By Maureen O’Hare, CNN

(CNN) — In our travel news roundup this week: how airlines make sure your pilot is sober, what really happens inside a Turkish bath, and why there’s a worldwide dash to secure second passports.

Starting over in Germany and Sweden

Dual citizenship — the ability to be a citizen of more than one country — has long been the dream of many travelers and expats. Right now, a global rush for second passports is intensifying as countries around the world tighten requirements. For those who obtain the right to live abroad, whether by citizenship or visa, the move can be transformative.

Kate Raidt moved with her son from Atlanta to Germany a year and a half ago and went through the “long and challenging process” of getting a visa. It was all worth it, she says, as the relocation’s gone “way better than anyone could have imagined.”

She now lives in the southern city of Ulm, close to the natural beauty of the Danube River and the Bavarian Alps, and is enjoying a new outdoorsy lifestyle. It’s done wonders for her mental and physical health, she says.

In 2022, San Diego woman Arabella Carey Adolfsson moved to a Swedish island with her husband, a Swede. The winters “can be quite brutal,” she tells CNN, and she misses her family back home. “There was a huge slice of my life that was taken away and I still haven’t figured out what to replace it with.”

The big thing she’s learned is that a mental reset is key to adapting to a new country. “It’s a matter of reworking the program in your head that you were used to running,” she says, “and running a new program.”

Dry January

Thinking of cutting back on the booze for 2026? It’ll make you less likely to get into a spot of bother on a plane, for one thing. There’s one common theme when it comes to in-flight passenger incidents, a criminology professor tells CNN: “Alcohol. Alcohol. Alcohol.”

The aviation industry is in agreement that drunk airline passengers are a problem. The big headscratcher is how to fix it. Banning bad apples? Limiting drinks at the airport? We took a look at this complex debate.

It’s not just cockeyed customers who can cause trouble in the skies; pickled pilots are also a cause for concern. While it’s rare for commercial crews to attempt to fly under the influence, a string of incidents in recent years has brought the issue to the forefront. Read our story about the precautions airlines take to make sure your pilot is sober.

Alcohol-free carousing is a growing movement among younger people and it’s taking the global party scene in an unexpected direction. From South Korea to Paris, revelers are now enjoying sober raves, dancing at daybreak in wholesome venues such as bakeries and coffee shops.

Inside a Turkish bath

Hamams, or Turkish baths, are a social ritual in Turkey dating back more than a thousand years, but what really goes on inside these temples of steam and soap?

A warm, tranquil world where you can be washed clean by an attendant is a return to childhood, even to the womb. Here’s why fans say it leaves them feeling brand new.

The Finnish tradition of sauna (sweating it out in a wooden box) has also spread beyond Scandinavia and is

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Seguimos esperando saber si el presidente Donald Trump cumple su promesa y ataca a Irán después de que las autoridades del país violaron su línea roja y mataron a numerosos manifestantes.

Si bien Trump afirmó haber recibido garantías de que “las matanzas han cesado”, ha mantenido sobre la mesa la posibilidad de una acción militar, lo que marcaría una escalada significativa incluso para el cada vez más militarista mandatario.

Pero independientemente de si Trump finalmente aprieta el gatillo, una cosa se ha vuelto cada vez más clara en las últimas semanas y meses: a medida que Trump se ha vuelto más agresivo, ha arrastrado a su partido con él.

Los días del no intervencionismo inspirado por Trump en el Partido Republicano han quedado atrás.

Un ejemplo ilustrativo fue una nueva encuesta del Marist College del viernes. En ella se preguntó a los estadounidenses si apoyaban una “acción militar” en cinco lugares diferentes: no solo Irán y Venezuela (donde Trump utilizó recientemente el ejército para derrocar a Nicolás Maduro), sino también Cuba, Groenlandia y México.

La mayoría de los republicanos aceptan la acción militar en los cinco lugares. Y al menos 7 de cada 10 la apoyaron en todos los lugares, excepto Groenlandia.

Aquí están los porcentajes de republicanos que apoyaron la acción militar en cada nación:

• Venezuela (83%)
• Irán (75%)
• México (74%)
• Cuba (71%)
• Groenlandia (57%)

Son números… notables.

Básicamente, tenemos tres cuartas partes de republicanos que están felices de enviar militares a lugares en tres continentes diferentes en este momento, incluidos dos de nuestros vecinos más cercanos.

Y son mayoritariamente republicanos quienes apoyan estas hipótesis. El apoyo independiente oscila entre el 23% y el 35% para cada uno de estos objetivos. El apoyo demócrata oscila entre el 4% y el 18%.

¿A qué se debe esto?

Algunas de estas actitudes parecen ser la base del Partido Republicano siguiendo aparentemente el liderazgo de Trump.

El presidente ha amenazado a cada uno de estos lugares en las últimas semanas con diferentes tipos de intervenciones militares, así que tal vez los republicanos no quieran descartar completamente esas ideas.

Respalda esa interpretación el hecho de que en ninguno de estos casos una mayoría de republicanos “apoye firmemente” la idea. Muchos conservadores ofrecen un apoyo más matizado.

Cabe destacar que la “acción militar” no está definida. La encuesta no se centra específicamente en la toma de Groenlandia, por ejemplo, que ha obtenido malos resultados incluso entre los republicanos en otras encuestas.

Pero seguimos hablando de unos niveles realmente sorprendentes de disposición a aceptar el envío de militares. Y eso importa, ya que Trump amenaza repetidamente con hacerlo.

Y estos no son los únicos hallazgos en este sentido.

Uno de los aspectos más sorprendentes de los ataques de Trump contra las instalaciones nucleares iraníes en junio fue la rapidez con la que el Partido Republicano cambió de postura tras el lanzamiento de los ataques.

Una encuesta del Washington Post previa a los bombardeos mostró que solo el 47 % de los conservadores apoyaba la idea, pero el respaldo se disparó rápidamente al 77 % después.

Cuando Trump empezó a con

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By Kevin Liptak, Paula Newton, CNN

(CNN) — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Canada’s leader Mark Carney and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the members of the “Board of Peace” that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza.

The establishment of the board, chaired by US President Donald Trump, is a key step in the United Nations-backed American plan to demilitarize and rebuild the enclave, that was ravaged by two years of war between Israel and the Hamas militant group.

The “founding Executive Board” also includes Trump’s foreign-policy envoy Steve Witkoff, deputy national security adviser Robert Gabriel and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as billionaire businessman Marc Rowan and World Bank head Ajay Banga.

Additional members are yet to be announced, a White House statement said Friday. A Canadian government official subsequently told CNN that Prime Minister Carney had also accepted an invitation to join the board.

Before the members were named, Trump labeled the panel “the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled” in an earlier social media post officially announcing its formation on Thursday.

Members will each be given a defined portfolio “critical to Gaza’s stabilization and long-term success,” the White House statement said.

The board has no representative of the Palestinian Authority, a rival to Hamas that runs parts of the occupied West Bank and is expected to eventually be handed control of Gaza, after completing extensive reforms.

Blair – who led Britain for a decade until 2007 and took his country into the war in Iraq in 2003 – was initially suggested as a potential leader for the board last year, but the talk quickly faded.

His support for the US-led Iraq campaign damaged Blair’s standing among some Arab states. And in his post-political role as Middle East envoy for what was known as the Quartet, he was disliked by the Palestinians for a perceived pro-Israel stance.

Governance of Gaza

Under the US plan, the day-to-day governance of Gaza will be handled by a separate Palestinian technocratic committee, which will have 15 members.

It will be led by Dr. Ali Sha’ath, a Palestinian from Gaza who previously held a number of positions in the Palestinian Authority, the White House said. The panel will focus on restoring core public services and institutions to help stabilize life in Gaza, according to the statement.

Nickolay Mladenov, a Bulgarian politician and diplomat who previously served as the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, will serve as high representative for Gaza, the White House said.

Under the US-brokered agreement, the technocratic committee is supposed to run Gaza until a reformed Palestinian Authority can take over, which could then lead to what the plan calls a “credible path to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the Palestinian Authority’s involvement in Gaza, and any notion of a Palestinian state.

Israel effectively had veto power over the members of the committee, demanding that no members of Hamas or the Palestinian Authority be allowed to join. According to an Israeli official, the head of the country’s internal security agency, known as the Shin Bet, told the security cabinet on Tuesday that the agency had approved the 15 names on the committee.

A separate “Gaza executive board” to support governance has also been formed and includes officials from Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and some members of the “Board of Peace” and the technocratic committee.

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