By Betsy Klein, CNN

(CNN) — As the United States and United Kingdom sought to bolster their “special relationship” on Tuesday in Washington, Queen Camilla and first lady Melania Trump were seen but not heard.

Dressed in white ensembles, the women joined their husbands for an official welcome ceremony at the White House, where they walked a red carpet and observed all the pomp and circumstance: a 21-gun cannon salute, the playing of both national anthems, the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps in tricorn hats, and warm remarks from President Donald Trump.

Then, as King Charles III and the president met privately, the first lady and the queen retreated to the tennis pavilion for a spousal outing featuring historical artifacts, with a modern twist. Over string renditions of pop songs, it was nearly impossible for reporters to hear as they engaged with local middle school students in an event highlighting the use of new technologies in education.

The moment and its stagecraft spoke to how both Melania Trump and Queen Camilla are approaching their roles during this state visit, which comes at a time of strained relations between the UK and the US over the war with Iran.

“Neither one of them is stealing any of the spotlight here,” said Elizabeth Holmes, an independent journalist chronicling the royal family and author of “HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style.”

“In this case, Charles and Trump are very much the focal point. And I would bet both men appreciate that. Certainly, Charles has had times in his life when he was not the focal point,” Holmes added. “They are both representative of women that need to play this supporting part.”

On one side of the White House tennis court, Melania Trump and Camilla viewed a tablet showing what the students clad in Meta virtual reality goggles could see: landmarks of the United Kingdom, including Snowdonia, Stonehenge and Buckingham Palace.

Other students wore AI-enabled sunglasses that enhanced a series of artifacts curated by the first lady: a bust of Prime Minister Winston Churchill; a portrait of President John Adams, who was also the first US ambassador to the United Kingdom; and blue-and-white Staffordshire ceramic ware.

The use of new technology (a key platform of Melania Trump’s) to observe historical artifacts (a passion of the queen’s) offered an outing neatly tailored to both women’s interests.

After Trump briefly put on her own set of sunglasses, a student inquired with Camilla whether she was interested in doing the same, underscoring the off-script moments that can happen when children are involved in diplomatic events.

“You want to try these?” the boy asked the queen, removing his glasses. She shook her head with a polite “no.”

This trip marks the third time the two women have met in a state visit setting and the first time Queen Camilla has visited the White House since her husband ascended to the throne. Last September, during the Trumps’ state visit to the UK, the queen and the first lady toured Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House and the Royal Library together. And while they are friendly acquaintances, the women aren’t particularly close.

“I don’t know of any sort of established relationship between the first lady and the queen, nor

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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, CNN

(CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells that officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, three sources first told CNN.

The indictment was brought in the Eastern District of North Carolina. An arrest warrant was issued for Comey by a court clerk.

Comey faces charges of making a threat against the president and transmitting a threat in interstate commerce, according to court documents.

The charges come with a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

“He publicly posted a photograph on the internet social media site Instagram which depicted seashells arranged in a pattern making out ‘86 47’, which a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President of the United States,” the indictment says.

Comey responded to the indictment in a video posted to his Substack account.

“I’m still innocent. I’m still not afraid,” Comey said. “And I still believe in the independent federal judiciary, so let’s go.”

Trump has long pressed for his political adversaries to face charges, including the former FBI director he sees as a key leader in the perceived effort to “weaponize” justice system against him.

Last May, Comey posted a photo on social media of shells on a beach writing out the numbers “86 47,” which critics said referred to taking out or killing Trump.

When used as slang, the number 86 can refer to getting rid of or tossing something out. Trump is currently the 47th president. Comey posted the photo of the shells, writing in the caption, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

In a press conference Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche talked about the case as an example of the Justice Department’s effort to prosecute people who make threats against the president.

Immediately following the presse conference, Blanche showed up at the White House.

“Over the past year, this department has charged dozens of cases involving threats against all sorts of individuals,” Blanche said. “We take these seriously. Every single one of them.”

When asked by CNN’s Evan Perez why the Justice Department requested an arrest warrant in this case, Blanche pointed to the grand jury in North Carolina.

“The Department of Justice does not issue arrest warrants, grand juries do,” he said. “And so the grand jury returned an indictment and arrest warrant, I expect that there will be communication with Mr. Comey’s counsel, and we’ll go from there. This case will proceed like hundreds of others do every year.”

The court docket includes a request for an arrest warrant submitted with Justice Department letterhead, with no signature from the grand jury.

Al

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“¡Terreno adelante. ¡Ascienda!”

Es una orden que normalmente solo se escucha en una película de desastres o en un simulador de vuelo. Pero pilotos y expertos en aviación dicen que estas alertas están generando cada vez más alarma en las cabinas, a medida que señales falsas de satélites de posicionamiento global afectan a vuelos comerciales.

La interferencia de las señales GPS se ha vuelto endémica en zonas de conflicto, incluida la región ahora afectada por la guerra de EE.UU. e Israel con Irán, impactando a aeronaves en rutas que bordean focos de actividad militar en Medio Oriente, el mar Báltico y el mar Negro. En estos casos, el sistema de advertencia de proximidad al terreno de un avión puede captar una señal errónea y activar alertas inquietantes, aunque la aeronave vuele a una altitud segura.

“Tengo colegas pilotos que se enfrentan a esto de forma habitual. Ese es el verdadero peligro: se está normalizando”, dijo el capitán Ron Hay, presidente de la Federación Internacional de Asociaciones de Pilotos de Líneas Aéreas, que representa a más de 160.000 pilotos en más de 70 países. Hay, quien trabaja para Delta Air Lines, expresó su preocupación de que los pilotos pierdan confianza en sistemas críticos de seguridad al volverse insensibles a estas alertas.

Además de las alarmantes órdenes fantasma de ascenso, los vuelos que enfrentan estas señales manipuladas experimentan respuestas anómalas en los sistemas, como desplazamientos en los mapas, donde la ubicación del avión en pantalla se mueve kilómetros fuera de la ruta real, o indicaciones erróneas cuando la aeronave está en pista lista para despegar, según una guía de recursos de 2026 de la Administración Federal de Aviación de EE.UU. (FAA, por sus siglas en inglés).

Alrededor de 900 vuelos al día se ven afectados por interferencias de GPS, según Benoit Figuet, investigador asociado de la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Zúrich y fundador de SkAI Data Services, que desde 2024 rastrea estos incidentes en su sitio GPSWise.

Las pantallas de navegación digital en cabina “se convierten en una obra de ficción”, dijo un piloto comercial que pidió no ser identificado. Explicó que, en ocasiones, los pilotos deben desactivar el interruptor de inhibición de terreno para silenciar las alarmas, desacoplar manualmente los relojes del GPS y depender de sistemas terrestres “como si estuviéramos en los años 70”.

Los pilotos pueden recurrir al radar, sistemas de navegación inercial y transmisores en tierra cuando el GPS falla o se vuelve poco fiable. Sin embargo, dado que el GPS está integrado en múltiples sistemas a bordo, las señales manipuladas pueden afectar herramientas como los relojes de la aeronave, el radar meteorológico y el wifi para pasajeros. En última instancia, la interferencia puede generar interrupciones y retrasos en los vuelos.

Los sistemas globales de navegación por satélite (GNSS, por sus siglas en inglés), como el GPS de EE.UU., son una parte esencial, aunque en gran medida invisible, del mundo moderno. Permiten calcular ubicación y hora exactas en cualquier lugar.

Pero sus señales, comparables a la potencia de un par de bombillas, son fáciles de interferir porque se debilitan tras recorrer más de 20.000 kilómetros desde los satélites hasta la Tierra. Aunque esta vulnerabilidad se conoce desde hace tiempo, se convirtió en un problema mayor tras la invasión rusa de Ucrania en 2022, cuando los drones comenzaron a usarse ampliamente en combate.

La interferencia GNSS ocurre cuando fuerzas militares emiten señales de radio de alta intensidad en las mismas frecuencias que los sistemas d