Air traffic controllers repeatedly rang the alarm about critical safety issues and faced telecommunications outages affecting Newark Liberty International Airport starting last summer – months before widespread delays and flight cancellations at the airport this week, a CNN review of safety reports, air traffic audio and other records found. #CNN #News

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of the conclave. There is no clear frontrunner to take over leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, and cardinals will continue voting Thursday in a series of highly secretive ballots until they choose a successor to Pope Francis.

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Following funeral prayers in Islamabad, the Pakistani prime minister condemned India’s “deliberate targeting of civilians” as a “reprehensible act of cowardice,” a statement from Pakistan’s armed forces said. The leaders said the deadly attacks, which killed at least 26 people in Pakistan, will be met with “decisive action,” the statement added.

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At least 10 to 12 performers in Les Mis are planning to sit out the show on June 11, the night that Trump attends at the Kennedy Center, the sources said. The cast was given the option to not perform the night Trump will be in the audience, and both major cast members and members of the ensemble are among those sitting out, according to the sources. #CNN #News

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announces the Fed has chosen not to adjust interest rates, also issuing a warning on higher inflation due to uncertainly around President Trump's incoming tariff policy. This as the United States and China are to begin trade talks in Switzerland. #CNN #News

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan meets a traditionalist Catholic who preaches patriarchy and has found a new home in the so-called "manosphere." #CNN #News

Disney announced plans to open a new theme park in Abu Dhabi. It'll be the company's seventh theme park location, and has a potential opening date in the early 2030s. In an exclusive interview, Chairman of Disney Experiences Josh D'Amaro told Becky Anderson why they chose the capital of the UAE. #CNN #News

In an interview with the BBC, former President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump for suggesting Ukraine may have to give up territory in exchange for peace, calling it a “modern-day appeasement,” in reference to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s efforts to appease Adolf Hitler as he sought to annex land in the 1930s. #CNN #News

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The process to choose a new leader for the Catholic church, the conclave, is formally underway at the Vatican. The doors at the Sistine Chapel have been locked to outsiders, beginning the secretive process that will culminate in a new pontiff. The 133 cardinals will be voting, with no clear frontrunner having emerged to take over leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. #CNN #News