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Plume of smoke over Tehran after this morning‘s wave of airstrikes. CNN CNN International

Plume of smoke over Tehran after this morning‘s wave of airstrikes. CNN CNN International

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We are at the funeral ceremony for Iran‘s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Large crowds passing the coffins at the Mosallah center in Tehran. Authorities estimate millions will come to pay their final respects. Laying in state: the Supreme Leader and several family members killed in a US / Israeli airstrike on February 28th. CNN

We are at the funeral ceremony for Iran‘s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Large crowds passing the coffins at the Mosallah center in Tehran. Authorities estimate millions will come to pay their final respects. Laying in state: the Supreme Leader and several family members killed in a US / Israeli airstrike on February 28th. CNN

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Driving up Vali Asr a few days ago before the strikes ln the oil storage facilities in Tehran turned the skies dark. Can see the Alborz mountains in the back. CNN

Driving up Vali Asr a few days ago before the strikes ln the oil storage facilities in Tehran turned the skies dark. Can see the Alborz mountains in the back. CNN

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US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff departing for Ukraine talks in the German chancellery a few minutes ago.

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff departing for Ukraine talks in the German chancellery a few minutes ago.

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It is raining oil in Tehran this morning after major airstrikes on oil facilities in the South and West of the Iranian capital. CNN CNN International

It is raining oil in Tehran this morning after major airstrikes on oil facilities in the South and West of the Iranian capital. CNN CNN International

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Update from Tehran: Thick black smoke still in the air over pretty much the entire city. We drove around town just now. The rain has stopped, but breathing the air feels quite toxic. CNN CNN International

Update from Tehran: Thick black smoke still in the air over pretty much the entire city. We drove around town just now. The rain has stopped, but breathing the air feels quite toxic. CNN CNN International

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Managed to film at the Shahran oil depot in Western Tehran that was targeted by airstrikes last night. The oil still seems to be burning. We saw flames coming from some of the destroyed oil storage tanks. Also destroyed tanker trucks outside the gate. Sorry for audio issues, was windy CNN CNN International Claudia Otto

Managed to film at the Shahran oil depot in Western Tehran that was targeted by airstrikes last night. The oil still seems to be burning. We saw flames coming from some of the destroyed oil storage tanks. Also destroyed tanker trucks outside the gate. Sorry for audio issues, was windy CNN CNN International Claudia Otto

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Russia’s Human Right’s Commissioner Yana Lantratova on the Oleshky ceasefire and the U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s role tells me: “She genuinely played a mediating role, and in a way this served as a guarantee of our joint agreement. We were in constant, regular contact with the First Lady’s team while preparing this mission, and later, while we were in the Republic of Belarus finalizing the agreements.” “Furthermore, we outlined in great detail how the convoy would move—specifically, that special vehicles – military vehicles – would lead the convoy to ensure complete safety with regard to landmines, to prevent any explosions and ensure everything was safe.” CNN

Russia’s Human Right’s Commissioner Yana Lantratova on the Oleshky ceasefire and the U.S. First Lady Melania Trump’s role tells me: “She genuinely played a mediating role, and in a way this served as a guarantee of our joint agreement. We were in constant, regular contact with the First Lady’s team while preparing this mission, and later, while we were in the Republic of Belarus finalizing the agreements.” “Furthermore, we outlined in great detail how the convoy would move—specifically, that special vehicles – military vehicles – would lead the convoy to ensure complete safety with regard to landmines, to prevent any explosions and ensure everything was safe.” CNN

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“He is strongly damaged I believe the CDU cannot continue with Friedrich Merz, with a weak chancellor." - AfD chair Alice Weidel tells me shortly after preliminary results show devastating losses for Friedrich Merz’s CDU both in Berlin and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Weidel calls the AfD a new “people’s party” and says the CDU’s poor showing is due to the “firewall policy” where the CDU excludes cooperating with the AfD. CNN International CNN Sebastian Shukla Claudia Otto

“He is strongly damaged I believe the CDU cannot continue with Friedrich Merz, with a weak chancellor." - AfD chair Alice Weidel tells me shortly after preliminary results show devastating losses for Friedrich Merz’s CDU both in Berlin and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Weidel calls the AfD a new “people’s party” and says the CDU’s poor showing is due to the “firewall policy” where the CDU excludes cooperating with the AfD. CNN International CNN Sebastian Shukla Claudia Otto

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Ukraine’s ammo shortage becoming more difficult by the day. Around Bakhmut an M109 position we visited only got smoke rounds. The division commander says the current ratio is 10:1 in favor of the Russians. Still Ukrainian troops are holding on. CNN CNN International Isa Soares #Ukraine #Russia with Joseph Ataman Daria Tarasova

Ukraine’s ammo shortage becoming more difficult by the day. Around Bakhmut an M109 position we visited only got smoke rounds. The division commander says the current ratio is 10:1 in favor of the Russians. Still Ukrainian troops are holding on. CNN CNN International Isa Soares #Ukraine #Russia with Joseph Ataman Daria Tarasova

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Caught up with Russian nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin, seen by some as Putin’s ideological architect and who just wrote a book called “the Trump Revolution” - I asked him about Western fears that Donald J. Trump might be closer to Putin than to the U.S.’s allies. CNN Dugin: : “Yes, it's so. I agree that it’s obvious, that is obvious. He is much more conservative. He is in favour of traditional values. He is in favour of the patriotism of the nation, and I define that as the great power's world order. Putin and Trump coincide in accepting this model instead of liberal globalism.”

Caught up with Russian nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin, seen by some as Putin’s ideological architect and who just wrote a book called “the Trump Revolution” - I asked him about Western fears that Donald J. Trump might be closer to Putin than to the U.S.’s allies. CNN Dugin: : “Yes, it's so. I agree that it’s obvious, that is obvious. He is much more conservative. He is in favour of traditional values. He is in favour of the patriotism of the nation, and I define that as the great power's world order. Putin and Trump coincide in accepting this model instead of liberal globalism.”

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Quick interview with the right wing AfD‘s Ulrich Siegmund after they seem far ahead in the polls in Saxony - Anhalt. He says he wants to be governor. Also told me he wants to improve ties with Russia. AfD brass have told me they see today‘s result as a stepping stone to winning German Federal elections in the future, CNN Sebastian Shukla Claudia Otto

Quick interview with the right wing AfD‘s Ulrich Siegmund after they seem far ahead in the polls in Saxony - Anhalt. He says he wants to be governor. Also told me he wants to improve ties with Russia. AfD brass have told me they see today‘s result as a stepping stone to winning German Federal elections in the future, CNN Sebastian Shukla Claudia Otto

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Inside the battle for Avdiivka: Ukrainians trying to hold on in the face of massive (and very costly) Russian assaults. CNN CNN International #Ukraine️ #Russia with Joseph Ataman Daria Tarasova

Inside the battle for Avdiivka: Ukrainians trying to hold on in the face of massive (and very costly) Russian assaults. CNN CNN International #Ukraine️ #Russia with Joseph Ataman Daria Tarasova

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From Tehran: some lines now at gas stations. Drivers told us they waited around 20-30 minutes to get to the pump. They seemed fairly relaxed about the fuel situation but feared it could get worse in the coming days after the massive airstrikes on fuel storage facilities around the capital. CNN CNN International

From Tehran: some lines now at gas stations. Drivers told us they waited around 20-30 minutes to get to the pump. They seemed fairly relaxed about the fuel situation but feared it could get worse in the coming days after the massive airstrikes on fuel storage facilities around the capital. CNN CNN International

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Anti aircraft fire, jets overhead and an explosion while we were filming at a site that had been hit the day before in Eastern Tehran. CNN CNN International

Anti aircraft fire, jets overhead and an explosion while we were filming at a site that had been hit the day before in Eastern Tehran. CNN CNN International

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After President Trump posted the Saxony-Anhalt election results, and Elon Musk, MAGA Republicans and Russians congratulated the Alternative for Germany, AfD, their main candidate Ulrich Siegmund tells me he is not surprised by the amount of international attention. CNN Claudia Otto Sebastian Shukla

After President Trump posted the Saxony-Anhalt election results, and Elon Musk, MAGA Republicans and Russians congratulated the Alternative for Germany, AfD, their main candidate Ulrich Siegmund tells me he is not surprised by the amount of international attention. CNN Claudia Otto Sebastian Shukla

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Looks like pretty big damage after a sustained aerial attack in Tehran the past hour or so. Several large fires burning. We heard jets overhead and big thuds for an extended period of time. CNN CNN International

Looks like pretty big damage after a sustained aerial attack in Tehran the past hour or so. Several large fires burning. We heard jets overhead and big thuds for an extended period of time. CNN CNN International

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Some air strikes in Tehran around dawn Monday. Seemed to come from the South West of the city. After the massive Saturday strikes on some of Tehran’s oil storage facilities the skies have cleared somewhat, but the fires in the destroyed storage tanks still seem to be burning. Also, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s Quds force, the foreign operations branch of the IRGC, has pledged allegiance to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. CNN CNN International

Some air strikes in Tehran around dawn Monday. Seemed to come from the South West of the city. After the massive Saturday strikes on some of Tehran’s oil storage facilities the skies have cleared somewhat, but the fires in the destroyed storage tanks still seem to be burning. Also, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s Quds force, the foreign operations branch of the IRGC, has pledged allegiance to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. CNN CNN International

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Elon Musk has long been championing the AfD in Germany. Saying only they can “save” Germany. Including at a campaign event ahead of Germany’s last federal election. AfD chair Alice Weidel has strong ties with Musk.

Elon Musk has long been championing the AfD in Germany. Saying only they can “save” Germany. Including at a campaign event ahead of Germany’s last federal election. AfD chair Alice Weidel has strong ties with Musk.

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Reporting on Germany blaming Russia for the August 4th drone attack at Leipzig airport. Germany’s interior minister saying he believes Germany is under sustained hybrid attack. Russia’s FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accusing Germany of manufacturing a “pretext” and “stoking” the Ukraine war. CNN Max Foster @

Reporting on Germany blaming Russia for the August 4th drone attack at Leipzig airport. Germany’s interior minister saying he believes Germany is under sustained hybrid attack. Russia’s FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accusing Germany of manufacturing a “pretext” and “stoking” the Ukraine war. CNN Max Foster @

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The AfD’s chair Alice Weidel told me she thinks Friedrich Merz won’t last in office till Christmas. Bold words:

The AfD’s chair Alice Weidel told me she thinks Friedrich Merz won’t last in office till Christmas. Bold words:

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Our report from the Avdiivka front #Ukraine️ on how Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are helping the Ukrainians stay in the fight there. As further U.S. military aid remains uncertain. CNN CNN International #RussiaUkraineWar

Our report from the Avdiivka front #Ukraine️ on how Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are helping the Ukrainians stay in the fight there. As further U.S. military aid remains uncertain. CNN CNN International #RussiaUkraineWar

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Rough evening for Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Poor results both in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elections. Merz vows to stay in office and continue reforms. AfD-boss Alice Weidel tells me Merz should resign. We’re in Berlin CNN Claudia Otto Sebastian Shukla

Rough evening for Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Poor results both in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern elections. Merz vows to stay in office and continue reforms. AfD-boss Alice Weidel tells me Merz should resign. We’re in Berlin CNN Claudia Otto Sebastian Shukla

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"Iran must be understood by Mr. Trump, and those who seek to bully us that we are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations without accepting the language of force." Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in his speech at the UNGA. CNN International CNN

"Iran must be understood by Mr. Trump, and those who seek to bully us that we are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations without accepting the language of force." Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in his speech at the UNGA. CNN International CNN

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