Rob Picheta

News Producer, CNN Digital Worldwide

Rob Picheta is a news producer for CNN Digital Worldwide, based in London.
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TOPSHOT - Young men inspect a destroyed car carried by waters in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri, near Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, police said on April 29, 2024, as torrential rains and floods battered the country. The disaster raises the total death toll over the March-May wet season in Kenya to more than 120 as heavier than usual rainfall pounds East Africa, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP) (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Visitors stranded at Kenya’s Maasai Mara nature reserve, as devastating flooding kills nearly 200 people
May 2, 2024
Staff and visitors have been left stranded at Kenya’s famous nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding rose to at least 188 people.
Yousaf became SNP leader last March, but made a risky decision to drop his Green Party coalition partners.
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Scotland’s leader Humza Yousaf resigns after a year in power, throwing his pro-independence party into chaos
Apr 29, 2024
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned barely a year into the role after the collapse of his coalition government, a humbling and chaotic departure that throws Scotland’s ruling pro-independence party into chaos.
Ariel Henry announced his resignation in a statement on Thursday.
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Haiti’s prime minister resigns as council sworn in to lead political transition in violence-ravaged nation
Apr 25, 2024
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation on Thursday, handing power over to a transitional council that will seek to gain control of the violence-ravaged nation.
TOPSHOT - People sit on the rubble of buildings destroyed during Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, on the southern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2024, as fighting continues between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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April 24, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war
Apr 25, 2024
Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7. He is shown in the undated video with part of his left arm missing.
Krah has served in the European Parliament since 2019.
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Germany arrests aide to far-right MEP on suspicion of spying for China
Apr 23, 2024
German authorities have arrested an aide to a high-ranking, far-right member of the European Parliament on suspicion of spying for China, the latest in a number of arrests in Europe linked to alleged Chinese espionage.
Floods have devastated several regions in south-east Iran.
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Iranians told to watch out for loose crocodiles as flooding hits country’s southeast
Apr 18, 2024
Iranian authorities have warned that crocodiles are being forced from their natural habitats as floods devastate parts of the country’s southeast.
The fire was still burning on Wednesday afternoon.
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Copenhagen stunned by devastating stock exchange fire, as police launch probe into blaze
Apr 17, 2024
Police launched an investigation Wednesday into the fire that tore through Copenhagen’s famous stock exchange building, causing the collapse of its spire and damaging centuries-old artwork and architecture.
An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel April 14, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Why Iran attacked Israel and what comes next
Apr 15, 2024
The wave of drones and missiles that flew towards Israel overnight on Sunday brought with it a new phase of tension, uncertainty and confrontation in the Middle East.
From left, U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel vows to ‘exact a price’ after unprecedented Iranian attack while world leaders call for restraint
Apr 14, 2024
Israel’s three-man war cabinet is weighing the country’s response to an unprecedented overnight barrage of drone and missile strikes from Iran, which for several hours threatened to tip the crisis in the Middle East into an untempered regional war.
Palestinians gather at Gaza City's damaged Omari Mosque during Eid on Wednesday.
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‘There is no joy:’ Palestinians mark Eid in destroyed mosques and homes, as Israel’s war in Gaza rages
Apr 12, 2024
Mohammad sits on the back of a donkey-drawn cart, trundling down what is left of a road, alongside the few belongings he managed to retrieve from his flattened home. Wednesday should have marked the celebration of Eid al-Fitr; instead, it is another reminder of what millions in Gaza have lost.
Residents and Russian Emergencies Ministry rescuers ride boats in a flooded street in Orenburg, Russia, April 10, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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‘Mass evacuation’ underway in city as floods worsen in Russia and Kazakhstan
Apr 12, 2024
A mass evacuation is underway in the Russian city of Orenburg, as severe flooding tears through parts of the country and northern Kazakhstan.
A demonstrator gestures as people take part in a pro-choice protest in the center of Warsaw, on January 27, 2021, as part of a nationwide wave of protests since October 22, 2020 against Poland's near-total ban on abortion. - A demonstrator holds a banner reading "Abortion on demand" as she takes part in a pro-choice protest in the center of Warsaw, on January 27, 2021, as part of a nationwide wave of protests since October 22, 2020 against Poland's near-total ban on abortion. A controversial Polish court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion will come into force on January 27, 2021, the country's right-wing government said, in an announcement that triggered protests. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Polish lawmakers back plans to end near-total abortion ban, but political showdown awaits
Apr 12, 2024
Polish lawmakers backed plans to end the country’s near-total abortion ban on Friday, setting the stage for an eventual showdown on women’s rights between the country’s government and its right-wing President.
TOPSHOT - Protesters hold up lights, a Polish flag and a photograph of Iza as they take part in a demonstration on November 6, 2021 in Warsaw, Poland, to mark the first anniversary of a Constitutional Court ruling that imposed a near-total ban on abortion, and also to commemorate the death of pregnant Polish woman Iza. - Poland's Constitutional Court in 2020 sided with the Catholic country's populist right-wing government to rule that terminations over foetal defects were unconstitutional. This resulted in a further tightening of already heavy restrictions on abortions and thousands of women have sought help abroad. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Poland is debating an end to its near-total abortion ban, setting up a heated political fight
Apr 11, 2024
Poland is debating changes to its near-total abortion ban on Thursday, re-opening one of the country’s thorniest social and political debates in an effort to shed its reputation as a European hardliner on reproductive rights.
Harris was cheered by colleagues as he left the Dail on Tuesday.
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Simon Harris becomes Ireland’s youngest-ever leader
Apr 10, 2024
Simon Harris has become the youngest-ever prime minister of Ireland, officially taking office in Dublin on Tuesday after Leo Varadkar suddenly stepped down last month.
Palestinians who had taken refuge in Rafah, leave the city to return to Khan Yunis after Israel pulled its ground forces out of the southern Gaza Strip, on April 7, 2024, six months into the devastating war sparked by the October 7 attacks. Israel pulled all its troops out of southern Gaza on April 7, including from the city of Khan Yunis, the military and Israeli media said, after months of fierce fighting with Hamas militants left the area devastated.
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Israeli military says it has withdrawn its forces from Khan Younis after months of fighting
Apr 8, 2024
The Israeli military said it has withdrawn its ground forces from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, while “significant force” remains in other areas of the strip.
Seven aid workers were killed in the Monday attack.
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Israeli military fires two senior officers as report finds strike on aid workers was in ‘serious violation of commands’
Apr 5, 2024
The IDF fired two senior officers and reprimanded a top commander as it admitted a catalog of failures in a a drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, including that it killed aid workers who had survived an initial attack.

About

Rob Picheta is a news producer for CNN Digital Worldwide, based in London. He reports on the breaking news stories that drive the day in the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as on occasion the Middle East, Asia and Africa. This includes running live coverage of breaking news events, writing analysis pieces that digest the top stories, and deeper-dive features that make sense of complicated global topics.

Picheta’s reporting often focuses on political and social movements in the United Kingdom and Europe. He was instrumental in CNN’s live digital coverage of the recent upheaval in British politics, covering four Prime Ministers, the death and state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s 2019 general election and the fallout of Brexit.

He has also been heavily involved in the network’s coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine, covering military, social and diplomatic angles as well as live coverage. He has also authored CNN newsletters focusing on the pandemic and the British royal family.

Picheta joined CNN as an intern in 2018, and then became a trending news producer the following year.

Picheta has a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London and a bachelor’s degree in history from Warwick University in the United Kingdom, which included a year abroad in Australia.