Taiwan is rehearsing one of its most sensitive wartime scenarios: keeping the government functioning after a simulated Chinese “decapitation strike” targeting the island’s leadership. The drill is part of what Taipei calls the largest-ever Han Kuang military exercises, with troops defending ports, bridges and other critical infrastructure as Taipei prepares for the possibility of a conflict with China. CNN’s Will Ripley reports.

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President Donald Trump’s executive order recommends that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be split into three separate shots.

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Two BASE jumpers scaled the glass wall of the observation deck of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and then jumped off the landmark before deploying their parachutes. They are now facing criminal charges, according to police.

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The death toll in Indonesia is rising after a magnitude 7.7 and then a 6.9 level earthquake struck just hours apart, with more than 300 houses being damaged or destroyed.

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This week of the Iran war started with Trump demanding payment from Iran for unspecified “damages”, then with reports of the president leaving Turkey on a secret flight in response to Iranian threats to his life, a shakeup of Iran’s military leadership and ended with reports of multiple sailors attempting to jump overboard from a carrier at sea.

Military experts speak to CNN on this week’s developments from the Iran war.

0:00 Concerns about the conditions on the USS Lincoln (August 14)
4:44 Trump demands payment from Iran (August 10)
9:33 Iran’s military reshapes leadership (August 11)
13:55 Adam Kinzinger on the personal toll of deployments (August 13)

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