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We begin with an updateon the US and Israel's war with Iran.

Tensions keep escalating in the Straightof Hormuz.

the key waterway aka oilsuperighway over which the US and Irancontinue to fight for control.

USPresident Donald Trump says the USmilitary is now escorting cargo shipsthrough the strait as part of anoperation dubbed Project Freedom.

Thishas drawn a sharp rebuke from Iran whoalso carried out strikes on cargo shipsand key United Arab Emirates oil portthis week.

Iran has also signaled thatit has ways to further complicate thiswar and it has threatened to attack anyforeign military ships entering thewaterway.

And a new CNN investigationshows that Iran's nuclear capabilitiesmay not be as defunct as previouslythought.

Arcaty Pole Glaze has anindepth look at how some key parts ofthe country's nuclear supply chain maystill be intact even after a series ofUS and Israeli strikes.

Let's start at the beginning of thesupply chain.

Alongside the research,the process starts at places like theseSagghand uranium mine where the rawmaterial uranium ore is mined.

In recentyears, Sagghan mind has expandedsignificantly.

You can see wideningpits, growing piles of earth, anddiggers.

We looked at recent imagerysince the latest strikes and found noevidence of damage.

In fact, frombetween the clouds, you can still seediggers operating at the site.

So far,this indicates this stage of the nuclearsupply chain may remain untouched.

Next,the min uranium ore is transported toproduction plants like this one inArdican.

Here, it's converted intoYellow Cake, which is a type ofconcentrated uranium.

We found thisplant was substantially damaged inrecent strikes on March 27th.

An imagetaken the following month shows littlechange, suggesting the Iranians have notrebuilt this site yet.

After this, theyellow cake is taken here to sites likethis one in Isvahan to be purified andconverted into uranium hexa fluoride.

And it's this one, this stage of thesupply chain that has caused the biggestheadache for the US and Israel.

Backlast June, French outlet Leond foundthis truck visible in imagery taken justdays before the strikes.

These bluecontainers are likely carrying uraniuminto the tunnels, experts told CNN.

Dayslater, these facilities weresubstantially damaged in Israeliattacks.

You can see several buildingswiped out.

Then in early 2026, Irancovered over several entrances to theseunderground tunnels with earthpreventing people from accessing them.

Further measures were taken this Aprilwhen these roadblocks were put up infront of the entrances to the tunnels.

It could suggest there still remainssomething valuable down there.

They werenot, however, hit in the latestUSIsraeli strikes.

Even experts we spoketo are unsure why.

David Albright is aworldleading expert on nuclear weapons.

How much of a risk in the future is thatstores in Isvahan Mountain?>> I think it's a big risk and that's quitea bit of money in the bank.

I mean theamount of enriched uranium they'veproduced was equivalent to a full yearsof production of their entire enrichmentcomplex and is believed to be mostly andalmost all of it at Esvahan.

In fact,the US believes this too, and theirdemand to remove this uranium has been akey issue in the stalling peacenegotiations.

And finding out exactlyhow much is down there is central todetermining whether Iran remains anuclear threat.

Pop quiz hot shot.

What is the paintingtechnique featuring small distinct dotswhich form an image? Impressionism,spumato, tentibism, or pointalism?You're on point like decimals if yousaid pointalism.

The technique developedby Gor Shar and Paul Signak in the 1800sused thousands of tiny dots of unmixedcolor to form one cohesive image.

Now tothe Met Gala, the annual celebration ofart, culture, and fashion turned all theway up.

Held every first Monday of May.

It's a fundraiser for the CostumeInstitute at the Metropolitan Museum ofArt in New York City.

It attracts bigdonors and big-time stars from all walksof life.

This year's theme, costume art.

Actor Ben Platt channeling a pointlessmasterpiece inspired by Gor Serat's ASunday afternoon on the island of LrangeJate.

Some stars were almost entirely indisguise.

Heidi Clume frozen in timelike a statue by Italian artist RaphaelMonty's veiled vestal.

Hunter Schaefer,Euphoria actor, wore a look inspired byGustaf Clint's painting, Mada Primai.

People on the red carpet said she lookedlike she walked straight out of theearly 1900's painting.

But you have tosee this.

Olympic phenom een goo,respplendant, floating in a dress madeof 15,000 glass bubbles.

It took morethan 2500 hours to make.

And yes, realbubbles included.

She says, "Fashion,like sports, is about pushing limits andexpressing your truest self.

" Now, tothe floating garbage patch, roughlytwice the size of Texas.

A new studyfinds the Great Pacific Garbage Patchmay be doing more harm than initiallythought.

Airborne microlastics appear tobe absorbing sunlight, potentiallyadding to global heating.

Why does thismatter? Rising temperatures can fuelextreme weather, disrupt ecosystems,impact life on land and sea.

Who betterto break it down than our chief climatecorrespondent, Bill Weir.

Hi, Bill.

>> Coy.

Yeah, I remember the first time Iheard about the Great Pacific GarbagePatch 20 years ago.

I imagined afloating dump you could walk around on.

But actually, it's more like a a plasticsoup, thin plastic soup where you couldtake a, you know, a siphon and and gothrough and get little pieces of plasticbottles and old fishing nets that arebreaking down packaging from around theworld.

And it's all contained thanks tothese circular currents called gys uhthere.

And we've always cared about theimpact of thismonstrosity both on the fish and thebird life, the whales and sea turtlesthat actually have to swim through andeat from that pollution.

But this newresearch looks at the effects on globalwarming.

Because as that plastic breaksdown and atomizes, it gets into the air.

And even a tiny little piece, a darkpiece of plastic absorbs 75 times asmuch solar energy as a clear piece ofpollution floating out there as well.

And because this patch is twice the sizeof Texas, so three times the size ofFrance, that's a lot of tiny particlesfloating in the air contributing tooverall overheating.

Now, it's a smallpercentage relative to what's happeningbecause right now, Koi, I don't know ifyou know, ocean temperatures are off thecharts, like records shattering highsand it's not even springtime and El Ninohasn't even kicked in yet.

So, theweather created by these overheatingseas is a more pressing concern.

But asfor the plastic, it's also worth notinglast year over 100 countries came to thetable ready to negotiate a globalplastics treaty to get countries toreduce and reuse and recycle best theycan.

But it was blocked in the end bycountries that produce a lot of oil,gas, and petrochemicals like the UnitedStates, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.

Koya,today's story getting a 10 out of 10.

turning graves into gardens ofgratitude.

In Florida, eighth grader andgirl scout Cassandra Seldon sawsomething she could not ignore.

TheMiami City Cemetery, which she walks byevery day on her way to school, is anhistoric resting place for hundreds ofwar veterans.

But Cassandra noticed theyneeded some TLC.

So, she stepped up andcleaned their graves as a part of herGirl Scout Silver Award.

I just thinkthat it's so wrong that these veterans,they served our country and they helpedus gain our freedom.

So, I think thatthey should be respected.

>> Over a year-long mission, Cassandrarallied volunteers and veterans,cleaning more than 1,700 graves.

And shedidn't stop there.

She built a digitallibrary for each restored veteran'sgrave so families can locate their lovedones.

Her project may be complete, butCassandra's impact, the veterans,they're etched into history.

That isawesome stuff.

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