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CNN 5 Things

Major airport travel chaos, more deportation backlash, Musk’s Pentagon visit & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

One of the world’s busiest international airports has been shut down, causing global travel chaos. The Trump administration’s deportation attempts are facing more legal fallout. Elon Musk is set to visit the Pentagon today. A Ukrainian port city is up in flames, just days before peace talks resume. Plus, we’ll tell you why transport officials have an urgent warning about dozens of bridges across the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.8

From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Friday, March 21st.

0:36.7

One of the world's busiest international airports has been shut down, because of a fire at a nearby

0:43.3

power station, triggering global travel chaos.

0:47.3

The closure of London's Heathrow Airport all day to day is expected to affect more than 1,300

0:53.3

flights, with one airline analytics firm

0:56.6

estimating that upwards of 145,000 passengers could be impacted over the coming days.

1:04.1

And an expert told CNN it could lead to hundreds of millions of pounds and losses,

1:08.8

from airlines, cargo firms and surrounding communities.

1:12.6

For the latest, here's CNN's Netta Bashir.

1:15.8

Significant disruption expected over the coming days. Now, we've been hearing from

1:20.3

London Fire Brigade, we've told CNN that at this stage, the fire has been contained.

1:25.7

It's not expected to spread or to impact local residents here in West London, but it could take hours to fully tackle the blaze.

1:34.3

And then of course there's the question of restoring power to the residents, businesses and of course, London Heathrow,

1:40.3

have all been impacted.

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