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By Michael Williams, Aileen Graef, CNN

(CNN) — As the Justice Department faced mounting pressure to release the Epstein files last year, FBI employees were compiling what one described as “salacious” allegations against men in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit and putting together a presentation that included a list of “prominent names” in the investigative files.

The 21-slide presentation — released with more than 3 million documents in the Epstein files — outlines the various federal investigations into the late convicted sex offender, his death and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of child sex trafficking.

One slide lists a dozen names and notes that “numerous” tips were made anonymously to the FBI’s tip line. Some of the tips included claims of sexual misconduct, while others were not allegations of criminal conduct but rather indicated an association with Epstein.

The men listed, including President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, have been known to have associations with Epstein and have denied wrongdoing regarding previous allegations against them.

Efforts by FBI employees to compile some of the most explosive claims contained in the Epstein files took place as public backlash mounted last year over the Trump administration’s decision to shut the door on releasing more documents. Separately, the FBI compiled a list of sexual assault allegations related to Trump this past August — many of which appear to have come from unverified tips.

Eventually, Congress passed a law in November demanding transparency and the release of all documents, forcing the Trump administration to act.

It’s not clear from the presentation what steps had been taken to verify any of the allegations. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN earlier this month that the Department of Justice has no plans to bring additional charges related to Epstein, saying there was nothing in the files to warrant new prosecutions.

CNN has reached out to the DOJ. The FBI declined to comment.

Top Trump administration officials early last year hyped the release of the Epstein files and a purported “client list,” which has been long sought since Epstein’s death in 2019, including by Trump’s base.

Attorney General Pam Bondi initially said last February that a client list was sitting on her desk — though the administration said she was referring to other documents. Later that month, she gave a group of rightwing influencers binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1,” which turned out to contain already

By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN

(CNN) — Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first election since a Gen Z rebellion toppled an ageing autocrat – an uprising tens of millions of young people dreamt could chart a new course for their country.

Images of longtime leader Sheikh Hasina fleeing by helicopter as protesters stormed her residence in the summer of 2024 sent shockwaves around the world, inspiring other youth-led movements against corruption and nepotism that helped topple governments in Nepal and Madagascar.

Many are happy that Hasina’s 15 years of rule – marked by accusations of rigged elections, the loot of state resources and brutal crushing of dissent – have ended.

The “revolution showed the power of what Gen Z can achieve,” Mirza Shakil, a student who participated in the protests to topple Hasina, told CNN.

But the two candidates most likely to lead Bangladesh into a post-Hasina future are a far cry from those who risked everything on the barricades and in the streets to topple her.

One is the 60-year-old scion of a political dynasty which has dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades. The other is a 67-year-old Islamist leader whose party is fielding no women candidates in the polls.

“We dreamt of a country where all people regardless of gender, race, religion would have equal opportunity,” another former protester Sadman Mujtaba Rafid told Reuters.

“We expected policy changes and reforms, but it is far away from what we dreamt of.”

A consequential vote

Hasina’s downfall began with student demonstrations over civil service job quotas. In response, her government unleashed a brutal and bloody crackdown that only galvanized the movement and brought more people onto the streets.

Protests soon spread nationwide, and when the army said it would not fire on protesters, it was clear Hasina’s rule was over.

In August 2024, students stormed her official residence, smashing walls and looting its contents, forcing her to flee into neighboring India and exile.

Last November, a court in Dhaka sentenced Hasina to death in absentia for her role in the unrest, in which the UN human rights office estimates around 1,400 people were killed.

Hasina now finds herself a pawn in a tense standoff between the two countries as Bangladesh demands her extradition to face justice for crimes that she insists she did not commit. Her Awami League is banned from contesting in the upcoming vote.

The absence of Hasina and her party has been a boon for its historic rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Its leader, Tarique Rahman, the son of former prime minister and bitter Hasina rival, the late Khaleda Zia, has since returned to Bangladesh after 17 years of exile and now appears the frontrunner to win.

Another of the old guard enjoying a comeback is Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party, which is making a resurgence after years of suppression under Hasina.

Meanwhile the National Citizen Party (NCP), a political party founded by students following the uprising, has struggled to meaningfully muscle its way into Bangladesh’s fractious and often violent political scene.

In late December, it stunned many when it announced an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami.

That pact is partly about protection, said Naomi Hossain, a professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London.

“Some in the NCP stand a strong chance of getting seats if they ally with Jamaat,” she told CNN.

Furthermore, in a “viol

Por Juan Alvarado, CNN en Español

El patinador artístico Ilia Malinin desató la locura en la Arena de Patinaje sobre Hielo de Milán, Italia, este sábado, luego de realizar una voltereta hacia atrás y aterrizar con una pierna durante los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno de Milano Cortina 2026.

Es la primera vez que este movimiento acrobático, denominado a menudo “mortal hacia atrás” o “salto mortal hacia atrás”, se ve en unos Juegos Olímpicos desde la edición de 1976.

Malinin se quedó con el primer lugar de la prueba, asegurando así puntos esenciales para que el equipo de Estados Unidos gane la medalla de oro en el evento. Su voltereta se llevó todas las miradas y cautivó incluso al tenista Novak Djokovic, que se encontraba presenciando el evento dentro de la arena.

Sin embargo, esta maniobra no es del todo favorable para los patinadores artísticos que deseen realizarla, tomando en cuenta el riesgo al que se exponen, ya que el incentivo técnico no es mayor.

Las volteretas hacia atrás estuvieron prohibidas por varias décadas. La Unión Internacional de Patinaje, ISU por sus siglas en inglés, decidió vetar este tipo de maniobras debido al riesgo extremo al que se exponen los patinadores si estos deciden hacerla a altas velocidades y sobre una superficie como el hielo.

Recién volvieron a ser legales dentro del patinaje artístico durante la temporada 2024/2025, y aunque ya se permiten dentro de las competencias oficiales, estas piruetas no suman puntos para la calificación técnica del patinador.

Es decir que la complicada maniobra no cuenta como un movimiento de patinaje, como sí lo hace un giro o freno.

Sin embargo, la voltereta puede servir como un elemento para sumar puntos dentro de la calificación de composición de la presentación del patinador.

La Federación de Patinaje Artístico de Estados Unidos describe el concepto de la composición como: “La disposición intencionada, elaborada y/u original del repertorio de todo tipo de movimientos en un conjunto coherente y significativo, de acuerdo con los principios de proporción, unidad, espacio, patrón y estructura musical”.

Hay un tercer elemento que forma parte de la calificación de un patinador artístico: el de “presentación”, que, según la federación estadounidense, significa “la demostración de compromiso, dedicación e implicación basada en la comprensión de la música y la composición”.

El estadounidense Terry Kubicka fue la primera persona que registró una voltereta hacia atrás en unos Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno, en 1976. Precisamente fue su salto la razón que llevó a la ISU a declararla maniobra ilegal en competencias futuras.

Más de 40 años después, esta pirueta fue eliminada de la regla 610, que prohibía este tipo de saltos de las competencias.

Tras la decisión, otros patinadores, además de Malinin, han logrado completar este tipo de volteretas: el estadounidense Patrick Blackwell y la canadiense Deanna Stellato-Dudek, aunque esta última lo consiguió en un evento en parejas.

Malinin, por su parte, volverá a competir en dos eventos durante los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno. Uno de estos es el Programa Corto de patinaje artístico masculino.

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By Piper HudspethBlackburn, CNN

(CNN) — A federal judge in California on Monday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations.

US District Judge Christina Snyder in Los Angeles granted the Trump administration’s request for a preliminary injunction, finding that the ban “unlawfully discriminates” against federal agents because it does not equally apply to state law enforcement officers.

Snyder, however, kept in place another law requiring federal officers operating in the state to display either their name or badge number.

The ruling is a partial win for the Trump administration, which challenged the policies in federal court last year, insisting both be thrown out to protect federal agents.

The administration had argued that the laws, signed in September in response to immigration raids last summer in Los Angeles, were an unconstitutional attempt to regulate federal law enforcement officers.

CNN has reached out to the Justice Department and California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office for comment.

The mask ban, the first of its kind in the United States according to the Associated Press, seeks to bar neck gaiters, ski masks and other facial coverings for local and federal officers who are conducting official business. There are exceptions for undercover agents, medical masks and tactical gear. The legislation came after months of immigration arrests conducted by masked federal agents using aggressive tactics across the country.

Currently, there is no federal policy dictating when officers can or should cover their faces during arrests. Historically, officers have almost always concealed their faces only while performing undercover work to protect the integrity of ongoing investigations, law enforcement experts have told CNN.

For his part, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has insisted the ban pushes back against the federal government’s use of masked agents without identification or badge numbers to detain people on the streets during immigration raids.

“It’s like a dystopian sci-fi movie. Unmarked cars, people in masks, people quite literally disappearing,” Newsom said at a press conference when he signed the law last year.

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Por Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN

Las Fuerzas Armadas de EE.UU. ejecutaron el lunes un ataque contra otra presunta embarcación de narcotráfico en el océano Pacífico oriental, matando a dos personas y dejando un sobreviviente, según el Comando Sur de EE.UU.

“El 9 de febrero, bajo la dirección del comandante de #SOUTHCOM, el general Francis L. Donovan, la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Southern Spear realizó un ataque cinético letal contra una embarcación operada por Organizaciones Terroristas Designadas”, dijo SOUTHCOM en X, señalando que se notificó a la Guardia Costera de EE.UU. para activar una misión de búsqueda y rescate para el sobreviviente.

CNN se comunicó con la Guardia Costera para obtener más detalles.

Al menos 121 personas han muerto hasta ahora en ataques contra embarcaciones sospechosas de narcotráfico como parte de la Operación Southern Spear, una campaña que el Gobierno de Trump dice que está dirigida a frenar el tráfico de narcóticos.

La administración ha calificado a los muertos como “combatientes ilegales” y ha afirmado la capacidad de ejecutar ataques letales sin revisión judicial debido a una decisión clasificada del Departamento de Justicia.

El ataque a la embarcación del lunes es el tercer ataque conocido públicamente del año y el segundo que deja un sobreviviente. Un ataque en enero mató a dos personas y dejó un sobreviviente.

El Gobierno ha presentado públicamente pocas pruebas de que los muertos en la Operación Southern Spear estén afiliados a carteles de la droga o que cada una de las embarcaciones transportara estupefacientes.

La legalidad de los ataques también ha sido objeto de un intenso escrutinio en el Congreso desde que comenzaron las operaciones en septiembre de 2025. Existe un interés particular en el primer ataque, el 2 de septiembre, que incluyó un ataque posterior que mató a dos miembros de la tripulación que inicialmente habían sobrevivido. Varios abogados militares actuales y anteriores dijeron previamente a CNN que los ataques no parecen legales.

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