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72 Hour Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holding; First Suspected Case Of Ebola in Middle East; Xiaomi Becomes Biggest Cellphone Maker In China; Experimental Ebola Drug Appears To Have Worked On American Aid Workers; Plan Makes Emergency Landing At Manchest Airport; Christians Under Threat In Iraq

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream where news and technology meet.

Now Gaza residents leave shelters and return home as a ceasefire appears to still be holding.

Google hopes to catch a child porn suspect through Gmail, but are they snooping through your messages as well?

And Xiaomi knocks off Samsung to become China's number one smartphone maker, but look at why they're under fire for some of their designs.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is holding in Gaza. It is now seven hours old. And the Israeli military says it has withdrawn its ground

troops and now residents in Gaza, they're getting a chance to assess the damage.

Let's bring up live pictures for you now there on site in Gaza. It is currently calm. But both sides carried out strikes shortly before the

truce took effect. Now those pictures taped from earlier today.

Now we'll be taking you live to Gaza in just a moment, but for now let's bring in Saima Mohsin. She joins us live from Jerusalem. And Saima, what

is the status of the IDF, of Israeli troops as the ceasefire is underway?

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Kristie, that was part of the crucial requirements as far as militants and Hamas were

concerned that the troops should move out of Gaza, and that's what they have done. The Israeli Defense Force, the IDF, have confirmed to CNN that

their troops have now effectively withdrawn all the way back.

They're still just outside Gaza in Israeli territory in a defensive format they've told us, but crucially they have now withdrawn out of Gaza and

that's what Hamas wanted all along. That's why the ceasefires previously had broken down, because Israeli insisted that its troops should stay and

freeze in their positions, work would be carried out and continue to be carried out wherever they are. And Rafa (ph), where that UN school was

hit, was still -- the operation was still active there.

But for now we're seven hours in, four weeks to the day since Operation Protective Edge started, Kristie. We have some relative calm, there was,

as you say, a barrage of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and air strikes from Israel in to Gaza just before the truce started, but we now have peace

and calm and people can finally get out to survey the damage -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: So this moment during the ceasefire Israeli troops are out of Gaza, they are in these defensive positions. Saima, what is the update on

the mission to destroy Hamas's tunnels, its network of cross-border tunnels?

MOHSIN: That was what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was crucial and part of Operation Protective Edge, the primary focus of it, in fact.

What they're telling us, the IDF are saying that they have destroyed 32 tunnels before withdrawing from Gaza. Of course the sentiment here in

Israel, I must point out, is that people here were supportive of the operation and actually wanted the operation to carry on. They wanted to

see an escalation, not a de-escalation. They wanted to see kind of if you like once and for all the elimination of Hamas, the demilitarization of

Gaza.

We've heard from various groups, various members of the Knessets, the parliament here, and various polls run by the media saying that Israelis do

not want any let up as far as the operation is concerned. But, thankfully for the people of Gaza, and of course the Israelis that live along the

border that get the rocket fire as well, there is calm, there is a ceasefire in place. The next step now is obviously for everyone to come to

the table for talks, which they are saying they are considering. Delegations are being formed. They haven't necessarily left yet, but that

will be next step to see this ceasefire extended -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: That's right. A big question to see whether or not this three day ceasefire can extend to a more lasting one.

Now Israel has come under a lot of international pressure and condemnation over its airstrikes on UN-run schools, UN-run shelters in Gaza. How is

Israel defending itself? And was agreeing to this 72 hour truce, which is still holding this hour, is agree to this truce, is it a response to that

international condemnation?

MOHSIN: Well, I think a lot of analysts and experts will certainly say, yes, they've had to respond to the international pressure. They've seen it

like they've never seen it before. Certainly publicly they continue with their line that Israel has the right to defend itself from those rocket

attacks from Hamas and other militants operating in the Gaza Strip.

But that explanation and that justification started to wear thin, frankly. The U.S. Department of State releasing the strongest worded statement yet

saying no matter what, even if you are pursuing suspicious militants in Gaza, that does not justify the use of force that risks so many civilian

lives. That, of course, after that strike where Israel says it was targeting three militants on a motorbike that actually ended up killing at

least nine people and injuring dozens more at a UN shelter.

And this has all been about the proportionate use of force, whether Israel striking back at what it perceives to be a threat is proportional. And of

course Israel has an army, it has an air force, the Gazans have various militant groups that represent them and have rockets to fire back at.

A lot of conversation about the proportionate use of force. And of course the United Nations, too, saying that there are flagrant violations of

international law.

All of this international pressure certainly behind the scenes we understand as well as publicly serving to pressurize Israel perhaps to

agree to this ceasefire. And I do have to say from the Israeli perspective they've said, well, look we are happy to do that if Hamas stops targeting

us -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Saima Mohsin with the view from Jerusalem there. Many thanks indeed for your reporting.

Now residents of southern Israel have been living with the frightening sound of sirens and Iron Dome missiles throughout this conflict.

Now Sara Sidner spoke to two mothers who are struggling to keep themselves and their families safe.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MARY BEN ALISHA, MOTHER: My heart is shaking. SARA SIDNER, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Mary Ben Alisha has been praying for quiet after living for weeks with a motherOs greatest fear, the

thought of something terrible happening to her four children. The thoughts come with the sounds of rockets that fly overhead here so often Israel has installed an Iron Dome missile defense system near her

neighborhood a few kilometers from the Gaza border How many times have you taken cover? BEN ALISHA: All days. All days. All day we have koosh, boom in the air.

The children is scared. SIDNER: Even with the iron dome nearby, she says everyone knows it doesnOt work 100 percent of the time.

And they have seen the consequences of a rocket attack. A neighborhood boy just made it home after three weeks in the hospital when a rocket exploded

nearby. After weeks inside, Ben Alisha takes a chance and lets her children out to play.

After the first cease-fire of the day was announced, the border area became quiet. But troops and tanks remained nearby.

ADELE RAEMER, MOTHER: There is no noise now. I can't even hear a drone which is very unusual.

SIDNER: Just a short walk from Gaza is Kibbutz Nirim. Raemer has lived there since the 1970s. She says this is the worst fighting she has ever

seen. RAEMER: The past few weeks we have artillery and canons on both side of the Kibbutz and behind, I don't know where they are, but they make a

racket. It's deafening. SIDNER: Yet, she stays. She points out the rocket-pocked street and an unexploded rocket close to a playground. She also shows the spot where your

77-year-old neighbor was severely injured when a rocket got to him before he got to safety.

Another Kibbutz is so close to the border that the iron dome canOt work fast enough. Most residents have left. Raemer relies on her shelter.

RAEMER: I've been sleeping in here since the end of June. SIDNER: Few sleep well on the border now. Both Raemer and Ben Alisha recognize that is especially true for those on the Gaza side.

Does it disturb you what you are seeing in Gaza with all the children and killed there?

BEN ALISHA: Of course. Of Course. I think it's a disaster what happened there and it's a disaster what happened here.

SIDNER: ItOs a disaster the two mothers fear will keep happening again and again. The desire for revenge is too great for either side to overcome.

Sara Sidner, CNN, on the Israel-Gaza border.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: The Palestinian health ministry says 1,865 people had been killed in Gaza during the conflict. And it says 429 of the dead are

children. That is nearly a quarter of all the victims.

Now the UN believes 70 percent are civilians and thousands more have been injured. The Palestinian information ministry says nearly half a million

people have been displaced, many no longer have homes to return to. Nearly 2,000 have been destroyed.

Now a British government minister has resigned today, citing her government's policy on Gaza. Sayeeda Warsi posted the announcement on

Twitter, along with her resignation letter. In it, she calls the British response to the crisis, quote, "morally indefensible."

Now there have been accusations that war crimes have been committed in Gaza, but there is no disputing that a humanitarian crisis is and has been

taking place there.

John Vause joins us now live from Gaza. And John, the ceasefire is this much needed three day window. It's going to give the ICRC a chance to go

into Gaza and see firsthand the human cost of all the bloodshed. What do you think they'll find?

OK, unfortunately we just lost our John Vause, our connection there. We will try to reestablish that as soon as we can to get a picture on what's

happening on the ground there in Gaza.

You're watching News Stream. And coming next right here on the program, concerns are growing that the deadly virus Ebola is spreading even further

as a suspected case is tested in the Middle East.

Plus, the smartphone wars heat up as a homegrown company overtakes Samsung's sales in China, but can the new contender innovate as well as

imitate?

And the U.S. admits flying a spy plane over Sweden after a Cold War style faceoff over the Baltic Sea. Stick around.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now back to the 72 hour ceasefire that is still holding in the Middle East. Now again there have been accusations that war crimes have been committed

in Gaza.

John Vause joins us right now live from Gaza.

And John, the ceasefire, it appears to still be holding, given that it's due to last some three days, we know that the ICRC -- this is an

opportunity for them to go in. What will they discover?

JOHN VAUSE, CNN CORREPSONDENT: Well, Kristie, they'll find utter -- complete and total devastation in some parts.

So this is has been ongoing for four weeks now and complete neighborhoods have been flattened, hospitals have been hit, schools, too, have been

targeted. Thousands of homes have been destroyed.

And we know that those aid trucks are coming in and their first -- I guess their priority right now is to get the temporary housing in, because there

are so many people here, almost 500,000 people, who really don't have anywhere to live. 200,000 are staying with the UN. There's an estimate of

about 280,000 others are staying with relatives and on the streets and so (inaudible) set up a temporary straight away.

They were told by the UN and by the Red Cross that they'll also try and start fixing the sewage system, which has taken a hit, because there's raw

effluent flowing into the streets and there's real concern here about the spread of disease. So that's what they're facing.

We have been told it is a humanitarian crisis which is unfolding before our eyes.

LU STOUT: And John from the humanitarian crisis there in Gaza to diplomacy underway in Cairo, all eyes on the activity there in the Egyptian capital.

And whether there will be a lasting ceasefire that will go way beyond this three day window.

John, remind us what does Hamas want? What is it demanding to turn this 72 hour truce into a permanent one?

VAUSE: Yeah, it looks to be a long laundry list of demands. And they have pretty much stuck to it since all of this began. They want the borders

reopened. They want a seaport. They want an airport. They want a free flow of goods. They also want prisoners who were arrested when -- this

really started back in June, if you remember, with -- when those three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and murdered in the West Bank. The

Israelis went through the West Bank, arrested hundreds of Palestinians.

Hamas want those prisoners released. They want money transferred. They want Gaza rebuilt. You know, the list just goes on and on and on.

They want reunification between Gaza and the West Bank.

Now you, the Israelis say this is just an extraordinary list that has absolutely zero chance of flying, as far as they're concerned.

So these demands are on the table.

But, you know, there is a problem here, too, when you look at the rebuilding, because the Israelis are saying, you know, they want any

destruction to be linked to demilitarization. And so one of the issues that they had now is simply with cement.

The last time there was a conflict here a lot of the cement that came in and other supplies was diverted by Hamas to build the tunnels. Now that

cement is needed to rebuild hospitals and schools and houses and you name it -- factories which have been destroyed. And so that's a problem for

Israel.

So even something as simple as cement becomes political.

LU STOUT: A lot of stumbling blocks ahead, and ahead of any diplomatic breakthrough there in Cairo. Here's hoping that the current ceasefire

will, indeed, hold. John Vause on the line just then. Thank you very much indeed for that.

Let's take you over here. If you want to help the people suffering because of this long, drawn out conflict. Go here, CNN.com/impact. We have linked

to organization all working on the ground to provide relief. And you can learn more about what they do and lend a hand yourself.

Now the worst outbreak of Ebola on record in history is getting even worse. The World Health Organization says the number of confirmed cases has now

surpassed 1,600. And now health officials in Saudi Arabia suspect that the virus might have spread there.

Now the Saudi ministry of health is testing blood samples of a patient in critical condition who are showing signs of viral fever.

Now the man is in Jeddah after recently traveling to Sierra Leone on business.

Now CNN's David McKenzie is there in Sierra Leone where it's believed at least 273 people have died from Ebola since March. And in this exclusive

report, David tried to drive into the country's most infected area and he found a virtual ghost town.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We're on the road, driving into the worst Ebola epidemic in history. It is quite extraordinary. There

is hardly any cars on the road. All of the shops are closed. Just one or two people walking on the street. When I've been here before at this time,

it would be absolutely jam-packed. You could barely move. The town is a ghost town. ??

The government shut down the entire country for a day, for reflection, they say. Hammering three countries, the outbreak is worse here in Sierra Leone

and the World Health Organization says Ebola is now spreading faster than they can contain it. ??

The fear is spreading with it. For months, the public's response has been dominated by denial and rumors while Ebola silently kills. As a death toll

mount, they are tightening access to the roads that help spread the disease. And they are getting the word out to calm the panic. ??

Like the rest of the nation, (inaudible) stayed at home today. The elders put out the word to stay at home and we need to respect that, he says. We

need to stop Ebola. ??But Ebola keeps spreading, affecting more people and wider areas than ever before. Health officials say that at best, it could

take months to stop it. There are no guarantees even of that. ??So the whole country shut down. ??

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, whole country is in national issue. Whole country. ??

MCKENZIE: Why do people need to pray? ??

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because of this problem we are encountering, this Ebola issue. ??

MCKENZIE: We've been through a series of checkpoint. Each one is stricter than the last. One Red Cross official told us that along this road, Ebola

is everywhere. But it is through this point, into Calhoun district, where it is the epicenter of this unprecedented epidemic. And it is there that

the biggest battles are being fought. ??

David McKenzie, CNN, on the road in Sierra Leone.

(END VIDEOTAPE)??

LU STOUT: And a little bit later in the show we'll get more on this story. In fact, our chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will join us live

with more on the experimental serum that may be saving two Ebola patients in America.

Now Google has responded to fears that it is searching emails after a child porn suspect was arrested due to a tipoff from Google.

Now local TV station reports that John Henry Skillern was arrested last week in Houston, Texas after police say he sent explicit images of a young

girl to a friend.

Now the station says Google detected the images in Gmail and sent a tip to authorities. Now that has made some people worry that Google is

effectively searching through messages on Gmail.

Now Google told Agence France Presse that it only tracks explicit images of children and says it does not look for other forms of criminal activity.

Now Google also did not say how it tracks these images, but the Telegraph Newspaper believes that Google called image hashes.

Now, let me show you how that works using this, a picture of our news room.

Now image hashing breaks down this visual into a unique code that represent it. Now image hash codes can come in many different forms. So, in a very

simple example this picture can be hashed into this, a line of text.

Now this code could then be compared with codes from sexually explicit images of children to see if they are similar.

Now the system would allow Google to search without actually having to view or keep sexually explicit pictures of children.

Now when it comes to mobile phones it takes a lot to beat Samsung for marketshare. But this company behind this smartphone has done it in the

world's biggest mobile market. Stay tuned for that ahead.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now you might have heard that Samsung has been knocked off its perch as China's leading smartphone maker by the Chinese firm Xiaomi. And we wanted

to take a closer look at the numbers.

Now the research firm Canalys says that Xiaomi took the top spot in the second quarter, but it was close. Now five different companies sold over

10 million smartphones in China in the second quarter. As you can see in the graphic here, four of them are local Chinese companies. Nevertheless,

it is still a big victory for Xiaomi, which more than doubled sales in the quarter after it released a new handset.

Right now, Xiaomi only sells phone in Asia, but it is already making a few moves that could indicate that it is looking to expand.

Last year, they hired Hugo Barra away from Google. Now Barra was a high profile executive at Google Android before moving to China.

And Xiaomi also recently bought the domain name Mi.com, which could mean that they're looking to rebrand.

But as Xiaomi's profile rises, it's also drawing criticism for following Apple a little bit too closely.

Now take a look at this picture on Apple's website of the iPhone 5c, a handset clad in plastic in five different colors. Now look at Xiaomi's new

tablet, the MiPad, now a tablet clad in the same bright plastic colors as the iPhone, but that's not all. Again, these two pictures came from Apple

and Xiaomi's websites.

On the left, the Apple TV being held in someone's hand, on the right Xiaomi's version also being held in someone's hand.

Now the next one shouldn't come as a surprise either. Now the founder of Xiaomi, Lei Jun, he is a known admirer of Steve Jobs. And he has presented

Keynote events in black shirts and jeans just like Apple's late co-founder.

Now, the United States is in talks with Sweden over flight regulations after admitting one of its spy planes recently entered Swedish airspace

illegally to avoid the Russian military. And as Brian Todd reports, the timing of the event is highly significant.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)??

BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Sources say it was a Cold War style face-off played out in the skies over Europe kept secret until now.

??July 18th, the day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in Ukraine, with tensions between the U.S. and Russia at a boil, an American

spy plane was pursued by at least one Russian fighter jet over the Baltic Sea. ??

HEATHER CONLEY, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES: We've had repeated instances of not only Russia testing air sovereignty of

neighboring countries but taking a bit more provocative and aggressive action as the conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate. ??

TODD: This was like a scene right out of the movie "Top Gun." U.S. officials tell CNN's Barbara Starr that the plane called the RC-135 Rivet

Joint was in international air space eavesdropping on the Russian military when the Russian aircraft were sent to intercept it. Swedish media report

say the American plane had been flying near the heavily armed Russian territory of Kaliningrad, wedged between Poland and Lithuania. When it was

alerted of the Russian intercept, those reports say, the pilot took evasive maneuvers and flew over Gotland Island, Sweden about 180 miles away. U.S.

officials say it was a mistake to fly in Sweden's air space without permission. ??

Experts say the missions of the RC-135 plane are very secretive. Its capabilities impressive. It can pick up signals as strong as an air defense

radar, as tiny as a cell phone call. ??

DAN WASSERBLY, IHS JANE'S: So those things would come into the aircraft. There are intelligence analysts on board who could look at the data and

synthesize it. They can also send it back down to ground commander who could then do more work with it or they could send it up much higher to

where a U-2 reconnaissance plane would be operating. ??

TODD: Analysts say the escalated tensions between the U.S. and Russia are especially dangerous right now. The Russians are starting large- scale air

defense exercises this week along the border with Ukraine. ??

CONLEY: This means we are going to see potentially an increased risk of accidents, certainly provocations and potentially greater aggression in

Ukraine.

TODD: We could not get Russian officials to comment on this near encounter. A Swedish official would not name the Americans but told us officials of

the, quote, "embassy in question" were called to the Swedish Foreign Ministry in Stockholm where they protested the violation of Swedish air

space.

Brian Todd, CNN, Washington. ?? (END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And coming up next, can a temporary truce in Gaza become a lasting ceasefire. Civilians, weary from

war, are hoping for it.

And as Iraq battles ISIS militants, the country's Christians are living in fear. We'll show you the dangers they face.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

A humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding. Seven-and-a-half hours into a three days pause in hostilities. Israel says

it has pulled all of its troops from Gaza and says it will send a delegation to Cairo for talks if the truce holds.

Now health officials in Saudi Arabia say a Saudi man who recently traveled to Sierra Leone is in critical condition and being tested for the Ebola

virus. He is currently in isolation in Jeddah. Now meanwhile, a second American aid worker infected with Ebola has just returned to the U.S. from

Liberia. Now the plane, it made a scheduled stop in Maine just a few minutes ago. And Nancy Writebol will soon join colleague Kent Brantly at a

hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Now Ukrainian state media says a military is planning a, quote, massive assault on the rebel controlled city of Donetsk in the east of the country.

And on the other side of the border, Moscow is flexing its military muscle with a series of air defense exercises. Now Russia says more than 100

fighter jets and helicopters will take part in drills throughout the week.

Now as mentioned, we are now in hour seven of the ceasefire in Gaza. Now Israel says it will send a delegation to Egypt for talks if this truce with

Hamas holds.

Now let's bring in Reza Sayah from Cairo. And Reza, I mean the big top line question here is can a permanent truce, could that be reached before

the end of the 72 hour ceasefire?

REZA SAYAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, that is the big question. I think that's what this region wants, that's what the

Palestinians and the Israelis want, that's what the world wants. But unfortunately when you look at the history of this conflict, these two

sides have simply failed to achieve permanent peace, a permanent truce. It's been elusive.

And we've seen seen this scenario before when they announced a ceasefire, when they come to the table, when they lay out their demands and the

conditions and eventually neither side meets the other side's conditions.

The Israeli side, they want to disarm, they want to demilitarize Gaza and Hamas, and Hamas simply said that's a nonstarter. We're not going to do

that.

And then you have Hamas -- Hamas wants Israel to lift the economic blockade on Gaza. They want the border crossings to be opened. They want the

prisoners to be released. And they want, according to what they tell the world, a dignified life. But that hasn't been possible for years.

Even so, this is another opportunity for these two groups to sit down and hammer out a truce, again, something they haven't been able to do yet.

LU STOUT: Now both Hamas and Israel, they have a very long list of demands, but in your view, Reza, what do you believe is the biggest

stumbling block in reaching any lasting peace here?

SAYAH: There's a lot of stumbling blocks and history has shown that. I mean, first off it's these initial lists of conditions that are never met.

And then you have to look a the shear animosity and the mistrust between these two sides. These two sides have never acknowledged their own

mistakes, their own errors. Instead, they've chosen ongoing campaigns of accusation in an effort to win an information war.

If you look at this particular conflict, the misinformation that's been out there, even if you go back to the three Israeli teens who were kidnapped

and murdered, it's still not clear what happened to them. And instead of sitting down and trying to compromise, it's been a campaign of accusation.

And then finally the biggest stumbling block, what the world believes is the permanent solution, and that's the two-state solution. The

overwhelming majority of the international community believes that ultimately that's going to be the answer, however, Israel says based on the

1967 borders, that's not a practical solution considering the security concerns. Washington has backed Israel in that position and that's why

it's been such a complicated process to get to that two-state solution.

LU STOUT: All right, Reza Sayah reporting live from Cairo, the focus of diplomacy as the Mideast crisis drags on. Thank you very much indeed for

that, Reza.

Now, let's take you to Iraq where Kurdish forces say that they have defended the country's biggest hydroelectric dam from an attempted takeover

by ISIS militants.

On Sunday, there were reports that fighters had captured Mosul Dam along with several towns and oil fields near Iraq's Kurdistan region. Now

Kurdish forces say with the dam it is safe for now and they are fighting ISIS militants near the town of Wanaa (ph), it's about 14 kilometers south

of the dam.

Now ISIS forces in Mosul have threatened the city's Christians with three bleak choices -- convert, pay a so-called protection tax or die by the

sword.

As a result, many of them have opted for a fourth choice and left.

Now there are still, however, many Christians living in an enclave just nearby. And Arwa Damon has their story.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)??

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On a dusty street corner in the Christian enclave of Bartella, Yousuf (ph) and his friends

try to pretend that things are normal, that ISIS fighters aren't potentially just moments away from slaughtering them. ??

"We all have our bags ready. If anything happens, we will leave, he says."??

Mosul, the first city to fall to the terrorist group, is right next door. ??

(on camera): In 2005, there were a series of attacks against churches in Baghdad. And after that, the young men, the youth here decided to band

together and form their own civilian defense units. That's been going on pretty much ever since. ??But now their efforts have really intensified.

They don't want us filming their checkpoints or other measures that they have put into place, especially not with ISIS just a 10-minute drive away.

??

(voice-over): Most shops are closed. Their owners either fled or don't bother opening. Business is down. Power is out. And not everyone can afford

generators. ??

It's a grim existence in a nation that has already suffered so much.??Umshaka's (ph) brother and sister were killed in an explosion in

Baghdad in 2008. Her heart, she says, sears with the pain of the past and fear of the future.

"Here is my son. Every day, he pulls a 12- hour guard duty," she tells us. "It hard. It's very hard. If it stays like this, there won't be an Iraqi

left in the country."??

For most, there's little to do but wait. Outside the church, we meet these women.

"It's fine. What are they going to do, kill us?" They tried to joke. "I might be the only girl left here. Everyone will go, but I will stay," 22-

year-old Mariana (ph) says. "I won't leave my country."

Her mother, Mohasin (ph), remembers the days when they felt they had a future. But the moment there is a glimmer of hope in Iraq, it's stolen. ??

"I remember coming here when I was this big."

Father Ben Hamlalu (ph) proudly points out the new renovations at his church, the granted archways and floor he always wanted to build. "What are

we supposed to do?" he wonders.

"This is our land, our church that our ancestors built. This evil can't continue. A day will come when people will come to their senses."??

A hope, a dream in a country hijacked by violence few can understand. ??

Arwa Damon, CNN, Bartilla, Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And turning back now to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. The apparent success of a drug that until now had only been tested on

monkeys is bringing new hope.

Now this drug, it's called ZMapp, has been given to two American patients.

Now CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORREPSONDENT: Last Thursday, Dr. Kent Brantley thought he was going to die. It was the ninth day since he came

down sick with Ebola, his conditioned worsening by the minute, he called his wife to say good-bye.

But he also knew just hours earlier a secret, highly experimental drug called ZMapp, had been delivered to the clinic. The serum was delivered in

sub-zero temperatures and with clear instructions, allow the vials to thaw naturally before administering. It would be an agonizing eight hour wait.

When it arrived, Brantly told his colleagues Nancy Writebol, who was also sick, that she should have the first dose. But as Brantly's health

deteriorated and he became more desperate he asked for Writebol's now thawed medication.

It was a risk. The treatment had been tried in monkeys and it seemed to work, but never before had it been tried on a human, not even to test

safety.

Dr. Kent Brantly would be the first.

While doctors don't often use this term, they describe what happened next as miraculous. Within an hour of receiving the medication, Dr. Brantly's

condition seems to make a dramatic turnaround, his breathing improved, the rash over his trunk nearly faded away.

DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: I do hope that it was as impressive as being described, because if it is that bodes very well

for that particular product.

GUPTA: But the next morning, Brantly was able to shower on his own before making the 6,000 mile transport to Atlanta.

Saturday afternoon, another first: watch as Brantly walks off the back of the ambulance. He became the first patient infected with the Ebola virus

to ever set foot in the United States or even this part of the world.

Tuesday, his colleague Nancy Writebol, who also received the ZMapp serum, will join Brantly at Emory University Hospital.

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LU STOUT: Very, very encouraging to see the positive effects so far of this experimental serum. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, our chief medical

correspondent, joins us now live. And Sanjay, more on the serum itself, ZMapp, how does it work?

GUPTA: Well, this is type of drug that's known as a monoclonal antibody. It's a scientific term, but basically you expose, in this case animals to

the Ebola virus. In response, the animals will make these antibodies, which help fight the virus. And then the scientists will take those

antibodies and create this medicine.

I'm simplifying a bit, but that's the general gist of it trying to find virus killing, or virus attacking cells and using them as part of the

medicine.

Again, as we said in the piece, and it's worth repeating, this had never been done on a human being before, only in monkeys. So, you know, Dr.

Kenty Brantly was the first, and Ms. Writebol the second.

And will this drug be made available to other Ebola patients? I'm thinking about just the scores of people, the affected communities in West Africa

just waiting for an effective treatment like this one.

GUPTA: Yeah, I mean, obviously that would be a great question to pose to the NIH and the FDA, people who would approve this sort of thing. But I

can tell you, you know, typically what happens in a process like this is that it goes through some sort of clinical trial process. You want to show

that something is safe, you want to show something is effective before you start giving it to large numbers of people, that's the standard process.

Whether or not they will make more doses available for what is called compassionate use for example, I don't know the answer to that. I think

the NIH, the FDA folks, will be hopefully answering questions like that. But with Dr. Brantly it appears that it had a significant impact. It's

sort of -- reversed some of the symptoms that he was having at the time: the difficulty with breathing. He obviously is still sick. He's here at

the hospital here behind me, but the impact of that seemed to be, you know, certainly worth noting, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Dr. Sanjay Gupta there with the very latest on Dr. Kent Brantly's condition and also how ZMapp, this experimental serum being used

to fight Ebola, is working. Sanjay, thank you so much and take care.

Now we have this breaking news story for you just coming in. We're following these reports of an emergency situation that has just unfolded at

Manchester Airport. Now UK air traffic control is saying that fighter jets escorted a passenger plane to land there. Now that happened after the

pilot reported a possible, quote, suspicious device on board.

We'll continue to follow this story and we'll bring you any more information as we get it right here on CNN.

Now you're watching News Stream, we'll be back right after the break.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now Aerin Lauder spent years dedicated to her family business, the cosmetics giant Estee Lauder. But now, she's branching out with her own

lifestyle brand. In this week's Leading Women, she tells me how her grandmother Estee inspired her and why it's important to say no in the

world of business.

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LU STOUT: For Aerin Lauder, beauty is a family affair. Heiress to a multibillion dollar cosmetic empire founded by her late grandmother Estee

Lauder, Aerin is no stranger to the industry.

Do you have a favorite scent?

AERIN LAUDER, FOUNDER, AERIN: Well, I love (inaudible) Jasmine. I think it's a great fragrance.

LU STOUT: Having worked her way up the ranks of the iconic Estee brand for decades, the 44-year-old now has her eyes set on her newest project

fronting her own lifestyle brand Aerin.

You were already a leading lady in the cosmetics industry with Estee Lauder, so what compelled you, what inspired you to go out and to expand

into this lifestyle brand? Your own brand?

LAUDER: Well, beauty has always been my heritage, ever since I was a very, very little girl I was putting on lipstick and fragrance and it was very

much a part of my life. But I really felt there was an opportunity in the marketplace for more of a lifestyle brand. Estee, my grandmother, used to

always say follow your dreams, work hard and have passion and things will come.

LU STOUT: A Pioneer in the industry, Estee Lauder founded her cosmetic dynasty in 1946. Today, the beauty products giant has over 25 brands under

their umbrella, including such names as MAC, Bobbi Brown and Clinique, raking in over $10 billion in sales for the 2013 fiscal year.

Your grandmother Estee Lauder, she was a trailblazer in the cosmetics industry. How did she pave the way for you and other women working in

beauty and fashion today?

LAUDER: She really let women follow their dreams and work hard and succeed in what they want to do. And she really used to say you could have it all,

maybe not all at the same time, but a woman can really have it all.

LU STOUT: You know, it's funny, because that's a phrase that's used so often these days, right, can women have it all? And your answer to that

question is yes, because my grandmother did it.

LAUDER: I mean, she definitely was ahead of her time. I mean, she was a complete marketing genius. And I think that really encouraged me to follow

my dreams. And she was a wonderful, wonderful role model.

LU STOUT: For Aerin, this means finding time to juggle between her current role as image and style director of Estee Lauder and founder of the Aerin

Brand. But managing such a large portfolio comes with its own set of challenges.

What has been the biggest mistake you've made in your career and how did you overcome it?

LAUDER: Well, I think it's very important to learn to say no. I think in my career I was creative director of Estee Lauder for many, many years.

And I think it's sometimes important for a brand or a creative director to learn to say this might be on trend, but it's not right for us.

It's important to kind of always stay focused and on brand.

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LU STOUT: Aerin Lauder there.

Now after the break, much more on that breaking news story, a situation at that Manchester airport after a plane has been escorted in by fighter jets.

In fact, we'll be going live to Jim Boulden after the break in just a couple of minutes. Stick around.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Again, this breaking news story for you. We're following these reports of an emergency situation at Manchester Airport. Now UK air traffic control

says fighter jets escorted a passenger plane to land there. Now that happened after the pilot reported a possible suspicious device on board.

Now police say that they don't know how credible the information was, but they are treating it as a full emergency.

CNN's Jim Boulden is following developments from our bureau in London. He joins us now. And Jim, how credible is this threat? What more can you

tell us?

JIM BOULDEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, what we're being told by the Manchester police is that the threat, or potential threat, was actually

initiated by the pilot who actually said that he had received some information and they needed to deal with this as a genuine emergency.

They say that the incoming plane, quote, has been escorted into the airport by the royal air force as a result of information received by the pilot

about a possible device on board.

The police going on to say we don't know genuine the threat is, but it is absolutely vital we deal with this situation as a full emergency.

So this has been initiated by the pilot about a possible suspicious device on board.

Now, Kristie, if you look at some of the live information with the airport, it does look like other planes have not been landing at Manchester Airport

for the last few minutes. So a possible number of flights are simply circling the airport.

Social media showing photos, it looks like it is a plane that could be a Qatar Airways flight. We have not been able to confirm that yet. But I

did look online and see that Qatar 23 goes in to Manchester Airport and lands at 1:15 p.m. each day. It's a seven hour flight. So it's likely

that it could be the Qatar 23 flight that flies from Doha to Manchester each day. We haven't been able to confirm that yet.

But obviously the police and the royal air force have taken this very seriously, because the emergency was initiated by the pilot.

Now it's likely that the plane, which has landed, would be in a very remote part of the airport. And it's also not surprising that other flights at

this moment would be circling the airport -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, key new details coming in from CNN's Jim Boulden there about this escorted plane at Manchester Airport. Thank you very much

indeed for that update there.

Police are taking this event very serious. They are also urging the public not to be alarmed. Jim Boulden, thank you, and keep us across any new

developments.

Now the bribery trial against Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, that trial has ended. Now a German court has ruled that he can pay a $100

million settlement to close the case. Now the court emphasized that Ecclestone has not been found guilty.

Now remember the 83-year-old was accused of making a corrupt payment during a sale of Formula One to a private equity firm back in 2006.

Now he had faced up to 10 years behind bars if convicted.

Now time now for your global weather forecast. Mari Ramos is back. And she's got that -- Mari.

MARI RAMOS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Kristie.

Yeah, there's so much going on. And I am back from vacation. And it was great. Thank you. But there's a lot going on in the world of weather.

And I want to start you off with this pretty incredible image here that shows all of the tropical cyclones that are affecting different parts of

the world right now.

We're going to try to talk about all of these.

Let's go ahead and start over here in the Americas way over here. This is Tropical Storm Bertha all the way over to the side there. That one

continues to weaken, expect it to move parallel to the eastern seaboard of the U.S. This one right here is a tropical system in the making. It's got

a medium chance to develop. We'll monitor that one and see what happens.

We have tropical storm Julio right over here and Hurricane Iselle. Both of these could threaten Hawaii as we head over the next couple of days.

That's pretty significant as it continues to move in this general direction.

There's the remnants of tropical depression Genevieve. And way over here as we continue moving now into the western portion of the Pacific Ocean is

our typhoon, Typhoon Halong. And that's the one I want to get a little bit more in depth with because it does have the potential to be pretty

significant over the next few days.

Already, it's been bringing some very heavy rain across the Philippines. I know you guys didn't get a direct hit from the storm, you get what's called

the monsoon surge. And that's when you get all this moisture that comes in off the South China Sea and it brings you some of the heaviest rainfall of

the year across portions of the Philippines.

As the storm continues to move away to the north, the weather for you there will continue to improve, but it will get worse here as we head across to

the island of Southern Japan and then eventually into western parts of Japan.

And this is very significant, because across western Japan you have to deal with the tropical storm just over the weekend. And then of course the

rainy season that's been going on for quite awhile. And the rain has been tremendous, record setting rainfall across different parts of Japan, in

some cases more than they've ever recorded since they've been keeping record.

And with an approaching typhoon you know that the threat for rainfall is going to be great and very, very dangerous. So this is definitely

something to monitor. And that's why we're paying so much attention to this typhoon even though it's still several days away because of the threat

for flooding that it could bring across this part of western Japan, that is very significant stuff.

So here you see a kind of a big picture, you see the Philippines, you see Japan still farther away.

We head over into Mainland China. And here we're still monitoring the situation in the aftermath of that earthquake in Hunan Province. And this

is in the aftermath of a quake. A lot of problems with rain and landslides. This is just one example of how difficult things are across

that area.

And, Kristie, one story that we continue to monitor, it's this deadly landslide in Nepal. This happened also a couple of days ago, but more rain

is headed into this area and we're definitely going to continue to watch not just Nepal, but also portions of northeastern India.

Back to you.

LU STOUT: All right, good to hear. Many thanks indeed for that.

Mari Ramos reporting.

Now before we go, let me remind you of the breaking news story that came out within this hour. These reports of an emergency situation at

Manchester Airport. The UK air traffic control says that fighter jets escorted a passenger plane to land there. It happened after the pilot

reported a possible, quote, suspicious device on board. Any more details we'll bring it to you right here on CNN.

And that is News Stream. But the news continues at CNN. World Business Today is next.

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