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Brexit Fallout Continues; Scotland Talking about Leaving the U.K.; Contenders for British Prime Minister; U.K. Foreign Residents React to Brexit; Pope Wraps Up Visit to Armenia; Escaped Residents Languish Outside Fallujah; Euro 2016 Fans React to Brexit. Aired 2-3a ET

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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: Welcome to our viewers around the world as we continue or special coverage of Britain's decision to leave the E.U. I'm Max Foster.

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

Divisions in the U.K.'s Labour Party have emerged following Thursday's Brexit vote. The British Press Association says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has sacked shadow foreign minister Hilary Benn after reports that Benn was planning a coup.

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

In Berlin, foreign ministers of the six founding E.U. countries met to discuss Britain's departure. In a statement Saturday, they called for negotiations as soon as possible. European Commission president also said he wants a swift exit. Our Atika Shubert has more on what E.U. leaders are saying about the Brexit.

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ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You could call it a Brexit backlash in Berlin. Representatives from the six founding countries of the European Union gathered in the German capital on Saturday and presented a united front before the cameras.

Foreign ministers of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands all demanded Britain begin renegotiating its exit from the E.U. immediately.

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER (through translator): London also has a responsibility that is wider than just Great Britain. This is why we jointly say that this process needs to start as soon as possible.

JEAN-MARC AYRAULT, FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER (through translator): We start, now we must be clear, the British people have decided. DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER: We need to turn the page. We don't want a vacuum. And it's important now that these negotiations with the United Kingdom start in good faith but as soon as possible.

SHUBERT (voice-over): At a separate event, German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with a more conciliatory tone, saying there was no hurry for Britain to trigger the exit process.

ANGELA MERKEL, CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY (through translator): We were sad yesterday that the vote went that way and that is no reason to be in any way especially nasty during the negotiations.

SHUBERT (voice-over): Those negotiations cannot begin until Britain invokes Article 50 of E.U.'s Lisbon Treaty. And it's not clear when that will happen. But some E.U. officials are already growing impatient.

LUXEMBOURG FOREIGN MINISTER (through translator): Nobody else in the European Union can force Article 50 to be invoked. I hope there won't be a game, a cat-and-mouse game.

SHUBERT (voice-over): Even if talks between Britain and the E.U. begin quickly, under the Lisbon Treaty, divorce proceedings could last two years or more -- Atika Shubert, CNN, Berlin.

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FOSTER: We're following every twist and turn for you. Here are the key Brexit-related events to watch out for in the coming week.

On Monday, the British Parliament returns after its recess to begin planning its exit from the E.U. It also is likely (INAUDIBLE) will start organizing plans for a leadership election to choose the next prime minister.

WARD: Also on Monday, German chancellor Angela Merkel has invited the leaders of France and Italy as well as the European Council president to Berlin to discuss post-Brexit vote plans.

And on Tuesday, a two-day E.U. summit is scheduled to begin in Brussels. All 28 leaders, including David Cameron, will meet to discuss the U.K.'s impending divorce from the European bloc.

FOSTER: We're also watching changes on the opposition benches here in the U.K. the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has fired his shadow foreign minister. That's according to the press association.

It's believed that Hilary Benn was fired after reports that he was planning a coup against Corbyn. And Labour leaders have criticized Corbyn for not campaigning hard enough to remain in the E.U. Some Labour politicians are calling for his resignation. But Corbyn say he's not going anywhere and that he'll seek re-election.

WARD: And in British politics, the shadow cabinet is made up of the official -- members of the official opposition, currently the Labour Party. Its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, (INAUDIBLE) the current shadow cabinet in January.

Shadow cabinet members mirror their government counterparts, questioning and challenging them. And, taken together, they represent a kind of government in waiting.

Meanwhile, nearly 2.8 million people have signed a petition on the U.K. Parliament's website. They're saying they want a second referendum on whether to leave the E.U.

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

Diana, obviously the political fallout continues.

But I wonder, do you have any sense, standing outside Number 10, Prime Minister David Cameron obviously announcing his resignation.

Who will be Number 10's next inhabitant, do we know?

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DIANA MAGNAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We don't yet and the process by which the Tory Party will go about picking the new leader is fairly complex.

But there are two front-runners basically. And one of them is Boris Johnson, who switched to the Leave campaign, really triggered a real drive in that direction throughout the country and Theresa May, who voted for Remain or backed the Remain side and is seen as more of a unifier within the party.

It's interesting; there were expectations that we would have at least some news of what would happen to George Osborne, the chancellor, who was widely expected to go if the vote came out as a no. He hasn't been seen but he has been active on Twitter in the days after the referendum. But he hasn't tendered his resignation; he's widely expected to go.

And in the next few weeks, we'll see how that leadership contest plays out. But it's interesting, what you were saying, of course, about the turmoil in the Labour Party, that, in a midnight telephone call between Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, and Hilary Benn, his shadow foreign minister, Benn is said to have told Corbyn that he had lost confidence in his leadership and Jeremy Corbyn then dismissed him.

And what you're seeing in the Labour Party at the moment is a rising revolt against Corbyn's leadership. Many people believe that he did not show enough conviction that the E.U. should remain within the European Union.

And it will be interesting to see whether dismissing a figure as important, as important a political heavyweight as Hilary Benn, will have the effect that Corbyn wants or will actually have the opposite effect and rally the shadow cabinet behind Hilary Benn and against Jeremy Corbyn. So in both of Britain's major parties, you have serious political

turmoil at the top -- Clarissa.

FOSTER: So now we're all looking at the rest of the shadow cabinet, aren't we today, Diana, because that's where the most political movement would probably be today.

Chuka Umunna, for example, another guy seen as a front-runner there to replace Jeremy Corbyn. Extraordinary that Corbyn is really digging his heels in on this but it says so much about his leadership as well.

MAGNAY: Well, yes, that he's doggedly determined but without an amazing amount of charisma. And I think that has been the problem that has split an already divided Labour Party.

And what you really saw in this vote was the fact that the leadership of the Labour Party has lost the old Labour heartlands, who decided to vote against the way the leadership was calling them.

And I think that's a very, very real problem for Labour and especially if they're going to be contesting a general election in the months ahead.

FOSTER: Diana, thank you.

WARD: Thank you so much. A lot of political wrangling ahead.

Well, the Brexit decision could make it more expensive for the U.K. to borrow money on world markets. One of the leading bond rating agencies is cutting its outlook for the country to negative.

FOSTER: It's worrying for people here. It says a Brexit will usher in, quote, "a prolonged period of uncertainty for the United Kingdom." Another credit giant, Standard and Poor's, still rates the U.K. with a pristine AAA but it warns a cut to that rating could be coming soon as well.

WARD: The Brexit vote is the biggest decision the U.K. has made in decades and it's bringing an entirely new set of questions. Our Nina dos Santos looks at what we can expect from the markets come Monday.

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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, 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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FOSTER: Also looking to Edinburgh today, Scotland considering its next move following the Brexit vote. Why the country's first minister says Scotland is likely to hold its second independence referendum.

WARD: Plus: we'll take a look at possible successors of British prime minister David Cameron, including the larger-than-life former mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

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FOSTER: We continue to follow the fallout from Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

This put the economic fallout, particularly, into perspective, because we're worried about that looking ahead to the markets tomorrow opening in Asia. Now 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.

WARD: Forty-five percent of the U.K.'s exports go to other E.U. states, while 53 percent of the U.K.'s imports come from within the European Union. European Union citizens have the right to live in the U.K. and an estimated 3 million are doing so.

FOSTER: On the flip side of that, only 1.3 million British citizens are living in other E.U. states. The United Kingdom is a net contributor as well to the E.U. budget, paying in around $14 billion more than it received last year.

WARD: The outlook for the U.K. economy is very much in question as it transitions away from the E.U.

Michael Jacobides is the Sir Donald Gordon chair of entrepreneurship and innovation at the London Business School. He joins us from Athens, Greece.

We just heard the numbers there. We see how intertwined these economies are.

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WARD: What will a Brexit look like economically, both for the E.U. and for Great Britain? MICHAEL JACOBIDES, LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL: Well, it is a mess and it's a global mess, unfortunately. I think that the numbers do not state the real magnitude of the problem.

The issue is that the United Kingdom has grown as this nation for global service exports; in particular, law and financial services, as well as using the stability that it's long had in order to be able to be out of the headquarters of companies that operate throughout Europe or generally try to be nodal.

What is at stake right now is that many of these things will be lost for the U.K.

One of its competitive edges have not been its natural resources but its ability to be intertwined and with that at stake and with great uncertainty ahead, what you will see is that, first, global companies will not be investing as much.

Second, some of the high earners that live in London and disproportionately contribute to the tax revenues, may be going -- you've already seen the rating agencies be concerned in terms of the government ratings that you see there.

And Europe is also not standing to benefit, both because of the uncertainty and because there have been efficiencies that underlie this trade within the E.U. The next wave of problems, economically speaking, are geopolitical.

And it is the fact that we don't quite know how things will pan out in the rest of Europe. Populism is on the upsurge and there are now calls for Frexit and Nexit and Bexit throughout Europe.

What does that mean?

That means concern. That means less investment. That means potentially less consumption and that can be economically an even bigger part of the problem than just the reduction of trade.

FOSTER: What happens if the European Union without the U.K. struggles to survive and comes under such pressure that the European economy doesn't collapse but suffers in a huge way?

Could the Leavers, the Leave campaign, argue that they were right?

Because Britain could be protected from that.

JACOBIDES: Well, if you see the early signs, I would say that it's the opposite. And right now, we have regrets, the people that are officially stating their regret in terms of the way that they voted, because I don't think the people voted with the right information.

It was a really bizarre campaign and you also had an unusual amount of populism in the U.K.

So what you're seeing right now is that there is, after the fallout, a concern. And that interestingly is suggesting that it's more of a concern in the U.K.

Now as for Europe, we are starting with conditions that are rather difficult to begin with. So we have a recovery that was already rather weak. We already have high indebtedness. We have endemic problems that have not been fully sorted.

You've got Greece, you've got Portugal, you've got Spain and you have -- also see a widening of the credit spreads, which means that the worry about the European periphery is starting to merge back.

The next few months are going to be absolutely crucial because the question is, which way will the politics play out?

Will the politics play out to support Europe and create greater integration?

Or will the politicians be concerned about the nationalistic upsurge and try to be more isolationist for their own internal reasons, which will not help the economy overall?

So this is really screwing things up and the nervousness that you see in the markets is likely to continue for some time.

FOSTER: OK, Michael Jacobides, thank you very much indeed. We'll be following the markets very closely as they open in the hours to come.

We're also looking at Edinburgh because Scotland's first minister says the country will likely seek independence from the U.K. again. Scottish voters rejected independence in 2014, a referendum then.

WARD: Now Nicola Sturgeon says a second referendum is very much an option as the government considers its next move; 62 percent of Scots voted for staying with the E.U. on Thursday.

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NICOLA STURGEON, SCOTTISH FIRST MINISTER: Cabinet agreed that we will seek to enter into immediate discussions with the E.U. institutions and with other E.U. member states to explore all possible options to protect Scotland's place in the E.U.

In doing so, we are determined to draw on as much support and advice from across Scotland as possible.

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FOSTER: CNN's David McKenzie joins us now from Edinburgh, Scotland, with the very latest.

You just arrived there, haven't you. You have got the perspective as an outsider. Just describe the tone that you've discovered there.

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Max and Clarissa, the tone is --

[02:20:00] MCKENZIE: one of resurgence of Scottish nationalism and a focus eastward, rather than southward, because Scotland is facing the project of being pulled out of the E.U. against the voters' will.

I want to show you the Sunday papers. As you say, when you arrive in a new spot to report, this is often a good way to get a pulse of the country.

This one, the "Sunday Post," 59 percent, yes. This is an online poll, obviously not scientific. But this 59 percent is what they say is the number of people who want independence now in Scotland. And it certainly gives a sense of the fear of leaving the E.U. and the pride of trying to become Scotland on its own.

"We're going nowhere," this is the " Sunday Mail," a Scottish map emblazoned on the E.U. map, indicating that, you know, Scotland will do everything it can to stay in the E.U.

Finally, "Sunday Herald," a picture of Nicola Sturgeon. And now this is the defining character politician, a very powerful woman here in the U.K. who is the face of this campaign, of course, to stay within the E.U.

You know, Max and Clarissa, she's doing everything she can to try and push the envelope toward doing that. There are two options at this point. But because this is such an uncertain time, no way of knowing if that strategy will work.

One is proposing this second Scottish independence referendum, they might try and do that soon, push it through the Scottish legislature.

The other is directly talking to E.U. diplomats, which they should do in the coming days here in Edinburgh, possibly in Brussels.

But how they're actually going to manage this is extremely difficult. And already some murmurs from Europe, saying it's impossible really to split if you are within the United Kingdom.

WARD: David, clearly a lot of people there wanting to have another referendum.

But I just wonder, when you talk to people, do you get a sense that there's resentment against the U.K.?

And particularly the leadership here in London?

MCKENZIE: Well, definitely there's resentment toward England and that's what we get a lot when we speak to people on the streets of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, itself, was voting extremely pro-Europe in this vote.

And people are saying a couple of things, Clarissa. One is they're worried for the economic prospects of Scotland and bitter, from their point of view, that the English voters took them down this path without their choice. You know, historically, there's, you know, a level of enmity between

Scotland and England that normally plays out on the rugby pitch. But now it's far more serious because both E.U. immigrants living in Scotland and Scottish people, including the elderly we've spoken to, who, unlike their English counterparts, seem to be very worried about the generational impact leaving the E.U. would have, are saying -- well, at least the ones we're speaking to -- are saying everything should be done to stay within the E.U -- Clarissa.

WARD: OK. The United Kingdom, maybe not so united. Thank you, David McKenzie in Edinburgh.

Well, with David Cameron stepping down as prime minister and leader of the U.K. Conservative Party, here's a look at how his successor is likely to be chosen.

Conservative members of Parliament who wish to leave the party must be nominated by two fellow members. If more than two candidates are nominated, the 331 Conservative MPs will hold a series of votes until they select their top two choices.

FOSTER: Then the entire party, around 150,000 members, votes in postal ballots to make the final decision and since the Conservatives hold the majority in the U.K. Parliament, that person also becomes the country's next prime minister.

WARD: And the former mayor of London could become Mr. Cameron's replacement. Boris Johnson is celebrating the Leave vote.

FOSTER: He has a bigger-than-life personality -- we can certainly say that, can't we -- and never a dull moment in his political career.

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FOSTER (voice-over): British, blond-mopped...

BORIS JOHNSON, FORMER MAYOR OF LONDON: .. a fine audience, I may say, a stunning audience.

FOSTER (voice-over): -- and bike-riding.

Prone to bumbling...

JOHNSON: I can't tell where they were really but they're there -- it was that kind of --

FOSTER (voice-over): -- and bravado.

JOHNSON: Success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2012.

FOSTER (voice-over): It can only be one man: Boris. He does have a last name, Johnson, but no one in the U.K. really uses it. He enjoys something close to celebrity status.

Always willing to perform for the cameras, the former London mayor has his own special flair, which he has been grooming since his Etonian and Oxford University days.

His critics call him elitist but he's not averse to getting down and dirty.

There's little doubt --

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FOSTER (voice-over): -- he's a divisive character.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He sort of gets people sort of riled up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oafish.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Great chap.

FOSTER (voice-over): Johnson spent eight years as mayor of London before stepping down in May. He began his career as a journalist, first writing for "The Times" newspaper, then as the Brussels correspondent for "The Telegraph" and finally as editor of "The Spectator."

In recent months he has been gracing their front pages, having reaffirmed the eurosceptic views for which he has long courted controversy.

JOHNSON: I will be advocating vote Leave or whatever the team is called.

FOSTER (voice-over): To go against the start of British prime minister David Cameron on the E.U. referendum has been a big gamble, particularly given his political ambitions. He became the star player of the Leave campaign.

JOHNSON: We are a great country. We could have some soulful leap (ph). Britain has got a great future outside the European Union.

FOSTER (voice-over): Born in New York, the former London mayor has joked that he could be President of the United States but it's the leadership much closer to home that he's said to be really looking to score.

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FOSTER: Here are two other contenders to be head of the British government. There are lots coming out of the woodwork, it has to be said.

First, the current prime minister -- home secretary -- I've promoted her already.

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FOSTER: Theresa May: the 59-year-old supported the Remain campaign but also said the U.K. should consider how to reform the freedom of movement. WARD: And another potential candidate is Justice Secretary Michael Gove. The 48-year old has been seen as an ally of David Cameron but decided to campaign for Britain to leave the E.U.

The U.K. is home to several million foreign nationals. We'll hear from some of them with their take on the Brexit decision coming up.

FOSTER: Plus, millions of signatures: dismayed citizens of the U.K. go online to demand a second Brexit vote.

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FOSTER: Welcome back to our continuing coverage of Britain's decision to leave the E.U. I'm Max Foster.

WARD: And I'm Clarissa Ward.

There is more fallout from the U.K.'s Brexit referendum. Foreign ministers of the six founding E.U. countries are calling for exit negotiations to begin as soon as possible.

FOSTER: And the political turmoil is growing back here in the U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing increased pressure from members of his own party.

According to the press association, Corbyn has sacked his key foreign minister on the shadow cabinet, Hilary Benn, after reports that Benn was planning a coup. Corbyn backed the Remain side but some in his party criticized him for a weak contribution to the campaign.

Now many foreign nationals call London home, of course, and they, too, are facing a new reality as the U.K. starts to distance itself from the E.U.

WARD: Our Diana Magnay visited a few neighborhoods in the cosmopolitan city to see how non-Britons are reacting to the decision.

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MAGNAY (voice-over): Saturday in South Kensington, the farmers' market just behind the French school is a well-heeled affair, the continental well-to-do nibbling croissants, casting a discerning eye over the finest organic veg, mulling over Brexit.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE). It's very unfair towards the younger generation. It really is, who are now all going to be deprived of the Erasmus scholarships, the grants in aid for research for academic, scientific, never mind the easy movement within the E.U.

MAGNAY (voice-over): Vasileios Valasakis (ph) from Greece is unfazed by Brexit; he works in financial services and doesn't think that much will change. VASILEIOS VALASAKIS (PH), FINANCIER: Maybe I will need a visa but I need a visa to go to the U.S. Maybe I'll have to stand in a line at Heathrow. But when I go to Kennedy, I stand in the line for 45 minutes; I still go, no problem.

MAGNAY (voice-over): Transition to stock wealth, Little Portugal it's called, a little grittier than South Kent, but with a home from home in the form of Serrano's (ph), purveyor of Portuguese delicacies and coffee stock for the community.

Anabela Romano (ph) moved to the U.K. 26 years ago in search of a better life. She voted Remain. But she says she's worries about European workers undercutting British wages.

ANABELA ROMANO (PH), PORTUGUESE DUAL CITIZEN: With so many countries becoming safe (ph) and taken the place like the people, like my son, England, he born in London, he is 16.5 years and difficult to find a job because people working more cheaper and take the place for him.

MAGNAY (voice-over): In London's cafes, it's Europeans you'll find behind the counters. The Brits want higher wages, the owner tells me.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have so many nationalities --

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Belgium as well, there is the Polish, there is Romanian and Bulgarian as well.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wow.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is the diversity.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But it's London, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: London, exactly, yes.

MAGNAY: And that's arguably what makes London great, this melting pot of people, the languages that you'll hear on every corner.

But it was also an issue in this referendum, the fact that many people who voted Leave feel that London is a foreign land, that the cosmopolitanism that this city represents doesn't represent their interests. And on Thursday that sentiment played a major role in U.K.'s decision to leave -- Diana Magnay, CNN, London.

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FOSTER: We've had lots of polls recently. They haven't always been right. They've generally been wrong.

But the pollsters are saying something quite interesting right now because they're saying that people under 30 overwhelmingly to remain in the E.U. in Thursday's referendum whilst those over 65 voted to leave by a very wide margin.

And that's led to an eruption of anger on social media from many young people, directed at older generations.

WARD: On Twitter, one user call the vote, quote, "a referendum nobody called for, decided by a generation whose future it won't affect. Fantastic."

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

FOSTER: You can still marry Europeans, surely. But not everyone thought this criticism was entirely fair.

A teenage user tweeted, "I don't agree with the result of the referendum but a lot of people slagging off" -- criticizing -- "the older generation are forgetting that these people fought for our country."

WARD: Indeed. Those aren't the only reactions on social media. An online petition is gaining traction in the U.K. calling for --

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WARD: -- a second E.U. referendum.

FOSTER: Here we go OK again. It's now received more than enough signatures to require a debate on the issue in Parliament.

Here's Samuel Burke.

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SAMUEL BURKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: By the time folks in the U.K. went to sleep just two days after voting in favor of a Brexit, this online petition calling for a second E.U. referendum on the official U.K. Parliament website had already received more than 2.4 million signatures.

That is well beyond the 100,000-signature threshold required to have something like this considered for debate by a committee in Parliament. Now we have to put that number in context, though; even though it seems large, it is well below the 16.1 million people who voted to have the U.K. stay in the E.U. and also much fewer than the 17.4 million people who voted for the U.K. to leave the E.U.

David Cameron has said from the get-go there will not be a second referendum. And since the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, has also said there will not be a second referendum.

That said, one of the members of Parliament, who's a member of this committee, says that the select committee will be considering this petition on a second E.U. referendum this Tuesday.

We have a map here that shows the density of where these petitions are coming from, these signatures are coming from. And as you can see here, red represents the highest density coming really from London, which is, of course, one of the few places that voted in favor of staying in Thursday's election.

A lot of people are also dismayed to see that the second most searched term on Google in the U.K. is, "What is the E.U.?"

One has to hope that those are people searching who didn't vote on Thursday. And we're also seeing the phenomenon of the Regrexit, this hashtag being used, regret about the Brexit.

People like this woman in England saying, "I personally voted Leave, believing these lies. And I regret it more than anything. I feel genuinely robbed of my vote." And commentary also on Facebook of this nature, anecdotally, we see

people like Ajaz (ph), saying, "I made the biggest mistake in my life voting to leave. Now I'm regretting it." -- Samuel Burke, CNN, New York.

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FOSTER: The numbers are rising all the time. Many more people have signed that petition since Samuel even filed that report. Right now it has more than 2.8 million -- extraordinary really. But you'd assume that they are people that voted to Remain and want another referendum.

WARD: Absolutely.

FOSTER: This narrative that they are people that regret their decision, I don't know where that --

WARD: The Regrexit they're calling it.

FOSTER: Yes. We need a breakdown of who's voting.

WARD: Of who's who.

Well, will have much, much more on the fallout from this referendum. But first we'll take you live to CNN Center in Atlanta to check some of the other news stories that we're following.

FOSTER: We're right back after this quick break.

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NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, I'm Natalie Allen from CNN Center, live in Atlanta, to bring you the other stories that we're following. And one of them is the trip by Pope Francis, we have live video right now, as the pope visits Armenia.

This is the third day of his visit here and it's about to be over after this service. His trip has been marked by significant moments.

On Saturday, the pope delivered an interfaith prayer for peace. But he also 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 describe the deaths as genocide but Turkey emphatically rejects that term, saying it was a time of war and there were casualties on both sides.

Let's talk more about the pope's trip and his comments. Joining me now is senior Vatican analyst, John Allen, he's also the editor of cruxnow.com, a website that covers the Vatican and the Catholic Church.

John, hello to you.

As we see Pope Francis wrapping up his time here in Armenia, what would be the highlights and the lowlights, should we say?

JOHN ALLEN, CNN SR. VATICAN ANALYST: Well, obviously that depends on perspective but, Natalie, I think one of the highlights certainly is what we're seeing right now. What we're watching is actually not a Catholic mass. This is the Sunday divine liturgy being celebrated by the Catholicos. That's the head of the Orthodox Church here in Armenia.

It is exceedingly rare to see a big public event like this, where a pope is present but he is not the main actor. You can see Francis sort of sitting on the side. And that reflects the fact that he came to Armenia to pursue closer ties between Catholics and Orthodox believers. That certainly has been one of the main themes.

In terms of lowlights, certainly I don't think the Armenians see a lowlight but the Turks do. We have heard several expressions of displeasure from the Turkish side about the pope's last-minute decision to insert the word "genocide" into one of his public speeches, with a reference to the massacre of the Armenians in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.

Several of the Turkish newspapers have labeled Francis "the Armenian pope," which clearly, from their point of view, is not meant to be positive.

And the Turkish deputy prime minister yesterday called the pope's language "baseless" and said it reflects a Crusader mentality, meaning a Christian attack on Muslims.

So it's a visit in which Francis came here to pursue unity -- in this case, unity between Catholic and Orthodox -- but has in some ways also sowed some new division -- in this case, with Turkey.

NATALIE ALLEN: Yes, absolutely.

And what do you expect the fallout that could happen with Turkey, if anything? JOHN ALLEN: Well, last year when Pope Francis used the word genocide with respect to Armenia at an event in Rome, Turkey recalled its ambassador. Of course, the Vatican is a sovereign state and it has diplomatic relations with most countries, including Turkey. And they lodged a formal diplomatic protest and it took 10 months to get the relationship back on track.

Now we don't yet know if Turkey is going to go that route again. But clearly the fact the pope has come here and used this language has not helped the relationship.

Now we should add that, in late September, early October -- I'm sorry -- late October, early November, Francis is also scheduled to go to Azerbaijan, Turkey's ally and a largely Muslim nation. Perhaps the Turks will wait to see what he has to say on that trip before they decide how to react.

NATALIE ALLEN: Well, we thank you, John Allen, as we watch this Orthodox ceremony and Pope Francis --

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NATALIE ALLEN: -- seeming to being -- enjoying being a part of it. The purpose of his trip, as John just said, was to bring Christians and Catholics together.

Thank you, John Allen.

We turn now to Iraq and the battleground in Fallujah. Iraqi forces say they have successfully cleared ISIS fighters from the eastern part of the city and now they're trying 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 expects to see the entire city of Fallujah liberated within the next couple of days.

The fighting has forced more than 80,000 people to flee Fallujah. Many are now sleeping in the open desert in overcrowded camps that are short of supplies. Our Ben Wedeman is there and he talked with the people about their frustrations.

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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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NATALIE ALLEN: We hope their conditions improve quite soon.

The Islamist militant group, Al-Shabaab, is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a hotel in the Somali capital. Police say gunmen detonated a car packed with explosives. Then a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the hotel.

At least 15 people were killed, 25 wounded. A gun battle between police and the attackers then lasted several hours. Somalia's national news agency is reporting the siege is now over.

U.S. President Barack Obama is declaring West Virginia a disaster area. The death toll has now risen to 24 there in the deadliest flash flooding in the U.S. in six years. Some rivers have overflown (sic) their banks, washing homes off their foundations and sweeping them away.

The Professional Golf Association, the PGA, is canceling a major tournament in the area because of all of this damage you see here.

Now out in California, a fast-moving wildfire has scorched more than 14,000 hectares. It has killed at least two people and destroyed 150 homes. Hundreds of people have been evacuated but there are fears some were not able to get out in time.

The fire was about 5 percent contained on Saturday but grew overnight. And the hot, windy conditions in California are making it even tougher for firefighters trying to knock this one down. They've got a long way to go.

Coming up here, we'll continue our special coverage of the U.K. vote to leave the E.U. and you'll hear how Euro 2016 fans are reacting to the Brexit decision. That's coming up live from London.

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WARD: In France, football fans from across Europe are cheering for their teams.

FOSTER: They are. And the Euro 2016 tournament is a great place to find out what people think about the U.K. vote to leave the E.U. Our Will Ripley talked to 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 --

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RIPLEY (voice-over): -- 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: You're watching CNN. I'm Max Foster in London.

WARD: I'm Clarissa Ward. We'll have much more special coverage of the British vote to leave the European Union coming up. Stay with us.

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