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[08:00:25] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Now, Donald Trump's thank you tour. The president-elect basks in his election win by holding a rally and also reveals his pick for defense

secretary.

North Korea hits back at new UN sanctions by flexing its military muscle. We'll have the latest on Kim Jong-un's provocative army drills.

And a toxic legacy, ISIS leaves a dangerous mark on northern Iraq, even as the terror group retreats.

And we begin with an elated Donald Trump boasting about his election upset at the first stop of his thank you tour. It was his first major speech

since election night. And speaking to a raucous crowd, the president-elect called on the nation to come together, but he brought back some of the

rhetoric of the campaign trail, talking about repealing Obamacare, building a wall against Mexico, and putting

America first. He also confirmed he wants retired Marine General James Mattis as his defense secretary.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT: We are going to appoint "Mad Dog" Mattis as our secretary of defense, but we're not announcing it until

Monday, so don't tell anybody.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, so much has happened since Trump's election win nearly a month ago, from controversial nominations, to questions over foreign

relations. Earlier, I spoke with CNN political commentator Lanhee Chen for a wide ranging discussion on the Trump transition. And I started about

asking about his thoughts on the nomination of James "Mad Dog" Mattis.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

LANHEE CHEN, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Well, he's got a great background in the military. Obviously, he knows many parts of the world. He's

actually a great strategist, as well. I think he's somebody who has been in the field and he understands the tactical elements, but strategically

he's got a great view of the world. He's a great view of the role the military -- you know, he's been my colleague at the Hover Institution for

the last several years.

And I just think he's a great pick. I think he's going to bring a lot of insight, and a lot of expertise, and a lot of talent to the Pentagon.

LU STOUT: What are his thoughts about China?

CHEN: You know, he hasn't expressed as much publicly. I think that he probably takes a view that's pretty traditional in terms of strategic

engagement, but I think overall what he's going to bring is a steady hand. Regardless of whether it's China, southeast Asia, or Asia more

generally I think he reall will bring a steady hand to the Pentagon and I think he'll do a good job.

LU STOUT: OK, let's talk about Trump's economic team that's definitely been forming this last week with the naming of Mnuchin, Wilbur Ross for

Treasury and also for Commerce. I mean, these are Wall Street insiders, billionaires. They don't necessarily have a public record. So how are

they going to lead the world's largest economy?

CHEN: Well, it's interesting, because I think so far a lot of Trump's appointments are not in

terms of policy all that different than what you might have seen under a President Jeb Bush or President Marco Rubio. I think that both Mnuchin and

Ross bring practical business experience and understanding of markets. And in that sense they do help to comfort investors to a certain degree about

what Trump's economic policy might look like.

But if you look at what he said during the campaign, a lot of what Trump is talking about -- tax reform with lower marginal rates, maybe some base

broadening, you know, the importance of regulatory reform, these are pretty traditional economic themes you might expect from a Republican.

LU STOUT: OK. Mitt Romney, and all eyes on him and whether or not he's going to

be named the next secretary of state. Is Trump willing to name him as his chief diplomat, if that's

going to antagonize his base?

CHEN: Well, first of all, I don't know that his base would necessarily punish Donald Trump

for doing something like this, because I think they give him the benefit of the doubt largely. I think that they would see it as a magnanimous act,

something that would bring the party together, but also, I think, bring a steady hand to the diplomacy that the United States will conduct during the

years of the Trump administration.

So I don't necessarily think that the base would hold it against him, notwithstanding what others have said. I tend to think that Mr. Trump

actually knows what he's doing. I think that he would sort of see this, as well, as an act of bringing the party together and bringing a trusted known

name to the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.

[08:05:11] LU STOUT: And you know Mitt Romney. I mean, you worked as a senior adviser when he ran for president in 2012.

What is Mitt Romney's world view? What kind of chief diplomat would he be?

CHEN: I think -- you know, during the campaign, he wrote this book in 2010 before he ran for president called "No Apology," and it was "No Apology:

The Case For American Greatness." And I think that the notion of American primacy, putting American interests first, that is something that actually

world view generally that I would say he shares with Donald Trump.

I think specifically, you know, he, obviously, was quite skeptical of Russia in 2012. I think that skepticism does remain to a large degree. I

think that he really looks at the world through the lens of putting America first. And I think in that sense he does line up with

Trump if you look at the general world view.

LU STOUT: You mention Russia. Yesterday, we heard from Vladimir Putin saying that he'd be willing to work with the United States, especially to

engage with international terrorism. Do you believe that we're going to see a proper reset in relations between the U.S. and Russia?

CHEN: Well, you know, I don't know, because some of what we saw from Trump during

the campaign on Russia was rhetoric. If you actually look at the policy differences, it's not clear that there are a whole ton. I mean, obviously,

the notion of working together with Russia to deal with the problems in Syria, that would be a diversion from current policy, but a lot of what you

heard was rhetorical in nature, it was talking about the fact we need to get along better with the Russians and maybe Putin's not such a bad guy.

The notion of Russia and the United States trying to work together where the interests align is not an unreasonable thing. I think people question

how many areas there really are and they also question whether Russia will continue to stand in the way of U.S. interests on issues like Iran.

So I think the notion of trying to work with Russia is not in and of itself flawed, but we'll have to see how the execution comes out over the next

several months and years.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and back to China, you know, on one hand Trump has this America first

policy, on the other hand he talks really tough about China. Is he going to shake things up for China?

CHEN: You know, I actually think with China he will be perhaps more pragmatic in a lot of ways than Hillary Clinton was. I think that Trump

views the relationship between the United States and China primarily as an economic one, whereas I think Hillary Clinton would have seen it more

through the lens of security, human rights, issues like that.

But really for Trump it's an economic negotiation with China. So in that sense, it will be

probably quite different from the way Obama has seen it, it would have been quite different from the way that maybe some other Republicans have seen

it, but I do think it creates opportunities for the United States, as well as for China potentially to engage on really important issues to the

economies of both countries.

LU STOUT: A question about conflict of interest. Because earlier this week we saw Donald

Trump take to Twitter saying he's going to take the step back away from the family business to focus on the presidency. But the Trump empire is so

big, and it's everywhere. I mean, you talk about hotels, offices, branding agreements, all around the world. Can he really avoid conflict of

interest?

CHEN: I think it's important for him -- and I think he's going to do this in a press conference in a couple of weeks, to lay out how it is that he's

going to put up these firewalls, how it is that he is going to try and divorce himself from the business of his business. And I think, you know,

to do it entirely probably is impossible. Some have suggested that he should simply get rid of all his interests and put it in a blind trust. I

think that might be unreasonable.

But I think it's going to be important for him to demonstrate how is he going to put up firewalls, how is he going to assure the American people

that there won't be direct conflicts of interest. And I think what he's going to end up doing is showing people, look, we're abiding by the law,

we're doing all we can, and then we'll have to see what happens as things goes on.

Some of this is going to be developing as he takes office. And we see how things work out between him, his kids, and the businesses.

LU STOUT: And that was CNN political commentator and Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen speaking to me earlier.

Now, North Korea is firing back, quite literally, after the UN rolled out tough new sanctions

against it. Now, Saima Mohsin has more on Pyongyang's military drills.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

SAIMA MOHSIN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The army must erase all enemy nest and wipe them all out. That's the fiery statement coming from

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In these pictures released by the state media, we see Kim Jong-un overseeing a military training. He's focusing on

artillery battle training in this particular picture, and we can see him laughing and joking, surrounded by his troops and soldiers, and artillery

lined across the coastline and firing rounds.

Now, according to KCNA, this is a practice run for a mission to target islands off the coast of South Korea, and even to use long-range missiles

to target this city, where I am, Seoul. Now of course we can't independently verify when these pictures were taken, but certainly this is

the first time we're seeing Kim Jong-un since the U.N. sanctions slapped on North Korea two days ago, and could this be a response to those sanctions?

A defined response and the kind of rhetoric we've seen in the past?

Well, that may well be the case. Of course we have heard from the North Korean Foreign Ministry immediately after the sanctions came and were

announced. The Foreign Ministry said that it categorically rejects the sanctions and the excess of authority from the U.N. that it imposes on

North Korea's sovereignty, but this is the first time we're hearing from Kim Jong-un himself in that fiery statement to erase all enemies, and from

state media showing pictures of this military drill.

Saima Mohsin, CNN, Seoul, South Korea.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[10:11:01] LU STOUT: Now in South Korea, opposition parties are planning a vote next Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye. South Koreans have

rallied for weeks calling for her ouster. She is accused of letting a friend view confidential documents and presidential speeches. That friend

is now being investigated for corruption. Ms. Park denies any wrongdoing, but says she will resign if parliament asks her to.

In Indonesia, the capital Jakarta has seen hundreds of thousands of Muslims take to the streets in protests against the city's governor. Now, they

allege that he insulted the Koran. He denies the allegations, but prosecutors have brought the charge of blasphemy to a court. Now, police

say up to 200,000 people turned out to protest.

And now to the tragedy of flight 2933 now. New clues are emerging about what might have been behind its crash earlier this week. Colombian

authorities say that they have confirmed the plane had no fuel when it came down.

Now, questions are also being asked about the carrier's reputation after authorities in Bolivia

suspended Lamia Airline's flying permits.

Now, meanwhile, the bodies of 65 victims will return to Brazil, many of them were members of the football club Chapecoense.

Now, Shasta Darlington is in Medellin, Colombia. She joins us now for more on the story. And Shasta, you've been there following the grim and just

heartbreaking task of identifying and returning the victims' remains.

SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. The relatives, the families, of those victims have now arrived in Medellin.

And, of course, they want to know like everyone else what the cause of the crash was, but

the focus for them is just getting their bodies home.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DARLINGTON: Roberto de Marchi was rooting for victory when his hometown team got on a plane to Colombia.

Now he is in Medellin to pick up his cousin's body. One of 71 people killed on the charter flight carrying the Chapacoense soccer team.

ROBERTO DE MARCHI, RASH VICTIM'S COUSIN: I had to come here and to see and to give comfort to my family. Because they know someone is here.

DARLINGTON: Nilson Folle, Jr. was a member of Chapecoense board of directors, just 29 years old. He was also the godfather to Roberto's son.

DE MARCHI: We went to this May or last August with the whole family because he was all the time saying we must be altogether. We have to be together.

DARLINGTON: Chapecoense was Nilson's passion. He posted this picture days before leaving for the South America Cup final. "Let's go Chape." This kind

of loss unimaginable.

All of the waiting is just agony for the families. But this is part of the process and it has to be done. Every single one of the 71 bodies has to be

prepared for repatriation and burial and because it's happening three days after the crash it's going to take longer between four to nine hours per

body.

Before sent to funeral homes, the bodies were identified. With no explosion or fire on impact, doctors say it wasn't complicated. They were able to

match up their fingerprints to a database. The team doctor flew in from Brazil to help.

"I never in my life imagined going through this," he says. "I've been a doctor for 27 years and I never imagined a situation like this. Making it

so hard to watch the final images of the scrappy team."

A Bolivia network shot what maybe the last video of Chapecoense right before Lamia flight 2933 took off. Only six people survived. The others,

their bodies, due to be repatriated in military planes Friday afternoon.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:14:59] DARLINGTON: As for the survivors, Kristie, they are still in the hospital. The two Bolivian crew members are in very good condition,

according to doctors, and could be released as early as today, but the three Brazilian footballers, the Brazilian reporter, continue in critical

condition, and it is not clear how soon they'll be able to go home, Kristie.

LU STOUT: So much uncertainty and so many questions. The investigation goes on. And Bolivia, we've learned, has suspended the flying permits of

Lamia Airlines. Shasta, what more have you learned about the carrier and its reputation?

DARLINGTON: Kristie, there are a lot of questions around this. As you mentioned, authorities have now confirmed that the plane was without fuel,

so there are questions about how the flight plan was approved by Bolivia and Colombia. But even more questions about the carrier itself, how was

the repeated flight plan approved.

We now know in Bolivia the head of the aviation authorities and the directors of the company were related. That's raising questions. Was the

company then able to obtain the licenses it needed as a result of that? People are asking. Those questions need to be answered.

The investigation will no doubt continue on for some time, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, the full investigation expected to take months. Shasta Darlington reporting for us live from Medellin. Thank you.

And CNN's Don Riddell spoke with a Chapecoense team member who did not make the final squad and was not on the plane. You can hear that interview in

World Sport. It is airing in about half an hour from now.

Now, you're watching News Stream. And still to come -- activists say the battle for Aleppo has killed 600 people in one week. And now rebels are

banding together. We'll have a live report just ahead.

And liberated from ISIS, but given a poisonous parting gift from the terror group. We go to the Iraqi town left struggling to breathe because of ISIS

sabotage.

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

Now, a major challenge for governments around the world is Syria's civil war. And right now

in the city of Aleppo food and medical supplies are scarce. The wounded are even having to have surgery without anesthesia.

Now, Russia says it wants to establish humanitarian corridors and that is bound to be on the

agenda when the Russian foreign minister and U.S. secretary of state meet in Rome within the

next few hours.

Meanwhile, in Aleppo rebel groups have formed an alliance to try and hold off a crushing assault by government forces. Now, the new coalition,

called the Aleppo Army, says its goal is to save Aleppo and its people, but they are up against sweeping gains by

Syrian forces. The UN says some 30,000 civilians have been displaced.

Now, let's bring in Fred Pleitgen who is joining us from the Syrian capital of Damascus. And, Fred, Syrian troops, they continue to make gains moving

through Aleppo. Can rebel forces unite and fend off this advance?

OK, unfortunately, we don't have Fred available just then. We'll try to re-establish that connection. We'll bring him back in just a moment.

But let's go to Iraq next, where plumes of smoke they are rising as the fight for Mosul rages on in Iraq. And one nearby town is suffering even

though ISIS was forced out months ago.

Now, the terror group's scorched Earth strategy has left residents with a toxic legacy, and Phil Black filed this report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As ISIS retreated from this territory it transformed the landscape into this apocalyptic

vision. The group blew up and set fire to 19 oil wells near the town of Qayyara. We don't know the motivation. More ruthless vengeful destruction

or perhaps the hope it would provide cover from air power above.

The fires have burned since August, lowering the sky, concealing the sun, layering the earth and people's lungs with toxic black filth.

(On camera): The heat coming off this fire it is incredible. It's melted much of the ground around the well. The air, it is thick and foul. It

really tastes terrible. It makes your eyes water. This is the poisonous atmosphere that people in this part of Iraq have been breathing in and

living with for months.

(Voice-over): There's now a desperate effort to fix the wells. But lead engineer Itkhlaf Mohammed tells me it's a difficult complex process.

He says you can't just put the fire out because that would release vast amounts of deadly fumes. First, earth-moving equipment is used to contain

the fire and channel the flowing, bubbling oil into reservoirs. Then workers dig down through the flames while trying to keep the oil and their

equipment cool as they haul out mounds of smoking sludge and earth.

Gaze through the flames and you can see the fire's red-hot core. They need to get through all of this to find the head of the well. Only then can they

determine the extent of the damage and what must be done to close it.

Workers here say the nature of the job is always challenging and dangerous and in the beginning, they had to cope with ISIS as well.

This man says you'll be trying to dig out the fires and they'll be shooting at you. You'll be using the hose and mortars will start coming in.

The group also left mines around the burning wells. Most haven't been cleared yet. It's too early to accurately estimate the value of the wasted

oil or the cost of the repair work. The final figure will be many millions of dollars.

The human cost is more disturbing. Families live beneath the towering columns of smoke and a sky that always feels like twilight. Children's

faces and hands are stained by the same air they breathe. A dark shadow now hangs over their health, their future, because of yet another toxic legacy

left behind by ISIS.

Phil Black, CNN, Qayyara, northern Iraq.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And let's go back to the war in Syria and the latest in the Aleppo offensive. Fred Pleitgen joins us line from Damascus.

And Fred, again, Syrian forces we know that they have been making these steady gains in Aleppo. They are advancing. We've learned rebel forces

are now uniting against them, but can they stop the advance?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Kristie, first of all, I'm sorry for the technical difficulties that we are having. It's

transmitting from Syria and that can be quite problematic sometimes.

Yeah, the government forces are certainly practicing that offensive and it's going to be very, very difficult for the rebels, even after they've

banded together, to actually hold that offensive off.

It's been quite remarkable to see over the past weeks, especially last weekend, when we saw the

Syrian government make those rapid gains, where they gained more territory in the span of about 32 hours, then they did in the entire four years of

Syria's civil war prior to that. And they actually took back a lot of territory that had been held by the rebels for more than four years.

So right now, the rebels have a much smaller territory, that enclave then they had before. (inaudible) very much still under siege. You have that

massive offensive going on.

And what's going on now in Aleppo at this stage that the past couple of days you've seen very bad weather, and so it was difficult for the Syrian

air force to actually fly a lot of missions out there. Now the weather is clearing up, so you can expect more air strikes to happen, as well.

We're already hearing that dozens of people were killed in air strikes and artillery shelling today. It is going to be very difficult for the

opposition forces to continue to hold that territory and continues to get smaller pretty much day by day -- Kristie.

[08:25:12] LU STOUT: And, Fred, while you're reporting there in Damascus, you're also closely monitoring these crisis talks on Syria happening in

Rome. We know that Russia has said it won't put a pause on the fighting, but it's open to getting these humanitarian corridors set up for Aleppo.

Is that going to be the best outcome out of these talks?

PLEITGEN: Well, you know, that's something that the Russians have been saying for a very long time. If you recall a couple of weeks ago, the

Russians said that they were halting their bombardment of eastern Aleppo, but then they actually (inaudible) corridors. But it was very few

civilians that actually decided to come out simply because they don't really trust the Syrian authorities. They believe there could be

repercussions, that people could be arrested if they come out. It certainly seems as though at this point in time that if there were

humanitarian corridors, or if there even was some sort of a pause in the fighting, that would be a very favorable outcome and probably more than

many people are expecting at this point in time.

Certainly, with the momentum on the battlefield going so much in favor of the forces of the

Syrian government, of Bashar al-Assad and the forces allied with them, including Hezbollah, including the Iranians and, of course first and

foremost, the Russians as well, it really seems as though the Syrian government at this point is trying to force a military victory there in

Aleppo. And that, of course, leaves the room for negotiations to be very, very small and could be very difficult to come up with anything that could

speed a lull or even a stop in the fighting, at least for an extended period of time -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Fred Pleitgen reporting live on the line from Damascus, Syria. Thank you, Fred.

Now, after six years and thousands of lost lives, the UN secretary-general now admits the organization did not do enough for the cholera outbreak in

Haiti after the earthquake in 2010. But he stopped short of saying the UN caused the epidemic.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

BAN KI-MOON, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: On behalf of the United Nations, I want to say very clearly, we apologize to the Haitian people. We simply did not

do enough with regard to the cholera outbreak and the spread in Haiti. We are profoundly sorry for our role.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: The Haitian ambassador to the UN welcomed Ban's acknowledgment. but Haiti still needs money from UN members to improve its health care, its

water, and sanitation systems.

You're watching News Stream. And still ahead, come next week parts of western Europe could be on the path to major political upheaval. And this

man hopes to be at the center of the most dramatic shift of all. We've got that story next.

And how Hong Kong is doing its part to tackle modern day slavery. We meet the students putting their best foot forward as part of CNN's Freedom

Project.

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[08:32:03] LU STOUT: Now to France and an uncertain election next year in the face of growing populism in Europe. But one thing is certain, the

current French president, Francois Hollande, will not run for re-election.

Melissa Bell has more on what that means for his party and, indeed, the nation.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MELISSA BELL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It was not the announcement that Francois Hollande had wanted to make. Everyone had expected that the

president was simply waiting to announce at the right moment his desire to stand for

a second term. He said that he would not be standing at all, a measure of the Socialist Party recognition that the last five years will be very

difficult as a platform for selling the party as it looks ahead to next year's general presidential election.

Now the party will go about choosing its candidate. And with Francois Hollande out of the

running, there's every likelihood that Manuel Valls, the country's prime minister, will be the front-runner in that race to get the candidacy.

We'll know by January who the Socialist is. That man or woman will then take on Francois Fillon, representing the Republicans, and Marine Le Pen

representing the far right, in the hope of making it to that crucial second round of next year's presidential election.

For now, the polls suggest that the far right will be taking on the right in that poll. Clearly, the Socialists are hoping that with this

announcement from Francois Hollande and their ability now to look ahead at their primary much more serenely, that they'll be able to convince the

French that their time has come with another president at their helm.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Melissa Bell reporting there.

Now, France is just one European nation that could be on the verge of a shift to the right. In Austria, the public could be about to let the EU's

first right wing head of state. Sunday's ballot puts right winger Norbert Hofer against leftist candidate Alexander Vander Bellen. Now, Hofer nearly

lost the election earlier this year, but a rerun was ordered over concern about voting irregularities.

Immigration is one of the biggest issues in Austria, and much of Europe right now, especially in light of the refugee crisis. Some see that as a

threat to European identity itself and fears that are energizing a new wave of populism in Europe.

Atika Shubert reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Vienna, Austria -- the city is a living monument to centuries of European history and heritage. At its center is a

statue of Empress Maria Theresa sitting on her throne.

Monday night, Austria's far right Identity Movement arrives, lights flashing. They used a crane to hoist a giant black niqab, the Islamic face

veil on to the statue and they pinned this sign, "Islamization -- no thanks", it reads.

MARTIN SELLNER, MEMBER OF AUSTRIA'S IDENTITY MOVEMENT: My generation was never asked if we wanted mass immigration and if we want Islamization as

its population replacement in your country.

SHUBERT: 27-year-old Martin Sellner is a veteran of the Identity Movement, posting frequent YouTube videos and wearing colorful T- shirts he designs

himself with slogans like "Europa Nostra" or "Our Europe". He met us at a typically Viennese cafe.

[08:35:07] SELLNER: My biggest fear is that at some point, demographics could kill democracy.

SHUBERT: So you're not a white supremacist?

SELLNER: No, not at all. Not at all. I'm I think we're just patriots. I think the problem is not people. The problem is a system. That's why we

also reject, like, the entity of anti-Semitism or something like which is just identifying the problem with certain people. I think that is stupid

and wrong.

SHUBERT: But the Identity Movement does single out one group -- Muslims. Only an estimated 7 percent of Austrians are Muslim but in Vienna and its

suburbs where Sellner grew up, the demographics are now more than 12 percent with some neighborhoods majority Muslim. Sellner claims this is

Islamization.

SELLNER: A majority of them is largely against democracy, anti- Semitic, parliamentaristic and more than 70 percent of them say that for them the

ethnic (inaudible) identity is more important than the Austrian citizenship.

SHUBERT: Last year Austria was overwhelmed with refugees. Most moved on to Germany but 90,000 stayed to claim asylum in Austria prompting the

government to stop refugee applications at just 80 a day until an annual limit of 37,500 is reached this year.

But that wasn't enough for Sellner. He and other Identity Movement activists hand out fliers calling for Austria to shut its borders

altogether. And now he believes that god emperor Donald Trump, as he cheekily refers to U.S. President-Elect, will bring the change Sellner

wants in Europe.

Do you think there will be a Trump effect?

SELLNER: Yes, absolutely. The idea that you have the right to preserve your identity, to close your borders, to be patriotic without any feeling of

guilt.

SHUBERT: But cultural blends do have their benefits.

SELLNER: I think it's possible to have different ethnic communities. Especially in Vienna, for example, what we're drinking here, the coffee,

something that was brought here by the Turks. But does it really have to be a complete exchange of populations?

SHUBERT: Vienna's famous Cafe Melange is an equal balance of black coffee and creamy milk foam. It seems for Sellner that blend is fine for drinking

but people, he says, need a different balance.

Atika Shubert, CNN, Vienna.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: OK, some breaking news from the world of Formula 1. World champion Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement with immediate effect.

The news comes after he beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to the title, sealing his crown in Abu Dhabi last weekend. We've got more on this

breaking news story on World Sport in about ten minutes from now.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, tackling modern day slavery one step at a time. We'll introduce you to a group of

Hong Kong students racing to save the lives of trafficking victims.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now this just in to CNN, the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in nine years to 4.6 percent. And this

is the first look at the jobs market since Donald Trump, of course, won last month's election. The economy also added 178,000 jobs in November.

We're going to have much more on this new U.S. jobs report, what it would mean for the American economy, that's coming up on CNN Money with Maggie

Lake. That starts in about 20 minutes from now.

Now, hundreds of high school students here in Hong Kong have pushed themselves to exhaustion running a 24-hour endurance race to save the lives

of human trafficking victims.

Now, CNN's parent company Turner was a sponsor of the race.

Alexandra Field with the CNN Freedom Project shows us how the students did.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:40:36] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ready, set.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Some of these teenagers are athletes, runners, and swimmers used to competition but few of these are faced a

challenge like this. For 24 hours, teams of eight from Hong Kong-based schools will run continuous relay laps, a bold mission to raise awareness

of modern-day slavery and money to fight human trafficking.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's really like important for each other, for all of us to motivate one another.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And just keeping the main idea in mind that we are doing this for a good cause. And this is 24 hours, compared to our entire

lives which most people go through.

FIELD: The global slavery index estimates there are 48.5 million enslaved people across the world and that two thirds of them are in Asia. For the

seventh year, the nonprofit running to stop traffic is putting on this race entirely organized by high school students.

They race along Hong Kong's Victoria Peak and partner with runners in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and South Korea. Together the Asia relays race raised

more than 700,000 U.S. dollars since 2010.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And slowly I started to go back to my home roots. And when I found out more about slavery in India how it manage in many

different forms, I felt really bad because I thought that I'm living in such a privileged area in Hong Kong. I was to go back and I am not really

able to do some change. I slowly got more interested in the 24 Hour Race itself.

FIELD: At 5 o'clock on a Sunday morning the finish line feels far.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Very, very tired. Four hours to go. A few of us have injuries and some of us are starting to get sick.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When you get a cramp and you are running and you feel like you can't go on anymore, just think about what they're going through,

and then keep ongoing for them when you can't go on for yourself. You want to give up, just go on for the cause that you have.

FIELD: The fuel for these runners, fighting for so many others.

Alexandra Field, CNN, Hong Kong.

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LU STOUT: Good commitment, good cause there.

Now before we go, a little science lesson. Now, four new elements have been added to the periodic table, and as you can see, it now fills the

table all the way down to the seventh row, but the standout is the one in red right here with the little circle around it, nihonium, named after

Nihon, or Japan. It is the first element discovered by an Asian researcher.

It was found by physics professor Kosuke Morita and his team, and they are now hoping to discover even more elements and build up the Asian

representation on the periodic table.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. And World Sport with Amanda Davies is next with more on the retirement of F1 champ Nico Rosberg.

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