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[08:00:17] MANISHA TANK, HOST: Hi, I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. A very warm welcome to News Stream.

Reports out of Syria say Russia has bombed ISIS targets in the city of Palmyra.

The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan will face U.S. lawmakers. They'll be looking for answers after the U.S. bombing of a hospital in

Kunduz.

And Rio's iconic beaches plagued by gangs of thieves.

There have been major developments in Russia's military campaign in Syria.

Syrian television reports that joint Russian and Syrian airstrikes have hit ISIS targets in the ancient city of Palmyra. It comes just hours

after NATO says it was no accident that Russian war planes have entered Turkish air space twice.

All this coming as the EU wraps up a meeting with the Russian president.

Now a senior international correspondent Matthew Chance has been monitoring those talks from the Russian capital. Let's check in with him

now.

Matthew, and what do you think it is that they've discussed?

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, I expect that European leaders have been expressing to the Russian president the concerns

that they have about the ongoing Russian campaign in Syria. I mean, NATO has come out within the past hour or so and condemned the ongoing military

operation there by Russia saying that it targets civilians and opposition groups inside Syria and calling on Russia to work more towards targeting

simply Islamic State and not the other opposition groups that are opposed to Bashar al-Assad, Russia's long-standing ally.

Also, the NATO authorities there condemning the Russian incursions with their aircraft into Turkish airspace. There's been two of these

incursions over the weekend, both of them strongly criticized by the Turkish authorities. There were diplomatic protests to Moscow from Ankara.

Russia has essentially explained them away by saying that, look, you know, it was an accident. It was a navigational error, we'll try to make

sure it doesn't happen again. But NATO not really accepting that saying that it does not believe the secretary-general saying that he does not

believe that these airstrikes -- sorry, not airstrikes -- that these incursions by aircraft were an accident. And so the indication is from him

that he believes this is a deliberate policy on the part of the Russians.

Although he didn't explain what that policy might be aiming towards.

But it does underline the dangers of the fact that Russia is flying around in Syrian airspace. NATO has a campaign there as well in this U.S.-

led coalition in addition. And that obviously is bringing these very powerful militaries into close contact with each other and the possibility

for confrontation has obviously increased.

TANK: What also came up at the address earlier by Jan Saltenburg (ph) of course, Matthew, was reminding us all that it's -- he leaves it to

military, the heads of, you know, sort of military operations to talk to one another, to make sure that the other side knows what it's doing and

perhaps for all of us, that right now in this very complicated situation. Is that a reassuring thing that those conversations are happening?

CHANCE: Well, I think it's better that they're happening than they're not happening, certainly. Although, clearly there seems to be some

confusion still about where or where the Russian airplanes are striking.

So, it's a good thing there are military to military contacts. There haven't been any unwanted confrontations apart from that stray by Russian

military into Turkish airspace.

You know, but as we continue the airstrikes on the part of Russia are carrying on. They've carried out for the first time it seems airstrikes on

the town and in and around the town of Palmyra, which is an ISIS stronghold and it's also a UNESCO cultural site where there were some ancient ruins,

some of which have been destroyed by ISIS over the past several weeks and over the past several months as well.

And so for the first time there, the Russian air campaign focusing on ISIS positions around Palmyra. They say they destroyed 20 tanks and three

missile launches belonging to ISIS. And so, you know, from the Russian point of view, they are making progress against the Islamic State.

TANK: OK, Matthew, thanks very much for that. Matthew there, wrapping up what we can expect from those talks. And also Russia and its

role in Syria at the moment.

Well, we can move on to the growing concern in Washington that Russia is mobilizing ground troops and moving weapons in to Syria to support

Syrian forces in their battle with anti-government rebels.

Still a lot of questions over that. Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is with us from Washington. And Barbara, what more can you

tell us about those claims?

BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Manisha, U.S. officials are expressing a lot of concern. They say that they see Russian

artillery, Russian rocket launchers, moving around on the ground, moving from the Port of Latakia -- pardon me, the air base at Latakia where they

had originally landed, up into anti-regime areas around Homs and Idlib.

They believe the Russians are moving this equipment and the troops to use it into these areas, which are not an ISIS stronghold, but are anti-

regime forces, part of the effort by, they believe, the Assad regime and the Russians to go after these anti-regime forces.

So, there's a lot of concern.

While the Russians are saying that they're targeting ISIS areas, all the evidence at this point that the U.S. sees is they have a growing effort

to attack these anti-regime militias, exactly what the U.S. does not want to see -- Manisha.

[08:06:08] TANK: So, in a scenario like this, Barbara, what happens next? How does the U.S. go about perhaps proving its point?

We had an address from the NATO secretary-general earlier. And what was very clear in that was he didn't mention anything like this, not that

NATO -- NATO today hasn't corroborated anything that we've heard from the U.S. on this matter.

So what happens now in terms of qualification of these -- you know, whatever it is the U.S. has found out?

STARR: Well, I think it remains to be seen whether there is satellite imagery that emerges potentially commercial satellite imagery showing these

weapons on the ground where the U.S. says they are and whether they start being used.

These are very specific weapons, the kind of damage they cause is very great. And if we see that kind of attack in these areas, plus the

commercial satellite imagery, that may be some key evidence for the U.S. to prove its point.

TANK: OK. Barbara Starr at the Pentagon, thanks very much for that.

Let's turn now to Afghanistan and some news just coming in to us here at CNN. The United Nations says all aid organizations have left the city

of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan amid ongoing fighting there. And we're told that two UN agencies and 14 NGOs were operating there.

But that was prior to the recent airstrike that struck a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. At least 23 people were killed. The commander

of U.S. forces in Afghanistan is to testify before a senate committee in about an hour. General John Campbell will likely face questions on the

bombing that he now calls an accident.

He says the airstrikes were requested by Afghan forces during a battle with the Taliban.

Doctors Without Borders calls the strike a war crime. And wants an independent investigation.

Well, our international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson has been following the story for us. He's in Kabul right now. And we can speak to

him.

Nic, as I understand it, there is an investigation going on. Three different investigations. It's very complicated seemingly confused

situation. Obviously Medecins San Frontier putting the blame with the U.S.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They are. And Doctors Without Borders -- Medecins San Frontieres -- have just presented

some new information, you could call it new evidence, that undoubtedly they will be presenting to all these three investigations.

They say what has happened -- a very strongly worded statement they've just released that says this is a blatant violation of international

humanitarian law.

Now the new information that they have sounds very significant. We know that they had given their GPS coordinates of their hospital several

days ago, they say, to both -- five days before the attacks to both Washington and Kabul. They say that on the night of the attack itself

after the attack started, they called in both Kabul and Washington again to say our premises are under attack, are under airstrikes. And it took 30

minutes for those strikes to end.

We know that what Doctors Without Borders has been saying is that the airstrikes came back several times.

What they are saying now that paints a very illuminating picture of what took place at that hospital is they say that each time -- they could

hear -- their staff on the ground could hear the aircraft circling around, circling around. And when the aircraft came and struck inside their

hospital compound, they struck only one building. Each time they came around, the aircraft, they struck the same building.

Now MSF sees this as direct targeting of that one building, that it wouldn't be a mistake, they say, that the aircraft would come around and

hit one building and then not hit the others and then hit the same one again on several occasions. It was the ICU, the intensive care, the

operating, the trauma operating area and a physiotherapy unit all in the same building, a physiotherapy ward.

They're saying that this mistake, this mistake as the U.S. is calling it can't be called a mistake. It can't be brushed aside because they're

saying very clearly what they saw, what they witnessed that night was a deliberate targeting of one building on multiple occasions and other

buildings in the compound there at the hospital left relatively untouched, they say.

Also, we hear now from the ministry of health here in Afghanistan who have raised their concerns saying that all health workers in the country

are now afraid that their places of work. They say that the NGOs, like Doctors Without Borders, have been doing a huge job in helping the Afghan

population. And they fear, and have concerns now, about the future help they may receive -- Manisha.

[08:10:46] TANK: And of course, Nic, I mean, these are fairly alarming bits of evidence now coming in to play. Very significant along

the timeline. And with that now we're hearing about these NGOs pulling out of Kunduz, making the situation for civilians there ever more difficult

where they were getting support -- that support -- won't be coming through now.

So, on a wider basis, what is the situation in Kunduz?

ROBERTSON: Well, I was just talking to people who fled Kunduz. And we've been also talking with the spokesman of the police chief there.

There is still fighting in areas of Kunduz. The Taliban are still there. It's a very dangerous environment. And that means that for the residents

who are still staying there, if they get caught up in the firefight there are far fewer places they can turn to for medical aid.

Now all the NGOs are gone. There is a government hospital there. The government yesterday flew in additional medical staff and medical supplies.

But it doesn't have the facilities that the MSF hospital that was destroyed had. So, the plight of the people in the city is bad. We were hearing

accounts of people being killed by the Taliban, of looting of personal properties by the Taliban. And indeed targeting some personal properties

of policeman, a policeman's house we were told.

He got a phone call today telling him that his house had been emptied of all of its possessions. And they were burned in the street by the

Taliban because he was a policeman.

Police live locally in these towns and are very open -- or very susceptible if you will -- to threats and intimidation by the Taliban,

because they live in their houses, they live locally. The army on the other hand is generally from somewhere else and is brought in and lives in

barracks. Both the residents were telling us, both army and police ran away in many cases in the face of the Taliban.

TANK: So, really fragile situation there.

OK, Nic, thanks very much for that latest update. Nic Robertson and the team live in Kabul.

Now to Guatemala. And the public ministry there says hundreds of people are feared missing after a landslide buried an entire village. 161

bodies have been recovered since part of hill gave way in heavy rain -- that was five days ago -- crashing into homes below.

Well, local reports indicate that many people ignored the warnings to evacuate.

Still to come here on news Stream, escaping exile, what the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden says he's willing to do in order to return home

from Russia.

And later in the hour, a Bangladeshi cricket star surrenders to authorities after weeks on the run. Details of his case are ahead.

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[08:16:00] TANK: Edward Snowden, the former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency says he offered to serve prison time as part of a

plea deal. Snowden made headlines after fleeing the U.S. and exposing details of the NSA's mass surveillance programs.

He tells the BBC that he volunteered several times to go to prison, but has never been offered a formal plea bargain.

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EDWARD SNOWDEN, NSA LEAKER: I've volunteered to go to prison with the government many times. What I won't do is I won't serve as a deterrent to

people trying to do the right thing.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What will you be looking to from them for you to return?

SNOWDEN: Well, so far, they've said they won't torture me, which is a start, I think. But we haven't gotten much further than that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

TANK: Well, Snowden remains in exile in Russia. He tells the BBC that he and his lawyers are waiting for U.S. officials to call us back.

Now we turn to Bangladesh where a cricket star is being detained for allegedly abusing his 11-year-old domestic helper. Shahadat Hossain turned

himself in after police arrested his wife on Sunday.

Both had been on the run for about a month. Their young helper told police the couple tortured her and abandoned her on the street.

Police said the girl was found with serious injuries all over her body.

So, let's get more on this story from Sumnima Udas. She's following the story from New Delhi for us.

Sumnima, I think no matter where you live in the world you hear a story like this and you feel alarmed. How did people receive this in

Bangladesh. And we're talking about a cricket star here.

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERANTIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, exactly. One international cricketer of this caliber would actually first of all employ

an 11-year-old girl, and secondly then allegedly abuse her in this manner that's really quite incomprehensible.

You know, in this part of the world you often hear of some sort of violence against the domestic workers, but that tends to happen normally in

the more uneducated sections of society, that's what activists say.

But Shahadat Hossain is arguably the most prominent cricketer from Bangladesh. He's the only Bangladeshi cricketer with his name etched at

Lords. He's a 29-year-old who has really looked up to by the youth in the country. So why he would do that is really quite shocking.

And so, you know, if the allegations are, in fact, true -- of course, this will be incredibly damning for its career. In fact, the cricket board

in Bangladesh has already said that he cannot participate in any form of professional cricket until the investigation is over.

Now the activists we've been talking to on the ground, they say the fact that he has finally been arrested -- of course it took a month to find

him and his wife -- the fact that he's finally been arrested is a good sign, because it shows that even the most influential people in society,

the most powerful, the most famous, can be taken into account, can be arrested in this case -- Manisha.

TANK: Sumnima, of course, you know, there is an investigation going on. So we don't want to speculate too much about the details of that could

be, but what I did want to ask you was -- we are talking about an 11-year- old child here. What are the legalities around children working in Bangladesh in the first place?

UDAS: Well, according to labor laws in the country, you cannot employ, legally employ, anyone under the age of 14. But child labor is

still unfortunately very common.

According to UNICEF, in fact, some 12 percent of the children under the age of 14 actually work. They mostly work in the informal sectors, so

in, you know, in smaller factories, textile factories, carpet factories or as domestic workers like in this case. So, it becomes very difficult for

authorities to enforce that law, which is why it's so common.

When I asked the activists why this is happening, they basically point to poverty in a country where, you know, some 43 percent of the people live

below the international poverty line. You know, adults tend to look the other way. It happens in India even where I talk to people -- parents who

send their children to work. I asked them why they do it. They say, well, you know, we need food. We don't have money. And a livelihood of some

sort is more important than an education, Manisha.

[08:20:13] TANK: OK. Sumnima, I'm sure, as you know as you say that investigation now ongoing. I hope you will keep us updated on the case,

but in the meantime thanks very much for that. Sumnima Udas in Delhi.

Let's get more -- well, there's more controversy in the sports world to talk about the subject. This time, it's Chung Mong-joon. He's the

South Korean billionaire running to become FIFA's next president. But Chung says he's under investigation by FIFA's ethics committee. And he

could be suspended.

The charges concern the bidding for the 2022 World cup.

Chung denies he's done anything wrong and says the probe is designed to hurt his candidacy.

Well, Chung is running to replace outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter who faces corruption allegations. Also in that race, Michel Platini, the

president of Europe's football governing body. The Frenchman has become part of the investigation of Blatter, but he's denied any wrongdoing

Another major candidate, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan. The FIFA vice president has been free of scandal and this is his second bid for

FIFA's top job. He was defeated by Blatter during an election in May.

Now, still to come here on News Stream, a warning about the future of the world's oceans and those who call them home. The details on that just

ahead.

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[08:25:09] TANK: The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Prince Albert of Monaco are among hundreds of leaders gathering in Chile for the

country's second annual Our Ocean conference. It's aimed at protecting the world's marine ecosystem and looking for ways to combat illegal fishing and

pollution from plastic, among other things.

Well, nearly half of the world's marine life has been wiped out in the past 45 years, that's based on research by the World Wildlife Fund.

Kristie Lu Stout caught up with John Tanzer, the director of WWF's global marine program to find out more.

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JOHN TANZER, DIRECTOR, WWF MARINE PROGRAM: Well, we know that the health of the oceans and the health of the atmosphere are closely linked.

For us to have healthy oceans, we need to deal with the issue of climate change, that's our strong belief. And if we take an example of coral

reefs, unless we do something about the amount of CO2 and the rate at which it's going into the atmosphere and then being absorbed by the ocean, the

predictions are that we could lose coral reefs by 2050 across the world.

25 percent of the world's fish species are associated with coral reefs. It would be a catastrophe. And the alarming thing about it, it's

not just the extent of the decline, it's the rate at which it's happened. So, 50 percent decline in a generation, since 1970. It's this rate factor

that is -- that is most sobering, I think.

KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And if human activity is to blame for the loss of marine species and marine life, can

human activity also help restore and revive our oceans?

TANZER: Well, this is really important point. And I do want to stress that there is, there is hope. More importantly, there's

opportunity. There's opportunity for us to focus on these problems. We have solutions to many of these problems. And there are examples of

success. There's examples of success in fisheries which are starting to come back where there's management in place.

So, we know that the ocean is resilient.

LU STOUT: And on a personal level, does it sadden you when you see the results of this report that in a generation so much marine life has

been lost? And if drastic action isn't taken, the next generation will lose out on seeing the great diversity and the wonders of the oceans.

TANZER: Yeah, I guess I don't allow myself too much time to dwell on the sadness. What it does do is instill in me with a sense of urgency the

need for action. And I know that we can turn this around. I know that we've got the solutions, and I know that people care enough. We just need

the leadership.

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TANK: It's good to see some positivity from it, though.

The report does say that tuna, mackerel and bonito have been the hardest hit. And this is due to commercial fishing.

Their numbers have actually declined by a whopping 74 percent in recent decades.

Now, the beaches of Rio de Janeiro are a popular tourist destination, but some have been plagued by gangs of thieves. We'll show you have Brazil

is fighting crime.

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[08:31:37] TANK: I'm Manisha Tank in Hong Kong. And you're watching News Stream. These are your world headlines right now.

In Yemen, at least 15 people were killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a hotel in the port city of Aden. This is according to the

United Arab Emirates' official news agency. The hotel housed members of deposed President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's government. But they were

reportedly evacuated unharmed. Reports say four UAE soldiers and one Saudi Soldier were among the dead.

The owner of a container ship that went missing in the Caribbean during Hurricane Joaquin tells the Associated Press that the captain tried

to divert the ship from the storm, but did not do so, because of a mechanical problem. There were 33 people on board the El Faro. No

survivors had been found.

A report on Syrian television says Moscow has confirmed Russian and Syrian plans have bombed ISIS targets in the ancient Syrian city of

Palmyra. The report says the airstrikes destroyed 20 armored vehicles and three ammunition dumps.

Meanwhile, NATO says it was no accident that Russian war planes entered Turkish air space twice. It has called on Moscow to de-escalate

its military campaign in Syria and says Russia is not targeting ISIS, but hitting enemies of the government, including civilians.

The U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has addressed Russia's military campaign in an interview on CNN's New Day. It happened

just a short time ago.

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DONALD TRUMP, 2016 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, now they're supposedly hitting ISIS, which is a positive thing. And, you know,

my attitude is we're backing rebels. We have no idea who they are. As you know, we did it in Iraq and we did it in other places, in many other

places, and frankly every time we just get bogged down in the Middle East. And Russia will be bogged down in the Middle East. And the Middle East is

a disaster, it seems, for anybody that touches it.

But I would certainly like to see what's going on. I'd like to find out who these people are that we want to give billions of dollars to. We

have no idea. And, sure, Assad is a bad guy, but you can have worse and maybe these people are worse. We have no idea.

I spoke to a general the other day who is very well versed in the area. He said we have no idea who these people are we're backing. So, we

just -- look, we have no leadership. We have bad leadership in Washington. We have no idea what we're doing, frankly.

ANDREW CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: But is wait and see good leadership here, because you would effectively subcontracting out the war against ISIS to

Russia. Is that...

TRUMP: And saving tens of billions of dollars and letting them go after ISIS, because you know they want ISIS also. They want to knock out

ISIS, because they don't want them coming into Russia. They have a bigger stake in a sense than we do other than if we take 200,000 people that we

have no idea who they are, which is the next move I hear we're going to make with our brilliant leaders, our brilliant politicians.

CUOMO: But does that sound right, do you think, to American people that let's trust Russia to take care of ISIS for us?

TRUMP: We're not trusting Russia. This has nothing to do with trusting Russia. Russia has to knock out ISIS, because Putin and everybody

in Russia, they don't want them -- the leaders in Russia, which is basically one, but does not want ISIS coming in to Russia. They don't want

them crossing borders. They don't want them coming into Russia.

CUOMO: The concern...

TRUMP: So they're going to knock out ISIS whether we want them to or not. We're not leading from behind, we're not leading anywhere. We don't

lead in any event. We don't lead.

We've spent $2 trillion in Iraq and lost thousands of lives and wounded warriors and everything else, we've spent $2 trillion there. We've

spent $1 trillion and now it's going up rapidly in Afghanistan. We have -- we just knocked out a hospital. We're the gang that couldn't shoot

straight. We don't know what we're doing. And frankly, watching -- you're not hurting yourself by watching and waiting and not necessarily backing

people, Chris, that we have no idea -- you don't know who they are. If I asked you who are the people that we're fighting for and we're backing in

Syria we don't know, you don't know.

You probably don't even know a name.

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TANK: That was Donald Trump speaking to CNN's News Day. He is the leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate. And you can see more of

the interview on our website at CNN.com. Do check it out.

Now it took five years of negotiations, but now 12 nations have agreed on a major international free trade pact. These nations are led by the

United States and Japan have inked the trans-Pacific partnership, or TPP.

However, it still needs to be approved by the legislatures of both nations. It's supposed to knock down tariffs and import quotas as well

affecting goods from food to energy.

Two major Asian countries are missing, though, from this pact: China and South Korea are not part of the deal right now, but there is talk the

two big players could possibly join some time in the future.

You're watching News Stream. Still ahead on this program, Rio de Janeiro is trying to combat a growing trend in crime as it counts down to

the Olympics. The details when we return.

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TANK: So, with less than a year to go before the Rio Olympics, gangs of thieves are roaming some of the city's most popular beaches. Now, angry

residents in Copa Cabana are taking matters into their own hands. Shasta Darlington reports.

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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Panic and chaos as young robbers swarm a packed Ipanema Beach making off with a man's

wallet, leaving him a bloody face.

"I'm horrified," he says. "10 people were hitting me."

Grab and run robberies and other chaotic moments like boys throwing sand at a cop who pulls out his gun. Just some of the scenes on Rio de

Janeiro's white sand beaches less than a year before the city hosts the 2016 Olympic games.

It's not even that hot today, so there aren't that many people on the beach. But you can see when you need to get away from the police it's

really easy to just disappear into the crowds.

Many of the thieves unarmed and underage gangs.

Self-proclaimed vigilantes have responded with more violence, here pulling a suspected thief off a bus near Copa Cabana beach and beating him.

Police now stepping up security with 700 cops posted along the beaches, and manning road blocks on the streets coming from poor

neighborhoods in the north, looking for potential troublemakers who didn't pay bus fare, and detaining unaccompanied minors until guardians show up.

Rio's security chief says they'll be ready for the Olympics, but there are no guarantees.

"We're trying to prevent grab and run robberies," he says, "but you can't categorically deny they'll happen."

But the actions are coming under some criticism. Congressman Marcelo Freixo says the police reaction deepens already gaping class divisions.

"This idea you can stop any bus coming from the slums and divert them to a police station is criminalizing poverty," he says.

But many rattled residents support the operations.

"Of course we're afraid," she says. "Yesterday we decided not to come to the beach because of the robberies." For now, the lure of the sun and

the sand still overcoming that fear.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.

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[08:40:48] TANK: Yeah, and many will hope that gets sorted out before those Olympics.

So, here's a question can you put a price tag on happiness? You can if you're at the happiest place on Earth. And in fact that pricetag, well

the price at least is going up. An unlimited annual pass to Disneyland in California is now over $1,000. It was less than $800. The news comes as

Disney builds Star War themed expansions at Disneyland and Disney World.

And if you don't want to pay $1,000 there are less expensive options, but they include blackout dates, dates that wouldn't be included on that

pass.

People who live nearby, though, can get a discount on the passes. So if you really love Star Wars you might just move to the area.

And that's it from News Stream for now. I'm Manisha Tank, but don't go anywhere. World Sport with my colleague Alex Thomas is up next. Stay

right there.

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