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Hillary Clinton's History-Making Moment; France Gears up to Host Euro 2016; Servers Crash as UK Residents Register to Vote in Brexit Referendum; The Toll of the Iraq War on Children; Indian Prime Minister vows to Help Ratify Paris Climate Change Deal. Aired 8:00a-9:00a ET

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[08:00:17] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Now, history rewritten in the race for the White House. Hillary Clinton declares victory becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee.

We'll have the full breakdown on the final Super Tuesday.

And now that the battle lines are drawn, Donald Trump promises supporters he will bounce back from a controversial week to take on

Clinton.

And the ever-growing danger of cyber warfare. We'll hear from a well- known hacker hunter about a fresh wave of digital threats.

Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. The former U.S. Secretary of State is now the first woman to be the presumptive nominee of

a major American political party. She faces Republican Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate mogul who has won support of millions of Americans

to become his party's presumptive choice for president.

Now, a day ago voters in six U.S. states went to the polls for the nation's final Super Tuesday, and even before all the votes were tallied,

Clinton tweeted this, quote, "to every little girl who dreams big, yes, you can be anything you want, even president. Tonight is for you."

Now, CNN's Jeff Zeleny was there when Clinton took the stage at her victory rally.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JEFF ZELENY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hillary Clinton's history making moment.

HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee.

(APPLAUSE)

ZELENY: Savoring a triumph in her long Democratic primary fight exactly eight years after extinguishing her first trailblazing campaign.

CLINTON: Tonight victory is not about one person. It belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed, and made this

moment possible.

ZELENY: Extending her hand to Bernie Sanders after finishing strong in the final round of primaries, wins in New Jersey and California.

CLINTON: And let there be no mistake. Senator Sanders, his campaign, and the vigorous debate that we've had have been very good for the

Democratic Party and for America.

(APPLAUSE)

ZELENY: Sanders losing the big prize of California after spending 18 straight days campaigning there, effectively ending his argument to fight

on.

BERNIE SANDERS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every

vote and delegate.

(APPLAUSE)

ZELENY: This as Sanders campaign tells CNN they plan to cut half their staff.

SANDERS: The struggle continues.

(APPLAUSE)

ZELENY: After a bitter primary duel, early signs of peacemaking. CNN has learned campaign manager for Sanders and Clinton, Jeff Weaver and Robby

Mook, are talking behind the scenes.

The end is near with Sanders heading to the White House tomorrow to meet with President Obama in hopes of bringing the party together, which

Clinton says, she knows can be difficult.

CLINTON: Now, I know it never feels good to put your heart into a cause or a candidate you believe in and to come up short. I know that

feeling well.

(LAUGHTER)

CLINTON: As we look ahead to the battle that awaits, let's remember all that unites us.

ZELENY: The biggest point of teen for Democrats may well be defeating Donald Trump.

CLINTON: We believe that we are stronger together. And the stakes in this election are high, and the choice is clear. Donald Trump is

temperamentally unfit to be president and commander in chief. (APPLAUSE)

ZELENY: She is making a full pivot to Trump, inviting voters who are skeptical of him to rally behind her.

CLINTON: We won't let this happen in America. And if you agree, whether you're Democrat, Republican or independent, I hope you will join

us.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was Jeff Zeleny reporting.

Now, it was a switch for Donald Trump, who ended Tuesday night by reading his speech. He normally doesn't do that.

Now, a top campaign adviser called the speech important to recover from five bad days, that's after trump accused a judge hearing a case of

being biased because of his Mexican heritage. That was called racism by the Republican House Speaker. Here is some of what Trump had to say.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

[08:05:12] DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTAIL CANDIDATE: Now, I know some people say I'm too much of a fighter. My preference is always

peace, however. And I've shown that. I've shown that for a long time. I've built an extraordinary business on relationships and deals that

benefit all parties involved, always. My goal is always, again, to bring people together. But if I'm forced to fight for something I really care

about, I will never, ever back down, and our country will never, ever back down.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, the supporters of Democrat Bernie Sanders who say he will continue to challenge Clinton have become as target for both front-

runners.

Now, I'd like to bring in assistant David Swerdlick. He's an assistant editor of The Washington Post where he joins us now.

David, welcome back. Good to see you again. Hillary Clinton, let's first start with her. We know she made history. She is America's first

female major party presidential nominee. Politics aside, just how significant is this moment?

DAVID SWERDLICK, THE WASHINGTON POST: Yeah, good morning from Washington, Kristie.

This is a significant moment for Secretary Clinton and for the country. I think the Clinton campaign recognizes that if she is to win in

November and become the first woman president of the United States, it will be a more significant moment, but last night they took the time in her

victory speech to stop and acknowledge that it is a milestone in the United States.

Look, other countries -- Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Pakistan, Turkey, have had women heads of government, United States has not --

Clinton is not there yet, but the fact in our two-party system she comes out on top as the nominee of one of the major parties was something that

she did take a measured victory lap on last night.

LU STOUT: Let's talk about Bernie Sanders. He is simply not accepting the delegate math. He is fighting on right into the convention.

Why? What is he thinking?

SWERDLICK: Well, Sanders has run a campaign that has exceeded all expectations. Give him this -- he has won a number of primaries in the

double digits in terms of numbers of states. He's won millions of votes. He still draws huge crowds and his campaign raised a ton of money.

He has said to his supporters, I think it's reasonable that he is going to go through next week's Democratic primary in Washington, D.C., and

finish it out, and press his leverage up to the Democratic convention six weeks from now in Philadelphia.

What Democrats are saying behind the scenes, though, and I think it's right, is that it's becoming less and less easy for him to make the case

that he can really divide himself from Clinton and say that he is some alternative to her in the face of the fact that she has won the primaries -

- most of the primary, most of the votes, most of the delegates and most of the super delegates are pledging to support her. And so now the question

is for the Sanders' campaign, how do they sort of bring his campaign in for a landing where they don't disappoint his supporters, but at the same time

bring the Democratic Party together, and pivot to the idea that in his mind for

Senator Sanders -- as he has said, although not very loudly, that he prefers Secretary Clinton to Donald Trump, the Republican

alternative.

HAYES: Yeah, and speaking of Donald Trump, you know, last week he scored some, or recently he scored some major GOP support, right?

Now, major GOP figures, they're calling his recent comments about a judge racist. How much unity is there between the party and Donald Trump?

I mean, is the party in line together with Trump here?

SWERDLICK: This is a problem for the party. And it's not clear now how they're going to resolve it. As you mentioned, Kristie, last week

Donald Trump got the endorsement that he most wanted, the endorsement of House Speaker Paul Ryan, the sort of highest ranking Republican in the

country right now.

Within 24 hours, Trump started making his divisive comments about a federal Judge Gonzalo

Curiel, which have set off this firestorm of controversy over the last four or five days. And Trump has doubled down and tripled down on those

comments and forced people like Speaker Ryan and other top Republican elder statesmen to disavow Trump's comments.

It's a problem, because, you know, Trump's campaign has succeeded in generating this "us

versus them" friction. But now that he's going into the general election, Republicans are in a quandary about how to maintain that enthusiasm for

Trump while also telling Trump especially, you've got to tone it down, you've got to stop making statements that are racially divisive, dividing

people along gender lines, et cetera.

LU STOUT: All eyes on the general election in a crazy, unpredictable race so far.

David Swerdlick of The Washington Post, thank you so much for joining us again here on News Stream. Take care. We'll talk about again.

Now, turning now to the battle for Fallujah. Tens of thousands of civilians are caught in the crossfire as Iraqi forces take on ISIS. Now,

many are trying to escape, but their ordeal doesn't end once they get out.

Now, the UN says civilians are facing physical abuse by armed groups allied with the Iraqi government. And all of the violence is taking a

heavy toll on children.

I spoke recently to Peter Hawkins of UNICEF about the humanitarian situation in Fallujah.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PETER HAWKINS, UNICEF: We estimate there are 20,000 children stuck inside Fallujah. And the reality for those children is they're at risk of

either being killed or maimed by the conflict. They're at risk, especially young boys, of being recruited by the militants into the conflict, an adult

war perpetrated by children. They're at risk of being traumatized by the whole experience of being caught up in a conflict, which they have, for the

past two years been cut off from the extended world. So their educational requirements are not being met, their day-to-day requirements around

psycho/social care are not being met.

So we are really concerned that the 20,000 children who are stuck in Fallujah have either, being allowed to leave or be protected in some way or

another.

LU STOUT: Now, thousands of Iraqis, including children, have managed to flee Fallujah, many of them are at this camps that have been set up to

help them. I understand that UNICEF, and other aid groups, have visited these camps. What is the situation like there, especially for Iraqi

refugee children?

HAWKINS: Well, the context is that over 60,000 are displaced, some multiple times have been

affected in this Anbar region of which Fallujah is one of the main cities.

There are transit camps. There are permanent camps. The transit camps, people come in a week, two, three weeks, then go back home before

the conflict in their area has been reduced.

There are permanent camps, where people have been there a year and a half, two years, and now that people are coming out of Fallujah, they go

into those permanent camps.

The camps are okay -- water is there, immunization is being carried out, food is there, health care is being -- is being given. The issue,

though, is, one, the sheer numbers of people coming out. Can we cope with them all? We believe that we're coping at the moment, alongside the

government in providing them services. But as the issue compounds, so it becomes more and more difficult.

LU STOUT: So the camps are becoming increasingly overstretched. So what is your appeal, then? What does UNICES need?

HAWKINS: What we're doing, and we have five people down there now today to try and improve the services to those camps, extend the camps as

much as is possible, allow people to come out of the region if they're sponsored, to come into Baghdad or to other places to release the pressure

on that area. And then, three, and most importantly, is invest in their long-term future. These people now are coming out, traumatized.

Psycho/social care for children is critical now, not only their immediate needs, but their long-term needs. Invest in education so that

they can catch up. They can look forward to going back home as and when the conflict in their particular area is over. So, it is really trying to

prepare for not only today and tomorrow, but for the future.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was Peter Hawkins of UNICEF speaking to me earlier.

Now in Turkey, for the second time in two days, police were the target of a car bombing. The prime minister says at least three people were

killed in the attack on a police headquarters in the southeast, more than 30 are wounded.

Now, just a day ago, a police bus was attacked in Istanbul leaving at least 11 people dead. Four suspects have been detained in that attack.

And turning now to Bangladesh where ISIS says it was behind the brutal murder of a Hindu priest, the 70-year-old man was hacked to death on his

way to temple.

And this is just the latest in a spate of similar attacks across the country. Recent murder victims include two LGBT activists, a Buddhist

monk, a doctor and a Sufi spiritual leader.

Witnesses are describing a terrifying scene in the capital of Papua New Guinea. They say police opened fire on student protesters at the

University of Port Morseby. At least nine people were injured.

The students were calling on the Prime Minister Peter O'Neil to resign over corruption allegations. Anti-corruption activists Noel Anjo told me

it was supposed to be a peaceful protest.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

NOEL ANJO, ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST: We were surprised by the police with about over 20 -- I mean, 15 to 20 police vehicles, you know, all in

military armed gear, like paramilitary post, like going to war. But there was no war at the university, or there was not any -- you know, anything

happening.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

[11:15:06] LU STOUT: Now, Anjo went on to describe the frightening moments after police fired on the students.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ANJO: We thought they were firing, you know warning shots to the air, but to our surprise, they be firing straight into students, and these

students were, you know, deadly injured. (inaudible) as firing from all directions. Oh, this is unbelievable.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, Prime Minister O'Neil blamed what he called agitators for instigating the violence.

Now, still ahead right here on News Stream, Euro 2016 fans could encounter frustrations in

France. How tight security, transportation delays and recent flooding have affected the tournament.

Plus, technical issues prevent some from registering in the UK referendum. What British leaders are recommending voters do next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

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

Now, the British Prime Minister David Cameron says anyone who hasn't registered for this

month's referendum should still sign up. The deadline passed hours ago, but the website is still operating.

Now, so many people tried to register online on Tuesday, but it crashed. The UK's electoral commission says it supports extending the

deadline to register.

And all this is happening as leading voices on both sides of the debate make their case on

whether Britain should remain in the EU.

Now, our international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson joins me live from London for more on the story. And Nic, during the debate and during

what just happened moments ago, questions in parliament, how did David Cameron make his case to stay in the EU?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, a lot of the time here, he focuses attention on the economic reasons for Britain to stay

in the European Union and in the prime minister's questioned time today, he fielded quite a few questions about the upcoming referendum.

One of the issues that the leave campaign has been saying is that the European Union has miscalculated how much it would cost to deal with the

migrant issue, that is going to be a 20 billion British pound, that's about a $30 billion dollar black hole in the EU's budget that is going to mean

about a $5 billion bill for Britain. That's a figure that's being bandied around.

But what David Cameron said in and House of Parliament today said very clearly the European budgets were set by the countries in 2014, they were

set for the next seven years. Nothing about those budgets is going to change. Nothing about what Britain pays is going to change as I, the prime

minister, say so. And this is very much the sort of narrative that we heard during the debate, the primetime television debate, the second

primetime television debate that he had.

It was in a studio, a television studio. The audience the same audience as his partner, if you will, in the debate, Nigel Ferage, a

leading figure in the leave camapign, the leader of the UK Independence Party. But they didn't actually face-off against each other. This is how

it went.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:20:16] ROBERTSON (voice-over): Almost face to face in their first Brexit debate - - but not quite: PM David Cameron, championing the Remain

campaign, keep Britain in the E.U.

Opposing him in the same studio, same audience, U.K. Independence leader Nigel Farage, self-anointed Brexiteer-in-chief, up first and under

fire.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How can you have the audacity to use such blatant scaremongering tactics for the Leave campaign?

ROBERTSON (voice-over): His outspoken views on immigration, livening the debate.

NIGEL FARAGE, INDEPENDENCE PARTY LEADER: I'm used to being demonized because I've taken on the establishment.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you demonizing my...

FARAGE: ...and I have -- just let me -- just let me finish.

What's happened is a very large number of young, single males have settled in Germany and in Sweden, who come from cultures where attitudes

towards women are different. I haven't...

FARAGE: ...scaremongered in any way at all.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now David Cameron.

ROBERTSON (voice-over): A canny call by Cameron, a one-time communications director, coming on second.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Cameron...

ROBERTSON (voice-over): The crowd more circumspect of his office. Cameron's answers aiming to crush Farage's arguments.

DAVID CAMERON, PRIME MINISTER, GREAT BRITAIN: Nigel Farage said it. He said -- kept on talking about GDP isn't all that matters. GDP is the size

of our economy. He's so keen to get us out of Europe that he's prepared to sacrifice jobs and growth on the way. We mustn't do that.

ROBERTSON: Back-to-back, they faced one another, drew their sharpest wit and sought to slay one another. No killer strikes struck; the tone,

however, is sharpening, symptomatic of how much is at stake and how tight this race is becoming.

(voice-over): While Farage is not of Cameron's Conservative Party, his rhetoric is attractive to many who are.

FARAGE: I'm sorry; we're British. We're better than that. We're not going to be bullied by anybody.

ROBERTSON (voice-over): Five of Cameron's cabinet are Brexiteers, too, more from his back benches. So the more Cameron trashes Farage.

CAMERON: The British thing to do is fight for a Great Britain inside a European Union and don't take the Nigel Farage Little England option.

ROBERTSON (voice-over): -- the more he alienates his own Tory rebels, meaning even if he wins the vote, uniting his ruling Conservative Party in

the days after, potentially a far stiffer challenge.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ROBERTSON: So it was right after this debate on the television that people went to register online at a peak of 214,000 people an hour trying

to register. That's when the registration system crashed. More than half a million registered yesterday, over half of them young people expected --

more expected to vote to remain than to leave and that's why today we're hearing talk in the House

of Parliament that the -- that the deadline for the registration was midnight here in the UK, has now been extended, a new deadline hasn't been

set, people sill being urged, though, to go and register online, the system now working properly. The numbers that were registering last night

absolutely unprecedented, dwarfing previous elections.

LU STOUT: And there's still an opportunity to vote.

Nic Robertson reporting for us live from London. Thank you, Nic.

Now, Mr. Cameron he also just addressed what he says is the severe terror threat facing the

Euro 2016 football championships. He says Britons traveling to France should be aware of the severity. That threat isn't the only problem

France is facing. There have been transportation strikes, and to top it all off, Paris has been flooded.

Jim Bittermann has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JIM BITTERMANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's all about the fans, or that's what organizers have said, but with millions of football

enthusiasts already on their way to France, Euro 2016 is not shaping up to be the most user-friendly event.

To begin with, there are the security threats. The arrest in the Ukraine earlier this week of a suspected French gun runner, the Ukrainians

terrorist who was planning attacks in France, did nothing to calm nervous organizers or ticket holders.

Those lucky enough to have a place in the stadiums will face rings of security. 90,000 military police and private security will be on duty

scattered across ten stadiums in France.

Thousands have been recruited and trained for the job, although it's been clear that the instructors sometimes have their work cut out for them.

Those who can't find tickets for the matches are being directed to ten fan zones, large, open areas under construction for months now in the

cities where the matches will be played so that supporters can watch the games on giant screened TVs.

While the fan zones are free, they're sponsored by beverage and food companies, among others, from whom the European football league hopes to

generate profits.

Critics claim they're taking away from local sports bars and restaurants, but organizers say it's a good way to keep fans within the

security rings.

[08:25:13] JEAN-FRANCOIS MARTINS, PARIS DEPUTY MAYOR, SPORTS: You will have many control. You can't go inside a fan zone with big luggages,

or big bags, you have to open the little bag you'll have, so it will be like a stadium. It will be, maybe, the most secure place in Paris during

the Euro 2016.

BITTERMANN: But tough security isn't the only thing fans will have to put up with. While the floodwaters we've reported on these past few days

will probably have receded by the time the games start, they've carried away a good many of the fan exhibits and

activities that had been planned for along the river Seine. Some may be replaced before the games end.

And then there are the transportation strikes that have hit France. They could be settled at the

last minute, but if they continue into the games, they could cause major problems for fans trying to get around the country.

And for fans who are flying in, Air France is bracing for a four-day pilot strike, which is meant to start the day after the games begin.

Still, despite it all, a veteran sports journalist here is confident organizers will, in the end, get

it right.

CAROLINE BAUER, SPORTS JOURNALIST: I think French people are a little complicated before the competition, because we speak about security. We

speak about the strikes, but as the -- when the compeititon starts, normally, everything is, before everything is forgotten and we start the

competition with everything very well organized normally.

BITTERMANN: The key word there is normally. It's the word you frequently hear the French use when they're crossing their fingers or

looking for wood to knock on, something that Euro 2016 fans may be doing too.

Jim Bittermann, CNN, Paris.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And now to understand the size of the job facing French security officials, take a look at this map. Now, players from 24 nations

will be staying at resorts up and down the country, each with their own state-of-the-art facilities. Now they'll be playing at ten stadiums from

Lille to Bordeaux to Paris to Marseille and they have all been specially revamped for the biggest ever European championship.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, a big move on climate change. We'll tell you what the Indian prime minister announced on his

visit to Washington.

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(HEADLINES)

[08:30:41] LU STOUT: Now, it is a legal case that is sparking outrage in the U.S. and around the world. This man, Brock Turner, got a six-month

jail sentence after he raped an unconscious woman near the Stanford University campus.

And now the California judge who issued that sentence is coming under fire. Many say the punishment is too lenient and does not fit the crime.

And now a Stanford University professor says she has launched a campaign to recall Judge Aaron Persky.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MICHELLE DAUBER, STANFORD UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR: I do not agree with the way that the judge applied the law in this case. I do not agree

with the decision he came to, and that's why we are working on a recall campaign.

You know, one of the most important factors that he's supposed to consider is the severity of the impact of the crime on the victim when

deciding how to make a proportional sentence.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now there are two online petitions calling for Persky to be removed, each has more than 500,000 signatures.

Now, climate activists are cheering India's latest move. Now after a White House meeting with

President Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would work to ratify the Paris climate deal

before the end of the year.

Now, the agreement must be signed and ratified by at least 55 nations that are behind more than half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.

Now, Mr. Modi is also set to address the U.S. congress in a few hours' time. So, let's get more now from Sumnima Udas in New Delhi. She joins us

now.

Sumnima, again, Modi will soon address congress. What will be his core message?

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we don't know for sure, of course, Kristie, but Modi's message will likely be to

highlight the rapid progress made between U.S.-India relations since he came to power in highlight the importance of maintaining that momentum even

though there will be a change in leadership in the White House in the U.S. in the coming months.

Now, he is expected to talk about the shared values that the two biggest Democracies in the world share, how this is a relationship of 21st

Century, especially given that China is becoming increasingly assertive, that's something that Modi has often talked about.

And for those who are more interested in the bilateral trade issues, of course, he will be talking how India now has the fastest growing major

economy in the world, how there is a resurgence in terms of the economy here. Of course, he will be talking about his make in India campaign, his start-up India campaign, and basically trying to tell the

lawmakers here that, you know, it's not only India that's going to benefit from this new relationship that the two countries share, but also the U.S.

will benefit a lot, that this is a win-win partnership for both, Kristie.

LU STOUT: OK. So security, economy, climate change, the alliance, all topics that will be on the table. We know that Modi is also expected

while in D.C. to meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been very critical about his human rights record. I mean, is that a potential dark

cloud over this visit?

UDAS: Yeah, it will be very interesting to see how all of that plays out, because quite a few lawmakers in the U.S. have been very critical of

his human rights record. And, in fact, today itself there will be a session with, they will be discussing this. So it will be interesting to

see what happens, how Modi reacts. He's not someone who takes criticism very easily, at least that's what most Indians would tell you.

And, of course, let's not forget he was banned from entering the United States until two years ago, until he became the prime minister,

because of his human rights record, or alleged -- his alleged involvement in some anti-Muslim riots in his state of Gujarat back in 2002 when the

chief minister, that's when a lot of U.S. lawmakers had lobbied to revoke his U.S. visa.

Of course, a lot has changed since then and the fact he is now addressing the U.S. congress sends a very strong signal to the Indians

living in the United States and also to the Indians here -- Kristie.

LU STOUT; All right, Sumnima Udas reporting for us live from Delhi. Thank you.

Now, the world's most populous democracy is poised for a technological boom. And joined Fareed Zakaria as he speaks to key figures from the

country's richest man to Bollywood's number ons tar. That's India's Big Chance, Friday, 10:30 a.m. in London, p.m. Hong Kong time.

Malware, viruses, distributed denial of service. Now, these terms for the weaponization of code are now well known, but governments and citizens

around the world are still just beginning to understand the full impact of cyber warfare.

Now, recently I caught up with Mikko Hypponen, the well-known hacker hunter and cyber security expert with F-Secure. Over ten years ago, I had

interviewed him here in Hong Kong about viral threats to our network PCs. Now, a decade on in this current era of mobile commuting, social platforms

and the Internet of things, we are now facing a host of new cyber concerns.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MIKKO HYPPONEN, F-SECURE: We have various different kinds of attackers out there right now. It's not just teenage boys writing viruses

for fun, like it used to be. Now we have organized crime, organized online cyber crime gangs which make hundreds of millions with their attacks, with

banking trojans, ransom trojans. But they're not the only group either. Then we have hactivists, like, you know, the Anonymous movement who not

trying to make money with their attacks, they're trying to protest with their attacks.

But then we have government, including intelligence agencies, militaries and so on. And now we also have to worry about extremists,

because clearly, they are also wanting to beef up their cyber offensive capability.

LU STOUT: How capable of extremist groups when it comes to hacking? Do they have what's known as credible offensive cyber capability?

HYPPONEN: We don't yet have to worry about cyber terrorism, but clearly, the situation isn't

getting better. Clearly, it's getting worse. And, for example, U.S. military is taking this threat very seriously. We can see from the fact

that last year they actually, twice, executed with drone strikes hackers, working for extremist organizations.

LU STOUT: we are now in the mobile computing age. Most of us are accessing the internet

through apps, not necessarily going through websites. We're using our smartphones. We're using our tablet computers. Are they more secure than

PCs?

HYPPONEN: Smart devices, smartphones and smart tablets, they are actually more secure by default than our computers. So, if you take your

Windows or Mac OS X computer and compare the security level to an iPhone or even an Android device, these mobile devices are more secure, because they

more restrictive.

The most important difference is that you cannot program them directly.

I'm a programmer. If you give me a computer, I could write a program to it and then give it to you and you can run it on your computer.

With an iPhone, I can't do that. The only way I can do that is that I write the program then I send it to Apple, to California, and if Apple

approves the program, then I can run it on my own device, and give it to you.

LU STOUT: But we still shouldn't be complacent? I mean, there are cyber vulnerabilities

in the mobile computer world, right? If you look at the apps, the popular apps that are out there, which are most vulnerable?

HYPPONEN: The biggest problem in mobile space aren't actually security problems, they are

privacy problems. The fact is that many, many of these free applications make money by tracking you and tracking what you do.

For example, getting your contact lists, and tracking your physical location. And that's not really a security problem, that is a privacy

problem. And that's really troubling, because we carry these devices with us everywhere we go. We use it for everything we do. And it is sort of

still a big mystery what this lack of privacy means to us, because we are the first generation that really is living our lives in the online world.

LU STOUT: Yeah, absolutely.

So, what are your tips and what are your best practices? How do you keep your data secure? I mean, what kind of messages apps do you use? What

do you do?

HYPPONEN: Encryption works. So everything you do, use encryption. That's easy to say and hard to do in practice.

So, for example, please send encrypted emails. How? How should i do it? It's kind of hard to bring to practical levels.

But, for example, on your mobile phone devices I always use VPNs on my devices, which means everything I do online is encrypted on my phone, sent

encrypted over a Starbucks wi-fi, which would otherwise be completely out in the open.

LU STOUT: You use VPNs everywhere in the world?

HYPPONEN: Everywhere I go I always have VPN enabled on my phones and on my tablets and on my computer.

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LU STOUT: And that was Mikko Hypponen, the chief research officer of F-Secure speaking to me earlier on the latest cyber threats.

Now, the epic battle between the Hoard and Alliance has reached China's box office. So, will fan support be enough to beat the horrible

reviews and launch Warcraft to international success? We'll take a look, next.

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[11:41:15] LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, the battle for Azeroth is finally on the big screen. The movie adaptation of Blizzard's popular World of Warcraft video game just made its

debut in China.

And despite some pretty bad reviews, Chinese fans seem eager to see it. Alexandra Field has more.

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ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Chinese movie fans line up for one of this summer's hottest tickets, "Warcraft," a movie based

on the video game, "World of Warcraft." The film is opening here two days before the United States, tapping into a hardcore fan base of Chinese

gamers.

Analyst Tet Numura (ph) estimates "Warcraft" will bring between $150 million and $300 million in China, which could put it on track to be the

country's second highest grossing film of the year. That would far surpass "Star Wars," a franchise that hasn't resonated with Chinese fans.

"Warcraft" tells the story of two worlds colliding in an epic battle.

Director Duncan Jones is shaking off terrible reviews from critics.

DUNCAN JONES, DIRECTOR: You know what?

I think I would be devastated if the fans didn't like it. But the facts are, the fans do love it. So I kind of feel like maybe I'm ahead of

the game a little bit.

FIELD (voice-over): The movie has had a push from some powerful Chinese backers. Co-producer Legendary Entertainment is owned by Dalian

Wanda, a

Chinese media giant which runs the country's largest cinema chain.

Tencent, China's biggest social network, also took a stake in the film.

Leading "Warcraft" cast, Chinese-American heartthrob Daniel Wu, he told Chinese "Warcraft" fans his wife is with them.

DANIEL WU, ACTOR (through translator): My wife complained.

"You have promised me to rest for a year with our baby."

But when I told her it was "Warcraft," she said, "Do it, do it."

FIELD (voice-over): The movie is one of a growing number of collaborations between Hollywood and China, where the box office take grew

nearly 50 percent last year.

Alexandra Field, CNN, Hong Kong.

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LU STOUT: And finally, circle your calendar, because it is world oceans day, and we are marking the location with this rare footage taken

off the coast by a drone, by the coast of Auckland, New Zealand. It shows an endangered whale feeding her calf.

Now, this year's world oceans day focus is, indeed, climate change. And marine biology groups say it's one of the biggest threats facing whales

today. Beautiful footage.

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

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