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Venice’s Bezos-Sanchez wedding attracted some of the world’s wealthiest people
A large sum of riches descended upon Venice, Italy, over the last few days for the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. The closely guarded guest list includes tech leaders, pop stars, media personalities, actors and athletes. Of the 200 or so confirmed guests, none boast the portfolios of Bezos, Gates, Diller and Winfrey, but there is still plenty of wealth to go around. Several other attendees boast a hefty net worth, including former NFL quarterback and current broadcaster Tom Brady ($512 million) and Leonardo DiCaprio, who was one of 2023’s highest paid actors ($41 million) Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were also in attendance, as well as Usher, who headlined the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, and actor Orlando Bloom, who is worth $4.8 billion. The wedding is set to take place in Venice on Saturday.
(CNN) — A large sum of riches descended upon Venice, Italy, over the last few days for the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
Opulence has been on full display as some of the famous attendees arrived at the canal city by private planes, helicopters and yachts before they were whisked away on water taxis to ferry them to the festivities. Pinpointing the combined wealth of this closely guarded guest list would be a painstaking and exhausting exercise but an estimate of their total net worth would likely be in the neighborhood of $435 billion.
Much of the total wealth can be attributed to the groom. Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the third richest man in the world, is estimated to be worth about $244 billion, according to Bloomberg’s billionaire index.
But the wedding guests also boast sizable fortunes. Trailing not too far behind Bezos is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who is listed at No. 5 on Bloomberg’s list at $178 billion.
Absent from Bezos’ wedding were the top two richest people in the world: Tesla CEO Elon Musk ($367 billion) and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg ($258 billion). In fact, Gates is the only confirmed wedding guest who cracks Bloomberg’s list of the 500 richest people.
Coming in well behind Bezos and Gates are two media moguls who have dropped off Bloomberg’s billionaire index: Barry Diller and Oprah Winfrey.
Bloomberg estimates that Diller is worth almost $6 billion, which is under the $6.88 billion net worth of the No. 500 person on Bloomberg’s list. In 2018, Winfrey was listed at No. 494 on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index at $4 billion. Winfrey is currently estimated to be worth north of $3 billion.
Deep-pocketed guests
Of the 200 or so confirmed guests, none boast the portfolios of Bezos, Gates, Diller and Winfrey, but there is still plenty of wealth to go around. The closely guarded guest list includes tech leaders, pop stars, media personalities, actors and athletes.
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, is in Venice for the Bezos-Sanchez wedding. Altman was reportedly worth at least $2 billion in March 2024, according to Bloomberg. That figure did not include Altman’s stake in OpenAI, which Bloomberg reported in April finalized a $40 billion funding round, valuing the company at $300 billion.
Also in attendance is Kim Kardashian, who is estimated to be worth $1.7 billion, according to Forbes. She was in Venice alongside sisters Khloe Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner and their mother Kris Jenner. While the family’s reality TV show pushed Kim Kardashian further into the public eye, her shapewear company Skims, which is believed to be valued at $4 billion as of July 2023, is believed to be a major source of her wealth.
Kylie Jenner became a billionaire in 2019 after her beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics, entered a partnership with Ulta Beauty, with Bloomberg reporting at the time that Jenner was worth $1.02 billion.
Also in attendance were Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Kushner, a former top adviser to his father-in-law President Donald Trump, launched investment company Affinity Partners in 2021 with assets under management jumping to $4.8 billion in 2024, according to a regulatory filing. Forbes estimated last November that Kushner’s net worth was at least $900 million.
Several other attendees boast a hefty net worth, including former NFL quarterback and current broadcaster Tom Brady ($512 million), according to Forbes. Leonardo DiCaprio, who was one of 2023’s highest paid actors ($41 million), according to Forbes, and R&B singer Usher, who headlined the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, were also in attendance.
Other attendees include CBS broadcast journalist Gayle King, actor Orlando Bloom and actress Sydney Sweeney.
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Israeli military detains 6 settlers after attack on forces in occupied West Bank
By Oren Liebermann and Dana Karni, CNN has teamed up with a group of researchers to find out what is going on in the world of virtual reality gaming. The group is looking for a virtual reality game called “The Age of Virtual Reality” to see how the technology can be used to create virtual reality games. The game is expected to take place in the U.S. over the next few weeks. The team is looking to find a virtual world of 20,000 virtual reality gamers to compete against each other. The goal is to create a “virtual reality game’s” version of the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” with a twist of the twist and a turn of the key. The winner will be crowned the victor of the game and the loser will be the loser.
(CNN) — The Israeli military detained six settlers in the occupied West Bank overnight after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say the suspects attacked security forces.
The IDF says they spotted Israeli civilians driving toward a closed military zone near the Palestinian village of Kafr Malik, where days earlier settlers set fire to homes and vehicles in an attack Palestinian officials say killed three people.
When Israeli forces approached the group, the IDF says the soldiers were physically assaulted and verbally abused. In addition, the suspects vandalized and damaged the security forces’ vehicles and attempted to ram the forces.
Six suspects were apprehended and transferred to police, the IDF said.
“The IDF and Israel Police condemn any act of violence against security forces and will act firmly against any attempt to harm security personnel carrying out their duty to protect Israeli citizens,” the IDF said in a statement.
Israeli politicians condemned the settler attacks against Israeli security forces.
Head of the opposition Yair Lapid said in a statement on social media, “The extremists who attack IDF soldiers who are guarding the security of the State of Israel during these difficult days are dangerous criminals who are aiding our enemies.”
Yair Golan, the head of the left-wing Democrats party, who had called earlier settler attacks in the area a “violent Jewish pogrom,” said the violence from “the Kahanist, nationalist, and fantastic Israel is deliberately working to dismantle the Jewish and democratic Israel.” Golan referenced Meir Kahane, an extremist rabbi whose political party was banned outright in Israel under anti-terror laws.
“This is not a marginal occurrence. This is a dangerous current that has taken deep roots. Even around the government table,” Golan said, a reference to the far-right ministers that prop up the coalition government, including Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, both of whom were sanctioned earlier this month by the UK, Canada, and other Western allies. Smotrich has called for formal annexation of West Bank settlements, while Ben-Gvir’s party consists of followers of Kahane’s banned political party.
In a statement, Defense Minister Israel Katz called on law enforcement authorities to act immediately to locate all those who resorted to violence and bring them to justice “as is done everywhere.”
On Friday, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said the settler attacks are part of a plan by Israel’s “extremist right-wing government” to drag the West Bank into a larger confrontation, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Abu Rudeineh held Israel fully responsible for “the consequences of this bloody aggression,” WAFA said.
Israel has been ramping up military operations in the West Bank alongside the offensive in Gaza and attacks on Iran and its proxies, displacing thousands of Palestinians and razing entire communities as it targets what it says are militants operating in the territory.
Earlier this week, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank, Palestinian health authorities said. The Israeli military said that “terrorists hurled explosive devices at IDF forces.”
In late-May, Israel approved a massive expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank in a move decried as de facto annexation of large swaths of the territory. Peace Now, an Israeli non-governmental organization that tracks settlements, said it was the largest expansion of settlements since the signing of the Oslo Accords more than 30 years ago.
Israel plans to establish 22 new settlements, including deep within the West Bank and in areas from which the country had previously withdrawn. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as well as in East Jerusalem and the occupied Golan Heights, are considered illegal under international law.
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Big crowds gather in Hungarian capital to defy ban on Budapest Pride
The 30th annual Budapest Pride march took place in the Hungarian capital on Saturday. The march proceeded in open defiance of a police ban imposed earlier this year under sweeping new legislation that prohibits LGBTQ+ events nationwide. At least 70 members of the European Parliament were expected to join the procession. In March, Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation barring Pride events and permitting the use of facial recognition technology to identify participants – measures campaigners say is illegal and part of a wider crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community. The ban sparked lively protests in Budapest in March, with organizers of the city’s Pride vowing to continue with the annual festival and declaring: “We will fight this new fascist ban’“. A petition demanding police reject the ban has gathered over 120,000 signatures from supporters in 73 countries, urging authorities to “reject this unjust law”
Beneath a blaze of rainbow flags and amid roars of defiance, big crowds gathered in the Hungarian capital Budapest for the city’s 30th annual Pride march – an event that, this year, is unfolding as both a celebration and a protest.
Moving through the capital in the sweltering heat, demonstrators carried signs reading “Solidarity with Budapest Pride” and waved placards bearing crossed-out illustrations of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Music played from portable speakers as people of all ages joined the march – families with pushchairs, teenagers draped in capes, and older residents walking alongside activists.
From the city’s historic centre to its riverside roads, the procession swelled in numbers and noise – visibly reclaiming public space in defiance of a law designed to push them out.
The march proceeded in open defiance of a police ban imposed earlier this year under sweeping new legislation that prohibits LGBTQ+ events nationwide.
A participant celebrates during the Budapest Pride March in the Hungarian capital. Lisa Leutner/Reuters
People take part in the parade in downtown Budapest. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images
Eszter Rein Bodi was one of those who joined the massive crowds in Budapest on Saturday, telling Reuters: “This is about much more, not just about homosexuality … This is the last moment to stand up for our rights.”
Krisztina Aranyi, another marcher, told the news agency that “the right to assembly is a basic human right, and I don’t think it should be banned.”
She added, “Just because someone does not like the reason why you go to the street, or they do not agree with it, you still have the right to do so.”
Huge crowds turned out in the city for the parade, with many holding homemade banners aloft. One sign read “Transgender people are a blessing on this earth” while another banner read “Proud. United. Equal in every corner of the EU.”
At least 70 members of the European Parliament were expected to join the procession, officials told CNN in May.
Van Sparrentak, who is a Dutch MEP from the parliament’s “Greens/European Free Alliance” political group, told CNN that she will be attending Budapest Pride to “support the LGBTIQ+ community in Hungary, to let them know that they are not alone (and) to be visible as a community.”
“Pride is a protest, and if Orbán can ban Budapest Pride without consequences, every pride is one election away from being banned,” she continued.
In March, Hungarian lawmakers passed legislation barring Pride events and permitting the use of facial recognition technology to identify participants – measures campaigners say is illegal and part of a wider crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community.
Temporary cameras were installed along the path of the Budapest Pride march on Friday, months after legislation was passed allowing the use of facial recognition technology to identify participants. Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto/Getty Images
Orban welcomed the ban, which he said would outlaw gatherings that “violate child protection laws.” His government has pushed a strongly Christian and conservative agenda.
The ban sparked lively protests in Budapest in March, with organizers of the city’s Pride vowing to continue with the annual festival despite the new law and declaring: “We will fight this new fascist ban.”
A petition demanding police reject the ban has gathered over 120,000 signatures from supporters in 73 countries, urging authorities to “reject this unjust law” – believed to be the first of its kind in the EU’s recent history – and ensure that the march proceeded “unhindered and peacefully, free from discrimination, harassment, fear or violence.”
CNN’s Catherine Nicholls and Billy Stockwell contributed to this report.
WATCH LIVE: “Truth and Reconciliation” Conference being held to voice concerns on Victor Perez shooting
Attorneys of the Victor Perez family are hosting a “Truth and Reconciliation Conference” The conference is being held at Idaho State University’s Pond Student Union Building. The goal of the conference is to match citizens and members of the Fort Hall Reservation with attorneys who can provide representation, guidance, and possible referrals. The conference will begin at 10 a.m. and last until 3 p.m., KIFI reports.
You can watch the conference in the Livestream player above.
The conference is being held at Idaho State University’s Pond Student Union Building in the Little Wood room #227-B. The conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and last until 3 p.m.
Organizers said another goal of the conference is to match attorneys with citizens and members of the Fort Hall Reservation who need representation.
The organizers said in a news release that the conference is based on the South African Post-Apartheid model, wherein South Africans were provided a forum to testify about their experiences in a forum without judgment or fear of retribution in an ordered and moderated setting.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was an official body tasked with investigating human rights abuses, in the hope of resolving conflict and promoting healing.
POCATELLO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION GOALS
1. Match Pocatello Citizens and members of the reservation with attorneys who can provide representation, guidance, and possible referrals. We are asking attorneys to attend. Attorneys in attendance will be introduced for their specific specialty.
2. Highlight testimony and prospective cases from members of the Fort Hall Reservation and find a possible nexus between Reservation Law, the Indian Civil Rights Act, and Federal Civil Litigation. Connect Fort Hall with other proximate reservations, who are interested in establishing a legal network.
3. Educate Pocatello citizens and reservation members about the legal process. John Burris will complete a Know Your Rights/Federal Civil Rights Educational Presentation.
4. Educate Pocatello citizens and reservation members about conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution. Alice Shikina Conflict Resolution/Mediation will complete a Conflict Resolution seminar.
Crews working water main break in Manitou Springs
Ruxton Avenue is closed to all vehicles and bicycles. The closure is necessary to protect public safety and allow city crews to perform emergency infrastructure repairs. The city urges motorists, residents, and visitors to avoid the area and seek alternate routes until further notice. There is currently no estimated time for completion of the repair, but additional updates will be provided as more information becomes available, the city says. For water outage details in Manitou Springs, click here.
The city says parking at the Iron Springs Chateau lot is temporarily prohibited. Along with that, Ruxton Avenue is restricted to pedestrian access only. No vehicles or bicycles are permitted.
Manitou Springs officials ask visitors parked at the Pikes Peak Cog Railway to exit using Capitol Hill Avenue to Waltham Avenue and then to Manitou Avenue.
They say residents and emergency vehicles only may use the internal detour route via Capitol Hill Avenue, Illinois Avenue, Mesa Avenue, and Minnehaha Avenue.
PREVIOUS REPORTING: As of 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, Manitou Springs city crews are responding to an active water main break near the intersection of Ruxton Avenue and Osage Avenue.
The city says the situation is ongoing, and while a formal detour route is still being finalized, a full closure of Ruxton Avenue is likely.
The city urges motorists, residents, and visitors to avoid the area and seek alternate routes until further notice. There is currently no estimated time for completion of the repair, but additional updates will be provided as more information becomes available, the city says.
Mountain Metro Transit Route 33 to the Incline will stop on Manitou Ave and Ruxton Ave until resolved.
The city says that as service returns, residents may experience discolored water or low water pressure. This is normal. They ask you to run your bathtub, or the lowest tap in your home, on cold for five minutes or until the water runs clear.
KRDO13 has a crew on the way and will update this article as more information becomes available.
For further questions, the City asks residents to contact the City of Manitou Springs Public Services Department at 719-685-2573. For water outage details in Manitou Springs, click here.