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NJ Transit strike, ‘sextortion’ ring arrests, Chris Brown charged & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump is wrapping up his trip to the Middle East. New York commuters are facing chaos as New Jersey Transit workers go on strike over pay. Ukraine and Russia are once again meant to be meeting in Turkey. The FBI has broken up a “sextortion” ring that allegedly targeted thousands of minors around the world. Plus, Chris Brown is facing criminal charges in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.4

Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, May 16th.

0:41.3

President Donald Trump has wrapped up his Middle East trip. This morning he toured an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi that has a mosque, synagogue, and church on site.

0:48.3

And yesterday he visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.

0:51.3

It is so beautiful.

0:53.3

Very proud of my friends.

0:55.0

This is an incredible culture that I can say.

0:58.0

CNN's Jeff Zellini has a roundup of Trump's four-day trip.

1:01.0

The president clearly has been flanked by business leaders as he's been announcing deal after deal.

1:06.0

But also along the way, the president has been making a bit of diplomatic efforts.

1:10.0

Of course, that meeting with the Syrian president, he's been talking endlessly about Iran.

1:15.2

There is no question this, the first overseas trip of the second term of the Trump administration,

1:20.5

has actually gone fairly smoothly as far as these things go.

1:24.5

Engineers at New Jersey Transit have gone on strike this morning, bringing trains on the

1:29.9

U.S.'s third largest commuter rail service to a grinding halt.

1:34.6

It comes after 11th hour pay negotiations between the state-run service and the Union failed.

1:40.6

The work stoppage is poised to impact roughly 100,000 daily rail commuters and businesses across the New York metropolitan area.

1:49.2

New Jersey transit officials say they have increased bus services, but admitted they would only be able to handle a, quote, extremely limited number of commuters.

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