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[08:00:54] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now the U.S. accuses Iraq of losing the will to fight ISIS in Ramadi while Syria strikes at the militant group in Palmyra.

One month after the devastating earthquake and Nepal begins the task of rebuilding shattered lives.

And with millions of new cars and drivers every year, how can China cut down on road rage?

Syria and Iraq are battling back against ISIS. The Syrian military carried out 15 airstrikes targeting the terror group in Palmyra this

Monday, that's according to a London-based activist group.

Now this video, which we cannot independently verify, it purportedly shows ISIS fighters advancing on the historic city several days ago. And

we're getting reports that 262 people have been executed there, including at least 13 children.

Now meanwhile in Iraq, forces loyal to the government are on the outskirts of Ramadi just waiting for orders to advance on the city now

under control of ISIS. And this comes just days after the U.S. defense secretary Ash Carter blamed Iraq's military for the fall of Ramadi.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ASHTON CARTER, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. They were not

outnumbered, but in fact they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight. And that says to me, and I think to most of us,

that we have an issue with the will of the Iraqis to fight ISIL and defend themselves.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abady tells the BBC that his troops will retake Ramadi within days. And he also responded to those

comments from the U.S. defense secretary.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HAIDER AL-ABADY, IRAQI PRIME MINISTER: I'm surprised why he said that. I mean, he was very supportive of Iraq. I'm sure he was

(inaudible). He was fed with the wrong information.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: An alliance of Iraqi forces, Shiite militias and Sunni tribal fighters claimed to have recaptured some areas around Ramadi. And

still, in the capital Baghdad, some 105 kilometers away, there are fears of a potential ISIS advance.

Arwa Damon has that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The shop promotes its expertise in encapsulating joyous moments. But its been nearly two months

and such a job has come through, owner Akhil Hussein (ph) tells us, pulling up what is now the bulk of their business: immortalizing the dead.

"Since the occupation until now, but especially now after ISIS came into Iraq and to Nineveh and now into Anbar," Akhil Hussein says, "demand

is increasing."

He rarely knows the details of how or where they died, but the toughest are those who leave children behind. The knowledge and

responsibility that this is what they will have to remember a loving parent.

"It's painful seeing a father and his son," Hussein says, "and the wife comes in with a photograph and she's a martyr, it's depressing. You

feel like there isn't any hope."

Akhil Hussein (ph) was just telling us that he, like so many other Iraqis, has grown used to death brought on by violence that few can really

understand. This country has been suffering arguably for decades.

But the type of terror brought on by an organization like ISIS, that is unlike anything anyone has been through before.

Still, there is always the veneer of normalcy in a population used to living on edge, masking an overwhelming anxiety.

"ISIS created a psychological and emotional state of fear within the population through its horrific actions that don't represent Islam in the

least," says Amar Abdullah (ph). "All you have to do now is say ISIS has entered and it will create panic and chaos."

Many do believe that Baghdad won't fall to ISIS, not because of the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, but rather because of Iraq's

powerful neighbor Iran.

"The security reality and the regional interests dictate that Iran be involved," retired officer Allah Hadid (ph) explains.

And Iran is heavily involved, not just backing the popular mobilization units, a predominately Shia paramilitary force, but also with

its own set of advisers and other assets on the ground. And those units are active on the front lines in Sunni Anbar province and around Ramadi.

None of it an ideal situation given Iraq's penchant for sectarian violence, but it's the nation's only option, especially when it comes to

protecting the capital.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:06:15] LU STOUT: And Arwa joins us now from Baghdad. And Arwa, the very latest from the front line here. What are Iraqi forces and its

allies doing to try to retake Ramadi and to stop the ISIS advance?

DAMON: Well, what we're hearing, Kristie, from a number of senior officials is that there is quite a force massed along Ramadi's eastern

front on the outskirts of this city awaiting the final order to begin taking the battle to ISIS.

This force is made up of yes on the one hand conventional Iraqi forces, army and military and police units, but also vital in all of this

we are again seeing a crucial role being played by the Iranian-backed Shia paramilitary forces who have been highly effective in battles past and

Tikrit, for example, but have also been controversial in some ways. And also part of this force are the Sunni tribes. And this is key because

Anbar is a predominately Sunni area, and also because these tribes are from the areas that are in and around Ramadi themselves.

However, they don't have the weaponry that would allow them to take a front line position so they are being used mostly to the rear to hold the

ground.

Key in all of this, though, Kristie moving forward is going to be for the Iraqi government to actually adhere to its pledge to properly arm the

Sunni tribes. The nation at this stage cannot risk the Sunnis feeling as if perhaps the Iraqi government being predominately Shiite does not trust

them with the weapons and also is not going to allow them to take a more active role in the battle.

LU STOUT: Weapons needed for them to win this war.

And meanwhile, your thoughts on this harsh scathing criticism from the U.S. defense secretary saying that Iraqi forces, quote, showed no will to

fight. And just how is that going down there in Iraq?

DAMON: People are bristling at that comment, Kristie. Many will say that it is unfair and a rather simplistic view looking at the realities and

the dynamics that exist here. One soldier who we spoke whose unit was among the last to withdraw from Ramadi said, look, we have the will to

fight, but it's our military leadership that is failing us, it's the U.S.- led coalition that is failing us. And we're running out of ammunition on these front lines. There are massive logistical failures.

And then of course there's that mysterious order to withdraw that the Iraqi minister of defense says that it is investigating.

Many Iraqis will also tell you that at the end of the day this is a force that America trained and declared combat ready before they withdrew.

And they also feel as if the U.S. does have a burden of responsibility in all of this. And perhaps these comments are America's attempt to distance

itself from any responsibility that it may have for the current battlefield disasters that are unfolding, whether it was America's strategy when it was

training up the Iraqi security forces, or its current failed strategy when it comes to fighting ISIS.

LU STOUT: Iraqis hitting back at U.S. criticism at it steps up its fight against ISIS.

Arwa Damon reporting live from Baghdad, thank you, Arwa.

Now police in Malaysia have made a disturbing discovery, some 139 graves believed to be filled with the remains of victims of human

trafficking. They were found near the country's border with Thailand in the small state of Perlis.

Now police say each grave could contain multiple bodies.

And nearby, they found 28 abandoned camps once used by smugglers. And this highlights the seriousness of smuggling in Southeast Asia. And for

more on this issue, Saima Mohsin joins me now live from Bangkok.

And Saima, a very disturbing and grim discovery of over 100 graves in Malaysia. What have you learned about who are the victims and how they

died?

[08:10:19] SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, it's very early right now to tell exactly who these people were,

but where they came from. But it's not hard to connect the dots.

We know about the persecution faced by the Rohingya minority in Myanmar that have been fleeing. We've been covering that over the last few

weeks and Bangladeshi migrants that have been making their way down towards the southern tip of Thailand and Malaysia. And that is the border where

this deep jungle hid this shocking and grim truth of these trafficked people.

Now, these are graves, 139 graves, besides 17 tents. And the police have discovered them early this morning and they've just started to try the

identification process.

This is what the inspector general of police had to say earlier today.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

INSPECTOR-GENERAL KHALID ABU BAKAR, MALAYSIA POLICE: We have discovered 139, which we believe to be graves. We don't know are

underneath. We -- the first team has gone in this morning, the forensic and medical team, to exhume whatever remains there.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

MOHSIN: Now of course these are not the only graves that have been found in this region. Just on the other side of the border in Thailand, 30

graves were found with 26 bodies in them.

Now these were badly decomposed. They believe they were there between three months to a year, Kristie. And crucially, you were asking about the

condition of these people.

Now as far as these graves in Thailand are concerned that was discovered at the beginning of May, they believed to have died either from

disease or from starvation, starvation because it's believed the people smugglers who brought them there did not give them food and water, refused

to help them until they were paid. It's a really grim situation, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, a grim situation. And that just fuels the fear out there that more mass graves could be discovered.

And Saima, as more migrant lives hang in the balance, the prime minister of Bangladesh now says those leaving the country in an illegal way

should be punished. Why? Why is Bangladesh blaming the victims here?

MOHSIN: Yeah, it's an extraordinary reaction really to think that the government on finding out about this rather than an announced investigation

into how this took place, why these people are fleeing their country and to address those concerns and issues that start this whole process, they want

to punish these people who are already persecuted.

Now, what the prime minister had said is that they are not showing Bangladesh in a good light, that this brings shame to Bangladesh. And that

is really a feeling and sentiment that we're seeing right across this region, particularly in these countries that are involved, be it

Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia. A sense of deep denial, not wanting to admit that this is a problem for the country, trying to blame

other countries that are connected and trying to make it a regional problem.

It is a regional problem, but each country has to deal with what's going on right under their noses. And this as we find more and more

graves, Kristie, is bringing right on their doorstep. And they are going to have to face up to it -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and because we have this feeling of denial across the region, this is a human tragedy that still continues to unfold day by day.

Saima Mohsin reporting on the story for us. Thank you so much, Saima.

Now a Tunisian soldier has opened fire on fellow soldiers that are based in the capital, killing one and wounding eight. An interior ministry

spokesman says the shooter has also been killed. Authorities believe it was not a terror attack, but have not identified a motive.

Now thousands killed and many more now homeless, Nepal struggles to recover from a deadly earthquake. And we are marking one month since the

disaster struck.

And a leading mathematician has been killed in a tragic accident. We'll remember the legacy of John Nash later in the program.

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[08:16:08] LU STOUT: Welcome back. You're watching News Stream. And you're looking at a visual version of all the news we have for you this

hour.

Now we've already told you about Iraq and Syria's battle against ISIS.

And later, controlling road rage in China.

But first Nepal is intensifying its rebuilding effort one month after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Now crews in Kathmandu are now

taking down damaged buildings. The United Nations says as many as 90 percent of homes have been destroyed or are unsafe.

The quake killed more than 8,000 people and flattened entire villages. And less than three weeks later, the Himalayan nation was shaken by the 7.3

magnitude quake.

The aid organizations say that there is still a desperate need for food and for water, especially in these hard hit remote areas.

And even in the capital some say that they have received little help from the government. Many are still living in tents.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RAJENDRA SIRESHTA, KATHMANDU RESIDENT (through translator): The situation has not returned to normal. This morning I felt an aftershock

and our family is still very worried and scared, especially our kids. They are afraid about what is going on.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And happening right now, there is a vigil underway in Kathmandu, Nepal. And people are remembering the thousands lost in this

double quake tragedy.

Live pictures on your screen.

And as they mark this grim anniversary, more dangers are on the way. Monsoon season starts next month and the United Nations warns that it will

increase the possibility of landslides and make it more difficult, if not impossible, to get relief out to those remote rural areas.

Now two CNN heroes are among the quake survivors in Kathmandu, Nepal. Anurandkha Koirala is one of them. Now she is the founder of Maiti Nepal,

which rescues victims of sex trafficking. And her rehabilitation center is home to more than 400 young women and girls. And she is trying to take in

more girls orphaned by the quake.

I checked in with her to find out how her work is going.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ANURADHA KOIRALA, FOUNDER, MAITI NEPAL: It's really been very, very traumatic for me. I should not be -- I'm only saying it to you, but I

shouldn't -- I cannot say it in front of the children, because if I say that all the children will get nervous, they will get traumatized. But

it's really been traumatic.

Because the first earthquake we had and that -- and you know that we were coming back to normal life. But then again we had another shock which

disturbed us all back. And now we have having shocks per day, two, three, two three, and a big jolts also at times. So that is making you really,

really sad.

LU STOUT: Given these constant aftershocks, as you point out, you're living in this constant state of fear and terror and yet you have to keep a

brave face for all the girls that you look after. What is the reality for you at your rehabilitation center right now? Are you still you and the 400

young women and girls you look after, are you still sleeping outside? Do you have enough clean water and food?

KOIRALA: Yes, still sleeping outside, but we -- thank god, we have water and food, clean water and food so far.

And we have taken in now nearly the earthquake survivors who are not hurt. We have 35 those who are hurt, who have broken legs and arms and

have got hurt in the head, injury in the head and babies, small babies born babies, mothers breast is gone, hands are gone. So we have about 17 of

them.

So, you know, as you said I am behaving bravely. Now there is no one here, that is why I was so thanked to talk to you. I am in a state of

really giving up.

LU STOUT: And is this just the sad and sickening reality of the situation in Nepal after the earthquake that you have scores of young women

and girls left orphaned and are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and trafficking?

[08:20:11] KOIRALA: Definitely, yes, yes. They are vulnerable to sex -- violence against -- you know, sexual violence against them. Anything,

they're vulnerable to sexual exploitation. And many girls are being lured, you know, because they are being lured into take -- to cross the border to

go into a better job, to have a better place. There will be no fear of tremor. So that is how the traffickers are luring them.

LU STOUT: AnuradhaKoirala, you do such important work. And you need strength and you need more support. The world is watching this. How can we

help?

KOIRALA: What we need the whole world has to I think support us in different ways, and especially for girls and women we have to do different

programs like prevention, rehabilitation, trainings, you know. There are so many programs people around the world can support us with.

LU STOUT: You yourself are a victim of the earthquake and you're looking after hundreds of women and girls who are victims as well and also

vulnerable to sexual exploitation, how and where do you summon the strength to do what you do?

KOIRALA: All my team, every day they go to different places, everyday they are supporting. They have seen terrible situations because of the

sorrow and pain of the women, children and families and the villages, that is where I get the strength.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: An incredibly brave and selfless woman.

If you want to learn more about Anuradha Koirala and her work, please visit this website. You'll find a link to her foundation Maiti Nepal. And

we also have information about other aid groups working on the ground inside Nepal. There is still a lot of work to be done. You can find out

how you can help at CNN.com/impact.

Now you're watching News Stream. And still to come, we look back at the life of a Noble Prize-winning mathematician so intriguing it inspired

and Oscar-winning film. Remembering John Nash next.

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

Now he was a leading figure in the world of mathematics and his struggle with mental illness was a subject of an Oscar-winning film. Nobel

laureate John Forbes Nash, Jr. and his wife Alicia died in a car crash in New Jersey over the weekend. He was 86, she was 82.

Fredricka Whitfield looks back and Nash's life and career.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN CORREPSONDENT: Famed mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. and his wife, Alicia, died in a car accident, according to

New Jersey state police. They were ejected from a taxi that lost control trying to pass another car. The Nash's were pronounced dead at the scene.

86-year-old Nash won the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dr. John Nash, your analysis of equilibrium non- cooperative games and all your other contributions to game theory have had

a profound effect on the way economic theory has developed in the last two decades.

WHITFIELD: Just last week, Nash accepted the 2015 Able Prize in Norway for mathematical contributions. His life was the inspiration for the 2001

Oscar-winning film "A Beautiful Mind." The movie focused on his work on game theory and his long-time struggle with Schizophrenia.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You can't reason your way out of this.

RUSSEL CROWE, ACTOR: Why not? Why can't I?

WHITFIELD: Russell Crowe won a golden globe for his portrayal of a character loosely based on Nash.

CROWE: You have to divide Nash from your regular mathematician, he is beyond that in his thought process. He looks at a series of figures, he

knows the answer. The hardest thing for Nash is proving it to his fellow mathematicians is taking the time.

WHITFIELD: After hearing of Nash's death, Crowe tweeted, stunned, my heart goes to you to John and Alicia and family, an amazing partnership,

beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was Fredricka Whitfield reporting.

Now Nash did not invent game theory. He won the Nobel Prize for improving it. I'm going to try to give you a basic rundown of game theory.

Now let's say that you and a competitor sell shoes. So how do you price your products? Well, if both of you set your high prices, then you

will both make a lot of money. If both of you set low prices, you both make less. It's pretty straightforward.

But what if you set a high price and your competitor goes low, well you will lose out.

Now the Nash equilibrium helps you think through the best strategies by taking into account what your competitors might do. So in this case,

the best scenario is to set a low price. You won't lose customers if your competitors sets low prices as well.

And if your competitors goes high, you win.

Now that is a very simple version of a very complex concept. Nash's take on game theory.

And you're watching News Stream. Still to come, Nigeria has a major problem on its hands. Why the country could soon be in the dark without

mobile phone service and without fuel to get around.

And the central U.S. under water. Hundreds of homes washed away. We'll tell you which state has got the worst of it. Stay with us.

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[08:30:46] LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

Syrian government war planes have carried out 15 airstrikes on the historic city of Palmyra, that's according to a London-based activist

group. Now they are trying to drive out ISIS fighters who seized the city last week. The Syrian observatory for human rights says ISIS has executed

262 people there, including 13 children.

Malaysian media report that human remains found in 139 graves near the border with Thailand have been exhumed. They are believed to be victims of

human trafficking. Nearby Malaysian police found 28 abandoned camps used by smugglers.

At least four people were killed when a Tunisian soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers at a base in the capital Tunis. The shooter was also

killed. Authorities believe it was not a terror attack, but have not identified a motive.

Peter Robinson, the first minister of Northern Ireland is in hospital with a suspected heart attack. Now British and Irish political leaders

have sent their best wishes. His political party, the Democratic Unionists, says Robinson's family has appealed for privacy.

To Nigeria now where the newly elected government faces a country that is shutting down. There is no fuel, and that means planes can't fly,

hospitals don't have power and people can't even get their phones to work. Christian Purefoy shows us just how bad things are.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRISTIAN PUREFOY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It may look quiet, but Nigeria is in crisis. The problem is this -- petrol stations

across Nigeria are closed. They simply don't have the petrol so people can't fill up their cars. Transporting food is now a problem. Much of the

airline industry in Nigeria is now grounded.

There are a few cars going past. They are the lucky ones.

But there is another problem to this crisis, follow me.

The other problem with this crisis is this, these are generators run on diesel, but with no fuel available in the country as you can hear or not

hear they're silent. They're not running. And these are used across Nigeria because the national power grid supplies such little electricity to

its people. And it's used not just to run homes and businesses, but banks and hospitals and many other key services to keep a country running.

Now of course because there's no electricity there is no lift, so we're walking.

And of course we live on the top floor.

See you at the top.

It's difficult to imagine and understand quite what is going on in Nigeria right now, but if you look over here is Lagos Port. Inside that

port are depots full of fuel. It's not that Nigeria can't import the fuel, the problem is the government subsidizes petrol and the fuel importers say

that the bills on that subsidy haven't been paid so they've stopped distribution.

And that means that Nigeria is basically shutting down. One example, a simple example is mobile phones. There's a phone mast back there that

runs on a generator that runs on diesel. And the phone companies say they simply won't be able to continue running a normal service, so we won't be

able to make calls.

And the longer this goes on, the worst it is going to get.

Chistian Purefoy, CNN, Lagos, Nigeria.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Meanwhile, a scorching heat wave is sweeping across India blamed in the deaths of more than 600 people in four days.

Now the capital in New Delhi in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the worst hit. Over the weekend, temperatures in New Delhi

soared above 43 degrees Celsius, and the searing heat is forecast to continue for at least the next few days.

Now a very different situation in parts of the U.S. Record setting rains in the states of Oklahoma and Texas have killed at least three people

and washed away hundreds of homes. Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri explains what is extraordinary about this large storm.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Hey, good morning, Kristie. Yes, you know, this historic pattern -- actually all the ingredients have had to

come into place here for the tropical moisture to come right in and of course the central portion of the United States, and mainly the state of

Texas really getting inundated by this historic rainfall.

In fact, take a look at this, some areas from Saturday on into Sunday morning nearly 300 millimeters of rainfall. Now, you think your weekend

was soggy? You see this perspective and then you look at what the first 24 days of the month of May have brought.

Oklahoma City just to the north 475 millimeters of rainfall. For London, with its dubious distinction of rainfall it would take them 10

months to get that much rainfall. Baghdad, five years to get that much rainfall, even Beijing it would take them eight months to record what

they've seen across portions of Oklahoma on into Texas.

But I want to show you the river gauge, because this is fascinating. The water level right around three to four feet. Within a few hours, it

peaks at 40 feet, that is 12 meters high. Previous record was 10 meters. In fact, the water was so high, four story building essentially, that the

river gauge here actually broke. The next (inaudible) we had was when it came back to life, because of tremendous force within the water there.

But the forecast the next couple of days lights up like a Christmas tree. And look at areas from Dallas points eastward towards New Orleans,

Louisiana, tremendous rainfall yet again. So we know flooding going to be again a concern over this region. In fact, millions of people underneath

flash flood watches and warnings over this portion of the United States.

But one piece of good news, Kristie. You take a look at this. This is May 2014, areas in orange and also brown indicating the extreme to

exceptional drought, historic drought that was in place for portions of Texas and Oklahoma, look at what it looks like as of today, literally

beginning to evaporate here when it comes to the severity of the drought now becoming moderate in a lot of areas. So, the improving conditions at

least for some, but of course at the expense of mass devastation for a lot of people.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:36:49] LU STOUT: Improving conditions there. Good to hear. That was Pedram Javaheri.

Now, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison on corruption charges. He was convicted of fraud

and breach of trust after accepting envelopes of cash from an American businessman. Mr. Olmert was also fined about $25,000.

His lawyers are seeking to delay his imprisonment as they consider an appeal.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, anger spilling over on the roads of Beijing. Why Chinese authorities are stepping in to stop

road rage.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. And check out that live shot as thunderstorm sweeping through the city, it's happening right now.

You're back watching News Stream. Just heard the thunder again.

Now, meanwhile in Mainland China, brutal road rage and a brutal road rage incident there was caught on camera. And it sparked a national debate

on driving and civility.

Now, CNN's Steven Jiang shows us what authorities are doing to reign in angry and reckless drivers.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

STEVEN JIANG, CNN PRODUCER: The mere sight of Beijing's traffic jams is often enough to drive some people to the edge.

On the streets here the law of the jungle seems to apply -- anything goes, and nobody yields, not to mention a constant breaking and honking.

It doesn't really take that long for all the frustration and anger to build up inside.

And often, it doesn't take much for them to explode.

In this recent video, a high speed chase between two cars in southwestern China ended in this horrific scene, the male driver dragging

the female driver out of her car, throwing her to the ground and viciously beating her.

After the initial public shock and outrage over the violence, this dash cam footage emerged, showing the woman cutting in front of the men at

the last second on a highway before the incident.

Many of the women's sympathizers online turned against her, stirring a national debate on reckless driving and road rage. The male driver was

detained and the police investigation is underway.

Police say in the past three years, more than 100 million traffic violations in China were related to road rage. Authorities are tightening

rules and increasing penalties. At the Gongzhou (ph) driving school in Beijing, hundreds of students are learning to master tricky maneuvers.

Behind the wheels and in classrooms, they are also studying to become what the government calls safe and civilized drivers before taking a

mandatory test.

Some students appear to have taken the message to heart...

[08:41:20] LIAN DI, DRIVING STUDENT (through translator): If you cut in front of others, they will follow suit and then no one goes anywhere.

Only when everyone changes such mindset would the road rage issue go away.

JIANG: But with millions of new cars and new drivers hitting the road every year, the worry is they only add to the chaos and danger of the

streets of China.

Steven Jiang, CNN, Beijing.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Well, that was really, really disturbing video of that brutal attack.

Finally here on News Stream, a grandmother in Germany has made history. Now she is the oldest woman ever to give birth to quadruplets.

The 65 year old had three boys and one girl. And in all, she now has 17 children and seven grandchildren.

The German broadcaster RTO reports the newborns were delivered by C- section and are being kept in incubators for premature babies. She became pregnant through in-vitro fertilization using donated eggs after one of her

daughters pleaded for a younger sibling.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere. World Sport with Amanda Davies is next.

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