Military crowdsourcing, cheating scandal, uncovered relics: Catch up on the day’s stories

By Gina Park, CNN

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Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.

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1️⃣ ‘Creative and unconventional’

A group of military analysts received an email request: We need ideas. The unusual crowdsource-style query is one of the limited options available to President Donald Trump to force Iran into a deal on his terms.

2️⃣ Search and seizure

A left-wing activist and US citizen says Border Patrol officers searched his belongings and ignored requests for his attorney. The case highlights a potential test of Fourth Amendment protections.

3️⃣ Cheating scandal

One of Mexico’s most prestigious universities used an AI surveillance system to ensure that its admissions exam was cheat-proof. Now thousands of test results have been invalidated, causing a national uproar.

4️⃣ Uncovered relics

Europe’s summer of extraordinary heat and drought has shrunk some of its rivers, revealing long-submerged relics from ancient bones to century-old shipwrecks.

5️⃣ Cult confection

The best sweet treats should seep with tradition, skill and look too good to eat. To many, no other dessert exemplifies this quite like Sant Ambroeus’ principessa cake.

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Touching reunion: After a wildfire hit the area, a Spanish farmer was forced to evacuate. Watch the moment she found her donkeys alive.

Top headlines

• First deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreak
• Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say
• Key GOP holdouts say they’ll back Blanche for attorney general after he rescinded Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

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👁️ ‘Lover’s eye’: A married couple were browsing for antiques when they came across a delicately painted eye set into an oval ring. Four decades later, they’ve collected 158 of them.

For CNN subscribers

• Massive die-off predicted for exceptionally rare trees on California island wildlife oasis
• Palestinian Christians call on American evangelicals to stop ignoring their plight
• Fat squirrels, rowdy bears and burned-out rangers: How Trump policies are scrambling America’s national parks

Quiz time

⛰️ Which country is cracking down on influencers’ risky hikes?

A. Switzerland

B. Malaysia

C. Nepal

D. Tanzania

⬇️ Scroll down for the answer.

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🧠 Quiz answer: B. Malaysia is introducing new rules for hikers, following a spike in search and rescue operations linked to social media trends.

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