Argentina is through to the World Cup quarterfinals after one of the most remarkable comebacks, scoring three late unanswered goals to defeat Egypt 3-2 in a rollicking Round of 16 contest in Atlanta on Tuesday. The result itself – the Albiceleste going through to the final eight – is not unexpected. But how they got there and the lightning-quick way they did it will live on in history after 23 of the most dramatic minutes that the 2026 World Cup, or indeed any version of this tournament, could have offered. The opening minutes were relatively evenly matched as both teams felt each other out like boxers at the start of a major bout. The electric crowd in Atlanta was dominated by Argentines, though there were a few pockets of loud, vibrant fans clad in Egyptian red.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/sport/argentina-egypt-colombia-switzerland-world-cup-round-of-16
The mystery surrounding last week’s bombing attack in Monaco deepened on Tuesday as Ukrainian authorities revealed that the main suspect was found shot dead, with a Ukrainian intelligence officer and former law enforcement official suspected of her murder. Interpol previously named the main bombing suspect as 39-year-old Anastasiia Berezovska, who was born in Ukraine and recently resided in Germany. Her body was found with gunshot wounds to the head and pistol casings, according to police and the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office. Ukrainian authorities said they detained two men on suspicion of murdering Berezovska “by prior conspiracy.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/europe/monaco-suspect-body-found-ukraine-intl
Rep. Becca Balint helped Sen. Bernie Sanders craft and lead efforts to cut US arms sales to Israel, wrote an op-ed calling Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide” and has stood proudly with fellow progressives for two decades. But Balint was wincing last week as she stood on the steps of the Capitol, recounting the warning she gave her congressional staff. “I know at some point there will be a day of reckoning, because I still believe that Jews should have a homeland,” the Vermont Democrat told CNN. “There will be people, I think some of my own supporters, who will turn on me, because I still believe in a two-state solution. I still do. I still believe that Israel should be safe and secure. I believe that the Palestinians have been so ill-treated for so long and deserve a safe and secure homeland. I do not believe Israel should be dismantled.” Balint described being “shaken to my core” watching the video of Scott Wiener, the California state senator running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat, recently being hounded out of a transgender rights event with angry shouts including, “You stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel, you piece of sh*t!”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/israel-democrats-antisemitism-concerns
Just hours after President Donald Trump said he’s considering selling F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke against the potential move, even as he downplayed divisions between the two world leaders. In an interview with CNN, Netanyahu warned that the sale of America’s most advanced fighter aircraft “doesn’t make Turkey a friendly state to the United States.” In part of an escalating dispute with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Netanyahu described Ankara as “a regime that’s infected with the Muslim Brotherhood, which hates the United States.” “He’s not exactly a model ally of the United States,” Netanyahu told CNN’s Dana Bash. “He threatens to destroy my country, the one and only Jewish state.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/netanyahu-opposes-sale-f35-jets
President Donald Trump delivered a series of false claims about Greenland, the United States and his own accomplishments as he spoke to the media during a Tuesday meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a NATO summit in Ankara. Perhaps the most topical of the falsehoods was about Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory Trump called again for the US to control. He wrongly claimed, as he has before, that the island is “surrounded by China’s ships and Russian ships.” It’s simply not, as independent experts and various foreign governments have made clear. Trump also revived his long-debunked claims that he has “settled eight wars,” that former President Joe Biden gave Ukraine “hundreds of billions of dollars worth of equipment,” that there has been “$19.2 trillion” or more invested in the US since he returned to office last year, and that the 2020 election was “rigged.”
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/fact-check-trump-meeting-erdogan