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6/18/2025, 10:39:55 PM

CNN's Fred Pleitgen is in Iran's capital city of Tehran and is the first Western journalist to enter the country since its conflict with Israel started. Hear his first impressions and what he's witnessed as he journeyed across Iran.

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6/18/2025, 10:34:25 PM

The first of two rounds of extreme heat is underway for parts of the eastern half of the US, the opening act for a potent and widespread heat dome that will send temperatures to dangerous, record-breaking levels over the weekend and into next week. http://cnn.it/3HLwNHM

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6/19/2025, 2:12:04 AM

The US State Department told embassies and consulates they must vet student visa applicants for “hostile attitudes towards our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles” but said they should resume appointments that were paused in late May. http://cnn.it/4jVQqu4

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6/19/2025, 12:14:22 AM

As President Donald Trump is warming to the idea of using US military assets to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, officials and experts have suggested the US’ 30,000-pound “bunker buster” bomb is the only weapon capable of destroying the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, a facility thought to be key to Tehran’s nuclear program, which is carved into a mountain and extends deep underground. http://cnn.it/4n6KrFl

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6/18/2025, 8:01:43 PM

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady again Wednesday as officials continue to wait for the fallout of President Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes and tensions in the Middle East. https://cnn.it/3HNRin5

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6/19/2025, 1:06:29 AM

As possibly the only world leader with a direct line to the White House, Israel Knesset and Iranian leadership, Russian President Vladimir Putin is casting himself as a power broker in the Israel-Iran conflict. CNN's Matthew Chance looks at how Putin is playing into global affairs as the world turns its attention to the Iran-Israel conflict. Read more analysis: http://cnn.it/45Z6t6Y

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6/19/2025, 10:17:25 AM

Air defense systems had been activated over Tehran overnight, according to a Telegram post from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports on the scene.

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6/19/2025, 8:32:33 AM

"He might do it. But he might not. And you've got no idea whether he will. Then again, neither does he," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4le1q79

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6/18/2025, 9:33:28 PM

Concern is rising in Gulf Arab states about the possibility of environmental contamination or reprisal attacks if Israel or the United States strikes Iran’s nuclear facilities just across the Persian Gulf. http://cnn.it/44cNzHr

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6/18/2025, 7:43:27 PM

Karen Read was acquitted of second-degree murder in the 2022 death of her police officer boyfriend. She was found guilty of drunk driving. https://cnn.it/4kHEdu9