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[08:00:12] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now FIFA is due to elect a president in the next hour. Will Sepp Blatter win again despite the organization's worst corruption scandal ever?

Plus, Nigeria's new president takes charge. We'll look at the many challenges facing Muhammadu Buhari.

And CNN takes you inside China's space city. We'll hear from some of the country's most celebrated heroes to see how they train for outer space.

Discipline, respect, fair play. Now FIFA President Sepp Blatter says delegates at the 65th FIFA world congress should use principles from the

football pitch as it prepared to cast their votes for president. And it comes down to these two men.

Now Blatter looks set to win a fifth term despite calls for him to go. And the head of Europe's football governing body as well as England and the

U.S. have thrown their support behind Blatter's opponent Prince Ali bin al- Hussein of Jordan. And it's all happening during two corruption investigations that have rocked FIFA.

Demonstrators gathered outside the FIFA congress in Zurich, protesting Blatter and the organization.

Now let's head straight to Zurich now. And CNN senior international correspondent Nic Robertson is there. And he joins us now live.

And Nic, the race for FIFA president, who is supporting Sepp Blatter and why?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, you have the African football federation, you have the Asian federation part of FIFA

obviously with a large number of votes between them, 100 votes between them.

They both indicated that they're willing to vote for Sepp Blatter. There will be 209 people voting. So that's a lot of votes already.

He needs to get 140 on the first round, it's a two-third majority, wins.

Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, he does have good support in Europe. There are 54 votes coming from UEFA. He may get a large number of those,

46, maybe more than that. But it's not enough at the moment without more support to tip the scales in favor of the challenger Prince Ali at the

moment.

Sepp Blatter is campaigning on transparency saying that they should move forward together, that he wants to leave the organization, but he

accepts that he can't accept responsibility for everything by himself. He says he's responsible for what happens, but he can't know obviously what

all 209 different delegates are doing at any given time, that it's individuals that are tarnishing the reputation of the group, it's not the

group FIFA as a whole here.

Prince Ali is really pushing an agenda of kind of sort of bring in Asian and African federations to his side, if you will, by being prepared

and offering to increase the number of teams represented in the World Cup, up from 32 to 36, that would guarantee effectively places for African

teams, for Asian teams, and increasing the funding for the different football federations that they (inaudible) it would go from a quarter of a

million dollars a year to half a million dollars a year.

But really the wind is in Sepp Blatter's sails. He really has the majority of the support here. That vote coming within the next couple of

hours, Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, we took a little bit of a hit on our connection just then, but I'm going to go ahead and ask you a followup question,

because the world is just waiting to see the impact of these two separate investigations. The world is waiting to see the impact it's going to have

on this upcoming vote. What is the mood like there in Zurich.

ROBERTSON: Well, you know, just a short time ago there was a bomb threat against the congress. There wasn't a mass evacuation -- everyone

was out for lunch. The police went in and investigated. They found nothing. You know, and even in that context of a bomb threat, the

atmosphere here really is one that feels quite relaxed. People do seem to have arrived pretty much knowing their positions, knowing the way that they

feel about it, or at least they've come to those conclusions over the last 24 hours.

There is a protest going on behind me right now, a small protest because in the next hour or so there's going to be a discussion,

Palestinian football federation moving to have Israel excluded from FIFA, issue there the sort of freedom of movement of teams. Israel says that

there's a security issue that's at stake here as well. That'll be debated. There's a protest outside going on about that right now.

But really the atmosphere here looking inside the congress is they're discussing issues right now. It's calm. It's business as usual, Kristie.

[08:05:14] LU STOUT: Business as usual there in Zurich, Switzerland as we approach the end of the race for FIFA's new president.

Now Nic Robertson reporting live for us. Thank you.

And for on the outlook for FIFA's president, CNN World Sports Amanda Davies joins us now from London. And Amanda, Sepp Blatter, if he is indeed

reelected, does he really have a future?

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: That is the question, Kristie, whether he has a future in football or indeed the perception of

him and FIFA around the world.

But I'm going to tell you some of what we've been hearing from inside the FIFA congress. This is a world where there's a lot of discussions and

meetings in corners over lunch, over coffee, in hotel rooms late at night. There is an annual dinner that took place last night ahead of this

congress. Both Prince Ali and Sepp Blatter were there.

And what I'm hearing, the mood from the Prince Ali camp, is that they're more confident than they have ever been. They went into this week

expecting a decent result for them was going to be about 40 votes out of the possible 209. I've seen the events of the last couple of days

described as a gamechanger. And from what I'm hearing, we obviously don't know until those votes are cast on the bits of paper, but there seems to

have been something of a drift from some of the votes that Sepp Blatter thought he could guarantee.

And what we're hearing is that Prince Ali might have made a much better impression than expected, and that they might actually see this vote

make it into a second round. That would be a serious, serious result for Prince Ali's camp with the suggestion that the South American contingent

are throwing their weight behind Prince Ali, there might be something of a drift from some of the African states, we're hearing. And then Prince Ali

had always said his aim was not to win over continents, but to pick up vote by vote.

And from what we're hearing, he might just do enough to take this into the second round of voting. He needs 70 votes out of the 209 to do that.

If we get to a second round of voting, then it just needs a straight majority. And that could be anybody's game.

But this is very speculative. But from what we're hearing, things might not be as good as Sepp Blatter was maybe expecting.

LU STOUT: Very, very interesting possible numbers coming out. This race could be a lot more close than we think. Amanda Davies reporting live

for us, thank you.

And if you want to know more about the two men vying for FIFA's top job, just go straight to our website, CNN.com. And there you will find

side by side comparisons of both candidates and information on who is supporting them.

Now Myanmar's navy just picked up 727 migrants packed in a fishing boat in its waters. Now this comes just after a summit to save thousands

of migrant lives wrapped up a short while ago in Bangkok. And during that summit, the United Nations said that Myanmar needs to address why thousands

of minority Rohingya are fleeing the country.

And Myanmar says it can't be singled out for the latest migrant influx.

Now the summit also looked at immediate solutions for the thousands trapped on migrant boats still in the Indian sea. Thailand says it will

let U.S. surveillance planes fly from its territory to find migrant boats that are still adrift.

Now Saima Mohsin joins me now with the very latest. And Saima, first let's talk about Myanmar. How much responsibility is Myanmar willing to

take for this crisis? And was it even willing to use the word Rohingya at the summit today?

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely not, Kristie. In fact, Myanmar wasn't going to come if the term Rohingya was

even mentioned. They did come to the table, which is considered a success in itself, bringing them to the table to talk about this crisis. But they

did not use the term Rohingya. We are told -- I've just come out of a press conference right now, the end of the day that the summary has been

handed out of the meeting, what they believe they have achieved so far. And we were told that the term Rohingya was mentioned, not liberally, but

it was brought up.

Now as far as Myanmar taking its share of responsibility it said repeatedly fingerpointing will not help matters. And it said that it will

take no responsibility for the people fleeing. In fact, it didn't really touch upon that aspect.

All that Myanmar kept on repeating was that the people smuggling and human trafficking aspect very much needs to be dealt with. And they are

willing to help as far as that is concerned -- Kristie.

[08:10:00] LU STOUT: And we also know that a number of migrants are fleeing from extreme poverty in Bangladesh. So, what action is Bangladesh

willing to take to somehow stem this crisis and to also help save more migrant lives?

MOHSIN: You know, it was in the opening remarks that's the only time the media was allowed in, Kristie. And I was there at the time when

Bangladesh's delegate spoke. It was a really vociferous, bold statement, very confident one, some would say slightly defensive, but a very long list

was provided of what they're trying to do to improve the situation.

Very defensive, as I say. They said they have a 6.2 percent GDP growth year on year. They have poverty alleviation of 2.2 percent every

year. They've launched campaign to raise awareness, something that a lot of other countries have been criticized for not doing. They've launched a

campaign using local media, enlisting the help of local community leaders and religious leaders.

So, Bangladesh says it's doing all it can to try and stop people getting on these boats -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: OK. Saima Mohsin reporting for us live from Bangkok. Many thanks indeed for giving us the very latest coming out of this summit there

on the fate of the migrants involved in this terrible crisis. Thank you, Saima.

Now, even for migrants who do successfully reach Malaysia, their futures are still bleak. Our senior international correspondent Ivan

Watson went to one of these detention camps in Malaysia where the migrants are being housed. And according to the Malaysia deputy home minister, this

center was built for 1,000 people, but it is now housing over 2,800 Rohingya refugees.

Now the process of relocation is slow. And the minister also accuses Myanmar of refusing to help with repatriation.

Now, Malaysian officials have just stopped another Hong Kong activist from entering the country. They seized the Hong Kong lawmaker Leung Kwok-

hung's passport at Kuala Lumpur airport and then they sent him back to Hong Kong. And this comes, after Malaysia prevented the teenage activist Joshua

Wong from entering on Tuesday.

Now Leung and Wang were both headed to a forum on the Tienanmen Square protests. A Malaysian police chief said they didn't want to jeopardize

ties with China.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come, we look at the challenges facing Nigeria's new president sworn in Friday in a peaceful transfer of

power.

And people in southern India are cooling off any way they can as a blistering heat wave continues.

And we go inside China's space city and find out what it takes to be a Chinese astronaut.

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LU STOUT: All right. Welcome back. You're watching News Stream. And you're looking at a visual version of all the stories we've got in the

program today. We've already told you about FIFA's presidential election. And later, we'll take a special look inside China's space city.

But first, Nigeria's new president is vowing to step up the offensive against Boko Haram.

Now retired general Muhammadu Buhari called the militant group mindless and godless.

Now the 72-year-old was sworn in Friday in Abuja in Nigeria's first peaceful transfer of power.

Now the Boko Haram insurgency is just one of the pressing issues that Mr. Buhari is inheriting. He must also contend with critical field

shortages as well as a troubled economy.

Now Christian Purefoy is in Abuja. He joins me now with the very latest. And Christian, walk us through the inauguration and again the

significance of this day.

[08:15:12] CHRISTIAN PUREFOY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, it's difficult to overestimate how important today is for Nigeria, but also

Africa. Nigeria is Africa's largest economy, most populous country, largest oil producer, but since 1960 it has gone from coup to counter coup

to aborted democratic attempt. And today, for the first time, you have the transfer of power from one ruling party to an opposition candidate. It is

absolutely unprecedented and turns on its head the logic of Nigeria. The person sitting at the presidency in Nigeria on top of billions of dollars

of oil would actually be willing to give it up, which no one has ever really done in the past.

So, an absolutely historic day.

But there are challenges ahead for the new president Muhammadu Buhari are vast -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: And Christian, what kind of leader is Muhammadu Buhari? And does he have what it takes to unite the country, to unite Nigerians

against Boko Haram, fuel shortages, corruption?

PUREFOY: Muhammadu Buhari is seen as a stern man, but a man of big anti-corruption credentials. He -- it was often described as the man who

wanted to be president, he's run many times, but with actually never get in because of those credentials. And that's (inaudible) as to the challenge

he faces on all fronts.

You know, the idea that people said he would never get in simply because he was anti-corruption. He has to tackle security, as you

mentioned Boko Haram, he has to tackle electricity shortages. People here get a few hours of electricity a day if they're lucky, Kristie. And then

you have the problem of corruption, the problem of -- the problems go on and on for Nigeria.

And you know, just hope for Nigeria has always been that it is this giant of Africa, its potential, its resources, its human capacity are

enormous. And people really hope that, you know, with just some strong leader with a democratic mandate -- and this is really just, you know, the

first proper democratically mandated leader in Nigeria has had, that they will be able to inflict some sort of change on this country.

But there is enormous expectation -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, enormous expectations. And his leadership will certainly be tested. What do the people of Nigeria make of Mr. Buhari? Do

they feel that Nigeria will be more stable, will be safer under his leadership?

PUREFOY: Buhari is an ex-general, and that is one of the reasons that they did vote him in. Boko Haram and the breakdown of law and order,

really, lack of trust in the security agencies has eroded away people's trust in the government of Nigeria. So, they voted him back in because he

was -- voted him in. He was a military leader before -- came in, in a coup.

They voted him in, because they hoped that that's the sort of man, a strong man at the top of government that can try and put in some change.

They see the previous president, Goodluck Jonathan, as weak and unable to control those sort of corrupt elements even if, you know, people thought

that he meant well.

And so, yes, Buhari they hope will be that strong man that comes in. But the expectation, as one person we spoke to, he said we expect more than

magic from this man, which, you know, is completely unreasonable with any one man to ask in any country, but particularly in Nigeria. And that's

another challenge Buhari is going to have to face, not just trying to change Nigeria, you know, produce rule of law and strengthen institutions,

but actually temper people's expectations, you know, he says -- and his team says he's got 100 days to try and put in some changes. But even those

changes are going to take even longer, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, big expectations, big challenges ahead for Nigeria's new leader. Christian Purefoy live on the line from Abuja. Thank you.

Now for the second time in a week, there has been an explosion at a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia. And video has just been posted on social

media, and it is frightening.

It happened outside the mosque in the port city of Damam (ph). And the Saudi news agency reports at least four worshippers were killed.

Now last week ISIS claimed responsibility for a mosque bombing that killed 21 people, more than 100 were wounded.

And in the Iraqi capital, security has been boosted at prominent hotels after two suspected car bombings. Now police say at least nine

people were killed and 14 injured in the explosions on Friday. Both hotels are popular with the city's elite and foreigners, including journalists.

Meanwhile, in Syria a coalition of Islamist rebel groups, but not ISIS, have taken control of the city of Ariha in Idlib province, after days

of fighting government troops. And this video, it claims to show those government forces leaving.

And this leaves the province along the border with Turkey mostly out of control of President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

You're watching News Stream. And coming up next, the unrelenting heat in India showing no mercy to the most vulnerable. More than a thousand

people have died and the sick are suffering. We'll show you where cancer patients are having to wait for medical treatment.

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[08:23:25] LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now residents fled an island in southwest Japan after Mount Shindake erupted in a spectacular cloud of ash. The explosion sent hot gas and rock

pouring toward the island shores. And authorities quickly raised the eruption alert to the highest level and ordered all 137 people who live on

that island to leave.

Monsoon rains are forecast for India next week, but that is literally for the millions of the people enduring this blistering heat wave. More

than 1,700 people across southern India have died as a result of this heat wave, that's according to state disaster management authorities. And they

are advising people to stay indoors and to drink water.

Now, people are flocking to overwhelmed hospitals seeking medical treatment for chronic illnesses. Mallika Kapur has their story.

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MALLIKA KAPUR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is home now, the streets of New Delhi. These patients have come from different corners of

India to get medical treatment for various ailments. Problem is, the government-run hospital behind them is full, so they're camping outside in

the blistering heat.

Temperatures in the capital topped 45 degrees Celsius, 114 Fahrenheit in the past few days. Worst affected, the poorest of the poor.

"No matter how hot it is, we have to live here day or night," the man says. "We're lucky if we get to sleep a little bit. We have no choice."

What they have is resilience.

Used to living through hot summers every year, for these people this heat wave is a secondary problem. Many in this group are cancer patients,

some sick they don't even have the energy to fan themselves. They can barely afford to buy water.

Somehow, they cook, finding respite in a shaded spot, covering their eyes with their hands.

This baby makes the most of a piece of cardboard. They don't have much, but they do have hope.

"Survival?" This lady asks. "What can I say? It's all in the hands of god."

Mallika Kapur, CNN, Mumbai.

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[08:25:44] LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, China may have been late to the space game, but it is

shooting for the stars.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope our space program will be better and better.

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

Now delegates at FIFA's world congress could begin voting in a president in the next hour. And incumbent Sepp Blatter looks set to win,

despite calls for him to go. Now there are two corruption investigations underway, one by the Swiss and one by the Americans. And now the serious

fraud office in the UK says it is assessing FIFA material in its possession.

Myanmar's navy just picked up 727 migrants packed in a fishing boat in its waters. This comes just after a summit to save thousands of migrant

lives in Bangkok. Myanmar said during the summit that it can't be singled out for the migrant crisis.

Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari is vowing to step up the offensive against Boko Haram. The 72 year old retired general called the

Islamic militant group mindless and godless as an inauguration on Friday.

Britain is trying to negotiate better terms regarding its membership in the European Union. With a visit to Germany, Prime Minister David

Cameron is trying to make EU membership more popular at home. Now British voters are expected to decide by 2017 whether to leave or stay in the

union.

The Chinese economy has been soaring at astronomical speed for years and so, too, its space ambitions.

Now pioneers Russia and the U.S. are still at the top of the game, but China is quickly playing catch up. And CNN has gained exclusive access to

Beijing's space city, home to the secretive manned space program. And David McKenzie takes us on this rare tour.

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[08:30:28] DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We're heading to the far northwest of Beijing to try and get access to a story

we've been working on for more than a year, because we've been dealing ultimately with the People's Liberation Army.

Going inside space city where foreign journalists are almost never let in. It's the heart of China's most expensive and ambitious project yet:

the manned space program.

We're meeting three of China's best known astronauts, its their first ever interview with the foreign reporter.

Is it very difficult to dock the two spacecraft together?

NIE HAISHENG, CHINESE ASTRONAUT (through translator): It is very difficult to dock the two spacecraft together, that is why we had to do the

simulation many, many times.

MCKENZIE: And how many hours did you have to practice?

HAISHENG (through translator): We trained for the docking for two years.

MCKENZIE: Two years?

HAISHENG: Two years.

MCKENZIE: CNN has obtained this exclusive footage of their rigorous training. Thousands of hours of simulations hone technique. So, it's

perfect in space.

Physical, psychological and team testing always on the go.

And it seems like you have to be a certain height, you have to have a degree, you need to pass all these physical, psychological tests. Do you

have to be superhuman to be an astronaut?

HAISHENG (through translator): Though the training process of astronauts is very difficult, we are just ordinary people. But certain

characteristics make us more suitable to fly space missions.

MCKENZIE: So this is the model -- I mean, in fact a simulator of what the Chinese astronauts do in space. This over here is the space lab that

went into all but some years ago the Tianlong 1. And over here is the spaceship that attaches to it, the Shenzhou.

Now the Shenzhou was originally modeled on the Soyuz Russian, or Soviet Union spacecraft.

China borrowed heavily from the Russians when it launched its space program in the early 90s. Since then, it has steadily checked off the

milestones -- first man in space, first spacewalk, first multi-day mission. But it comes decades after the Cold War race to space.

HAISHENG (through translator): The United States and Russia started their space programs early. They are the pioneers.

MCKENZIE: Presumably you want it to be the best.

HAISHENG (through translator): Of course. I hope our space program will be better and better.

MCKENZIE: The Chinese space program cooperates with the European Union and others, but then entire program is locked out of NASA by U.S.

congress. And it's banned from the International Space Station where 50 nations operate.

MILES O'BRIEN, CNN AVIATION ANALYST: Every time this ever gets mentioned at all anywhere near congress, it gets shut down immediately.

There's tremendous skepticism there about China, it is viewed as a foe, it's viewed as a government that seeks to take our intellectual property,

our national secrets and treasure.

MCKENZIE: Is it disappointing that you cannot directly cooperate with NASA or do joint exercises with the International Space Station.

HAIDSHENG (through translator): As an astronaut, I have a very strong desire to fly space missions with astronauts from other countries.

MCKENZIE: For now, their manned space program goes it alone. China plans to put its own space station in orbit within a decade, but their

ultimate aim is perhaps the moon or even Mars.

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LU STOUT: And David McKenzie joins me now live from Beijing. And David, great reporting. In that report, you point out that China is indeed

locked out of NASA, locked out of the International Space Station, so when China opens up its space station, when is that going to happen? And will

it welcome all nations, including the U.S.?

MCKENZIE: Well, Kristie, it's a good question. That space station, they say, will be released, or launched within the decade. And that's

actually interesting, because that's when the International Space Station, with all those other countries, including the U.S. and Russia, Japan, will

potentially run out of funding, so China could be left as the only country with a permanent position in space for the manned space program, that is.

And the Chinese and the astronauts did say they welcome anyone who wants to be aboard that space station, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Now, the U.S. believes that China's space program is a security threat. China insists it has peaceful intentions. But what were

you able to learn while inside space city about the ultimate goal here for China? I mean, does China, at least in the near-term, want to put a man on

the moon or go just way far beyond that?

MCKENZIE: Well, they wouldn't take the bait on that one, Kristie. You know, I asked do you want to go to the moon or Mars, the commander just

laughed at me. Their stated goal is that space station, where they want to go beyond that who knows. But they have very much ambitious plans.

I think it's also important delineating between the two things. There's the unmanned space program, and that's where a lot of the military

aspects of China's space exploration is, and then the manned space program, which effectively is at this stage very much a political exploration,

because it's such a big moment for the Chinese to be only the third country to independently put astronauts out in space. They are at some level

limited uses for manned space program at this stage in space for military uses.

But certainly you know far into the future they say potentially the next wars would be fought in space, but for now they insist that astronauts

have nothing to do with active military situation -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Got it. And thanks for pointing out the -- China's both manned and unmanned space missions. In fact, if you look at their unmanned

missions, they already are on the moon with a lunar probe there.

And finally I have to ask you, you know, foreign journalists are usually forbidden, not allowed in China's space city, so how did you and

how did the crew get the invitation to go inside?

MCKENZIE: Well, it took a lot of phone calls and a lot of faxes over more than a year-and-a-half, Kristie, to be honest, to get inside. Once

they gave us the go ahead it was interesting, because we could ask them anything we liked, but we were confined to that room, that very large room

where they do these simulations, which was just fascinating. Around there, it's a huge complex. You've got all sorts of buildings which you're not

quite sure what's going on, and most of it is in fact classified.

I think they let us in to give that message out to the world from their perspective that they want to cooperate with other agencies,

including the U.S. And it's really interesting to see that astronauts in a way are this kind of brotherhood, sisterhood. Astronauts seem to have this

bond amongst themselves, a very elite group of course. And the Chinese astronauts feel that even with everything they have achieved, that they're

kind of missing out by not sharing their knowledge with other nations.

You know, behind all of this, though, are the accusations that China is trying to steal intellectual property and get in to take away some of

the gains from the U.S. and others, but at least the astronauts themselves say all they want to do is explore space together -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, big ambitions in China's space program, and also that desire expressed that a commander, he just wants to have that opportunity

to be on the International Space Station.

David McKenzie reporting for us live from Beijing, thank you.

And you can see more of David's exclusive report this weekend. The 30 minute special, it's called Inside Space City, airs Saturday night here in

Hong Kong. You can tune in at 7:30 p.m. local time Hong Kong.

Now over on this website, you could check out this interactive on China's space program. And among other things, you can see how it stacks

up against the U.S. and Russia. You can find it at CNN.com.

Now you're watching News Stream. Still to come on the program, forget top of the class, now these two are best in the U.S. when it comes to

spelling. We'll introduce you to the joint National Spelling Bee winners next.

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[08:40:34] LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now the world's most popular mobile operating system is getting an upgrade. Google unveiled Android M on Thursday. It includes a new payment

system and a new app called Google Photos that will store an unlimited number of pictures.

But Android M is more like an update instead of an overhaul. Google says it's focusing on stability and security.

Now Android is critical to Google. And this pictures shows how it supports Google's plan to be on every screen from car stereos to

smartwatches, phones, tablets, computers, even TVs.

Now for the second year in a row we have co-champions in the biggest spelling bee in the U.S. 13 year old Vanya Shivashankar and 14 year old

Gokul Venkatachalam tied for victory in the Scripps national tournament.

Here is the final word.

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JUDGE: If you spell this word correctly, he Scripps national spelling bee will declare you and Vanya co-champions.

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JUDGE: Ready?

Nunatak.

GOKUL VENKATACHALAM, 2015 SPELLING BEE CO-CHAMPION: Nunatak. N-U-N- A-T-A-K.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Correct.

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LU STOUT: Now, Nunatak is an Inuit term for an exposed area in an ice field or a glacier.

Now the other champ Vanya correctly spelled scherenschnitte. It's a German term for cut paper art.

Another fun fact here, Vanya's sister won the Bee in 2009.

Now, if you think you are a speller's speller, well, let Jake Tapper put you to the test. Now you can take part in this CNN spelling bee on our

website, CNN.com.

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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