Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd as he arrives in the popemobile during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 20, 2026. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP via Getty Images)
Pope takes on AI in first major document

Pope Leo XIV warns of AI fueling warfare in the first major theological document of his pontificate. The pope says control of the technology must not remain in the hands “of a few.” CNN's Christopher Lamb reports.

01:11 • Source: CNN
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Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd as he arrives in the popemobile during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on May 20, 2026. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP via Getty Images)
Pope takes on AI in first major document

Pope Leo XIV warns of AI fueling warfare in the first major theological document of his pontificate. The pope says control of the technology must not remain in the hands “of a few.” CNN's Christopher Lamb reports.

01:11 • Source: CNN
Protesters carry cloth with names of Palestinian children killed in Gaza

Activists in Naples unfurled an 82-feet-long cloth bearing the names of 18,457 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since the war with Israel began.

00:26 • Source: CNN
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Climber braves boiling heat and snowy avalanche on quest to break Everest record

Oliver Foran is attempting to beat the Guinness World Record for fastest sea-to-summit, non-motorized ascent of the world's tallest mountain. His team filmed the moment they were engulfed by an avalanche on their journey, which is in partnership with YouTurn Limited, an Australian non-profit providing mental health support.

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Pope calls for AI to be 'disarmed'

Pope Leo XIV called for AI to be "disarmed" during the presentation of his first encyclical document, "Magnifica Humanitas."

00:53 • Source: CNN
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Police storm opposition party headquarters in Turkey

Police stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at a crowd of party supporters and officials, as tensions have been rising since a court recently nullified the 2023 election of Özgür Özel as party chairperson.

00:57 • Source: CNN
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Gisèle Pelicot falls in love again

At the Hay Festival in Wales, 73-year-old rape survivor Gisèle Pelicot says she has found love again, after enduring nearly a decade of horrific abuse at the hands of her former husband.

00:37 • Source: CNN
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Japanese 'Edo-style' running goes viral

Katsunori Oba has been researching how Japanese people may have run hundreds of years ago and his unusual techniques have since turned him into an internet sensation.

01:42 • Source: CNN
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Trump says US not in a rush to make a deal with Iran

A day after President Trump said he would soon announce details on a deal with Iran, the president indicated that he told his representatives "not to rush" and that "time is on our side." CNN's Julia Benbrook reports.

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