on July 11. The ashes were blessed before they were repatriated to Mexico.Hide Caption 161 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 11. This was the first time since the pandemic began that the White House press corps got a glimpse of Trump with a face covering.Hide Caption 162 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicIn this handout photo provided by the Walt Disney World Resort, a worker welcomes guests to the Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on July 11. The park's reopening came the same weekend that Florida reached a record high for single-day case count increase.Hide Caption 163 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth-care workers walk through the Texas Medical Center during a shift change in Houston on July 8. Coronavirus cases have accelerated across much of the South and Southwest in recent weeks. Texas crossed the 200,000-case threshold on July 6 — just 17 days after it had reached 100,000 cases. Harris County, which encompasses Houston and is the most populous county in Texas, led the state in confirmed cases.Hide Caption 164 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicProtesters clash with police in front of Serbia's National Assembly building in Belgrade on July 8. People were demonstrating against President Aleksandar Vucic after he announced a weekend-long curfew to try to combat a surge in coronavirus cases.Hide Caption 165 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFirefighters dressed in personal protective equipment prepare to distribute food at a public housing tower in North Melbourne, Australia, on July 7. Metropolitan Melbourne was placed under lockdown amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases.Hide Caption 166 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCars line up in the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot so drivers could be tested in Miami Gardens, Florida, on July 6.Hide Caption 167 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeruvian migrant Jose Collantes cries as he watches cemetery workers bury his wife, Silvia Cano, in Santiago, Chile, on July 3. She died of coronavirus complications, according to Collantes.Hide Caption 168 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS President Donald Trump speaks at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, on July 3. Social distancing was not observed at the Independence Day celebration, where Trump claimed that 99% of coronavirus cases in America are "totally harmless."Hide Caption 169 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, wears a Washington Nationals mask June 30 as he arrives to testify at a Senate committee hearing about the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci issued a stark warning to lawmakers, telling them he wouldn't be surprised if the United States sees new cases of coronavirus rising to a level of 100,000 a day.Hide Caption 170 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA city council worker carries trash from a coronavirus testing center in Leicester, England, on June 29. Schools and stores in the city of Leicester were closing again, with some restrictions being reimposed because of its high infection rate.Hide Caption 171 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman walks along a road painted with circles to help people maintain social distancing in Mumbai, India, on June 29.Hide Caption 172 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA member of the bar staff at Murray's Pub serves a pint of Guinness in Dublin, Ireland, on June 29. People in Ireland are tentatively returning to shops, hair salons and restaurants as the country emerges from its coronavirus lockdown.Hide Caption 173 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAgustina Cañamero and Pascual Pérez kiss each other through a plastic screen at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain, on June 22. They've been married for 59 years.Hide Caption 174 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHugo, 3, has his temperature taken by a teacher as he arrives at kindergarten in Barcelona on June 26.Hide Caption 175 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA beach is slammed with people in Bournemouth, England, during a heat wave on June 25. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson began easing coronavirus restrictions in May, but people are still supposed to be distancing themselves from one another. After thousands flocked to beaches, officials in southern England declared a "major incident."Hide Caption 176 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMannequins sit at the Elpaso Bar in Ankara, Turkey, to make customers observe social distancing on June 24. The bar reopened after being closed for weeks.Hide Caption 177 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA ceremonial soldier wears a face mask during Russia's Victory Day parade in Moscow on June 24. A major celebration was originally planned to take place in May, with world leaders invited to attend, but it was postponed by the Kremlin after veterans organizations voiced concerns about the health risks such an event might pose amid the coronavirus crisis.Hide Caption 178 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth-care workers prepare to conduct Covid-19 testing in Mumbai, India, on June 23.Hide Caption 179 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGraves are seen at the General Cemetery in Santiago, Chile, on June 23. Chile is among the Latin American countries hardest hit by the coronavirus.Hide Caption 180 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMalia Pena and her mother, Lisa Torriente, wear masks as they visit the beach in Santa Monica, California, on June 23. California was among 25 states that had recorded higher rates of new cases compared to the previous week.Hide Caption 181 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople worship at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 23. Saudi Arabia has announced it will hold a "very limited" Hajj celebration this year.Hide Caption 182 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man has his throat swabbed June 17 at a Covid-19 testing site for those who were potentially exposed to the coronavirus at a wholesale food market in Beijing. For 55 days, the Chinese capital had not reported any locally transmitted infections, but a fresh cluster of coronavirus cases emerged from a sprawling wholesale food market in the city, infecting more than 180 people as of June 19.Hide Caption 183 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople are spread out as former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, speaks in Darby, Pennsylvania, on June 17.Hide Caption 184 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA firefighter in Chennai, India, sprays disinfectant to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus on June 11, 2020.Hide Caption 185 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe sun sets over a cemetery for coronavirus victims near Najaf, Iraq.Hide Caption 186 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman is sprayed with disinfectant before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 9, 2020.Hide Caption 187 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTeachers in Barcelona, Spain, try to prevent a hug between 6-year-olds Wendy Otin and Oumou Salam Niang as they meet on the first day of school following a lockdown.Hide Caption 188 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicIsidre Correa, who is recovering from the coronavirus, is taken to the seaside in Barcelona, Spain, on June 3, 2020. Hospital del Mar has been taking patients to the seaside as part of the recovery process.Hide Caption 189 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDealers wear masks just before the reopening of the D Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.Hide Caption 190 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGovernment health workers test a resident on the Brazilian island of Marajo on June 1, 2020.Hide Caption 191 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers spray disinfectant inside a movie theater in Bangkok, Thailand, ahead of its reopening on May 31, 2020. Hide Caption 192 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople try out social-distancing "bumper tables" as the Fish Tales restaurant opened for in-person dining in Ocean City, Maryland, on May 29, 2020.Hide Caption 193 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople carry the coffin of a suspected coronavirus victim at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, on May 28, 2020.Hide Caption 194 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicShaandiin P. Parrish, Miss Navajo Nation, helps distribute food and other supplies to Navajo families in Counselor, New Mexico. Navajo Nation has been hit hard by the coronavirus.Hide Caption 195 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCommuters crowd a train station in Tokyo during the morning rush hour on May 26, 2020.Hide Caption 196 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicStudents take their spring exams at the Vallhall Sports Arena in Oslo, Norway, on May 26, 2020.Hide Caption 197 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPreschool students wait to wash their hands before class in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 25, 2020. The country became one of the first in West Africa to restart lessons after a two-month coronavirus shutdown. Hide Caption 198 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA security official stands guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as delegates leave the second plenary session of the National People's Congress.Hide Caption 199 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicOlivia Grant, right, hugs her grandmother, Mary Grace Sileo, through a plastic drop cloth that was hung up on a homemade clothesline in Wantagh, New York.Hide Caption 200 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBrian Carabine, a retired US Marine, replaces flags at the South End Cemetery in East Hampton, New York, just before Memorial Day in 2020.Hide Caption 201 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHigh school graduates turn their tassels during a drive-thru graduation ceremony at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Hide Caption 202 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThis aerial photo shows gravediggers working at the Vila Formosa Cemetery, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 22, 2020. The coronavirus was surging in Brazil, the hardest-hit country in Latin America.Hide Caption 203 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers wear protective gear as they start a cremation oven in Ecatepec, Mexico.Hide Caption 204 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health worker wears a face shield while checking a patient's temperature at a hospital in Toluca, Mexico, on May 21, 2020. Mexico had reported its highest number of new daily cases.Hide Caption 205 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople lower the coffin of a woman who died from the coronavirus in Srinagar, India.Hide Caption 206 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCardboard cutouts of soccer fans are seen at the Borussia-Park stadium in Mönchengladbach, Germany. The Bundesliga, Germany's top pro soccer league, became the first major European competition to return amid the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 207 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicLevi Tinker, resident historian and general manager of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, makes an announcement inside the theater's empty auditorium on May 18, 2020. It was the theater's 93rd birthday celebration.Hide Caption 208 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople practice social distancing in New York's Domino Park on May 17, 2020.Hide Caption 209 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNurses in Nairobi, Kenya, take part in a Zumba fitness class in the parking lot of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital.Hide Caption 210 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicKevin Harvick celebrates with a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series race in Darlington, South Carolina, on May 17, 2020. It was NASCAR's first race since its season was halted because of the pandemic. No fans were in attendance.Hide Caption 211 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAngelino, a professional soccer player with the German club RB Leipzig, takes a corner kick during a Bundesliga match against Freiburg on May 16, 2020. The stadium was nearly empty, as no more than 322 people were able to attend each Bundesliga match until the end of the season. Hide Caption 212 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMary Faye Cochran sings "You Are My Sunshine" to her son Stacey Smith from her senior-living facility in Smyrna, Georgia, on May 10, 2020. It was Mother's Day in the United States.Hide Caption 213 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPope Francis delivers a blessing from the window of his studio overlooking an empty St. Peter's Square.Hide Caption 214 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe San Isidro cemetery in Mexico City, which was temporarily closed to the public to limit the spread of Covid-19, is seen in this aerial photo taken on May 10, 2020.Hide Caption 215 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMary Washington speaks through a window to her daughter Courtney Crosby and grandchild Sydney Crosby during a Mother's Day celebration at her senior-living facility in Smyrna, Georgia.Hide Caption 216 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Briarcliff High School student participates in a parade of graduating seniors through Briarcliff Manor, New York, on May 9, 2020.Hide Caption 217 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wear face masks while watching a Victory Day military parade in Minsk, Belarus, on May 9, 2020. The parade marked the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.Hide Caption 218 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man rides past social-distancing markers in front of a shop in Brussels, Belgium.Hide Caption 219 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man pauses as he places the casket of a relative into a van at a busy New York funeral home.Hide Caption 220 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth-care workers wait for citizens to arrive at the Anna International Airport in Chennai, India. People were arriving in Chennai from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Hide Caption 221 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man wearing a face mask cycles through Chinatown in Yokohama, Japan, on May 8, 2020. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan would extend its state of emergency until the end of May.Hide Caption 222 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAmerican citizens who were stranded in Syria due to the pandemic arrive at the Lebanese border on their way to the Beirut airport, where they would be leaving for the United States.Hide Caption 223 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDuring a protest in Washington, members of National Nurses United stand among empty shoes that they say represent nurses who have died from Covid-19.Hide Caption 224 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker helps disinfect a subway train in New York on May 6, 2020. The subway syatem was shut down for a deep-cleaning.Hide Caption 225 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHigh school students study in a classroom in Wuhan, China, as they returned to school on May 6, 2020.Hide Caption 226 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA nursery is disinfected in Cannes, France.Hide Caption 227 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRefrigerated trucks are seen at a morgue that opened in New York to assist overwhelmed funeral homes.Hide Caption 228 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMigrant workers in New Delhi walk toward the Sarai Kale Khan Bus Terminus after learning that the government was preparing to send migrant workers back to their home states during a lockdown. In March 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged all states to seal their borders to stop the coronavirus from being imported into rural areas.Hide Caption 229 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople exercise on a seafront promenade in Barcelona, Spain, on May 2, 2020. Spaniards filled the country's streets to work out for the first time after seven weeks of confinement in their homes. Hide Caption 230 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMichigan state police prevent protesters from entering the chamber of the Michigan House of Representatives on April 30, 2020. The protesters were unhappy with the state's stay-at-home order. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently extended the order through May 15, though restrictions were relaxed so some businesses could reopen.Hide Caption 231 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThis aerial photo shows surfers accessing Sydney's Tamarama Beach on April 29, 2020. Several Sydney beaches reopened for exercise only. Hide Caption 232 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS Vice President Mike Pence visits Dennis Nelson, a patient who survived the coronavirus and was going to give blood, during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on April 28, 2020. Pence chose not to wear a face mask during the tour despite the facility's policy that's been in place since April 13. Pence told reporters that he wasn't wearing a mask because he's often tested for coronavirus.Hide Caption 233 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA barber wears protective equipment as he cuts a customer's hair in Lausanne, Switzerland.Hide Caption 234 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAfter recovering from the coronavirus, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work on April 27, 2020.Hide Caption 235 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth workers at a coronavirus testing center in New Delhi attend to a colleague who fainted due to exhaustion on April 27, 2020. Hide Caption 236 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFamilies walk along a boulevard in Barcelona, Spain, on April 26, 2020.Hide Caption 237 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA muezzin, the person at a mosque who calls Muslims to daily prayers, reads the Quran at a mosque in Gaza City after Ramadan began on April 24, 2020.Hide Caption 238 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPitrik van der Lubbe waves from a boom lift to his 88-year-old father, Henk, at his father's nursing home in Gouda, Netherlands. Pitrik had not seen his father in more than four weeks.Hide Caption 239 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicProtesters shout slogans against Lebanese Central Bank governor Riad Salamé as they block Hamra Street in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 23, 2020. Anti-government protesters were demonstrating in Beirut as they continued to endure one of the country's worst-ever economic crises. Hide Caption 240 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA boy plays hopscotch at his home in A Coruna, Spain. Hide Caption 241 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicOmar Rodriguez organizes caskets at the Gerard Neufeld Funeral Home in New York. The funeral home in Queens was overwhelmed by the pandemic.Hide Caption 242 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA dentist wears protective equipment while treating a patient in Den Bosch, Netherlands.Hide Caption 243 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBiology teachers prepare to hold an exam at a secondary school in Berlin on April 22, 2020.Hide Caption 244 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA volunteer in Yangon, Myanmar, spreads calcium oxide on a road to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus on April 22, 2020.Hide Caption 245 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMigrants wave from balconies at a hotel in Kranidi, Greece, on April 21, 2020. The shelter, which hosts 470 asylum seekers, was placed in isolation after a pregnant resident tested positive for the novel coronavirus.Hide Caption 246 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man disinfects a ceiling lamp at the Čobanija Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Hide Caption 247 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA nurse holds a newborn baby, wearing a face shield as a protective measure, at a maternity facility in Jakarta, Indonesia.Hide Caption 248 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth workers at Madrid's La Paz Hospital hold a minute of silence to remember Joaquin Diaz, the hospital's chief of surgery who died because of the coronavirus.Hide Caption 249 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman applauds from the balcony of her Paris home to show support for health care workers on April 20, 2020.Hide Caption 250 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health-care worker stands in a Denver street to counterprotest the hundreds of people who were demanding that stay-at-home orders be lifted.Hide Caption 251 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMayor's office workers wear protective suits as they conduct a census in a Bogota, Colombia, neighborhood on April 19, 2020. They were trying to find out how many families needed to be provided with food.Hide Caption 252 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe class of 2020 tosses hats into the air at the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Hide Caption 253 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman sticks her tongue out of a torn mask at a Reopen Maryland rally outside the State House in Annapolis, Maryland, on April 18, 2020. Residents in multiple states were protesting stay-at-home orders.Hide Caption 254 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNewly married Tyler and Caryn Suiters embrace following their marriage ceremony in Arlington, Virginia, on April 18, 2020. The Rev. Andrew Merrow and his wife, Cameron, were the only other attendees at the ceremony, which was held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church.Hide Caption 255 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAbed Khankan cuts a customer's hair outdoors in Malmo, Sweden.Hide Caption 256 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTwo women walk to rent a small paddle boat by the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 17, 2020.Hide Caption 257 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCars sit at a newly opened drive-in cinema in Dortmund, Germany, on April 17, 2020. It was in front of a former blast furnace.Hide Caption 258 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFuneral workers in Manaus, Brazil, prepare the grave of a woman who was suspected to have died from the coronavirus.Hide Caption 259 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA member of the Don Bosco Foundation delivers food from the Fraternitas Project, which serves vulnerable families in Seville, Spain.Hide Caption 260 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPolice officers try on personal protective equipment in Amritsar, India.Hide Caption 261 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers in Nairobi, Kenya, fumigate the streets and the stalls of the City Park Market.Hide Caption 262 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNovice Buddhist monks wear face shields at the Molilokayaram Educational Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 15, 2020.Hide Caption 263 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman sits on a bench at an empty metro station in Prague, Czech Republic.Hide Caption 264 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth workers in Barcelona, Spain, acknowledge people who were showing their support from their balconies and windows.Hide Caption 265 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicSouth Korean election officials sort out parliamentary ballots at a gymnasium in Seoul on April 15, 2020.Hide Caption 266 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers from the garment sector in Dhaka, Bangladesh, block a road during a protest demanding payment of unpaid wages.Hide Caption 267 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman meets with her son in a "Quarantainer," a container devised to allow people to visit each other without risking the spread of coronavirus, at a care center in Utrecht, Netherlands.Hide Caption 268 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFirefighters transfer a patient from an ambulance in Montpelier, France, on April 14, 2020.Hide Caption 269 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA cemetery worker pauses while digging graves at the San Vicente cemetery in Cordoba, Argentina.Hide Caption 270 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers produce protective face masks at a new factory near Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2020.Hide Caption 271 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicProtesters stand outside the Statehouse Atrium in Columbus, Ohio, to voice their opposition to stay-at-home orders. About 100 protesters assembled outside the building during Gov. Mike DeWine's weekday update on the state's response to the pandemic.Hide Caption 272 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical workers in Istanbul clap for 107-year-old Havahan Karadeniz as she is discharged from the hospital on April 13, 2020. She had just recovered from the coronavirus.Hide Caption 273 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople in Seoul, South Korea, listen to a speech from Hwang Kyo-ahn, who was campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary elections.Hide Caption 274 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA flower shop employee destroys unsold flowers in St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 13, 2020.Hide Caption 275 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA police officer requests that people return to return to their homes during a gathering that marked the Bisket Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.Hide Caption 276 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA doctor in a protective chamber tests a patient for coronavirus at a walk-in kiosk in Chennai, India.Hide Caption 277 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMusicians play their instruments for a retirement home in Karben, Germany.Hide Caption 278 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman covers herself with plastic as heavy rain falls outside a New York hospital on April 13, 2020.Hide Caption 279 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople in Jerusalem attend the funeral of Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, Israel's former chief rabbi who died from coronavirus complications.Hide Caption 280 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicIn Rio de Janeiro, the Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated to make Christ look like a doctor on April 12, 2020.Hide Caption 281 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPedro Opeka, founder of the Akamasoa Association, conducts the traditional Easter Mass in a granite quarry while maintaining social distancing in Antananarivo, Madagascar.Hide Caption 282 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBodies are stored in a vacant room at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit. Two sources told CNN that at least one room, which is typically used for studies on sleeping habits, was used to store bodies because the morgue was full and morgue staff did not work at night.Hide Caption 283 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA couple stands in a park along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, China.Hide Caption 284 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPriest-in-charge Angie Smith uses her phone to broadcast an Easter service from a churchyard in Hartley Wintney, England.Hide Caption 285 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicChildren wave to a person dressed as the Easter Bunny during a neighborhood parade in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 2020.Hide Caption 286 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth workers in Leganes, Spain, cry during a memorial for a co-worker who died because of the coronavirus.Hide Caption 287 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicVolunteers spray disinfectant in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.Hide Caption 288 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBodies are buried on New York's Hart Island on April 9, 2020. New York City officials said that Hart Island, which for decades has been used as the final resting place for people who died unclaimed, would also be used for unclaimed coronavirus victims.Hide Caption 289 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA health care worker holds the hand of a coronavirus patient being moved at a hospital near Barcelona, Spain.Hide Caption 290 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicService boats spray water in London to show support for health care workers on April 9, 2020.Hide Caption 291 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicEmployees of Hyundai Card, a credit card company, sit behind protective screens as they eat in an office cafeteria in Seoul, South Korea, on April 9, 2020.Hide Caption 292 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wait in their cars for the San Antonio Food Bank to begin food distribution on April 9, 2020.Hide Caption 293 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker disinfects a carved cross at the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira, Colombia, on April 8, 2020.Hide Caption 294 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA cake shop employee in Athens, Greece, prepares chocolate Easter bunnies with face masks on April 8, 2020.Hide Caption 295 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCalifornians Sarah and Aaron Sanders, along with their children, use video conferencing to celebrate a Passover Seder with other family members.Hide Caption 296 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA medical staff member from China's Jilin province, center, cries while hugging nurses from Wuhan on April 8, 2020. Wuhan was reopening its borders after 76 days.Hide Caption 297 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCars in Wuhan line up to leave at a highway toll station.Hide Caption 298 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRabbi Yaakov Kotlarsky places Passover Seder to-go packages into a car trunk in Arlington Heights, Illinois.Hide Caption 299 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman in London shows her support for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on April 7, 2020. Johnson was hospitalized after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened," according to his office.Hide Caption 300 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA voter checks in to cast a ballot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. The state was going through with its presidential primary despite the pandemic.Hide Caption 301 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man is sprayed with disinfectant prior to going to a market in Tirana, Albania.Hide Caption 302 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicIzzie, left, and Tippi wear ventilated dog masks in Philadelphia.Hide Caption 303 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wait in line to bury loved ones at a cemetery in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 6, 2020. In some parts of the overwhelmed city, bodies had been left on the streets. Hide Caption 304 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPolice detain a doctor in Quetta, Pakistan, who was among dozens of health care workers protesting a lack of personal protective equipment.Hide Caption 305 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Catholic priest sprinkles holy water on devotees during Palm Sunday celebrations in Quezon City, Philippines, on April 5, 2020.Hide Caption 306 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople shine lights from their balcony during a nationwide candlelight vigil in Bangalore, India, on April 5, 2020.Hide Caption 307 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman in Glasgow, Scotland, watches Britain's Queen Elizabeth II give a television address regarding the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 308 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicParamilitary members unload provisions in Kampala, Uganda, on April 4, 2020. It was the first day of government food distribution for people affected by the nation's lockdown.Hide Caption 309 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA police officer wearing a coronavirus-themed outfit walks in a market in Chennai, India, to raise awareness about social distancing.Hide Caption 310 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman in Moscow cooks while watching Russian President Vladimir Putin address the nation over the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 311 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe hashtag "stayhome" is projected onto the Matterhorn mountain that straddles Switzerland and Italy on April 1, 2020. The mountain was illuminated by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, who was transforming buildings, monuments and landscapes all over the world to raise awareness during the pandemic. Hide Caption 312 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicVolunteers load food bags on a truck to deliver them to low-income families in Panama City, Panama, on April 1, 2020.Hide Caption 313 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDesigner Friederike Jorzig adjusts a mannequin wearing a wedding dress and a face mask at her store in Berlin on March 31, 2020.Hide Caption 314 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople pray next to the grave of musician Robson de Souza Lopes after his burial in Manaus, Brazil, on March 31, 2020. According to authorities at the Amazonas Health Secretary, the 43-year-old died after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.Hide Caption 315 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicChris Lyndberg hands out a free lunch to a truck driver at a rest area along Interstate 10 in Sacaton, Arizona, on March 31, 2020. The Arizona Trucking Association was giving away 500 Dilly's Deli lunches to show its appreciation for truck drivers who have been delivering medical supplies, food and other necessities during the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 316 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, reaches New York City on March 30, 2020. Another hospital ship was in Los Angeles to take some of the pressure off medical facilities that were strained because of the pandemic.Hide Caption 317 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn emergency field hospital is constructed in New York's Central Park on March 30, 2020.Hide Caption 318 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFarmers deliver vegetables to a customer in Saint-Georges-sur-Cher, France, on March 29, 2020.Hide Caption 319 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople listen from their homes as priests conduct Sunday mass from a church roof in Rome on March 29, 2020.Hide Caption 320 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGyorgy David Jablonovszky and his bride, Timea, are joined by close relatives during their wedding ceremony in Miskolc, Hungary, on March 28, 2020. Because of the coronavirus, engaged couples across the globe have had to rethink their walks down the aisle.Hide Caption 321 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker fixes partitions at a quarantine center in Guwahati, India, on March 28, 2020.Hide Caption 322 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDevices used in diagnosing the coronavirus are inspected in Cheongju, South Korea, on March 27, 2020. The devices were being prepared for testing kits at the bio-diagnostic company SD Biosensor.Hide Caption 323 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA student does homework in Bratislava, Slovakia, on March 27, 2020. Schools were shut down across the world, and many children have been receiving their lessons online.Hide Caption 324 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA National Guard truck sprays disinfectant in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 27, 2020.Hide Caption 325 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wearing face masks walk near the USNS Mercy after the Navy hospital ship arrived in the Los Angeles area to assist local hospitals dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 326 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPope Francis prays in an empty St. Peter's Square on March 27, 2020.Hide Caption 327 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCoffins carrying coronavirus victims are stored in a warehouse in Ponte San Pietro, Italy, on March 26, 2020. They would be transported to another area for cremation.Hide Caption 328 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMembers of Iran's Revolutionary Guard prepare to take part in disinfecting the city of Tehran on March 25, 2020. Hide Caption 329 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicLydia Hassebroek attends a ballet class from her home in New York on March 25, 2020.Hide Caption 330 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople visit the Beijing Zoo after it reopened its outdoor exhibits to the public.Hide Caption 331 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Olympic flame is displayed in Iwaki, Japan, a day after the 2020 Tokyo Games were postponed.Hide Caption 332 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman suspected of having coronavirus is helped from her home by emergency medical technicians Robert Sabia, left, and Mike Pareja, in Paterson, New Jersey.Hide Caption 333 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople practice social distancing as they wait for takeout food at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 24, 2020.Hide Caption 334 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAuthorities are seen in Madrid, where an ice rink was converted into a makeshift morgue to cope with the coronavirus fallout.Hide Caption 335 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA tourist wears a face mask while visiting the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China on March 24, 2020. The section reopened to visitors after being closed for two months.Hide Caption 336 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople arrive at the South Municipal Cemetery in Madrid to attend the burial of a man who died from the coronavirus.Hide Caption 337 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers arrive at Hong Kong International Airport on March 23, 2020.Hide Caption 338 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicGiuseppe Corbari holds Sunday Mass in front of photographs sent in by his congregation members in Giussano, Italy. Many religious services are being streamed online so that people can worship while still maintaining their distance from others.Hide Caption 339 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople clap from balconies to show their appreciation for health care workers in Mumbai, India.Hide Caption 340 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman attends a Sunday service at the Nairobi Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 22, 2020. The service was streamed live on the internet.Hide Caption 341 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Syrian Red Crescent member sprays disinfectant along an alley of the historic Hamidiyah market in Damascus, Syria.Hide Caption 342 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople are seen on California's Huntington Beach on March 21, 2020. Crowds descended on California beaches, hiking trails and parks over the weekend in open defiance of a state order to shelter in place and avoid close contact with others.Hide Caption 343 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA funeral service is held without family members in Bergamo, Italy, on March 21, 2020.Hide Caption 344 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA member of the Syrian Violet relief group disinfects tents at a camp for displaced people in Kafr Jalis, Syria, on March 21, 2020.Hide Caption 345 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA doctor examines Juan Vasquez inside a testing tent at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York.Hide Caption 346 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Mass in Rio de Janeiro honors coronavirus victims around the world on March 18, 2020. Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue was lit up with flags and messages of hope in solidarity with countries affected by the pandemic.Hide Caption 347 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff wearing protective suits ride down an escalator at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport on March 18, 2020.Hide Caption 348 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHasidic Jewish men take part in a "social distancing" minyan in New York on March 17, 2020.Hide Caption 349 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA patient in a biocontainment unit is carried on a stretcher in Rome on March 17, 2020.Hide Caption 350 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA pedestrian walks a dog through a quiet street in New York on March 17, 2020.Hide Caption 351 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople gather to collect free face masks in New Delhi on March 17, 2020.Hide Caption 352 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDermot Hickey, left, and Phillip Vega ask a pedestrian in New York to take their picture on a thinly trafficked Fifth Avenue. Many streets across the world were much more bare as people distanced themselves from others. In the United States, the White House advised people not to gather in groups of more than 10.Hide Caption 353 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicStudents at the Attarkiah Islamic School wear face masks during a ceremony in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat.Hide Caption 354 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wait outside a Woolworths store in Sunbury, Australia, on March 17, 2020. Australian supermarket chains announced special shopping hours for the elderly and people with disabilities so that they could shop in less crowded aisles.Hide Caption 355 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA member of Spain's Military Emergencies Unit carries out a general disinfection at the Malaga airport.Hide Caption 356 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDisplaced families near Atme, Syria, attend a workshop aimed at spreading awareness about the coronavirus.Hide Caption 357 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFrench President Emmanuel Macron is seen on a screen in Paris as he announces new coronavirus containment measures on March 16, 2020. France was put on lockdown, and all nonessential outings were outlawed. Macron also promised to support French businesses by guaranteeing €300 billion worth of loans and suspending rent and utility bills owed by small companies.Hide Caption 358 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA police officer checks the temperatures of bus passengers at a checkpoint in Manila, Philippines.Hide Caption 359 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFlowers are stored prior to their destruction at a flower auction in Aalsmeer, Netherlands. Lower demand threatened the Dutch horticultural sector, forcing the destruction of products.Hide Caption 360 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBody temperatures are scanned as people enter the Buddhist temple Wat Pho in Bangkok, Thailand.Hide Caption 361 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTwo nuns greet neighbors from their balcony in Turin, Italy, on March 15, 2020.Hide Caption 362 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPope Francis, inside the Church of San Marcello in Rome's city center, prays at a famous crucifix that believers claim helped to save Romans from the plague in 1522.Hide Caption 363 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers wait for their flights at Marrakesh Airport in Morocco on March 15, 2020.Hide Caption 364 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS Vice President Mike Pence takes a question during a White House briefing about the coronavirus.Hide Caption 365 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Sea World employee sprays disinfectant in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 14, 2020.Hide Caption 366 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wait in line to go through customs at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on March 14, 2020. Travelers returning from Europe said they were being made to wait for hours at US airports, often in close quarters, as personnel screened them for the coronavirus.Hide Caption 367 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHundreds of people line up to enter a Costco in Novato, California, on March 14, 2020. Many people were stocking up on food, toilet paper and other items. As a response to panic buying, retailers in the United States and Canada started limiting the number of toilet paper that customers could buy in one trip.Hide Caption 368 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA member of the White House physician's office takes a media member's temperature in the White House briefing room. It was ahead of a news conference with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.Hide Caption 369 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA nurse in Cremona, Italy, takes a moment in this heartbreaking photo posted to Instagram by photographer Paolo Miranda. Italy's health care system has been severely tested by the coronavirus pandemic.Hide Caption 370 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicReporters in Arlington, Virginia, sit approximately 4 feet apart during a briefing by Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie on March 13, 2020.Hide Caption 371 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople walk past a closed Broadway theater after New York canceled all gatherings over 500 people.Hide Caption 372 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Costco customer stands by two shopping carts in Richmond, California, on March 13, 2020.Hide Caption 373 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA teacher works in an empty classroom at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.Hide Caption 374 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman looks at an empty bread aisle in Antwerp, Belgium, on March 13, 2020.Hide Caption 375 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicEmployees of the Greek Parliament wear plastic gloves ahead of the swearing-in ceremony for Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.Hide Caption 376 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA motorcyclist drives through disinfectant sprayed in Jammu, India, on March 13, 2020.Hide Caption 377 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers prepare to construct an additional building on a hospital on the outskirts of Moscow.Hide Caption 378 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPaul Boyer, head equipment manager of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, wheels out equipment bags in Washington on March 12, 2020. The NHL was among the sports leagues that had suspended their seasons.Hide Caption 379 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicStudents leave Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington, on March 12, 2020. Beginning the following day, schools in the Snohomish school district planned to be closed through April 24.Hide Caption 380 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn Uber Eats delivery biker stands at a deserted Piazza di Spagna in Rome.Hide Caption 381 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, watch a live broadcast of US President Donald Trump on March 12, 2020. Trump announced that, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, he would sharply restrict travel from more than two dozen European countries.Hide Caption 382 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers in protective suits disinfect Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace on March 11, 2020.Hide Caption 383 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA person wearing a face mask walks outside of a shopping mall in Beijing on March 11, 2020.Hide Caption 384 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPolice officers restrain the relative of an inmate outside the Sant'Anna jail in Modena, Italy, on March 9, 2020. Riots broke out in several Italian jails after visits were suspended to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Hide Caption 385 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff in Wuhan, China, celebrate after all coronavirus patients were discharged from a temporary hospital on March 9, 2020.Hide Caption 386 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTraders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 9, 2020. Stocks plummeted as coronavirus worries and an oil price race to the bottom weighed on global financial markets.Hide Caption 387 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRescuers search for victims at the site of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, China, on March 8, 2020. The hotel was being used as a coronavirus quarantine center.Hide Caption 388 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Grand Princess cruise ship, carrying at least 21 people who tested positive for coronavirus, is seen off the coast of San Francisco on March 8, 2020. The ship was being held at sea.Hide Caption 389 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicSumo wrestlers attend a tournament in Osaka, Japan, that was being held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak.Hide Caption 390 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA couple rides a bicycle at a park in Seoul, South Korea, on March 7, 2020.Hide Caption 391 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA volunteer from Blue Sky Rescue uses fumigation equipment to disinfect a residential compound in Beijing on March 5, 2020.Hide Caption 392 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAirmen from the California National Guard drop coronavirus testing kits down to the Grand Princess cruise ship off the coast of California on March 5, 2020.Hide Caption 393 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMunicipal workers are seen at the Kaaba, inside Mecca's Grand Mosque. Saudi Arabia emptied Islam's holiest site for sterilization over coronavirus fears, an unprecedented move after the kingdom suspended the year-round Umrah pilgrimage.Hide Caption 394 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers react as a worker wearing a protective suit disinfects the departure area of a railway station in Hefei, China, on March 4, 2020.Hide Caption 395 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTeachers at the Nagoya International School in Japan conduct an online class for students staying at home as a precaution.Hide Caption 396 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicSoldiers spray disinfectant throughout a shopping street in Seoul.Hide Caption 397 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Muslim worshipper attends a mass prayer against coronavirus in Dakar, Senegal.Hide Caption 398 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wear face masks in New York's Times Square on March 3, 2020. New York reported its first case of coronavirus two days earlier. Hide Caption 399 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA security guard stands on the Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo on March 3, 2020.Hide Caption 400 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, speaks during a meeting with pharmaceutical executives and the White House coronavirus task force on March 2, 2020. Throughout the meeting, Trump was hyperfocused on pressing industry leaders in the room for a timeline for a coronavirus vaccine and treatment. But experts at the table -- from the administration and the pharmaceutical industry -- repeatedly emphasized that a vaccine can't be rushed to market before it's been declared safe for the public.Hide Caption 401 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff stand outside a hospital in Daegu, South Korea, on March 1, 2020.Hide Caption 402 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth care workers transfer a patient at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, on March 1, 2020. The long-term care facility was linked to confirmed coronavirus cases.Hide Caption 403 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a London laboratory of the Public Health England National Infection Service.Hide Caption 404 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTomoyuki Sugano, a professional baseball player on the Yomiuri Giants, throws a pitch in an empty Tokyo Dome during a preseason game on February 29, 2020. Fans were barred from preseason games to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.Hide Caption 405 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCommuters wearing masks make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo.Hide Caption 406 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff transport a coronavirus patient within the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan on February 28, 2020. Hide Caption 407 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicInter Milan plays Ludogorets in an empty soccer stadium in Milan, Italy, on February 27, 2020. The match was ordered to be played behind closed doors as Italian authorities continued to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak.Hide Caption 408 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA bank clerk disinfects banknotes in China's Sichuan province on February 26, 2020.Hide Caption 409 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA child wearing a protective face mask rides on a scooter in an empty area in Beijing.Hide Caption 410 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA Catholic devotee wears a face mask as he is sprinkled with ash during Ash Wednesday services in Paranaque, Philippines, on February 26, 2020.Hide Caption 411 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople disinfect Qom's Masumeh shrine in Tehran, Iran, on February 25, 2020.Hide Caption 412 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker in Daegu, South Korea, stacks plastic buckets containing medical waste from coronavirus patients.Hide Caption 413 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicParamedics carry a stretcher off an ambulance in Hong Kong on February 23, 2020.Hide Caption 414 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople attend a professional soccer match in Kobe, Japan, on February 23, 2020. To help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, the soccer club Vissel Kobe told fans not to sing, chant or wave flags in the season opener against Yokohama FC.Hide Caption 415 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA team of volunteers disinfects a pedestrian bridge in Bangkok, Thailand.Hide Caption 416 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man rides his bike in Beijing on February 23, 2020.Hide Caption 417 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHospital personnel in Codogno, Italy, carry new beds inside the hospital on February 21, 2020. The hospital was hosting some people who had been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.Hide Caption 418 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDoctors look at a CT scan of a lung at a hospital in Xiaogan, China, on February 20, 2020.Hide Caption 419 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA sales clerk wears a mask as she waits for customers at a hat shop in Beijing on February 18, 2020.Hide Caption 420 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBuses carrying American passengers arrive at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo on February 17, 2020. The passengers were leaving the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship to be repatriated to the United States.Hide Caption 421 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA medical worker rests at the isolation ward of the Red Cross hospital in Wuhan on February 16, 2020.Hide Caption 422 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAuthorities watch as the Westerdam cruise ship approaches a port in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, on February 13, 2020. Despite having no confirmed cases of coronavirus on board, the Westerdam was refused port by four other Asian countries before being allowed to dock in Cambodia.Hide Caption 423 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker has his temperature checked on a shuttered commercial street in Beijing on February 12, 2020.Hide Caption 424 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicBeds are made in the Wuhan Sports Center, which was converted into a temporary hospital.Hide Caption 425 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA child rides a scooter past a police officer wearing protective gear outside the Hong Mei House in Hong Kong. More than 100 people evacuated the housing block after four residents in two different apartments tested positive for the coronavirus.Hide Caption 426 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicRelatives of quarantined passengers wave at the Diamond Princess cruise ship as it leaves a port in Yokohama, Japan, to dump wastewater and generate potable water. Dozens of people on the ship were infected with coronavirus.Hide Caption 427 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Deneway branch of the County Oak Medical Centre is closed amid coronavirus fears in Brighton, England, on February 11, 2020. Several locations in and around Brighton were quarantined after a man linked to several coronavirus cases in the United Kingdom came into contact with health-care workers and members of the public.Hide Caption 428 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA police officer, left, wears protective gear as he guards a cordon at the Hong Mei House in Hong Kong on February 11, 2020.Hide Caption 429 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker wears a protective suit as he waits to screen people entering an office building in Beijing. China's workforce was slowly coming back to work after the coronavirus outbreak forced many parts of the country to extend the Lunar New Year holiday by more than a week.Hide Caption 430 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicChinese President Xi Jinping has his temperature checked during an appearance in Beijing on February 10, 2020.Hide Caption 431 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPhotojournalists wearing face masks take photos of a bus carrying passengers after they disembarked from the World Dream cruise ship in Hong Kong on February 9, 2020. More than 5,300 people were quarantined on two cruise ships off Hong Kong and Japan.Hide Caption 432 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople participating in a Lunar New Year Parade in New York City hold signs reading, "Wuhan stay strong!" on February 9, 2020.Hide Caption 433 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA shopper walks past empty shelves at a grocery store in Hong Kong on February 9, 2020. China's Ministry of Commerce encouraged supermarkets and grocery stores to resume operations as the country's voluntary or mandatory quarantines began to take an economic toll. Hide Caption 434 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA worker wearing a protective suit uses a machine to disinfect a business establishment in Shanghai, China, on February 9, 2020.Hide Caption 435 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers in protective gear walk near the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Yokohama, Japan.Hide Caption 436 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople in Hong Kong attend a vigil for whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang. Li, 34, died in Wuhan after contracting the virus while treating a patient.Hide Caption 437 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman grieves while paying tribute to Li at Li's hospital in Wuhan.Hide Caption 438 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Anthem of the Seas cruise ship is seen docked at the Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey, on February 7, 2020. Passengers were to be screened for coronavirus as a precaution, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN.Hide Caption 439 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA light installation is displayed by striking members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance and other activists at the Hospital Authority building in Hong Kong.Hide Caption 440 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers are seen on the deck of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked at the Yokohama Port on February 7, 2020.Hide Caption 441 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicFlight attendants wearing face masks make their way through the Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on February 7, 2020.Hide Caption 442 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers check sterile medical gloves at a latex-product manufacturer in Nanjing, China, on February 6, 2020.Hide Caption 443 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman wears a protective mask as she shops in a Beijing market on February 6, 2020.Hide Caption 444 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThis aerial photo shows the Leishenshan Hospital that was being built in Wuhan to handle coronavirus patients.Hide Caption 445 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA passenger shows a note from the World Dream cruise ship docked at the Kai Tak cruise terminal in Hong Kong.Hide Caption 446 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA mask is seen on a statue in Beijing on February 5, 2020.Hide Caption 447 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicAn ambulance stops at a traffic light in front of the Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macao. The virus turned China's gambling mecca into a ghost town.Hide Caption 448 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA dog in Beijing wears a makeshift mask constructed from a paper cup.Hide Caption 449 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicStriking hospital workers in Hong Kong demand the closure of the border with mainland China on February 4, 2020.Hide Caption 450 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicThe Diamond Princess cruise ship sits anchored in quarantine off the port of Yokohama on February 4, 2020. It arrived a day earlier with passengers feeling ill.Hide Caption 451 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA medical worker wearing protective gear waits to take the temperature of people entering Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong.Hide Caption 452 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical workers in protective suits help transfer patients to a newly completed field hospital in Wuhan.Hide Caption 453 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wearing protective overalls talk outside a Wuhan hotel housing people in isolation on February 3, 2020.Hide Caption 454 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA man stands in front of TV screens broadcasting a speech by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on February 3, 2020. Lam said the city would shut almost all border-control points to the mainland.Hide Caption 455 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA colleague sprays disinfectant on a doctor in Wuhan on February 3, 2020.Hide Caption 456 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicCommuters in Tokyo walk past an electric board displaying dismal stock prices on February 3, 2020, the first business day after the Chinese New Year. Asia's markets recorded their worst day in years as investors finally got a chance to react to the worsening coronavirus outbreak.Hide Caption 457 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical workers move a coronavirus patient into an isolation ward at the Second People's Hospital in Fuyang, China, on February 1, 2020.Hide Caption 458 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicChildren wear plastic bottles as makeshift masks while waiting to check in to a flight at the Beijing Capital Airport on January 30, 2020.Hide Caption 459 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers in Hong Kong wear protective masks as they wait to board a train at Lo Wu Station, near the mainland border.Hide Caption 460 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA volunteer wearing protective clothing disinfects a street in Qingdao, China, on January 29, 2020.Hide Caption 461 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicNanning, China, residents line up to buy face masks from a medical appliance store on January 29, 2020.Hide Caption 462 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicLyu Jun, left, a member of a medical team leaving for Wuhan, says goodbye to a loved one in Urumqi, China, on January 28, 2020.Hide Caption 463 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA charter flight from Wuhan arrives at an airport in Anchorage, Alaska, on January 28, 2020. The US government chartered the plane to bring home US citizens and diplomats from the American consulate in Wuhan.Hide Caption 464 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in wears a mask to inspect the National Medical Center in Seoul on January 28, 2020.Hide Caption 465 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, center, attends a news conference in Hong Kong on January 28, 2020. Lam said China would stop individual travelers to Hong Kong while closing some border checkpoints and restricting flights and train services from the mainland.Hide Caption 466 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers at an airport in Novosibirsk, Russia, check the temperatures of passengers who arrived from Beijing on January 28, 2020.Hide Caption 467 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicUS Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a news conference about the American public-health response.Hide Caption 468 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicTwo residents walk in an empty park in Wuhan on January 27, 2020. The city remained on lockdown for a fourth day.Hide Caption 469 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA person wears a protective mask, goggles and coat as he stands in a nearly empty street in Beijing on January 26, 2020.Hide Caption 470 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff members bring a patient to the Wuhan Red Cross hospital on January 25, 2020.Hide Caption 471 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wear protective masks as they walk under Lunar New Year decorations in Beijing on January 25, 2020.Hide Caption 472 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicConstruction workers in Wuhan begin to work on a special hospital to deal with the outbreak.Hide Caption 473 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicDr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks to reporters about a patient in Chicago who had been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The patient was the second in the United States to be diagnosed with the illness. Hide Caption 474 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA couple kisses goodbye as they travel for the Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing on January 24, 2020.Hide Caption 475 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicWorkers manufacture protective face masks at a factory in China's Hubei Province on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 476 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicShoppers wear masks in a Wuhan market on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 477 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers are checked by a thermography device at an airport in Osaka, Japan, on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 478 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople wear masks while shopping for vegetables in Wuhan on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 479 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA militia member checks the body temperature of a driver in Wuhan on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 480 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers wear masks as they arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 481 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA customer holds boxes of particulate respirators at a pharmacy in Hong Kong on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 482 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPassengers wear masks at a high-speed train station in Hong Kong on January 23, 2020.Hide Caption 483 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicA woman rides an electric bicycle in Wuhan on January 22, 2020.Hide Caption 484 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople in Guangzhou, China, wear protective masks on January 22, 2020.Hide Caption 485 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicPeople go through a checkpoint in Guangzhou on January 22, 2020.Hide Caption 486 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicMedical staff of Wuhan's Union Hospital attend a gathering on January 22, 2020.Hide Caption 487 of 488 Photos: The coronavirus pandemicHealth officials hold a news conference in Beijing on January 22, 2020.Hide Caption 488 of 488Shortages in FranceNumerous French officials have also spoken about the difficulty of securing deliveries as other customers outbid them. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe spoke Thursday of "difficulties sometimes in accessing the products from orders that are not always delivered. This is for a variety of reasons, including the huge demand that comes to China from the United States, from Europe, and indeed from the whole world."The presidents of two regions in France have alleged that American customers -- without specifying who -- had tried to pay Chinese suppliers three or four times the agreed price to get critical supplies diverted.Renaud Muselier, president of the Sud region, alleged in several interviews that an order from one unnamed French region had been bought by the Americans for cash -- and the plane that was due to fly to France had instead gone to the US. Muselier was asked by CNN affiliate BFM-TV whether masks had been taken by Americans at Chinese airports. He replied: "Exactly," before adding, "There is a foreign country that paid three times the price of the cargo on the tarmac. So the masks are gone and the region that ordered them has been destitute."Contacted by CNN, Muselier referred further questions to the French Foreign Ministry, which said Thursday it was looking into the reports.Jean Rottner, the president of another French region, Grand Est, echoed Muselier's remarks, telling French radio network RTL that it was a daily battle to secure orders. "It's true," he claimed, "that on the tarmac the Americans arrive, take out cash and pay three or four times more for the orders we have made, so it's necessary to fight."US coronavirus deaths surpassed 7,000. States say they're missing what they need to combat the virusContacted by CNN, Rottner's office would not elaborate on his claims, but a third regional president, Valérie Pécresse of Île-de-France, said the quest for masks was a global treasure hunt."We had made an order but were unable to complete it because others were ready to pay three times the market price," Pecresse told radio network Franceinfo. She did not identify the "others."It's unclear which US entity -- federal, state or commercial -- might have tried to secure orders destined for France. CNN reached out to the US Department of Health and Social Services Thursday but has not heard back. The US embassy in France, which only speaks for the federal government, said the US "has not purchased any masks intended for delivery from China to France."The Brazilian government has also claimed that US demand is vacuuming up available supplies. Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said Friday: "Our purchases [of respirator masks], that we expected to complete so that we could re-supply, a lot of them fell through."He added that the US was sending large cargo planes to China to bring protective medical equipment back to the country. "The same thing happened with respirators," Mandetta said. "We had bought them, they delivered the first part. The second, even with a contract, everything signed, with the money ready to pay, they said they no longer had them: 'We can't make that delivery.'"Spanish and French officials say that logistical bottlenecks in China have compounded the problem of shipping PPE. Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa told a parliamentary committee in Madrid last week that everyone was trying to buy from China. "The market is crazy and the logistics are hard," he said.One French region, Centre Val de Loire, told CNN that its order had been diverted to Zhengzhou airport due to congestion at Shanghai airport. Several French regions told CNN that they'd had problems securing supplies. Bourgogne Franche Comté has ordered 4 million masks but are using two different suppliers in case one fails to deliver.Orders blockedIn the meantime, governments are requisitioning what they can -- testing existing relationships and alliances. Last month the French government said it was seizing all masks being made in the country. One French company, Valmy SAS, was obliged to divert an order for PPE from the UK's National Health Service, a regular customer. A representative of the company in the UK told CNN that the order had been blocked by customs officials at the French coast.The World Health Organization has warned for several weeks that hoarding and shortages of protective equipment is leaving doctors and nurses "dangerously ill equipped" to look after Covid-19 patients. A month ago, its director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "prices of surgical masks have increased six-fold, N95 respirators have more than tripled, and gowns cost twice as much.""Supplies can take months to deliver, market manipulation is widespread, and stocks are often sold to the highest bidder," he said. Here's what health experts say about face masksAnd demand has only multiplied since.Several European governments have sounded the alarm about the difficulty of obtaining protective equipment for health workers. In Germany, the Bavarian state premier Markus Söder said Thursday that Germany would need "billions of masks" to fight coronavirus.German health minister Jens Spahn has said he wants Germany to become less dependent on masks made elsewhere. "We must become more independent of the world market, for the security of our citizens. That is one of the lessons of these weeks," he said on Twitter.In Spain, labor unions have complained about a lack of protective equipment for health workers. Last week Fernando Simon, director of the Center for Coordination of Emergencies and Health Alerts, said: "Although access to personal protective equipment is proving sufficient, it is true that at some points there may be critical moments." PPE, he said, was a scarce global commodity and there was no easy availability.Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa said last week: "Not enough masks for the global market are being produced; not enough ventilators are being produced," Illa said. He was also critical of delays in a joint European Union program to buy PPE. France, Spain, Germany and the UK are all trying to accelerate domestic production of PPE as scarcities bite. But that's not something that can happen overnight in the volumes now needed as coronavirus stretches hospital resources across the world.Mia Alberti in Lisbon, CNN's Nadine Schmidt in Berlin, Laura Perez Maestro and Isa Tejara in Madrid, Max Ramsay in London and Kristen Holmes in Washington, DC contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Pope Francis urged perpetrators of sexual abuse to minors to turn themselves in to civil authorities in his annual Christmas greeting to the Vatican Curia, or Vatican offices.Here is the full text, in English, of the address. His remarks on the sexual abuse crisis come partway through the section marked "Afflictions."BOLLETTINO N. 0957 - 21.12.2018 "The night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armour of light" (Rom 13:12). Filled with the joy and hope that radiate from the countenance of the Holy Child, we gather again this year for the exchange of Christmas greetings, mindful of all the joys and struggles of our world and of the Church. To you and your co-workers, to all those who serve in the Curia, to the Papal Representatives and the staff of the various Nunciatures, I offer my cordial good wishes for a blessed Christmas. I want to express my gratitude for your daily dedication to the service of the Holy See, the Church and the Successor of Peter. Thank you very much! Allow me also to offer a warm welcome to the new Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, who began his demanding and important service on 15 October last. The fact that he comes from Venezuela respects the catholicity of the Church and her need to keep expanding her horizons to the ends of the earth. Welcome, dear Archbishop, and best wishes for your work! Christmas fills us with joy and makes us certain that no sin will ever be greater than God's mercy; no act of ours can ever prevent the dawn of his divine light from rising ever anew in human hearts. This feast invites us to renew our evangelical commitment to proclaim Christ, the Saviour of the world and the light of the universe. "Christ, 'holy, blameless, undefiled' (Heb 7:26) did not know sin (cf. 2 Cor 5:21) and came only to atone for the sins of the people (cf. Heb 2:17). The Church, however, clasping sinners to her bosom, at once holy and always in need of purification, follows constantly the path of penance and renewal. She 'presses forward amid the persecutions of the world and the consolations of God', announcing the cross and death of the Lord until he comes (cf. 1 Cor 11:26). But by the power of the risen Lord, she is given the strength to overcome, in patience and in love, her sorrows and her difficulties, both those from within and those from without, so that she may reveal in the world, faithfully, albeit with shadows, the mystery of the Lord until, in the end, it shall be manifested in full light" (Lumen Gentium, 8). In the firm conviction that the light always proves stronger than the darkness, I would like to reflect with you on the light that links Christmas (the Lord's first coming in humility) to the Parousia (his second coming in glory), and confirms us in the hope that does not disappoint. It is the hope on which our individual lives, and the entire history of the Church and the world, depend. Jesus was born in a social, political and religious situation marked by tension, unrest and gloom. His birth, awaited by some yet rejected by others, embodies the divine logic that does not halt before evil, but instead transforms it slowly but surely into goodness. Yet it also brings to light the malign logic that transforms even goodness into evil, in an attempt to keep humanity in despair and in darkness. "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it" (Jn 1:5). Each year, Christmas reminds us that God's salvation, freely bestowed on all humanity, the Church and in particular on us, consecrated persons, does not act independently of our will, our cooperation, our freedom and our daily efforts. Salvation is a gift that must be accepted, cherished and made to bear fruit (cf. Mt 25:14-30). Being Christian, in general and for us in particular as the Lord's anointed and consecrated, does not mean acting like an élite group who think they have God in their pocket, but as persons who know that they are loved by the Lord despite being unworthy sinners. Those who are consecrated are nothing but servants in the vineyard of the Lord, who must hand over in due time the harvest and its gain to the owner of the vineyard (cf. Mt 20:1-16). The Bible and the Church's history show clearly that even the elect can frequently come to think and act as if they were the owners of salvation and not its recipients, like overseers of the mysteries of God and not their humble ministers, like God's toll-keepers and not servants of the flock entrusted to their care. Read MoreAll too often, as a result of excessive and misguided zeal, instead of following God, we can put ourselves in front of him, like Peter, who remonstrated with the Master and thus merited the most severe of Christ's rebukes: "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on the things of God but on the things of men" (Mk 8:33).Dear brothers and sisters, This year, in our turbulent world, the barque of the Church has experienced, and continues to experience, moments of difficulty, and has been buffeted by strong winds and tempests. Many have found themselves asking the Master, who seems to be sleeping: "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?" (Mk 4:38). Others, disheartened by news reports, have begun to lose trust and to abandon her. Still others, out of fear, personal interest or other aims, have sought to attack her and aggravate her wounds. Whereas others do not conceal their glee at seeing her hard hit. Many, many others, however, continue to cling to her, in the certainty that "the gates of hell shall not prevail against her" (Mt 16:18). Meanwhile, the Bride of Christ advances on her pilgrim way amid joys and afflictions, amid successes and difficulties from within and from without. Without a doubt, the difficulties from within are always those most hurtful and destructive.Afflictions Many indeed are the afflictions. All those immigrants, forced to leave their own homelands and to risk their lives, lose their lives, or survive only to find doors barred and their brothers and sisters in our human family more concerned with political advantage and power! All that fear and prejudice! All those people, and especially those children who die each day for lack of water, food and medicine! All that poverty and destitution! All that violence directed against the vulnerable and against women! All those theatres of war both declared and undeclared. All that innocent blood spilled daily! All that inhumanity and brutality around us! All those persons who even today are systematically tortured in police custody, in prisons and in refugee camps in various parts of the world! We are also experiencing a new age of martyrs. It seems that the cruel and vicious persecution of the Roman Empire has not yet ended. A new Nero is always being born to oppress believers solely because of their faith in Christ. New extremist groups spring up and target churches, places of worship, ministers and members of the faithful. Cabals and cliques new and old live by feeding on hatred and hostility to Christ, the Church and believers. How many Christians even now bear the burden of persecution, marginalization, discrimination and injustice throughout our world. Yet they continue courageously to embrace death rather than deny Christ. How difficult it is, even today, freely to practice the faith in all those parts of the world where religious freedom and freedom of conscience do not exist. The heroic example of the martyrs and of countless good Samaritans -- young people, families, charitable and volunteer movements, and so many individual believers and consecrated persons -- cannot, however, make us overlook the counter-witness and the scandal given by some sons and ministers of the Church. Here I will limit myself to the scourges of abuse and of infidelity. The Church has for some time been firmly committed to eliminating the evil of abuse, which cries for vengeance to the Lord, to the God who is always mindful of the suffering experienced by many minors because of clerics and consecrated persons: abuses of power and conscience and sexual abuse. In my own reflections on this painful subject, I have thought of King David -- one of "the Lord's anointed" (cf. 1 Sam 16:13; 2 Sam 11-12). He, an ancestor of the Holy Child who was also called "the son of David", was chosen, made king and anointed by the Lord. Yet he committed a triple sin, three grave abuses at once: "sexual abuse, abuse of power and abuse of conscience". Three distinct forms of abuse that nonetheless converge and overlap.The story begins, as we know, when the King, although a proven warrior, stayed home to take his leisure, instead of going into battle amid God's people. David takes advantage, for his own convenience and interest, of his position as king (the abuse of power). The Lord's anointed, he does as he wills, and thus provokes an irresistible moral decline and a weakening of conscience. It is precisely in this situation that, from the palace terrace, he sees Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, at her bath (cf. 2 Sam 11) and covets her. He sends for her and they lie together (yet another abuse of power, plus sexual abuse). He abuses a married woman and, to cover his sin, he recalls Uriah and seeks unsuccessfully to convince him to spend the night with his wife. He then orders the captain of his army to expose Uriah to death in battle (a further abuse of power, plus an abuse of conscience). The chain of sin soon spreads and quickly becomes a web of corruption. The sparks of sloth and lust, and "letting down the guard" are what ignite the diabolical chain of grave sins: adultery, lying and murder. Thinking that because he was king, he could have and do whatever he wanted, David tries to deceive Bathsheba's husband, his people, himself and even God. The king neglects his relationship with God, disobeys the divine commandments, damages his own moral integrity, without even feeling guilty. The "anointed" continues to exercise his mission as if nothing had happened. His only concern was to preserve his image, to keep up appearances. For "those who think they commit no grievous sins against God's law can fall into a state of dull lethargy. Since they see nothing serious to reproach themselves with, they fail to realize that their spiritual life has gradually turned lukewarm. They end up weakened and corrupted" (Gaudete et Exsultate, 164). From being sinful, they now become corrupt. Today too, there are consecrated men, "the Lord's anointed", who abuse the vulnerable, taking advantage of their position and their power of persuasion. They perform abominable acts yet continue to exercise their ministry as if nothing had happened. They have no fear of God or his judgement, but only of being found out and unmasked. Ministers who rend the ecclesial body, creating scandals and discrediting the Church's saving mission and the sacrifices of so many of their confrères. Today too, there are many Davids who, without batting an eye, enter into the web of corruption and betray God, his commandments, their own vocation, the Church, the people of God and the trust of little ones and their families. Often behind their boundless amiability, impeccable activity and angelic faces, they shamelessly conceal a vicious wolf ready to devour innocent souls. The sins and crimes of consecrated persons are further tainted by infidelity and shame; they disfigure the countenance of the Church and undermine her credibility. The Church herself, with her faithful children, is also a victim of these acts of infidelity and these real sins of "peculation". Dear brothers and sisters, Let it be clear that before these abominations the Church will spare no effort to do all that is necessary to bring to justice whosoever has committed such crimes. The Church will never seek to hush up or not take seriously any case. It is undeniable that some in the past, out of irresponsibility, disbelief, lack of training, inexperience, or spiritual and human short-sightedness, treated many cases without the seriousness and promptness that was due. That must never happen again. This is the choice and the decision of the whole Church. This coming February, the Church will restate her firm resolve to pursue unstintingly a path of purification. She will question, with the help of experts, how best to protect children, to avoid these tragedies, to bring healing and restoration to the victims, and to improve the training imparted in seminaries. An effort will be made to make past mistakes opportunities for eliminating this scourge, not only from the body of the Church but also from that of society. For if this grave tragedy has involved some consecrated ministers, we can ask how deeply rooted it may be in our societies and in our families. Consequently, the Church will not be limited to healing her own wounds, but will seek to deal squarely with this evil that causes the slow death of so many persons, on the moral, psychological and human levels. Dear brothers and sisters, In discussing this scourge, some, even within the Church, take to task certain communications professionals, accusing them of ignoring the overwhelming majority of cases of abuse that are not committed by clergy, and of intentionally wanting to give the false impression that this evil affects the Catholic Church alone. I myself would like to give heartfelt thanks to those media professionals who were honest and objective and sought to unmask these predators and to make their victims' voices heard. Even if it were to involve a single case of abuse (something itself monstrous), the Church asks that people not be silent but bring it objectively to light, since the greater scandal in this matter is that of cloaking the truth. Let us all remember that only David's encounter with the prophet Nathan made him understand the seriousness of his sin. Today we need new Nathans to help so many Davids rouse themselves from a hypocritical and perverse life. Please, let us help Holy Mother Church in her difficult task of recognizing real from false cases, accusations from slander, grievances from insinuations, gossip from defamation. This is no easy task, since the guilty are capable of skillfully covering their tracks, to the point where many wives, mothers and sisters are unable to detect them in those closest to them: husbands, godfathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, neighbours, teachers and the like. The victims too, carefully selected by their predators, often prefer silence and live in fear of shame and the terror of rejection. To those who abuse minors I would say this: convert and hand yourself over to human justice, and prepare for divine justice. Remember the words of Christ: "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals! For it is necessary that scandals come, but woe to the man by whom the scandal comes! (Mt 18:6-7). Dear brothers and sisters, Now let me speak of another affliction, namely the infidelity of those who betray their vocation, their sworn promise, their mission and their consecration to God and the Church. They hide behind good intentions in order to stab their brothers and sisters in the back and to sow weeds, division and bewilderment. They always find excuses, including intellectual and spiritual excuses, to progress unperturbed on the path to perdition. This is nothing new in the Church's history. Saint Augustine, in speaking of the good seed and the weeds, says: "Do you perhaps believe, brethren, that weeds cannot spring up even on the thrones of bishops? Do you perhaps think that this is found only lower down and not higher up? Heaven forbid that we be weeds!... Even on the thrones of bishops good grain and weeds can be found; even in the different communities of the faithful good grain and weeds can be found (Serm. 73, 4: PL 38, 472). These words of Saint Augustine urge us to remember the old proverb: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". They help us realize that the Tempter, the Great Accuser, is the one who brings division, sows discord, insinuates enmity, persuades God's children and causes them to doubt. Behind these sowers of weeds, we always find the thirty pieces of silver. The figure of David thus brings us to that of Judas Iscariot, another man chosen by the Lord who sells out his Master and hands him over to death. David the sinner and Judas Iscariot will always be present in the Church, since they represent the weakness that is part of our human condition. They are icons of the sins and crimes committed by those who are chosen and consecrated. United in the gravity of their sin, they nonetheless differ when it comes to conversion. David repented, trusting in God's mercy; Judas hanged himself. All of us, then, in order to make Christ's light shine forth, have the duty to combat all spiritual corruption, which is "worse than the fall of the sinner, for it is a comfortable and selfsatisfied form of blindness. Everything then appears acceptable: deception, slander, egotism and other subtle forms of self-centeredness, for 'even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light' (2 Cor 11:14). So Solomon ended his days, whereas David, who sinned greatly, was able to make up for his disgrace" (Gaudete et Exsultate, 165).Joys Our joys have been many in the past year. For example: the successful outcome of the Synod devoted to young people; the progress made in the reform of the Curia; the efforts made to achieve clarity and transparency in financial affairs; the praiseworthy work of the Office of the Auditor-General and the AIF; the good results attained by the IOR; the new Law of the Vatican City State; the Decree on labour in the Vatican, and many other less visible results. We can think of the new Blesseds and Saints who are "precious stones" adorning the face of the Church and radiating hope, faith and light in our world. Here mention must be made of the nineteen recent martyrs of Algeria: "nineteen lives given for Christ, for his Gospel and for the Algerian people ... models of everyday holiness, the holiness of "the saints next door" (Thomas Georgeon, "Nel segno della fraternità", L'Osservatore Romano, 8 December 2018, p. 6). Then too, the great number of the faithful who each year receive baptism and thus renew the youth of the Church as a fruitful mother, and the many of her children who come home and re-embrace the Christian faith and life. All those families and parents who take their faith seriously and daily pass it on to their children by the joy of their love (cf. Amoris Laetitia, 259-290). And the witness given by so many young people who courageously choose the consecrated life and the priesthood. Another genuine cause for joy is the great number of consecrated men and women, bishops and priests, who daily live their calling in fidelity, silence, holiness and self-denial. They are persons who light up the shadows of humanity by their witness of faith, love and charity. Persons who work patiently, out of love for Christ and his Gospel, on behalf of the poor, the oppressed and the least of our brothers and sisters; they are not looking to show up on the first pages of newspapers or to receive accolades. Leaving all behind and offering their lives, they bring the light of faith wherever Christ is abandoned, thirsty, hungry, imprisoned and naked (cf. Mt 25:31-46). I think especially of the many parish priests who daily offer good example to the people of God, priests close to families, who know everyone's name and live lives of simplicity, faith, zeal, holiness and charity. They are overlooked by the mass media, but were it not for them, darkness would reign. Dear brothers and sisters, In speaking of light, afflictions, David and Judas, I wanted to stress the importance of a growing awareness that should lead to a duty of vigilance and protection on the part of those entrusted with governance in the structures of ecclesial and consecrated life. In effect, the strength of any institution does not depend on its being composed of men and women who are perfect (something impossible!), but on its willingness to be constantly purified, on its capacity to acknowledge humbly its errors and correct them; and on its ability to get up after falling down. It depends on seeing the light of Christmas radiating from the manger in Bethlehem, on treading the paths of history in order to come at last to the Parousia. We need, then, to open our hearts to the true light, Jesus Christ. He is the light that can illumine life and turn our darkness into light; the light of goodness that conquers evil; the light of the love that overcomes hatred; the light of the life that triumphs over death; the divine light that turns everything and everyone into light. He is the light of our God: poor and rich, merciful and just, present and hidden, small and great. Let us keep in mind this splendid passage of Saint Macarius the Great, a fourth-century Desert Father, about Christmas: "God makes himself little! The inaccessible and uncreated One, in his infinite and ineffable goodness, has taken a body and made himself little. In his goodness, he descends from his glory. No one in the heavens or on earth can grasp the greatness of God, and no one in the heavens or on earth can grasp how God makes himself poor and little for the poor and little. As incomprehensible is his grandeur, so too is his littleness" (cf. Ps.-Macarius, Homilies IV, 9-10; XXII, 7: PG 34: 479-480; 737-738). Let us remember that Christmas is the feast of the "great God who makes himself little and in his littleness does not cease to be great. And in this dialectic of great and little, we find the tender love of God. Greatness that becomes little, and littleness that becomes great" (Homily in Santa Marta, 14 December 2017; cf. Homily in Santa Marta, 25 April 2013). Each year, Christmas gives us the certainty that God's light will continue to shine, despite our human misery. It gives us the certainty that the Church will emerge from these tribulations all the more beautiful, purified and radiant. All the sins and failings and evil committed by some children of the Church will never be able to mar the beauty of her face. Indeed, they are even a sure proof that her strength does not depend on us but ultimately on Christ Jesus, the Saviour of the world and the light of the universe, who loves her and gave his life for her. Christmas gives us the certainty that the grave evils perpetrated by some will never be able to cloud all the good that the Church freely accomplishes in the world. Christmas gives the certainty that the true strength of the Church and of our daily efforts, so often hidden, rests in the Holy Spirit, who guides and protects her in every age, turning even sins into opportunities for forgiveness, failures into opportunities for renewal, and evil into an opportunity for purification and triumph. Thank you very much and a Happy Christmas to all!

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Story highlightsHamilton claims 65th career pole Briton equals Senna's pole tally Vettel second on grid, Bottas third (CNN)Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix on pole after setting a blistering pace in Saturday's qualifying session in Montreal.The three-time Formula One world champion set the fastest lap ever seen at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve circuit by an F1 car clocking one minute 11.459 seconds around the 4.361-kilometer (2.709-mile) track.In doing so, Hamilton equaled the career pole tally of his hero Ayrton Senna who started from the front of the grid 65 times during a glittering F1 career. Lewis Hamilton claimed his sixth Canadian Grand Prix pole at Saturday's qualifying session. Ferrari's Sebatian Vettel pushed the Briton all the way -- at one point just four one-thousandths of a second separated the pair, before Hamilton found even more speed as the clocked ticked down in the top 10 shootout. "Montreal been good to me over the years and it's been a battle with Ferrari -- they've been quick all year," Hamilton said.Most poles in Formula One 68 - Michael Schumacher 65 - Lewis Hamilton, Ayrton Senna47 - Sebastian Vettel33 - Jim Clark, Alain ProstRead More"It was a sexy lap. I can't believe it came together so well. The team did a fantastic job. I owe it all to them." The celebrations didn't end there for Hamilton who was then presented with a race-worn Senna helmet, donated by the late Brazilian driver's family. HAM: "I'm shaking. For many of you, Ayrton was your favourite driver. He was mine too. To receive this and match him is a great honour" #F1 pic.twitter.com/OybcWrefmr— Formula 1 (@F1) June 10, 2017 "I'm shaking," Hamilton said, gazing at his hero's crash helmet. "To receive this and match him is a great honor. Ayrton inspired me to be where I am today -- a big thank you to the Senna family."The 32-year-old is now just three short of the all-time pole record set by seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. Hamilton will be gunning for a sixth victory in Canada on Sunday with his Mercedes car seemingly over the troubles that dogged him around the streets of Monaco two weekends ago where he finished seventh. The race around the Principality was dominated by Ferrari, but Vettel, who currently leads Hamilton by 25 points in the F1 Drivers' Championship, will do well to repel what appears to be a resurgent Mercedes team. He's a regular visitor to the #CanadianGP 🇨🇦Great to see Oscar-winning Hollywood legend Michael Douglas again 🎥 pic.twitter.com/Li4U3ADn6P— Formula 1 (@F1) June 10, 2017 Vettel will start with Hamilton ahead of him and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas directly behind after the Finn qualified third with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen joining his compatriot on the second row of the grid. The third row of the grid is a lockout for the Red Bull pairing of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, with Williams' Felipe Massa finishing seventh and Sergio Perez in eighth for the Force India team. Elsewhere, Fernando Alonso, returning to F1 after his Indy 500 hiatus, finished qualifying down in 12th while Massa's teammate, rookie Lance Stroll had a disappointing qualifying in front of his home crowd and will start Sunday's grand prix down in 17th place.

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Santa Clarita, California (CNN)Marisol Chavez wants young Latino voters to make a difference in a way she can't. She wasn't born in America and is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. That makes her very invested in the decisions of the administration of President Donald Trump, and although she cannot influence them at the ballot box, she hopes to inspire those who can. "I can't vote, so to me I'm using that as empowerment and sharing my story and having other people realize that they have the power to vote," the 27-year-old says. "They need to take advantage of it."She is a field organizer in Palmdale, California, for the progressive organization NextGen America, a group funded by billionaire Tom Steyer that is making a concerted effort to focus on connecting with young voters in new ways, specifically in 11 states the group feels could see seats flip to the Democrats.Marisol Chavez, left, and Mia Lopez are working to turn out the youth minority vote in California.One of those is the 25th Congressional District, currently represented by Republican Steve Knight, where Chavez is volunteering. Knight won re-election in 2016 by 6 points, but Hillary Clinton carried the district by 7. Read MoreNextGen thinks there could be enough momentum to make it a Democratic seat. The group hopes the Trump administration's moves to end DACA and build a border wall, and lack of congressional movement on finding a solution to keep DACA alive, will motivate young voters to the polls. Young people in Santa Clarita share their anger about these policies with Chavez. But they feel helpless. That's why Chavez goes to high schools to register voters who hadn't considered getting involved."A lot of what I hear is that their vote doesn't matter," Chavez says. She points to nail-biting races and statistics to persuade them otherwise. And she also goes to the places where she knows young Latino kids will be hanging out, like an ice cream shop called La Michoacana. She stands in line at the store asking young Latinos in Santa Clarita to take a survey, asks what issues they care about. Inevitably, the cost of living, college and immigration come up. So many people here know someone whose status is threatened by the end of the DACA scheme, or who are separated from family members who live in another country, she says. That's when she tells them about herself, standing there in line for ice cream. Sometimes she meets other DACA recipients. She encourages them to urge their friends to register to vote. JUST WATCHEDDem donor: American people are at great riskReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHDem donor: American people are at great risk 01:24Steyer, a 60-year-old former hedge fund executive, has become a leading voice in calling for the impeachment of President Trump. He's pledged $30 million of his own money on efforts to mobilize young voters. Steyer knows statistics show young voters don't come out for midterms. Their levels dropped in the past two cycles between presidential and midterm elections. Still, he believes Trump's election has awakened a "sleeping giant" in young voters, who typically drop off from voting between presidential and midterm elections. Organizers sign in young voters at an event in Santa Clarita, California."This is the most impactful, effective and positive thing that we can be doing in 2018 is to make sure young voters are involved and aware of how important they are and that they can change the country," Steyer says.  To do it successfully, they are trying to engage early and often. The group put on an event hosted by activist and actress Alyssa Milano focused on bringing the Democratic candidates in front of a group of young voters with topics they care about.Activists and volunteers for the group are trying to learn the difference in language of young voters, a generational gap that exists even for volunteers just a few years older. They've had a bit of trial and error with memes that didn't land quite right. Mia Lopez travels around the Los Angeles area trying to make one thing clear: Every vote matters. It's something no one ever told her when she was at high school, the now-Cal-State Bakersfield student says. Lopez, 23, attended an inner-city school in Los Angeles that was made up of mostly black and Hispanic students, a prime voter base. She says no grass roots effort or big group ever reached out to her to talk about voting.That's exactly what she wants to change. "We never had that. Nobody showed up," Lopez says. "Nobody showed up to talk about voting with us. It just wasn't something we talked about." Mia Lopez listens to candidates at an event in Santa Clarita, California.She recognizes the minority vote -- especially the youth vote -- could be the key in several midterm elections. The election of Trump is what catapulted her into action, turning her from an everyday college student into an organizer for NextGen America. "I was pretty ignorant about what's going on in our country, and I wanted to become more informed and I felt like I'm an American and it's kind of my duty to get involved," Lopez says. "I think there's kind of a problem within the black community, that we feel like we don't feel a part of this country, so we kind of don't get involved, and I think we need to get more involved." Both Chavez and Lopez say they have seen a very strong response from students they've registered to vote. Some are so excited, they even check the box to become poll workers. They're seeing that in high schools, two-year colleges and at technical colleges. Groups like NextGen and organizers like Chavez and Lopez say the key will be to keep hitting these areas and connecting with students in a way that hasn't happened before, sticking with them until the election on November 6. "There was a disconnected youth that think ... nobody speaks for me or I don't see anyone who represents me," Lopez says. That's where these volunteers believe the tide can turn. They've seen the "spark" in the faces of students who realize they can make a difference. "It's really important. We try to keep telling them, it's time to raise their voice," Chavez says. CNN's Jason Carroll contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Russia's ban from major international sporting events has been halved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but the country will still not be represented at next year's Olympics or the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The original ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency for doping non-compliance was announced last year. An appeal to CAS has resulted in the ban being reduced to two years, it was announced Thursday.The verdict means Russian athletes are unable to compete under their country's name, flag and national anthem at major international sporting events until December 16, 2022."WADA is pleased to have won this landmark case," said WADA President Witold Banka in a statement. "We left no stone unturned in investigating this very complex matter and in presenting our case before CAS.Russia to appeal against four-year doping banRead More"The panel has clearly upheld our findings that the Russian authorities brazenly and illegally manipulated the Moscow Laboratory data in an effort to cover up an institutionalized doping scheme."In the face of continual resistance and denial from Russia, we clearly proved our case, in accordance with due process. In that regard, this ruling is an important moment for clean sport and athletes all over the world."In a statement, the Russian Anti-doping Agency (RUSADA) said: "Common sense has prevailed and the flawed attempt to continue the exclusion of Russian athletes from international sport has been overturned."This will help competitive sport as well as anti-doping efforts worldwide, since the concept of collective guilt in anti-doping can now be consigned to the dustbin of history."Russia's punishment relates to inconsistencies in data retrieved by WADA in January 2019 from the Moscow lab at the center of the 2016 McLaren report, which uncovered a widespread and sophisticated state-sponsored doping network. The Russian Anti-doping Agency (RUSADA) was deemed non-compliant after the publication of the report, which found that the Russian state had conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented in its scale and ambition.How WADA's doping ban hits Russia and Vladimir Putin where it hurtsThe report's findings led to sanctions, which included no Russian team being represented at the 2018 Winter Olympics.Under the current sanctions, Russian athletes will still be able to compete at major international events under a neutral flag if they can prove they have no link to the doping scheme.On top of Russia being excluded from next year's Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, it will also miss the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.The ban reduction does mean Russia will still be able to host the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship in St. Petersburg but will be prohibited from hosting other world championship level events while the ban is ongoing. Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency slammed what he called a "devastating" decision by CAS. He said in a statement: "At this stage in this sordid Russian state-sponsored doping affair, now spanning close to a decade, there is no consolation in this weak, watered-down outcome."To once again escape a meaningful consequence proportional to the crimes, much less a real ban, is a catastrophic blow to clean athletes, the integrity of sport, and the rule of law."CAS said its sentence was a reflection of constraints in international law: "The consequences which the panel has decided to impose are not as extensive as those sought by WADA. This should not, however, be read as any validation of the conduct of RUSADA or the Russian authorities. In making its orders, the panel is limited by the powers granted under the applicable law, in particular the WADC and the ISCCS."Jim Walden, the lawyer representing whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov who was instrumental in exposing Russia's initial cover-up, also criticized CAS' decision as "nonsensical and undeserved.""Despite overwhelming proof of corruption, doping fraud and obstruction of justice, including a brazen attempt to falsely incriminate Dr. Rodchenkov through fabricated evidence, CAS has once again proven itself unwilling and unable to meaningfully deal with systematic and long-standing criminality by Russia," Walden said in a statement."To the millions of clean athletes who were or will be cheated by dirty Russian athletes as a result of today's ruling, please know that stronger angels have emerged and that the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act now gives the US Department of Justice the power to step in to fill the void left by CAS, which consistently trivializes the longstanding and deeply rooted corruption by the Russian Federation."

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London (CNN)The United Kingdom has become the first Western nation to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic that paves the way for the first doses to be rolled out across the country next week."Help is on the way," Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced Wednesday morning, after UK regulators granted emergency authorization for a vaccine made by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. A final analysis of the Phase 3 trial of the vaccine shows it was 95% effective in preventing infections, even in older adults, and caused no serious safety concerns, Pfizer said last month. The announcement means the UK has vaulted past the United States and European Union in the race to approve a vaccine, months into a pandemic that has killed almost 1.5 million people worldwide. "We believe it is really the start of the end of the pandemic," BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin told CNN in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla hailed the emergency authorization as "a historic moment in the fight against Covid-19."Read MoreThe UK has ordered 40 million doses of the vaccine -- enough to vaccinate 20 million people. Hancock told the BBC that an initial 800,000 doses would be delivered from Pfizer's facilities in Belgium to the UK next week, and "many millions" more before the end of the year. Elderly people in care homes, those who care for them, health workers and other vulnerable people will be top of the priority list. The vaccine has been rolled out at extraordinary speed, from conception to approval in around 11 months, according to BioNTech. The process usually takes years. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the news "fantastic" in a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday, saying that "we are no longer resting on the mere hope that we can return to normal next year in the spring, but rather on the sure and certain knowledge that we will succeed, and together reclaim our lives."But, as a month-long lockdown lifted across England, he urged the public not to get "carried away with over optimism or falling into the naive belief that our struggle is over."The UK health department said the approval "follows months of rigorous clinical trials and a thorough analysis of the data" by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which had "concluded that the vaccine has met its strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness."MHRA chief Dr. June Raine insisted that "no corners have been cut" during a news conference Wednesday. Raine said the clinical trials were "overlapping" to make progress on the process faster. "Separate teams have been working in parallel to deliver this review," she added."Good news, we have a vaccine that is safe and effective," Vaccine and Immunization committee chair Wei Shen Lim added.How the vaccine will be rolled outThe Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine employs a new approach to making vaccines that uses a piece of genetic material called messenger RNA to prompt the body to make synthetic pieces of the coronavirus and stimulate an immune response. But mRNA is very fragile, so the vaccine must be kept at ultra-cold temperatures, meaning special storage equipment is required. Speaking alongside the Prime Minister on Wednesday night, Simon Stevens, the head of the National Health Service in England, said that the rollout of the vaccine would be phased, with vaccinations for at-risk people taking place between January and March or April.Starting next week, around 50 "hospital hubs" will begin offering the vaccine to people over 80 and care home staff. After that, doctors' offices will start operating local vaccine centers — around 1,000 across England — to vaccinate vulnerable patients.And once MHRA approves a way to split up the supplies of the vaccine, which is delivered in packs of 975 and stored at temperatures of minus-70 degree Celsius (minus-94 Fahrenheit), it will be distributed to care homes. As more vaccine doses become available, it will be provided at large vaccination centers, and local pharmacists should be able to offer it from January, he said.The rollout will then filter down to the general public by age, with older groups coming first. Individuals with underlying health conditions that make them vulnerable to the virus will be able to receive the shot after the over-65 group is vaccinated.Stevens also noted that the vaccine has to be given in two doses 21 days apart, so the process will take time. Second doses will also need to be reserved for people who get a first shot in December, he said, emphasizing that people will need to continue practicing social distancing guidance and be careful as the vaccine is deployed to the wider population.The vaccine should be available at designated sites in England, seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. including holidays, the UK health department has instructed the national public health agency. When can I get a coronavirus vaccine?At a news conference with BioNTech executives in Mainz, Germany, BioNTech CEO Sahin said full immunity against Covid-19 would occur seven days after a patient's second dose. Sean Marett, BioNTech's chief commercial officer, said doses for the UK were currently being packed very quickly at the Pfizer facility in Belgium. Thermoboxes are being packed with between 1,000-5,000 doses, which they will ship by truck or plane. The boxes are temperature controlled with a tracker to provide minute-by-minute updates before delivery to a site for distribution.Marett said the companies hoped to have 50 million doses ready by the end of December. "The UK, like every country, gets a fair proportion," he said, adding that 100 million doses are committed to the US, 200 million to the EU and 40 million to the UK.Speaking to CNN after the news conference, Sahin raised the possibility of herd immunity by next autumn. "I personally believe with a number of companies now reaching the approval in the next few months, we might be able to deliver a sufficient number of doses until the end of summer 2021 to reach the 60 to 70% of coverage, which could give us the relief to have a normal winter in 2021."More vaccines on the wayThe UK authorization will be a welcome moment for the government, which has been roundly criticized for a string of failures that have contributed to a death toll of nearly 60,000 -- Europe's highest. But officials were quick to warn that the threat was far from over."If we relax too soon, if we just kind of go 'ahh the vaccine is here, let's abandon caution,' all you're going to do is create a tidal wave of infections, and this vaccine's got to work in a headwind to get back ahead of the game and that will make it harder," Jonathan Van-Tam, deputy chief medical officer for England, said Wednesday at the Downing Street briefing.And in a pointed rebuke of vaccine skepticism, Van-Tam emphasized that the only way to get back to normalcy was to take the vaccine."Nobody wants lockdowns and to see the damage they do. But if you want that dream to come true as quickly as it can come true, then you have to take the vaccine when it's offered to you. Low uptake will almost certainly make restrictions last longer." Meadows to meet with FDA chief as Trump asks about status of vaccine emergency approvalThe news of the UK authorization could also cause a bit of a stir in the US. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump privately demanded to know why the US Food and Drug Administration hadn't granted emergency use for Pfizer's vaccine yet, two sources told CNN. BioNTech and Pfizer submitted their vaccine candidate to the FDA in mid-November, and the regulator's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is due to meet on December 10 to consider authorization. They have also submitted their candidate to the EU's European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is set to deliver a verdict later in December. Another vaccine, from US biotech firm Moderna, is awaiting approval in various countries, including the US and UK. The company expects to have 20 million doses available in the US by the end of the year and 500 million to 1 billion in 2021. The UK has secured 7 million doses of Moderna's vaccine, which is set to be available in Europe in spring 2021. Moderna has also submitted its vaccine to the EMA in Europe, which will look at it on January 12.Claudia Otto, Josefine Ohema and Mick Krever contributed to this report.

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Paris (CNN)Soccer star Karim Benzema has been handed a one-year suspended prison sentence and fined 75,000 euros ($84,000) over his involvement in the attempted blackmail against former French national teammate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, the Olympiacos player's lawyer confirmed to CNN.The court went further than the prosecutor in its ruling on Wednesday, which only requested a 10-month suspended prison sentence against Benzema."It was clearly announced by the court that Karim Benzema was not aware of the prior machinations and then in the end they said that 'he cannot, not have known,' without any proof," one of Benzema's lawyers Sylvain Cormier said outside of the courtroom after the verdict came in."They have condemned him with a very severe, unjust sentence without proof. I'm quite shocked by this ruling."Benzema's legal team said the 33-year player would be cleared "in the court of appeal."Read More"We will of course appeal because Karim Benzema did nothing wrong in this affair," Cormier said.Karim Benzema's lawyers Sylvain Cormier, right, and Antoine Vey answer reporters after the verdict in the blackmail court case.Valbuena's lawyer Paul Albert Iweins declined to comment on Benzema's sentence.The case relates to the existence of a sex tape which features Valbuena, who currently plays for Greek club Olympiacos.Benzema had been accused of pressuring Valbuena, who played alongside the Real Madrid star on the French national team, to pay blackmailers to prevent the video from becoming public.The 33-year-old, who is currently the top goal scorer in La Liga, was initially suspended by the French national team due to the case but had returned for Euro 2020. France's forward Karim Benzema poses before the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification football match between France and Kazakhstan at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, on November 13, 2021.Neither Real Madrid nor the French Football Federation were immediately available for comment when asked by CNN.

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Story highlightsManny Pacquiao apologizes after remarks on gay people cause outrage in PhilippinesEight-time boxing champion says homosexuals are "worse than animals"Pacquiao, a local politician, is running for a seat in the country's senate (CNN)Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has apologized after sparking outrage in the Philippines by saying gay people are "worse than animals."Follow @cnnsport The 37-year-old, who is running for a seat in the country's senate, made the remarks on a television program broadcast by Filipino station TV5.Campaigning to secure one of 12 national seats he said: "It's common sense. Will you see any animals where male is to male and female is to female?"The animals are better. They know how to distinguish male from female. If we approve [of] male on male, female on female, then man is worse than animals."He first clarified his comments on his Instragram page, before later posting a video message on his Twitter account.I'm sorry for hurting people by comparing homosexuals to animals. Please forgive me for those I've hurt. God Bless! pic.twitter.com/bqjRcWqp8R— Manny Pacquiao (@mannypacquiao) February 16, 2016 Read More"I'm sorry for everyone who got hurt due to my comparison of gay people (homosexuals) to animals," he said. "It was my mistake. Please forgive me for those who I've hurt. "But this does not change my position against same sex marriage. That's what I believe. My only mistake is comparing gay people to animals."The first fighter to win world titles at eight different weight divisions, Pacquiao is set to retire after his bout with Timothy Bradley in April.The Filipino boxer's "super fight" in Las Vegas with Floyd Mayweather last year was the most lucrative in boxing history. Pacquiao lost a unanimous points decision.In pictures: Mayweather vs. PacquiaoPacquiao currently sits in the Philippines' House of Representatives but is often absent due to his boxing commitments.The LGBT is a group of people. We are humans. But not animals. Though we're no saints we will pray for Manny Pacquiao.— jose marie viceral (@vicegandako) February 16, 2016 Reaction to his comments was swift, with one of the country's most popular gay comedians, Vice Ganda, using the hashtag #PrayForMannyPacquiao on Twitter."The LGBT is a group of people," Ganda told his 6.7 million followers. "We are humans. But not animals. Though we're no saints we will pray for Manny Pacquiao."Pacquiao responded to the criticism on Instagram account, prior to posting a video of him back in training."I rather obey the Lord's command than obeying the desires of the flesh," wrote the boxer. "I'm not condemning anyone, but I'm just telling the truth of what the Bible says. The truth from the Bible is what changed me from my old ways."Quoting from 1 Corinthians 6:9, Pacquiao added: "Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men." I rather obey the Lord's command than obeying the desires of the flesh. Im not condemning anyone, but I'm just telling the truth of what the Bible says. The truth from the Bible is what changed me from my old ways. 1 Corinthians 6:9 "[9] Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men." God Bless everyone i love you all. @johnnybantilan @david.sisson @jinkeepacquiao A photo posted by Manny Pacquiao (@mannypacquiao) on Feb 15, 2016 at 7:06pm PST He signed off by saying: "God Bless everyone I love you all."Several hours after that, an apology was posted on the boxer's Twitter page.The Philippines is Asia's most Catholic nation with 70 million devotees. Though gay marriages do take place, they are not recognized by the state or by the church. Ladlad, an LGBT political organization, was also quick to condemn Pacquiao's comments."Rep. Pacquiao ... betrays a shallow understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity, nay, even the very basics of science," it said in a post on its Facebook page.Pacquiao should bone up on LGBT issues OR he would be left in the Dark Ages,when the barbaric & uncivilized "numbskulls" dominated d earth.— LADLADofficial (@LADLADofficial) February 16, 2016 "His advisers—and Rep. Pacquiao himself—should bone up on LGBT issues that are becoming more important as the 21st century unfolds. "Otherwise, they would be left behind in the Dark Ages, when the cavemen ruled, and the numbskulls roamed the earth."Editor's Note: CNN's Leezel Tanglao contributed to this report

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Story highlightsArticle 50 of Lisbon Treaty paves way for formal negotiations between EU and BritainOnce invoked, agreement on UK-EU relations has two-year deadline (CNN)British voters opted out of the European Union in last year's historic referendum, but Brexit can't actually get underway until Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is triggered.So what is Article 50?The Lisbon Treaty, which came into effect in 2009, is one of two treaties that make up the constitutional foundations of the European Union. Within the Lisbon Treaty lies a 250-word, five-point framework, which outlines voluntary departure from the European Union.Article 50 states: "Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements."The article specifies that the exiting state must notify the European Council of its intent so formal negotiations for a withdrawal agreement can begin.Read MoreOnce triggered, the clock starts on a two-year deadline, by which time all EU laws and treaties will be terminated if a deal is not struck.When will it be invoked?Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks January 17 about leaving the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017, which would leave Britain departing the European Union by 2019.The UK Supreme Court has ruled that she must hold a vote in parliament first. That could complicate matters for May: opposition lawmakers could table amendments to the government's bill that could delay the process. They are not, however, expected to block it completely.READ: May outlines plan for BrexitWhat happens next?Michel Barnier is the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator.Once Article 50 is triggered, talks will begin between negotiators for the remaining 27 member states and the United Kingdom to extract the country from the European Union and work out future relationships. It's a complicated process with a number of political hot potatoes including trade, open borders and freedom of movement on the table.The final deal must then pass the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers before it can be signed off.Following this, May has said the UK Parliament will be given the opportunity to sign off on the agreement before it becomes law.READ: How prepared is Britain for Brexit?What if the UK changes its mind?Crowds gather in Parliament Square to protest the result of the UK referendum last summer in London. In the short term, it would be pretty difficult to reverse Brexit. But not impossible. At any stage after Article 50 has been invoked -- but before the divorce has been finalized -- the United Kingdom could theoretically hold a second referendum on the terms of the deal or even whether to remain in the European Union. Scotland and Northern Ireland could also delay the deal and elections across Europe this year could slow negotiations, according to experts. Another option could see the UK Parliament vote down the divorce agreement if they deem it unworthy when it's presented in 2019, but that would still leave Britain out of the European Union with no agreement in place. After Britain leaves the European Union, the only way back would be by seeking to rejoin the bloc through Article 49 of the Lisbon Treaty. In the current febrile political atmosphere, any of these scenarios are relatively improbable. But in the wake of President Donald Trump's rise to power and Brexit itself -- both of which opinion pollsters failed to predict -- who can say what will happen? CNN's Dave Gilbert and Henrik Pettersson contributed to this report.

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(CNN)The House passed two measures Tuesday aimed at sending a strong message to the Turkish government amid deteriorating relations between American lawmakers and the country.The House of Representatives first voted on a bipartisan basis Tuesday evening to approve a resolution that would "commemorate the Armenian Genocide through official recognition and remembrance" of "the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923." 8 things to know about the mass killings of Armenians 100 years agoThe designation as a genocide by the US House of Representatives is a significant political development as Turkey maintains to this day the killings did not constitute genocide and disputes the death toll, putting the figure closer to 300,000.The House-passed resolution has existed in various forms for decades, but congressional leaders from both parties had avoided taking action on it because of Turkey's strategic importance to American interests in the Middle East and its membership in NATO. The resolution, spearheaded by California Democrat Adam Schiff, passed 405-11. As a standalone House resolution, it does not need approval from the White House.Read More"Too often, tragically, the truth of this staggering crime has been denied," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "Today, let us clearly state the facts on the floor of this House to be etched forever in the congressional record: The barbarism committed against the Armenian people was a genocide.""It is a great mistake that we have not passed this long before this," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters ahead of the vote. Turkey summoned US Ambassador David Satterfield after the measure was passed, according to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a statement issued Wednesday, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the bill, saying the recognition "lacks historical and legal basis and issued for domestic consumption" and is "null and void in the eyes of Turkish people."Lawmakers on Tuesday night also approved a firm sanctions bill to punish Turkey for its military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria."It's important for us to make sure that we're sending a very clear signal, both with the sanctions resolution and in the genocide resolution, that we do not support what the Turks have done and that they need to withdraw," Rep. Liz Cheney, the hawkish Wyoming Republican who chairs the House GOP conference, said before the vote.The sanctions bill, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel alongside GOP Rep. Michael McCaul, passed on a vote of 403-16. It would punish senior Turkish officials involved in the decision to launch an offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria and those committing human rights abuses, block the sale of arms to Turkey for use in Syria, and require a series of reports to examine the consequences of the Turkish offensive in Syria.Engel's proposal goes well beyond the administration's response to Turkey's actions — Trump placed limited sanctions on Turkey a few days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began the offensive, but lifted them after claiming that Turkey had agreed to a ceasefire. "The United States needs to make sure that Turkish President Erdogan faces consequences for his behavior, because President Trump has failed to demonstrate American leadership in this regard," Engel said on the House floor. "It's now on Congress to step up and impose consequences on Turkey."Despite its bipartisan support, the sanctions bill is unlikely to advance in the Republican-held Senate. Competing sanctions proposals regarding Turkey already exist in the Senate, but there has been little movement on the issue in recent days, and it is not clear that Republican leaders plan to bring such a response to the floor.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has cautioned against "developing a reflex to use sanctions as our tool of first, last, and only resort in implementing foreign policy." He said last week that sanctions could play an important role in responding to Turkey, but "we need to think extremely carefully before we employ the same tools against a democratic NATO ally that we would against the worst rogue states."Fahrettin Altun, a spokesman for Erdogan, said on Twitter, "The U.S. House of Representatives vote on the Armenian Resolution is deeply troublesome for anyone who cares about the US-Turkey relationship." He also called the sanctions bill a "direct contradiction to the spirit of strategic alliance."Senators from both parties will receive a briefing from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, as well as other officials, on the situation in Syria on Wednesday afternoon.CNN's Ted Barrett and Isil Sariyuce contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Estonia's President has apologized after the country's interior minister mocked Finland's newly elected leader and described her as a "sales girl."The leader of Estonia's populist far-right party EKRE, Mart Helme, questioned the ability of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 34, to run her country on Sunday. "Now we see how one sales girl has become a Prime Minister and how some other street activists and non-educated people have also joined the cabinet," Helme said on his party's radio talk show Sunday, according to Estonian public broadcaster ERR. Marin -- who leads Finland's Social Democratic party -- has spoken about her life growing up in a disadvantaged family and working as a cashier, before she studied at university.Finland's Sanna Marin to become world's youngest prime minister at 34She became the world's youngest sitting Prime Minister earlier in December after replacing the nation's former leader, Antti Rinne. Five of Finland's major parties in parliament are all led by women, four of whom are in their 30s.Read More"I'm extremely proud of Finland. Here a poor family's child can educate themselves and achieve their goals in life. A cashier can become even a Prime Minister," Marin tweeted.Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid apologized for Helme's comments during a phone call with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Monday, according to a statement on the Finnish President's website. Helme on Monday justified his statement by saying: "That specific sentence about the Finnish Prime Minister, which you have interpreted as demeaning, I have actually interpreted as complimentary -- as recognition that someone can work their way up from a low social standing to the peak of politics," according to ERR.Estonian interior minister calls first female president 'emotionally upset woman'On Tuesday, Helme survived a vote of no-confidence in the Estonian parliament, which was called because of his comments. It comes after the President of Estonia and its Prime Minister, Jüri Ratas, spoke on Sunday over the phone. According to Mailin Aasmäe, a press officer at the Estonian President's office, the President "suggested that the minister of interior should be replaced."The Estonian President is a largely ceremonial role with no executive powers.The Estonian interior ministry referred CNN to Helme's party, EKRE. The party has not yet responded to CNN's request for comment. According to Reuters, Helme formerly worked as Estonia's ambassador to Russia and is known for his outspoken comments.This story has been updated to correctly state that an Estonian press officer commented on the conversation between President Kaljulaid and Prime Minister Ratas, and has also been clarified to reflect the role of the Estonian President.

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Story highlightsRafael Nadal revels in 'special' victoryBeats Stan Wawrinka in straight setsSpaniard's first grand slam title in three yearsNadal's 10th French Open title (CNN)A 15th grand slam title. A 10th French Open title. "La Decima."But for Rafael Nadal, plagued by injuries and forced out of tennis's limelight over the past few seasons, Sunday's victory at Roland Garros was "unique."Follow @cnnsport A dominant 6-2 6-3 6-1 win over Stan Wawrinka ended a three-year grand slam drought for the Spaniard and the "King of Clay" is now back on his throne. "It's something very, very special and unique. A very emotional moment," Nadal, who before Sunday had last won a grand slam title at the 2014 French Open, told CNN Sport's Ravi Ubha."I've had some tough moments with injuries, but that's part of my career, too. It makes things a little bit more difficult but when you win after all these things, it's more special.Read More"I've always loved what I'm doing. I've always been working hard to do the things I really like."READ: Sharapova pulls out of WimbledonREAD: Unseeded Ostapenko stuns Halep to win women's titleREAD: Gardens and greenhouses could feature in Roland Garros revampJUST WATCHEDNadal enjoys a 'unqiue' French Open victoryReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNadal enjoys a 'unqiue' French Open victory 01:01Back from the brinkA lengthy injury list -- including trouble with his knees, wrist, and back -- saw Nadal slip to ninth in the world rankings at the end of last year. But 2017 has seen a resurgence. After being ousted in five sets by rival Roger Federer at the Australian Open, the Spaniard has been almost unstoppable.Heading into Roland Garros, he'd lost just one match on clay in 2017. And from the moment he stepped on court in Paris, few dared to bet against him lifting the title.For the third time in his career, Nadal won every set at a grand slam. He also pulls away from Pete Sampras in the men's all-time grand slam list; only Federer, with 18, has won more. But numbers aside, there were other reasons for Nadal to be emotional after his most recent victory.This was the last time the Mallorcan's uncle Toni Nadal -- who was invited on court to present the trophy on Sunday -- will see his nephew lift the French Open title after the pair agreed to end their coaching partnership in late 2016. Photos: The King of Clay over the yearsA lot has changed since a 19-year-old Rafael Nadal became only the second man in history to win Roland Garros at the first attempt. The bulging biceps, long hair and headband remain, but the Spaniard's sense of style has certainly changed.Hide Caption 1 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2005 – Nadal went into his first French Open as an inexperienced 18-year-old and emerged a grand slam champion -- beating Roger Federer in the semifinals on his 19th birthday. The 2005 season was the birth of what would go on to be Nadal's classic look: sleeveless top and three-quarter length shorts.Hide Caption 2 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2006 – By the following year, Nadal had cemented his place among tennis' elite and was developing a fearsome reputation on clay. This time wearing a slightly less garish light blue, Nadal picked up his second consecutive French Open title by becoming the first man to beat Roger Federer in a grand slam final.Hide Caption 3 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2007 – In 2007, the then 20-year-old Nadal's status as the 'King of Clay' was sealed. Defeat to Federer at the Masters Series in Hamburg ended an 81-match unbeaten streak on clay, which remains a men's Open Era record today. At that year's French Open, Nadal opted for the reverse of 2006's top-bandana combo -- this time with matching trainers to boot.Hide Caption 4 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2008 – A year later, Nadal opted for a variation on his debut French Option look, this time sporting an all-green combo. Nadal reached world No. 1 for the first time in his career in 2008, helped by his fourth consecutive Roland Garros title -- matching Bjorn Borg's record of consecutive trophies, while also becoming only the seventh man to win a grand slam without dropping a set.Hide Caption 5 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2009 – Nadal's first dramatic transformation came in 2009. Gone were the sleeveless shirts and three-quarter lengths, in came the sleeves and fluorescent, clashing colors. Perhaps it was the sleeves restricting the powerful arms (or maybe a knee injury), but Nadal suffered the first of only two French Open defeats. Despite a shock fourth-round loss to Robin Soderling, Nadal set a record of 31 consecutive wins at Roland Garros.Hide Caption 6 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2010 – In 2010, Nadal bounced back from the 2009 disappointment with a daring multicolored number. He went on to exact revenge on Soderling, beating him in the final after the Swede had upset Federer in the quarterfinals. Federer's failure to reach the semis meant Nadal regained the world No. 1 spot, while it was also the second time he won the French Open without dropping a set.Hide Caption 7 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2011 – The following year, Nadal dialed down the brightness, instead choosing to return to one of his earliest Roland Garros styles. And it worked -- he maintained his No. 1 ranking throughout the clay court season and beat perennial rival Federer in the final.Hide Caption 8 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2012 – Perhaps in an attempt to gain the upper hand on opponents by blending into the clay, Nadal opted for an orange-ish-red look for the first time at the French Open. It appeared to work, as Nadal dropped just 30 games in the first five rounds, before beating Djokovic in four sets in the final to claim his seventh Roland Garros title and surpass Borg as the tournament's most successful player.Hide Caption 9 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2013 – The 2013 French Open was the debut of Nadal's latest wardrobe change: the short shorts. In an all-Spanish final, Nadal defeated David Ferrer in straight sets -- although bizarrely dropped from fourth in the world to fifth after his victory.Hide Caption 10 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2014 – Perhaps a sign of entering into his late 20s, Nadal's colors switched from fluorescent to more mellow tones. Despite being hampered by injuries and suffering surprise defeats early in the clay court season, Nadal grinded out arguably his most impressive Roland Garros victory. Another victory in the final against Djokovic took him to 14 grand slams (level with Pete Sampras) and it was his fifth straight French Open triumph.Hide Caption 11 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2015 – Nadal's struggle to find form continued into 2015's clay court season, dropping outside of the world's top five for the first time since 2005. Looking like an athletic version of the Cookie Monster, Nadal crashed out of the French Open in the quarterfinals to Djokovic. It ended his 39-match unbeaten run and marked just his second defeat on the Parisian clay.Hide Caption 12 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2016 – The following year, the shorts got even shorter and the two-tone top returned as Nadal exited the French Open in the third round -- although this time it was a wrist injury that defeated him. Despite the disappointment, there was another milestone for Nadal as he became only the eighth man to reach 200 grand slam wins.Hide Caption 13 of 14 Photos: The King of Clay over the years2017 – Nadal debuted his strong blue look against Benoit Paire in the first round and the King of Clay went on to complete "'La Decima" of 10 Roland Garros titles.Hide Caption 14 of 14Nadal now turns his attention to Wimbledon.Moving away from his beloved clay courts and with Federer expected to return to the men's draw, tougher tests lie ahead for the Spaniard on the grass.Visit cnn.com/tennis for more news and videosBut for now, at least, Nadal reigns supreme.

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Story highlightsRebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are accused of conspiring to hack voice mailsThey both formerly edited the now-defunct News of the World newspaperThe tabloid was part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empireBrooks and Coulson were close to British Prime Minister David CameronTwo former News of the World editors, Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, were told Wednesday they will face trial in September next year over claims of phone hacking at the now-defunct tabloid newspaper.Brooks, Coulson and half a dozen other former News of the World managers and staffers accused of conspiring to hack voice mail messages remained free on bail after the hearing at London's main criminal court.A proposed trial date was set at the Old Bailey for September 9, 2013.The phone hacking accusations have reverberated through the top levels of British politics and journalism and prompted a parliamentary committee to issue damning criticism of Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owned the News of the World through its UK subsidiary, News International.After the scandal, Murdoch stepped down from a string of company directorships and abandoned a multibillion-dollar bid to acquire satellite broadcaster BSkyB.JUST WATCHEDRebekah Brooks' brief court appearanceReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRebekah Brooks' brief court appearance 02:01JUST WATCHEDBrooks quizzed over political tiesReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHBrooks quizzed over political ties 02:08Suspected hacking victims include some of the world's biggest celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jude Law, Paul McCartney and soccer star Wayne Rooney, as well as victims of crime and the July 7, 2005, London terrorist attacks.Brooks and Coulson were close to British Prime Minister David Cameron. Coulson, who edited the News of the World from 2003 to 2007, went on to become Cameron's director of communications before resigning early last year. Brooks was a friend of the prime minister and his wife.Brooks, formerly chief executive of News of the World's parent company, News International, part of Murdoch's News Corp. empire, also faces a charge of perverting the course of justice.But the most explosive charge against her is plotting in 2002 to eavesdrop illegally on the voice mail of missing British schoolgirl Milly Dowler, who was later found murdered.Public anger after the revelation last year that the missing girl's phone had been hacked forced Murdoch to close the News of the World, which Brooks edited at the time of the hacking. She then became editor of The Sun newspaper before taking up the chief executive role.Brooks, Coulson and fellow former News of the World employees Stuart Kuttner, Greg Miskiw, Ian Edmondson, Neville Thurlbeck and James Weatherup are accused of conspiring between October 3, 2000, and August 9, 2006, "to intercept communications in the course of their transmission, without lawful authority." Specifically, the charge asserts that they listened to "voice mail messages of well-known people."Brooks, Coulson, Kuttner, Miskiw, Thurlbeck and Glenn Mulcaire face an additional charge of intercepting Dowler's messages.Brooks, her husband Charlie Brooks and a former personal assistant also face a separate set of charges of conspiring to obstruct the police investigation into phone hacking. They were charged in May, along with Brooks' former driver, a security guard and members of News International security staff, with attempting to pervert the course of justice.The hacking scandal prompted Cameron to set up an independent judge-led inquiry -- named for Lord Justice Leveson, its chairman -- to make recommendations on journalistic ethics and examine the relationship of the press with the public, police and politicians.

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Story highlightsSerena Williams seeded 25th for WimbledonSeven-time champion ranked 183 in worldWilliams took time off to have baby in September (CNN)She is only ranked 183rd in the world, but Serena Williams has been seeded 25th for next week's Wimbledon Championships after taking time off to have a baby.The seven-time champion, who missed last year's event while pregnant, has played only three tournaments in the past 12 months but has been handed a favorable seed by Wimbledon organizers.Follow @cnnsport The All England Club usually follows the women's WTA world rankings, but reserves the right to change seedings -- the top 32 players in the draw.Seedings announced for The Championships 2018: https://t.co/dFdFzTWmzZ#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/ec5TrOHcPZ— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 27, 2018 The aim of seeds is to produced a balanced draw, so in theory the top two players would come from either side of the draw and only meet in the final.World No.1 Simona Halep, the French Open champion, is seeded first ahead of Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. On the men's side, eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer is top seed ahead of recently crowned 11-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal. Read MoreREAD: How Nadal is challenging Federer to be the G.O.A.TJUST WATCHEDSerena Williams stands against financial abuseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSerena Williams stands against financial abuse 02:05Williams' seeding means she will not have to face another seeded player until the third round.She is seeded one place below Russia's Maria Sharapova, who is also on the comeback trail after missing 15 months for a drugs ban.6 days until #Wimbledon15 years ago a boy from Switzerland and a girl from the US, both 21, shared the stage at Wimbledon for the first time.. and it wouldn't be the last. 😏 🐐 🐐 pic.twitter.com/PQwwHmIfhx— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) June 26, 2018 Women's world No.32 Dominika Cibulkova said earlier this week "it would not be fair" if she misses out on a seeding at the expense of a lower-ranked player.The 36-year-old Williams, the winner of 23 grand slam titles, gave birth to a daughter in September.Williams withdrew with a pectoral injury ahead of her fourth-round match against old rival Sharapova at the French Open earlier this month. Since then, the American has hit only one serve and will "rely on experience" at Wimbledon, she told CNN's Kelly Wallace during an interview to raise awareness of the financial aspects of domestic abuse.Rules for the men's draw are governed by ATP Tour world rankings, meaning Britain's Andy Murray is unseeded after returning from hip surgery.Visit CNN.com/tennis for more news, features and videos Murray, a former world No. 1 and two-time Wimbledon champion, has dropped to 156 in the rankings.

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(CNN)Eliud Kipchoge has been here before, but this time is different. On Saturday, the Kenyan distance runner will attempt to run the first ever marathon under two hours in the Austrian capital of Vienna, two years since he fell 25 seconds short. Now he is resolute that he will break what is considered one of the ultimate milestones in athletic performance. "I feel more prepared, I feel more ready and I am confident that I have been at that speed for the last two years," said Kipchoge, who holds the official marathon world record of 2:01:39. "It's not something where you are thinking, 'how are we going to do it?' I have tried it a first time, and this second time I will get it."Read MoreREAD: Eliud Kipchoge hoping to make history with sub-two-hour marathonKipchoge's first crack of going sub-two in Monza, Italy, was part of Nike's Breaking2 project. Now he's being backed by petrochemical company Ineos in an attempt called the 1:59 Challenge. Kipchoge (in red) attempts to go under two hours in Monza in May 2017. If successful, this won't count as a world record. In fact, Ineos hasn't even submitted a request to the IAAF for the attempt to be officially ratified. Kipchoge will follow behind a car -- a condition not allowed under IAAF sanctions -- and is being assisted by an army of 30 pacemakers. He will run a six-mile, tree-lined stretch 4.4 times in Vienna's Prater-Hauptallee (main avenue), chosen because of its flat gradient and the city's mild climate. READ: Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two-hour marathon quest 'contrived,' says leading sports scientistKipchoge, the reigning Olympic marathon champion, is aware that there are critics of the manufactured conditions surrounding the attempt."The law of nature cannot allow all human beings to think together," he said. "In breaking the two-hour barrier, I want to open minds to think that no human is limited. All our minds, all our thoughts are parallel. But I respect everybody's thoughts."He added that the 1:59 Challenge is different to competing in a race like the Berlin Marathon, where he set the current world record in 2018. "Berlin is running and breaking a world record," said Kipchoge. "Vienna is running and making history -- like the first man to go to the moon."JUST WATCHED2-hour marathon attempt falls just short (2017)ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH2-hour marathon attempt falls just short (2017) 00:47The comparison to Neil Armstrong's moon landing -- one that Kipchoge has referenced a number of times in the buildup to Saturday's race -- has been probed: "Getting man to the moon involved overcoming gravity," leading sports scientist Ross Tucker told CNN in August. "What Kipchoge is doing is taking gravity out of the equation." Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresIt's a time when it's easy to be cynical about athletics. Leading coach Alberto Salazar has been handed a four-year suspension for doping violations, sprinter Christian Coleman has been criticized for missing drugs tests, and the recent world championships were played out in front rows of empty seats in Qatar. READ: Nike Oregon Project to shut downBut Kipchoge admits that his intentions are pure and simple. He wants to push boundaries and he wants to make people smile. "I am running to make history," he said. "I am running to tell people no human is limited. It's not about money. It's about running and making history and changing people's lives."I am calm and I'm really looking forward to Saturday."

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London (CNN)Warnings of flash flooding and dangerous high winds have been issued in Europe as remnants of the record-breaking Hurricane Lorenzo approach the continent. Over the weekend Lorenzo -- the strongest storm ever recorded so far north and east in the Atlantic, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) -- strengthened to a Category 5, smashing several records along the way.It has since been downgraded to a Category 2. According to the UK's meteorological office, however, Lorenzo is expected to maintain winds of 105mph as it passes close to the Azores on Tuesday and Wednesday. This will make it the first hurricane to track through the mid-Atlantic archipelago since 2012. Wave heights in western Ireland are expected to reach 40 feet on Thursday and Friday.The Irish government convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday with the Irish meteorological service reporting that there was a "high probability" that Lorenzo would track close or over the country on Thursday and Friday, "giving high seas, severe winds and heavy rain."Read MoreFlood warnings have been issued in the UK with spells of "wet and windy weather" forecast in parts of the country later this week. 'Life-threatening surf'One to two inches (25 to 50mm) of rainfall is expected over the western Azores on Tuesday and Wednesday, reported the NHC. The NHC added that swells are likely to cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" across the Azores, with hurricane conditions expected within the warning area early Wednesday morning. It could pass closer to the Azores island of Corvo than any hurricane in history.When Lorenzo reaches Ireland and the UK later this week, it will have developed into a "post-tropical (or extratropical) storm," Miller added, meaning it will have lost some of the meteorological characteristics that classify a storm as a hurricane, or tropical storm. Its impacts will be the same, however, with dangerous winds and heavy rainfall. Dan Suri, chief meteorologist at the UK's Met Office, said in a statement that although there had been "considerable uncertainty" over the potential track of the storm after it passes the Azores, the Met Office was now "increasingly confident" that remnants of Lorenzo would move towards the UK. The strongest winds are currently expected in western Ireland, added Suri, with a risk of coastal gales developing in Northern Ireland and western Scotland on Thursday. Wales and southwest England are expected to be hit on Friday, said Suri. "Ex-Lorenzo will also bring spells of heavy rain to northwestern parts of the UK through Thursday and Friday, particularly in Northern Ireland, western Scotland, central England and Wales," Suri said. Judson Jones and Brandon Miller contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Two Arsenal football club players will not travel with the team to play against Newcastle United on Sunday, after the club withdrew them over security concerns. Arsenal said in a statement Friday that Mesut Özil and Sead Kolašinac weren't traveling because the pair had been subjected to "further security incidents which are being investigated by the police." Özil and Kolašinac were subjects of what appeared to be an attempted robbery in London in July. Dramatic CCTV video showed Özil and Kolašinac being approached by masked men who had pulled alongside their vehicle on a moped in north London.The video was shared widely on social media, and showed Kolašinac leaping out of the car to confront both men, before chasing them away.Following the confrontation, London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) released an incident report detailing an attempted robbery, but didn't release the names of the victims. It was widely reported that the attackers brandished knives, but police did not comment on that detail.Read MoreArsenal said in a statement that both the players were "fine" after the incident.On Friday, the English Premier League club said: "The welfare of our players and their families is always a top priority and we have taken this decision following discussion with the players and their representatives.""We are liaising with the police and are providing the players and their families with ongoing support," it added.When asked about the further security incidents involving the two players, the MPS told CNN that it was "in contact with Arsenal FC and will investigate any offenses reported appropriately."Arsenal said Friday that the club would not be making any further comments on the matter.JUST WATCHEDMesut Ozil's statement on Erdogan meetingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHMesut Ozil's statement on Erdogan meeting 01:03Özil has made 231 appearances for the Gunners since joining in 2013 and has represented Germany 92 times.He recently retired from international duty, citing criticism from the media and the German football federation president that struck him as racist.In June, Özil married his wife, former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, in Istanbul -- with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife on hand as the legal witnesses.Meanwhile, Kolašinac has played 72 times for Arsenal over the last two seasons. The Bosnian is known for his tough defending and tenacious attitude on the pitch.CNN's Ben Church, Adam Renuart and Amanda Jackson contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsWorld No. 1 Novak Djokovic and younger brother Marko in action at the Dubai OpenNovak wins in straight sets in first match since his Australian Open win in JanuaryDjokovic watches brother Marko lose in first round clash before his own matchWorld No. 8 Mardy Fish into second round with a 6-1 6-1 victory over Andreas BeckThey share the same surname -- Djokovic -- but for now at least, that is where the similarity ends.Novak is at the pinnacle of his sport and was the center of attention in Dubai after completing in his first victory since winning the Australian Open in January.At 20, Marko is four years younger, and 868 places further down the rankings -- and on Monday he slumped to an opening-round defeat in front of his elder sibling.Djokovic senior was on hand to watch his brother's elimination, at the hands of Russian qualifier Andrey Golubev, but says that Marko can make his mark in the upper echelons of the game.Del Potro too strong for Llodra in Marseille final"He has to face the pressure of having the Djokovic surname," Novak said in quotes carried by AFP."He's trying to fight with his mind more than with his game. When he is able to focus on that and not on his doubts he can become a world-class player."He admitted it was tough to watch Marko's 6-3 6-2 reverse. "It was difficult for me to sit courtside," he said. "I have not done it too much."At least when I'm playing I know what's going on. But I was happy my brother got a wild card. He is not at his level yet, but he's getting there."As for Marko, he said there were plenty of positives and negatives to being the brother of the world's No. 1 player."Financially, you know, I have all I need and can get the coaches and the right practice environment. But everybody expects you to be like your brother, which is really tough to achieve."Sometimes I have an advantage because maybe opponents get scared. But others think, 'He's Novak's brother, so I must beat him.' And that can be tough."Novak had no such trouble in negotiating his opening round test, defeating German Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4 6-2 in his first outing since securing his fifth grand slam crown in Melbourne.He has won four straight titles in Dubai and will face either Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky or Omar Awadhy, from the United Arab Emirates, in round two. Elsewhere, world No. 8 Mardy Fish made light work of Andreas Beck, beating his German opponent 6-1 6-1. Fish will play Russia's Mikhail Youzhny or Frenchman Richard Gasquet next.

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(CNN)Before he became one of Hollywood's leading men, before the Oscar for best actor in 2014 and he went Interstellar on the silver screen, Matthew McConaughey was learning his craft and, in fact, preparing to shoot his very first scene. In 1993, he delivered an ad-libbed line -- "Alright, alright, alright!" -- that would stay with him throughout the arc of his career and is now going to feature prominently in a new venture that he could never have imagined when he was cast as David Wooderson in the coming-of-age movie, "Dazed and Confused." The 51-year-old McConaughey is now a co-owner of Austin FC -- Major League Soccer's newest franchise -- and ahead of the new season, Austin supporters are chanting those words to the tune of "Olé, olé, olé!" Speaking exclusively to CNN Sport, McConaughey marveled at the trajectory of those three little words."If you said that night, 'That line you just threw out of your mouth, someone's going to be chanting that 30 years from now and it's going to be the supporter group for your local soccer club, which you'll be a part-owner of,' I would have gone, 'Cool! But what are you talking about?'"Read MoreMcConaughey is a well-known football fan, American football that is.He's talked passionately about his love for the Washington Football Team in the NFL and he's often been seen on the sideline of the Texas Longhorns, his alma mater college team in his native Austin."I did play 12 years of soccer as a youth," he said, explaining his love for both sports. "I went to a Tampa Bay Rowdies camp one summer. I was never that good. I did lead the league in red cards, but that's a longer story! So, I had interest, but it wasn't my game as it wasn't the quintessential American game back then."McConaughey speaks onstage during HISTORYTalks Leadership & Legacy presented by HISTORY at Carnegie Hall on February 29, 2020 in New York City. READ: Martin Braithwaite spent time in a wheelchair as a child; now he's Lionel Messi's wingman at Barcelona'It's the great peacemaker'That all changed when he met his Brazilian wife, Camila Alves"You find the woman of your life and she's from Brazil. Woo-hoo! You better get to know this other football brand, Mr. McConaughey!"He describes his marriage to a supporter of the five-time World Cup winners as akin to having "soccer injected into my blood' adding that their three children have now made his passion of the game even stronger."As we travel the world, we have found and love the game of soccer, because it's the one game they can play wherever: in the city, in the country, from New York to Timbuktu."He casts a glance outside of the window to his yard and chuckles: "I've got two goals and I can see nine soccer balls, and there's my son trying to do reverse kicks into the goal, with himself!"McConaughey's work has taken him all over the world and his travels have shown him soccer's global appeal."Reykjavik, Cape Town, Cleveland, New York, Malibu, Warsaw. There's a soccer ball there. You can go up to anyone. You do not have to introduce yourself or even say your name. Just put a foot out and the ball comes to you. It's the great peacemaker. I call the soccer ball the greatest invitation in the world."HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 04: Matthew McConaughey (L) and Camila Alves attend the 90th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.READ: Arsenal star recovering after contracting malaria This year, the liberal, artsy, multicultural city of Austin will join the global conversation.The Texas state capital has never before been home to a major-league professional sports team, and the demand for season tickets has rapidly outstripped supply --15,500 have already been sold, with another 14,000 fans on the waiting list. McConaughey isn't just a part-owner of his hometown club; he's also its Minister of Culture, surely a unique title in the world of professional sports. Interlocking his fingers to make the point, McConaughey explains the diverse nature of the city and how he hopes their arrival as the 27th MLS team could change the face of the game in North America. "Austin already had a fever for the game of soccer. I would argue that the snapshot of Austin FC may represent the international game -- look and feel, culture, fan experience -- it has the chance to represent that more than any other team in MLS."He talks optimistically about the continued growth of the game in the US, which will host the 2026 World Cup along with Canada and Mexico, and which is increasingly exporting talent overseas."We are now finally starting to develop products on the pitch that match the fever that we have had in the stands. We're not at the international level yet, but we're on our way."When it's become the first-choice sport of the youth ... it's becoming ingrained in our culture." He adds that if soccer isn't "the new sport in America, it's "the sport in the new America."Marius Haas, President and CCO of Dell Technologies (L) and Matthew McConaughey, Academy Award-winning actor attend the Austin FC Major League Soccer club announcement of four new investors in Austin, Texas.READ: Soccer club founded by Turkish immigrants creates stir in GermanyFor a man who's made a very successful career out of scripted storytelling, McConaughey finds the attraction of sport's spontaneous narratives irresistible."It writes itself, live, in real time. And that's the beauty of sport. That's why we watch, because you don't know!"He could be talking about Austin FC's first game of the new season against LAFC on Saturday, his beloved Longhorns or even something much closer to home."My son's little league [baseball] or junior soccer game on a Saturday morning that turns out to be an epic battle, it was 8-7 at the end. And I just thought I was coming to a junior soccer match!"Asked to compare the two forms of entertainment with which he's so familiar, he concludes that sport is winner. "The prescribed script of how it will go down is already in second place, because it wasn't live."McConaughey is entering the world of professional sport at a moment in history when it has become increasingly politicized, and also at a time when he is considering taking a step into politics and running for governor in Texas. "You're not defined by being an athlete. It would be like somebody saying: 'Matthew, you shouldn't consider anything political because you're an actor and a storyteller.'" Athletes like McConaughey's friend, the Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, uses his platform to campaign for social justice and racial equality; so, too, do stars such as the NBA's LeBron James and the four-time tennis major champion Naomi Osaka.In 2019, MLS named Alejandro Bedoya the Player of the Week after he grabbed a pitch-side microphone and screamed: "Congress, end gun violence now!"A cardboard cutout of actor Matthew McConaughey is seen in the seats during the Valero Alamo Bowl between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Texas Longhorns at the Alamodome on December 29, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas.READ: Erling Haaland destined to 'smash a lot of records'Meanwhile as corporate America begins staking out a position on dozens of states' efforts to suppress the vote, Major League Baseball recently withdrew its All-Star game from the state of Georgia. "Is there a line?" wonders McConaughey. "I don't know that there's a line. I would just say if you want to boycott or move out or protest, know your reasons, develop them and evolve those reasons along the way. Nobody is bound by their vocation to be excluded from having a political view."Unfortunately, the pervasive nature of social media in modern society means that anybody's opinion can now be thrust directly into your feed, and many athletes have recently borne the brunt of some very toxic and even racist abuse. "We, as humanity, as people, we've got to get a handle on this," reflects McConaughey. "Our youth doesn't know, so many adults don't even understand, that what you're putting down is going to outlive you."It's part of your resumé, of who you are for the rest of your life and after you're gone!" So how would he react if any Austin player finds himself on the receiving end of such abuse?He says that it would be important to emphasize that the abuse isn't necessarily personal."A lot of times, that person is just spitting off. That person's got their own problem; that's the first thing I'd say to a player. Don't let their dirty laundry make you dirty. Don't take it personally, even if it feels personal to you."McConaughey celebrates on the Texas Longhorns sideline in the second half against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Austin, Texas.VISIT: CNN.com/sport for more news, features and videosPerhaps he'd even recommend trying to find the abuser, to educate them face-to-face."Sport is a great example of anti-racism, a great example of people coming together and actually shining a light on differences. Let's go sit down and have the discussion, not on social media where he or she can hide."For all of his accomplishments, McConaughey has said that the one thing that he always wanted to be was a father. In his autobiography "Greenlights," he says he knew that when he was just eight years old.His three children come up often during the conversation in this interview and it's clear that sport plays a big part in their relationship.Many parents will identify with the early starts every weekend to get their offspring to games and tournaments."You just trespassed on your mom and dad's Friday night, buddy!" he quips about waking up to travel to a 7 a.m. match, but quickly stresses the shared life lessons are worth it."As a dad, it's almost a greater day to talk to your son after the heartbreaking loss than it is to talk about the championship. 'Did you give it your full effort? You're going to find resistance in this world, people wanting what you have. You're going to have to work with others to get what you want.'"Now that Austin FC is up and running, his weekends are going to be even more full of it. The kids will be pulling him in one direction, the professionals in another. 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London (CNN)Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will lose their Canadian security when they step back as senior members of the royal family next month, the country's government has said.Canadian police have been assisting with the pair's security arrangements over the past few months, while they have spent time in the country.But once they begin the new chapter of their lives on March 31 those arrangements will end, according to a statement issued by the Canadian Office of the Minister of Public Safety."The Duke and Duchess of Sussex choosing to re-locate to Canada on a part-time basis presented our government with a unique and unprecedented set of circumstances," the agency said in a statement.Prince Harry wants us to just call him 'Harry' from now on"The (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) has been engaged with officials in the UK from the very beginning regarding security considerations. As the Duke and Duchess are currently recognized as Internationally Protected Persons, Canada has an obligation to provide security assistance on an as needed basis. Read More"At the request of the Metropolitan Police, the RCMP has been providing assistance to the Met since the arrival of the Duke and Duchess to Canada intermittently since November 2019. The assistance will cease in the coming weeks, in keeping with their change in status," the statement said. A royal source told CNN they don't comment on security matters.The couple plan to split their time between Canada and the UK when they complete the complex process of extracting themselves from the British institution.Harry and Meghan are dropping the word 'Royal' from their brandMeghan lived in Canada while filming the TV series "Suits," which she left before marrying Harry in 2018.The decision by the pair to step back as senior royals led to a series of crisis talks within the royal family. It was eventually agreed that they would begin a 12-month transition period on March 31 as they settle into their new lives.Harry is currently back in the UK, carrying out his final public engagements as a royal. Meghan is due to join him in the coming days.

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Story highlightsReal wins Club World Cup Beats Kashima Antlers 4-2 aetCristiano Ronaldo scores hat-trickAtletico Nacional wins third place playoff (CNN)A Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick helped Real Madrid to avoid a major upset against Kashima Antlers to win the Club World Cup final 4-2 after extra time in Yokohoma Sunday.With the European champion trailing 2-1 in the second half, Ronaldo leveled with a 60th minute penalty and scored the two further goals in extra time to seal its victory.The Antlers, the first Japanese side to reach the final of the inter continental competition, gave Real an almighty scare in front of partisan home support, despite going into the title match as a heavy underdog.FT: Real Madrid 4-2 Kashima Antlers@Cristiano hat-trick secures the #ClubWC🗾🏆 trophy for the Spanish giantshttps://t.co/k98cgYD0xr pic.twitter.com/bl2p9NMQCd— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) December 18, 2016 When Karim Benzema put the Spanish side ahead as early as the ninth minute, it looked ominous for the Antlers, who had stunned South American champion Atletico Nacional of Colombia 3-0 in the semifinal.But just before halftime, Gaku Shibasaki's fine left foot volley leveled the scores and changed the complexion of the game.Read MoreThe second half was just seven minutes old when Real caption Sergio Ramos made a hash of a clearance and Shibasaki returned it with vengeance to power his shot past Keylor Navas and to give the Antlers the lead.Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki (right) celebrates his second goal as his side took a shock 2-1 lead against Real Madrid.Until to that point Ronaldo had been largely subdued, but when Lucas Vazquez won a penalty after being fouled by Shuto Yamamoto, he stepped up to level from the spot.That was not the end of the drama, with Navas having to make crucial saves to deny Kashima a late victory and Ramos lucky not to be sent off while on a yellow card.Read: Ronaldo wins fourth Ballon D'OrEarly in extra time, Benzema released Ronaldo to score his second before Shibasaki's free kick was headed against the Real crossbar by Yuma Suzuki from close range.JUST WATCHEDNeymar on MSN, BBC and footballReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHNeymar on MSN, BBC and football 03:03The miss proved vital and within minutes Ronaldo had seized on a scuffed shot from Toni Kroos to complete his hat-trick and round off Real's second victory in the Club World Cup."What a game," said Ronaldo after helping Real extend is unbeaten run to 37 games, 26 from the start of this season."We had to suffer, but that's what finals are about," he added.Real Madrid players are in high spirits after adding another trophy to their growing recent haul.Atletico takes third spotEarlier, Atletico Nacional beat Club America 4-3 on penalties to finish third, completing a tumultuous three weeks for the reigning Copa Libertadores champion.Miguel Borja scored the decisive penalty after his side had seen a two-goal lead evaporate against its Mexican rival.Chapecoense to play first game since plane crash in JanuaryAtletico had been due to play Chapecoense in the final of the Copa Sudamericana last month, but a plane crash saw all but a few of the Brazilian team killed on the way to the match.Fans in Yokohoma cheered the Atletico team in the playoff, many waving Chapecoense flags in tribute to the fallen side.Barca chase Real In European league action later Sunday, Real Madrid's arch-rival Barcelona won its city derby against Espanyol 4-1.A Luis Suarez double put Barca well on the way to victory before Lionel Messi set up Jordi Alba for the third.Espanyol pulled a goal back before Messi completed a comfortable win which takes the Catalans to within three points of Real at the top of La Liga.📝 MATCH REPORT: FC Barcelona v RCD Espanyol: Derby delight! (4-1) https://t.co/rY0YDpwtln #ForçaBarça #FCBEspanyol pic.twitter.com/tUznDh7OYU— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 18, 2016 In Germany, a long-range Douglas Costa effort gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win at Darmstadt to take over again at the top of Bundesliga from RB Leipzig on goal difference.The two leaders play a crunch game Wednesday in the Allianz Arena.In the EPL, Manchester City hit back from an early Theo Walcott goal to beat Arsenal 2-1 with Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling scoring. The win lifted City to second, but seven points behind leader Chelsea.Ligue 1 leader Nice stayed at the summit in France as Mario Balotelli scored twice in a 2-1 win over Dijon.

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Story highlights"Do we really have to educate non-citizens?" one lawmaker asksSuperintendent: "We shouldn't try to fix the budget hole by threatening children" (CNN)Fellow Republicans are distancing themselves from an Oklahoma lawmaker's proposed solution to state budget problems: turning kids who are learning English over to immigration authorities.An idea that state Rep. Mike Ritze floated this week in an interview with a local news station drew swift rebukes from members of his own party. It spurred sharp criticism from immigrant rights advocates. And it inspired a flurry of negative comments on his Facebook page.The state's top school official, who's also a Republican, quickly decried the idea."We shouldn't try to fix the budget hole by threatening children," Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister said on Twitter. "We are better than that."We shouldn't try to fix the budget hole by threatening children. We are better than that. #oklaed https://t.co/oLep4tAXt8— Joy Hofmeister (@joy4ok) May 11, 2017 Rep. Jon Echols, the state House majority leader, told CNN on Friday that targeting students taking English as a Second Language (ESL) classes isn't the right approach.Read More"It's a bad idea," he said.The proposalRitze, a doctor from the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, told KWTV this week that he and a group of Republican lawmakers had come up with a number of ways to fill a hole in their state's budget without raising taxes. One way to save $60 million, he said, would be looking at the tens of thousands of students in the state who don't speak English."Identify them and then turn them over to ICE to see if they truly are citizens," Ritze said. "Do we really have to educate non-citizens?"The short answer: yes.Why it won't happenA 1982 Supreme Court decision makes it clear that public schools must serve all students equally, regardless of immigration status. Plyler v. Doe struck down a Texas statute denying public education funds for children who were in the United States illegally. The court ruled that Texas' statute violated the 14th Amendment, which says no state should deny anyone in its territory "the equal protection of the laws."Decided law, Supreme Court 1982 https://t.co/3SPHo0Alva— Joy Hofmeister (@joy4ok) May 11, 2017 The Department of Homeland Security also has a policy stating that operations at schools and other designated sensitive locations "should generally be avoided."The responseSeveral Republican lawmakers reached by CNN said they're not backing the proposal that Ritze floated."I absolutely DO NOT support this idea," Rep. Chuck Strohm said in an email.Echols, the state House majority leader, cited the Supreme Court ruling and said officials are "required to offer an education to all students." And he noted that students who are learning English could be citizens. "Just because you're an ESL student doesn't mean you're automatically a non-citizen," he said.Oklahoma's branch of the ACLU was quick to condemn Ritze's comments."This proposal might be laughable," executive director Ryan Kiesel said, "if it weren't made at the expense of real human beings, common decency, and the United States Constitution."Ritze's office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.A steady stream of negative posts have been appearing on the state lawmaker's Facebook page as word of the proposal spreads.On Friday, critics responded to Ritze's post wishing friends a "beautiful and blessed" Mother's Day."So many mothers out there who have struggled to give their children a better life are going to spend this Sunday wondering if ICE will be coming for their child," one post said.Not the first timeThe cost of education isn't a new flashpoint in the immigration debate. Immigrant and civil rights organizations, like the American Civil Liberties Union, say education is a fundamental right that officials can't take away. Organizations that advocate for stricter immigration enforcement, like the Federation for American Immigration Reform, say programs for students with limited English proficiency are a burden that taxpayers shouldn't be forced to shoulder. US public schools take steps to protect undocumented studentsThis isn't the first time a lawmaker has suggested using schools as a way to crack down on illegal immigration.Alabama legislators passed a controversial law in 2011 that required officials to check the immigration status of children in public schools. Courts blocked that portion of the law. But the measure still fueled widespread fear and caused a spike in absences and withdrawals among Hispanic students.In recent months, with threats of increased immigration enforcement looming, school districts around the country have pledged to protect undocumented students.About 50,000 children enrolled in Oklahoma's schools are designated as "English learners," according to state officials.English learners make up nearly 10% of the student population nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Education. More than 4.8 million students enrolled in grades K-12 in the United States during the 2014-2015 school year were were identified as "English learners."In 2014, about 725,000 students enrolled in grades K-12 in the United States -- 1.3% of all students enrolled -- were unauthorized immigrants, according to Pew Research Center estimates based on government data.CNN's Holly Yan and Ray Sanchez contributed to this report.

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(CNN)London has more public sculptures of animals than it does of women or people of color, a new study has revealed. Across London, 8% of public sculptures depict animals, while only 4% depict women, according to the study from the British charity Art UK, which was published on Thursday. People of color represent just 1% of the city's sculptures, with women of color accounting for 0.2%, it found. The figures sit in stark contrast to that of statues and sculptures dedicated to men, which account for over 20% of the city's 1,500 monuments, and over 79% of all statues dedicated to "named people," the report said.Royalty, military figures, politicians, writers, artists, designers and actors are among the most commonly depicted male subjects, Art UK said. Read MoreThe group has been collecting data on London's sculptures since 2017 as part of a major research project, which is funded in part by City Hall. Among the UK's largest cities, London has the highest percentage of sculptures dedicated to women. Why the toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston is going on public display in EnglandNationwide, Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1819 -- 1901, is the most represented woman. Many of Britain's monuments have faced a reckoning since global protests against systemic racism and inequality last year.In June 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol, UK, pulled down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston and rolled it through the streets before dumping into the River Avon.That same month, a local council in Dorset, southern England, announced it would remove a statue of Scouts founder Robert Baden-Powell following police advice it was on a "target list for attack." Critics of Baden-Powell say he held homophobic and racist views.With a colonial history spanning centuries -- and a mania for erecting statues in the 19th century -- Britain's towns and cities are dotted with monuments to figures like Colston and Baden-Powell.The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a commission in June 2020 to examine the future of landmarks around the UK capital, including murals, street art, street names and statues.The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm is aimed at improving "diversity across London's public realm, to ensure the capital's landmarks suitably reflect London's achievements and diversity."This year, the Commission announced that it would be setting up a £1 million (approximately $1.4 million) fund to create new landmarks across London that "better reflect the capital's diversity and the achievements of all who have contributed to the success of the city." Art UK's study is the first comprehensive audit of London's public monuments and will be used to inform the Commission's work.

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Story highlightsOzgecan Aslan, 20, allegedly fought a sexual assault before being killed Her body was covered in gasoline, burned and then dumped in a riverbedProtesters march in Istanbul and Ankara and express outrage on social media (CNN)Her body was left on a riverbed next to a cemetery, burned and abandoned, found just days after her family reported her missing.Now, a nation is protesting -- viewing her murder, according to one petition, as a symbol of the growing trend of violence against women in Turkey. The government is promising to punish her attackers and do more to protect others like her.Three suspects have been arrested in the murder of Ozgecan Aslan, 20, whose body was found Friday in Mersin's Tarsus district in southern Turkey, according to the country's semiofficial news agency Anadolu. She was reported missing Wednesday.Aslan allegedly fought a sexual assault before being killed by the driver of a bus she'd taken to go home, Anadolu reported.She was a first-year university student. Her body was covered in gasoline, burned and then dumped in a riverbed, police in Mersin said in a statement.Read MoreHer funeral was held Saturday in her hometown, the same day protesters marched in Istanbul and Ankara."You will never walk alone," Anadolu reported they shouted. "We will put an end to female homicides."The demonstrators carried banners, and images of the glasses-clad, long-haired Aslan, chanting: "We are here today. We revolt and we will continue to revolt until this stops."Protesters have also taken to the Internet, and their cries have been heard at the highest levels of government. The hashtag #OzgecanAslan renders thousands of tweets, updating hundreds every hour.On Monday, the country's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, used Twitter to tell the country: "To make sure the perpetrators who brutally slayed our daughter, Ozgecan, get the heaviest punishment that they deserve, I will personally pursue this lawsuit."An online petition calling for institutions to step up and take responsibility for attacks like the one on Aslan has so far gathered more than 600,000 signatures.According to Anadolu, the daughters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- Sumeyye Erdogan and Esra Albayrak -- visited Aslan's family on Sunday."It is a very terrible situation," Sumeyye Erdogan reportedly said after the visit. "We've come here in order to be able to share their sorrow. Our actual aim is for those murderers to be punished in an effective way."CNN's Gul Tuysuz contributed to this report.

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Story highlights"Binge-watch" is the word of the year according to British-based dictionary CollinsFirst coined in the 1990s, usage has tripled over the past year, says publisherShortlist influenced by communications tech and increased discussion around gender (CNN)A dramatic change in TV viewing habits has seen "binge-watch" named word of the year by UK-based dictionary Collins.Usage of the verb -- defined as "to watch a large number of television programs (especially all the shows from one series) in succession" -- has tripled since the previous year, according to the publisher.Although not a new coinage, the word was a runaway winner due to a sharp rise in its usage, which reflected a change in behavior, Elaine Higgleton, international publisher at Collins Learning, told CNN."It's actually been around since the 1990s, and binge is an old Lincolnshire dialect word that made its way into common English in the 19th century," she said.JUST WATCHEDWhy do we binge-watch TV?ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHWhy do we binge-watch TV? 02:08"From a very slow start, it has really taken off exponentially as a term people are using every day," she said, reflecting the popularity of online streaming services like Netflix that allow viewers to watch hit shows, like "Breaking Bad" or "House of Cards," on demand.Read More'Transgender' clear secondCollins' lexicographers compile the list through monitoring newspapers, magazines, books, websites and other sources around the world to track emerging word trends. Last year's winner was "photobomb" - "to intrude into the background of a photograph without the subject's knowledge."The clear second-place winner this year was "transgender" which, although also not a new word, had doubled in frequency of usage from the previous year."It's probably that transgender figures have had a much higher profile in the media -- you only have to think of people like Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox and programs like 'Orange is the New Black'," said Higgleton.JUST WATCHEDCaitlyn Jenner makes her public debutReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCaitlyn Jenner makes her public debut 02:43"I think there's been a lot more awareness of gender issues which has led people to use these terms more."READ MORE: America's transgender moment'Dadbod' in; 'mumbod' outOther words shortlisted for word of the year included "dadbod" -- defined as "an untoned and slightly plump male physique, especially one considered attractive" -- and "manspreading," "the act or an instance of a male passenger in a bus or train splaying his legs in a way that denies space to the passenger sitting next to him."Hiddleston said her team had tracked the emergence of similar gendered terms relating to women -- such as "mumbod," or "she-bagging," which described a female passenger taking up an extra seat on public transport by placing her bag on the seat.But these had not made the shortlist, as they were much less popular.Actor Seth Rogen (right, pictured here with James Franco) is often cited as an example of the "dadbod." The rise in terms like "manspreading" was associated with the emergence of mobile communication technology, which allowed commuters to comment in real time, through a tweet or text, on events they encountered on their journey, said Higgleton."That instant communication means we have words for things that in the past we wouldn't have bothered defining," she said.Other finalistsThe shortlisted words will be added to online version of the dictionary, with those that stood the test of time being added to the next print edition in 2018. Higgleton said she expected that some wouldn't make it."I think some of them will drop out of usage," she said. "Binge-watch might go fairly quickly. Who knows what new technology might be around the corner in 18 months time?"JUST WATCHEDStudy: Binge-watching could be sign of depressionReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHStudy: Binge-watching could be sign of depression 01:51Other shortlisted words of the year announced by Collins include:Clean eating: following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat.Contactless: referring to payments, smart cards, etc that utilize RFID (radio-frequency identity) technology and do not require a PIN or signature from the customer.Ghosting: ending a relationship by ignoring all communication from the other person.Shaming: attempting to embarrass a person or group by drawing attention to their perceived offense, especially on social media.Corbynomics: the economic policies advocated by the UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.READ MORE: WTF, clickbait, photobomb added to dictionary

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(CNN)Ten people were injured when a roller coaster car derailed at a theme park in Scotland on Sunday afternoon. Witnesses described chaotic scenes as staff and visitors to M&D's amusement park in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, rushed to help those injured.Some of the coaster's wheels lie on the ground after the crash.In a post on Facebook, Lanarkshire Police said two adults and eight children were being treated at local hospitals. "The details of their injuries will be provided in due course," police said.The incident occurred on the "Tsunami" roller coaster when five gondolas detached from their rails, collided with the ride's main structure and struck the ground, police said. Nine passengers were on the ride, police said.Read MoreThe Tsunami can travel at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, according to the park's website. Children under 10 are not permitted to ride, the park says. Emergency services are responding to an ongoing incident at M&Ds theme park in Motherwell and further updates will be given in due course.— Police Scotland (@policescotland) June 26, 2016 James Millerick from Glasgow, who said he had ridden the Tsunami just a few minutes before the derailment, described hearing a crash and screams as he waited in line for another ride with his partner. Millerick said he was shaken after witnessing a number of people trapped in the derailed car after the crash. Absolutely horrified by a roller coaster crash at M and D's.All are safe now ! First aiders did very well until emergency services arrived.— James Millerick (@James_Millerick) June 26, 2016 In shock at what I've just witnessed in M&Ds. Hope everyone is safe💕 pic.twitter.com/lWdOqJrEyB— DMI (@_demicampbell) June 26, 2016 In a statement, M&D's said the park would be closed until further notice due to a "serious incident." "Our thoughts are with the families of those injured," said Chief Inspector David Bruce of the Lanarkshire Police. A investigation is now underway, he said.

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Story highlightsPolice: Two people are arrested in connection with slavery offensesThree men are freed and taken to a safe placeThe operation aims to crack down on forced labor and human traffickingBritish police freed three men Sunday and arrested two people as part of a human trafficking bust, authorities announced. The rescues came in a series of raids that involved "three travelers sites, a business unit and a house in South Gloucestershire and a residential property in Bristol," police said in a statement.The three men who were freed included one in his 30s, one in his 40s and one in his 50s.How to recover after decades of slavery?Authorities didn't provide details about their conditions, but said they were taken to a safe place and given help.JUST WATCHEDSlavery case investigated in the UKReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHSlavery case investigated in the UK 01:43JUST WATCHEDRetailer joins fight against slavery ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRetailer joins fight against slavery 03:55Five other people were arrested on suspicion of failure to appear, cannabis production, money laundering and handling stolen goods, Avon and Somerset Police said in the statement.Investigators found a large stash of cash in one of the locations they raided, police said.The raids were part of Operation Wanderer, which police described as "an investigation into forced labor and human trafficking.""To the outside world, the fear and intimidation faced by victims of forced labor on a daily basis are difficult to comprehend," Chief Superintendent Julian Moss said. "Today's operation is a very visible statement of our intent to protect people from this type of exploitation."Sunday's arrests came several weeks after British police arrested a couple on suspicion of holding three women captive for more than 30 years.Slavery: The victims living all around us

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(CNN)He hasn't played a game for Brazil in almost a year, but Orlando City star Kaka has been handed an international lifeline after he was included in the five-time World Cup winner's squad for the upcoming friendlies against Costa Rica and the United States.Brazil's national team coach, Dunga called up the former Real Madrid and AC Milan player for the first time since October 2014, when he made two substitute appearances against Argentina and Japan.Follow @cnnsport Kaka inclusion in the squad means that he set to miss Orlando City's MLS match against New England Revolution on September 5 -- Brazil's game against Costa Rica in New York takes place on the same day.Dunga's side will then take on the U.S. at Foxborough Stadium on September 8.It is a positive step for Kaka who has played 89 times for Brazil and appeared at three World Cup finals.Read MoreIn March, the midfielder told CNN that he still harbored hopes of making the Brazil squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia."I have a three-year contract with Orlando, and at least these three. In four years, we have another World Cup," said Kaka, who will be 36 by the time 2018 comes around."If I feel good and Brazil needs me, (it) will be a good way to stop playing. So I hope I can play another World Cup."Liverpool's new $45 million signing Roberto Firmino has also been included, while there is an opportunity for Chelsea star Oscar to put the disappointment of missing out on the Copa America through injury behind him.Dunga has been experimenting with a mixture of youth and wise old heads in recent squads and Kaka's inclusion continues that trend."As for Kaka, we have brought him in for his experience," said the coach at his press conference. "Just as we have done with Robinho in the past."However, Philippe Coutinho, whose wonder goal gave Liverpool an opening-day Premier League win against Stoke, is one of the youngsters to surprisingly miss out."Coutinho had a chance at Copa America. We need experience, not just youngsters," said the 51-year-old. "We have to find a balance between youth and experience."In June, Brazil's hopes of restoring national pride after its disastrous 2014 World Cup exit were cruelly dashed after losing a penalty shootout to Paraguay at the Copa America quarterfinal stage.Read: Phillipe Coutinho -- the secret life of 'O Magico'Read: Kaka fears for Brazil's 'beautiful game'

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Story highlightsCouple were celebrating New Year's eve39 people killed in the nightclub attack (CNN)Naef Zakaria Al Wazan and his wife were on a dinner date on New Year's eve in Istanbul when their night turned into a struggle for survival. The couple -- now being treated for gunshots at a hospital in Turkey -- were among the survivors of a terrorist attack at Reina nightclub that killed at least 39 people.Wazan's wife, originally from Jordan, still pale, her eyes swollen from crying, described to CNN how the festive evening turned into a bloodbath."When the song (lyrics) said "Okay Let's Go"... I heard (shooting) like, dat dat dat dat dat," Wazan's wife, who didn't feel comfortable about being named, said.In a nearby hospital bed, her husband, exhausted, in a soft voice said: "Thank God we are okay we are safe." Read MoreA bullet had pierced the Saudi civil engineer's shoulder and exited from his back. His wife was shot in the knees. The couple laid on the ground of the nightclub in pain unable to run for their lives. Thinking his life was going to end, Wazan gave his wife his ring as intense shooting continued over their heads.Nightclub attack: Full coverageVictims from 14 countriesDozens killed when gunman opens fireIstanbul club was a hot spot for celebritiesBloody end to a grim year for TurkeyTimeline: Attacks in Turkey "He was like saying if I die just be with my son until he gets older and after that live your life. I love you. Know how much I love you," Wazan's wife recalled him saying. "His ring was filled with blood. He just give it to me and told me 'keep it with you," she told CNN as she held the now cleaned silver ring.The husband and wife, both shot during the attack of Club Reina in Istanbul which left 39 people dead, barely made it alive.The Wazans' trip from Saudi Arabia was their first away from their son. Wazan had surprised his wife to celebrate the beginning of 2017. Of the people killed in the club, seven were from Saudi Arabia. Thirteen others were injured, the Saudi consulate told CNN. Turkey nightclub attack claims victims from 14 countriesISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities are still searching for the killer.When Wazan's father heard about the incident, he flew to Istanbul to see the couple. All of them broke down in tears when he arrived in the hospital room."Thanks God him and his wife were lucky," Zakaria Hamza Al Wazan told CNN.Wazan's father, Zakaria, said the couple were very lucky to be alive.Naef Zakaria Al Wazan said his wife is still trying to recover from the shocking night."I was seeing people's bodies and thanking God [we are alive]. It was like a dream," she said as she sobbed. In the taxi that took them from the nightclub, she asked her husband: "Can you just hold my hand and tell me if we were in a dream and are we going to open our eyes again? Are we alive?"

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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said she had made no commitments to the President or anyone else about how she might rule on a case aimed at dismantling the Affordable Care Act or on a potential dispute in the upcoming presidential election.Barrett vowed that she had not discussed specific cases, like the upcoming challenge to the Affordable Care Act, with Trump or anyone else when she was nominated to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death threw the Senate into a pitched election-year confirmation battle that could swing the court in a more conservative direction."Absolutely not. I was never asked, and if I had been that would've been a short conversation," Barrett said at Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing when she was asked whether she had committed to vote to repeal the health care law.But during Tuesday's hearing, which lasted more than 11 hours, Barrett repeatedly declined to answer questions from Democrats on how she might rule on a range of topics, from the Affordable Care Act to Roe v. Wade and the high court's ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. She also declined to say whether she would consider recusing herself from potential upcoming cases, including election disputes."It's distressing not to get a straight answer," Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, said after posing a series of questions to Barrett on the Supreme Court's landmark abortion rulings.Read MoreFeinstein pressed Barrett to explain whether she agreed with the late Justice Antonin Scalia that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. Barrett, however, invoked Justice Elena Kagan's answer that she wasn't going to grade precedent."I completely understand why you are asking the question, but again I can't pre-commit, or say yes, I'm going in with some agenda, because I'm not. I don't have any agenda," Barrett said.Takeaways from Day 2 of the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearingsThe back-and-forth between Democrats and the nominee kicked off a lengthy two days of questioning. Democrats sought to elicit answers from Barrett on a number of controversial topics the Supreme Court could take up, including abortion, gun rights, voting rights, same-sex marriage and, in particular, health care.The Supreme Court will hear a case on November 10 on whether to strike down the Affordable Care Act, which means Barrett could be on the bench if Republicans are successful in confirming her before Election Day, November 3. The legal challenge to former President Barack Obama's signature health care law loomed over Tuesday's hearing: Democrats raised the care that the Affordable Care Act has provided to individuals, continuing their theme from Monday, while Republicans attacked the law.The presidential election and the upcoming health care case loomed over Tuesday's hearing. In the evening, the Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, a California senator who is on the committee, attacked Trump and Republicans for turning to the courts when they failed to repeal the health law themselves."The Affordable Care Act and all its protections hinge on this seat and the outcome of this hearing," Harris said. "And I believe it's very important the American people understand the issues at stake, and what's at play."Throughout the day, Barrett pushed back on Democrats' arguments that her previous criticism of Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion upholding the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in 2012 was a sign of how she would potentially rule in next month's case. She said that her writing then was in an academic setting and argued that it had no bearing on the upcoming challenge the law."I am not hostile to the ACA. I'm not hostile to any statute that you pass," Barrett said. "I apply the law, I follow the law, you make the policy."Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, argued that her criticism of Roberts over the health care ruling was a key indicator of her views, prompting Barrett to object to the assertion. "I am not here on a mission to destroy the Affordable Care Act," she responded. "I'm just here to apply the law and adhere to the rule of law."Republicans sought to head off the Democratic criticisms of the legal effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham kicked off Tuesday's hearing with a sustained attack on health care law. "From my point of view, Obamacare has been a disaster for the state of South Carolina," Graham said. "We want something better. We want something different."The Ginsburg standardFrequently, Barrett fell back on a standard that's been attributed to Ginsburg, whom Barrett would replace, not to discuss specific cases because they could come before the court.Under questioning from Sen. Pat Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, Barrett would not say whether she would recuse herself from cases involving the 2020 election. Leahy argued Barrett should recuse herself, if confirmed, because Trump has said he's moving a nomination forward because the election is likely to go before the Supreme Court."I have made no precommitments to anyone," Barrett said, arguing the court had a legal process to consider recusal. "I can't offer an opinion on recusal without short-circuiting that entire process."Later, Barrett said she hoped "all members of the committee have more confidence in my integrity than to think that I would allow myself to be used as a pawn to decide this election for the American people."Barrett also declined to say whether the Constitution gave Trump the authority to postpone the date of the election. Doing so would require an act of Congress, but Barrett declined to weigh in, saying that doing so would make her "basically a legal pundit." She also declined to discuss questions about what constitutes voter intimidation. And she responded to a question from Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey about Trump refusing to accept a peaceful transition by saying she didn't want to get pulled into the "political controversy." Barrett apologized on Tuesday for a comment she made early in the hearing saying she would never discriminate "on the basis of sexual preference," a term that implies being gay or lesbian is a choice."I certainly didn't mean and, you know, would never mean to use a term that would cause any offense in the LGBTQ community," Barrett said. "So if I did, I greatly apologize for that. I simply meant to be referring to Obergefell's holding with respect to same-sex marriage."All 22 senators on the committee will have another chance to question Barrett on Wednesday in a 20-minute second round of questions. Outside witnesses will testify on Thursday, and Graham has said the committee is expected to vote on Barrett's nomination on October 22, setting up a Senate floor vote one week before the election.Graham walked Barrett through her judicial philosophy in the opening round of questions. Barrett explained that she shared a philosophy with Scalia, whom she clerked for, but she argued she would not be an identical justice if she is confirmed."If I'm confirmed, you would not be getting Justice Scalia. You would be getting Justice Barrett," Barrett said. "And that's so because originalists don't always agree."Graham asked Barrett whether she owned a gun, which she said she did."Do you think you could fairly decide a case even though you own a gun?" Graham asked."Yes," she responded.Two lengthy days of questioningPartisan battle lines over Barrett's nomination were quickly drawn on Monday during the first day of hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee as Democrats and Republicans offered up sharply divergent narratives of the high court fight to fill the vacancy created by Ginsburg's death.In opening statements delivered on Monday, Republican senators praised Barrett's judicial qualifications in glowing terms and emphasized her capability as a working mom, while Democrats warned that health care protections and the Affordable Care Act are at stake, and under threat, in the nomination fight. Republicans, who hold the Senate majority, are moving quickly to fill the vacancy with their sights set on confirmation ahead of Election Day. Democrats, in the minority, have limited options at their disposal to fight back. But they have been preparing a plan of attack that will focus squarely on issues they believe will resonate with voters while excoriating Republicans for rushing the nomination, an effort designed to avoid a spectacle that could damage their efforts to win back the Senate majority and the White House.While Democrats couldn't get Barrett to weigh in on the Roe v. Wade decision, they pressed her to explain past criticisms of the abortion rights ruling that conservatives -- and the President -- have sought to overturn.Leahy asked Barrett about an ad she signed that was published in 2006 in the South Bend Tribune describing the legacy of Roe v. Wade as "barbaric," pushing her on the views of the group that sponsored the ad, saying the group believes that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is equivalent to manslaughter. "Do you agree with them that IVF is tantamount to manslaughter," Leahy asked. Barrett said that she had signed the statement "on the way out of church," because it was consistent with the views of her church. "It simply said we support the right to life from conception to natural death," she said, adding that "it took no position on IVF." Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, tried to draw on Barrett's previous writings on "super precedent," or Supreme Court precedents that are so well settled there's no legal debate over them. Barrett would not say that Roe v. Wade fell into that category."The way I was using it in the article that you're reading from was to define cases that are so well settled that no political actors and no people seriously push for their overruling," Barrett said. "And I'm answering a lot of questions about Roe, which I think indicates that Roe doesn't fall in that category. And scholars across the spectrum say that doesn't mean that Roe should be overruled, but descriptively it does mean that it's not a case that everyone has accepted and doesn't call for its overruling."The panel's Democrats did not take up questions about her religion, as they've made clear they want to steer clear of questions about whether Barrett's devout Catholic faith will impact her views, an issue that arose during her 2017 confirmation hearings to sit on a federal appeals court and prompted an uproar among Republicans. Republicans emphasized Barrett's qualifications to be appointed to the high court. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who like Graham is up for reelection this cycle, made a point for Barrett to display the empty notepad sitting in front of her, showing she was answering senators' questions without using notes.Cornyn and the other Republicans also emphasized Barrett's view that the legislative branch makes policy and judges only interpret the law."I think part of the rationale for courts adhering to the rule of law and for judges taking great care to avoid imposing their policy preferences is that it's inconsistent with democracy," Barrett said. "Nobody wants to live in a court with the law of Amy, I can ensure you my children don't even want to do that. So I can't as a judge get up on the bench and say, 'You're going to live by my policy preferences because I have life tenure and you can't kick me out if you don't like them.'"This story has been updated with additional developments Tuesday.CNN's Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz, Rebecca Grandahl, Sara Fortinsky, Angie Trindade, Daniella Mora and Cat Gloria contributed to this report.

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(CNN)Nikita Mazepin, who is set to race for Formula One team Haas next season, has apologized after a video was posted on social media believed to be him, touching the breast of a woman sitting in a car."I would like to apologize for my recent actions, both in terms of my own inappropriate behavior and the fact that it was posted onto social media," he tweeted on Wednesday.The now-deleted video was posted on his Instagram story on Tuesday, but is now being widely shared on social media. Mazepin's face is not actually seen in the video, which is shot inside of a moving vehicle. An unidentified hand can then be seen grabbing the chest of a woman in the back seat. Read MoreThe woman in the video pushes the hand away before putting her middle finger up to the camera.READ: 'Proud to partner with Bahrainis,' says F1 boss amid human rights criticismNikita Mazepin will drive for Haas F1 team next season. On Wednesday, American team Haas said in a statement on Twitter: "Haas F1 Team does not condone the behavior of Nikita Mazepin in the video recently posted on his social media. Additionally, the very fact that the video was posted on social media is also abhorrent to Haas F1 Team.""The matter is being dealt with internally and no further comment shall be made at this time," the racing team added.It was announced last week that the 21-year-old Russian would join Haas F1 team ahead of the new season. The rookie driver has promised to learn from his mistake. "I am sorry for the offense I have rightly caused and to the embarrassment I have brought to Haas F1 Team," he wrote. "I have to hold myself to a higher standard as a Formula 1 driver and I acknowledge I have let myself and many people down. I promise I will learn from this."CNN's Aleks Klosok contributed reporting.

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Story highlightsArsenal are beaten 3-2 at Swansea on Sunday, their seventh EPL loss of the seasonThe result leaves Arsenal still in fifth place, but four points behind fourth-placed ChelseaDanny Graham scores winner for Swansea, a minute after Theo Walcott had equalizedMark Hughes' QPR still in relegation zone after a 1-0 defeat at NewcastleArsenal have lost ground in the race for a Champions League place after they were beaten 3-2 at Swansea in a thrilling English Premier League match on Sunday.The visitors started brightly and took a fourth-minute lead when Robin van Persie coolly finished Andrey Arshavin's through-pass for his 18th league goal of the season.But Swansea leveled 11 minutes later when Scott Sinclair netted from the penalty spot after Aaron Ramsey was adjudged to have brought down Nathan Dyer.Who are football's top January transfer targets?Swansea took the lead for the first time in the 57th-minute when Joe Allen dispossessed Ramsey and fed the ball through for Dyer to finish on the right of the area.That was the cue for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to bring on Thierry Henry. The Frenchman had scored the winning goal against Leeds on Monday and, within six minutes of his arrival, Arsenal were level.However, it wasn't Henry on target this time, but the wearer of his old No.14 shirt Theo Walcott, who raced onto Johan Djourou's pass to dink the ball over goalkeeper Michel Vorm.But Swansea were not to be denied and, with Arsenal still celebrating their equalizing goal, the home side netted what proved to be the winner.Substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson's pass pierced the Arsenal defense and, despite being forced wide, Danny Graham took advantage of hesitancy from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to net from an acute angle on the right of the area.The result leaves Arsenal still in fifth position, but they are now four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and only ahead of Newcastle in sixth on goal difference."I still don't understand where the referee found the penalty for Swansea, but then defensively we made some mistakes that we should not have done," Wenger told reporters."When it was back at 2-2, we knew we could score a third but in the last two games we have made mistakes that are difficult to explain."Meanwhile, Swansea continue to impress in their first-ever season in the Premier League, and they are now up to 10th place, nine points away from the relegation zone.Sunday's other match saw Mark Hughes begin his reign as QPR manager with a narrow 1-0 defeat at Newcastle.Leon Best scored the only goal eight minutes before the break to leave the London side still in the bottom three on 17 points.

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(CNN)Stuart Baxter has been sacked from his position as manager by Indian Super League club Odisha after making comments about rape during a post-match interview.The British former professional footballer made the comments about refereeing decisions during his side's defeat to Jamshedpur on Monday."You need decisions to go your way and they didn't," Baxter told Indian channel Star Sports. "I don't know when we're going to get a penalty. I think one of my players would have to rape someone or get raped himself if he was going to get a penalty."Odisha tweeted on Monday to say it was "appalled" by the comments."It is completely unacceptable whatever the context and does not reflect the values of the club," the club wrote on Twitter. "We, at Odisha FC, unreservedly apologize and the club management will handle this matter internally."Read MoreThe club then released a statement on Tuesday announcing Baxter had been sacked."Odisha FC has decided to terminate Head Coach, Stuart Baxter's contract with immediate effect,"it said. "The interim coach for the remainder of the season will be announced soon."Visit CNN.com/sport for more news, videos and featuresBaxter began playing professional football in England with Preston North End and has gone on to have a nomadic managerial career. The 67-year-old enjoyed successful spells with AIK in Sweden and Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa, before being hired by Odisha in June 2020 following a second spell with the South African national team.The club currently sits bottom of the Indian Premier League with just eight points from 14 matches.

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(CNN)War of Will may have won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, but the horse everyone likely will remember is Bodexpress."I'm getting more press than the winner," the horse's jockey, John Velazquez, told CNN on Monday.Bodexpress threw Velazquez to the dirt immediately out of the gate, but he didn't stop. The horse ran the entire race, mostly on the outside of the track, with no rider. He continued to run on the track after the race ended and for a while avoided outriders trying to catch him.Officially, though, Bodexpress was listed as a did not finish (DNF), and Velazquez was not injured."He just went around like it was a normal race," Velazquez said. He later added, "They are born to race, and that's the way they think, and once those gates open, that's what they want to do. It's part of the competition."Read MoreVelazquez said Bodexpress "was not really behaving very well.""The second that the horse jumped out the way he did, I knew I was in trouble," Velazquez said. "First of all, the horse was leaning against the wall, so my right foot was already halfway on my irons. So when he jumped like that and sent me up in the air, actually, he sent me much higher than the saddle. So I was up in the air and I knew that I was in trouble."It's been a bizarre triple crown racing season in 2019.You weren't seeing things - Bodexpress indeed ran sans jockey at the Preakness.Find out more on exactly why: https://t.co/R8g4MqePlE pic.twitter.com/NRKG4mxamp— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 19, 2019 It started May 4, when Maximum Security led the Kentucky Derby from wire to wire and crossed the finish line 1 3/4 lengths ahead of Country House but was disqualified for interference while turning for home. Racing stewards decided that Maximum Security impacted the progress of War of Will, which in turn interfered with Long Range Toddy and Bodexpress. Country House was declared the winner.Velazquez was the jockey of Code of Honor, who was awarded second place in the race, and he agreed with the disqualification."According to the rules that we have right now, I think once the horse crosses the other horse's path, that's the way the rules are," Velazquez said. "He did win the race, but he needs to be disqualified in everybody's eyes. Once you cross the path in front of other horses, it's not allowed. It's just like driving on the road. If a car passes in front of you, it can cause an accident, and that's what really happened in that race. Unfortunately, he needed to be disqualified."Gary West, the owner of Maximum Security, has sued in federal court to overturn Maximum Security's Kentucky Derby disqualification.West made waves again when on the eve of the Preakness Stakes he offered as much as $20 million to the owners of four other horses if they can best his in their next race through the end of the year.West's challenge extends to owners of Country House, War of Will, Long Range Toddy and Bodexpress. West says he will pay $5 million to the owner of any of those four horses that beats Maximum Security next time around."Most experts agree that Maximum Security was the best horse in the Kentucky Derby," West said in issuing his challenge. "I don't care to discuss the controversy surrounding the events of the race and the disqualification of my horse at this time, but I firmly believe I have the best 3-year-old in the country and I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is."West asks that the owners of the other horses give him the same amount each if Maximum Security comes out ahead of theirs. He said he would donate any winnings to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.For the first time since 1951, none of the top three finishers of the Kentucky Derby competed in the Preakness. The last time a Derby winner didn't go on to compete in the Preakness was 1996, when Derby winner Grindstone was injured during the race and retired directly afterward.The final race of the triple crown, the Belmont Stakes, is June 8 in Elmont, New York.

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Story highlightsKamara stars for MLS club Columbus Crew SCStriker, 31, has also played in EnglandHe made 23 appearances for Sierra LeoneRecently ended international career (CNN)Kei Kamara has had an incredible year in the United States' Major League Soccer. The Columbus Crew SC forward netted 22 goals in the regular season to be equal top scorer with former Juventus forward Sebastian Giovinco, who was awarded the MLS Golden Boot by virtue of making more assists than Kamara (16-8).Follow @cnnsport CNN's Don Riddell sat down with the former Kansas City, Norwich and Middlesbrough player, who spoke to him about leaving war-torn Sierra Leone as a teenager and becoming a collectible mini toy figurine.1. Childhood nightmaresKamara is living the American dream, having come a long way from his terrifying childhood in Sierra Leone. He told CNN he still has nightmares about what he witnessed during the civil war, including an execution in the street.Read MoreHe knows he's lucky that he was able to escape to the U.S. as a refugee, without being harmed or "recruited" as a child soldier. Pablo would've had some competition with @keikamara in Backyard Soccer. #ForTheCup #ForColumbus #CrewSC pic.twitter.com/WIXw8hwGKv— Columbus Crew SC (@ColumbusCrewSC) October 29, 2015 2. Unintentional soccer playerIt was never Kamara's plan to play professional football in the U.S. -- he just wanted to flee the war and be with his family. Now he prays for the refugees who are flooding into Europe from troubled lands and feels particularly sorry for the children. He knows it has nothing to do with them and is very aware they have seen things that will haunt them forever. 3. Snowball fightsPerhaps that's why he's such a fun-loving guy now. Kamara's big smile and big personality is very much in evidence on his social media feeds. When Kamara was playing in Kansas City he was so excited by the sight of snow that he challenged the team's fans to a snowball fight. About 200 of them turned up to play! Our turn Columbus!! Let's rock it out! #TheFre #CrewSC #MLSCupPlayoffs #2ndLeg See you Sunday at 5pm!! #columbus pic.twitter.com/ol8sdwlt5x— Frankie Hejduk (@FrankieHejduk2) November 2, 2015 4. Blessed football bootsDespite having played professional football for more than a decade, Kamara still gets nervous before big matches. His pre-game ritual is always the same -- as a Muslim he recites the opening verses of the Koran to his boots to bless them, before kissing them for good luck and protection.Kiss those boots, Kei. Game day with @keikamara: https://t.co/nB6H7TuDtr #MTLvCLB pic.twitter.com/T12eEdGW9f— Major League Soccer (@MLS) November 1, 2015 5. The Kamara toyYou know you've made it when a mini figurine is created in your image. Actually, Kamara didn't know much about plastic toy collectibles when he was growing up -- it wasn't something kids played with in Africa.But he's excited about it now and he's ordered dozens of little Kamara mini replicas for his nieces and nephews as Christmas presents. Even so he was still surprised when I showed him how to rip the toy's head off and put on the legs backwards. I think we're still friends!Just make sure you are not having too much fun with #LegoKei 😁 https://t.co/rMsQIQtZhp— KEI KAMARA (@keikamara) October 31, 2015

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(CNN)Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore, pleaded not guilty Friday to two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on a loan application to purchase two homes, according to her attorney. Federal authorities allege Mosby used a financial hardship withdrawal option from her retirement accounts -- provided under the CARES Act -- claiming that she "experienced adverse financial consequences" due to the pandemic even though she earned a gross salary of $247,955.58 that was "never reduced" in 2020, according to an indictment.Mosby also failed to disclose she owed $45,000 in federal back taxes, according to the indictment. And she allegedly said she would be the primary resident at one of the homes in order to secure a lower rate when she had already entered into an agreement with a rental management firm, the indictment says. She sold one of the homes for a $150,000 profit, the Baltimore Sun reported. Mosby has called the charges a "political ploy" and that she is "unequivocally innocent."Baltimore top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has been mired in controversy since she took officeDefense attorney A. Scott Bolden called the charges "a political witch hunt" and requested a trial within 60 days, citing Mosby's election in June. The case needs to be tried and decided as soon as possible, he said. Read MoreUS Magistrate Judge James Mazzone deferred the decision to US District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, who will be presiding over the case, according to Bolden. Each party must file pretrial motions by February 18.Federal prosecutors have not commented on the case and have said the indictment speaks for itself. Since taking the helm at the city prosecutor's office in 2015, just months before Freddie Gray died from spinal injuries he suffered in the back of a police van, Mosby has called for reform while dealing with one firestorm to the next, it seems.This is her second reelection campaign. Freddie Gray threw Mosby into the spotlightBefore becoming state's attorney, Mosby graduated from Tuskegee University and Boston College Law School. During her studies at the latter, the Boston native worked in her hometown Suffolk County District Attorney's Office and in two US attorneys' offices. After graduation, she prosecuted felonies in the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office from 2006 to 2011 before entering the corporate realm as a civil litigator. In the summer of 2013, she decided to run for the Baltimore state's attorney post. She won and took office in January 2015. On April 12, 2015, Gray was arrested, and video showing the 25-year-old screaming as officers dragged him to a police van sparked questions. Outrage ensued when Gray died a week later. The city was consumed with protests, some of which were hijacked by looters and rioters. Enter Mosby, who was hailed as a hero and inspiration when, less than two weeks after Gray was killed, she charged six Baltimore police officers with misconduct along with assault, manslaughter or murder counts in the young man's death. JUST WATCHEDCharges dropped for remaining cops in Freddie Gray caseReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHCharges dropped for remaining cops in Freddie Gray case 01:51While Gray's death served as a rallying point for those decrying police brutality, none of the officers was convicted, despite the city paying Gray's family $6.4 million. Three were tried and acquitted, prompting Mosby to drop charges against the remaining three because of the "dismal likelihood" they'd be convicted. Within weeks, five of the officers sued Mosby, alleging false arrest, defamation and other misdeeds. A federal appeals court ruled Mosby had immunity, and the US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal, WBAL reported.CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin and Steve Almasy contributed to this report.

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(CNN)As it turns out, Australian scientists are Marvel fans too.Scientists at the federal government agency CSIRO gave scientific names to 165 new species this year -- and picked five flies to name after the world's favorite superheroes and villains within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.There's the Thor fly in tribute of the God of Thunder, played in Marvel by Chris Hemsworth. Its scientific name is "Daptolestes bronteflavus," which is derived from Latin like most scientific names -- and translates to "blond thunder." The Thor fly has flecks of gold and light brown on its body, antennae, and face, calling to mind Thor's blond hair and the gold features on his outfits.Morning @chrishemsworth! Check out your new assassin fly species 'bronteflavus', meaning blond thunder named by @TheScienceRobin from our team at @CSIRO. https://t.co/DYzePzZruQ pic.twitter.com/YR2LFeVYVD— Dr Bryan Lessard (@BrytheFlyGuy) July 28, 2020 There's the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is "Daptolestes illusiolautus," meaning elegant deception. Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, fakes his own death at one point, betrays other characters, and uses visual illusions.Read MoreBlack Widow, also known as Natasha Romanoff, also has her own fly -- "Daptolestes feminategus," meaning woman wearing leather, in reference to Scarlett Johansson's iconic leather suit worn in the movies.Deadpool also has his own fly, colored orange-red and black, the same as Deadpool's suit -- and it shares similar markings as Deadpool's mask."We chose the name Humorolethalis sergius (for Deadpool). It sounds like lethal humor and is derived from the Latin words humorosus, meaning wet or moist, and lethalis meaning dead," said CSIRO entomologist Dr. Bryan Lessard in a statement on Wednesday.The Deadpool fly is a species of Robber fly, which are "assassins of the insect world" -- fitting for the mercenary antihero. Finally, there's a Stan Lee fly, in honor of the late Marvel Comics visionary. Lee is known as the founding force behind the modern Marvel behemoth, and co-created Spider-Man and many other popular characters. The fly, named "Daptolestes leei," has markings on its face reminiscent of Lee's characteristic sunglasses and white mustache. Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee and the Daptolestes leei fly.Naming newly discovered species is an "important superpower in solving many of the world's challenges," said the CSIRO statement.The scientists also named 151 new insects, eight new plants, two new fish, one new mite, three new subspecies of bird, and 25 marine invertebrates, some of which were discovered several decades ago and remained unnamed, while others were a more recent find.The names for these aren't quite as whimsical, but some do pay tribute to other things -- for instance, they named two species after "Investigator," the research ship that discovered them.Naming species allows scientists to have a little fun, but the meticulous process is also vital for researchers, conservationists, and other types of experts. Being able to identify and differentiate between species allows experts to learn more about them and to "help save their lives and our own," said the statement.Only about a quarter of Australian insects are known to science, said Lessard in the study. The statement added, "the more species are named, the better we can understand their super powers."

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Story highlightsHamon wins Socialist Party nominationDefeated former PM Manuel VallsParis (CNN)Benoit Hamon clinched the socialist nomination for this year's French presidential election Sunday, securing victory over former Prime Minister Manuel Valls.Hamon won with 58.9 percent of the vote, according to the Socialist Party website, defeating Valls who had 41.1 percent. So far, 76.61 percent of the votes have been counted. The Socialist Party website states that more than 1.7 million people voted in the primary election.Hamon's win defied polls that had predicted a runoff between Valls and former economy minister Arnaud Montbourg.Hamon thanked those who voted for him in a tweet, saying "I warmly thank the left-wing voters for giving me, by their vote, a considerable strength for the fights to come."Read MoreValls issued a tweet of his own: "Serving France for five years has been an honor, I will never forget it."Divided partyThe first round of the presidential election will be held on April 23 and the second on May 7, with legislative elections due to be held immediately afterward in June.But the challenge may only just have started for Hamon, who now faces the difficult task of reuniting a bitterly divided party decimated even further by a fractious primary campaign.Hamon, Valls in final two for leadership of France's Socialist PartyThe vote, the second primary ever held by the Socialist Party, was seen as a contest between its two opposing wings. On the left, Hamon, who campaigned on a platform which included the creation of a universal basic income, the legalization of cannabis and a so-called "robot tax," which would be applied on technology that takes away jobs from humansTo the right, Valls, hampered by being forced to defend not only the government's record but also his own.Paying the price? Twice while prime minister, Valls used an unpopular constitutional measure that allowed him to bypass the opposition from within his own party in order to push controversial reform measures through. Such moves did not enamor him to colleagues, who appeared reluctant to forgive him, as highlighted by the television debates in which he often appeared adrift and isolated.The debates between the seven candidates also exposed the deep fault lines running through France's socialist party, with the result a measure of the discontent within the party's rank and file at Francois Hollande's government. Hollande's chose not to run for re-election, which paved the way for Valls' candidacy, but the former prime minister appears to have paid the cost of the government's low ratings.Shift in support?France's presidential election: Who is Francois Fillon? On the other side of the contest, opinion polls suggest that Republican candidate Francois Fillon is losing some of his advantage over the far-right's Marine Le Pen. The allegations that Fillon paid his wife around half a million euros of parliamentary funds for a non-existent job as his parliamentary secretary threaten to overshadow his campaign. The polls put Emmanuel Macron in third place and have consistently predicted a distant fifth-place finish for the socialists behind the far-left's Jean-luc Melenchon. But once again, the socialist primary has shown the unreliability of polls. Francois Fillion was a surprise winner in the primary.As the seven candidates went into the first round, a substantial victory was predicted for Valls, with the runner-up expected to be Montebourg.The polls were also wrong at the time of the Republican primary in November. Before the first round, polls were predicting a Nicolas Sarkozy-Alain Juppé runoff with Fillon in third place. CNN's Benjamin Marcus reported from Paris for this story.

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(CNN)Kelly Rizzo, the widow of late comedian and actor Bob Saget, is thanking those who have reached out to her to express their support since his sudden death in January."I just wanted to take a second to say to everybody that it has not gone unnoticed. I have been incredibly grateful and appreciative of all of you for the love and support," Rizzo said in a video posted to her Instagram stories on Tuesday. "I have had people who were strangers that now have become friends on Instagram. So many people have shared their stories with me of the loss that you've been through, and you've poured out your heart, and it's just really kind that you've tried to help me by sharing your stories."She went on to say, "This whole grief thing is something that I've learned recently. A lot of people don't really understand, don't really like to talk about it, it's not a very fun topic, but it's something that at one point or another, we all go through. And even though I'm still very new to this world, I feel I've kinda had a crash course in it. Especially doing it very publicly, it adds a whole other level. It takes it to this different place that you understand things in a certain way."The couple married in 2019 after dating for three years. Rizzo concluded her video by saying, "I can assure you that the kindness you all have shown has been a little bright spot and has made this a bit easier ... Seeing how much of an impact he had on all your lives is life-changing and (it's) just immeasurable how much it means to all of us, and especially how much I know it would mean to Bob," she added. "He thought he was pretty well-liked I don't think he had any idea that it was to this extent how much of a difference he truly made, and so that is what I am so grateful for, so thank you all for showing me that."

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(CNN)With the departure of Donald Trump from the White House, Russia-watchers can be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief: From the moment Russian President Vladimir Putin called Trump the front-runner for the 2016 Republican nomination, it's been near-impossible to look at Moscow through anything but the lens of Washington politics and scandal.That doesn't mean President Joe Biden can Make Russia Boring Again. Administrations may come and go, but the geopolitical challenge to the US from the Kremlin leader, it seems, remains constant. Let's begin with the obvious: US-Russia relations are at their lowest point since the end the Cold War. US agencies are still sorting through the aftermath of a massive cyber breach blamed on Moscow. Western governments are demanding answers from the Kremlin on the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. And the US has steadily stepped up sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine and Moscow's interference in the 2016 US presidential election. And as one of his first moves, Biden has ordered a sweeping intelligence review of suspected Russian mischief-making, from alleged bounties on US troops in Afghanistan to interference in the 2020 election. Biden's director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, will lead the effort, and the president's pick for CIA director, veteran diplomat William Burns, is also a Russia expert. But Russia -- a country with a nuclear arsenal rivaling that of the US -- can't simply be placed in the penalty box. Policy experts generally agree that the Russian government must play a role in responding to major world crises, from reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions to recently halting the brief, bloody war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Read MoreUS sanctions Russia-linked disinformation network for involvement in attempts to influence US electionAnd that means the Biden administration must deal with Putin in order to tackle a range of foreign-policy issues, particularly a proposed return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Russia is party to the deal, which Trump abandoned in 2018. Even some of the most outspoken US critics of Putin -- such as Michael McFaul, the former US ambassador to Russia -- acknowledge that the US must selectively engage Russia on pressing global issues such as pandemic response and climate change.But don't expect Biden's policy to be described as a "reset" -- that's a dirty word in Washington when it comes to Russia policy. Back in 2009, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov a "reset" button as part of a bid to reboot relations with Russia. The gift went down like a lead balloon: The button was mistranslated to read "overload."Things went from bad to worse. After Russian parliamentary elections in 2011 were marred by allegations of widespread fraud, Putin blamed Clinton for promoting "foreign interference" in Russia as demonstrators took to the streets.In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula and backed a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, further scaling up confrontation with the West. And then there was Trump's embarrassing performance at a 2018 summit meeting with Putin in Helsinki, where the then-US president sided with the Kremlin leader, saying he didn't "see any reason why" Russia would be responsible for interference in the 2016 US presidential election.Still, there seems to be a grudging consensus in Washington that current engagement with Russia just doesn't work. Back in August, a group of US foreign-policy worthies signed an open letter calling for a "rethink" of US policy toward Russia. Trump's ex-Russia adviser Fiona Hill: US increasingly seen as 'object of pity'"It makes no sense for two countries with the power to destroy each other and, in 30 minutes, to end civilization as we know it to lack fully functioning diplomatic relations," said the letter, which was signed by (among others) Fiona Hill, Trump's former top Russia adviser, and by Jon Huntsman, his former ambassador to Moscow.That open letter prompted a response by a more hawkish group of former diplomats, military and intelligence professionals and other experts who argued Putin's kleptocracy needed to be more severely constrained.The signatories to the first letter responded that they were not seeking a "reset" with Russia, just a "clear-eyed" appraisal of Russia policy. Both groups, however, agree that the US needs to work with Russia on arms control. And one of the first issues a Biden presidency will face is the expiration on February 5 of the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the last treaty limiting US and Russian nuclear arsenals. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday the new administration was prepared to work with Russia on an extension of the treaty. Key takeaways from the first confirmation hearings for Biden nomineesArms control is a technical and unsexy business that requires substantial patience and diplomacy. But it's very necessary: Trust between the US and Russia has evaporated and the two countries have abandoned agreements that are meant to reduce the risk of world-ending military miscalculations.But the issue that is really driving the conversation around US-Russia relations is one of Russian domestic politics. The poisoning of opposition leader Navalny in August reinvigorated the debate about how to deal with Russia, in a way that even Russian interference in the 2016 election failed to do. And Navalny recently upped the stakes with his dramatic return to Russia: Two days after his arrest at the Russian border, Navalny's investigative team dropped a massive online investigation into Putin's alleged personal wealth.Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser, called for Navalny's release following his arrest on arrival in Moscow. "Mr. Navalny should be immediately released, and the perpetrators of the outrageous attack on his life must be held accountable," Sullivan said on Twitter. "The Kremlin's attacks on Mr. Navalny are not just a violation of human rights, but an affront to the Russian people who want their voices heard." Putin has all the resources of the state and a formidable security apparatus that can smother domestic political opposition. But Navalny appears to be betting that Putinism is entering its gerontocratic stage, with an aging and isolated leader out of touch with the people. It seems unlikely that street protests could oust Putin, but domestic political opposition seems to have received a major boost from Navalny's willingness to roll the dice and return from abroad. Navalny shouldn't be mistaken for a traditional Western liberal: The anti-corruption campaigner has elements of populism and Russian nationalism in his politics, and he has shown a pragmatic willingness to ally with more pliant and generally pro-government parties to challenge Putin's ruling United Russia party in local elections. He even slammed Twitter's decision to ban Trump, calling it an "unacceptable act of censorship." As Navalny's moves show, who wins or loses Russia is a matter for Russians to decide.

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London (CNN)When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was released from hospital on Sunday, the country breathed a collective sigh of relief. And with good reason -- despite officials' daily insistence that Johnson was in "good spirits," Johnson himself has since admitted that his life was in the balance. Questions over whether Downing Street was fully transparent about the Prime Minister's health will doubtless dominate the British media in the days to come. But while important, they risk overshadowing the true picture of the UK's struggle against coronavirus.Jeremy Farrar, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), put it starkly when he told the BBC's Andrew Marr program on Sunday that the UK is "likely to be one of the worst, if not the worst, affected countries in Europe".'She is blown away': World leaders and families praise two nurses who cared for Boris Johnson in ICU Only a few weeks ago, Britons looked on at the unfolding horror in Italy and Spain. Now, as those two countries appear to be over the worst, the UK is on a similar, grim trajectory. The British government -- led by Johnson's designated deputy, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab -- is facing serious questions about why. Some health experts are increasingly scathing about the government's response to the crisis -- driven largely by the advice of leading scientists from SAGE. Read MoreGabriel Scally, president of epidemiology and public health at the Royal Society of Medicine, believes this has led to an abstract response -- one based on numbers and scientific models -- rather than traditional principles of public health. "There has been this kind of scientism -- an approach of academics gathering data and analyzing it then producing theories to be tested -- at the heart of the government's response," he says. "In fact, what we needed was to follow good public health practice and listen to the advice from the World Health Organization." In the early stages of the pandemic, the UK was something of an outlier compared to its European counterparts, especially in the areas of testing and social distancing measures. Unlike some other states, the UK appeared slow to increase its testing capacity, and reluctant to impose the kind of social distancing measures that were swiftly put in place elsewhere. "I find it amazing that testing, contact tracing and isolation was not part of any of the scenarios that any of the expert advisers on this group discussed," Scally says.It has been barely a week since the UK announced plans to increase its testing capacity to 100,000 by the end of April, after even Johnson loyalists criticized the UK's approach to testing compared to countries like Germany. As of Monday morning, the most recent number was 18,000 tests in a 24-hour period, according to the government. JUST WATCHEDOsborne: Boris Johnson is a fighterReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHOsborne: Boris Johnson is a fighter 11:23"I don't see how we are going to reach 100,000 tests a day unless we dramatically increase testing capacity," says Simon Clarke, associate professor in microbiology at the UK's University of Reading. "It's also worth noting that other countries will also want to increase their capacity, so this is going to place a massive burden on companies producing testing kits." Testing hasn't been the only area in which the UK's coronavirus strategy has been criticized. For weeks, the government has insisted that its primary objective has been to minimize pressure on the National Health Service. That has meant encouraging people to go home and self-isolate if they show symptoms of coronavirus, and only seek medical care if those symptoms persist. It has also reluctantly introduced social distancing measures in order to spread the peak of the crisis over a longer period of time, meaning that hospitals are not overwhelmed at once. There are signs that this approach has -- albeit belatedly -- begun to work. While some claim that the government's predictions for the peak dates of the outbreak have shifted in recent weeks, Clarke says that "the peak is not really a peak, the peak is a plateau and I don't think it has actually shifted." This fits with Johnson's previously stated aim to "squash the sombrero" of the outbreak, delaying hospital admissions over a longer period of time in order to manage the pressure on the health service. "The peak will last for at least a week, probably closer to two. That's why it gives the appearance of being pushed back, but in reality it was always meant to start flattening now," adds Clarke. The government is keen to point out that it is running a surplus of intensive care beds and ventilators, meaning anyone who needs such treatment has access to it. But inside the hospitals battling the outbreak, the picture isn't so rosy. Boris Johnson leaves hospital, saying 'things could have gone either way'Unions representing doctors, nurses and care workers complain that the level of personal protective equipment (PPE) they need is not hitting the frontline anywhere near fast enough. On Monday, the Royal College of Nursing issued guidance that staff were entitled to refuse to work if they did not feel comfortable doing so. "If the employer does not provide appropriate PPE and a safe working environment, as an employee you can refuse to care for a patient."The government points to the fact that its testing of health workers and their families has increased dramatically over the past week or so. However, when Johnson returns to work, he might find that the public are less inclined to believe any government narrative. It's clear that the government was not entirely transparent about how unwell Johnson was. There will be lots of theories as to why this happened. The truth is that all stories as to precisely what treatment the PM received and when must be taken with a pinch of salt. News reports quoting medical staff at the hospital where Johnson was treated should be read with a degree of skepticism. "Hospitals are always full of discussion debate and gossip between staff but a very high proportion of it is speculative because at the back of it, patient confidentiality matters a lot to all health professionals," says Scally. And getting too tangled up in exactly what happened could ultimately distract from the plain reality: The UK is about to enter its hardest phase of this crisis with no idea when its leader will return to work and growing uncertainty as to whether the approach his government has taken is doing the job.

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Story highlightsA 2-degree rise in global average temperatures could mean 20-year megadroughtsThere has been a very basic international deal in the works to cut carbon emissionsBe part of CNN's COP21 coverage: We'd like to hear from you on how climate change could affect your local community. Upload your video here, or tag #2degrees on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. (CNN)In Paris, world leaders are fretting over 2 degrees Celsius.Sound like a trivial pursuit? No. It's huge. That rise in average global temperatures would put us in a world never before known in recorded history. The potential consequences? Think of a dystopic desert out of "Mad Max."That 4-year extreme drought parching California? Try a 20-year megadrought drying out about eight states, desperate fights for drinking water and forest fires eight times the size of current ones.Read MoreMad about hunters killing rhinos and lions? How will you feel watching animals and plants go extinct like falling dominoes? Crops failing; waves of refugees driven out of coastal cities by rising seas, begging for shelter and food? Right now, we're at about 0.85 degrees Celsius (1.53 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average temperature on Earth before massive carbon emissions began. We should hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by about midcentury.DealSo, back to Paris, where nearly 150 world leaders are working fight global warming at the COP21 -- it stands for Conference of Parties, and this is its 21st annual meeting.There has been a deal -- or treaty -- in the works to try to corral nearly 200 countries into getting a handle on the carbon emissions, which most all scientists agree is driving global warming.It's a very bare-bones agreement hammered out last year in Lima, Peru, at the COP20. Back then, delegates came up with a basic principle -- that the burden to cut emissions would be different for developed and developing countries. Rich countries would help poor countries meet their goals and also help out with calamities caused by global warming -- like refugee crises triggered by coastal flooding.The details of the treaty to be hopefully signed this year in Paris were left pretty open.HopeThe leaders of the two biggest players in the deal met Monday in Paris. China and the United States are also the biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses.U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down for a one-on-one.Afterward, Obama said the two were on the same page about lowering carbon emissions. "Nowhere has our coordination been more necessary or more fruitful than the topic that we're here to discuss during the Paris conference, and that is how the world can come together to arrest the pace of climate change."There has been a recent hopeful sign, after China announced a plan to deal with emissions -- a cap-and-trade model. For the first time in China, there'd be a cost to companies for emitting carbon into the environment. With a cap on carbon emissions for individual companies, firms would trade or buy permits from each other to emit additional pollution.DespairBut there has been despair as well. Though it's a start, critics don't think China can accurately measure its output of carbon dioxide and other gasses and fear enforcement could easily get muddled. Then there's the United States. Early in his presidency, Obama attempted to enact a cap-and-trade system, but was unable to overcome bipartisan opposition, partly fueled by fears that such a law could hamper economic competitiveness with emerging economies like China's. FailureAnd then there's a major historic fail. It shows how hard it can be to get the world to work together on climate change.Remember the Kyoto Protocol? It was adopted at the COP3 in 1997.It was the best-known milestone to come out of a previous COP -- a nonbinding agreement by 192 states to lower greenhouse gas emissions to 5% below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. The United States did not ratify it and dropped out of it completely in 2001. Canada dumped it, too, in 2011.And China, India and other developing countries were exempt from it.

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(CNN)English soccer star Rio Ferdinand paid tribute to his "wonderful wife" on Saturday after she passed away following a cancer diagnosis.The former England and Manchester United captain married Rebecca Ellison in 2009, and they have three children."My soul mate slipped away last night," the 36-year-old said in a statement on the website of his current club Queens Park Rangers.Follow @cnnsport "Rebecca, my wonderful wife, passed away peacefully after a short battle with cancer at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. She was a fantastic loving mother to our three beautiful children. "She will be missed as a wife, sister, aunt, daughter and granddaughter. She will live on in our memory, as a guide and inspiration."Read More.@LFC's Steven Gerrard hands @Joey7Barton a bouquet of flowers after the sad passing of @rioferdy5's wife, Rebecca pic.twitter.com/8t7kNfmulS— QPR FC (@QPRFC) May 2, 2015 Ferdinand, who asked that his family be "allowed to mourn privately," did not play in QPR's match at Liverpool on Saturday. His teammates wore black arm bands in honor of his wife, while Leroy Fer unveiled a T-shirt saying "Stay strong family Ferdinand" after scoring an equalizing goal.Leroy Fer with a nice message for Rio Ferdinand after his goal for QPR today (via @QPRFC) #LIVvQPR pic.twitter.com/3v9pRNXPjH— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) May 2, 2015 "Rio has been a man mountain around the place," said the London team's manager Chris Ramsey after a 2-1 defeat that left QPR second from bottom with three matches to play. "He's had the weight of the world on his shoulders but you wouldn't know that. He's a fantastic professional and conducts himself in a terrific manner. He's trained hard; he's not moped around the place. "Now all our thoughts are with him and his family. We all hope they can find the strength to pull through in this tragic time."Both teams will wear black armbands today, in memory of Rio Ferdinand's late wife Rebecca, who passed away last night pic.twitter.com/sdqEP8kvBY— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 2, 2015 Fans at Manchester United, where Ferdinand won six Premier League titles and a European crown in a 12-year stay before joining QPR last year, also paid tribute during the later game at home to West Brom.Both sets of players wore black armband while fans chanted the name of United's former defensive stalwart, who played 81 times for England and was selected for three World Cups.Ferdinand has a big social-media fan base, with over 6 million followers on Twitter, 5.6 million likes on his Facebook page and 612,000 on Instagram. He received online condolences from a wide array of fellow footballers such as Gary Lineker, Peter Schmeichel and Michael Essien.Rio Ferdinand's wife dies of cancer http://t.co/PjecN0fVCo— MARCA in English (@MARCAinENGLISH) May 2, 2015 He has struggled at QPR to regain the form that made him Britain's most expensive player when United signed him for £30 million ($45 million) from Leeds in 2002.The former West Ham center-back, who signed a one-year contract with QPR, said in October that he will retire at the end of this season.Meanwhile, fourth-placed United lost 1-0 against West Brom, with Dutch striker Robin van Persie having a second-half penalty saved.United's third successive defeat gave fifth-placed Liverpool hope of qualifying for the European Champions League, but Brendan Rodgers' team is still four points adrift with three games to play.What are your favorite Ferdinand memories? Have your say on the CNNFC Facebook page.

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(CNN)Back in April, officers in Thousand Oaks, California, responded to a disturbance at the home where Ian David Long lived.Long, a 28-year-old who served in Afghanistan with the Marines, was acting somewhat irate and a little irrationally, according to Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean. A mental health specialist with the crisis team met with him and felt he might be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. But after speaking with him, they decided not to detain him under laws that allow for the temporary detention of people with psychiatric issues.Seven months later, officers swarmed his home again for a very different reason: a mass shooting.Long was identified by police on Thursday as the gunman who killed 12 people and injured more than a dozen more in a sudden burst of violence at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks. Authorities have no motive yet.Read More Authorities have identified a Facebook post believed to have been made by the shooter around the time of the attack, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the ongoing investigation. In it, the writer says: "I hope people call me insane... (laughing emojis).. wouldn't that just be a big ball of irony? Yeah.. I'm insane, but the only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers'.. or 'keep you in my thoughts'... every time... and wonder why these keep happening..." When CNN read the post to a friend of Long's, who did not want to be publicly identified, the friend said, "That does not sound like Ian to me at all. I don't know what was going through his head when he wrote this. It must have been terrible."Shooter began firing outsideSurvivors of the shooting said the gunman, dressed in black and wearing glasses, shot a security guard outside and then shot a young woman working at the counter just inside the door before opening fire on others.One of the victims, Ventura County Sgt. Ron Helus, was fatally shot when he entered the bar and tried to stop the rampaging gunman, Dean said. Police found Long dead of what Dean said he believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot.One handgun, a legally purchased .45-caliber Glock, was at the scene. The gunman used an extended magazine in the shooting, Dean said.He was a frequent visitor to the barOn Thursday morning, Dean said he did not know of any connection between Long and the Borderline bar.But Long's friends told CNN he was there frequently.Police identified Ian David Long as the gunman in the mass shooting."We would go to Borderline together. He really liked it," said one woman who has been friends with Long for five years and does not want her name made public."I would make fun of him, because he would drag me there. Sometimes we'd go there to have a drink, sit and talk, listen to music," she said.Borderline, a Western-themed establishment known to regularly host country, salsa and swing dancing nights, was hosting a college country night on Wednesday evening."There was a community there. He was a part of that community. The whole bar is line dancing. People do choreographed dances for hours, cowboy boots and hats in the middle of the suburbs of Thousand Oaks," the friend said.A person who was a friend of Long's until their early 20s and who did not want their name revealed publicly similarly said they used to go to Borderline together. The friend expressed shock that Long could be a killer."I don't know what the hell happened. He was always happy. I never thought this would ever come from him. We used to go snowboarding all the time. He was a good guy," the friend said.A third friend who did not want to be publicly identified said Long stopped communicating two years ago but said the shooting was unlike him."He wasn't unhinged, he wasn't violent. He was a sweet guy who served his country and was using his GI Bill to go to college and get a degree to help more people," the friend said. "Out of our group of friends I thought the highest of him."Todd Stratton, who knew Long from high school, was at Borderline but didn't get a good enough look to recognize the shooter.He said Long had anger issues in school but it was nothing that concerned him. He was in the Marine CorpsThe gunman was a corporal in the Marines from August 2008 to March 2013, according to Defense Department records.He went to Afghanistan from November 2010 to June 2011.Thomas Burke, a pastor who served with Long in the same US Marine Corps regiment, said Long's battalion arrived during intense fighting in Helmand province. But Burke warned against too quickly blaming Long's actions on trauma experienced during war."PTSD doesn't create homicidal ideation," Burke said. "We train a generation to be as violent as possible, then we expect them to come home and be OK. It's not mental illness. It's that we're doing something to a generation, and we're not responding to the needs they have."Long posted information about his military service on a special forces forum called ShadowSpear in March 2017. Under the name "doorkicker03," Long said he was an infantry machine gunner while in the Marine Corps for 4½ years, and was an instructor in Okinawa in Japan. Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barMolly Esterline is hugged by David Crawford on the scene of a shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, on Thursday, November 8.Hide Caption 1 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPeople stand in a parking lot along South Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks in the aftermath of the shooting.Hide Caption 2 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barInvestigators huddle at the command post near the bar.Hide Caption 3 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barNellie Wong cries as Chyann Worrell holds her and Erika Sigman, right, stands beside them. All three were inside the Borderline Bar and Grill when shooting started.Hide Caption 4 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPolice work outside the venue where the shooting occurred.Hide Caption 5 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barTim Dominguez, who was in the bar with his son, sits distraught under a freeway overpass near the crime scene in Thousand Oaks.Hide Caption 6 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barHolden Harrah, 21, right, hugs family and friends after witnessing the shooting.Hide Caption 7 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barA forensics team collects evidence at the scene.Hide Caption 8 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barAn American Red Cross Disaster Relief vehicle is seen outside the Thousands Oaks Teen Center where people have come for family assistance following the bar shooting.Hide Caption 9 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California bar Law enforcement officers guard the road leading to the Borderline Bar and Grill.Hide Caption 10 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPeople comfort each other near the scene of a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Californina, early Thursday, November 8.Hide Caption 11 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barVentura County Sheriff Geoff Dean briefs reporters on the deadly shooting.Hide Caption 12 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barA woman who fled from the shooting gets hugs from relatives in Thousand Oaks.Hide Caption 13 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barAn FBI agent talks to a potential witness. Hide Caption 14 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barOfficers stand near a police SUV at the shooting scene in an image from aerial video.Hide Caption 15 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barMatt Wennerstorm, still wearing a blood-stained shirt, talks to members of the media outside the Borderline Bar & Grill.Hide Caption 16 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barInvestigators in hazmat outfits work out of the command center at the shooting scene.Hide Caption 17 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPeople comfort each other near the shooting scene.Hide Caption 18 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barWomen who fled from the shooting stand by a sheriff's deputy.Hide Caption 19 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPeople await news about their friends in the Borderline Bar & Grill shooting.Hide Caption 20 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPeople walk away from the shooting scene.Hide Caption 21 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPolice vehicles block an intersection near the shooting in an image from aerial video.Hide Caption 22 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barSheriff's deputies speak to a possible witness.Hide Caption 23 of 24 Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California barPeople console one another near the shooting scene.Hide Caption 24 of 24Curtis Kellogg, a friend who served with Long, said the last time he spoke with Long he was headed to Southern California."He had a great sense of humor and like most Marines who have seen combat it could get dark at times, just like all of us," Kellogg said. Thousand Oaks victims include college student and law enforcement officer"He was excited to get out so he could go back home, ride his motorcycle again and finish school."Long, whose Marines unit was based in Hawaii, was married in 2009 in Honolulu. The couple separated in 2011 and dissolved the marriage in April 2013 in Ventura County, California. He and his then-wife said they had no children and owned no property. A settlement agreement stated, "Irreconcilable differences have caused the irremediable breakdown of our marriage."After leaving the Marines in 2013, Long went to college in California."I am graduating with a B.S. in Athletic Training in two months," he wrote in his ShadowSpear post. "I found out a little too late that just wasn't the job for me. Maybe the ego got the better of me but it took only one time for a 19-year-old D-2 athlete to talk down to me and tell me how to do my job that I realized this wasn't the career I wanted to head."Long did not complete his degree. He was a student at California State University, Northridge, majoring in athletic training from 2013 to 2016, but he did not graduate, university representative Carmen Ramos Chandler said.Long also went to the College of the Canyons for two spring semesters, according to that schoolHe lived with his motherSheriff's deputies stand outside Ian David Long's house Thursday in Newbury Park, California.Paul Delacourt, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles office, said agents are processing Long's home and vehicle in an effort to identify his motivation and paint a picture of his frame of mind. There are no indications Long was working with any associates, he said.A neighbor said Long's mother "lived in fear" of what her son might do, saying when police were called to the house earlier this year "it took them about a half a day to get him out of the house."Neighbor Richard Berge said Long's mother told him she was concerned about her son, though not worried about her own safety, and that "she was ... kind of beside herself, she didn't know what to do because he wouldn't get help."Berge said when he saw police activity at the house on Thursday morning, "I knew what it was."CNN's Jose Pagliery, Shimon Prokupecz, Scott Glover, Paul P. Murphy, Cheri Mossburg, Ryan Browne, Sonya Hamasaki and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.

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Story highlightsLeading F1 teams tell CNN they won't pull out of Bahrain GPRed Bull and Toro Rosso say decision rests with FIABahrain GP due to take place April 22Decision should be made after this weekend's Shanghai GPOrganizers for the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix have been given a boost after several Formula One teams, including world champions Red Bull, told CNN they will not unilaterally pull out of the race. Following reports this week that some teams were planning on canceling their appearance at the grand prix, which is due to take place April 22 at the Bahrain International Circuit on the Persian Gulf island, CNN contacted all 12 constructors. Nine declined to comment but Red Bull, whose driver Sebastian Vettel won the drivers' championship and who also clinched the 2011 constructors' title, told CNN that the decision on whether the Bahrain Grand Prix goes ahead is a matter for motorsport's governing body the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile [FIA] and not individual teams.Teams won't pull out"It's up to the FIA," a Red Bull spokesperson said."We take part in the F1 championship and if that calendar includes a race in Bahrain then we will be racing in Bahrain. It's not up to the teams to pick and choose which races we take part in.JUST WATCHEDVettel on Bahrain F1 uncertainty ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHVettel on Bahrain F1 uncertainty 01:38JUST WATCHEDTensions grow in BahrainReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHTensions grow in Bahrain 03:10JUST WATCHEDHow Bahrain quashed 2011 uprisingReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHow Bahrain quashed 2011 uprising 01:49"The FIA are the ones monitoring the situation. They are the ones who make a decision based on what is happening on the ground and we take their guidance."Bernie Ecclestone, the driving force behind Formula One, had earlier stated that it is up to the individual teams to decide whether they would race in Bahrain."We've no way we can force people to go there," he told the UK Press Association. "We can't say 'you've got to go' -- although they would be in breach of their agreement with us if they didn't go -- but it doesn't help. Commercially they have to go, but whether they decide to or not is up to them. I've had no one say anything other than 'we're going to be racing in Bahrain'."By not racing in Bahrain, any Formula One team would be breaking the Concorde Agreement -- a commercial contract between FIA, Ecclestone's Formula One Administration and the teams -- and would be liable to potentially ruinous multi-million-dollar censure. "Teams are unable to cancel grands prix," replied the Formula One Team Association (FOTA)."We race in an international series called the FIA Formula One world championship, and it is therefore for the FIA to offer the teams guidance on these issues."A year of protests Controversy has raged over the Bahrain Grand Prix ever since an uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa royal family rocked the kingdom just over a year ago. Pro-democracy protests were crushed, with dozens killed in the ensuing violence. Last year's race was canceled as a result but protests have continued in the run up to this year's race. Local human rights groups claim that abuses have continued despite government assurances to the contrary. "If Formula One go ahead with the race it will give the impression that everything is back to normal when everything is not back to normal. People are dying on a daily basis," Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, told CNN."I say think of the human rights, think of things other than just your profit and your interest. Human rights have to come first," he added."We will welcome you back when everything is back to normal, when the killing and arrests have stopped in the streets."However, Zayed al Zayani, chairman of the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) where the F1 race will be staged, insisted that safety would not be a problem and blamed the crisis on press "scaremongering.""What has been happening is that armchair observers -- who have not been sufficiently interested or committed to investigate the situation for themselves -- have been driving this debate, at the expense of those neutral parties who have taken the trouble to investigate the situation at first hand," Zayani said in a statement released to CNN."This, combined with the scaremongering tactics of certain small extremist groups on social networking sites, has created huge misconceptions about the current situation."Negative publicity Such has been the negative publicity surrounding the race, BIC released a statement on Monday quoting British parliamentary MP Ben Wallace, the British Ambassador to Bahrain Iain Lindsay and the Lotus F1 team as saying that Bahrain was safe and the race should go ahead.But that move backfired when the Lotus F1 team criticized BIC for using their quotes without permission. "These quotes were part of a full internal and confidential working document, that was also sent on a confidential basis to all F1 team managers last week," Lotus F1 said in their statement."Lotus F1 Team is one of 12 contestants of the Formula One world championship and we would never try to substitute ourselves for the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), which is the only party entitled to determine if a grand prix should go ahead or not."The situation has been further exacerbated by the condition of human rights activist Abdulhadi al Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for close to two months after being jailed for life charged with plotting to overthrow the state. International rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have called for his release.According to the British newspaper The Independent, Ecclestone reportedly phoned a leading writer and activist in Bahrain to check on Al Khawaja's condition and even offered to host a press conference with opposition figures."(Mr Ecclestone) said he was very concerned about what is going on," Dr. Ala'a Shehabi told The Independent. "He said the crown prince (Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa) told him that Al Khawaja was doing fine, but I said that I am hearing very different reports."Decision Sunday?This weekend will see the Shanghai Grand Prix take center stage. "As it stands we're due to fly there (Bahrain) straight from Shanghai so a decision on whether the race takes place could be taken as late as Sunday morning," a spokesman for the Toro Rosso team told CNN. "Clearly it's a situation that we would like to see resolved as soon as possible. I certainly don't think it will be a case of some teams going and some not going. It will be everybody or nobody."The team bosses will have a meeting in China ... Bernie Ecclestone will of course be there and I'm sure they will thrash something out."Although several former drivers, like the British 1996 world champion Damon Hill, have voiced concerns over the Bahrain Grand Prix, the current crop has been largely silent on whether the race should be won."If we go, it's a good decision to make," two-time world champion Vettel told CNN Wednesday. "If we don't go, we don't go."

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London (CNN)Europe's had a torrid time since the start of the pandemic. For a continent whose prosperity relies on political cooperation, seamless supply chains and the uncomplicated crossing of borders, a crisis that pits nation against nation and demands limited movement is a challenge. The pandemic has exacerbated gripes that have existed between European nations for decades. Countries have sniped at one another as they scrambled for protective equipment and vaccines, while pointing the finger at one another over their measures to contain the virus. This has been especially true of the 27 member states of the European Union. At the start of the pandemic, countries closed their borders for lack of trust that their neighbors were sufficiently containing the virus. There have been bitter disputes over exactly how the bloc should finance its economic recovery, with wealthier member states in the north contemptuous of financing those in the south, which they believe to be fiscally irresponsible. Despite Brexit, Britons won't stop being EuropeanMost recently, countries have been falling out over Europe's lackluster vaccine rollout. This week, Italian authorities raided a factory where 29 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were being stored. While the EU didn't directly accuse the pharmaceutical company of withholding the vaccines, EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis noted that the drug maker "committed to deliver 120 million doses to the EU in the first quarter of the year. They are promising to be able to deliver 30 million doses, but they are not even close to this figure." The raid took place on the same day that the EU Commission proposed stricter export controls on vaccines. Read MoreThe episode in Italy comes at a time when trust seems low. One recent example: Sebastian Kurz, the Chancellor of Austria, accused the Commission of distributing vaccines unfairly, pointing out that countries including Malta and Denmark have had more doses per capita than Austria. Maltese officials and representatives of the Commission speculated to CNN that perhaps Austria is falling behind because it declined to buy its full allocation of vaccines procured by the EU. On one hand, this is just the brutal world of politics. "Every head of state or government understands the situation. They are all under pressure to show that they are delivering at home. None of them take these comparisons personally," says Alexander Stubb, the former prime minister of Finland. On the other, underlying tensions among the bloc have been very bad of late and could have long-term impacts on European unity. President Joe Biden attends the virtual EU Leaders' Summit in Brussels, Belgium on March 25, 2021."The pandemic has definitely made the usual tensions more obvious. Normal diplomacy cannot happen on a video call, let alone trying to navigate a once-in-a-century pandemic that is killing thousands and wrecking economies," says Neale Richmond, an Irish government backbencher who was previously appointed to represent Ireland in Brussels. Vaccine nationalism could backfireThe anger is real, but somewhat scattergun. Some of it is aimed at Brussels, some of it is aimed at fellow member states and some of it is aimed at the recently departed UK, whose vaccine program is racing ahead. The anger aimed at the Commission is mostly over its proposals for placing export controls on vaccines. The Commission believes that it should only export doses produced in the bloc to countries that are sending vaccines back in. Critics believe that this move was an unsubtle attempt to make clear its view that the UK and AstraZeneca are holding back vaccines from the EU. They fear it could backfire badly. "Vaccine nationalism makes absolutely no sense. The problem with zero-sum politics is that there is always a loser and, in this case, losing means more deaths for the loser," says Mohammed Chahim, a Dutch member of European Parliament who sits on the public health committee. He adds that a single-minded focus on vaccinating Europeans won't stop the virus spreading and mutating outside. "Inevitably, new strains will end up back in your country and we're back to square one." The anger between member states is more complicated. Diplomats in Brussels from different countries cannot even agree on what they are disagreeing about. Western European diplomats say there is no disagreement at all and those who say there is are simply seeing the glass as half empty. Central and Eastern Europeans feel they are being punished for being responsible and not blindly buying their full allocations of vaccines before knowing if they'd even be able to store them. Members of the so-called "Frugal Four" -- Austria, Denmark, The Netherlands and Sweden -- believe that southern European nations have created a "victim narrative" which placed responsible nations on the wrong side of history. And southern European diplomats say that caricatures of their nations have meant they've been treated like irresponsible children by the others, who can't be trusted not to squander any funds sent their way from wealthier neighbors. While very little of this has anything to do with the actual handling of the pandemic, it's obvious when talking to officials how raw and deep the emotion is. JUST WATCHEDA look at the Covid-19 disinformation pushed by China and RussiaReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHA look at the Covid-19 disinformation pushed by China and Russia 03:03The anger aimed at the UK is slightly easier to understand. Boris Johnson has not been shy in claiming that the UK's successful vaccine rollout would not have been possible without Brexit. This makes blood boil because it's simultaneously untrue but easy to believe. While an argument can be made that Brexit inspired a way of thinking independently of Brussels, there was no specific rule that would have prohibited the UK from acting exactly as it has if it were an EU member state. "The perception that the UK is rolling out so fast while the EU is stumbling from crisis to crisis is very unhelpful," says Richmond. "While no one believes a member state is going to leave over the EU's handling of the pandemic or that it will fall apart, the post-Brexit reality is that all crises are automatically linked to the fact the UK has created a framework for leaving." Others are less measured and still believe Europe will have the last laugh. "You might feel very happy on your little island when you are all vaccinated, but your island might feel very small when you cannot leave it because your neighbors are not vaccinated," one senior diplomat told CNN. Resentment and angerIt's perhaps unsurprising that Europe is an angry place politically at the moment. From the Greek crisis to Brexit to a deadly pandemic, it's had a rough decade. JUST WATCHEDHow a London community is bridging the gap to reach minorities hard-hit by the pandemicReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHHow a London community is bridging the gap to reach minorities hard-hit by the pandemic 05:45The pandemic has laid the ground for some pretty important discussions to take place about Europe's future, especially concerning Brussels assuming greater centralized power. "Europe's pandemic can be viewed through the Commission's failures on health policy and its successes on economic policy," says Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group. "My sense is that it will be hard for the Commission to say that its failures on health mean it should have more control of Europe's health policy. However, if the Covid recovery fund results in serious reform, that could be a catalyst for more European integration." As it was originally envisaged, the EU was, at a Brussels level, supposed to not be dictated to by the national politics of member states. Officials fear that the horse has long bolted, leaving decisions at the mercy of the political whims of the strongest nations. If the post-pandemic anger fails to dissipate, it could create a toxic dynamic that is unlikely to end in closer integration and greater unity. The EU is not on life support by any stretch of the imagination. But if it's to move on from its years of pain, it needs to find a way of healing wounds that have led to such deep-seated resentment and anger.

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London (CNN)A 9-year-old girl who died after an asthma attack is thought to be the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death in a landmark coroner's ruling.Ella Kissi-Debrah lived in Lewisham, southeast London, near one of the UK capital's busiest roads, the South Circular. She died in hospital in February 2013 after suffering a cardiac arrest from which she could not be resuscitated, the coroner reported on Wednesday.The girl suffered from severe asthma that caused episodes of cardiac and respiratory arrest, and frequent emergency hospital admissions over three years.Her medical cause of death was listed as acute respiratory failure, severe asthma and air pollution exposure. The coroner's conclusion was that Ella "died of asthma contributed to by exposure to excessive air pollution."Ella, who died in February 2013, is thought to be the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.The charities Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation said Ella was the first person in world history to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate.Read MoreAssistant coroner Philip Barlow said that Ella's mother had not been given information about air pollution and asthma that could have led to her take steps which "might" have prevented her daughter's death, according to PA Media."Air pollution was a significant contributory factor to both the induction and exacerbation of her asthma," said Barlow as he gave his conclusions at Southwark Coroner's Court after a two-week inquest.New EPA rule could make it more difficult to limit air pollution"During the course of her illness between 2010 and 2013 she was exposed to levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter in excess of World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.""The principal source of her exposure was traffic emissions," he said, according to PA.Barlow said there was a failure in this period to reduce the level of nitrogen dioxide to within the limits set by EU and domestic law."We've got the justice for her which she so deserved," Ella's mother, Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, said after the ruling.But she added: "Also it's about other children still as we walk around our city of high levels of air pollution.""Her legacy would be to bring in a new Clean Air Act and for governments -- I'm not just talking about the UK government -- governments around the world to take this matter seriously," said Kissi-Debrah, reported PA."I still think there's a lack of understanding about the damage it does to young lungs, especially that are not truly formed."Ella's mother, Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, said her daughter got the justice she deserved.Kissi-Debrah said she would prefer to see a public awareness campaign about the damage air pollution can do "rather than a blame game."A previous inquest ruling from 2014, which concluded Ella died of acute respiratory failure, was quashed by the High Court following new evidence about the dangerous levels of air pollution close to her home, PA reported.London Mayor Sadiq Khan called it a "landmark moment" and praised Ella's mother for her "extraordinary" courage and years of campaigning."Toxic air pollution is a public health crisis, especially for our children," he said in a statement. "Today must be a turning point so that other families do not have to suffer the same heartbreak as Ella's family."Activists are fighting for a renewable future in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chinese coal projects threaten to dirty those plansA 2018 report by Stephen Holgate, a professor at the University of Southampton, found air pollution levels at the Catford monitoring station a mile from where Ella lived "consistently" exceeded lawful EU limits over the three years before her death, according to PA. "If we want a healthy generation to come into the world, we are going to have to clean up our environment," Holgate told a news briefing after the inquest.He said the health and medical profession must start "taking ownership of some of these problems" as they had with smoking."Our hearts go out to Ella's family who have fought tirelessly for today's landmark outcome," said Sarah Woolnough, chief executive of Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation."Ella's legacy has firmly put the spotlight on the invisible dangers of breathing dirty air," particularly for those with asthma or lung diseases, she said, criticizing "inadequate air quality laws and policies.""Today's verdict sets the precedent for a seismic shift in the pace and extent to which the government, local authorities and clinicians must now work together to tackle the country's air pollution health crisis," she added.A UK government spokesperson said: "Our thoughts remain with Ella's family and friends."The spokesperson said the government was delivering a £3.8 billion plan to clean up transport, tackle NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) pollution and go further in protecting communities from air pollution, as well as setting "ambitious new air quality targets."

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(CNN)When the survivors of last weekend's attack on a Texas synagogue talk about why they're alive today, they point to two factors. One is the work of law enforcement. The second is the training and preparation they got from the Secure Community Network, a nonprofit safety and training organization that is "working to build a protective, proactive shield over the North American Jewish community," as its national director and CEO told CNN."Those courses, that instruction, helped me to understand that you need to act in moments where your life is threatened," Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker told CNN just days after he and others launched a daring escape from a hostage-taker who'd earlier joined their worship service."I would not have had the courage, I would not have had the know-how or (known) what to do without that instruction." How Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's training helped fellow hostages survive the Texas synagogue attackAs last Saturday's attack on Congregation Beth Israel approached its 11th hour, Cytron-Walker spotted a key moment -- just as he'd learned in training set up by the Secure Community Network, or SCN. When he felt the gunman's guard was down, the rabbi committed to action: He told the others to run, grabbed a chair and threw it at the assailant, giving the hostages enough time to escape with their lives. Read More"We weren't released or freed," Jeffrey Cohen, vice president of the synagogue's board of trustees, wrote on Facebook. "We escaped because we had training from the Secure Community Network on what to do in the event of an active shooter." And it's not just active shooter drills. SCN has built a comprehensive security, training and intelligence operation designed to protect Jewish communities across North America -- an operation that has proven its worth time and again amid a rise in anti-Semitic incidents, from vandalism to a gunman's siege."I believe that the work that we do and the manner in which we do it will make a difference in the lives of Jewish Americans," SCN National Director and CEO Michael Masters told CNN, "to be able to participate freely in the practice of their religion and their culture and their traditions." To that end, SCN helps Jewish institutions -- synagogues, community centers, day schools or assisted living facilities -- implement tools like security cameras and alarm systems to keep them safe while still open and welcoming. It also provides or supports local security directors -- many with deep FBI or other law enforcement experience -- to monitor safety protocols and threats daily and to train community members to confront or escape deadly threats.The problem, he said, is a too-common thread of the "narrative of the 3,000-year history of the Jewish people.""Almost everywhere we have existed or sought to make a life, there have been those that have not wanted us there or not wanted us to exist," Masters said, adding that's true of other faith traditions as well. "The fact that it exists in the United States at this time is deplorable."Building SCN to face down those targeted threats -- broadly, systematically and head-on -- "is about preserving not just who we are as a Jewish people," he said. "It's about also preserving, in my opinion, who we are as Americans and what our country stands for."Added Masters: "As a father, the idea that my children might ever question -- or as a parent, I might ever question -- whether they should, could or can identify as Jewish or participate in Jewish life because of safety and security concerns is not one that should exist in the United States of America -- certainly not in 2022."Secure Community Network National Director Michael Masters stands in SCN's Jewish Security Operations Command Center in Chicago. A critical nudge at the Tree of Life synagogueSCN counts among its ranks Brad Orsini, who spent nearly three decades in the FBI before becoming a security director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh in 2017. The role was like being the local FBI agent for the Jewish community, he told CNN.It was early September 2018 when Orsini huddled for training with members of the Tree of Life synagogue, he recalled. Its rabbi, Jeffrey Myers, told Orsini that in accordance with his Jewish faith, he did not carry his cell phone on the Sabbath. That prompted Orsini to open a "hard conversation" with the rabbi.Brad Orsini was the security director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh at the time of the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue. Today he's the senior national security adviser for Secure Community Network."I said this all the time -- and I don't say it anymore because it came true and this bothers me to this day," Orsini told CNN. "I would say, 'What do you do, how do we combat somebody that walks into our synagogue with an AR-15? Rabbi, we need to have someone with cell phones on.'"The conversation changed the rabbi's mind, Orsini said. Mere weeks later, a gunman stormed the Tree of Life synagogue during Shabbat services and opened fire, killing 11 people -- most of them elderly -- in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. As gunfire erupted that day, the first call to 911 was made by Myers. Orsini, who's been credited by Tree of Life congregants like Steve Weiss for their survival, joined SCN the next year. He's now the organization's senior national security adviser, helping communities across the country employ the kind of tough lessons and security enhancements he enacted in Pittsburgh. "We want it engrained, especially in communities that are targeted like the Jewish community," Orsini said. "We owe it to our community to educate the community, to give them the tools to save themselves prior to law enforcement getting there." JUST WATCHEDRabbi: It feels like 'open hunting season' on Jews (2019)ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCHRabbi: It feels like 'open hunting season' on Jews (2019) 02:38From security cameras to 'Run, Hide, Fight'SCN was founded in the early 2000s in response to a series of threats against the Jewish community -- mostly by foreign terrorist organizations, Masters told CNN. But it's only been in recent years, after Masters took over in 2017, that it has evolved into a fully fledged security operation, Orsini said.Its mission relies on five pillars, Masters said: Intelligence and information sharing; physical security solutions and assessments; training and exercise; coordinating with local, state and federal law enforcement; and incident response and crisis management. New details emerge about hostage-taker's behavior in days before Texas synagogue standoffThe work is tailored by community. "Every city's a little different, every city has to work to their own culture," Orsini said. "However, the basic tenets of a good program really remain the same." SCN works with regional Jewish federations to embed its security directors and advisers in places with significant Jewish populations. Elsewhere, it partners to support local security teams. Other SCN experts oversee the security of smaller Jewish communities across wide zones or offer support to swathes of the North American network. SCN now has more than 50 security directors like Phil Niedringhaus, whose coverage area is Colorado. He relies on expertise and connections built over a career in law enforcement -- including 29 years with the FBI -- to provide some 105 Jewish organizations with best practices standardized by SCN. They include threat vulnerability assessments, SCN security experts told CNN. Advisers visit a site like a synagogue and work with its leaders to see what kind of security is already in place and what gaps can be filled: Are there cameras? Does the organization have a relationship with local law enforcement? Has the congregation gotten training?That last piece may be the most important, with three key tenets of its own, Orsini said: Trainees learn situational awareness to help identify potential threats; get Countering Active Threat Training, which includes the concept of "Run, Hide, Fight" and committing to action; and learn to "Stop the Bleed" to triage wounded or injured victims. Another key component is coordinating with law enforcement at all levels before, during and after a crisis, Orsini said. On Sunday -- just hours after the hostage attack at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas -- SCN convened a webinar for hundreds of Jewish community stakeholders, US Homeland Security officials and senior FBI personnel to talk about emergency plans.Short of mass casualty events, SCN experts also might deal with vandalism at a synagogue or anti-Semitic fliers, sharing intelligence with local police and with SCN's Operations Center and Duty Desk in Chicago, which are staffed by intelligence analysts around the clock who can share credible threats with other agencies.What it was like inside the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue during the 11-hour hostage standoffWhen someone attacks the Jewish community, SCN notifies its directors across the country, keeping them updated on the latest information. Then, directors can coordinate increased patrols with local law enforcement and field calls from local Jewish leaders, offering advice or reassurance that the attack -- like last weekend's in Colleyville -- looks to be an isolated incident. Ultimately SCN's goal is to create uniformity in security practices in Jewish spaces across the country, Masters said, in the same way Americans have spent decades learning uniform fire safety practices like "stop, drop and roll."It's especially important, he said, because members of the Jewish community are "not static" -- a Jewish child might grow up attending a day school in Chicago, go to summer camp in Wisconsin, go to college in New Orleans or get a job in Washington, DC. The security measures should be the same everywhere, Masters said."Fear is paralyzing," he said. "Empowerment is mobilizing."Balancing security with a welcoming faithWhen Rabbi Tuvia Brander was in rabbinical school, he never took a course on security."I can tell you about Talmud, I can tell you about the Bible, I can tell you about Jewish law and Jewish history, and interface with other religions," he said. "But I'm not a security expert."Still, soon after he became the mara d'atra -- a spiritual leader -- of Young Israel of West Hartford in Connecticut, Brander on his own formed a committee to assess security. While he hoped the Centrist Orthodox congregation would not face a threat, he wanted to be prepared. SCN's community security director is the "go-to person" for security, says Rabbi Tuvia Brander, allowing him to focus on being his congregation's spiritual leader.His team had conversations with local police and fire departments -- just as all the synagogues around them were doing. And while their local partners were great, Brander said, the planning was neither effective nor efficient. "When we wanted to give training to congregants in the past about 'Run, Hide, Fight,' stuff like that ... it was only us, it was whatever our institutional capacity was," he said. Then last year, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford hired an SCN community security director, "who can take all the expertise, the wisdom, the training and the vast and deep resources of the Secure Community Network and institutionalize it in our community," Brander said. That director is now the "go-to person" for security, he said, streamlining the process and allowing Brander to focus more on the work of a rabbi, which now includes finding a balance between keeping his congregation safe and ensuring it remains true to its identity and welcoming to the community outside its walls. "Nobody wants to go to worship in a fortress," said Niedringhaus, the son of a Lutheran pastor, "because it doesn't blend well for the mission of the organization or being part of the community or neighborhood you're in."To that end, Brander's congregation has what he described as "greeter guards" who are familiar with the congregation and can offer members a smile and a "Shabbat Shalom" -- while also poised to identify suspicious activity.Rabbi Scott Roland says faith and security can go hand-in-hand."Sometimes people frame this as either/or: Can we be secure, and then we have to give up on the welcoming? What we really try to do is to double down on both," Brander said. Concerns have been raised -- though never hard pushback -- that security measures could make synagogues less welcoming, said Rabbi Scott Roland of Congregation Shaarey Tikvah near Cleveland, where the Jewish federation has its own skilled security experts who often partner with SCN.But in fact, faith and security can go hand-in-hand, he said: "We can serve God and one another and also do so in safety and security.""Our tradition and our Torah implores us to choose life, to do what we can do to protect life," Roland said. "And so the notion of securing our buildings and the safety of our communities is not separate from our religious lives. It's very much an aspect of our religious lives, though we wish it didn't have to be."

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