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Pakistan Heat Wave Kills At Least 748 People; Channel Train Service Resumes After Strike Disruption; Wikileaks: U.S. Spied On Three French Presidents; Source: Prison Worker Plied Guards With Baked Goods; Supreme Court Lawmakers Vote On Confederate Flag Bill; Relative: Australian ISIS Fighters Killed By Drone; Tal Abyad Cleared Of ISIS But Fear Remains; Druze Anger Over Israeli Help To Syrian Rebels; Queen Elizabeth On State Visit To Germany; Japan's Middle-Aged Virgins. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired June 23, 2015 - 03:00   ET

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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: More than 700 people are dead in a severe heat wave that is gripping Pakistan.

ERROL BARNETT, CNN ANCHOR: Protesters caused travel chaos after they forced a shutdown of the tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel.

CHURCH: And we are following reports that the U.S. spies wiretapped the last three French presidents.

BARNETT: Hello there and a big welcome to our viewers here in the U.S., and those of you tuned from all around the world. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. This is CNN NEWSROOM.

The record-breaking heat wave sweeping across Southern Pakistan has now killed at least 748 people. Witnesses have described victims dropping dead on the streets as temperatures hit almost 45 degrees Celsius or 113 degrees Fahrenheit over the weekend.

BARNETT: Hospitals and morgues are just overwhelmed with the growing number of dead and frequent power outages have left many Pakistanis without air-conditioning or running water.

CNN correspondent Saima Mohsin joins us on the phone from Karachi with more on the death toll with this intense heat. Simon, we know that Pakistani troops are handing out water and salt tablets, but so many people need assistance right now. How bad are things there today?

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SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Incredibly bad. That is the official death toll we know about and that is the official death toll. This is a huge province. A lot of it is desert. There are people living in rural communities and they may have buried their death immediately and not reported the number of deaths. The heat is incredible but not necessarily unprecedented. We had record-breaking temperatures over the weekend, but this is a hot part of the world. And there is a huge criticism of the provincial government simply not being able to cope. There are not enough morgues in the city.

The hospitals are overwhelmed with thousands of people come into them. A lot of people telling us that in the evening, it's the month of Ramadan here people are fasting. Once the fast ends people are rushing to the hospital because they are incredibly dehydrated.

And when I landed here, the heat really hits you. And this temperature today is nowhere near the temperature people experienced over the weekend. It's incredibly stifling and I'm taking shallow breaths it's so oppressive -- Errol.

BARNETT: And considering the heat is so oppressive, Saima, the government is being criticized for its response to all of this. The Pakistani troops, for example, only getting out into the streets in this past day while this heat wave has been going on for some four days.

They have had to clarify that these are random power outages and the government isn't doing it purposely, but how high is this death toll expected to reach?

MOHSIN: Errol, people are still coming into the hospitals. They are still saying that they are overwhelmed. Mortuaries all packed to the brim now. Mass burial services are taking place later today, we understand.

And the military, you mentioned the government being unable to cope. The military, the National Disaster Management Authority is stepping in. Paramilitary troops are stepping in to try and help cope, and a lot of volunteers and local residents delivering water and tablets, food to the hospitals.

Medicines even to try and support the failing government infrastructure and that is why we are expecting to see more people suffering from heatstroke or sadly resulting in more deaths and as I say, it is a very large province with a huge rural community and you mentioned the electrical power.

People don't have fans in this weather, Errol, and these are power outages, it's a regular occurrence in Pakistan because of corruption and mismanagement on the power grid. And a lot of people outside of Karachi, that is Pakistan's largest city aren't even on the power grid. They are suffering the temperatures without access to hospitals, without access to any electricity at all -- Errol.

BARNETT: It is just heart breaking. Our Saima Mohsin there on the line with us from Karachi, Pakistan, suffering in that heat with so many others. The official death toll is 748.

CHURCH: And we now have our meteorologist, Pedram Javaheri, with us here in the studio. Of course, we know that relief is on the way. The problem is it's too many days away, isn't it?

[03:05:06] PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It's too many days away. It was four straight days and a four-day heat wave, Errol, and the last four days, first, second, third and fourth longest days of the year. So the summer solstice was on Sunday.

So you think about over I believe 20 million or 30 million people across the country observing Ramadan -- or in the city observing Ramadan and they are going without food or water from 5:00 in the morning to 7:00 in the evening, 12 to 13 hours in the hottest, longest days of the year.

BARNETT: So it certainly wears out your body.

JAVAHERI: It's a perfect storm.

BARNETT: It kind of is, yes.

JAVAHERI: And heat is a silent killer. We think it is a killer because they don't have the air-conditioning or perhaps the infrastructure. In the United States, heat kills more people than flooding or tornados or hurricanes.

People don't think about that because it's not as aggressive seeming when you take a look at just the temperature, but it does kill and it kills in a very extended way when you have multiple days of heat. We'll show you what is happening about noon right now in Karachi.

Hottest temperatures across the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding region, that is what it feels like, 42 Celsius, which is about 108 degrees Fahrenheit for lunch time. We have been as high as 57 Celsius, 135 degrees Fahrenheit.

What it feels like when you factor in the humidity. So your body will not be able to efficiently cool itself. It actually shuts down in trying to cool itself and trying to sweat and you see in mosques with perspectives like this.

The fans are not rotating in the picture here. You are seeing the perspective of the extreme conditions there. Extreme conditions in China as well, flooding taking place, incredible video coming out of China that shows you what has happened in the recent days.

Rivers absolutely bursting their banks, cars washed away and hundreds of fatalities because of the tremendous rain. They could use some of it, of course, in Pakistan. But bring you back to the extreme heat because very interesting.

We often talk about this with Errol and also Rosy, look at this, top five deadliest heat waves in recorded history, modern times, all of them since 1998. We had last month in India, 2,300 fatalities. The hottest years on record, in recorded history, also.

Nine of the top ten have occurred since the year 2000 and 1998 in there as well. So it is almost identical in the hottest years globally with the largest number of fatalities. So you would happen, this pattern continues the fatalities will continue long term as well.

BARNETT: All right, we'll have to keep an eye on all of that. Pedram, thanks very much. See you again soon.

Now trains that use the English Channel tunnel have left London and Paris packed with passengers in these past few hours. But thousands of others are still scrambling to get to their destinations, all of this after they were stranded by protests that halted travel between the U.K. and Europe on Tuesday.

CHURCH: Euro Star suspended its service after ferry workers burned tires and scattered litter on the tracks in France, now that is the southern point of the tunnel that links France with Britain. The strike was reportedly over expected job losses.

BARNETT: Travel also slowed to a crawl on roadways near Calais. But as Erin McLaughlin reports many migrants saw a way to take advantage of the traffic jam.

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ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A line of traffic snaking its way through France. Most places, this is a travel nightmare, commuters try to avoid it. But in Calais, France it's seen as an opportunity.

Aerial footage shows migrants as they scramble to board trucks to England. Police try to control the situation. Scenes like this are all too familiar where an estimated 3,000 migrants live in tents waiting for a chance to Cross the English Channel. Many say the problem is getting worse.

MAYA KONFORTI, L'AUBERGE DES MIGRANTS: It's catastrophic. There is no other word for it. There is trash everywhere. There are broken tents and they burn buildings a couple weeks ago. There are 3,000 people living in conditions like that and don't have -- they don't have enough of anything.

MCLAUGHLIN: On Tuesday came an opportunity to escape the squalor. Disgruntled ferry employees protesting ship sales at the company carried a barricade of burning tires and rubble outside the euro tunnel.

Eventually shutting down the tunnel, Euro Star rail and all ferry traffic, sparking travel chaos as far out as London. Police used tear gas and force. Protesters were pushed to the side of the road, the whole scene creating an 8-kilometer line of vehicles, a magnet for desperate migrants. Erin McLaughlin, CNN, London.

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CHURCH: Let's turn our focus now to the Greek debt crisis. Greece's prime minister meets later today with Eurozone finance ministers in Brussels. They are trying to reach agreement on a deal that would secure more bailout funds for Greece and avoid a default. CHURCH: The country has just one week to secure that deal or risk missing the June 30th deadline to repay the IMF. For latest, we want to go to Elinda Labropoulou. She is live in Athens, Greece.

And Elinda, we know of course about this extraordinary meeting planned in Brussels for more talks in an effort to find a solution to the Greek debt crisis.

[03:10:06] How close are they to finding some common ground and what might a final deal look like?

ELINA LABROPOULOU, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we get mixed reports from all sides about this possible deal, but the truth is that with deadlines being so close and the possibility of Greece finding itself without a bailout at the end of the month and having to face this payment to the IMF.

I think all sides will do what they can to reach even a last-minute agreement. We've heard all kinds of suggestions being put on the table, this whole idea of a possible deal, a possible delay or default.

So these are the three options that Greece is now facing. The idea of a delay is a strong possibility. It's been suggested even by the head of the euro group last week and it's something that has been gaining ground in some circles.

Because by now what we're seeing was looking at the proposals and I think there are a lot of questions on what Greece has proposed, a lot of them to do with tax raises, also this whole idea of pensions and more contributions from pensioners.

And a number of measures that the Greek government has set for a long time are actually its red lines that it is willing to go no further. It seems to have crossed these red lines, but at the same time the proposals it is putting do not seem to necessarily be what even the creditors think will be the best solution for Greece.

CHURCH: We'll watch and listen and see what comes out of that extraordinary meeting in Brussels, Elinda Labropoulou reporting live from Athens. Many thanks to you.

BARNETT: Wikileaks says the U.S. National Security Agency wiretapped three French presidents over the past decade. This includes former French presidents, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy as well as current president, Francois Hollande.

Mr. Hollande, has called a meeting with his defense counsel to discuss these allegations. CNN's Jim Bittermann joins us now with more on this from Paris.

So you have a current and two former presidents spied on according to Wikileaks, the White House saying it's not targeting the French president's communications specifically. But just how irritated are French officials over this? JIM BITTERMANN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, there are a couple of reactions here this morning. All of this came out in the left-leading newspaper this morning and on media website here in Paris. And so there has been a little bit of time overnight for officials to get their act together and to react as this defense committee meeting happening now.

I suspect we'll probably here something after that. There is also another parliamentary meeting. Another group of parliamentary members will be meeting with Francois Hollande later today about three hours from now.

I would say that on one hand there is an obligation to react. Somehow the French government has got to react to these revelations. On the other hand, there is kind of an attitude of well, you know, this goes on.

There was a former spy on French television this morning who said the world's largest spying agency is spying it's not exactly a scoop. So I think the number of people who were spied upon have been on television this morning basically saying that they were aware of the fact or at least they were suspicious of the fact that they were being listened to.

And they just believed that if you are in a position, a high sensitive position in government that it is likely that someone is listening to your telephone conversations. Nonetheless there are calls for the French government to react strongly.

There is a feeling that perhaps they haven't reacted enough especially since revelations about the spying that was going on against Madam Merkel in Germany from some months ago. There will be a strong official reaction here, but on the other hand, it's not anything that anyone would not have expected at all.

BARNETT: Now the French government recently made some adjustments to government surveillance in part because of what Edward Snowden and Wikileaks have revealed. I'm just wondering since we are waiting for official French government reaction. How does the French public view these kinds of whistle-blower revelations?

BITTERMANN: Well, one of the things that is happening today ironically is that the national assembly here is considering a bill, which is going to toughen up considerably the laws on French spying on its own citizens and on spying abroad.

Relating to the terrorism attacks earlier this year so the government is about to put in place its own Patriot Act, as it were, it's not going to be called that, of course. But in any case, the same kind of intense spying will be authorized by this bill.

There is a general consensus here that in fact, the government should be monitoring conversations, monitoring telephone conversations in the hunt for terrorists.

[03:15:09] Now whether that is expanded to include monitoring of friendly governments as has apparently been the case with the United States vis-a-vis France, that's another question and it could be authorized under this law. But whether it will be is another question -- Errol.

BARNETT: We'll certainly wait to get that official French reaction to see how this impacts the relationship between the two nations. Jim Bittermann live for us this morning in Paris. Jim, thanks.

CHURCH: The search intensifies for those two escaped killers in upstate New York. Coming up, how baked goods may have helped them break out.

BARNETT: Plus an overwhelming show of support in South Carolina as lawmakers vote on a bill to remove the controversial confederate flag from the state capitol. Stay with us here on CNN.

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CHURCH: From upstate New York, new details about how former prison worker, Joyce Mitchell, may have helped two convicted killers escape. A law enforcement source says Mitchell brought baked goods to guards as a way to win favors for inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat.

[03:20:13] BARNETT: And this source also says Mitchell admits hiding saw blades inside frozen hamburger meat and asking a guard to deliver it to Matt. And at one point, she even asked prison officials to move the inmate's cells next to each other.

CHURCH: The two killers have been on the run since escaping June 6th and as Gary Tuchman reports authorities think they are closing in.

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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The small community of Owls Head, New York is where the search for two escaped killers could at any time finally end. Hundreds of police officers on patrol within minutes of the cabin where the DNA samples of Richard Matt and David Sweat were discovered. Kevin Mulverhill is the county sheriff.

SHERIFF KEVIN MULVERHILL, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NEW YORK: I think we have a good indication they are here, but it's just such a large area.

TUCHMAN (on camera): But your gut is they are close to us right now?

MULVERHILL: My gut is that if they're here we're going to find them.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): The cabin where the killer's DNA was found was right up this trail into the woods. The state police officers behind me are well armed. This waiting could get monotonous, but they can't be complacent. They have to be ready to use their weapons at any time.

Late in the afternoon, a flurry of activity, police started to race to one particular location in the town, but it ended up being a false alarm. The two fugitives in the hunting cabin were taken by surprise and left in a hurry over the weekend. A law enforcement source briefed on the investigation tells CNN. Such a hurry they left personal items behind including a pair of boots, which suggests one of the killers might be barefoot.

(on camera): Without shoes or boots walking up this brush with vegetation and rocks would be very difficult, obviously. But there are a lot of trails here. The issue, though, is these trails are in the open. It's unlikely these escapees would risk being in the open with all these police around.

Many of the homes in the search hot zone are now empty. Permanent residents leaving, vacationers not coming, but Joyce Lawson and Irwin Flurry are in their '80s and staying put.

JOYCE LAWSON, OWLS HEAD, NEW YORK RESIDENT: No place to go. And I'm not really frightened. If I was frightened I'd probably leave but I'm not.

TUCHMAN: And tell me why.

LAWSON: Half the night I have troopers all over the place and all day too.

TUCHMAN: Are you scared of these guys?

ERWIN FLEURY, OWLS HEAD, NEW YORK RESIDENT: These kids? Are you kidding me after what I went through, no.

TUCHMAN: What did you go through?

FLEURY: Well, I'll tell you what, I went through North Korea and South Korea and I'm still here.

TUCHMAN: During the war.

FLEURY: Yes.

TUCHMAN: So what's going on now is nothing compared to being a Korean War veteran.

FLEURY: Not one of them scared me so.

TUCHMAN: So you can handle it?

FLEURY: I can handle it.

TUCHMAN (voice-over): Gary Tuchman, CNN, Owls Head, New York.

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BARNETT: Let's get you to South Carolina now where lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to open up debate on a bill to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol. It all comes in the aftermath of the church massacre in Charleston and pictures that show the accused killer holding the flag. CHURCH: Now while some see the flag as a symbol of southern heritage others say it is a symbol of racism. Martin Savidge reports from Charleston.

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MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Hundreds of South Carolinians rallied on the steps of the South Carolina state house while inside state lawmakers debate the confederate flag and its place on the capitol grounds.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's extremely important issue for our state. The world is watching us.

SAVIDGE: Tonight, the fate of the controversial piece of southern heritage hangs in the balance.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Our ancestors were literally fighting to continue keep human beings as slaves and continue the unimaginable acts that occur when someone is held against their will. I am not proud of this heritage.

SAVIDGE: The controversy is not a new one. The flag was removed from the capitol dome in 2000 and raised nearby on state house grounds. But after last week's massacre, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, made it very clear where she stands.

GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: It's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds.

SAVIDGE: Many prominent Republican politicians have followed suit. Some reversing long held belief that the flag represents southern heritage.

LINDSEY GRAHAM, U.S. Senate Republican: This is a circumstance of where the people led the politicians. I came to conclude after going to Charleston that we had to act and sooner rather than later and God helps out Carolina if we fail to achieve the goal of removing the flag.

SAVIDGE: The rallying cry is sweeping the south from South Carolina to Mississippi, one of the few states where the confederate flag still flies. Lawmakers who once embraced the symbol of the old south are joining a growing chorus.

[03:25:03] Mississippi's House speaker took to Facebook to do what no other Republican in the state has done, publicly call for a change, quote, "As a Christian, I believe our state's flag has become a point of offense that needs to be removed," he wrote.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I believe the same is true here in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

SAVIDGE: And in Virginia, the state's governor announced today that the state would take steps to stop issuing license plates bearing the divisive flag. North Carolina's governor has made a similar request. National retailers including Sears, Amazon and Walmart have announced that they will remove confederate flag merchandise from their shelves. Walmart's CEO explained his decision to CNN.

DOUG MCMILLON, CEO, WALMART: We just don't want to sell products that makes anyone feel uncomfortable and we felt like that was the case. This was the right thing to do.

SAVIDGE: Martin Savidge, CNN, Charleston, South Carolina.

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BARNETT: Two Australians reportedly killed while fighting for ISIS in Iraq. Now the family of one of the militants wants to return to Australia. A live report from Sydney on this next.

CHURCH: And Arwa Damon finds cautious hope in one Syrian city after ISIS has been forced out, but the danger remains. Her exclusive report still to come.

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BARNETT: Thanks for staying with us on CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Errol Barnett.

CHURCH: I'm Rosemary Church. Do want to check the headlines for you this hour.

The intense heat wave sweeping in Southern Pakistan has killed more than 700 people. Hospitals and morgues are overwhelmed and frequent power outages have left many without air-conditioning or running water. The heat wave comes during Ramadan with most Pakistanis foregoing food and water during the day.

[03:30:00] BARNETT: Rail transit across Europe is running much smoother now one day after a strike disrupted service. Ferry workers in Calais, France burned tires and covered trains tracks in rubble reportedly over expected job losses. That caused officials to close the tunnel under the English Channel that links the UK to the rest of Europe.

CHURCH: Wikileaks is accusing the U.S. National Security Agency of spying on three French presidents. France's current president has called a meeting with his defense council to discuss the allegations. A U.S. official says it is not targeting President Hollande, but will conduct surveillance if there's a specific security need for it.

BARNETT: Now another major story we are following, two Australian men who went off to fight for ISIS have reportedly been killed in Iraq. A close relative adds that Khaled Sharrouf and Mohammed Elomar were killed by a drone strike inside the city of Mosul.

CHURCH: Australian authorities had issued arrest warrants for both men after they tweeted pictures of themselves holding the severed heads of Syrian government fighters. The foreign minister says the government is now trying to confirm their deaths. BARNETT: Meanwhile lawmakers in Australia have proposed a new bill that would let the government strip the citizenship of dual citizens fighting overseas. Prime Minister Tony Abbott supports the plan.

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TONY ABBOTT, AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER: People who leave this country to fight for terrorist groups overseas that hate us and are targeting us have committed the modern form of treason and perhaps we need a modern form of banishment to deal with such people.

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CHURCH: Prime Minister Tony Abbott there. And Jessica Rich is a correspondent with SBS in Sydney. She joins us now with more. So, when will the Australian government receive confirmation on whether one or both of these men were killed because we understand the prime minister isn't convinced they are both killed.

And how is the government likely to respond to request from Sharrouf's wife and children to return to Australia given one of his young sons appeared in a shocking photograph last year holding a severed head.

JESSICA RICH, SBS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, that's a very question. Look, we got a little bit of a clearer idea in parliament this afternoon. Australia's foreign affairs minister has spoken about the faith of one of Australia's most notorious foreign fighters.

This on a day, of course, as you mentioned that the government decided to strip the citizenship from terrorist who were dual citizens. There has been building speculation about those claims that Australia's two most notorious recruits, Khaled Sharrouf and Mohammed Elomar, have been filled.

And indeed Saineb Sharrouf, the daughter of Khaled and the wife of Mohammed Elomar has told CNN that he and her father were both killed in a drone strike, but (inaudible), our foreign minister told parliament this afternoon that she'd only been advised that Mohammed Elomar had been killed joining about 30 other Australians also believed to be killed fighting in Syria and Iraq.

She said, quote, "These two men have not been fighting for a noble cause. They had been violent and deranged criminals." So, look, there is a growing confidence back in Australia that certainly Elomar is the advised on Julie Bishops comment this afternoon.

As for pleas for the daughter and the grandchildren to come home, Khaled Sharrouf's mother-in-law has begged the prime minister in the last 24 hours to bring them back from the Middle East.

Karen Middleton's daughter took the children to IS held territory in Syria. Of course, as you mentioned earlier, the family over there gained infamy when their father forced them to pose with the severed heads of dead Syrian soldiers.

In a written statement that the media has gotten hold of in the last 24 hours, Karen Middleton says that her heart is broken and her daughter, Tara, has made the mistake of a lifetime. Her legal team has spoken to the media and has said whatever you think of the deceased these children are vulnerable Australians of a very tender age.

They pleaded with the government to do more to try and get them out and Karen Middleton, indeed, herself, she believes that the Australian government has the resources to save its own citizens.

The prime minister, however, says that the children will be dealt with in the same way that other families of criminals are dealt with and the families should really at this point be engaging with the authorities and not via discussions with the media.

[03:35:05] CHURCH: All right, a lot to cover there and of course, we'll wait to see whether this bill becomes law. It is expected to have bipartisan. We'll see what happens there. We'll be tracking that. Jessica Rich, many thanks to you, from SBS TV for joining us. Appreciate it.

BARNETT: The Northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad is free from ISIS, but the militants did leave their mark.

CHURCH: Yes, Arwa Damon traveled there and spoke with some of the residents. They are trying to rebuild their lives, but the danger from ISIS lingers. Here's Arwa's exclusive report.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: ISIS may have been driven out of Tal Abyad for now, but they still remain a military force that is quite formidable. And during our trip to the town, we were able to see some of what they had at their disposal.

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DAMON (voice-over): This was an ISIS bomb-making facility. Bags filled with a sticky white powder, low grade explosives, which as we are shown, is highly flammable. The YPG, the Kurdish fighting force in control of Tal Abyad is busy clearing it out.

Half the bed of a truck already filled with mortar rounds that they collected here. At the rear of a mosque named after al Qaeda founder, Osama Bin Laden.

Tal Abyad is a mind field of booby traps. It's hard to see through the grate, but stacked along the wall makeshift bombs, detonation cord sneaking out.

This was a park where children used to play. The local YPG commander says something did not feel right. They put a warning on the gate and a resident told them ISIS had booby trapped it.

(on camera): Do you see a cable coming out of it? OK. Don't touch the door. (voice-over): ISIS no longer controls Tal Abyad, but their terror lurks in every corner and the town is still cloaked in fear, a certain unease emanates from the adults, anger evident in their voices, their answers short and sharp.

ISIS forced this man to purchase from them black clothing for his little girls. The three say they were sometimes scared. Now they are just enjoying being outside without head scarves and they want to go back to school.

We went for a month and they closed it, the girls tell us. They made it a base for the state, meaning for ISIS. That was two years ago. Now they say they are happy. In an environment like this, one can only hope it stays that way.

(on camera): That particular family had fled to Tal Abyad from Aleppo before ISIS took over the town, but when the terrorist organization, the girl's father said, he quite simply could not afford to move his family anywhere else.

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BARNETT: That was Arwa Damon there. You can find out more on this story by heading to our website. There is a gallery of images from Tal Abyad that you didn't see in Arwa's report, just head to CNN.com.

CHURCH: A complex relationship with a religious group in the region threatens to bring Israel into the Syrian crisis. The Druzes have their biggest community in Syria and Lebanon. The Syrian Druze are largest loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad so Druze in Israel and the Golan Heights object to Israel's medical aid to Syrian rebels. That erupted into deadly violence Monday and several Druze are under arrest. Oren Liebermann has the details.

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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Israel military ambulance was the mob's first target in the Golan Heights. Police say a Druze mob attacked the ambulance with stones, but the mob was after the people inside, wounded Syrian brought in from the ongoing civil war.

Killing one of them, police say, and leaving the other in critical condition, the mob furious that Israel provides medical aid to wounded Syrians, some of them rebels like the Free Syrian Army rebels we met at a hospital in Northern Israel in April. But Druze community leader, Rafiq Halabi (ph) says it was Islamic militants (inaudible) Al Nusra in that ambulance attack Monday night.

MAYOR RAFIQ HALABI, DRUZE COMMUNITY LEADER: Israel wants to take care and issues so I can understand Israel. On the other hand, I cannot understand Israel taking care even if it's a humanitarian for the --

LIEBERMANN: The Druze is an ethnic and religious minority in the Middle East. About 130,000 Druze live in Israel with their members (inaudible) serving the army and more. But the biggest Druze community lives in Syria where they have come under attack from Syrian rebels in recent weeks including Jabat (ph) Al Nusra.

[03:40:05] Last week, Al Nusra fired at a Syrian village and amateur video claimed to show Al Nusra fired at Haden, a Druze village in the Syrian Golan. An amateur video claimed to show Druze sheiks killed by Al Nursa. CNN could not independently verify the video.

The Druze has called on Israel to protect their families in Syria who face growing threats from Al Nusra and ISIS. Israel finds itself in a difficult situation trying to help the Druze while treating Syrian rebels' enemies of the Druze, all without being pulled into Syria's ongoing war.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: We are not going to be a part of the anarchy going on around us. I call on the leaders of the Druze community to calm their people and to call on each Druze citizen of Israel to observe and respect the law of the soldiers, and not to take the law into their own hands.

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LIEBERMANN: And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with the Druze leaders to try to maintain in the Golan Heights as the war across the frontier draws ever closer. Oren Liebermann, CNN, Jerusalem.

CHURCH: And we'll take a very short break here. But still to come on CNN NEWSROOM, Queen Elizabeth has a busy day of events ahead of her in Germany. We're live from berlin. That's ahead.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Queen Elizabeth is beginning her first full day of her state visit to Germany. The queen and Prince Philip arrived in Germany Tuesday. They were greeted by officials and a gun salute.

BARNETT: The royals will be in the country for a four-day visit that includes a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and a visit to an Ann Frank Memorial. CNN's royal correspondent, Max Foster, is following the queen's visit and joins me now from Berlin with more. Max, what can we expect from the state visit today?

MAX FOSTER, CNN ROYAL CORRESPONDENT: It's interesting. People always saying this is her last state visit, but the palace very much dismissing that.

[03:45:05] If you look at her schedule it's absolutely packed. It puts her grandchildren to shame. An interesting moment today when she travels in a boat to meet Angela Merkel, she is going to go to the lion of where east did meet west here in Berlin.

So a lot of symbolism there and you have the world's longest serving monarch, the queen who has been on the throne for 60 years now and meeting the world's most powerful woman, Angela Merkel, but as a back drop to this. The trip was organized two years ago it's a tense moment for UK-German relations.

David Cameron, the British prime minister, wants to renegotiate Britain's position in the European Union and he has to have Angela Merkel's support. So he is going to take the unusual step of joining the royal tour, getting politics involved in this royal tour.

And he's going to have a meeting at the state banquet with Angela Merkel. It's a case of soft diplomacy, if you like, the queen really setting the scene of positivity and collaboration, and then David Cameron sort of slipping in there and try to get some politics down in the background -- Errol.

BARNETT: Something we have seen from the royal family, though, they are doing what they can during their state visits to ease over relationships and not get into the nitty gritty of politics. And what about the decision the queen needs to make apparently on whether to vacate Buckingham Palace for maintenance? What can you tell us about that?

FOSTER: Yes, that was interesting. So there was a briefing yesterday in London around the palace finances, how they use public money, how they received it and how they spend it. They are going to be receiving more this year because of the complicated way in which the finances are worked out.

But I can speak to royal sources here and they added an extra line in response to the fact that the queen is getting more money but the maintenance projects on the royal palaces is so high and to get the work done that needs to be done at Buckingham Palace including a complete rewiring and re-plumbing and some work on the fascia as well.

It is going to cost 150 million pounds and one option they are considering is rather than doing stages is doing a whole lot in one go which would mean the queen would have to move out for a certain time and go to Windsor?

But it's interesting because the Houses of Parliament are considering the same thing. You could have a situation where the two most important buildings in London, parts of the constitution, parliament and Buckingham Palace will be vacant at the same time.

And that would have an impact on tourism as well, but it's an unusual step. It has not been signed off by the queen yet, but it is something that people are talking about here as well as in London.

BARNETT: And in the meantime, we'll continue to watch the queen's state visit there to Berlin. We are looking at live images now. Max foster will be tracking this throughout the day. Max, thanks very much. We'll see you later.

CHURCH: And next here on CNN NEWSROOM, the 40-year-old virgin is a fictional American movie, but for some men in Japan, well, it's their uncomfortable reality.

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BARNETT: Welcome back, everyone. A popular fashion trend sends an Australian woman to the hospital. Get this. The 35-year-old was squatting for hours while helping a relative move all while wearing skinny jeans.

CHURCH: Her position together with the tight jeans led to what's called compartment syndrome. The jeans cut the blood flow to her legs causing swelling and increasing pressure on nerves. After four days on an I.V. drip, she could walk again. But can't figure out why she was squatting for so long if she was helping a relative move?

BARNETT: Wear sweat pants, something loose.

In Japan, an art class offers middle-aged men a chance to draw nude images or draw imaged of nude women, but for some it's the closest they have been to a naked woman.

CHURCH: Errol can't believe it and as CNN's Will Ripley reports, it's part of a larger problem in Japan that some are trying to change.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tokyo's famous red light district caters to every sexual desire, the kind of place that could make you think that most of Japan is obsessed with sex until you meet people like Takashi Sakai (ph), who asked us to hide his face and change his name.

(on camera): Your 41 years old and have a good job, but you have never had sex?

(voice-over): Approaching middle age, he has never had a relationship or even been kissed.

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RIPLEY: A real-life version of Steve Carell's character, the 40-year- old virgin. Sakai is not alone. A Japanese government study says one in four Japanese men in their 30s who have never been married were virgins. While some prefer it that way, others would like their fortunes to change.

Their difficulty blamed on everything from a stagnant economy to Japanese manga fans favoring fantasy over reality. For some of these men this nude art class is the closest they have ever been to an actual naked woman.

(on camera): Classes like this try to help people feel more comfortable with their sexuality. And there is this textbook for virgins to help them break down their barriers to sex.

(voice-over): Class organizers know the apparent disconnect is leading to fewer relationships, record low birthrates and a shrinking population, a crisis threatening the world's third largest economy. By solving the virgin problem, I think we can solve other problems related to sex. His non-profit offers sex education and assistance. In Japanese society, we have so much entertainment, he says. Why do we have to choose love or sex?

[03:55:10] Sakai is a mountain climbing 41-year-old who appears to lead a normal life hiding his virginity from family and friends.

(on camera): Do you have hope that you are going to meet someone hopefully soon?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I always have hope. I keep having hope.

RIPLEY: Hope to fall in love, get married, and start a family. Hope that someday that he'll have more than a sketch to call his own. Will Ripley, CNN, Tokyo.

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BARNETT: I certainly hope they find love soon.

CHURCH: I do too, yes, indeed.

Well, the police department in Winnipeg, Canada admits that two officers inadvertently broadcast an off-color conversation over a loud speaker. And they are apologizing for the sexually explicit banter residents in several neighborhoods overheard.

BARNETT: You see the loud speaker was on a patrolling helicopter, but apparently the officers could not hear it from inside the chopper until it was too late. Listen as witnesses explain what happened.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I heard a conversation coming from the helicopter. The conversation I heard was very sexually inappropriate.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The first thing I made out is a word I can't say on television and then he said $600 a week. I don't know the context.

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BARNETT: Police say the incident is under investigation.

CHURCH: And you are watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Rosemary Church.

BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. Stay with CNN, EARLY START is next for those of you in the states.

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