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hello and welcome to all of you watching us around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," a covid-era immigration policy expires in the u.s. how the end of title 42 will affect migrants who want to enter the country. signs ukraine is moving toward launching its counteroffensive against russia. what we could see in the days before it begins. and the european union considers new rules for artificial intelligence. and they could affect how you interact with ai. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with kim brunhuber. we begin with a landmark change in u.s. immigration policy. the controversial covid-era rules known as title 42 expired just a few hours ago now. and that means harsher consequences for those entering the country illegally. thousands of migrants seeking asylum made their way to the southern border ahead of the deadline. authorities have detained a record number of migrants in the

past few days. while things appear quiet at crossings right now, one official tells cnn it will get worse. the head of u.s. homeland security gave this warning to those seeking to enter the country illegally. >> if anyone arrives at our southern border after midnight tonight, they will be presumed ineligible for asylum and subject to steeper consequences for unlawful entry. i want to be very clear. our borders why are not open. >> and a little while ago u.s. customs and border protection said it will comply with a federal court ruling that temporarily blocks the release of migrants from border patrol without court notices. it calls the ruling harmful and would result in unsafe overcrowding at their facilities. the ruling expires in 14 days, and the biden administration is expected to appeal. cnn's senior national correspondent ed lavandera has the latest from el paso, texas. >> reporter: the public health

policy known as title 42 has been lifted. it had been in place since march of 2020, during the trump administration, and it essentially became a de facto immigration policy even though that's never what title 42 was intended to do. but nevertheless it has been kept in place and kept out about 3 million migrants from requesting asylum since that time. so now the question becomes what will the u.s. southern border look like now that this policy has been lifted and what is the future of migration here along the southern border? the u.s. border patrol chief az that he no longer expects this massive rush of people which at some point the biden administration was estimating would be anywhere from 15,000 to 18,000 people per day. the u.s. border patrol chief says they've already started seeing in the days leading up to this point a larger influx of migrants. so he thinks that it is not going to be as dramatic as what had been anticipated. and you know, now for migrants

requesting asylum it's become much more traditional but difficult process. now that title 42 is gone, there are stricter penalties in place that can threaten the migrants' ability to immigrate into the united states. this really does change the dynamic on the ground here. and one of the things to look for will be the number of people trying to evade arrest by r. by u.s. border patrol officials here on the ground. we're also starting to see an uptick in the number of people crossing away from city centers, where there is a heavily fortified border wall and that sort of thing. so the question becomes how many more people will be trying to evade arrest and get away from border patrol agents here on the ground and continue to enter the country illegally. but right now we're getting kind of like mixed signals, if you will, as to what exactly is going to happen here in the days ahead. many border communities bracing for the worst. but it's a question of just how

intense will this influx of migrants be. we just don't have a clear picture yet on this situation. ed lavandera, cnn, el paso, texas. >> and cnn's rosa flores was in el paso as officials and migrants made their final preparations for the end of title 42. >> reporter: dark, cold, dusty. that's how the final day of title 42 started near the banks of the rio grande in el paso, texas. in the encampment where hundreds of migrants were waiting to get processed by immigration authorities. this couple from colombia who didn't want to be identified by name wanted to make a fire to keep their 10-year-old daughter warm. they say she's shaking from the cold. the overnight chill going straight through the blankets. just feet away migrants arriving including this couple. >> did you want to come before title 42 ended? >> reporter: they say they're

from colombia and that the woman is 37 weeks pregnant. >> down on three. one, two, three, down! >> reporter: just feet away a team of texas national guard members assemble border barriers of concertina wire. the work is slow, coordinated, methodical. this is the sharp metal migrants crawl through to enter into el paso. major shawn storrud, the commander of this mission, says his team has deployed more than 17 miles of it. >> i got it. >> reporter: but as title 42 ends, guard members are doing something different, creasing a gap in the border barrier. >> we actually created that gap, not to admit people but to give the migrants the opportunity to go back. >> reporter: storrud says guard members will explain to migrants that once title 42 lifts there are consequences to entering illegally. >> we don't want to trap them into that bad decision to cross illegally. we wanted to give them the option to take it back. >> reporter: but some migrants crossing along the nearly

2,000-mile border were not choosing that option. not in el paso. not in yuma, arizona. and not in san ysidro, california. border authorities on the u. southern border are encountering about 10,000 migrants per day in border patrol holding facilities are over capacity according to federal officials. >> we are clear-eyed about the challenges we are likely to face in the days and weeks ahead, and we are ready to meet them. >> reporter: back in el paso, a group of migrants huddle on the mexican side, determining how to cross into the u.s. while a group of three others had just crawled through the concertina wire. the woman's hand caught by the sharp metal. and her friend shows us the gaping wound on his leg, the result of an assault in his native guatemala. and says the conditions in their

koirnt countries is the very reason why migrants risk and endure everything to be here. rosa flores, cnn, el paso. a possible u.s. default on its debts could now be just weeks away. the white house and congressional leaders have negotiations schedule for later today but then decided to postpone them. cnn's jessica dean has details. >> the clock keeps ticking as we get ever closer to that june 1 deadline of when we could potentially default. we do know that here on capitol hill there were representatives from the house, the senate and the white house staff level, all meeting ing today for about two hours and 15 minutes. originally the big four, that would be president joe biden, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader chuck schumer and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell were all supposed to meet again on friday. that meeting between the big four has been postponed. we're told that one of the attendees had a funeral to go to and also that the staff level

was making progress. they felt like that was a better way to go and a better use of time for the staff to again meet on friday instead of the big four and then again the big four would meet next week and hopefully try to make some progress. now, we also heard from some house republicans on thursday who talked a little bit about the contours of the negotiations that may be taking shape where democrats and republicans may be able to negotiate to find a deal. and there were four core areas. they were permitting reform, unspent covid funds, work requirements and spending caps. that's what we were told by some house gop members who were in the room. and we were also told by garrett graves, a house gop member, he called it negotiations. he said that they can call it whatever they want but that's what's happening right now. dusty johnson adding the last 48 hours has given him some hope that potentially they can get to a deal. but again, just to underscore, they're still pretty far apart. but the fact they're at least having these meetings is a step

in the direction toward a deal. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill. a u.s. federal judge in virginia has ruled that a national ban on selling handguns to 18 to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional. the judge said that the age limits weren't consistent with the country's, quote, history and tradition and so they violate the second amendment. it's the latest legal volley over age-based firearm regulations following a supreme court ruling last year that changed how such challenges are evaluated. it's expected a u.s. marine veteran will be charged in the chokehold death of a man on the new york subway. the manhattan district attorney's office says it will arrest daniel penny on a second-degree manslaughter charge. 24-year-old penny was caught on camera restraining 30-year-old jordan neely, a homeless street artist. he allegedly had been shouting on the subway and saying he had nothing to live for. neely's death led to protests about the incident and the way homelessness and mental illness are treated. attorneys for daniel penny say

he stepped in to help his fellow passengers keep safe. they believe penny will be, quote, fully absolved. more deadly rockets in the middle east as rockets fly from gaza and israel reports its first death. we'll have details ahead. and later election day is approaching in turkey. one of four presidential candidates just dropped out. we'll tell you why. that's coming up. stay with us.

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and right now pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, is inside an islamabad courthouse a day after the country's supreme court ruled that his arrest earlier this week was unlawful. pakistani police imposed an emergency ban on gatherings ahead of the hearing as khan's supporters called for a peaceful demonstration at the courthouse. cnn producer sophia saifi joins us live from islamabad. sophia, we're just popping up live pictures from outside the

courthouse and we're seeing a large gathering. it looks peaceful. we also see police there. take us through what we're expecting to see today. are we expecting him to be released and are you anticipating any more violence? >> reporter: kim, khan has only just very recently arrived at the islamabad high court amidst very tight security. so what we're seeing right now is the islamabad high court compound where there are hundreds of riot police, traffic police, regular police as well as paramilitary troops with a little bit of the media that's positioned outside. there's a strict ban on people gathering within the capital, let alone outside the court. there has been a call for people coming in to peacefully gather but they've been prevented. many roads are blocked around the capital. there has been this fear of clashes because of what we've seen over the past couple of days. we don't know what's going to happen after this court

appe appearance. imran khan appeared before the supreme court yesterday and the supreme court had said that imran khan's detention was illegal but had still kept khan in protective custody and made him spend the night at a police guest house while he was in the custody of the supreme court. so he's filing a petition against the corruption charges that led to his arrest, a bail petition. so potentially he could be released and then we'd have to see what he does. will he call for his supporters to come down, to stand down? will he condemn the violence that has taken place over the last couple of days? pakistan's prime minister a couple of nights ago, right after khan's arrest and in the midst of all these protests, called his supporters terrorists. pakistan's military after various military installations were akd that, said that they will have a zero tolerance policy for any sort of violence that will take place in the country. the military has been called in to make sure that the law and order situation is calm. but that does set the scene for

potential clashes of khan supporters not just with the police but with the military too. so we're hoping that the situation calms down, that all of the people involved call for calm and peace. but while that's happening the majority of the senior leadership of imran khan's body has been apprehended and is currently in police custody. it's an election year. pakistan's economy is in the doldrums, and we'll just have to see what happens after this court appearance and what decision the judges make. kim? >> all right. we'll stay on top of this story. cnn producer sophia saifi in islamabad. appreciate it. more deaths in the middle east as fighting continues between israel and islamic jihad militants in gaza. israel defense forces say more than 800 rockets have been fired from gaza since israel launched deadly strikes on islamic jihad targets in gaza on tuesday. one rocket fired from the enclave hit an apartment building in the israeli city of

rehovot thursday wounding five people and killing one. it's the first israeli death since the violence started earlier this week. a palestinian official says at least 28 people have been killed in gaza including militants and uninvolved civilians. since the start israel said it's hit nearly 200 targets in gaza. in turkey the presidential election is being held this sunday but one of the four candidates withdrew thursday. mohammed intz had low poll numbers and some feared he would split the opposition against erdogan. in a press conference he said he didn't want to be blamed if the opposition loses's election. but his homeland party will remain in the race. the presidential election may remain a few days away but for many in turkey they're still trying to recover and move forward from february's devastating earthquake.

here's jomana karadsheh with more. >> reporter: few are the tombstones that identify the dead. they call it the cemetery of the unknown, where 5,000 victims of turkey's catastrophic quake are buried. some of the youngest lie here with poignant clues left for those still searching for their missing loved ones. time has yet to heal the wounds of the broken city of antakya and its people. life amid the ruins a mere existence in this deserted town where elections and campaign promises are overshadowed by despair. grief and pain still so raw for those who survived, left only to mourn. she lost her mother, father, sister, brother, little nieces and the hardest loss of all, her only child. >> this is the last photo. >> reporter: little alan had just turned 6. hes with with his cousins for a

sleepover when the earthquake hit. she and her husband dug through the rubble with their bare hands. the three longest days of their life ended when an italian search and rescue team recovered the lifeless bodies of their boy and the rest of their family. >> translator: they killed them all. >> reporter: the couple like thousands of others blame their tragedy on the state's initial chaotic slow response and on shoddy construction and government amnesties for contractors who violated building codes. on sunday they'll take their anger to the ballot box. "over the years they stole our future from us. now our loved ones were taken away from us, ihan says. elections is our only way to hold officials to account. we hope to slam the doors of hell shut." anger may not translate into any major surprises at the polls in this city, historically split between the opposition and ruling party. but the stakes are much higher in strongholds of president recep erdogan's party across the

massive earthquake zone. there was no time wasted to impact the hearts and minds of their people in places like kaharem and marash, the epicenter of the devastating quake. this hilltop project with a dozen newly constructed homes was inaugurated by the turkish president, the kind of photo op erdogan needed in the wake of the disaster. the era of recep tayyip erdogan has been defined by a construction boom and he's promised to rebuild the earthquake zone within a year. and this is what the opposition is up against, convincing people that they too can deliver. thousands of subsidized housing units are under construction here. more rebuilding in the city center that's rumbled back to life. but beneath the facade of normalcy a reality of life in limbo. meal time brings hundreds into the food queues. those who've lost everything now rely on their state to feed them. most still live in tents. but not even the worst earthquake in generations seems to have shaken the loyalty of erdogan's supporters and they're

keen to show us as they wave his party's flag. "as long as tayyip erdogan is in power, our houses will be built," this man tells us. down the road the city's old bazaar is bustling once again. quake survivors struggling to get back on their feet, now also facing their country's crushing economic crisis. this 69-year-old once erdogan supporter says he's boycotting the vote. "they see him as a saint. it's too much," he says. "i can't afford to buy anything. i survive on earthquake aid." a cafe nearby is the only escape from it all for students like 18-year-old zia. he's a first-time voter but hasn't decided if he'll cast his vote. "should we worry about elections or about the collapsed buildings or the lives lost," he says. about what surrounds us or my dreams. confusion, apathy, loyalty, anger, it's just all too much

for those still trapped in a life from hell. they can only hope when the dust settles from these most consequential of elections they won't be forgotten. jomana karadsheh, cnn, kra kraman marash, turkey. >> be sure to watch cnn's special live coverage of the 2023 turkey elections hosted by becky anderson as voters head to the polls to choose a new president and parliament. find out what's at stake and what the election means for turkey's future. that's this sunday 7:00 p.m. in london, 9:00 p.m. in istanbul right here on cnn. ukraine is reportedly laying the groundwork for its expected counteroffensive. next a move from behind the front lines officials say could be wearing out russian defenses. plus south africa says it's neutral in russia's war in ukraine, but the u.s. says it has evidence south africa helped the russians. we'll have a live report from johannesburg in just a few moments. please stay with us.

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we're getting word of new russian strikes in two regions of ukraine. officials say russian artillery and air force unleashed a barrage of attacks on kherson region, killing at least one person. four others were wounded over the past 24 hours. while separate attacks on the city of slovyansk, about 600 kilometers to the northeast, left one person dead and 12 others injured. meanwhile, ukraine is reportedly working to smooth the way for its upcoming counteroffensive. two senior western officials say kyiv has already started what's called shaping operations for its expected attack, which means it's launching selective strikes to soften russian defenses.

for more scott mclean joins us from london. so scott, what more are we learning about the so-called shaping operation and the counteroffensive that will presumably follow? >> reporter: yeah, so the question is whether or not the counteroffensive has begun at all. and for the answer it really depends on who you ask. if you ask president zelenskyy, he says that ukrainians need a bit more time to get more western weapons, more western equipment into the country before they can really begin that counteroffensive. but if you ask the head of the wagner private military contractor on the russian side, yevgeny prigozhin, he says that zelenskyy is lying and that the counteroffensive is already in full swing. and he points to the situation in bakhmut where even he concedes that the ukrainians have had some success as of late. the actual ukrainian military says that yes, it has been able to exploit some russian weaknesses on the flanks of the city, particularly the northern and southern parts of the tee where there is dynamic fighting in their words going on at the moment, and they say that while

they are definitely on offense they're not calling it a counteroffensive. the deputy defense minister has said just today that the ukrainians have managed to advance two kilometers on the russians in just the past week. and as a result the russians actually last night had to put out a pretty unusual late-night statement denying reports that the ukrainians had made a major breakthrough in the bakhmut region, saying that the situation there is under control. of course the big risk for the russians is that the ukrainians may be able to mush forward on those outer flanks there and actually surround the russians, either pushing them, forcing them to retreat or perhaps forcing them to surrender after what has been a months and months of bloody fighting there. and as you mentioned, kim, senior western officials are saying that what ukraine is doing at the moment is something called shaping, which means using airstrikes to take out things like artillery systems, take out things like command

systems and weapons depots, things like that, in order to sort of shape the battlefield to make it easier for advancing troops to actually move on the ground. this could go on for several days before we see anything sort of resembling a full-scale counteroffensive. and this is something woe also saw ahead of the ukrainian counteroffensive in kherson last summer which resulted in the ukrainians taking back a very wide swath of territory. kim? >> all right. thanks so much for the update, scott mclean. appreciate it. and the leader of wagner mercenaries is now inviting russia's defense minister to visit bakhmut. yevgeny prigozhin made the invitation after mubly slamming russia's top military brass. cnn's fred pleitgen as more. >> reporter: after months of brutal fighting the battle for bakhmut may be pushing wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin closer to the edge. standing in front of the bodies of his dead fighters, he launched into a rant against

russia's military leadership, blaming them for the deaths. >> translator: do you think you were the masters of this life? do you think you could dispose of other lives? you think that because you have warehouses full of ammunition that you have that right? >> reporter: for months prigozhin and vladimir putin's top generals, sergei shoigu and valerri gerasimov, have been mired in severe infighting. but now the wagner boss's tirades are becoming more vicious and more frequent, accusing russia's defense minister of withholding much-needed ammo. >> translator: instead of using a shell to kill an enemy and saving one of our soldiers' lives, they are killing our soldiers. >> reporter: in a country where thousands have been jailed for criticizing vladimir putin's war, prigozhin is getting away with his tantrums. that's because putin doesn't

fully trust his own military and needs prigozhin, russian investigative journalist andrei soldatov. >> he's extremely paranoid about control and political stability. prigozhin is a tool to -- if not to keep the military in check, at least to keep them off balance. >> reporter: the infighting seems to be costing russia both lives and momentum. ukraine's army now says it is making gains in bakhmut. and while ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his forces' long anticipated counteroffensive has not yet started, prigozhin today once again accusing the russian army of cutting and running. >> translator: those territories that were liberated with the blood and lives of our comrades every day progressed by dzs or hun dozens or hundreds of meters for many months today are abandoned almost without any fight by

those who were supposed to hold our flanks. >> reporter: bakhmut was supposed to be a much-needed win for vladimir putin. but now it could ring in major problems to come, andrei soldatov says. >> i think he is nervous. he cannot trust completely what his people are telling him. >> in a highly unusual move the u.s. ambassador to south africa has publicly accused the government of delivering arms and ammunition to russia. he says weapons were loaded onto this sanctioned russian cargo ship late last year at a south african naval base. let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent david mckenzie live in johannesburg. so david, walk us through the allegations and the reaction from the south african government. >> reporter: well, kim, the allegations are unusual as you say and very direct. the u.s. ambassador to south africa talking to local me

immediate saying this ship, the lady r which docked at a naval port in south africa near capetown, was there to receive arms and ammunition from south africa that would end up in russia during this bloody war on ukraine. now, that ship was sanctioned by the u.s. treasury in may of last year. that already begins problems regardless of the specificity of that allegation. and it was a deeply suspicious moment when that cargo ship arrived in south africa. it turned off its transresponders for several days acording to ship trackers. it then off-loaded and onloaded goods in the dead of the night according to eyewitnesses and opposition members of it added speculation that though south africa claims it is neutral in this war in ukraine that perhaps they are less than neutral. and i think it is the bubbling

frustration of the u.s. government that spilled out with the ambassador making these claims. a short time ago i was on the phone with the opposition member of parliament, who first brought up these suspicions over this ship. he said there could be legal avenues in south africa. he also said in his view at least it is an indication that the ruling party and the government may be placing themselves ahead of the infantries of south africa. of course south africa has a much larger trade relationship with the u.s. and with the uk and europe. for their part, kim, the south africans are saying there's no evidence yet presented of this, that they're already in discussions about this with the americans behind the scenes, and at least one diplomat here saying this kind of megaphone diplomacy as he put it is unhelpful. kim? >> the mystery dopens. david mckenzie, thanks so much. well, the european union is working to bring in the world's first comprehensive intelligence

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thailand is preparing for a pivotal general election this weekend. and the future of thai democracy could be on the ballot. cnn's paula hancocks has more. >> reporter: a surprise drop-in at thailand's famous water festival last month. polls show his party running a

distant third. >> translator: what do we have to adhere to? nation, religion, and the monarchy. isn't that right? these pillars are the hearts of the thai people. >> reporter: recent polls suggest what many people want is change. two progressive parties in the lead both pledging to remove the military from politics. the party of the well-known shinawatra political dynasty, his sister, his daughter. speaking to the press last week just two days after having her second baby. >> i think that thailand needs change already. we can't wait anymore. >> reporter: another candidate for prime minister, real estate developer seta thavisin, a political novice who's tapped into thai's concerns about the economy. >> thailand has been in a bad economic situation for the last five to eight years. okay?

>> reporter: pro-democracy protests in 2020 highlighted frustrations, particularly among the youth, calling for fundamental changes in the way the country is run. of course the move forward party is based on calling for changes to the military, the economy, and even the once untouchable monarchy. shantika janreya faces charges from her involvement in protests and two so-called charges that prohibits any critkcriticism of monarchy. >> now i think it's turned out that we are talking about a form of the monarchy -- >> reporter: from a taboo to public debate a change that should experts call game changing in thailand, politically earth shattering.

one wild guard card, however, the thai military has staged a dozen coups since 1932, two in the past 20 years, when the parties it favored were not in party. >> am i afraid of the military? my simple answer to that is i can't be afraid of the ghost. >> reporter: as for the man who led the last military coup -- >> translator: it's up to the people what they want. >> reporter: some experts consider a military coup at this time to be very cost ly both domestically and internationally with calls for change louder than they have ever been in thailand's recent history. paula hancocks, cnn. >> we'll be right back. lp you save on personal loans, credit cards, or car insurance. experian helped me save overer $1,400 a year on carar insurance. start t saving now. free. at experian.com or get the app now.

joran van der sloot's attorney says they will appeal an extradition order to the u.s. approved by peru's supreme court. the dutch citizen was one of the last people to see american teenager natalee holloway alive before she disappeared in aruba nearly two decades ago. a prime suspect in her disappearance, he'll face charges of extortion and fraud in the u.s. as cnn's jean casarez reports. >> reporter: 18 years after alabama teenager natalee holloway vanished on a school trip in aruba, the prime suspect in her disappearance is being x extradited to the united states. joran van der sloot, who was one of the last people to see holloway alive and twice detained in connection with her disappearance, will finally face federal charges in the u.s. for extortion and wire fraud. >> he knows exactly what happened. he knows what, where, when, who,

why and how. he knows the answers. >> reporter: he is accused of extorting thousands from holloway's mother, beth, in exchange for details on the location of her daughter's remains. according to legal documents, in march 2010 van der sloot, quote, offered to take the cooperating witness to the location of natalee holloway's body. advised as to the circumstances of her death and identify those in her death and disappearance in return for a payment of $250,000. papers were signed. a total of $25,000 was given to van der sloot. and holloway's attorney flew to aruba. van der sloot took the attorney to a house, saying her body was buried within the foundation. soon after fleeing to peru with the $25,000, he e-mailed the holloways saying, quote, he had lied about the location of natalee's remains. extortion charges were filed a short time later. in may 2005 the 18-year-old

holloway was last seen leaving a nightclub in aruba with van der sloot and two other men. all three were charged by aruban prosecutors in 2007 for involvement in manslaughter. but a judge ordered their release, citing a lack of direct evidence. her body was never found. beth holloway said in a statement she would be 36 years old now. it has been a very long and painful journey, but the persistence of many is going to pay off. "together we are finally getting justice for natalee." after the u.s. legal proceedings conclude, van der sloot will be sent back to peru according to a statement from peru's judiciary. to a peruvian prison, where he is serving time for the murder of 21-year-old stephany flores. she was murdered five years after holloway's disappearance. cnn was allowed exclusive access to van der sloot's cell shortly after his arrest. and in 2012 he was sentenced to

28 years in prison for that murder. the attorney for joran van der sloot, maximo altez, is telling cnn he is going to fight this extradition request that was ordered by peru's supreme court. he believes the charges are just too old to have it be valid. of course there is an extradition treaty between the united states and peru, signed in 2001. jean qasrc casarez, cnn, new yo. eu lawmakers are moving closer to passing new rules to regulate artificial intelligence tools like chatgpt. in a clutch vote thursday they agreed to tougher draft legislation. the bloc's ai act could be the world's first comprehensive legislation to govern this new technology including rules over facial recognition and biometric surveillance. all right. well, the line-up is in, and we now know which 26 acts will be representing their nations in

the eurovision song contest grand final this weekend. the english city of liverpool is hosting this time around on behalf of last year's winner, ukraine. enthusiastic pop music fans have already gathered for the semifinals and are now waiting for the big event on saturday, which can be is seen around the world. the city has been transformed for the occasion with ukrainian displays in the streets and ukra ukrainian-themed dishes being cooked up in local restaurants. well, the price of many goods has gone up over the past year, and pasta is no exception. in italy the government held talks thursday to look into why there's a surge in the prices for pasta. prices were up 17 1/2% in march over the same time last year. it's more than double italy's consumer inflation rate of just over 8%. a spokesperson for italy's ministry of enterprise says higher prices should only be temporary. the average italian eats about 23 kilograms, or 51 pounds of pasta each year.

and twitter could be about to get a new ceo. current chief elon musk says he's found a replacement to step into his shoes and that she'll start in six weeks. now, musk didn't name the mystery woman but media reports suggest it could be lind avenue yakerino, nbc universal's head of advertising. musk toyed with speculators claiming his dog is the ceo of the multibillion-dollar company. he says he now plans to step back and become chair and chief technology officer. a new system of risk-based rules will clear the way for gay blood donors in the u.s. the food and drug administration will ask all donors the same questions, and those include if the donor has a new sexual partner or more than one sexual partner in the last three months. if so that person will be asked not to donate. it's intended to reduce the chance of someone with a new hiv infection from giving blood before the infection can be detected in a lab. previously the fda had a lifetime ban on gay men giving

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