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Cave Rescue Plan, New Strikes on Iran, Afghan Woman Summits Everest and more.
CNN 5 Things
May 28, 2026

The U.S. and Iran launch new strikes as President Trump threatens Oman.  Rescuers devise a new plan to pull five people from a flooded cave in Laos. The Justice Department launches a criminal probe of E. Jean Carroll. 11 people are presumed dead from a chemical tank rupture and spillage into a nearby river in Washington state. Plus, the first Afghan woman reaches the summit of  Mount Everest.