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New Earthquake Triggers Landslide; U.S. Secretary of State in Russia for Talks; Thai Fishermen Not Recognized as Trafficking Victims; Defector Says Kim Jong-un Had Aunt and Uncle Killed; Nepalis React to Quake on Social Media. Aired 8-9a ET

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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN HOST: A powerful earthquake in Nepal just in the past few hours, Nepal has been rocked by a major earthquake and a

series of aftershocks. At least 29 people have been killed in Nepal, three in India and more than 1,000 are injured.

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STOUT (voice-over): This is video of people rushing outside as the ground shook and you can see the fear on their faces. Several buildings already

damaged, are reported to have collapsed in this new 7.3 magnitude quake.

And this is what it looked like for those who were inside at the time. The building is visibly shaking, camera shaking, terrified spectators that

leaped to their feet. They scramble to get out of that building. The quake's epicenter was in Eastern Nepal. That is near the border with

China, but it could be felt as far away as New Delhi.

Now the new earthquake caused a landslide in Nepal. Red Cross Canada captured these pictures of it. Let's watch and let's listen.

(INAUDIBLE) provided to us from the Red Cross Canada organization, a landslide triggered by today's 7.3 magnitude earthquake, the scene here

about 50 kilometers north of Kathmandu.

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STOUT: Now for more on what happened earlier today, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers joins me now from CNN Center in Atlanta. He's been monitoring all

the seismic activity.

And this earthquake, so powerful, was felt all the way to New Delhi. Tell us more about what you've learned about it.

CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: You really couldn't call it an aftershock although it's very close. I think the earthquake, the 7.8 earlier in the

month actually created more stress on this area. Here's the original earthquake, Kathmandu, and the new earthquake today.

Now there have been many aftershocks along the same fault line. But think about earthquake, when the ground shakes, it's not just one point. The

ground actually rips apart. That's why we saw that big crack right through the middle of Kathmandu.

That crack, that rip, that shearing, that tearing apart of the zipper went all the way through and down toward Kathmandu. And this time the

earthquake here continued that rip, continued that zipper, continued tearing the world apart there in Kathmandu area.

We'll kind of zoom in here a little bit closer for you. The earthquake epicenter farther to the east than Kathmandu than the last one, but the

earthquake shaking did get all the way back into Kathmandu with significant shaking for many, many people here about 10,000 people were killed in 1934.

The -- right there, 2015, now over 8,000 people.

Now understand, now back in the '30s, we had a very large earthquake here, somewhere over 8.0, we don't really know the number, but over 8.0. But the

population density wasn't what it is now. The population density so many people here.

At right today, strong earthquake, right there, 3.8 million people felt that shaking here at the earthquake and now we're looking at this pager

data, about a 35 percent chance that there's between 100-1,000 fatalities.

Earlier today was down here, somewhere in the 10-100. Now the USGS' geological survey thinking that there will be more fatalities with this

because of shake, strongly shaking was, it's a 7-8. It's a major quake.

And there are about 15 major quakes this large every year. But the problem with this, Kristie, is that these buildings were already fragile. They

were already broken. And now they're broken again by this shaking. So the buildings that were barely standing are now still collapsing and more after

shake -- aftershocks, absolutely -- Kristie.

STOUT: That's right, buildings were already compromised from the previous major earthquake and looking at that video that we got in from the Red

Cross, of course cliffs and mountainsides causing landslides because of all this seismic activity. And it's because of the seismic activity, the

history of earthquakes in Nepal, that's why we've seen the formation of the Himalayas and Mt. Everest there.

Will there be more seismic activity ahead, more aftershocks, Chad?

MYERS: Absolutely. The Indian Plate here is crashing into the Eurasian Plate and creating the balance. It's the reason why we have Mt. Everest,

why we have K-2, why we have the top of the world right here as this plate crashes in, land crashing into land, it's going up, not going under like it

can around Japan or around the West Coast of America. It's going up, and so this crashing, every time it crashes, the Earth moves; every time it

shakes, the strain and I can guarantee there will be aftershocks in the 6.0 range here for those people trying to find survivors, no question.

STOUT: And Chad, you're our severe weather expert. One thing that I keep hearing from aid workers on the ground in Nepal is the threat of

aftershocks coupled with the monsoon season coming up. Remind us why that is a deadly combination.

MYERS: Because you have

[08:05:00] stone, rock, land that's not attached to where it was. If you start to push a lot of rain on top of that mud, on top of those rocks that

are already loose, those rocks will fall down. You'll get landslides, avalanches, mudslides.

And so as we get out of May and into June, we're starting to see almost 250 millimeters of rain. And then on up into July, almost a half of meter of

rain will fall in that area, in Kathmandu, in July itself and all of a sudden those loose boulders, that loose dirt, the soil is eroded, the trees

are broken, they're gone. There's no roots holding that dirt in. As soon as that happens, as soon as it gets wet, all of that will begin to slide

down hill. These are very steep mountains.

STOUT: Yes, and very dangerous conditions indeed.

Chad Myers, many thanks indeed for your reporting.

MYERS: You're welcome.

STOUT: People in Nepal clearly shaken by this latest powerful earthquake and police Nepal, they're telling people to stay out in the open, to stay

in open fields and to keep the roads free.

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STOUT (voice-over): In fact, on your screen, in this tweet sent out earlier today, they also suggest people use SMS to communicate to that the

phone networks don't get busy.

Now a geophysicist with the USGS says more aftershocks are likely in Nepal. You hear from Chad Myers as well, more aftershocks ahead. And they also

had this advice.

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AMY VAUGHAN, USGS GEOPHYSICIST: We're encouraging people to be outdoors, away from structures that might collapse and/or fall near them, just be in

an open area as much as possible, away from buildings and out of buildings. And in terms of aftershocks, we've already seen several just since the time

this other big large aftershock occurred. We've had 5.0s and 6.0s registering that we're currently analyzing and releasing. And we can

anticipate, because, again, we've had a larger event such as this, such on its own is a very significant earthquake, but also an aftershock of this

entire series. And the largest aftershock we've had to date, we can expect probably an increase in more aftershocks again that generally over time --

most often the aftershocks occur that are -- they're smaller than the main shock, which this still is. And generally in days and weeks and months

that taper off, usually the intensity and frequency of the aftershocks will die down. But obviously this is going to kind of temporarily, at least,

increase those again. Most likely we can't of course predict it definitively, but we're already seeing a number of aftershocks that have

come in very -- in rapid succession.

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STOUT: And that was Amy Vaughan, the geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, speaking to us from Golden, Colorado.

Now CNN's senior international correspondent Ivan Watson was in Nepal after that initial devastating earthquake nearly three weeks ago. And he joins

me now here in Hong Kong.

And Ivan, this is the last thing Nepal needed, another major earthquake.

What does it mean for the people in Nepal, a nation already devastated?

IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, as you can just imagine that they're still struggling to come to grips with the deadliest

earthquake that country had seen in generations and then less than three weeks later, boom, 7.3 magnitude earthquake that sends everybody running

out into the streets, that collapses five- and six-story buildings in Kathmandu, that sends landslides like this pouring down the mountains.

This is a terrifying development, even some geological experts were predicting more of these types of rumblings and aftershocks.

It is not confined to Nepal; the Indian government has told CNN that at least three people were killed across the border in a district neighboring

Nepal by a collapsing roof; while the Nepalese government has told CNN at least 29 people killed. Those are the figures that have come within the

first five hours of this 7.3 magnitude earthquake and when we hear that more than 1,000 have been injured, then sadly it is feared that that death

toll could rise as the hours continue. But we're getting into sunset right now in Nepal, which will hamper the recovery and rescue efforts -- Kristie.

STOUT: Yes, more than 1,000 people injured; death toll at 29 and rising and also, Ivan, can you just contextualize for us the extreme challenge for

the aid workers? There may be networks of aid workers already on the ground in Nepal. But they have to deal with the aftershocks and also

monsoon season ahead.

WATSON: Well, that's right. I mean a lot of external assistance flooded into Nepal in the wake of the April 25th earthquake. So a lot of the

eyewitnesses' accounts that we're being -- been getting are from aid organizations, from United Nations agencies that have sent in extra

volunteers and employees to Nepal. And now they were caught in this very powerful earthquake.

[08:10:00] If there's a silver lining to this, it is that the emergency services have been mobilized and active since April 25th. So we know

already that the Indian air force, it has had helicopters in the air, evacuating casualties from villages. We know that the Nepalese army has

already been evacuating people and that the police were digging through rubble within hours of this 7.3 magnitude earthquake.

But then we have another challenge and that is that probably most of the population will be sleeping outdoors as they have been advised to stay out

of vulnerable structures that could come tumbling down in aftershocks. This is a population, many of whom have been made homeless, that are living

in makeshift shelters in an area that has already gotten some torrential downpours in just recent days. And the monsoon season is continuing.

It'll be hitting a country that is already vulnerable to landslides and avalanches and adding to the misery of people, who are having to sleep

outdoors in tents and under tarps. This is a very difficult challenge and probably the last thing Nepal needed to deal with right now -- Kristie.

STOUT: And as you mentioned, scores and scores of people will be spending the night outdoors tonight, just living in -- if they can even sleep, just

sleeping in fear of another powerful earthquake -- Ivan Watson reporting, thank you so much and take care.

We will continue to bring the latest from Nepal and to try to get a clear picture of the situation there after this latest strong earthquake.

Plus the U.S. secretary of state arrives in Russia. We'll take a look at what is on the agenda.

Also ahead we will continue our special look at the illegal fishing industry in the Asia Pacific region: a man who endured forced slavery

wonders why his home country won't recognize him as a victim of human trafficking.

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STOUT: A second major earthquake has struck the already traumatized nation of Nepal less than three weeks after a huge tremor left more than 8,000

people dead. This new 7.3 magnitude quake, a major quake, has triggered landslides.

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STOUT (voice-over): This one, for instance, about 50 kilometers from Kathmandu. A Red Cross Canada camera captured this video of it. Now the

epicenter of Tuesday's quake was Eastern Nepal near the border with China. At least 29 people have been killed in Nepal, three in India and more than

1,000 have been injured. And we heard from an eyewitness a short time ago.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it's a really big hit earthquake because again, as also landing and in Nepal, they are moving like that, they didn't

fall again, that is the thing right now.

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STOUT: Now earlier I spoke to Paul Dillon of the International Organization for Migration. He was driving in Nepal when the quake hit.

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PAUL DILLON, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION: You never get used to seeing telephone poles swaying and surfing past you, buildings just

wobbling along the sine curve as the Earth moves beneath your feet. One of the striking things done unexpectedly was the fact that all of the

buildings in the area that I was driving through where we ended up stopping just emptied of literally hundreds of people,

[08:15:00] moms with their kids clung to their breasts, men, young kids pouring out of these buildings, a lot of confusion, a lot of real anxiety,

a couple of gentlemen I watched running back into buildings to try and rescue people. It was just quite an event.

STOUT: In the immediate aftermath of the quake a lot of confusion, a lot of anxiety, people instinctively just going out to find open areas and to

seek shelter there.

Could you give us your understanding, a damage assessment? We're hearing from the government 2 dozen people, more than 2 dozen people killed, over

1,000 people injured. We're trying to understand not just the human toll but the damage done.

What did the quake do to the buildings and the homes around you in the area?

DILLON: Well, I can tell you that the building directly across the street from IOM's compound here in Kathmandu had the large crack down the side of

it that wasn't there 4.5 hours ago. Colleagues who are out in the streets report seeing half-damaged buildings falling down. There's lot of evidence

of dust in the air, suggesting that parts of the city where buildings where walls were falling down or the buildings themselves are falling down,

Kristie.

I can tell you that in the outlying areas where we have a large presence in the town of Japhata (ph), which is one of the areas that is most badly

affected by the earthquake on April 25th, we have at least 10 buildings in that town have collapsed. There are at least 100 Nepalese police with the

insistence of a remaining element of the search and rescue teams who are working at the moment to try and excavate people and remove people from the

rubble there.

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STOUT: And that was Paul Dillon of the International Organization for Migration speaking to me earlier.

And we will continue our coverage of this new deadly earthquake in Nepal in just a moment. But first, some other news stories that we're following.

The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia for high-level diplomatic talks. A full range of issues are on the table, including ISIS,

Iran, Syria and Ukraine. Moscow is accused of aiding pro-Russia rebels in the east.

Now let's bring in our senior international correspondent Matthew Chance. He's in Moscow.

And, Matthew, just how significant is it that America's top diplomat is in Russia?

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I think it's pretty significant. You have to remember this is the first time since 2013

that John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state has traveled to Russia to meet with top Russian officials in this way. He's met of course his Russian

counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on numerous occasions over the course of the past 12 months. But the fact he's come to Russia, to do this, and the fact

that he's going to be meeting Vladimir Putin, that meeting supposed to have started about 20 minutes ago, but it hasn't yet as far as we're aware.

That I think is in itself significant because it shows that the U.S. leadership is reaching out in some ways to the president of Russia to try

and explain its position, to try and work out if they can normalize relations with Moscow. The relationship, of course, has reached Cold War

lows really in the past of the course of the past 12-13 months since the crisis in Ukraine, over the crisis in Ukraine. There's been sanctions

introduced by Washington on Russia economically. There's been concern expressed, anger really expressed by the Kremlin for all those things and

the continued efforts to expand NATO as well.

And so, yes, it has a very, very bleak relationship that has emerged between these two countries. And there are efforts underway now perhaps to

try and make that situation a bit better because after all this relationship is one of the most important in the world. Russia has vetoed

the United Nations Security Council. The West is, despite all its concerns about Ukraine, still highly on Russian support to get through

measures at the Security Council. They've demonstrated how they can cooperate over the past several months, again, over Iran and its

controversy nuclear program. They've cooperated over Syria, this cooperation going to be needed over Yemen as well.

Washington understands this. And I think that the impression you get from the Russians is that they're quite prepared to continue that cooperation

but only if some of the other issues between the two countries, like sanctions, like the Ukraine crisis, like NATO expansion are resolved.

STOUT: So many contentious issues on the table, Matthew. You used the word "bleak" to describe the relationship between the U.S. and Russia.

Relations have clearly been strained but are there expectations in Russia that this visit could somehow help to reset the relationship?

CHANCE: I get the impression from what the statements have been from the foreign ministry, is that they're waiting to see what kind of overtures the

United States is going to bring to this meeting. Remember that they've played up the idea that it's John Kerry that's come to Russia; it's not

Sergey Lavrov that's gone to the United States to meet President

[08:20:00] Obama. It's the other way around.

And so the Russian foreign ministry are casting this very much as a U.S. initiative to try and break the ice in this very cold, cooling relationship

that has emerged between Moscow and Washington.

And so I think the Russians are looking to the United States to see what concessions they're prepared to make, what compromises they're prepared to

make in order to gain continued cooperation from Russian in all those other areas of international diplomacy.

STOUT: All right. Matthew Chance reporting live from Moscow for us, thank you.

Now Thailand says it is working to curb human trafficking. But our investigation tells a very different story, a fisherman talks about coming

home after slave labor at sea only to find out that his government doesn't recognize him as a victim of trafficking.

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[08:23:43] STOUT: CNN's "Freedom Project" highlights efforts to end modern-day slavery around the world and this week we're focusing on the

Asia Pacific fishing industry. A recent crackdown on illegal fishing, the Indonesian government found thousands of men being forced to work as slave

labor on ships. In the first of a three-part series we aired on Monday, a report in Thailand exposed the poor conditions Thai fishermen have been

kept in on Indonesian islands.

And in the second part, CNN discovers dozens of fishermen who return home from their ordeal only to find that they are not even recognized as victims

of trafficking. Saima Mohsin reports from Bangkok.

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SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, a lot of questions often asked about the international reaction or even intervention as far as human

trafficking and slave labor on Thai fishing boats is concerned. Now the biggest response we've seen internationally is the United States

Trafficking in Persons report last year downgrading Thailand to tier 3, a huge embarrassment here in Thailand. And the reaction from the Thai

government, according to one labor protection network, was to manipulate the figures for this year's report. Take a look.

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MOHSIN (voice-over): In early April, Thailand's prime minister Prayut

[08:25:00] Chan-o-cha officially declared the fight against human trafficking a national agenda. Over the years, despite the political

posturing, activist groups say there's little to show that changes have been made or that they're proving effective.

We met Samart Senasook, who'd been repatriated in a Thai government rescue mission from an Indonesian island. He says he was tricked into working on

board for longer that he planned without payment and refused permission to leave whenever he asked to go home.

He broke down repeatedly. As he told us his story, the six years of abuse at sea. What we weren't expecting is to hear that despite this clear

description of being held against his will and forced to work, which can only be described as slave labor, Samart would return to Thailand to find

authorities refusing to register him as a victim of human trafficking.

SAMART SENASOOK, TRAFFICKED FISHERMAN (through translator): I think I am a victim of human trafficking but I don't know why they don't recognize me as

one. If I wasn't a victim, I would have known everything and now this jump from the very beginning.

MOHSIN: We contacted the police officials involved in taking Samart and other fishermen's statements. Two officers told CNN there are many cases

that aren't being recognized as victims of trafficking. They added, "This doesn't mean it's the end of the investigation and things may change."

But for the time being, Samart and many others like him aren't considered victims.

MOHSIN (voice-over): Activists say for the victims recognition of trafficking status is a first step towards justice, which could include

financial compensation for the slavery they've endured. The evidence is circumstantial but prolific enough to be cause for concern.

Out of 73 fishermen repatriated to Thailand between August 2014 and March this year, the government has registered 21 as trafficked. In April, a

highly publicized repatriation brought 68 men back home. The number considered trafficked by the government: just nine. A prominent anti-

trafficking group considers all of them as victims of trafficking.

The Labor Rights Promotion Network has slammed the government for its inaction.

PATIMA TANGPRATYAKOON, THE LABOR RIGHTS PROMOTION NETWORK through translator): The government is paying less attention to the real situation

and more attention to showing reduced numbers of victims.

MOHSIN (voice-over): LRPN alleges the government wants to manipulate the numbers merely for the Trafficking in Persons or TIP report published

annually by the U.S. government.

TANGPRATYAKOON (through translator): Because it is about time for another TIP report, which will make Thailand on tackling human trafficking, Thai

authorities want to go back up to Tier 2 or Tier 2.5 because last year it was Tier 3.

MOHSIN (voice-over): That's the lowest ranking Thailand's ever been. The Thai government's new numbers will be published in the next TIP report to

be released by the U.S. State Department in June.

MOHSIN: We've approached the Thai government repeatedly, asking them for on-camera interviews or written statements for a response to these specific

allegations, turned away even when we were invited to an interview at one point as well. Now we don't have a response to these specific allegations

but what I can tell you is that we think that the witnessing to very contradictory lines of response from the Thai government.

On the one hand, these allegations of manipulating the figures simply to publicly appear like it's doing something about human trafficking. But at

the same time, announcements in April are of implementing new measures that will go into place over the next few months to try and avoid this happening

in the future -- vehicle monitoring systems, joint inspections on board ships, things that we would have thought would be happening over the last

few years. But they say they will do this now -- Kristie.

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STOUT: Thank you, Saima, another shocking and powerful report from CNN's Saima Mohsin in Bangkok.

Now on Wednesday you'll hear what the Thai government has to say about this and you'll witness a sort of unforgettable scene that has been promising to

do more.

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MOHSIN (voice-over): Nung (ph) drops to his knees. He was among one of the groups of Thai fishermen recently repatriated by the Thai government in

March. He planned to be away only a few months. He's been gone two years, a ghost at sea.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): He told me he was given only a potato to eat and water to survive.

MOHSIN (voice-over): They cling to each

[08:25:00] other, refusing to let go, after being separated for far too long.

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STOUT: And we'll see what's being done to relegate this former modern-day slavery to history. That's this time tomorrow on NEWS STREAM only on CNN.

You're watching CNN. And up next, Nepal's second major earthquake could be felt as far away as New Delhi and the aftershocks are not letting up. A

live report from neighboring India after the break.

Also ahead, there's just a few hours to go until the start of a nationwide cease-fire in Yemen. But will the recent spike in violence threaten the

truce? Details are next.

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[08:33:36] STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And these are your world headlines.

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STOUT (voice-over): A second major earthquake has struck the already traumatized nation of Nepal less than three weeks after a huge tremor left

more than 8,000 people dead. This 7.3 magnitude quake triggered landslides; 29 people in Nepal and three in India have been killed. More

than 1,000 people are injured.

A blogger has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, the third person killed this year for posting criticism of Islam online. Police in the

northeastern city of Sylhet say that four masked men attacked Ananta Bijoy Das with cleavers. Das was an atheist who writes for a blog founded by

Avijit Roy, a writer who was killed in just the same way in February.

The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Russia for high-level diplomatic talks. He's meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey

Lavrov, and is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They will discuss a full range of issues including ISIS, Iran, Syria and

Ukraine. While Moscow is accused of aiding pro-Russia rebels in the east.

As E.U. finance ministers gather in Brussels, Greece is working to avoid default by making a crucial debt repayment to the International Monetary

Fund. Nearly $840 million. Still at issue are pension cuts, layoffs and budget targets. Greece's bailout extension expires at the end of June.

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STOUT: Today's 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Nepal could be felt as far away as New Delhi. Tony Castleman was there when the tremor struck a few hours

ago and he is a representative for Catholic Relief Services and joins me now live from the Indian capital.

Tony, thank you so much for joining us here on CNN. This 7.3 magnitude quake, a major one, was felt even there in India.

What did you experience there?

TONY CASTLEMAN, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: Well, here in India we just felt a relatively small tremor. It was certainly noticeable but it was nothing

like our team in Nepal felt. The team of our -- of the CRS relief workers and our partners and the beneficiaries that we're working with said it was

quite traumatic for them. We had a team in Gorkha District, which is where the epicenter of the earlier, the April 25th quake was. And at three

different sites they were distributing relief materials to households and communities at the time of the quake.

And one of the school buildings at one of the sites where we were distributing materials collapsed. Fortunately nobody was inside, so nobody

at any of those sites, the community members were hurt.

However, we are getting reports of additional damage to houses. Unfortunately, additional fatalities as well. Even (INAUDIBLE) district

where we've been working.

Our team in Kathmandu is also reporting people very scared, very concerned, planning to sleep outside again tonight. Many of the houses that were

damaged but not destroyed in that earlier quake, a number of them have fallen and have been destroyed today as a result of this second quake.

So it's really just making a bad situation worse. We're planning, at Catholic Relief Services, we and our partners, we're planning to hit the

ground again tomorrow and to continue to distribute relief materials to people who were affected by the first quake as well as those affected by

the most recent quake.

STOUT: Yes, fortunately, you already have a network on the ground already in place. And yet there's so many extreme challenges that you're up

against, including these nonstop powerful tremors and these landslides, landslides that could be life-threatening and also affect your logistics

and affect your ability to get your aid out and about to places and to people who need it most.

How do you navigate that challenge?

CASTLEMAN: Yes, no, that has been a big challenge and fortunately both the Nepalese government and a lot of groups like CRS, like Catholic Relief

Services and others and the Indian government as well have been supportive in helping us to send materials. What we did is we had a lot of

prepositioned materials that were already in Bihar, in the northern state of Bihar next to the Nepalese border. So as soon as the initial earthquake

hit, we sent those materials by truck over into Nepal. And so that allowed us to quite quickly reach community members. And then we've been

purchasing additional materials and sending them in.

The landslides, as you said, have been a challenge and there are issues with blocked roads as well as with airport congestion. But I think

anybody, both the Nepalese government, organizations like ours and a lot of community groups are really working together to try to ensure that the

communities who need it most are receiving materials.

And again in a situation like this, the priority is to meet people's immediate needs. And right now that's mainly emergency shelter. So we've

been distributing a lot of emergency shelter kits, tarpaulins and ropes and mats and foam pads so that families have someplace safe to live in the

short term, along with water treatment to prevent water-borne diseases and hygiene kits and blankets.

Then with the rainy season, with the monsoon season coming, the next stage we're going to need to strengthen those shelters and maybe use metal

roofing sheets and other salvaged materials and provide some additional materials to help get families through the monsoon season and through the

rainy season.

And then after the rainy season, it's going to be about helping families to reconstruct and to rebuild their houses and to build back better, which

means to build them in ways that are safer and sturdier in case there should be additional earthquakes in the future.

STOUT: That's right. And time is of the essence because the monsoon season begins in mid-June and you have to get that sturdy temporary shelter

out to the people in the quake zone before then.

So Tony, wishing you and your team at Catholic Relief Services all the very best. Good luck. Thank you.

After the 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck about 85 kilometers from Mt. Everest, last month's quake triggered those deadly avalanches there. And

there are fears that it is happening again this time. Earlier we spoke to Ryan Waters, who runs a guiding company called Mountain Professionals and

he talked about what he did when the quake struck.

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RYAN WATERS, MOUNTAIN PROFESSIONALS: The first thing I did was I contacted my partners, my Sherpa partners, that we run these exhibitions with and

they're all OK in Kathmandu. Of course, that's pretty far from where the supposed epicenter is on this earthquake.

But it sounds like they're all OK and I would be anxious to talk to -- what a lot of people may not know is Namche, if in fact that is an area that got

really damaged by this specific quake,

[08:35:00] that's the kind of heart of the Sherpa people of Nepal and so that's going to be directly affect those kinds of families within the

climbing community and the adventure tourism community because the Sherpas are the ones that work largely guiding people and work with foreign

companies to help take people on mountains and things like that.

So this is a very big blow potentially to the Sherpa people specifically, so that's -- of course I feel for the people of Nepal as a whole. But this

one kind of hit home now because we recently left, me and my clients and our other guides and things and we kind of had apprehension, should we stay

and try to help in some way. And we had this mixed feeling of we're either going to be in the way or we're actually going to help somehow. And we

didn't know necessarily what the best option was.

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STOUT: And that was Ryan Waters, a mountaineering expert, working in Nepal who spoke to us earlier.

Now if you want to see who is helping the people in Nepal, we have a list of groups that are already on the ground getting aid to those who need it

urgently. And to find out more at cnn.com/impact.

U.N. aid has just arrived by sea into Yemen hours before the scheduled start of that five-day cease-fire. But on the ground, the violence has

intensified ahead of that fast-approaching truce. The Saudi-led coalition stepped up airstrikes against Houthi rebel sites. Warplanes bombed a

weapons depot in the capital of Sanaa. Saudi Arabia says one of its citizens has been killed by an artillery shell fired across the border from

Yemen.

And journalist Hakim Almasmari is in Sanaa. He spoke to us a short time ago.

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HAKIM ALMASMARI, JOURNALIST: Over the last 48 hours, 180 airstrikes hit Sanaa alone. So people are waiting for that and hoping that this cease-

fire could last more than the five days because the humanitarian crisis right now in Yemen is unbearable. And millions of families are suffering

from hunger, from humanitarian malnutrition, lack of electricity, lack of other commodities because all are on the board. So people are hoping that

this does not -- it's not only by days, that five days will not do anything compared to where the crisis is right now.

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STOUT: That was journalist Hakim Almasmari there, seeing just five days for a truce is simply not enough to get the much needed humanitarian aid

into the country.

Media reports say the newly appointed U.N. envoy to Yemen has arrived in the rebel-held capital ahead of the truce. And the envoy has just told

state media that he hopes to sit down with different Yemeni parties over the next several days in order to reach a political solution. We will have

more on Nepal after the break. And also ahead, we have an exclusive interview with a North Korean defector. Find out what he has to say about

the leadership coming up.

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STOUT: All right. Welcome back. We'll have much more on Nepal a little bit later in the program and throughout the day here on CNN. But now let's

take a look at some of the other major stories today.

The South Korean president is holding a security meeting after North Korea allegedly carried out a missile test.

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STOUT (voice-over): Over the weekend, Pyongyang set a successfully test launch a ballistic missile from a submarine. South Korea believes the

photos of the launch are authentic, that the North could have full capability in five years. But a U.S. official says it was likely just a

simulated firing. Another says that the U.S. is looking at the possibility that the images were Photoshopped.

The fate of Kim Jong-un's aunt has been the subject of speculation since the North Korean leader ordered the execution of his uncle in 2013. Kim's

aunt has not been seen in public since. And various reports suggest that she died of a stroke or committed suicide. But South Korean intelligence

officials say that they believe she is still alive. And now one of the most senior officials to defect from North Korea says he believes none of

that is true. We spoke exclusively to Paula Hancocks.

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Being part of the family is not enough to save your life in North Korea, arrested, tried and

executed in less than a week, the brutal demise of Kim Jong-un's uncle, Jang Song Thaek, shocked the world in 2013.

CNN has now learned the leader's aunt, the wife of Jang, may have suffered the same fate. This man is believed to be the highest level official to

escape North Korea in years. We're hiding his identity and calling him Park to protect his friends and family back in Pyongyang.

In his first-ever interview, he tells us that he believes Kim Kyong Hui was poisoned on orders of her nephew, Kim Jong-un.

"Kim Kyong Hui was furious after her husband's death," he says. "She disappeared from view, guards surrounded her home and she spent months

expressing her anger."

The late leader, Kim Jung-il, gave his sister, Kim Kyong Hui, significant power. She and her husband, Jang, were handpicked to guide Kim Jung-il's

son in his early years but the young leader soon decided he did not want their help.

"On May 5th or 6th of last year," "Park" says, "Kim Jong-un ordered her to be killed. Only his bodyguard unit, Unit 974, knew this. Now senior

officials also know she was poisoned."

As for his uncle, publicly Kim Jong-un calls him "scum" and said he was trying to overthrow the government. But "Park" says their issues began

with the direction of the regime's economy.

"A year and a half into his reign," "Park" tells me, "Kim Jong-un wanted to build a ski resort and a water park. Jang, the uncle, wanted to rebuild

the economy first. That is where the friction began."

"Park" says the ski resort is effectively what signed Jang's death warrant. Jang was allegedly executed in an underground secret room, according to

"Park"; few know exactly how he died. But he tells us Jang's aides were killed far more publicly.

"His close aides were executed," he says, "not with an ordinary gun, but by four-barrel machine guns."

Much of what "Park" tells us cannot be independently confirmed. North Korea is one of the most closed and repressive societies in the world.

"Park" paints a picture of a brutal dictator whose actions have shocked even the North Korean elite, a young man willing to kill his own family

members if they don't see eye to eye -- Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

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STOUT: Last week North Korean authorities told CNN that defectors are often criminals who make up stories to justify their actions and ingratiate

themselves with South Korea.

More than 1,000 refugees from Bangladesh and Western Myanmar arrived by boat in Malaysia on Monday.

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STOUT (voice-over): And officials say that they came ashore on the resort island of Langkawi and were then taken into custody. Malaysian authorities

set up makeshift detention centers to process all of the Bangladeshi and ethnic Rohingya refugees. Women and children were among those who made the

journey.

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STOUT: You're watching NEWS STREAM. And still to come, as another powerful quake rocked Nepal, people there are taking to social media to

express their fear and frustration (INAUDIBLE).

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STOUT: Once again, a recap of the breaking news we're following from Nepal. The country was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed at least

36 people in Nepal and three in India.

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STOUT (voice-over): More than 1,100 are injured. The tremor leveled buildings already damaged by the quake that killed more than 8,000 people

just weeks ago.

And this new earthquake also triggered landslides like this one north of Kathmandu. You can see some buildings near the bottom of your screen

there. This new earthquake had a magnitude, a significant one, 7.3. And the epicenter was about 75 kilometers east of Kathmandu.

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STOUT: Isa Soares has been monitoring reaction to the Nepal quake on social media and she joins us now from CNN London.

And Isa, one of the aid workers, citizen journalists, all taking to social platforms to share the news about this latest powerful quake.

What have you learned?

ISA SOARES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kristie. We're starting to really get a sense of this devastation on the ground from the ordinary Nepalis there

and from those non-profit organizations that still are working out there, having been there for the first earthquake three weeks. So we've been

monitoring social media, everything from Instagram to Twitter to on Facebook to get a sense of what's happening. Let me bring you first idea

what U.N. office is saying.

U.N. Office for Coordination of Human Affairs in the Asia Pacific says, "Twenty or 30 newly damaged buildings if figures are expected to rise.

Death toll," they're saying, "also expected to rise." Their Twitter page also they've been updating their Twitter page quite often. They say that

the majority of people there have been working intense, Kristie, for fear of returning to their office and for fear of there being further

earthquakes, further really aftershocks.

Now the International Organization for Migration, the IOM, says approximately 2,000 people have been putting up tents on a golf course in

Kathmandu. Paul Dillon, who's mentioned here, he is the spokesperson for IOM. He says a search and rescue team have already begun searching through

the wreckage in Chautara and that's just east of Kathmandu. That's been heavily affected. They're monitoring, they're sending teams out and

they're looking at the damaging and they will be updating us in terms of numbers.

And of course the fear is further aftershocks. The Nepal police is urging people to really stay outside. They say, please stay in an open field away

from buildings. Do not make -- obviously don't block the roads. They're also asking people to text or SMS instead of making calls because that is

congesting the network. And if we remember the first earthquake we saw three weeks ago, there was huge problem signal with the networks; we

weren't able to contact families, we weren't able to get in contact with each other.

So inviting people to please just SMS and really stay away from buildings. We've also heard from iReporters on the ground. Now Sagat Hadikari (ph),

who lives in Kathmandu, says he was actually outside in a new bus park when the quake hit. You're looking at photos. These photos, he sent them to us

via iReport. And as we're showing you the photos, let me tell you what he said. He says the buildings were shaking, it was really bad. He said

after the first few aftershocks there were people well prepared but now people are starting to move on. Now they are more frightened. I can see a

lot of people in the road, people are just not prepared for this.

This is what he told us. And he sent us

[08:54:57] these images of the buildings collapsing. This is what we've heard from NGOs on the ground, too. We've heard also from Hasim Riai (ph),

who has been sharing his experiences on Instagram. He says he was watching TV when the second quake hit Kathmandu. He and his family ran into the

garden because they heard these earth pots smashing flower pots smashing. They ran into the garden and then Hasim and his family taking shelter now

from those in the rain, in their tents with the family. So you can see people really going to outer spaces, outer places. They've been advised,

saying that they're waiting it out just in case there are more aftershocks. And of course we'll keep monitoring the NGOs as well as the iReports to get

a better sense of what's happening on the ground. If you're out there, let us know how you're doing, tweet me @IsaCNN so we can really share -- get a

sense of what is happening on the ground -- Kristie.

STOUT: Yes, from the physical impact of the earthquake to the psychological toll as well, all being shared online and through social

platforms -- Isa Soares there, thank you.

Now I want to remind you of what the situation is like in Nepal after another powerful earthquake. This is video, people rushing outside. This

is the ground shock (ph) and you can see the fear on many of their faces and several buildings already damaged, already compromised from that

earthquake of two weeks ago are reported to have collapsed as a result of today's 7.3 magnitude quake.

And this is what it looked like for those people who were inside a building at the time. This building is visibly shaking, the camera's shaking,

terrified spectators there. They leap up to their feet and they just scramble to get out, straight for the exits. Now the quake's epicenter was

in the eastern part of Nepal, near the border with China. But the tremors so powerful was felt as far away as New Delhi.

I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And do stay with CNN for the very latest from Nepal. Our coverage continues with Maggie Lake -- next.

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