
The EU has introduced the “entry/exit system” (EES) across Europe, an automated system to track when foreigners enter and exit countries, replacing stamping passports. While introduced to make traveling easier, CNN's Clarissa Ward shows the reality as passengers are waiting hours in lines and missing their flights.
An earlier version of this video misstated which passport holders are experiencing long lines and delays due to new EES rules. It is non-European Union passport holders.

The EU has introduced the “entry/exit system” (EES) across Europe, an automated system to track when foreigners enter and exit countries, replacing stamping passports. While introduced to make traveling easier, CNN's Clarissa Ward shows the reality as passengers are waiting hours in lines and missing their flights.
An earlier version of this video misstated which passport holders are experiencing long lines and delays due to new EES rules. It is non-European Union passport holders.

One survivor was safely guided out of a remote cave in Laos after villagers became trapped there over a week ago. Others remain inside as specialist cave divers on a multinational team are racing to free them.

CNN's Will Ripley spoke to Samorn Ian whose husband Kamla Ian is one of five villagers trapped in a cave in Laos. An international rescue effort is underway to free the men.

Heavy clashes between protesters and federal law enforcement erupted again Thursday night outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Jersey. Detainees at the facility have been on a week-long hunger strike over inhumane conditions, according to their lawyers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he told the country’s military to increase its takeover of Gaza as Hamas accuses Israel of “undermining” the ceasefire agreement. CNN’s Oren Liebermann reports.

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch III told CNN that the Trump administration did not direct the 'America 250' museum exhibit.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket experienced an anomaly during a ground test known as a hotfire Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the company shared on X. "All personnel are accounted for," according to the X post.

14-year-old Shrey Parikh has won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, which ended in a tense and record-breaking speed round. Shrey correctly spelled 32 words in 90 seconds to earn victory.



