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

Now three days before the games begin, and Russian athletes are still waiting to hear whether

they'll be able to compete at the Olympics.

Hillary Clinton surges ahead of Donald Trump in a new poll as the Republican rival continues

his feud with the parents of an American soldier killed in Iraq.

And the power of Pokemon. How the hit smartgame is helping players build friendships.

With just three days to go until the Olympics opening ceremony in Rio the fate of Russia's team still hangs in the balance. Now, many Russian

athletes have been banned from these games, accused of doping.

But we are now waiting to hear from the International Olympic Committee, which has the final

say on who can compete.

Let's get more on this and bring in CNN's Amanda Davies who joins us live from Rio. And Amanda, Russian athletes are still waiting for answers

here. What will be their fate?

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Three-man panel who have the ultimate say to give the thumbs up or the thumbs down to the Russian athletes and

their eligibility to compete at the Olympics here in Rio over the next three weeks.

But before that can happen, a number of the athletes have launched appeals to the Court of

Arbitration for Sport, which is really the highest court there is for sport. They have set up their own

bureau, their own office specifically here in London. They've seen 11 cases so far. They say they've been busier in the last seven days than

they were in the entirety of the London games.

And really, over the next couple of days, their focus is looking at the appeals from Russian athletes who have been told by the international

federations of their sport that they will not be allowed to compete at this games.

Why not? Well, either because they have previously failed a doping test, or they have been named in the McLaren report, that explosive report

which came out just a couple of weeks ago which talked about the state- sponsored doping in Russian sport; or because the federations feel that those Russian athletes haven't been rigorously tested enough outside of the

Russian system in order to eradicate any doubts about how clean they are.

So we know that CAS today, Tuesday, are looking at the appeals of 17 rowers and 3 Russian swimmers.

There are reports that two of those Russian swimmers have been cleared by FINA, which is

swimming's governing body, to compete. But FINA themselves haven't spoken out to confirm those reports.

Neither CAS says its report coming from their lawyer through a Russian news agency.

But as I said, ultimately, it will still be left to the IOC, three-man panel, to give the thumbs up. The deadline for that isn't until the

opening ceremony on Friday evening. So, still a few days to go, particularly because we know the Russian weightlifting case, which is all

eight Russian weightlifters wouldn't be heard heard by CAS until Wednesday.

All right, so the final decision lies with the IOC. We'll be waiting for that.

Meanwhile, Olympic infrastructure status update. We know that the metro line 4 is now

in service. Is that easing concerns about the general readiness for the games?

DAVIES: Yeah, the metro line 4, which has been billed as one of the flagship legacy projects of this Olympics, finally opened on Monday, just a

month and a half or so late.

One word of warning, it's not open to the public here in Rio, it's the line that links Copacabana beach here where I am, to Ipanema which is just

around the corner, and then to Baja (ph), which is the Olympic Park, which is about a 45 minute drive on a good day. It can take two hours or so on a

bad day.

But it is now able to be used by athletes, by accredited media, by people with tickets to the

park. It's definitely a big sigh of relief that being brought by the organizers here that they have got that up and running, because people

were starting to think it was very, very much too late for that to be opened.

But really every day as you wander along here you see more and more moving in the right direction. There was an announcement overnight that

there are going to be an extra 14,000 military personnel on patrol in Rio over the course of the next three-and-a-half

weeks. That's an increase of a third in addition to the 85,000 security personnel that we had already known about, the feeling that with the

numbers of people coming here, with the expanse of this Olympics they really can't be too careful, particularly in the current climate.

There, as we always see in these last few days in the run-up to an Olympic games, there are always the reports of issues, questions being

asked. There's a lot being made about a water report that came out, a survey into the cleanliness of the water facilities here in Rio, which

suggested that there was raw sewage and contamination of greater levels than maybe perhaps thought in the water bodies here in Rio.

But the British, water-based teams, the likes of the sailing and the canoeists, rowers, they say they are putting all measures in place that

they can and really it's about putting their head down and going for gold at this point, regardless of what is going on around them.

[08:06:15] LU STOUT: All right, Amanda Davies there giving us the Olympic update live

from Rio thank you.

Now, more on concerns over water venues there that Amanda mentioned just now. One Olympic sailor says that some of the waters that the

athletes will compete in are the dirtiest he has ever seen. Now this as new research reveals evidence of super bacteria around the beaches of Rio.

Shasta Darlington reports.

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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The marvelous city, stunning views and golden beaches. But you might think

twice before you splash in. Lurking under Rio's waters, raw sewage and now what scientists describe as super bacteria. Researchers at the Rio Federal

University tested the city's beaches for a year and discovered high levels of the dreaded super bug, drug resistant bacteria that have been turning up

in hospitals.

RENATA PICAO, PROFESSOR, RIO FEDERAL UNIVERSITY: We believe that true hospital sewage, it goes to the municipal sewage and it gets to the

Guanabara Bay or to other rivers and it finally gets to the beaches.

DARLINGTON: The highest levels of super bacteria found on the shores of Guanabara Bay, site of the Olympic sailing event a month from now.

German Paralympic sailor Heiko Kroger says you can't be over cautious.

HEIKO KROGER, GERMAN PARALYMPIC SAILOR: It's a nice sailing area, but every time you get some water in your face, it feels like there's some

alien enemy entering your face. So I keep my nose and my lips closed.

DARLINGTON: His colleague, Eric Hyle (ph), blamed the bacteria infested waters for a skin infection he got while training.

Authorities, however, say athletes and visitors will be safe. And the sailing arena has internationally acceptable levels of bacteria.

According to Rio's water utility, half the homes in Rio's state are now connected to the sewage system, up from 11 percent.

EDES FERNANDES DE OLIVEIRA, CEDAE WATER UTILITY: If course the waste water treatment plants are not prepared for the super bacterias because

brand new. It's something new.

DARLINGTON: And something the water utility says it will look into further.

But scientists say the super bug is also washing up on some of Rio's most touristy beaches, which are already deemed too polluted to swim in by

authorities a good third of the year.

DARLINGTON (on camera): This water right here isn't treated. It's supposed to be for rain runoff, but it often fills with garbage. It stinks

of raw sewage. And it dumps right here on the beach.

Another cloud overshadowing Rio's troubled Olympics.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.

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LU STOUT: Now the super bacteria is just the latest health concern surrounding the Rio games. Let's bring in our chief medical correspondent

Dr. Sanjay Gupta who is on the line from Rio.

And Sanjay, this drug resistant super bacteria has been found in Rio's waters. Very worrying development. What kind of precautions should

athletes be taking?

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, there's a

couple things to keep in mind, I think, Kristie. First of all when you talk about the super bacteria, as you know, it means the bacteria that's

resistant to most antibiotics. It's typically something found in hospitals.

As a result, it's people who have underlying illness, whose immune system may not be working as well that are going to be the most vulnerable.

And, you know, as you might guess for the most part those aren't going to be athletes.

However, if people have open wounds or something, the bacteria can get inside the body. Even if it doesn't cause illness now, it could cause

illness at some later date if the person became sick from something else for some reason, and their immune system was weakened.

So that's one of the sort of ways to think about this.

But you know, these bacteria are in the water. They've been in the water for a couple of years. And we don't see big outbreaks for example of

people in Brazil getting sick from these types of infections. So, the concentrations aren't really high enough, typically, to make people sick.

The athletes are going to be -- you might expect, try to keep their skin covered if they can. Soap and water showers after they get out of the

water, things like that.

So that's what they're being told. And that's likely what's going to happen.

[08:10:30] LU STOUT: Additional challenges for all the athletes that are competing there in Rio. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joining us live on the line.

Thank you.

And do stay with us here on CNN. We're going to have a lot more from Rio in World Sport. That in just over half an hour from now.

Now, let's go to France where mourners are gathering for the funeral of a priest who was brutally murdered in his church in the name of ISIS.

Let's bring up some live pictures from the Rouen cathedral in France.

Father Jacques Hamel was 86 years old and a community leader.

Ordained in 1958 he had retired a decade ago, was asked to stay on as an auxiliary priest for his church in Normandy.

And among the the invited guests today, the French interior and foreign affairs ministers and mayors from Normandy communities.

Muslim community officials from the region were also invited.

Now in Syria, Aleppo is at the center of more intense fighting, and civilians are caught in the deadly crossfire. The Syrian observatory for

human rights says at least 30 civilians in government controlled areas of the city were killed in recent shelling by rebel forces.

Now, meanwhile, Syrian ally Russia has seen its biggest single loss of life since air campaign began. On Monday, one of its military helicopters

was shut down in Idlib province, killing all five people on board.

Now, the Kremlin said the chopper had been delivering humanitarian aid to Aleppo.

Now, our senior international correspondent Arwa Damon is following developments for us from Istanbul. She joins us now. And Arwa, Aleppo

under siege. What is the situation for the scores of people still trapped inside?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It's very dire, Kristie. And it's not really getting any better.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is also reporting that around 6,000 people have been killed or injured in the intense fighting that has

been taking place over the last 80 days or so as regime forces, backed by Russian air support, managed to effectively lay siege to the city and then

you have this very intense rebel counteroffensive to try to eventually break that siege.

And all of the fighting has caused casualties on both sides of this conflict.

You have also had this ongoing reoccurrence of hospitals and medical facilities being targeted. Some organizations say that there is a

deliberate effort to try to go after these medical institutions. The Syrian regime and Russia, of course, do deny that.

And in all of this you have an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 people who are trapped.

Now, the Syrian government has said that it is working and has been opening a handful of what

it's calling humanitarian corridors to allow people to flee the fighting. The problem is only a fraction of individuals have actually taken that

opportunity.

There's a severe lack of trust amongst the population that lives in rebel-held areas when it comes to the regime. Many people would rather

take their chances when it comes to the bombs than end up in the hands of potentially Assad forces. They really don't know what's going to happen to

them as they work to try to flee into regime-held areas.

What humanitarian organizations are saying is that aside from opening corridors that would allow people to leave, what's perhaps more important

and crucial at this stage is allowing humanitarian aid in -- food, medicine, all of these basic critical things that people need to survive

are not reaching the areas that are most in need.

And this has been an ongoing problem in so many areas in the country throughout this conflict

that has lasted way, way too long. And Syrians themselves now are increasingly feeling more abandoned than they have. They're feeling as if

all these forces that are key players in the conflict -- because this isn't just a Syrian civil war, this is very much a proxy battlefield -- really

only have their own interests at heart and have not been focusing on these key issues when it comes to civilian populations that are being caught in

the cross fire.

LU STOUT: Syrians are feeling abandoned. We have enormous suffering inside Aleppo.

What's going to happen to this city? Syria's largest city. It was once this vital economic hub. Will rebel forces break the siege? Will

Aleppo fall to the regime?

DAMON: We don't know. It's tough to tell at this stage which way it's going to go. The only thing that one can potentially accurately

predict is that the fighting is going to be very prolonged, very bitter and cost many more lives.

Aleppo beyond being Syria's economic hub is home to some of its most significant historical

sites and many of them have been decimated. This is a city that was once arguably amongst the locations that was the pride of Syria. It has been

utterly destroyed and decimated by war, both physically in terms of the structures, many of these neighborhoods barely have any buildings standing,

or if the buildings are standing, the facades have been entirely blown out. A lot of the medical facilities

have been forced into underground basements and makeshift bunkers.

But then you, of course, have the toll that the fighting in Aleppo has taken on the civilian

population. And it's not really just Aleppo, Kristie, it's throughout the entire country. Huge swaths of Syria have been destroyed and if and when

the fighting does end, reconstructing the country physically but also emotionally is going to be a phenomenal task.

[08:15:55] LU STOUT: Arwa Damon reporting on the desperate situation inside Aleppo and across the country. Arwa, thank you.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, Hillary Clinton has taken the

lead in a new U.S. presidential poll, and we'll tell you what's likely behind the gain.

A crucial election begins Wednesday in South Africa, but a rash of unsolved political murders is raising concerns. We have the details on

that next.

And later in the hour, a father's pain. His daughter is dead. His son is charged with the so-called honor murder. But their father says

there is no honor in this horrific crime.

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LU STOUT: As you can see cloudy skies over Hong Kong. The night after typhoon swept

through the city. Now the center of Typhoon Nida, it passed just to the north of Hong Kong and luckily no major damage has been reported here.

But you can see just how powerful the winds were. Up to 145 kilometers an hour in some parts of the city. More than 180 flights were

canceled.

Now, Nida has weakened to a tropical storm and it's now tearing through Guangdong province.

Several Chinese cities in the region are on red alert for flooding and people have been warned to stock up on three day's worth of food.

Now, U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is seeing a boost in her poll numbers. A new CNN/ORC survey shows Clinton eight points ahead of

Republican rival Donald Trump in a four-way match-up following the Democratic National Convention.

Now, Gary Johnson, running for the Libertarian Party, gets 9 percent in the poll and the Green Party's Jill Stein is at 5 percent.

And when Americans cast their ballots in November, they're not directly electing a president, they're actually voting for slates of

electors who in turn cast votes for president. Each state has a different number of electoral votes depending on its population. And whichever

candidate reaches a majority of at least 270 electoral votes, will be the next president.

John King looks at how the race is shaping up.

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[08:20:01] JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So, Secretary Clinton has national momentum and national lead. But we pick presidents

state by state. Can she translate that into 270 electorate votes?

She starts with an advantage, 236 in our CNN count. Those are the dark blue states, solid. Light blue states lean Democratic. One hundred ninety-

one for Donald Trump, the dark red and light red lean Republican states.

So, how does Secretary Clinton get there? Well, she picked Tim Kaine for a reason. Sure, she says he's a governing partner, but if she can get

Virginia's electoral votes, and then add in the state of Florida, if nothing else changed, if Donald Trump won the rest of the toss up states,

Virginia and Florida, hold the rest of the blues, Hillary Clinton is the next president of the United States.

She can do it without Florida. If she gets Pennsylvania and then pick one. She's at 269 right now. If she won Virginia, won Pennsylvania, kept

the rest of the 2012 blues and these toss-up states, just Nevada would put her over the top. Just Iowa or anyone.

So, Hillary Clinton, if you look at this, has many more menu options, if you will, in picking a path to 270.

So, what then about Trump? How does Donald Trump get there? Number one, he has to hold North Carolina. Went to Romney in 2012, Obama in '08,

Trump has to keep it.

His best path would be to get Florida, 29 electoral votes, the closest state between Obama and Romney. Obama won it narrowly, Donald Trump needs

it. If he can win North Carolina and win Florida, then he is in play. How does he get there? No Republican can win without Ohio. The Trump campaign

would concede that point.

Then, just Pennsylvania would get him there. I say just Pennsylvania. It hasn't gone Republican since 1988. But if Donald Trump is to win, he's

going to have to do some business across the Rust Belt, especially if he loses Florida.

If Hillary Clinton wins Florida, Trump would have to hold North Carolina, win Ohio and then the scenario, this isn't easy, win

Pennsylvania, win Michigan and win Wisconsin, the Rust Belt strategy. It is doable, but by no means easy.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's John King.

Now Donald Trump appears to be be contending with more than a hit in the polls. He is facing a growing backlash for his feud with the family of

a fallen U.S. soldier. But the controversy doesn't appear to be distracting him from his primary target: Hillary Clinton.

Phil Mattingly has more on what he said about her endorsement from Bernie Sanders.

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DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: He made a deal with the devil. She's the devil. He made a deal with the devil.

PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Donald Trump ramping up his personal attacks on Hillary Clinton while criticizing Bernie Sanders

for supporting the Democratic nominee.

TRUMP: She picked a vice presidential candidate who is like the opposite of him.

MATTINGLY: And suggesting that if he loses in November, it's because - -

TRUMP: I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged.

MATTINGLY: All as the ongoing feud between Trump and the parents of a slain Muslim U.S. soldier, Captain Humayun Khan, escalates.

TRUMP: I have great honor and great feeling for his son, Mr. Khan's son. But -- and, you know, as far as I'm concerned, he's a hero.

KHIZR KHAN, FATHER OF DECEASED MUSLIM U.S. SOLDIER: You can attack Muslims, you can attack judges and nobody can question your caliber? Your

lack of empathy? And you want to be commander-in-chief?

TRUMP: I was very viciously attacked as you know. When you have radical Islamic terrorists probably all over the place, we're allowing them

to come in by the thousands and thousands. And I think that's what bothered Mr. Khan more than anything else.

KHAN: He says, oh, I am being severely attacked, harshly attacked. Well, this is political season. You're a candidate for an office. And I

have same rights as you do.

MATTINGLY: The dispute rocking the GOP. Dozens of Republican leaders forced to come out in support of the Khans.

SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: We want to honor the families of those who have served and those who have sacrificed, all of us.

MATTINGLY: Trump's campaign bombarding their supporters on Capitol Hill with e-mails, urging them to back his position, but instead getting

the cold shoulder.

REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN (R), TENNESSEE: Our Gold Star families deserve our full and total support.

MATTINGLY: Emotions running high at a rally for Trump's running mate Mike Pence, a woman whose son is in the Air Force booed for bringing up the

issue.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Trump has disrespected our nation's armed forces and veterans and has disrespect for Mr. Khan and his family is just an

example of that.

(CROWD BOOING)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Will there ever be -- will there ever be a point in time when you're able to look at Trump in the eye and tell him enough is

enough?

GOV. MIKE PENCE (R), VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: It's all right.

Folks, that's what freedom looks like and that's what freedom sound like. OK. I want to honor your son's service to the country and your

family's service to the country. I truly do, ma'am.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Phil Mattingly reporting.

Now South Africa is readying for Wednesday's crucial national elections. The ruling African National Congress has been struggling with

infighting, but a much bigger problem is affecting the party: more than a dozen of its politicians have been killed in broad daylight, and their

murders are still unsolved.

Now, David McKenzie is monitoring the election and these chilling murders and he joins us now live from Johannesburg with more.

And David, were these murders political assassinations?

[08:25:14] DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, those areas of South Africa are generally very strongly held by

the ruling ANC Party. So it does appear that they are politically motivated and potentially from within the ranks of the ANC. Some people

are saying it's an election hit list.

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(SINGING)

MCKENZIE (voice-over): They're celebrating the life of their comrade. This man was an up and coming politician of the ruling ANC.

(SINGING)

MCKENZIE: But her family is convinced someone in this hall ordered her murder, leaving behind five children, gunned down right before a critical

national election.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was following behind. Not even a minute later, I heard the first gunshots, not knowing my mother was shot. Then I heard the

second gunshots.

MCKENZIE (on camera): She was traveling along this road to deliver blankets for a charity event on Mandela Bay when witnesses say gunmen

pulled up along side and shot her eight times in broad daylight. This feels a lot like a professional hit.

(SHOUTING)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I lost my mother. You can't understand the feeling I was having. I was panicking, shocked, I was shocked by disbelieve. How

could it be that my mother has been shot?

MCKENZIE (voice-over): Her election posters still hang on the road where she was murders. In recent months, more than a dozen ANC politicians

have been killed in suspicious circumstances in this province alone.

(SINGING)

MCKENZIE: Former investigators of South Africa's police told CNN ANC members could be killing rivals to access government positions, which can

mean access to corrupt wealth.

(on camera): It seems like the ANC is tearing itself apart before this election in this province.

SIHKE ZIKALALA, ANC PROVINCIAL CHAIRPERSON: We are not one to say that in terms of whether it is fake or not. They must be serious investigations.

We must know why there is no prosecution on these issues.

(SINGING)

MCKENZIE (voice-over): He blames competing ANC factions. In a country with such an awful history of violence, killings like this in a Democratic

South Africa are a dark reminder of a bloody past.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

MCKENZIE: Well, these elections coming up on Wednesday in South Africa are certainly crucial because they are seen, Kristie, as a

bellwether for the ruling ANC. It could be the first time that the ruling party here faces the very real chance of losing a major cities

like Johannesburg, Chuwani (ph) and Nelson Mandela Bay, that could mean a sea change in the political landscape here in South Africa -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, these are testing times for the ANC. David McKenzie reporting for us live from Johannesburg. Thank you.

Now, after the break, hear from the father of the late Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch. He is pledging to avenge this daughter's

death, even though that means putting his son behind bars. Stay with us.

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[08:31:45] LU STOUT: The father of a Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch is speaking out about his daughter's murder allegedly at the

hands of his son.

Baloch, a controversial online celebrity, was strangled to death in what authorities say was a so-called honor murder. But Baloch's father

said there is no honor in this crime. And he is swearing revenge against his son.

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MUHAMMAD AZEEM, QANDEEL BALOCH'S FATHER (through translator): There was no one like Qandeel. It was unjust why did he kill my daughter?

LU STOUT: On july 15th, Muhammad Azeem woke up to a nightmare.

AZEEM (through translator): It was 7:00 a.m. and my wife went upstairs to get tea. She said Waseem, our son, was not there. My wife

went into our daughter's room and started shouting Qandeel, Qandeel. My son's scarf was covering her face. My wife pulled the scarf back and saw

Qandeel was dead.

LU STOUT: Qandeel Baloch was drugged and strangled. Her brother Waseem confessed to

the crime. He said he was proud of what he did, because girls are born to stay at home. A cousin has also been arrested in connection to the murder.

Baloch was an outspoken social media star. The photos and videos she posted on Instagram and Facebook pushed boundaries in conservative

Pakistan, posts that her father says drew criticism from members of their tribe.

AZEEM (through translator): The people said she should not do such things. We are Baloch. People were seeing her posts on their mobile

phones and asked Waseem, is that your sister?

LU STOUT: Azeem says he knew Waseem was angry because he wouldn't speak to Qandeel when she visited the family home. But he can't understand

the brutal killing.

AZEEM (through translator): If he killed her in the name of honor, did he see her do anything wrong to anyone? What was her crime?

LU STOUT: At least 297 women have been victims of so-called honor killings in Pakistan this year. Activists worry the actual number could be

much higher. because many cases go unreported. Many suspects never go to trial, because Pakistani law allows victims' families to forgive

perpetrators and avoid prosecution.

The state has become the complainant in the case against Waseem Baloch. That means it's up to a court to decide his punishment, even if

his family forgives him. But his father says that is not happening.

AZEEM (through translator): I shall not forgive this. It is my desire to take revenge.

LU STOUT: Pakistan's judicial system might let his son off.

AZEEM (through translator): I appeal to the state make me the complainant. Qandeel was my beloved daughter. She was part of my heart.

I'll be in so much pain if the state or the judge pardons Waseem.

LU STOUT: He says restoring him as a complainant will ensure Waseem pays for his crime.

AZEEM (through translator): There should be god's wrath on him.

LU STOUT: Qandeel Baloch described herself as a modern day feminist. Muhammad Azeem remembers her as his beloved daughter who took care of the

whole family.

AZEEM (through translator): She was the bread winner. She took care of us. I promised god whenever I think about her there will be tears in my

eyes.

LU STOUT: A heartbroken father struggling to come to terms with a most devastating loss.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:35:03] LU STOUT: Now police in Pakistan tell CNN that the cousin who they arrested last week has now also confessed to killing Qandeel

Baloch. And we're told that he, and Waseem Baloch, will be tried together.

More News Stream after this short break.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now in Laos there's a new buzz on the streets. This tiny Asian nation is developing a very strong taste for coffee and now businesses are hoping

to cash in on its booming popularity.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: It's the morning rush in Vientiane. And this is as busy as it gets. At this traditional web market, we catch a glimpse of local life

from the fresh veggies to the fish.

Sales here are simple and straight forward, but beyond the market, the pace is picking up. Something else seems to be fueling the Laos' capital's

leap into modernity.

Jeff Spohe oversees The Joma Bakery Cafe chain. With five locations across the country, coffee culture is on fire, he says. And it seems

there's a new competitor every week. The biggest change he's seen over the past few years, his customers.

JEFF SPOHE, JOMA CAFE: Some of our cafes are 70, 80, 90 percent local. Now I consider my cafes, and the only foreigner.

LU STOUT: The founder of Sinouk Coffee has also witnessed that transformation firsthand. He recalls the reaction when 20 years ago he

tried to bring his beans to the international market.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: People don't know Laos. What is Laos? Oh, your country produce coffee? Your coffee is good.

LU STOUT: In the past, Sinouk says his biggest export markets were Europe, followed by Japan. But the story what's happening locally, a

rising middle class that's embraced espresso drinks and a cafe lifestyle means the greatest potential for growth now is in Southeast Asia, which has

7 million people nationwide. The Laos market has quickly become saturated so Sinouk increasingly looking across ASEAN.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: More and more coffee shops are opening in Thailand. The (inaudible) is bigger and bigger. They don't have enough

Arabica coffee.

LU STOUT: Competition is fierce, says Sinouk's daughter Sirina. And while there's no way the family business can compete with mass producers in

places like Vietnam and Indonesia, the company views its small size as an advantage.

SIRINA HERVY, SINOUK COFFEE: We still manage to have quality coffee, because most of the farmers grow organic because they don't have enough

money to invest in machines. But compared to some other coffee in the region, it's quite primitive in fact.

LU STOUT: The logistics are challenging, Sinouk admits, but he is convinced ASEAN's growing appetite from everything from macchiatos to

mochas may one day boost Laos coffee into the country's most recognized export.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU SOTUT: Now, if you play Pokemon Go or just watch from the sidelines you probably noticed it's actually bringing people together. In

fact, CNN Money's Laurie Segall now reports it may be sparking a socializing revolution.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:40:05] LAURIE SEGALL, CNN TECH CORRESPONDENT: This is New York. Lots people and lots of screen time. And even though we're surrounded by

thousands of people a day, us New Yorkers, well, we don't exactly talk to each other.

But something is happening lately. I go as far as saying something's changing.

(on camera): This is not normal. This is not exactly what happens in front of the Plaza Hotel in New York City. This is Pokemon Go. I got to get

in and we're going to go play Pokemon. Let's go, and not get run over.

Are you guys playing Pokemon? Have you guys just met?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It brings our community together because you meet people you never thought you could meet before. I met this guy just through

this to find out he lives in my area.

SEGALL: It feels like it's breaking some weird barrier that technology has created, right?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With Facebook and all that, you are not separated by them because (inaudible). This is the only app you can't play in your

house.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You have to leave.

SEGALL: You're out here with your whole family playing a video game? I love what you said that we need this right now. Why do you need this right

now?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I deactivated my Facebook. There are way too many cops dying, way too many blacks dying. It's hard to deal with everything.

People don't feel the same and sometimes you want to break up monotony. And this is simple, not black, not white, it is simple.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everybody said he looks like Trump.

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The hair-do.

SEGALL: Bye, guys, see you later.

I like making a lot of Pokemon friends, right?

More?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, yes.

SEGALL: With everything happening in the world right now, being out here, this renews my faith in humanity. It is so cool to be out here and

see everybody talking to each other. It doesn't matter if you are black or white, whether you're gay or you're straight. It's awesome. And it is

really, really special.

(CROSSTALK)

SEGALL: I think I have major friends here. I earned my cred.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What team are you on?

(CROSSTALK)

(CHEERS)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You found the Pikachu. Come on. Are you serious? You know what?

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: I know the feeling.

Now, the Pokemon craze is everywhere, including this city and our news room. And as we mentioned earlier, Typhoon Nida hit Hong Kong last night.

And you might think that the streets would look like this, mostly deserted with people just scrambling to get home, but this is the top story in one

local paper today. You can see the photo Hong Kong's diehard Pokemon fans braving the height of the storm, even with the wind and rain lashing down

on them.

Pokemon trainers have to catch them all.

And that is News Stream.

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