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Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire, Artemis II Crew Q&A, Trump’s CDC Pick and more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A ceasefire in Lebanon is in effect as President Donald Trump voices confidence in a deal with Iran. We’re hearing from the Artemis II astronauts for the first time since their historic moon mission. We have new developments in a winding legal saga around Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project. An arrest warrant has been issued to an ICE officer accused of pulling a gun on a Minnesota driver. Plus, Trump’s latest nominee to lead the CDC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey from CNN. I'm Afoma D.K. With the five things you need to know for Thursday, April 16th.

0:07.9

A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon went into effect this evening. President Donald

0:12.7

Trump made an announcement about it earlier today. It comes after the two sides held their first direct talks in decades earlier this week in Washington, D.C.

0:26.5

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the ceasefire allows talks with Lebanon to continue, but he says Israeli forces won't withdraw from its positions in southern Lebanon during the ceasefire.

0:31.7

A leading Hezbollah official warned the group preserves the right to respond to attacks.

0:36.2

Trump told reporters today that Israel and Lebanon could potentially reach a peace deal

0:40.3

over the next week or two at the White House.

0:43.1

He also seemed optimistic about striking a peace deal with Iran.

0:46.9

Iran wants to make a deal, and we're dealing very nicely with them.

0:51.7

We've got to have no nuclear weapons.

0:53.9

That's a big factor.

0:56.0

And they're willing to do things today that they weren't willing to do two months ago.

1:01.0

Trump suggested another round of in-person negotiations with the Iranians could happen over the weekend,

1:06.0

and floated traveling to Pakistan to sign an agreement to end the war.

1:10.0

The Artemis 2 astronauts talk about their bold and risky moon mission for the first time

1:15.0

since their return. Coming up.

1:20.5

We're hearing from the four Artemis II astronauts about their historic 10-day journey

1:24.7

around the moon and back.

1:26.3

NASA's Victor Glover described the moment the Orion capsule went into free fall as it re-entered Earth's

1:31.3

atmosphere, traveling 30 times the speed of sound.

1:34.3

If you dove off a skydiver, a skyscraper backwards, that's what it felt like for five seconds.

1:41.3

The astronauts captured striking images of the moon during their seven-hour flyby during

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