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14 November 2024 at 1:24 pm·2-min read

November 15, 2024

Today on CNN 10, we go to Spain which continues to get pummeled by intense rainfall across the country, just two weeks after flooding in the province of Valencia killed more than 200 people. Then we go to China, where the country showcases its newest military aircrafts alongside Russia. We then visit a Christmas tree farm in California who is preparing its next harvest for the holiday season. Lastly, we head to space to explore incredible new images released by NASA of the surface of the solar system’s largest planet. See all this and more on today’s CNN 10!

WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ

Tens of thousands of people in what Spanish city protested the government’s response to recent disastrous floods there?
Australia is planning to create legislation to ban social media for minors under what age?
US President-elect Donald Trump chose what person to be the first ever woman to serve as the White House Chief of Staff?
Pakistan’s government wrote a letter to what neighboring country in a bid for ‘climate diplomacy’ to address extreme pollution?
Thousands of cyclists shut down roads in a quest for what delicious food?
What city in southern Italy is aiming to decrease its tourism to 20,000 visitors a day?
Researchers in Iceland are exploring the possible connection between melting glaciers and what other natural phenomena?
The new baby pygmy hippo born at Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo has what name?
China showcased what new aircraft at its largest airshow in the country?
NASA released detailed new photos of what planet in our solar system?

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