By Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, CNN

(CNN) — Russia is providing Iran with intelligence about the locations and movements of American troops, ships and aircraft, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue, the first indication that Moscow has sought to get involved in the war.

Much of the intelligence Russia has shared with Iran has been imagery from Moscow’s sophisticated constellation of overhead satellites, one of the people said. It is not clear what Russia is getting in return for the assistance.

CNN has asked the Kremlin and the Russian embassy in Washington for comment.

It is also not clear whether any single Iranian attack can be linked to Russian targeting intelligence, which was first reported by the Washington Post. But several Iranian drones have hit locations where US troops have been in recent days. An Iranian drone struck a makeshift facility housing US troops in Kuwait on Sunday, killing six US service members, CNN has reported.

One of the sources briefed on the intelligence said, “This shows Russia still likes Iran very much.”

The US also has intelligence suggesting that China may be preparing to provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts and missile components, three people familiar with the matter said, though Beijing has stayed out of the war up until now. China relies heavily on Iranian oil and has reportedly been pressuring Tehran ⁠to allow safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

“China is more cautious in its support. It wants the war to end because it endangers their energy supply,” one of the sources familiar said.

The CIA declined to comment. CNN has asked the Chinese embassy in Washington for comment on the suggestion China may be preparing to assist Iran.

Asked about the reports of intelligence sharing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that “We’re tracking everything.”

“The American people can rest assured their commander-in-chief is well aware of who’s talking to who,” he added in the interview airing Sunday. “And anything that shouldn’t be happening, whether it’s in public or back-channeled, is being confronted and confronted strongly.”

Hegseth told reporters on Wednesday that Russia and China are “not really a factor” in the war with Iran.

Russia and Iran have been cooperating for at least the last three years on missile and drone technology, with Iran providing Russia with Shahed drones and short-range ballistic missiles to target Ukraine and helping to set up a massive drone factory to pump out Iranian-designed drones inside Russia. Iran has in turn sought Russia’s help to bolster its nuclear program, CNN has reported.

The US operation against Iran currently involves more than 50,000 troops, more than 200 fighter jets and two aircraft carriers, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said this week, and administration officials have not said how long the war is expected

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La Fórmula 1 está de regreso con el Gran Premio de Australia, la primera de las 24 competencias de la temporada 2026.

Esta primera competencia se llevará a cabo en el circuito Melbourne Park, en Australia, donde el británico Lando Norris estrenará el número 1 en el chasis de su monoplaza McLaren, tras la corona obtenida en 2025.

Esta temporada la Fórmula 1 tendrá cambios sustanciales en varios aspectos técnicos y entre los más destacados destacan:

• Los motores funcionarán 50 % de modo gasolina y 50 % electrónico. Hasta 2025, era 80 % gasolina y 20 % electrónico.
• El combustible será 100 % sostenible.
• El sistema “DRS” no seguirá y en su lugar llega el “Active Aero”. El DRS era el sistema que los pilotos presionaban en las rectas para abrir el alerón trasero y buscar los adelantamientos. Ahora tendrán alerones de dos modos, tanto adelante como atrás, que se utilizarán en curvas y rectas.
• Los monoplazas serán 30 kg más livianos, 10 cm más angostos y 20 cm más cortos. La idea es que los autos sean más fáciles de maniobrar, lo que hará más emocionantes a las competencias.

Recordemos que, en esta temporada, Cadillac debutará como la escudería número 11. Red Bull, en tanto, fabricará sus propios motores junto a Ford.

La Fórmula 1 también presentó su nuevo formato de puntajes para la temporada 2026. En esta campaña, los pilotos contarán tanto con las carreras sprint como con las competencias principales para poder sumar puntos.

Los “Grandes Premios” entregarán más unidades. El ganador de un Gran Premio se quedará con 25 puntos, el segundo lugar con 18 y el tercer puesto con 15.

Los pilotos que queden entre la cuarta y la décima casilla también sumarán puntos.

En las carreras sprint, solo los que queden entre el primer y octavo puesto se llevarán unidades, con un máximo de 8 puntos para el primer puesto y 1 punto para el octavo.

Esta nueva temporada contará también con cambios con los pilotos en la parrilla. Arvid Lindbland será el único novato de la temporada y competirá por la escudería Racing Bulls, reemplazando así a Isack Hadjar que pasó a formar parte del equipo Red Bull Racing.

Lindbland es uno de los mayores prospectos del automovilismo, pues tiene el récord de ser el piloto más joven en ganar carreras en la Fórmula 3 y Fórmula 2 con 16 y 17 años respectivamente.

El piloto de 18 años también se destacó dentro de la categoría de karting con triunfos en carreras como la WSK Euro Series, competencia en la cual también destacaron los pilotos de Fórmula 1 Charles Leclerc y Kimi Antonelli.

Esta temporada también marca el regreso a la máxima categoría del automovilismo de dos experimentados pilotos. Se trata del mexicano Sergio “Checo” Pérez y del finlandés Valtteri Bottas, ambos con la nueva escudería Cadillac.

Estos pilotos tienen entre ambos más de 500 participaciones en Grandes Premios de la Fórmula 1. Además, forman una pareja de pilotos que sabe lo que es ganar carreras en esta clase de competencia. Checo tiene en su historial 6 victorias en el circuito, mientras que Bottas tiene 10.

Cabe resaltar que tanto Checo Pérez, como Bottas han formado parte de equipos que han levantado el título de constructores en el pasado. El mexicano lo logró con la escudería Red Bull Racing y el finlandés lo hizo con el equipo de Mercedes.

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By Sarah Owermohle, Adam Cancryn, CNN

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration’s head of vaccines and biologic medicines will leave the agency at the end of April, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Friday.

Dr. Vinay Prasad, who joined the FDA in May, oversaw a series of vaccine decisions that attracted controversy, including a refusal last month to review a new flu vaccine using messenger RNA technology, made by Moderna. The agency later accepted the application with adjustments.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary has not made a decision on a replacement to lead the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, he said in a social media post Friday.

Prasad’s departure was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Prasad had previously left the agency in July, less than three months into the job, before rejoining weeks later. That departure came amid increasing pressure from White House allies including Laura Loomer, who accused the hematologist-oncologist of being politically aligned with liberals and expressing “disdain” for President Donald Trump.

More recently, CBER has been embroiled in controversy over requests for more trial data from a company, UniQure, developing a gene therapy for Huntington’s disease. In a rare move, officials convened a media call on Thursday to defend the FDA’s decision and attack critics.

As a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Prasad was an early – and harsh – critic of the government’s Covid-19 response. He also criticized his predecessor in the FDA role, Dr. Peter Marks, for overseeing approvals of new medicines that Prasad argued were supported by thin evidence.

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