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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: We want to welcome our viewers around the world as we continue our special coverage of the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union. I'm Max Foster.

CLARISSA WARD, CNN HOST: And I'm Clarissa Ward.

The fallout from the U.K. Brexit referendum continues. Foreign ministers of the six founding E.U. countries are calling for exit negotiations to begin as soon as possible.

The demand came in a statement issued after an impromptu meeting in Berlin.

FOSTER: And the political turmoil is growing back in Britain. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing increasing pressure from members of his own party. According to the press association, Corbyn has sacked his shadow foreign minister, Hilary Benn, after reports that Benn was planning a coup against him.

Corbyn backed the Remain campaign but as he criticized by some in his party for what they saw as his weak contribution to it.

Now more than 2.7 million people have signed a petition in the U.K. Parliament website, they are demanding a second referendum on whether to leave the E.U.

WARD: For more on the reaction to the Brexit, our Diana Magnay joins us from outside 10 Downing Street.

Diana, it seems like the political fallout just keeps on going.

What are you hearing there?

DIANA MAGNAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely. Overnight, Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign minister has been sacked by Jeremy Corbyn. It's really an indication, Clarissa, of how divided and torn the Labour Party has been as a result of this vote.

Shortly after the vote came through, Margaret Hodge (ph), a Labour MP, heard call for a vote of no confidence in the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And this is the continued fallout from that.

Jeremy Corbyn has made it very clear that he intends to stay on as Labour leader and try and unite this very disunited party. What you saw in the election was the party leadership, who campaigned to remain within the E.U.

But Jeremy Corbyn himself didn't really put up all that much of a fight. And I think he left many within his party -- and particularly the grassroots in the party -- feeling unclear about his leadership and many of them voted to leave.

And that is why you are seeing this kind of fallout with many people within the Labour Party just not having the confidence in Jeremy Corbyn, that he is the man to unite the party and to bring the party within the country behind him -- Clarissa.

FOSTER: We should point out that Hilary Benn is very well regarded, is always seen as someone that would replace Jeremy Corbyn. So it's a massive seismic shift within the party and a big test of Corbyn whether he can survive this.

Meanwhile, in the street where you are, you've got George Osborne, David Cameron's number two, also holding out. So only Cameron has gone so far in this massive political shakedown.

MAGNAY: Exactly. On both sides of the political divide, Conservative and Labour, both parties in absolute turmoil.

And you are right, will Jeremy Corbyn be able to survive the ousting of such a heavyweight within his party?

And of course we have the gearing-up on the Tory side as to who will be the likely front-runner, whether Boris Johnson will be a shoo-in for future prime minister, whether Theresa May, the current home secretary is gathering herself to become the Tory contender.

So it's very interesting to see how all this is going to shake out -- Max.

WARD: Diana, there seems to be a bit of a difference of opinion between the E.U. leaders and Britain's pro-Brexiters as to what the Brexit will look like and when it will start to get in motion.

What are you hearing with regards to when we can expect Article 50 to be implemented, which would start that process?

MAGNAY: Well, E.U. ministers, who met yesterday, actually gave several different opinions themselves. You have Jean-Claude Juncker saying that he wanted this process to begin immediately. You have the European Parliament president, Martin Schulz, saying that effectively Britain was holding the European Union hostage by not invoking Article 50 straightaway.

And Angela Merkel trying to calm that discussion, saying there's no need for haste; we can take time about this. Of course, for European Union ministers, they want to make it hard for

the U.K. because they don't want other European countries to follow suit; whereas for the Leave campaigners who are now leading --

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MAGNAY: -- negotiations, they want to make sure that they have the best possible structure in place before they invoke Article 50 for a possible E.U. exit and David Cameron has made it clear that he only wants to invoke Article 50 once a new prime minister is in place after the October party conference.

And I think that the Leave campaign will try very hard to make sure that they don't have to invoke Article 50 and set this process in motion, which will effectively sideline them from the process.

The head of the Leave campaign here has said that he wants to ensure that Britain has full access to the single market, continues to make a contribution to the E.U. budget and that this very important passporting rights issue is maintained.

Now those are three issues that I think will require very, very hard bargaining if the E.U. is going to agree to anything near to those terms.

FOSTER: OK, Diana in London, thank you.

London voting to stay in the European Union. Also Scotland doing the same thing. They really stood out with Northern Ireland. Scotland's first minister has met with her cabinet. She did on Saturday to discuss the country's next move.

WARD: Nicola Sturgeon says her government is seeking immediate discussions with E.U. institutions and other E.U. member states to, quote, "protect Scotland's place in the European Union."

Right after the Brexit vote, Ms. Sturgeon said Scotland will likely seek independence from the U.K. again.

FOSTER: yes, a reminder of Scotland's rough referendum campaign back in 2014. Here is CNN's Phil Black.

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PHIL BLACK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Across Scotland's dramatic landscape, you will find its most iconic beast, the Highland cow. These cattle are stubborn survivors, bred to endure the cold, windy, often mountainous conditions of their native land. They can also be curious and friendly.

Every year, the finest of the breed are trucked to Edinburgh for competition in the Royal Highlands show. It's a chance for farmers to admire each other's animals and catch up with friends.

This year, they have a lot to talk about.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, it's a very woody and pain for us, for us all.

BLACK (voice-over): Alistair McIntyre (ph) says many Scottish farmers voted against Britain's exit from the European Union.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of farms and (INAUDIBLE) are dependent on European subsidy money to make the farms work.

BLACK (voice-over): A clear majority of Scots, 62 percent, voted for staying with the E.U. But hey were outvoted by the rest of the United Kingdom.

BLACK: Why do you think it matters more to the Scottish people than the rest of the U.K.?

Because we have seen that divide, haven't we?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, we've seen that divide but I think the U.K. is the U.K. but all part of the U.K. And I don't think that Scotland should ever be on the run and close enough a lot of animosity.

BLACK (voice-over): But Scotland is, again, talking about going it alone. The head of the government here, Nicola Sturgeon, says it's highly likely Scotland will have another referendum on independence because Britain is now leaving the E.U. against the will of the Scottish people.

BLACK: Is it fair to describe you as a proud Scot?

DAVID CUTHBERTSON (PH), SCOTTISH CITIZEN: Yes, very much so. I'm also proud to be a Brit.

BLACK (voice-over): David Cuthbertson (ph) thinks Nicola Sturgeon is banging the wrong drum at the wrong time because it's been less than two years since Scots last voted to reject independence.

CUTHBERTSON (PH): But she just gets her heat together, what's this, people have said they doing their thing the wrong way.

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That's my --

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BLACK: I don't think she's the first stubborn Scottish person.

CUTHBERTSON (PH): Oh, no. No, no. I think you're quite right there.

BLACK (voice-over): At this huge celebration of Scottish founding traditions, it's hard to find people who like the idea of another independence vote.

BLACK: Can I ask about your tartan there?

Is that a family (ph) tartan?

DAVID MCLAREN, SCOTTISH FARMER: Yes, that's a family tartan, McLaren tartan.

BLACK: Independence, yes or no?

MCLAREN: I would say no.

BLACK: Why?

MCLAREN: I think we're better off together.

BLACK (voice-over): But there are passionate believers in Scottish independence who say the time is now.

TONY MCCANDLIN (PH), FARMER: If we do this and -- so what I'd say to the E.U., that will be a disaster. And therefore, our hand has been forced, yes.

BLACK (voice-over): It's no surprise the Scottish government is ready to break up the United Kingdom to fight for continued E.U. membership. But it's not clear if the famously determined and proud Scottish people are willing to endure yet another bruising referendum campaign -- Phil Black, CNN, Edinburgh.

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WARD: Well, for more analysis of the Brexit and its ramifications, we're joined by Sandro Monetti via Skype, he's the managing editor of the "Los Angeles Business Journal."

Sandro, I have to ask you, you are in the U.S. Give us a sense of how this is all playing out internationally, particularly from the American perspective.

SANDRO MONETTI, "LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL": Well, from the --

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MONETTI: -- British community in the United States, it seems to be dismay and disbelief.

In terms of the wider picture in America, there's worries about the economy in Britain and Europe having a domino effect, an effect over here.

And yes, it probably will, as the dis-United Kingdom causes chaos around the world.

But well, let's just take a breath for a moment. Let's look to the lessons of history. Yes, the economy is going on a little bit of a roller coaster ride. But the thing about roller coaster rides is, they are eventually over. So let's just hold on tight and not panic.

FOSTER: The views from outside the U.K. seems to be that Britain is now regretting making this decision. You've got these demonstrations taking place and also a petition, saying we want a second referendum.

Is that the view you're getting from there, that Britain may have made a false move here?

MONETTI: Yes, it is. The British community here in America is extremely tight-knit. And we are not talking about 52-48. I'd say it's about a 90-10 seems to be the reaction of the expats. And yes, there is this petition. People here are wondering if they can sign it.

And one of the wonderful things about British democracy is there are now enough signatures for Parliament to debate this.

But would they really overturn the greatest, giantest (sic) referendum in the history of Britain and say, no, you can't do that as the elected representatives?

I don't think so. But yes, there is a sense of incredulity here about what's happened. And also the effect it might have on the United States as the search towards the electorate taking back power seems to be surging through not just this nation but many around the world.

WARD: Sandro, I have to point out, I notice in the background there, you have the ultimate British adage, "Keep calm and carry on."

I wonder, what do you think -- there's a lot of speculation here in the U.K. as to what this Brexit will actually look like and whether these pro-Brexit leaders can actually deliver on some of the promises that won them this referendum.

From an economic perspective, how viable do you think it is for them to deliver on those promises?

MONETTI: The European Union is extremely vulnerable. It can come down like a house of cards. The British public provided the breath which can knock it all down. And I think chaos is ahead. But in the long run, Britain always comes out on top.

You know, the ministry of information in 1939 came up with this slogan (INAUDIBLE) gathering over Europe. We've won two world wars. We've even won a World Cup. Britain always comes out winning in the end. And we can ride through this one. Don't worry, world. Britain's got it (INAUDIBLE).

FOSTER: What is Britain though?

Scotland may well leave now. Northern Ireland, they're even talking about Northern Ireland rejoining the Republic of Ireland.

So what is Britain?

Is that question being asked there?

MONETTI: That is being asked there as well. That's a very good point. Britain at the moment is a dis-United Kingdom. But the wonderful thing about democracy is that we have this ability to disagree and to come together. But, I think this is certainly going to bring about a United Kingdom

like we have never seen before. There is going to be calls for all kind of referenda, all kind of independence votes.

And whoever the new prime minister turns out to be might have a very short-lived run in power, because I think if you look at economic history and political history, the Conservative majority is so slender. This is such a huge issue.

They may have to go to the polls early. And the next general election in Britain will be a one-issue election. Ad it's to Brexit or not to Brexit.

FOSTER: Sandro, thank you very much indeed. It's a pretty big job to take on at the moment --

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WARD: Absolutely.

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FOSTER: The U.K. is facing host of questions really about its economic future as well.

WARD: And we'll tell you what one major financial institution is saying in the wake of the Brexit and how it would impact your investments. That's coming up.

FOSTER: Plus a look at other top stories around the world including the latest on Iraq's battle against ISIS in Fallujah.

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WARD: The bond rating agency, Moody's, is downgrading the U.K.'s credit outlook from stable to negative on the heels of the Brexit vote. It lists heightened uncertainty and diminished confidence among a number of reasons for the lower rating.

FOSTER: The agency also says the U.K. has an uphill climb ahead in its negotiations with the E.U. Some analysts say those talks could take more than two years to reach final agreements.

The Brexit vote is prompting lots of questions about the country's economic future. One analyst says pulling back is a smart move for investors.

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ALI VELSHI, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AND ECONOMIC ANALYST: The issue is that, on Thursday, while it looked like the Remain camp was in the lead, everybody knew the rules of the road.

All of a sudden, we don't know. I mean, there really aren't many people who can tell you with great specificity exactly how things will change for companies and workers and corporations and property values and interest rates. So what a lot of people did, it wasn't knee-jerk, it was a fairly well advised. I'm taking my money out of this market until somebody can explain to me what this all means.

You'll notice amongst the most hardly (sic) hit stocks, for anybody who has an investment portfolio, were financial stocks because they are tightly integrated between America and the U.K. and the E.U. and the rest of the world.

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WARD: Well, the Conservative Party in Britain will soon start the process of choosing a new leader, who will become prime minister. Our Nina dos Santos reports.

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NINA DOS SANTOS, CNNMONEY EUROPE EDITOR: It's not sure whether the markets will rise or fall, what is sure they will be listening out to every single twist and turn. At a time when the prime minister says he is going to be stepping down over the next three months.

There's questions hanging over the leadership of this country and also this week on Wednesday, markets will be very finely listening out to what's said in Brussels because we've got a big E.U. heads of state meeting that will be happening there.

As one CEO of a bank put it to me over the course of the weekend --

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DOS SANTOS (voice-over): -- Friday was tough but at least that was just buying and selling the news. The news of being a decision in favor of a Brexit was much harder, he said, is to buy and sell the rumor that will come over the next few weeks to come -- Nina dos Santos, CNNMoney, London.

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WARD: OK, well, let's take a look at some of the numbers behind the U.K.'s place in Europe.

FOSTER: E.U. countries invested more than $700 billion in the United Kingdom in 2014. That's almost half of the total investment according to official figures; 45 percent of the U.K.'s exports go to other E.U. states whilst 53 percent of the U.K.'s imports come from within the European Union.

WARD: European Union citizens have the right to live in the U.K. and an estimated 3 million are doing so. But on the flip side, only 1.3 million U.K. citizens are living in other E.U. states. And this was one of the big issues during the referendum. The United Kingdom is a net contributor to the E.U. budget, paying around $14 billion more than it received last year.

FOSTER: Such big numbers to get your head around. Well, we'll return to our special coverage on the Brexit decision later this hour. Right now, we need to get to Natalie, who's at CNN Center.

Hi, Natalie.

NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, Max.

Hi, Clarissa, thank you.

We want to begin with Iraq and the battleground in Fallujah.

Iraqi forces say they have successfully cleared ISIS from the eastern part of the city. Their focus now: to drive remaining militants out of the northern and western districts. Shiite militias fighting alongside the Iraqi army are expressing optimism. Their leader says he expected to see the entire city liberated within the next couple of days.

The fighting has forced more than 80,000 people to leave the city. Many are now sleeping in the open desert in overcrowded camps that are short of supplies. As our Ben Wedeman reports, they are growing increasingly frustrated with their government.

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BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is what passes for shelter if you've fled Fallujah. They came to these camps outside the city to escape ISIS. There's no escape, however, from the elements.

"All I want is a tent," says Samir (ph). He's been here with his family for a week.

"I ask God, I ask the government, give me a tent to protect my family."

More than 200 people are huddled in front of a mosque, taking turns sleeping inside. These are the people whose hearts and minds the Iraqi government says it's trying to win. But hearts and minds are wilting in the scorching desert heat.

"Are we criminals?" asked Muhammad (ph), addressing the government

"No, we're people. You couldn't protect us from ISIS and now you're crushing us."

Says Iman (ph), "We escaped from the tyranny of ISIS, now we need the Iraqi government to stand with us."

The lucky ones, if you can call them that, do have tents but often several families are packed inside. WEDEMAN: This is the only toilet in this camp. This camp has more

than 3,600 people. It's only being used by the women. The men just go out into the desert.

This camp was set up less than a week ago. And, really, the facilities are basic.

WEDEMAN (voice-over): The open cesspit is in the middle of the camp, a recipe for disaster, say relief workers. Aid groups like the Norwegian Refugee Council are doing what they can, handing out food and water. Demand far exceeds supply, says Karl Schembri.

KARL SCHEMBRI, NORWEGIAN RELIEF COUNCIL: We can only reach up to 5 liters per person per day which is dangerously low in this heat as you can feel. We must be quite close to 50 degrees today. And it will get much worse next month.

WEDEMAN (voice-over): That's just over a gallon of water a day in temperatures topping 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The slightest relief from the heat and the dust, no small accomplishment -- Ben Wedeman, CNN, outside Fallujah.

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ALLEN: We only hope their conditions improve and very soon.

Somalia's national news agency is reporting that a deadly siege at a hotel in Mogadishu is over. That's according to the country's security and intelligence agency. Police say at least 15 people were killed, 25 wounded Saturday when gunmen stormed a building. They detonated a car packed with explosives and a suicide bomber blew himself up.

A gun battle between police and attackers then lasted for several hours. Al-Shabaab militants claim responsibility.

Politics and football: Both can unite but also divide. Coming up here, Euro 2016 fans react to the U.K.'s vote to leave the E.U.

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WARD: Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world as we continue our special coverage of the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union. I'm Clarissa Ward.

FOSTER: I'm Max Foster. And the fallout from the U.K.'s Brexit referendum continues following Britain's exit from -- exit vote on Thursday.

Foreign ministers of the six founding E.U. countries met in Berlin. In a statement on Saturday, they called for exit negotiations as soon as possible.

WARD: Back in Britain, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure from members of his own party. The British Press Association says Corbyn has sacked his shadow foreign minister after reports he was planning a coup against him.

Corbyn backed the Remain campaign but was criticized by some in his party for what they saw as his weak contribution.

FOSTER: Meanwhile, more than 2.7 million people have signed a petition in the U.K. on the Parliament's website. They are demanding a second referendum on whether to leave the E.U.

WARD: With David Cameron stepping down as prime minister and leader of the U.K. Conservative Party, here is how his successor is likely to be chosen.

FOSTER: Conservative members of parliament who wish to lead the party must be nominated by fellow members, two of them, at least. If more than two candidates are nominated, the 331 Conservative MPs will hold a series of votes until they select their top two choices.

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Then the entire party, around 150,000 members, vote in a postal ballot to make the final decision on who will lead.

CLARISSA WARD, CNN HOST: Since the Conservatives hold the majority in the U.K. Parliament, that person also becomes the country's next prime minister.

FOSTER: Now another major vote is also happening this weekend in Europe. People in Spain head to the polls in the coming hours to elect a new parliament.

WARD: The country's center right party is expected to be the big winner. But Spain's anti-austerity alliance is also expected to make some big gains. That would leave Spain's socialist party in third place. The last election in December was considered inconclusive.

We are joined now by Dominic Thomas.

FOSTER: He's the chair of (INAUDIBLE) at the University of California in Los Angeles. He joins us via Skype.

Just want to start by asking you about Spain. Surely this Brexit story was so big, it's absolutely in the context of Europe.

Will that play into the Spanish vote, do you think?

That's going to be the first test of Europe, right?

DOMINIC THOMAS, UCLA: Absolutely. I think that this is going to play not just into the Spanish vote but into just about everything single election that is going to take place in Europe over the coming year and a half and it will also shape the U.S. election that is coming up now.

WARD: You know, I wanted to ask you about France. We heard from France's president yesterday, Francois Hollande, obviously trying to calm fears, appease any sense of hysteria. But there have been calls on the French right wing from Marine Le Pen for a French referendum.

Are we likely to see that happen?

Is that really a possibility, is the domino effect beginning?

THOMAS: I think the domino effect is beginning, as you mentioned, in just opening this segment of the show you had a very symbolic meeting in Berlin toady of the six foreign ministers that were the original members of the European Union.

As we know, the U.K. had a long and tough sort of fight and battle to enter the European Union in the early 1970s. And certainly, the message initially was to sort of punish the U.K., then to move towards a calmer, more rational response, in which there would be support for this particular transition.

And I think that these E.U. leaders are well aware of the fact that, within their own constituencies, they face the same sort of sentiments and reactions as we saw with the Brexit vote in the U.K.

Francois Hollande specifically told Marine Le Pen during her visit to the Elysee Palace today that he would not consider a referendum. He can very well say that. But the general election will most likely be shaped, in fact their campaigns are going to be shaped by the far right and by Marine Le Pen.

And she has from the very outset made it very clear that leaving the European Union would be a priority for her.

FOSTER: Well, what those leaders need to do, then, is to use Britain as an example. They want to show that Britain is not going to benefit in any way from the European setup if they choose to leave. So they have to be very hard with Britain and really come down hard on them and not allow them this extended negotiation process.

Which the Leave campaigners are talking about, they are saying they're not going to instigate this protocol, the two-year program, to extract themselves until they have to. So they want to extend it as long as possible. But the --

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THOMAS: -- the fact is a portion of the people have spoken. And I think that's what's so unique about this particular moment, is that, as with the U.S. election, whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton win, you have a divided United States, not just a divided United States where there's a winner and a loser. But you have a United States that is divided along all sorts of lines, lines that look very much like the Brexit vote: class, geography, gender, geographic location and so on. We have a deep fracture, a deep social fracture at work here that is

-- Britain is tearing apart the European Union and dividing people in a kind of war of identities in the United States as well.

The leaders can be firm. But the people have spoken. And I think they actually are finally -- they're going to find themselves in a very difficult situation.

In the same way that Candidate Trump spoke about the fact that Hillary Clinton with her stronger together campaign looked very much like the Remain campaign, that people are afraid. Donald Trump is capitalizing upon this fear. And it's actually proving to be highly effective.

WARD: Dominic, you talk about the parallels with the U.S. election. You mentioned Trump who, of course, came out on Friday, said that he had predicted this result, that he predicted something similar will take place in the U.S.

From your perch in Los Angeles, what sort of a reaction are you hearing in the U.S.?

Do people in America feel that this does indeed potentially foreshadow their own election?

Is --are these really about the same issues of anti-establishment sentiment?

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THOMAS: What the Brexit vote has done is brought actually tremendous American attention toward the European Union and the United Kingdom. There's a deep familiarity with the United Kingdom. It's obviously historical.

But interest in the European Union, what is it?

How does it work?

What are the parallels?

What you do tend to find is that words like Brussels and bureaucracy and Washington and establishment are being used interchangeably. And people are finding many parallels between these particular issues and debates. It's important to remember that 26 million people voted for Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders and only 16 million or so have voted for Hillary Clinton thus far in the run-up to the Democratic nomination.

So Trump and Sanders are, of course, not the same kind of candidates. But they do very much speak to social problems, the problems of unemployment, to fear, to migration, to border control and those sorts of issues.

And so people do see a lot of parallels and, in many ways, I think that in the wake that the Remain camp was rather complacent going into this, this may potentially mobilize people to realize that the threat posed by Donald Trump is real and that it's time to wake up and to think a little bit more about importance of this election coming up in the fall.

FOSTER: OK, Dominic, thank you very much indeed.

One of the accusations being that David Cameron and his side were focused on the economy and not immigration. They weren't talking about the issue that people were voting on, not whether or not he had the right view of immigration, whether or not he was addressing the issues --

WARD: They missed it entirely.

FOSTER: -- care about.

Donald Trump's right there, isn't he?

Right. Next, we're going to go to France because the passion of football and politics are mixing up.

WARD: You will hear what Euro 2016 fans think about the U.K. vote to leave the E.U. That's coming up.

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WARD: Pollsters say people under 30 voted overwhelmingly to remain in the E.U. during Thursday's referendum while those over the age of 65 voted to leave by a wide margin. That has led to an eruption of anger on social media from many young people directed at older generations.

FOSTER: . Fantastic."

Many shared this quote from the comments section of the "Financial Times" website, "The younger generation has lost the right to live and work in 27 other countries. We will never know the full extent of their lost opportunities, friendships, marriages and experiences that will be denied."

WARD: But not everyone thought the criticism was entirely fair. One teenaged user on Twitter tweeted, quote, "I don't agree with the result of the referendum but a lot of people flagging off the older generation are forgetting that these people fought for our country."

I should give you a quick transitional there; "flagging off" is British slang for criticizing.

FOSTER: It certain is.

And in France, football fans from across Europe are cheering for their teams meanwhile. WARD: The Euro 2016 tournament is a great place to find out what people think about the U.K. vote to leave the E.U. And our own Will Ripley talked to the fans in Paris.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Politics and football: few things have such power to unite and divide. Flags and jerseys, colors of national pride, competitors fighting to win or lose.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Happy days. If we leave, we leave.

RIPLEY (voice-over): Even before kickoff of the Wales-Northern Ireland game, these Welsh fans felt like winners.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We got our country back. Same as that. We got our ball, it is back. And our government by Brussels.

RIPLEY (voice-over): Fans from Northern Ireland...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We voted that we stay in.

RIPLEY (voice-over): -- worry what the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union will mean for their mobility, their jobs, their future.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The whole day, we might let on that we do, but we do. I'm still having the time of my life here. I'll worry when I go back home.

RIPLEY (voice-over): Outside the Parc des Princes, we find fans from three of four countries of the U.K. represented.

RIPLEY: The fans here seem to be divided based on where they live. The Welsh fans backed the Brexit whereas Northern Ireland voted largely to remain. And those from England, they are split right down the middle.

RIPLEY (voice-over): These fans from West Yorkshire and Birmingham backed the Leave campaign.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And I think that moving out of England is the best thing that could happen to Britain.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A lot of people voted because of immigration.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Terrorism, that's the fear. Terrorism, that's the fear.

RIPLEY (voice-over): They admit much of that fear fueled by a lack of knowledge about what leaving the E.U. really means.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You've already said to yourself so it -- we won't be educated much about it.

RIPLEY (voice-over): This student from Northwest England voted to remain.

RIPLEY: Do you think people were aware of the consequences when they voted to leave?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, I really don't. And I have seen many videos of people on Facebook, saying if they'd realize what would happen to the pound (INAUDIBLE) overnight that they wouldn't have voted leave.

RIPLEY (voice-over): No matter who they root for or how they voted, all these fans share the challenge that lies ahead: pulling off a win for the U.K. no matter what Brexit leaves behind -- Will Ripley, CNN, Paris.

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FOSTER: Well, we will have much more on the fallout from the British referendum. But first, we are going to check some other stories for you.

WARD: And we'll be back very soon after a quick break. Stay with us.

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NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: And to look in, I'm Natalie Allen, live from CNN Center, Atlanta, with other news to bring you.

U.S. President Barack Obama is declaring West Virginia a disaster area. At least 23 people have died there in the deadliest flash flooding in the U.S. in six years. Nick Valencia reports the high waters have swept homes off their foundations and a number of people are missing.

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NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): For the last two days, West Virginia has been pounded by heavy thunderstorms and massive flooding.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Chad, watch out.

VALENCIA (voice-over): This house exploded into flames and floated down the river.

This family picked through the smoldering remains of what was once their home.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I can't get the memories out of my head. VALENCIA (voice-over): Eye-popping currents ravaged the Mountain State. Four-year old Edward McMillian (ph) was playing behind his home when he was washed away by rapid floodwaters. His body was recovered from a nearby creek.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This has been horrific, a nightmare. I mean, I -- there's no words can explain.

VALENCIA (voice-over): It's being called a 1,000-year flood. The high terrain along the rivers in the southeastern part of the state is only making problems worse.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you add nine inches of rain over just a short period of time, within the mountains, it causes the waters to come up very rapidly.

VALENCIA (voice-over): The rising waters took out bridges and broke barges loose.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Older people that's worked all their life for what they've got and then just, one day, it's all gone.

VALENCIA (voice-over): Hundreds of first responders, including 200 National Guardsmen, have been deployed help families like this.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And they said the last thing they knew of, there was somebody threw her a rope and then we never heard anymore.

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NATALIE ALLEN: Unbelievable what so many people there are going through. The Professional Golf Association is canceling a major tournament in the area because of the damage there in West Virginia. And Derek Van Dam is here with more about it.

It is really unreal. It's such a beautiful area, too, just what has happened to these communities?

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It's all about the topography there, we're talking about steep terrain, people building communities right along the edges of riverbanks as well. The National Weather Service, Natalie, was reporting this as a 1,000-year event. This means that --

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VAN DAM: -- a one in 1,000 chance of this happening in any given year. So now the cleanup ensues. You can see what people are dealing with.

Look at the mud. What a catastrophe. This is absolutely terrible. They are going to be reeling from this for several, several weeks to come. In fact, this was the deadliest flood event in 2016.

Natalie, it killed more than all tornado events have so far in 2016 in the United States alone. So that puts it in a bit of perspective for you.

Here's a look at the latest satellite imagery across the area.

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VAN DAM: I want to show you a quick video coming out of the California region because this is another part of the area that has been wreaked with extreme fire events. This has been very extremely deadly fire in the Erskine -- the Curran County region in Southern California just out of Bakersfield.

This is the Erskine fire. There were unfortunately two fatalities with the potential of a third. And what you are looking at here is actually some melted vehicles. To be able to see this up close and personal is really quite incredible.

Governor Jerry Brown declaring a state of emergency in Curran County, 150 homes destroyed, 75 damaged. And we have over 1,100 firefighters battling this blaze as we speak. So we've got low humidity, high temperatures and strong winds fueling these fires. And they are really not going anywhere anytime soon. Zero percent containment on this fire. It's already burned over 35,000 acres.

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ALLEN: All right, Derek, thank you.

VAN DAM: Thanks, Natalie.

Pope Francis wraps up a three-day visit to Armenia Sunday. His trip has been marked by significant moments. On Saturday, the pope delivered an interfaith prayer for peace. But he sparked controversy by calling the mass killing of Armenians during World War I "genocide."

He visited the Armenian memorial site Saturday and laid a wreath there. A number of countries described the deaths as genocide but Turkey rejects that term, saying it was a time of war and there were casualties on both sides.

For more perspective, let's bring in CNN senior Vatican analyst, John Allen, he's traveling with the pope. John is also the editor of cruxnow.com, a website that covers the Vatican and the Catholic Church.

John, thanks for being with us. First of all, Pope Francis walks into various fragile global incidents, this one certainly, dating back to World War I, and didn't shy away from using the word "genocide."

What do you make of it?

JOHN ALLEN, CNN SR. VATICAN ANALYST: Well, Natalie, we have seen from the very beginning that this is a pope willing to stir controversy and to speak his mind. And this is another case of it. Of course, Francis used the word "genocide" to describe those 1915

massacres of Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks, an estimated 1.5 million casualties. He used the term "genocide" for that last year at a special liturgy he celebrated with Armenians in Rome, which marked the 100th year anniversary of the war.

And so in that sense, he was already on record. However, in the run- up to this trip, Vatican spokesmen appeared to be trying to get people ready for the idea that he would not do so again this time, that he would try to be more discreet.

Well, clearly, that went out the window. And he added the term genocide to his prepared text. Obviously that has played extraordinarily well with the Armenians. He got a standing ovation at the end of that talk. But we have already seen, Natalie, that there has been some backlash from the Turks.

NATALIE ALLEN: What has happened?

JOHN ALLEN: Well, yesterday, one of the pro-government Turkish newspapers ran a headline, accusing Francis of being "the Armenian pope" and the country's deputy prime minister in remarks to a reporter called the pope's language "baseless" and said that it reflected what he called a Crusader mentality, meaning a Christian effort to attack Muslims.

Now we don't yet have any indication of whether Turkey will do in this instance what it often does, which is to recall its ambassador. Remember the church that the Vatican is a sovereign state and it does have diplomatic relations with Turkey. We don't know if they're going to lodge some kind of formal diplomatic protest.

But certainly, the early indications are that Francis' language here in Armenia not gone down well in Ankara.

NATALIE ALLEN: Right. It's interesting, too, that he went off script and did what he wanted to do.

John, what was the larger reason for visiting Armenia?

JOHN ALLEN: Well, the fundamental reason is to pursue closer relations between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church here, the Armenian Apostolic Church, under the heading of --

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JOHN ALLEN: -- what's known as ecumenism or the drive for Christian unity. This has been a major priority for Pope Francis. He is profoundly convinced that it is difficult for Christians to project a message of unity and reconciliation to the wider world as long as they remain divided among themselves.

Now relations between the Armenian church and the Vatican have been quite good over the last 20 years or so. But they are not yet at that stage of full communion. In effect, Francis came here to try to move the ball across the goal line. NATALIE ALLEN: John Allen for us, senior Vatican analyst, thank you, John.

And thank you for joining us. I'm Natalie Allen in Atlanta. We'll head you back live to London next. More from Max Foster and Clarissa Ward on the fallout of the U.K. vote to quit the European Union. We'll be right back.