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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 the British prime minister tells the parliament the UK should join airstrikes against ISIS, calling the militant group an organization of

staggering brutality.

The debate, in fact, it continues now in London. And we will have special coverage in the hour ahead.

The United Kingdom is hours away from likely voting to take military action in Iraq.

Now British lawmakers look poised to join the air campaign against ISIS militants there. And Prime Minister David Cameron has convened a

special session of parliament and MPs are debating the issue as I speak.

Now Mr. Cameron is pushing lawmakers to vote yes, but he stresses this vote is about Iraq and not Syria.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DAVID CAMERON, PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN: ISIL needs to be destroyed in Syria as well as Iraq and we support the action that the United States

and five Arab states have taken in Syria, and I do believe there's a strong case for us to do more in Syria.

But I did not want to bring a motion to the house today, which there wasn't consensus for. I think it is better if our country can proceed on

the basis of consensus.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now the opposition also backs airstrikes in Iraq. And here's part of what Labor leader Ed Milliband had to say.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ED MILLIBAND, LABOR PARTY LEADER: I rise to support the government motion concerning military action against ISIL in Iraq and it is right to

the prime minister who brought this issue to the house and that he has committed that he will bring future decisions to the house too.

Let us be clear, Mr. Speaker at the outset, what is the proposition today? It is about airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq. It is not about

ground troops from the United Kingdom, nor about UK military action elsewhere. It is a mission specifically aimed at ISIL.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Ed Milliband there.

Now the British parliament is expected to endorse airstrikes in Iraq, but we'll know for sure by the end of Today's special session.

Now keep in mind, this vote it comes as a U.S.-led air campaign in ISIS in Iraq and Syria continues.

Now let's get straight to London right now where Erin McLaughlin is tracking developments from outside parliament. She joins us live.

And Erin, tell us more about how the prime minister made the case for military action in Iraq.

ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, he said that ISIS poses a direct threat to the safety of this country. And he pointed to some six

terror attacks that he said were foiled by European intelligence agencies, that in addition to the ISIS linked attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels

earlier this year.

Now, as you mentioned, the motion before Parliament today already has the support of the three main political parties here in Britain.

Nevertheless, there is a spirited debate ongoing at the House of Commons. Lawmakers questioning how long the campaign will last. David Cameron

saying it could last months if not years.

They're also questioning the possibility of mission creep, the effectiveness of these airstrikes.

Prime Minister David Cameron having to answer all of that, really saying that this is in the United Kingdom's best interest.

Now the motion before Parliament today very carefully worded, as you said, limited to airstrikes in Iraq on the question of potential Syrian

Airstrikes, that would have to be considered by a separate parliamentary debate. And this motion also is very clear in stating that there would be

no UK combat troops on the ground in Iraq.

Now if and when this is passed today, it could mean that there are some six British fighter jets. The fighter jets in question over Iraqi

airspace in a matter of hours -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Now thank you for giving us more clarity there on why the British MPs are debating airstrikes in Iraq only and not Syria during this

special session.

Now a question for you about public approval. The prime minister said, as you mentioned, this is a mission that could last months and years. Are

the people there in Britain? Are they prepared for this kind of commitment?

MCLAUGHLIN: Well, right now, public opinion polls show growing public support for airstrikes. I want to show you the results of the latest

YouGov poll. It shows some 57 percent of people in favor of airstrikes in Iraq, only 24 percent who responded to this poll said that they were

against.

On the question of airstrikes over Syria, 51 percent in support, just 26 percent against. And that support, according to YouGov, really growing

ever since the emergence of those very grisly ISIS videos showing those executions.

And if you compare also those numbers to about 13 months again when the majority of public opinion was opposed to the proposed airstrikes in

Syria against the Assad regime -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: And the issue of radicalization and homegrown jihadis. We know that Britain has been debating this and grappling with this issue for

quite some time. As British parliament debates the issue of military action against ISIS in Iraq, how does it factor in that issue of homegrown

jihadis?

MCLAUGHLIN: Well, all along British Prime Minister David Cameron really calling for a comprehensive strategy on all fronts. He estimates

that some 500 British jihadis currently in Syria fighting for various Islamist organizations including ISIS. That is a great source of concern

here in the United Kingdom, the concern being what could possibly happen should they return. There is a number of measures that David Cameron

pushing really through parliament earlier this year, or proposing to parliament to try and address that issue.

So really he's stressing a variety of measures taking place at home and abroad, these airstrikes just really one of many things that he has --

that he's proposing, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Erin McLaughin reporting live outside the British parliament there in London, thank you, Erin.

And while the UK weighs action in Iraq, the U.S. and France have already carried out more than 200 airstrikes against ISIS there. And in

Syria, the U.S.-Arab coalition has hit roughly three dozen targets. But as Arwa Damon shows us some civilians have lost their homes or even their

lives in those strikes.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The two brothers point to their home, at least it was until the early hours of Tuesday morning.

It's the one with the collapsed roof.

"We were sleeping. We heard the sound of the plane and it fired," Ahmed the elder of the two says.

They and their family are lucky to have survived.

Beneath the rubble, some of their neighbors perished. These are the survivors of the extended Barakat family. "We were woken at 3:30 by an

explosion so loud, it blew my ears out. I opened my eyes and I saw a ball of fire coming down on my from the skies," Mohana Barakat (ph) remembers

cradling his wounded son.

Two floors collapsed on top of the, killing two of his daughters. One was 14, the other 5. Three of his children were wounded. In all, he says,

15 civilians were killed.

We're told the homes in the village of Kaffar Darian (ph) in Idlib were hit during the initial coalition airstrikes. This is video from that

night as residents desperately tried to dig through the rubble. Here a body is being pulled out.

Through Skype, we reach the Syrian activist who filmed the videos, Salah Kojo (ph). He says it was a woman among those killed.

""Throughout the revolution we never heard explosions like this," Kojo (ph) tells us. "The coalition says they are targeting ISIS, but we saw the

opposite," he says.

The U.S. says it launched airstrikes against ISIS and other terrorist targets that night. So why this residential area, which villagers say is

far away from any rebel groups? No one here understands.

The Pentagon says it is looking into allegations of civilian casualties.

Arwa Damon, CNN, Gaziante (ph), Turkey.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And looking at that footage, we can understand why there has been an exodus of refugees from Syria to Turkey in recent days. Some

estimates put the total as high as 200,000 people.

Now for more, Phil Black joins us from the border town of Mercapinar (ph) in Turkey. And Phil, are you still seeing a significant number of

refugees there seeking safe haven in Turkey?

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Kristie, the numbers are still significant indeed. When the gates opened here at the

border crossing just earlier this morning. We saw really what you could see behind me. It was very much a constant column of people shuffling,

carrying what they can in sacks and wrapped in blankets and really moving here out of fear, hiking from their homes, their villages, through the

dust. They have arrived at the border crossing, hungry, thirsty and exhausted.

And they are getting the basics that they need to keep going form the Turkish authorities here and aid groups including the United Nations --

food, water, medical attention. And they're being bused to nearby shelters as well.

These people say that they have made this trip, they have made this journey, they have dropped everything, really, uprooted their lives to come

here and live in these conditions which are only by the barest of margins dignified because they say ISIS has come so close to their homes.

Just south of here and slightly to the east is the town of Kabani (ph). It is a Kurdish ethnic minority. And it is a town that they say is

now under significant bombardment attack from an ISIS.

What this means is that while ISIS in other parts of Syria and Iraq are recoiling from international airstrikes, just south of here ISIS is on

the offensive, it is claiming territory. There are some local fighters, we are told, who are slowing the progress, but only just. They are outgunned,

outnumbered, those fighters, these refugees here tell us very, very clearly that they would like to see those coalition airstrikes strike the ISIS

forces which are bearing down on their homes and which they say have cost the lives of hundreds, possibly thousands in this ISIS offensive throughout

this northern Kurdish region of Syria, Kristie.

LU STOUT: As you just reported, ISIS is on the offensive in part of Syria. This refugee crisis is not going to go away any time soon.

Is more aid, more relief on the way for this staggering number of refugees, 200,000 people who have crossed into Turkey?

BLACK: And of course that figure, Kristie, that 200,000 estimated is just from the last week. It is just from these Kurdish people, mostly, who

have fled from this latest ISIS offensive. Before that, remember in Turkey we're talking about 1.5 million Syrian refugees who are even more that have

fled the ongoing civil conflict.

So, you can begin to imagine from those staggering figures the level of need, the level of demand, the burden that has been placed primarily

upon the Turkish government and Turkish authorities.

There are other aid groups here as well, but they, the Turkish officials, they really speak with one voice on this and it is a voice laced

with deep frustration, because they do not believe the international community is doing enough to help these people and to help the people on

the ground and to help the Turkish government deal with their need, give them the shelter and everything that they require having made this trek

from war-torn Syria -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: A plea for humanitarian help from inside Turkey. Phil Black reporting live on the scene for us. Thank you, Phil.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, CNN takes you deep inside the de facto capital of ISIS for a rare look at life under militant

rule.

And here in Hong Kong, students step up their demands for democracy. Hear what they are willing to risk in their push for reform.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now the British Prime Minister David Cameron says his country has a duty to fight ISIS in Iraq. Let's bring up live pictures of the British

parliament members. Right now they are debating whether to join airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. We will continue to monitor the proceedings and to

bring you developments when they happen.

Now the U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria this week targeted the city of Raqqa. Now ISIS considers the northern city its de facto capital. And now

we're getting a rare look inside Raqqa from a woman who went under cover there.

Jim Clancy reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)??

JIM CLANCY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: With a hidden camera, recording as she walked, the Syrian woman risked arrest or worse to

document the scene inside Raqqa, Syria, the so-called capital of the Islamic caliphate. The video was taken in March of this year. ??

Walking through the heart of that north central Syrian city completely under the control of ISIS she showed how the city had changed. The ISIS

flags, the spray-painted slogans, and even incidents where people were forced into public prayer. She went out of her way to interact with ISIS

militants, showing women in conservative dress, one carrying an AK-47, and even her own experience being stopped.??

What some might find astonishing is the enthusiasm some women have for life under ISIS. Her visit to an Internet center revealed how women

speaking fluent French interacted with concerned family members in their home countries.??

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I don't want to come back because I feel good here. It's not a question of coming back or not. If I

want, I can come back. I just don't want to come back because I feel good here.??

CLANCY: Clearly, this family member was not convinced and was pleading for this young woman to come home from Syria.??

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Stop it, it doesn't help me if you're scared or if you cry. Do you hear me? I'm telling you, there is

not a point to you crying or being scared. What you see on TV is wrong. Do you understand? They are exaggerating everything on TV. They amplify

everything, everything, everything.??

CLANCY: That was in March. Fully six months ago. Today, the situation has changed. In the wake of U.S. airstrikes on Raqqa, activists told CNN

many ISIS leaders had fled the city. Many civilians, including women and children, were also moving out. Others were keeping a low profile.??

Many are in fear civilians will be caught in these intense airstrikes. Some ISIS fighters we were told had moved into civilian areas effectively

making the local population human shields in what is expected to be a long fight for survival.

Jim Clancy, CNN.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Incredible insider perspective there.

You're watching News Stream. And after the break, more young faces are showing up at a week-long student boycott here in Hong Kong and they

are sending a strong message to Beijing.

Stay with us.

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

And right here in Hong Kong, many teenagers are adding their voices to what has been a week-long call for wider democracy in the city.

Now secondary school students are staging a class boycott today all in support of the university peers.

Earlier, I spoke to a couple of young activists to find out what they've already achieved and what they want for the future.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: They're not old enough to drive, but they say their political vision is clear.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think that we have to fight for the Hong Kong democracy and we have to -- we want the universal suffrage.

LU STOUT: These high school students are doing their homework and listening to lectures, but they're not in class. This is a school boycott

and the goal to pressure China into giving Hong Kong full universal suffrage one person, one vote plus the ability to choose its own candidates

independent of Beijing.

Many of these young protesters weren't even born back in 1997 when Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule. After the handover, Hong Kong was

given a wide range of civil liberties and a measure of autonomy. But as Beijing asserts its political authority over Hong Kong, many of these young

protesters believe that way of life is under threat.

In August, Beijing ruled that candidates for the city's top post must be selected by a committee. Hong Kong students turned out in force to

challenge that decision. 13,000 young protesters took part in this rally at Chinese University. A sea of students bearing posters and signs while

calling for greater political freedom.

It's a sight that's invited comparisons to another student protest, Tiananmen Square in 1989, attracting the support of Mainland Chinese

dissidents who were there.

HU JIA, CHINESE ACTIVIST (through translator): I'm a part of Hong Kong's fight. I have that same responsibility they have to push for

protection of Hong Kong's freedom, justice and democracy. But at the same time, using that push the protection of Hong Kong to guard this spark so

that in the future it can ignite the whole of Mainland China.

LU STOUT: But in Hong Kong, others are dismissive of this youth protest movement.

HUNIUS HO, PROTECT CENTRAL: It's not that we don't trust them. Sometimes, you know, we need to, not only to trust them, we need to protect

them. They are still infants. They are still in all sense, you know, may not be fully capable to look after themselves.

LU STOUT: Many of Hong Kong's young people are unfazed. They say they have fought and won before. Two years ago, 15-year-old Joshua Wong

rallied 100,000 people to challenge the government's plan to introduce a more pro-Beijing curriculum in Hong Kong public schools. That movement

forced the government to withdraw the proposal.

Today, at 17, Wong has emerged as a leader of this youth movement.

JOSHUA WONG, STUDENT ACTIVIST (through translator): I am prepared to go to court or go to jail. It takes a small group of people to change

society. If no one is willing to put in an effort, society will not change.

LU STOUT: Risking detention and arrest in a challenge to China that they say is far from child's play.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now this latest wave of pro-democracy protests is run by Millennials who, as you might expect, are a tech savvy bunch. Now they

have actively taken to social media platforms like Facebook to spread their message. Now there is, for example, an ongoing Facebook campaign that asks

supporters to change their profile pictures to their old student photos in support of the student movement.

Now the student activist Joshua Wong, he is also using social media to make his voice heard. In fact, in response to this week's allegations by a

pro-Beijing newspaper that he has close ties with the U.S. government, for example, he quickly took to Facebook and WhatsApp to issue a strong denial.

You're watching News Stream. And still ahead on the program, Syrian rebel commanders sign off on what they say is a historic agreement. And

after the break, find out how they're planning to fight both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and ISIS militants at the same time.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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

Now the British parliament is meeting now to decide whether to join the air campaign against ISIS targets, but only in Iraq. Now the Prime

Minister David Cameron recalled lawmakers for a special session to debate the issue today. Now a vote is expected in a few hours from now.

Now French war planes join the U.S. in launching the latest round of coalition airstrikes on ISIS targets in Iraq. On Thursday, they hit four

ISIS warehouses suspected of housing military equipment. That was near Fallujah about 50 kilometers west of Baghdad.

An Afghan official says some 100 civilians have been killed in a Taliban offensive in Gazny Province (ph). The deputy governor says women

and children have been beheaded by militants who stormed the region last week sparking intense firefights with security forces.

Now in Hong Kong hundreds of students marched to the home of the territory's top leader. Now they are demanding that the chief executive

respond directly to their calls for wider democracy.

Now this is a part of what's already been a five-day long protest staged by university and secondary school students.

Now let's go back to our top story now. Today's debate in the British parliament on airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. And CNN political

contributor Robin Oakley joins me now live from outside parliament. Robin, it's good to see you.

We know that a yes vote is likely here, but I really want to hear your thoughts on how well the prime minister made the case for military action

in Iraq.

ROBIN OAKLEY, CNN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR: Well, essentially Kristie he set out a lot of the questions that people are asking. Is there a moral

basis for taking airstrikes? Is there a real threat to Britain? Does Britain itself have to get involved in military action, the whole range of

these issues that have been circulating amongst parliamentarians. And he set out to answer those one by one really.

And the basis of his answer was that there isn't a walk by option for the British parliament and British people here. ISIS, he's saying, is

already confronting them. ISIS has effectively declared war on western countries like Britain with the beheading of innocent hostages and with six

security alerts that he mentioned across Europe where terrorist action has recently been thwarted.

Also, David Cameron said that the shadow of the Iraq war, of course, hangs over the background to this debate. And a lot of people are a bit

reluctant because they're worried about mission creep. And on that, he was quite open and he said, well, this isn't going to be sorted out very

quickly. It's a question of not months, but probably years, two or three years, of action against the ISIS part of Iraq.

But MPs, you know, continued to agitate. 77 of them have put down their names to speak in this debate showing the keenness of the interesting

in the debate.

But at the end of the day, as you say, David Cameron is going to get his parliamentary majority, because he's got the Labor Party, the main

opposition party, lined up with him in support of airstrikes, but on a conditional basis, Kristie.

LU STOUT: And Robin, why is the British parliament only debating military action in Iraq and not Syria?

OAKLEY: Well, that is exactly the key point, because a year ago, or a little over a year ago, David Cameron came to parliament and asked the MPs

to support strikes against Bashar al-Assad in Syria, because he'd used chemical weapons against his own people. And to everybody's surprise on

that occasion, partly because the Labor Party pulled out of supporting him, parliament turned down the idea of airstrikes.

And David Cameron has to face the fact that the Labor leader here, Ed Milliband, will only condone strikes against Syria if they are backed by a

UN Security Council resolution, which is unlikely.

So what he's doing here is going halfway, because the British government acknowledges that probably in the end they're not going to solve

this problem without action against Syria, too, but for the moment he's only seeking support for action against Iraq because he knows that support

is there.

Then, as the issue develops, maybe he would come back to parliament on another occasion and seek support for airstrikes being extended to Syria,

Kristie.

LU STOUT: And also a question about the political process in all this. David Cameron, he's calling for action against ISIS in Iraq with the

permission of parliament. That's why this special session was called, that's why they're debating right now. I mean, how significant is that?

OAKLEY: Well, it's a significant demonstration, apart from anything else, of the effectiveness of democracy in countries like Britain compared

to the kind of thing they would obtain under an ISIS administration. And - - but the very fact that it is debated so openly here is, in David Cameron's eyes, a demonstration of the superiority of the system, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Robin Oakley joining us live from London, thank you very much indeed for your insight as always.

Now moderate rebel factions in Syria, they say that they will put their differences aside and work together to defeat both ISIS and President

Bashar al-Assad. Now Drew Griffin has the details in this exclusive report.

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DREW GRIFFIN, CNN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They gathered just across the border in Turkey, at least 20 leaders of

mostly moderate rebel groups, hammering out an agreement in writing, an alliance that brings minority Christians, moderate Muslims, Kurds and

others together for the first time in a unified front against ISIS and the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.??

ABDUL JABAR AKIDI, MILITARY COUNCIL OF ALEPPO, SYRIA (through translator): All the factions are unified to fight the regime in ISIS.??

GRIFFIN: The deal facilitated by staff from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Syrian emergency task force and finalized in a push

by Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger.??

REP. ADAM KINZINGER (R), ILLINOIS: Bashar al-Assad is a protector of Christian minorities and he is not. He's a brutalizer of his people. It has

created the situation that we see as ISIS today.??

What you see today is this Christian minority group saying we want to have an alliance with the Free Syrian Army and it's the beginning of

hopefully a long process that's very successful to bring in the Syrian people freedom.??

GRIFFIN: Congress has been skeptical about funding Syrian rebels for fear U.S. made weapons and aid could fall into the wrong hands, perhaps

future terrorists. Kinzinger admits in the ever changing allegiance and alliances battling both regime and ISIS fighters in Syria, he's still not

sure whom to trust.??

(on camera): Are these guys worthy of our trust and our money and our guns???

KINZINGER: That's a good question and that's what we need to find out.??

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I think this question has been answered.??

GRIFFIN (voice-over): Khalid Saleh, the spokesman for the National Coalition for Syria said Free Syria Army brigades have already been vetted,

have received some aid and have been successful in striking back against ISIS and the Assad regime.??

He complains the U.S. still doesn't understand what's happening in Syria. That you never get rid of ISIS until you get rid of the regime of

Bashar al-Assad and the U.S., he says, should get serious about arming and supporting rebels trying to do just that.??

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At the end, it's a question of why the limited support that these FSA brigades are receiving especially that they are

vetted and trusted. We need to increase that flow.??

GRIFFIN (on camera): And getting that flow 12 months from now could be much too late???

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Those brigades might not be here and then I think the international community will have a much larger crisis on its hands.??

GRIFFIN (voice-over): Several leaders told CNN the U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against ISIS and other terrorist strongholds in Syria are only

half measures and in some cases actually hurting their cause.??

They say there has been no coordination of the strikes and in some cases bombs have come dangerously close to what the U.S. should consider to

be friendly forces. A strategy the rebel leaders believe so far has played right into the hands of Bashar al-Assad.

Drew Griffin, CNN, Antakia, Turkey.??

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: This is News Stream, and still ahead Qatar tries to quell the naysayers. We'll find out how the country says it is preparing for the

2022 World Cup next.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now Russia says it will throw its weight behind Iraq in the fight to stamp out ISIS. And the UK is considering doing the same thing.

Now just a short time ago, the British Prime Minister David Cameron opened debate on carrying out airstrikes against the Islamist militants in

Iraq. Now the strikes would be limited again to Iraq. They're expected to be approved. The debate, it continues right now in the British parliament.

You're looking at live pictures on your screen. We will continue to monitor it and to bring you the very latest right here on CNN.

Now Qatar's bid to host the World Cup in 2022 has been mired in controversy ever since it won hosting rights some four years ago. But the

country is insisting it is ready to run this huge event.

Now speaking to our Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, the Qatari Emir said his country is developing complex air conditioning systems to protect

players from the sweltering summer heat. And he asked the world to have confidence in Qatar.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TAMIM BIN AL THANI, EMIR OF QATAR: I think that we have the right as Muslim countries and Arab countries to host such a big event like that. And

people should understand that Qatar had the best bid and Qatar will provide and will do one of the best World Cups in history. And I'm sure about that.

And I hope that this will happen.

But going back -- and I -- and people don't want to accept, don't want to realize that a small country, Arab Muslim country, can host a big event

like that. ??

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now the emir also said his country is enforcing new laws to ensure that construction workers at World Cup sites are paid fairly.

Now it's in response to widespread allegations that migrant workers were being exploited.

Now golf is mostly an individual sport, but every two years the world's best team -- the world's best, they get together and they team up

for a continental bragging rights with the Ryder Cup.

Now the Europeans are hoping their dramatic Sunday rally for victory two years ago will carry over at Glenn Eagles in Scotland.

Now the tournament, you know, it's well underway. That's where we find World Sport's Alex Thomas.

And Alex, tell us what's happening right now.

ALEX THOMAS, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, we knew this would be close, even though it's Europe that have dominated the Ryder Cup in recent

years, winning seven of the last night. Here in the 40th addition of this match at Glenn Eagles in Scotland it's really lived up to expectations.

In the morning, four balls, that's two pairs per team, each playing their own ball. The better score winning. And you go look at the latest

scoreboard there. A win to each side, one point for Europe, one for USA, and then a half point each as well from the draw match, the last morning

four balls is on the 18th green and the USA are in the driving seat there.

But it all started so well for Europe with a new pairing of Justin Rose and Henrik Stinson winning a point. And this was Rose's verdict.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JUSTIN ROSE, GOLFER: That was huge today. Obviously when you're sent out first and obviously in a strong pairing with Henrik, you know, you feel

like that's your job and obviously it's satisfying to do that. And to, you know, to win it nicely like that, 5 and 4, on a long windy day where you're

maybe going to play 36 holes is a nice way to finish it up.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

THOMAS: I've been joined by the host of our monthly Living Golf show Shane O'Donoghue. Shane, Europe looked like they had the edge for a large

part, but suddenly the USA in the driving seat and this gamble by American captain Tom Watson to play the rookies paying off spectacularly.

SHANE O'DONOGHUE, HOST, LIVING GOLF: Yeah, it's going really well, especially for Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed, two very young players,

combining so well to get a crucial point for their side. And they went up against the talismanic figure of Ian Poulter who was playing alongside a

local hope as well in Stephen Gallacher, but it's the Americans who came out sensationally on top. They played wonderful golf.

And Ian Poulter, I'm afraid, was not playing well in practice. So it was a bit of a gamble for McGinley to put him out with a rookie, but also a

local favorite in Stephen Gallacher. It's not paid off. It's paid off hugely for Tom Watson.

THOMAS: What have you made of the play? These are players used to playing in front of big crowds for huge prize money, lots of pressure and

yet some of the golf has been very edgy.

O'DONOGHUE: Yeah, I think it's a very, very tough task to try and play your very best golf under these sort of conditions, because this is

not what they're used to. You know, it's quite a carnival atmosphere down there. It's very territorial. It's very tribal. And it's a pressure like

none other.

You know, talking to the likes of Tom Watson as we've done in recent months on the program, you know, he said that this is more pressure than

you will experience as your -- on your own in a major championship. So it affects them all in different ways.

THOMAS: I keep glancing down, because we have a screen here showing Keegan Bradley of the United States with a putt to win his match against

Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia. He has missed it. That is a match that's lived up to all our expectations.

O'DONOGHUE: Oh, well that looks like it's a little bit of get out of jail on the final hole for Europe. And it looks like they're going to be

two points apiece going into the afternoon foursomes, which have just begun.

THOMAS: And let's talk about those pairings. I've got them here. And interesting that whereas Tom Watson put all three of his rookies out in

the morning, he hasn't taken Paul McGinley the Europe captain to pull out rookies either. Victor DuBuisson and Lee Westwood also going out with one

of the rookies as well.

So, in the foursomes everyone is going to get a bit of action.

O'DONOGHUE: They are. And it's a very tough format as well, because it's all turn at shot. So, you know, I mean, you can really have be goosed

after just one stray shot in this particular format. So you really need to work so well as a team.

And I like the pairing of Victor DuBuisson and Graeme McDowell because Graeme has got all that experience. He's a wonderful match player. He's

one of the best putters in the world. And DuBuisson shot so well in Tuscon getting to the final of the world matchplay championships. So they're

going to be a very good partnership.

And you know it looks like it's going to be level going into the afternoon. So it's a pretty good start overall.

THOMAS: OK, Shane O'Donoghue, host of our Living Golf show. Thanks for now.

At the moment, it's one-and-a-half points apiece, but still plenty to play for here, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Alex and Shane live in Glenn Eagels, big thank you to you both.

You are watching News Stream. Still to come, the new iPhone is a hot commodity in Mainland China. The problem is it's not on sale there. Find

out how some people are filling the demand.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now for those who live in big cities around the world surviving without utilities like plumbing and electricity can seem like a pretty

farfetched idea, but in today's segment of Future Cities we look at how a pioneering architect has made off the grid living a reality in the U.S.

state of New Mexico.

Now he's calling his creations Earth Ships. And Michael Holmes takes us there.

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MICHAEL REYNOLDS, ARCHITECT: Not very many people want to live up here, because imagine doing this in the winter with three feet of snow.

MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This week on Future Cities, we're in the mountains of New Mexico in the southwest of the United

States. Architect Michael Reynolds took us here to show us his style of sustainable living.

REYNOLDS: A lot of people think off-grid living is like living in some kind of a teepee or something. This is a pretty damn nice house.

HOLMES: It's one of 15 homes he helped build on these cliffs to show that these structures he calls Earthships can be erected practically

anywhere whether it's extreme locations like this, or more accessible areas like his company's greater world subdivision where 75 Earthships are spread

out over 250 hectares.

REYNOLDS: An Earthship is the name that we have given a building, or a vessel, that is absolutely independent from all public and municipal

utilities.

HOLMES: Most Earthships are built on a foundation of recycled materials like old tires, bottles and cans. Out of the box concepts like

the water catching and sewer treatment systems allow the homes to be self- sufficient, yet provide most modern amenities like plumbing and even Internet.

REYNOLDS: We actually were accused of running sewage through the living room. That was scary to people. But when you see the pictures of

what it looks like it's no longer scary if you understand it.

HOLMES: Reynolds radical concepts break most architectural rules and he's had many battles with local government about his Earthships not

meeting structural code.

Still, hundreds of people now live in one of his uniquely designed homes, which can range in price from $250,000 to $1.5 million. And though

many may never accept the idea of living in odd shaped homes built on tires, he has plans to implement his designs on a larger scale. And he's

ready to build a future Earthship city.

REYNOLDS: If some government or corporation was getting ready to do a city for 10,000 people, they'd spend 10 years putting in infrastructure to

support that city of power, water and sewage. We don't need that.

If I had 1,000 acres somewhere and funding I could start tomorrow building a city.

HOLMES: For Future Cities, I'm Michael Holmes.

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LU SOTUT: An incredible vision there. Wow.

Now the iPhone 6 has been a sales blockbuster for Apple, but the phone it hasn't gone on sale in Mainland China yet, but some consumers there,

they don't want to wait. And they are willing to pay sky high prices on the black market to get the new phone. as Kyung Lah now shows us.

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KYUNG LAH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is where China's black market for the iPhone six begins, a line outside the apple store in

Pasadena, California.

How many can you buy at a time?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Two.

LAH: Two at a time?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Every day two.

LAH: Two per person, every store, every time carrying Chinese passports, wads of cash, nearly every single person in this line is a

mandarin speaker buying the iPhone 6 and 6 plus, that's not on sale yet in china because the government hasn't approved it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They buy iPhone from apple store and they sell that to China and the price is kinda crazy, you know.

LAH: Kind of crazy? In Hong Kong, this man flipped his iPhone 6 just minutes after buying it, to a Chinese mainlander at a one thousand dollar

profit.

This woman stuffed her suitcase with 30 iPhone 6Os, to resell to the Chinese, the world's largest smartphone market.

In Beijing, the black market is right outside the Apple Store, these men offering the still-unavailable iPhone 6. Look at a popular Chinese

online shopping site and you'll see the going price for the 6 and 6 plus: 2,600 to 3,200 U.S. dollars. That's ten times the face value.

You can see China's insatiable hunger for the iPhone, whenever the American phones go on sale in China. That frenzy extends to the U.S.

Back in California, most of the Chinese shoppers don't want to explain why they're buying so many phones. it's not illegal to do this in America,

but they are technically skirting import taxes if they smuggle them into China.

This man, already carrying one iPhone 6 insists he's buying his two 6s for friends. But when we came back the next day and walked down the line

again, guess who we saw wearing the same shirt?

Good morning. Didn't I see you yesterday?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And yes you did.

LAH: You're buying more today?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah.

LAH: For more friends?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah. Yeah.

LAH: You must have a lot of friends in China.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Yes.

LAH: He's got a lot of familiar company.

Waiting in line again, huh?

A lot of company.

People came back, the same people.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Some people I think 20 or 30 people.

LAH: And why not says Shantun Jun (ph), who wouldn't tell us why he, too, has been standing in more than one line to buy multiple iPhones.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Got to make money somehow.

LAH: We called Apple to see if they knew about these iPhone slippers. The company said that they were aware of it, but did not want to comment

about it. The only restriction that Apple has as far as purchasing it, two phones per store per customer.

Kyung Lah, CNN, Pasadena, California. (END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now before we go, I wanted to show you a fitting ending for a baseball superstar. The New York Yankees Derek Jeter is retiring after

this season and he couldn't script a better farewell.

Now it's the bottom of the ninth inning and Jeter is up for the final time in his final game at Yankee Stadium. And Jeter drove in the winning run.

Now the future Hall of Famer, he played 20 seasons with the Yankees and won the World Series five times.

Now Jeter announced in February that this season would be his last. And tickets for last night's game sold for an average of more than $600.

And this adorable parting shot, Jeter's nephew tipping his cap to Uncle Derek.

And that is News Stream. But the news continues at CNN. And we'll keep watching the British debate who look to join airstrikes against ISIS

in Iraq. We've got more ahead on World Business Today.

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