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No Solution On Syria; Mother Teresa Attains Sainthood; Baby On Board, For "Bridget"; U.S. and Russia Meet On Syrian War; China Pres. Xi Cautions Against Protectionism; Summit To Conclude Monday With Closing Ceremony; U.S. Official Russia Talks Over, No Deal On Syria; U.S. Intel Agency Apologizes To China Over Tweet; N. Korea Fires 3 Missiles Into Sea Off East Coast; Jack Ma on Why Trade is Vital Tool to Stop War; Duterte: Philippines in "State of Lawlessness"; West Bank Faces Serious Water Shortage: Bridget Jones' New Movie Opening. Aired 1-2a ET

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[01:00:10] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR: A conflict, Syrian war in dire need of a common solution. We'll tell you why these two world leaders are finding it so hard to find one.

A nun, an icon, and now a saint. We'll bring you the view from Kolkata, India of Mother Teresa's sainthood.

Also from the theater, who is the daddy? We'll hear from actress Renee Zellweger about Bridget Jones' biggest challenge yet. Welcome to our viewers all around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. We're live in Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen.

The G20 summit comes to a close in just a few hours. U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry met with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov a short time ago. The two ministers had been working on a deal to try and find common ground to end the conflict in Syria, but apparently, those talks did not go as hoped. Our Matt Rivers has been watching the summit closely in Hangzhou. And this is certainly been something that we were hoping there might be something to report as far as a breakthrough. But now, it's a question of even if Obama and Putin might meet at all to talk about it, Matt.

[01:01:28] MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Natalie, a senior U.S. official tells CNN just a few minutes ago that talks between Russia and the United States on trying to come up with the solution to the on-going violence in Syria have ended without an agreement here in Hangzhou. That senior U.S. official telling CNN that both sides were working on a plan that would have boosted military cooperation between both sides to better target terrorists and prevent civilian deaths. But those talks have broken down here in Hangzhou, and apparently, no agreement will come to fruition here during this G20 summit.

Now, both sides even up until yesterday afternoon here, local time, were perhaps a bit optimistic that something would happen, that an agreement could be reached here. Officials from both sides were hinting that perhaps a final agreement could come together in terms of authorizing a new ceasefire deal, and trying to come together to cooperate in the on-going fight against ISIS. But apparently the issues, the differences between both sides remain too great. Now, that official would not tell CNN exactly what the differences that remain are, whether they are more technically minute details, or whether they're broad ranging, or if or when negotiations could resume. So, a bit of a let-down here. Officials were hoping that perhaps they could reach some sort of an agreement here in Hangzhou.\

Now, the President of the United States and the President of Russia were expected to meet on the sidelines here of this G20 summit. But a lot of what's going on today here is closed to the press, so we're not sure yet whether they have met or if they plan to talk about what is going on in Syria. But at least for now, Natalie, it does appear that no agreement on a new deal for Syria will be reached here in Hangzhou.

ALLEN: And Matt, as far as overall as this G20 summit, was there any big glaring success or something that the countries were looking to do that they achieved?

RIVERS: Well, as of right now, the talks are still going on. I don't think there's been one thing that every country would point to and say, "Yes, we've had a successful breakthrough on this particular topic." But what you're hearing at summits like this, is countries coming out and promoting their own interests. You heard British Prime Minister Theresa May talking about how she wants to lay the groundwork for new trade deals, and you heard Chinese President Xi open up the G20 summit formally yesterday talking about his country's - how his country is in very much in favor of an open, inclusive world economy, which you can read as he is in favor of trade deals. Interesting comments given that China's economy has slowed down recently. China has been one of the world's biggest benefactors of free trade deals. And so, he was urging his colleagues to make sure that those kind of deals continue to exist in a climate where countries like Britain and there is some - a lot of sentiment in other countries in Europe as well as in the United States that perhaps are a bit more suspicious of free trade deals. Perhaps not sure whether they really worked as they were intended to over the last 10 to 20 years.

So, what you're seeing here, Natalie, overall is leaders promoting their own interests, trying to get things done. But the big news today, of course, that we just found out a couple of moments ago is no deal on Syria will be reached according to a senior U.S. official here in Hangzhou.

ALLEN: And that is unfortunate. And President Obama had said that there are differences, and an agreement would be very difficult. And it looks like it has been. Thank you, Matt Rivers for us there in Hangzhou, China.

A U.S. intelligence agency is apologizing for a tweet that swiped at China at the G20 summit. A personal tweet that was posted on the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's account said, "Classy as always, China." The tweet carried a link to an article about U.S. and Chinese officials arguing over reporter access as President Obama landed in China. The DIA deleted it, and then tweeted, "Earlier today a tweet regarding a news article was mistakenly posted from this account, and does not represent the views of DIA. We apologize." Now, to a story we've been following since the last hour. South Korea says North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast. CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us now from Seoul, South Korea with the details. Paula?

[01:05:59] PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: OK. Natalie, well, what we know so far from the joint chiefs of staff here in Seoul, is that North Korea fired three ballistic missiles just before midday at Pyongyang Time. And this was from the west coast of North Korea (INAUDIBLE) if they flew over the peninsula, and then into the waters, as you say off the east coast of Korea. Now at this point, we don't have details as to exactly what kind of missiles they were. Now obviously, the longer range the missile, the more concern there is in the region and also in Washington. But at this point, we don't have confirmation as to exactly what kind of missiles they were. We know that they come just a couple of weeks after the submarine launched missile that North Korea carried out, which they claimed was a great success. It launched and flew about 500 kilometers. Many people, many experts said that it's certainly signaled an increase in the capability for North Korea. And so, this is really the most recent ballistic missile test we've seen since then, Natalie.

ALLEN: All right, Paula Hancocks, keeping an eye on North Korea as best anyone can there from Seoul. Thank you.

We are standing by for official results from Hong Kong's election. And they could rattle some nerves in Beijing. Preliminary results show former leaders of the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement like Nathan Law seen here have won seats on the legislative council. They support debating Hong Kong's constitutional arrangement, including potential independence from China.

A dismal election day for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Exit Poll show an anti-immigrant party and the central-left social democrat beating the chancellor's party in her home state. Mrs. Merkel's popularity has plunged after the country took in more than one million refugees last year.

Catholics around the world are celebrating their newest saint, Mother Teresa. She's now St. Teresa of Kolkata. Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Vatican, Sunday, as Pope Francis declared her canonization. The catholic nun devoted her life to helping India's poor. She is credited with two miracles after her death, a requirement by the Catholic Church for sainthood. CNN's Alexandra Field joins us now from Kolkata where Mother Teresa founded her Missionaries of Charity organization so long ago, and it's still on- going. Hello there, Alexandra, what's the reaction?

[01:08:30] ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi there, Natalie. You can actually probably see there are people who are starting to stream in behind me. They're all walking into "Mother House", which is the place that Mother Teresa lived and worked and died. This is where her tomb is. The buss actually just called up to let these group of people off. This is a place that is open to the public. And people like to walk in there. They pay their respects to Mother Teresa. They sort of try to take in the calm or the serene that is sort of the atmosphere inside. But today for the first time, the people who are going to visit will be visiting the tomb of a saint. Because that is what she is now in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Of course, this is the representation that she had in this city for so many decades.

The Albanian nun really claimed Kolkata as her own. She became an Indian citizen. This is where she devoted her life's work. And here that she was known as the "Saint of the Gutters" because of the work that she did on the streets, because of her work to help the poor. She was always regarded by people as a living saint, but it took nearly 20 years for her to be recognized by the Catholic Church as actually a catholic saint. To put it into context here in Kolkata, given the fact that this is a largely Hindu city, you got to - you go to consider what catholic sainthood means. People here largely in the Hindu community see it as an honor, a recognition of the work that she did. A recognition on the global scale of the work that she did day to day here in Kolkata.

But this is somebody who's already well-revered in this community. They treated the canonization proceedings that were happening in Vatican City as really a reason to celebrate somebody who did give a lot in many people's eyes to this city, Natalie.

ALLEN: And when she was alive, so many people around the world wanted to come there and meet her and see her. Do they still have that same kind of interest from people around the world? Now that she's gone, but even though, her charity continues?

FIELD: It's interesting. You do see people who are coming here, because if you're in Kolkata, I think that there is certainly a great deal of fascination or interest in seeing this house which is so synonymous with Kolkata. It is still the seat of the Missionaries of Charity. See, I do talk to people who still have - particularly in the catholic community, and it is a small catholic community here, but they do have a high amount of regard and reverence for Mother Teresa. But we know that her reputation went well beyond the catholic community, it went well beyond this city. And if you think about it, Mother Teresa's name is really in the common, global vernacular which is something that you cannot simply say about most nuns who did their work in a very anonymous way. This is a woman who did become to some extent, a global celebrity. She spent a lot of time in Rome, a lot of time in Vatican City, a lot of time in the U.S. meeting with the high- level government officials.

So, she did become a global symbol of good deeds or good works if you ask many people. So, yes, I think that that interest persist along those lines, that nearly 20 years after her death is still somebody who's being recognized not just for her life's work, but really for these miracles that she's being credited with by the Catholic Church in the time since her death. Natalie?

ALLEN: And her work goes on. Alexandra Field for us there in Kolkata. Thank you.

Well, many Palestinians are trekking long distances every single day, just for a basic necessity, water. We'll look at the crisis that's posing a serious health risk ahead here. Plus, there's a reason to be optimistic for the future of the giant panda. We'll speak with a conservationist about how these long endangered species is varied, coming up here.

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[01:13:58] KATE RILEY, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley with your CNN World Sport headlines. On Sunday, the battle for the Formula One driver's title was re-ignited as teammates and rivals, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton locked horns once again at the Italian Grand Prix. Rosberg took advantage of a slow start from Hamilton to take control of the race. It was a very straightforward win for him as he cruises to his seventh victory of the season, and his second straight cutting Hamilton's championship lead to just two points. This is also the first time Rosberg has ever won at this iconic venue.

It was a milestone career moment for England football captain Wayne Rooney on Sunday as the Three Lions traveled to Slovakia, earning his 116th cap, the English national team are winning the first of their World Cup qualifying campaign match for Russia. In doing so, the forward becomes his country's most-capped outfield player, surpassing David Beckham's tally. And on day seven of the U.S. Open, the top women's singles players are starting to win their way into the quarterfinals. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki reported an impressive victory over eighth seeded Madison Keys of U.S.A in their first ever meeting. Next up for

the game is 48th ranked Latvian Anastasija Sevastova. And that's a look at all the sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.

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[01:15:46] ALLEN: And welcome back. We look at the U.S. presidential race now. And one of Donald Trump's top supporters insists the Republican presidential candidate is backing away from one of his most controversial immigration proposals, mass deportations. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani spoke on CNN Sunday about Trump's speech in Arizona last week. While Trump rolled out proposals to crack down on illegal immigration, Giuliani says many people are missing the speech's key point.

RUDY GIULIANI, FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR: What he said in the speech is, "After we secure the border and after we remove the criminal illegal immigrants to a - to a - to a large extent, you're never going to get to 100 percent, then and only then, can we look at this in a very rational way in which we can look at all the options and be open to all the options."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And he doesn't want to separate families, as you say?

GIULIANI: Well, I would say that would be one of the things that would be pretty clear. There are other options, too. I mean, it's going to depend on the person. I mean, some of these people could have been on welfare for the last 30 years, or taking benefits or cheating. And maybe some of them have to be thrown out, but not necessarily all of them. And that's the point that he was making in the speech.

ALLEN: Trump's running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence also tried to clarify the issue on NBC'S "Meet The Press."

MIKE PENCE, REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: He's been on this point -

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one's deporting this - on this note, he's supposed to be (INAUDIBLE) deportation for -

PENCE: -- for a center of the national debate.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He - but he's not been consistent on this issue of what to do with the 11 to 15 million.

PENCE: Well - but there are - there are people in different circumstances in that category. There are people who are criminal aliens in this country. And I think everyone in this country understands the people who are here at first -

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) violent crimes.

PENCE: Well, people who are here, who their first act in this country whose first act in this country was violation of the law but have gone on to criminal activity in America, we want them out. We want them out quickly.

ALLEN: A new CNN Poll of Polls shows Hillary Clinton's once double- digit lead over Donald Trump is now cut in half. The democratic presidential candidate has 42 percent support to Trump's 37 percent in a four-way matchup. Our John King breaks it down.

[01:17:56] JOHN KING, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump says as we reach this point, the polls are closing in his direction, and to a degree, he's right. Let's take a look. Back at the beginning of the month, just after the conventions, Hillary Clinton had a 10-point lead in the national polls. These are averaging out all of the national polls. If you look at the most recent ones, Hillary Clinton's lead is down to five points over Donald Trump. So, Donald Trump is right in the national polls, the race is tightening. From the beginning of the month, here is Donald Trump's problem. When you go state by state through the key battlegrounds, Hillary Clinton is leading in all of them.

Now, some of the leads are relatively small, but even - Florida at the beginning of the month was one. Now it's four on average. Ohio at the beginning of the month was one, now it's a three-point Clinton lead. North Carolina a very close race. Pennsylvania in single digits, but still, that's a pretty comfortable lead, seven points. Virginia has moved in Clinton's direction by even more. Her running mate help there's. Michigan, single digits with a Clinton lead. Wisconsin, closer than a lot of people would think, but still a Clinton lead. Colorado, a big Clinton lead. That's the problem when you look at the Battleground States is that if the election were held today, by our projections, Hillary Clinton would already be over the top, 273 electoral votes. Donald Trump could win all of these yellow states, the toss-ups, he could win them all and not clinch the presidency.

To get there, he's got to turn some of these. The wheeling blue, he's got to turn some of the blue, red. Pennsylvania would be the biggest prize. Hillary Clinton, though, it's not over yet. One of her biggest weaknesses in this rust belt that Donald Trump is targeting, blue collar voters.

ALLEN: All right. John King taking a look there at the tightening race for the White House. Well, the storm system called Hermine lost some of its punch after hitting Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, but for millions in the northeast U.S., it still poses a significant threat while stalled in the Atlantic Ocean. And Pedram Javaheri has his eye on this one, because it did some damage for sure up in Texas as well.

[01:19:39] PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN WEATHER ANCHOR: It did. Yeah. Absolutely. You know, Natalie, it's a holiday weekend, of course, as well. So typically, this holiday weekend and people say unofficial end to the summer season when it comes to going out to the beaches. This particular storm really made it a hard one for folks on the eastern seaboard of the U.S.

ALLEN: Yeah.

JAVAHERI: So, if you take a look at the images, incredible, when you think about what has already transpired, several fatalities, tremendous amount of damage left in place was just at most, a Category 1 hurricane. At this point, it lost all of its tropical characteristics. It is just a post tropical system, meaning any energy that it's gotten from warm waters, it is all displaced now over cooler waters, but the storm itself is still producing pretty intense wind there sustained at 110 kilometers per hour.

I want to show you what the forecast indications even 24 hours ago were, which kept this storm much closer to the coastline. If it did, it would have brought in a storm surge that was significant, you'd have water piling up on the beaches of the eastern United States. The track now has taken it well offshore. In fact, it is sitting somewhere about 300 kilometers farther east than what it was initially estimated. So, that now takes the winds, I notice the wind streamers right there are more of a northerly component. So, any sort of beach erosion we get will be limited across that area, and that's good news. So, the rainfall stays offshore, the storm surge threat lessens across this region, still could see some damaging areas on the beaches. There are in fact 22 million people underneath a tropical storm warning. And notice could see as much as 150 centimeters of storm surge piling up across portions of favorable beaches.

But again, the impact should be far less. And the storm will eventually want to push off towards the Canadian Maritimes. At that point, it will begin to fall apart significantly. And that is the - and that'll be all that she wrote for that particular storm system. I want to show you what's happened in Japan. Of course, we know multiple typhoons have moved ashore over the last several weeks. And this is Lionrock in the past week. Left behind significant damage. Take a look at this. This is not very impressive on satellite imagery. This is the next tropical storm in line I'm tuning. But this particular storm now becomes the fifth storm in as many weeks to impact portions of Japan. And the concern with this is going to be not only some gusty winds, but definitely a lot of rainfall on top of saturated soils across this region of Japan.

And then to the south, see the area indicated in yellow right there? That's the potential for a potential - for a storm number six to develop across this region. And that would be coming in right towards Okinawa over the next several days, potentially Wednesday into Thursday. OK. We'll leave you with this. Acapulco, Mexico we go. Flooding conditions in the past 24 hours. This is the next tropical storm, Newton, that has developed in this region. And Natalie, it just continues and it's -

ALLEN: Hard to keep up.

JAVAHERI: Absolutely. And, you know, it is these first two weeks of September. I often say you'll find great deals on hotels and vacation resorts in the tropical world. They -

ALLEN: (INAUDIBLE) You just can't go there.

JAVAHERI: You just can't go there. Not for fun in mind at least.

ALLEN: Exactly. All right, Pedram, thanks.

JAVAHERI: Thank you, Natalie.

ALLEN: Well, hopeful news to report about one of the world's endangered species, the giant panda. A long-time presence on the endangered list. And come on, one of the cutest animals in the world is being downgraded to vulnerable. The giant panda population rose 17 percent from 2004 to 2014. Earlier, I spoke with the director general of the World Wildlife Fund.

[01:22:43] MARCO LAMBERTINI, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: The panda, first of all, is not just the local WWF, but is also an icon of - for conservation globally. And it's a great day to be a panda today. The growth of the population has been - has allowed the organization that is here and the scientists to assess the fact that panda is now a step - a further step away from the brink of extinction. This is fantastic news not just for the millions of panda lovers, but also for the - all - everybody who loves nature and cares about the environment. The population growth is really - and the success of the panda story so far, although, of course, you know, there's still a lot of work to do. But the success so far is due to a number of things. First of all, the sheer determination of the Chinese government from the top down to the rangers on the panda reserves to actually save the species.

In the last few years, the number of reserve - panda reserves have grown covering almost 2/3 of the habitat of wild pandas, and would like as for them to grow 200 percent and perhaps we can restore more habitat that was lost in the past. And so, protection of the habitat and protection on the ground, committed rangers, and particularly the engagement of local communities together with the political will behind all of this, and the support of the organization, I think have - I think have made, really, this possible. It show us that with the mix of ingredients like these, we can really save species and bring them back to its - to a level which is not as dangerous, close to dangerous and extinction.

ALLEN: How many pandas are there now in the mountains of China?

LAMBERTINI: So, we had an increase of 17 percent in the last 10 years. And that's why we have now considered the population on the rise. We are now just below 2,000 pandas. 1,800 plus. And this is the highest number ever recorded in - since panda population was discovered. So, it's a good news. You know, it's also an important message of hope for many other species that are not in these situation, that's still declining. In a week, there will be an important convention on the endangered species and the trade of endangered species in Johannesburg. I think this news are actually happening at the right time to inspire many others to put together the same strategy to save many more species, because let's remember, these are because (INAUDIBLE) they're beautiful, and they have the right to live on this planet, but also because they live in the ecosystem whose protection is actually providing a lot of service to local communities. Fresh water, clean air, a lot of resources - natural resources we depend on. So, you know, protection of nature and protection of people is incredibly connected.

ALLEN: Right.

LAMBERTINI: And this is - this is what we have ever asked to promote.

ALLEN: We thank you so much for joining us. This is such good news for the giant panda. Yes, panda. Yes, one of the most wonderful creatures just to look at. Marco Lambertini, thank you.

LAMBERTINI: Thank you.

ALLEN: Well, the big G20 summit is taking place in the hometown of one of China's most successful businessman. Alibaba founder Jack Ma talks with CNN about globalization, and why he thinks trade is vital for stopping wars. That's ahead.

Plus, after a bomb killed and wounds dozens at a market in the Philippines over the weekend, the country's law and order president reacts decisively.

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[01:29:33] ALLEN: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen.

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[01:30:54] ALLEN: The G20 host city of Hangzhou is a major technology and cultural hub south of Shanghai, and it's home to almost nine million people. Hangzhou's history goes back thousands of years. It is said that Marco Polo once called it the finest city in the world. Leading up to the summit, authorities closed many factories to reduce pollution, and ordered workers to take a mandatory holiday.

Hangzhou is also famous for being the hometown of Jack Ma, the founder of the major e-commerce group, Alibaba. His company is headquartered there.

And earlier, Jack Ma spoke with CNN's Andrew Stevens about why trade is a vital tool for stopping war.

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JACK MA, FOUNDER, ALIBABA: We want to tell the world there is a way to improve globalization. It's too late to go back. It's never too late to improve yourself. So globalization, I'm a big believer, because I've seen China happen in past 20 years. And if China can work in that way, why the other developing nations cannot have that way? If Chinese young people can use the Internet and buy and sell across the board in their small business, why India's small business, why Pakistani young people, why Argentina young people cannot do it? So we should find a solution for them.

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR: Do you have a solution?

MA: Well, we call it electronic world platform. It's not electronic World Trade Organization. If it is WTO organization, it's like a nearly 200 government leaders sit in the room, they quarrel, they fight, because of the political reasons, they stop the trade. We think trade is something to stop the wars. Trade is something that to improve the communications. When trade stops, the war comes. We should form a platform that helping small guys. If the Philippine farmer want to sell his products to Norway, to Argentina, there is no way. Only big companies. We shouldn't make an open platform. Every country, every small business, every young people, if you want to get involve it, just to join it. We want to speak on behalf of the business world. We need globalization. We need a free trade. This is the message.

STEVENS: But that message is being drowned out.

MA: Yeah, this is why somebody has to talk about it. Imagine, how can you stop global trade? How can you build up a wall to stop the trade?

STEVENS: I have to ask you this. You mentioned walls. You mentioned sort of this opposition to trade. We have a U.S. presidential candidate who is echoing those very words.

MA: I've seen so many elections. And every time there is election, people start to criticize China, criticize -- well, you got, you know, curious and watching that. And I think have I confidence that America will calm down and the politician will do real stuff.

STEVENS: Hangzhou is hosting the G20.

MA: Yeah.

STEVENS: It is the home of Alibaba. It is any coincidence the G20 is here in the home of Alibaba?

MA: I hope so.

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I'm so proud of this city. Many people try to convince us. The people keep asking why Hangzhou? Why not the Alibaba headquarters in Beijing or Shanghai. This is city with great culture. We believe in private sectors and entrepreneurships.

STEVENS: What has been the trigger to create that industry here?

MA: Hangzhou, we don't have resource. We don't have oil. We don't have the coals. We have nothing. The only thing that we have, the culture. People here pay more attention to education. 80 percent of the Chinese business entrepreneur is unique, in South America, in Europe, in Africa, from our products.

STEVENS: What lessons can Beijing learn from what has happened in the province that they can apply to the broader Chinese economy?

MA: They want to move into domestic consumption. They want to move into the service industries. We are proving it works. See, for our company alone, we prove that domestic consumption can be developed by private sectors. So I think we are getting much better now and the relationship that they trusted us.

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[01:35:26] ALLEN: Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba.

The mayor of Davao city in the Philippines began cultivating a hard- line image against crime decades ago. Now, he's president and his bloody war on drugs have shocked people around the world.

Michael Holmes looks at how Rodrigo Duterte is cracking down after an improvised explosive device killed 14 people and wounded dozens in the president's hometown.

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MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Days after a deadly attack on a Philippines marketplace, Davao city residents are learning what it means to live in what President Rodrigo Duterte calls, quote, "a state of lawlessness." Military personnel patrol the city on motorcycles and police checkpoints are being set up around the city's entry and exit points.

UNIDENTIFIED MILITARY OFFICER (through translation): This is one of our heightened security measures. Those who are entering and leaving Davao city are being inspected. Cars, motorcycle, everything will be check without exemptions.

HOLMES: Friday's blast killed more than a dozen people and injured dozens more. Duterte has called it an act of terrorism, saying it is possible the explosion was a reprisal for his crackdown on extremists known to the area. So far, no group has claimed responsibility.

He declared the nation was in a state of lawlessness and authorized the military to patrol in urban areas. But he stopped short of declaring martial law, a power afforded him only in cases of invasion or rebellion.

Funerals for the dead have begun, and victims' families are calling on Duterte for justice.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (through translation): I want to know who did this to my poor sister.

HOLMES: As they lay their loved ones to rest.

Michael Holmes, CNN, Atlanta.

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ALLEN: Health officials in Singapore are concerned after more cases of the Zika Virus have been confirmed. 26 new locally transmitted cases of the mosquito bourn disease have been announced. And that brings Singapore's confirmed cases to 215. Two of the people infect ready pregnant women. Zika can cause Microcephaly which can lead to severe birth defects in some infants. Government officials say they believe most of the virus string is coming from within Asia, and is not being imported from Brazil.

And the U.S. state of South Carolina's measures to combat the Zika Virus have led to the deaths of millions of honeybees. A county which has four residents with the Zika Virus did an aerial mosquito spraying last week, but the insecticide caused one local beekeeper to lose 46 hives, more than three million bees. Local beekeepers say they weren't notified of the spraying. It comes amid a crisis for honeybees. They have been dying off in large numbers across the U.S., and no one is quite sure why. And we need them to pollinate our food, of course.

Well, one of the biggest challenges in the war against ISIS, getting the terror group away from Turkey's border. And now Turkey is claiming a major victory on that front. We'll look into that, coming up.

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[01:41:52] ALLEN: Syrian government forces have launched a new offensive against rebels in Aleppo. They recaptured a military academy in the southwestern part of the city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Syrian forces backed by allies are trying to re- impose on rebel held areas in the east. And a rebel fighter tells CNN they succeed.

Farther north, Turkey says it's driven ISIS out of the towns along the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkish state media says the terror group has lost control of its last bit of territory in the border region. A Turkish military official tells CNN the area is now under the control of the Free Syrian Army. Those FSA fighters, backed by the Turkish military, captured more than one dozen villages from is over the weekend.

Many Palestinians in the West Bank face a serious water shortage. It's a problem every summer. But this year has been particularly bad. Palestinians and Israelis blame each other for the crisis.

Our Ian Lee visited a village where taps have been shut off for weeks, and people trek to a spring to get water.

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IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's a long journey for a 3 and 5-year-old, one kilometer there, one kilometer back, but five times a day they journey to this spring. This is how the Ismael (ph) family in the village of Artas fetch water. Thousands of people rely on this stream, used for cooking, drinking, as well as cleaning and beating the heat.

Hanan Ismael (ph) takes me to their house to show me why. Their faucet ran dry two months ago.

"Every day I take my daughters to the spring to fill up tanks and bottles. Water has become our main daily concern," the mother of three tells me.

The source of the water crisis in the occupied West Bank is muddled. As Palestinian authorities see it, Israel is to blame.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The Israeli National Water Company has cut off supply sometimes by 50 percent and sometimes totally to some localities and towns and villages. I believe that this is part and parcel of getting rid of the indigenous people from their own land.

LEE: A 1995 agreement gives 80 percent of the West Bank's water to Israel. The divide is stark between Palestinian towns and Israeli settlements. Palestinians store water in tanks on their roofs, while settlers have communal tanks. Palestinians also receive less than the World Health Organization's recommended 100 liters a day. Settlers at times have faced shortages too.

Israel's National Water Company recently announced the plan to significantly increase the amount of water to settlements.

CNN requested an interview with Israeli authorities, but they gave us a statement. They accuse the Palestinian Authority of stealing water and not upgrading infrastructures, saying, "The reason for problems with the water supply is an increase in the demand of water for agricultural and drinking. The poor infrastructure, stolen water and delay in projects because the Joint Water Committee hasn't met."

That Israeli-Palestinian committee hasn't met in over five years.

[01:45:14] (on camera): While both sides blame each other, Palestinians face health risks.

(voice-over): Many Palestinians are forced to use unsafe sources like the Artas spring. You see there is trash nearby. And if you continue to look around over here, you can see that there's also animal feces.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's about 140,000 people in need of just basic water, safe water for daily life. Their children, you know, get diseases. They see worms in the water. But they had no other choice.

LEE: It's a risk the families of Artas continue to take as they're left with little but to gamble on the spring down the road.

Ian Lee, CNN, Artas, the West Bank.

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ALLEN: Coming up here, Bridget Jones is back, and this time, she has a baby on board, along with two potential fathers. We'll look at the new romantic comedy to be hitting theaters, coming up.

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[01:50:11] ALLEN: The doors to Dubai's newest state-of-the-art concert venue are officially open. The Dubai Opera House took more than three years to build, with a cost of more than $330 million. So we give you a peek inside.

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JASPER HOPE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DUBAI OPERA HOUSE, This is a genuinely groundbreaking technological marvel.

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HOPE: It's a theater. It hosts productions and concerts, but it's much more than that. What we can do here that almost no one else in the world can do is transform ourselves very, very quickly. Some buttons and a few strong arms, a couple of hours' work. And before you know it, we can be a completely different looking building. For through the use of hydraulics, get rid of something like 950 seats here in the stalls. We created a completely flat floor environment.

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PLACIDO DOMINGO, OPERA SINGER: It is wonderful to be able to inaugurate an opera house. That is the conception, but having the old opera house feeling.

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DOMINGO: I was in the hall when they were doing the rehearsal of "The Barber of Seville" that will tell me a lot of the acoustics and the possibilities of the theater, which I find it fantastic.

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DOMINGO: It has been done a lot for culture already in this country. The icing of the cake is to have an opera house.

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ALLEN: All right. Something to add to our bucket list, tickets to the Dubai Opera House.

All right. Bridget Jones is once again coming to a theater near you, and this time she is having a baby. This is the third film in the popular franchise and, once again, there are two men competing for Bridget's heart.

CNN's Neil Curry sat down with the stars and had a little fun with them finding out who they think Bridget should choose.

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RENEE ZELLWEGER: Mr. Darcy.

NEIL CURRY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 15 years after first appearing on the big screen, the romantic disaster area Bridget Jones is back.

ZELLWEGER: I'm pregnant?

CURRY: For Bridget Jones, a character created in a series of newspaper diaries by Helen Fielding, captured an army of female fans who empathized with her calamitous search for a soul mate.

HUGH GRANT, ACTOR: Oh, no, it's not possible.

CURRY: Colin Firth and Hugh Grant memorably battling for her favor.

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COLIN FIRTH, ACTOR: Better or worse, fate has brought us together. CURRY: Today, Bridget is 43. A relationship with Firth's Mr. Darcy

has ended --

ZELLWEGER: I'm Bridget.

CURRY: -- and Patrick Dempsey replaces Grant in her affections.

FIRTH: So you have no idea which of us is the father?

CURRY: With the stakes raised by the addition of a baby and two potential candidates for father, we invited the two male actors to make their character's case to be Bridget's perfect partner.

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FIRTH: It's possible because Mark doesn't make a case for himself. It's part of his drama. She is a lot better off with the other guy. I've been nothing but a disappointment all these years.

I brought you an iced tea.

ZELLWEGER: Thank you.

DEMPSEY: I brought you a super juice.

ZELLWEGER: Oh.

FIRTH: Let me carry that for you.

ZELLWEGER: Thank you.

DEMPSEY: Can I carry your phone?

Go into the unknown with Jack is a good thing. It's a clean slate, which is good and bad.

FIRTH: Give her a little kiss, you know, on the forehead there. I was talking about the baby.

Never made you feel like you could depend on anybody. I'm always away. I'm always on the phone. I don't focus on you properly. So I think -- you'd be much better off with whoever else you find.

ZELLWEGER: That was brilliant. Do you see what he did? Do you see what he did? He played the empathy card. Oh, it will be all right.

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DEMPSEY: I can't say anything there is nothing I can say.

ZELLWEGER: Like a genius, right? Wicked genius.

FIRTH: Come on. Can't go with him. The guy is a jerk.

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God, Bridget, you're immense.

CURRY: The movie marks the return to film making for Oscar-winning actress following a five-year hiatus. All the cast admitted to being both nervous and excited about reprising the franchise.

ZELLWEGER: How do you orchestrate such cliff-hangers in your life?

It's an interesting new dynamic. It's a more sophisticated sort of competition, I would say, because they're both great guys, yeah.

[01:55:19] DEMPSEY: Why can't she have both and sort of work it out? It's their issue to work out.

ZELLWEGER: Look at you.

DEMPSEY: That's the message.

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ZELLWEGER: That's a great idea.

FIRTH: Bridget, who do you want to be the father?

CURRY: While time has moved on for Bridget Jones and her suitors, the filmmakers are trusting their audience has moved with them. The original movie returned 10 times its budget at the box office. The repeat of that kind of business could give birth to yet another sequel.

Neil Curry, CNN, London.

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ALLEN: Coming to a theater near you. Enjoy.

And thanks for watching. I'm Natalie Allen.

My colleague, Rosemary Church, will be back after a short break for another hour of CNN NEWSROOM. Thanks for watching.

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