Por Daniel Dale, CNN

El presidente Donald Trump hizo afirmaciones falsas sobre la inflación y la ciudadanía por nacimiento en una entrevista con CNBC en la mañana de este martes.

El presentador de CNBC Joe Kernen informó correctamente a Trump que, si bien hubo aumentos significativos de precios durante la administración del expresidente Joe Biden, la tasa de inflación “había bajado a aproximadamente donde está ahora, alrededor del 3 %” para cuando Biden estaba dejando el cargo.

Trump respondió con una afirmación falsa: “No, no lo estaba. Había bajado al 5 %, no había bajado al 3 %”.

Kernen tenía razón, Trump estaba equivocado. La tasa de inflación interanual en el mes de la investidura de Trump, enero de 2025, fue del 3,0 %. Fue del 2,9 % en diciembre de 2024, el último mes completo de Biden en el cargo. No había estado cerca del 5 % desde principios de 2023.

Trump luego amplió su respuesta haciendo otra afirmación falsa. Dijo: “Y la razón por la que bajó fue porque yo había ganado la elección, y empezó a bajar después de que gané la elección. Y empecé a bajar los precios justo después del 5 de noviembre”.

Pero los precios en realidad no empezaron a bajar justo después de su elección en noviembre de 2024. De hecho, ni siquiera la tasa de inflación bajó justo después de su elección. La tasa de inflación interanual subió del 2,6 % en octubre de 2024 previo a las elecciones al 2,7 % en noviembre de 2024. Luego subió más, al 2,9 %, en diciembre de 2024.

Trump repitió su mentira ya desacreditada de que “ningún país del mundo” ofrece ciudadanía por nacimiento aparte de Estados Unidos. En realidad, alrededor de tres docenas de países otorgan ciudadanía automática a las personas nacidas en su territorio, incluidos los vecinos de EE.UU., Canadá y México, y la mayoría de los países de Sudamérica.

CNN y varios otros medios ya habían desacreditado la afirmación cuando Trump la hizo durante su campaña presidencial en 2015 y durante su primera presidencia en 2018.

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By Dana Karni, Zeena Saifi, Oren Liebermann, CNN

(CNN) — The Israeli soldiers who damaged a figure of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon and photographed the incident will be removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days of military detention, according to the Israeli military.

Six additional soldiers who witnessed the incident but did nothing to stop it or report it will be summoned for what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) called “clarification discussions that will be held later on.” The IDF said other command-level measures could be taken.

On Sunday, a photo emerged on social media of an Israeli soldier wielding what appears to be a hammer or axe against the figure of a crucified Jesus Christ in the predominantly Christian town of Debel. The photo seemingly showed the soldier hitting the head of the figure after it had been removed from the cross.

Maroun Nassif, the deputy head of the municipality, told CNN after the incident that it was “an attack on our sacred beliefs.”

The IDF opened an investigation into the photo, calling the soldiers’ actions “wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “stunned and saddened” by the attack on the religious figure. “I condemn the act in the strongest terms,” he said in a statement on Monday.

On Tuesday, the IDF said they had worked “in full coordination” with the community of Debel to replace the figure of Jesus Christ. The new figure, appeared to be made of metal on a new cross. “The IDF expresses deep regret over the incident, and is working to ensure that it does not happen again in the future,” the IDF said.

Wadih El Khazen, a former tourism minister in Lebanon and Maronite Christian leader, called for “international action to ensure accountability for all those who commit these crimes.” According to Lebanon’s state-run NNA news, El Khazen said on Monday, “The historical truth about the war in Lebanon is unforgiving, and it places a great responsibility on us to protect civilians, reject all forms of discrimination and violence, and work toward a lasting and just peace.”

Debel is one of 55 Lebanese towns and villages inside a swath of southern Lebanon currently occupied by Israeli forces. It is approximately four miles west of Bint Jbeil, a town which the IDF has surrounded as it tries to root out what it says is a Hezbollah stronghold there.

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By Tal Shalev, CNN

Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — The location of the ceremony was kept secret until the last moment. Additional screening sites were disclosed only to registered participants, for fear of violence and harassment. It was, organizers said, the only way to hold the event at all.

In a region riven by decades of conflict and more than two years of war, a group of Israelis and Palestinians came together Monday evening – physically and virtually – to do something increasingly rare: mourn together and recognize each other’s grief and loss.

Held on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day, the annual Israeli-Palestinian joint memorial ceremony, now in its 21st year, connects bereaved families from both sides of a conflict that shows no signs of ending.

“Pain does not belong to one mother or one people,” said Khuloud Hoshieh from the Palestinian city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Hoshieh says one of her sons was killed by Israeli military gunfire in January 2023, while a second is held in Israeli administrative detention.

“We have chosen the path of peace, despite all the losses… because blood only brings more blood,” she said in a video message.

The event is organized by two grassroots Israeli-Palestinian organizations focused on dialogue and reconciliation, the Parents Circle Families Forum and Combatants for Peace. Organizers say around 1,000 Jewish and Palestinian Israelis attended the main gathering in Tel Aviv alongside a parallel ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho, while screenings in Israel and across the globe reached tens of thousands more.

“Today I am here because this is where hope is,” said Liora Eilon, 73, a survivor of the Kfar Aza massacre whose son Tal was killed in the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023. “This is a place that gives me the strength to believe that one day we will speak – and it will end.”

The ceremony was conducted in Hebrew and Arabic, with bilingual songs, readings from Israeli poet Haim Nahman Bialik and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, and personal testimonies. Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, barred from entering Israel and attending in person, sent prerecorded video messages.

“We Palestinians are human beings like everyone else,” Nahil Hanouna from Gaza, who lost multiple family members in the war, said in one such message. “We want to live in peace and freedom, to raise our children without fear.”

That hope is a powerful statement of defiance in the face of the realities of war and the broader sentiment in Israeli and Palestinian public opinion. The October 7 attacks killed more than 1,200 Israelis, while Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza killed more than 72,000 Palestinians. In recent months, settler violence has also surged in the West Bank.

A March survey by Tel Aviv University found that just 26% of Jewish Israelis support negotiations with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and only 13% believe talks could lead to peace in the coming years. A 2025 Gallup survey in the West Bank and East Jerusalem found that only 23% of respondents said permanent peace with Israel would ever be achieved.

Against that backdrop, the annual event has increasingly become a polit

By Natasha Chen, Alex Stambaugh, Chris Boyette, CNN

(CNN) — A nuclear physicist and MIT professor fatally shot outside his Massachusetts residence. A retired Air Force general missing from his New Mexico home. An aerospace engineer who disappeared during a hike in Los Angeles.

These are among at least 10 individuals connected to sensitive US nuclear and aerospace research who have died or disappeared in recent years, prompting concerns whether they are connected and fueling speculation online about the possibility of nefarious activity.

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee announced Monday it will investigate reports of the deaths and disappearances of the individuals, who it said had access to sensitive scientific information.

The reports “raise questions about a possible sinister connection” between the deaths and disappearances, the committee said in its statement, seeking briefings on the matter from the FBI, the Defense Department, the Department of Energy and NASA.

CNN reached out to each agency for comment on the committee’s investigation.

The FBI declined to comment. The Defense Department said only that it would respond to the committee directly, and the Department of Energy referred questions to the White House.

In a post on X, NASA said it is “coordinating and cooperating with the relevant agencies” in relation to the scientists.

“At this time, nothing related to NASA indicates a national security threat,” NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens said.

The cases vary widely in circumstance. Some involve unsolved homicides, while others are missing persons cases with no signs of foul play. In at least two instances, families have pointed to preexisting medical conditions or personal struggles as explanations. Authorities have not established any links between the cases.

The White House said last week it is also working with federal agencies to probe any potential links between the deaths and disappearances, with President Donald Trump referring to the matter as “pretty serious stuff.”

“It’s very unlikely that this is a coincidence,” House Oversight Chair James Comer, a Republican, told Fox News Sunday. “Congress is very concerned about this. Our committee is making this one of our priorities now because we view this as a national security threat.”

Circumstances vary case by case

The string of mysterious deaths and disappearances began in 2023, lawmakers say, with the death of Michael David Hicks, a scientist who worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for nearly 25 years.

Hicks, 59, died July 30, 2023. During his career at JPL, he specialized in comets and asteroids, according to the American Astronomical Society. His cause of death was not disclosed.

His daughter, Julia Hicks, told CNN her father had been struggling with known medical issues and that the recent speculation has her “shaken up.”

“From what I know of my dad, there’s no train of logic to follow that would implicate him in this potential federal investigation,” she said. “I don’t understand the connection between my dad’s death and the other missing scientists.”

“I can’t help but laugh about it, but at the same time, it’s getting serious,” Hicks said.

In the years since, several others connected to JPL have also died or disappeared: Frank Maiwald, a specialist in space research, died in Los Angeles in 2024 at 61. Monica Reza, a 60-year-old aerospace engineer, disappeared while hiking in a Los Angeles fores

Por Vivian Song, CNN

Steve Schwarzbach ha asistido a todos los Mundiales desde 2006.

No tenía reparos en viajar a países como Sudáfrica o Brasil, que pueden tener reputación —justificada o no— de ser peligrosos para los turistas. Dado el tamaño del evento internacional, confiaba en que la policía local protegería a visitantes del Mundial como él.

“En Sudáfrica y Brasil me sentí muy seguro porque había muchísima policía, ejército y seguridad, así que no tenía miedo de salir”, dijo Schwarzbach a CNN Travel.

Pero este año, el ciudadano alemán ha tomado la decisión consciente de no asistir a los partidos en Estados Unidos. De todos los países anfitriones en las últimas dos décadas, dijo que es en EE.UU. donde más teme viajar.

“Ves a los agentes de ICE recorriendo las calles y deteniendo a personas solo porque parecen extranjeras, y no tienes la sensación de que alguien vaya a protegerte”, dijo.

Schwarzbach también es mitad coreano y mitad alemán, un perfil que teme podría convertirlo en objetivo. “Parezco más asiático que alemán”, afirmó. “No me sentiría seguro”.

Como miembro del programa de aficionados de una asociación nacional participante (PMA, por sus siglas en inglés), Schwarzbach pudo conseguir dos entradas por US$ 1.600 para los partidos de cuartos de final y semifinal, programados en estadios de EE.UU.

Las PMA son asociaciones nacionales de fútbol. Cada federación establece sus propios criterios para definir a los superfans, pero generalmente estos han pagado una membresía y han asistido tanto a partidos como locales como visitantes.

Tras ver las redadas de ICE y enterarse de que el Gobierno de EE.UU. evalúa revisar la actividad en redes sociales de los visitantes de los últimos cinco años, decidió que el viaje no valía el riesgo. Finalmente, canceló las transacciones con su tarjeta de crédito.

Schwarzbach es uno de varios aficionados internacionales que hablaron con CNN Travel sobre su decisión de evitar los partidos del Mundial en EE.UU., en medio de redadas de ICE en comunidades inmigrantes, la muerte de dos estadounidenses a manos de agentes federales y una larga y polémica lista de políticas exteriores del país.

Pero el evento deportivo que se celebra cada cuatro años no es ajeno a la polémica. Aún está por verse cómo se desarrollará el torneo en Estados Unidos, que será sede junto con Canadá y México.

Los llamados a boicotear el torneo, que se celebrará del 11 de junio al 19 de julio, han aumentado en los últimos meses. Una petición en línea en Países Bajos que insta a la selección nacional a retirarse del torneo reunió más de 174.000 firmas. En Facebook, un grupo titulado “Boycott FIFA World Cup 2026 in USA” tiene más de 25.800 miembros, mientras que en redes sociales y foros en línea abundan los mensajes que llaman a boicotear los partidos en EE.UU., e incluso algunos prometen no verlos por televisión.

A comienzos de este año, el expresidente de la FIFA Sepp Blatter respaldó la idea de un boicot impulsado por aficionados, mientras que Oke Göttlich, presidente del club alemán FC St. Pauli y uno de los vicepresidentes de la Federación Alemana de Fútbol, habló abiertamente sobre la posibilidad de un boicot del equipo.

Además de las posturas políticas y preocupaciones de seguridad, el veto migratorio del presidente Donald Trump a 39 países —en su mayoría no blancos, africanos o de mayoría musulmana— también excluye a grandes grupos de aficionados internacionales.

El desarrollador de software canadiense Omar Hassan, de 34 años, tiene entradas para dos partidos en Boston y Nueva York. El residente de Montreal planeaba inicialmente viajar con un amigo y un primo que vive en Dubái. Pero su primo es ciudadano de Tanzania, uno de los países incluidos en una prohibición parcial de viaje.

Al momento de escribir este texto, Hassan dijo que lo más probable es que el grupo revenda la