Por Briana Waxman, meteoróloga de CNN

Una poderosa y rápidamente intensificadora tormenta invernal que atraviesa el centro y este de Estados Unidos está trayendo una mezcla caótica de condiciones de ventisca, tormentas eléctricas severas, tornados y una dura dosis de frío invernal, complicando los viajes durante uno de los períodos más concurridos de la temporada navideña.

Más de 30 millones de personas están bajo alertas de clima invernal desde el Medio Oeste hasta el noreste. En el Alto Medio Oeste, las advertencias de ventisca cubren partes de Iowa, Minnesota y Wisconsin, donde ráfagas de viento de 64 a 96 km/h levantan la nieve pesada y provocan condiciones de visibilidad nula.

Largos tramos de la Interestatal 35 —una autopista principal que va de Texas a Minnesota— han sido cerrados o considerados inseguros para viajar, y más de 125.000 clientes estaban sin electricidad la mañana del lunes, más de la mitad de ellos en Michigan, según PowerOutage.US.

El transporte aéreo también se ha visto afectado, con miles de vuelos retrasados o cancelados el domingo, incluidas interrupciones en el Aeropuerto Internacional O’Hare de Chicago, donde las tormentas eléctricas provocaron una suspensión temporal de operaciones en tierra.

Partes de Michigan han recibido cerca de 30 centímetros de nieve. Marquette, Michigan, rompió su récord anterior de nevada diaria de 21 cm, acumulando 29 cm y contando hasta la noche del domingo.

Más al sur y al este, el frente frío de la tormenta provocó una línea de tormentas severas el domingo por la tarde y noche, con vientos dañinos y algunos tornados reportados en partes de Illinois.

Las tormentas se desarrollaron a lo largo del límite marcado entre el aire inusualmente cálido y una masa de aire ártico gélido que avanzaba detrás. En Springfield, Illinois, las temperaturas bajaron de los 21 °C a los 4 °C en solo un par de horas.

Mientras tanto, en St. Louis, Missouri, la temperatura máxima del domingo por la tarde fue de 25 grados centígrados. Cuando el frente pasó por la ciudad, el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional reportó una caída de 10 grados en unos 10 minutos. Ocho horas después, St. Louis experimentaba nieve y temperaturas en los -6 grados centígrados.

Los peores impactos del clima invernal en el Medio Oeste continuaron durante la noche del domingo, con viajes peligrosos que persistieron hasta la mañana de este lunes. Las autoridades instaron a evitar viajes innecesarios, especialmente en áreas bajo advertencia de ventisca, donde la visibilidad puede permanecer cerca de cero por momentos.

A medida que el sistema avance hacia el este entre este lunes y martes, el lado invernal se desplazará al norte y este, mientras que gran parte del Valle de Ohio y el corredor de la I-95 recibirá principalmente lluvia.

Partes de Nueva Inglaterra podrían enfrentar lluvia helada desde la noche del domingo hasta este lunes, aumentando el riesgo de carreteras resbaladizas y cortes de energía. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional advierte que el hielo podría acumularse a una tasa de 0,15 cm por hora.

Varios lugares en Michigan y el norte de Nueva York ya han reportado acumulaciones de hielo de hasta 1,27 cm.

Detrás de la tormenta, llega rápidamente un cambio dramático de temperatura. Gran parte del centro y sur de EE. UU. pasará de estar de 20 a 30 grados por encima del promedio este fin de semana a de 10 a 15 grados por debajo del promedio para este lunes y martes, marcando un regreso a condiciones más frías y propias de la temporada tras un reciente periodo de calor primaveral.

Sensaciones térmicas peligrosas, de hasta -1 grados Celsius, en partes de Dakota del Norte y Minnesota la mañana de este lunes harán que la congelación sea una amenaza real.

La tormenta se suma a un periodo de viajes ya desafiante, con más de 100 millones de personas que s

By Fiona Sinclair Scott, Leah Dolan, CNN

(CNN) — Long before words like “French Girl Chic” became algorithmically entrenched in online shopping guides and mood boards, the late French film starlet Brigitte Bardot created the blueprint for what was once a fresh and exciting style of dressing. Her tousled blonde bouffant, bikinis and capri pants signaled a more casual, laissez-faire attitude to dressing — eschewing formal, buttoned up silhouettes for an effortlessly ‘thrown together’ look that became synonymous with the swinging sixties and sexual liberation.

The fashion world soon wrapped its arms around Bardot’s style —fueled by the booming post-war movie industry, which made her a global star — and quickly turned her singular look into an oversaturated trend that we continue to see referenced and replicated many decades later.

The French Girl look has been coveted by women all over the world. Catlike eye-liner, off-the-shoulder necklines (often referred to as the “Bardot neckline”), babydoll dresses and messy beehives have been seen on the likes of Sienna Miller, Alexa Chung, Cara Delevingne and Kate Moss throughout their own successful careers.

Bardot’s overarching legacy may not be as easy to define as her personal style. While she was a celebrated cultural icon who has left an indelible mark on fashion history, she was also perhaps an early prototype for the Trump-era pin-up.

Her politics leaned heavily towards the right. In 1992, she married Bernard d’Ormale, a former advisor to Jean-Marie Le Pen — founder of France’s far-right National Front party. She was convicted five times for inciting racial hatred, oftentimes directed at the Muslim community, and was publicly dismissive of the #MeToo movement and feminism, preferring to focus her philanthropic efforts on the rights of animals over women.

Despite her conservative values, Bardot was seen as a titillating talent and was often cast in scandalous roles, such as her breakout film “And God Created Woman” (1956) where she played a sexually uninhibited teenaged orphan. Her off-screen fashion choices, too, the low-slung necklines, unkempt hair and bare legs, cemented her as France’s “sex kitten” — a term coined specifically for Bardot.

Instead of being at odds with her politics, her sensuality was seen as a break from the prudent conservative aesthetic, similar to the hyper-feminine, possibly right-wing-coded beauty ideals exemplified by celebrities such as Sydney Sweeney today.

Bardot was certainly not a trad wife — she was married four times though preferred the hedonism of Cannes to wholesome homemaking — but she might be who today’s trad wives want to emulate while on their honeymoons in Europe.

Scroll on to take a deep dive into Bardot’s enduring, covetable style.

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By Christian Edwards, CNN

London (CNN) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing demands for a British-Egyptian human rights activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media posts emerged in which he called for “Zionists” to be killed, prompting criticism of successive British governments that campaigned for his release from prison in Egypt.

Starmer said Friday that he was “delighted” that Alaa Abd El-Fattah, 44, had arrived in London after the Egyptian government lifted a travel ban that it had imposed on him following his September release from jail in the country, where he spent more than a decade as a political prisoner.

“I want to pay tribute to Alaa’s family, and to all those that have worked and campaigned for this moment,” Starmer said, adding that Abd El-Fattah’s case had been a “top priority” for his Labour government since it came to office in the summer of 2024.

But swiftly after Abd El-Fattah’s arrival in London, posts from around 2010 began to circulate in which he said the killing of “Zionists” is “heroic,” referred to British people as “dogs and monkeys,” called White people “a blight on the earth,” and said the police are “not human” and should be killed.

Abd El-Fattah has apologized for his “shocking and hurtful” tweets, which he said were “mostly expressions of a young man’s anger and frustrations in a time of regional crises” and sometimes part of regretful “online insult battles.” The activist said that in the real world, he had consistently fought for equality and democracy and been stripped of his freedom as a result.

“I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and values, escalating to calls for the revocation of my citizenship,” he said in a statement, adding that some of his posts had been “completely misunderstood, seemingly in bad faith.”

Opposition parties, the Conservatives and Reform UK, have both called on the government to revoke Abd El-Fattah’s British citizenship, which was granted to him in 2021 by the previous Conservative government.

“It should go without saying that anyone who possesses racist and anti-British views such as those of (Abd El-Fattah) should not be allowed into the UK,” Nigel Farage, the leader of right-wing Reform UK, said Sunday in a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Although it is understood that Starmer was unaware of Abd El-Fattah’s messages when he championed his arrival in the UK, questions have been raised about how they could have gone unnoticed by the right-of-center Conservative government that granted him citizenship and the Labour government that pushed for his release by Egypt.

“The government has since suggested the prime minister was unaware of those comments. Unfortunately, such an admission only compounds his ineptitude,” said Farage.

Alicia Kearns, a Conservative Member of Parliament and the shadow minister for home affairs, also said she was not aware of Abd El-Fattah’s “grotesque” posts. “I trusted the process to give Alaa citizenship, and then supported the campaign for his release. I feel deeply let down, and frankly betrayed, having lent my support to his cause which I now regret,” she said.

Luke Tryl, director of More in Common, a polling firm, said that, absent a strong explanation from Labour, Abd El-Fattah’s case could become “a defining moment in public opinion,” crystallizing in the minds of some that the government lacks competence and has the wrong priorities.

Although Farage has leapt on Starmer’s perceived blunder, some have accused the Reform UK leader of hypocrisy, since he has long criticized Labour for what he has described as

Santa Ana winds crank up with peak winds are expected Monday morning through Ventura County. This offshore push is due to a high pressure system hovering around the coverage zone. A High Wind Warning and Wind Advisory have been issued for the area through 3pm in the afternoon. Santa Lucia Wind crank up in San Luis Obispo prompting a Wind Advisory there through 3pm as well. This will be a moderate Santa Ana wind event causing low humidity values but minimal fire concern. The biggest concern is for downed trees due to at risk soil. Highs rise into the 70s, clear skies prevail and it'll be a very pleasant evening for a bike ride.

More Santa Ana winds are projected Tuesday, however this is the tail end of the event and winds will be much weaker than Monday. Expect some slightly warmer and dry air. Temperatures rise into the 70s and skies stay clear. Trees are still at risk, so be aware of your surroundings. Grab your umbrellas as the next round of rain is ahead!

The next round of rain arrives Wednesday. After lunch, our rain chances skyrocket and a southerly push of moisture impacts the area. On and off showers are projected with the heaviest rain occurring New Years Day and Friday night into Saturday morning. Most data for now, shows 1-3 inches of rain for the beaches and close to 5 inches in mountains.

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By Gul Tuysuz, CNN

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — ISIS militants opened fire on police during an overnight raid in Turkey’s western Yalova province on Monday, killing three people and injuring eight others, according to authorities.

Turkish authorities said six ISIS members were killed and five other people were detained in the operation which lasted more than seven hours in the village of Elmalik, 62 miles (100 kilometers) from Istanbul.

The raid came as law enforcement authorities stepped up raids ahead of what they say are planned attacks against minorities during the winter holidays.

Social media videos of the operation showed a nighttime gunfight as police raided a suspected ISIS safehouse. Footage shot later showed smoke billowing from the area of the raid and fire trucks racing to the scene.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the raid was conducted with “a great deal of care because there were women and children at the address.” The five women and six children at the address were taken to safety, he said in his televised press briefing.

Electricity and natural gas to Elmalik were cut during the raid, the Turkish state broadcaster reported. Schools in the area were canceled for the day.

Turkey routinely launches wide-ranging counterterrorism sweeps around the country against ISIS as well as other groups like the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that it designates as terrorist organizations.

Authorities step up raids particularly around the end-of-the-year holidays since a 2017 ISIS attack on the Reina nightclub during New Year celebrations killed 39 people. The last ISIS attack in Turkey was in January 2024 when armed men attacked a church in Istanbul, killing one person.

Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said an investigation into the raid has been launched and five state prosecutors have been assigned to the case.

Yerlikaya said that over the past month, 138 terror suspects were detained and 97 were placed under judicial control measures.

Turkish security forces have been carrying out coordinated raids across the country over alleged plots linked to Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to a statement by the Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday.

“Information was found that the ISIS armed terrorist organization was planning to carry out actions targeting our country, especially non-Muslim individuals, within the scope of the upcoming Christmas and New Year events,” the statement said.

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