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CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump declines to give a timeline on ending the war with Iran as he praises a second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon at the White House. Police are investigating a deadly shootout inside a Louisiana mall. We’ll explain how a veteran officer ended up in police custody. We have details on an internal review into the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Plus, CNN’s parent company clears the way for Paramount to take over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, from CNN. I'm AfomaDK with the five things you need to know for Thursday, April 23rd.

0:07.9

President Trump says he's under no pressure to quickly reach a deal with Iran to end the war.

0:12.8

On Truth Social, he said any agreement to end the war would be made on U.S. terms and his timeline.

0:18.4

On Tuesday, Trump extended a ceasefire with Tehran to give it more time

0:21.8

to come up with a, quote, unified proposal. But on social media, he seemed frustrated with Iran's

0:27.1

leadership, saying Iran doesn't know who their leader is. CNN has reported that the U.S.

0:32.3

suspected a divide between Tehran's negotiating team and the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard

0:37.3

Corps.

0:38.4

This comes as the Pope told reporters on a plane after a trip to Africa that he can't support

0:42.9

the war, but condemns Iran killing protesters.

0:47.0

As a pastor, I cannot support war.

0:50.3

I would like to encourage everyone to make every effort to seek answers that stem from a culture of peace,

0:56.2

rather than hatred from a vision of peace.

0:59.4

Neither Trump nor the Pope have seen eye to eye on the Middle East conflict recently.

1:03.9

Meanwhile, Trump says a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended by three weeks,

1:08.6

after officials from both countries met at the White House

1:10.9

today for a second round of talks. More news coming up, including details on a shootout inside

1:17.1

them all. Police say one person was killed in at least five people injured in a shootout

1:25.2

at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. They say five people are in custody.

1:29.4

What we found out looking through surveillance videos, it looks like it was kind of a targeted,

1:34.2

two groups of people got into an argument inside the food court and started shooting at each

1:37.9

other. Unfortunately, there were some innocent people that were in the area that might have also

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