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[08:00:11] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Lristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. China warns the north and south are on a potentially

catastrophic collision course after Pyongyang's latest missile tests.

Wikileaks drops another bombshell, but should we be worried? We'll take a look at the claims the CIA can hack your phone, even your TV.

And CNN's Freedom Project showcases an inspiring group of students fighting modern day

slavery from the classroom.

And we begin with a stern warning from China calling on both North Korea and the U.S. to stop pouring petrol on the fire before it's all too late.

Now tension in east Asia has risen dramatically this week after Pyongyang test fired four ballistic missiles and then the U.S. began delivering an

anti missile system to South Korea.

In just two hours, the UN Security Council will be dealing with all of this, and China already has a few ideas of its own. Our correspondents are

standing by across the region. Let's bring in Matt Rivers from Beijing and Alexandra Field from Seoul.

what And start first with you, Alex. And Alex, what is going to come from this

UN Security Council meeting? And is it going to be enough to calm the tension?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I mean, frankly, Kristie we're talking about a year when North Korea has had two nuclear tests, they've launched

20 missile tests. So it's going to take more muscle probably than a meeting in and of itself to quiet fears

and to ease some of the tension that you have seen heighten in the region in just this past week following the launch of four missiles from North

Korea.

We know that the UN Security Council has already condemned this launch. They have said that the action is in violation of a number of UN security

council resolutions and they have said that they will continue to closely monitor the situation in North Korea and to look at further quote, unquote,

significant actions that could be taken.

So, that's more of the rhetoric that you're likely to see in that closed conversation later this morning. It also echoes the sentiments that you've

heard from concerned leaders in the region and beyond.

We know that in the aftermath of that missile launch this week, President Donald Trump spoke with the Japanese Prime Minister and also the acting

president of South Korea. He spoke with the acting president of South Korea about furthering the ability for South Korea to defend itself with

the implementation of this U.S.-designed missile defense system.

He also spoke to the Japanese prime minister about the need to keep the pressure on and the

possibility of added sanctions.

So you've got a lot of leaders who are trying to come together, truly concerned about the

accelerated speed with which you've seen these tests conducted by North Korea and this has now reached the level where in a very significant step

you've got the U.S. secretary of state announcing that he will be visiting the region, his first official visit to the region later this week,

visiting Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul. A big part of the agenda for that trip will be addressing these concerns about North Korea's nuclear and missile

activities. And in the words of one state spokesperson, talking about looking at a new way to address these concerns, Kristie.

And Alex, how concerned are people there in South Korea? I'm not talking about the North

Korean nuclear threat per se, but the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system. Do many people welcome it, not welcome it?

FIELD: Look, it's controversial in a word, Kristie. And again, when you talk about the fact that North Korea has done 20 ballistic missile launches

in the last year, you know the people in South Korea look at part of that as business as usual.

But there are many here who agree that are strong and compelling reasons to implement the best kind of defensive system possible. There are a number

of people who believe that THAAD will provide protection against these long and medium range missiles. That's what it's designed to do. That's why

the ruling party here and military have gone forward in conjunction with the U.S. in installing this system, and it is why you're seeing leaders at

the top level say that this must be deployed as soon as possible.

But the opposition party has spoken out against it. And people who live in the southern part of South Korea where it will be installed have expressed

particularly environmental concerns. There are a lot of people, though, who are saying this is a big move for South Korea, it is happening in

conjunction with the U.S., but many saying that they wish that this had gone through the parliament instead of just being decided at the highest

levels. We also know that you've got a president here who has been impeached and the decision about whether or not to remove her from office

is still pending, so some people saying that there's a reason here to sort of take a beat and allow this to pass through parliament. But really, Kristie, the pieces

have arrived, this is being deployed.

Alexandra Field on this story for us from Seoul. Thank you, Alex.

Now, Beijing strongly opposes the presence of this U.S. anti-missile system at its doorstep. It says that the THAAD, or again, terminal high-altitude

area defense system, may kickstart an arms race.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

[08:05:17] WANG YI, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER (through translator): The deployment of the very controversial THAAD system by the U.S. and the

Republic of Korea is the biggest issue affecting the china ROK relations at the moment.

China has expressed its strong opposition from the very beginning, for it's common knowledge

that the monitoring and early warning radius of THAAD reaches far beyond the Korean peninsula and obviously undermines China's strategic security.

So deploying THAAD is clearly a wrong option.

LU STOUT: Now, let's bring up Matt Rivers from Beijing. And Matt tensions clearly on the rise over the deployment of the THAAD system. Is China

going to take even more stern measures against South Korea?

MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I think that that all depends on whether the U.S. and South Korea really do move forward with the deployment of this

missile defense system. And it certainly does look like they will be doing that, so I think the answer,

Kristie, is yes. And there's a number of ways China can do that. And for clues about how they're going to move forward with more

stringent retaliatory measures, you can just look at what they have been doing so far.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RIVERS: China's government won't officially say it, but its state-run newspapers will. A Wednesday Global Times editorial wrote, quote, Beijing

will make South Korea feel the pain. This is the price the country must pay for the THAAD deployment.

You can interpret feel the pain to actually mean hurt South Korean business, something China seemingly has been doing since THAAD was first

announced. For months, South Korea has accused Beijing of carrying out systematic economic punishment. They have banned

certain South Korean cosmetic imports and they've denied visas to South Korean performers.

Until THAAD, business was good. Now a difference.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anybody can see that change. And many Korean businessmen are worried.

RIVERS: China has firmly opposed the deployment but has denied any THAAD- prompted retaliation, though it's hard to call the recent rough stretch for Korean retail giant Latte (ph), a coincidence. Just last week, the company

agreed to hand over a South Korean golf course where THAAD will be deployed. Since then, at least 23 of its China-based stores were shut down

for what authorities called fire safety infractions.

In Seoul, Chinese tourists are a staple. They come by the millions each year, fistfuls of money in tow. But South Korean officials say the Chinese

government recently banned national tour operators from coming here. The effects were immediate. This man says sales at his small souvenir shop

have dropped about 50 percent.

"We have been hit hard by THAAD," he says. "But if we stop the deployment like China wants, we might as well be a colony."

But standing up to China might be tough right now. South Korea is in the throes of a massive corruption scandal, and a presidential election looms

later this year. A politically divided South Korea has been out marching nearly every weekend recently at either protests or rallies like this one,

so the big question is how much popular support is there right now to push back against China and there's

clearly a lot to deal with domestically as well.

And even if there was political will, it's not clear what South Korea could really do. There's talk of filing a complaint with the World Trade

Organization or maybe denying visas to the Chinese, but that wouldn't really hurt the world's second largest economy.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I hope this situation can be finished in the near future, but who knows.

RIVERS: CNN spoke with a Korean diplomat this week in Beijing who stressed the THAAD issue should just be a political difference and shouldn't affect

mutually beneficial trade, but he also said his government is planning for broader retaliation moving forward if and when THAAD gets built, the

China/South Korean relationship gets worse.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

RIVERS: And, Kristie, you can't overstate how important that economic relationship is. China is South Korea's number one export market. And

further down the line, could it be more than just economic retaliation? One option on the table, albeit an extreme option, is that Beijing

completely cuts off diplomatic relations with South Korea altogether.

Again, an extreme option but one that is being considered here in Beijing.

LU STOUT: Matt Rivers live in Beijing for us. Thank you, Matt.

Now, the mystery surrounding the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, that's deepening.

Now, the victim's son has appeared in this video. IT was posted online and South Korean intel confirmed his identity to CNN.

Now, Kim Jong-nam died last month at a Kuala Lumpur airport after he was attacked with a highly toxic nerve agent.

Now, CNN's Ivan Watson is in Kuala Lumpur, he joins us now live. And Ivan, this video of the son of Kim Jong-nam, it's out there, you've watched it.

What does it reveal?

[08:10:12] IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, it is an appearance of this video of the surviving son, the surviving son, Kristie,

of the half brother of the leader of North Korea has really thrown yet a new wrinkle into this unprecedented airport assassination. Take a look at

this report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WATSON: Nearly a month after the half brother of North Korea's dictator was poisoned to death in Kuala Lumpur airport, this video emerged showing

the murdered man's son, Kim Han-sol.

KIM HAN-SOL, SON OF KIM JONG-NAM: My name is Kim Han-sol from North Korea, part of the Kim family. Here is my passport.

WATSON: He is soft spoken and matter of fact about what Malaysian officials say it was the

assassination of his father with VX Nerve agent.

HAN-SOL: My father has killed a few days ago. I'm with my mother and my sister. And we're very greatful to...

WATSON: The short video is censored and does not identify Kim's location, but a virtually unknown group claiming to be Cheollima Civil Defense

published this statement expressing gratitude to the governments of The Netherlands, China, the U.S. and a fourth unnamed country for

helping move Kim's family to safety.

The governments have failed to comment to CNN.

In this 2012 interview with Finnish TV, Kim says he was born in Pyongyang in 1995 and educated mostly at international schools outside of North Korea

where he befriended students from countries that the North Korean regime views as enemies.

HAN-SOL: In my school in (inaudible) where I went, we had people from United States,

South Korea, and these are countries that we have been having a lot of conflicts with and a lot of tension. But then we turned out to be really

great friends in the end.

WATSON: Meanwhile, one of North Korea's few international friendships is getting stormy. Malaysian investigators wanted to question three North

Koreans in connection with the airport assassination. They are believed to be hiding in here behind the walls of North Korea's embassy in

Malaysia. Relations between these once friendly governments are rapidly deteriorating.

Malaysia expelled North Korea's ambassador on Monday. Then Pyongyang announced at least 11 Malaysian citizens would not be allowed to leave

North Korea, prompting Malaysia to announce a similar travel ban on all North Koreans currently in Malaysia.

And for the first time on Wednesday, Malaysia's prime minister publicly accused Pyongyang of

carrying out the airport assassination.

KAJIB RAZAK, MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER: We didn't pick a quarrel with North Korea. It was never our intention. But when a crime has been committed,

then especially when chemical weapons are used in Malaysia, we are duty bound to protect the

interests of ordinary citizens.

WATSON: North Korea maintains it has nothing to do with this assassination, but as the investigation into this shocking murder

continues, two governments are effectively holding each other's citizens hostage.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WATSON: Now, Kristie, despite these incredible tensions between Malaysia and North Korea, the Malaysian prime minister has said he does not want to

cut all diplomatic relations with Pyongyang because he still wants to be able to communicate to negotiate certainly at least on behalf of the 11

Malaysian citizens, at least 11 who are believed to be in Pyongyang today, the majority of them diplomats and family members at the Malaysian embassy

in Pyongyang.

As for the Kim Han-sol, that surviving son of the murdered Kim Jong-nam, well, we don't know where he is. In that very short 40-second video, he

doesn't identify when it was filmed. He says a few days ago his own father was killed. And as for this mysterious group that published the video, the

Cheollima Civil Defense organization, nobody really knows anything about this group. Korea watchers, nobody really has heard of them before, so the

mystery just deepens, which seems to be the case with everything when it comes to the Kim dynasty and the extended Kim family - Kristie.

LU STOUT: Incredible.

And it seems every day we have a new wrinkle to the story. Multiple new developments today. Ivan Watson reporting for us from KL. Thank you,

Ivan.

Now, you're watching News Stream. And coming up, a military hospital is attacked in Kabul, leaving dozens dead. The latest on who might be

responsible and the fallout from the attack.

Also ahead, a major international spy operation that turns your electronic devices into cyber weapons. We'll get the latest on Wikileak's explosive

new claims about the CIA.

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[08:22:16] LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong. Welcome back. You're

watching News Stream.

Now, a terrifying six-hour siege is over. And a military hospital in the Afghan capital. Gunmen stormed the facility after a suicide attack. The

death toll now stands at more than 30, that's according to the Afghan Defense Ministry, and that is a very sharp rise from the last hour.

Now, CNN senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has spent considerable time covering the war in Afghanistan. He's been following

developments from Beirut. He joins us now.

And, Nick, how did these attackers manage to infiltrate this military facility?

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is just yards away from the entrance to the U.S. embassy compound. Forgive the lighting

issues we're facing here. These men appear to have disguised themselves as medical personnel and approached the southern gates of this, the Sardar

Mohammed Daud Khan hospital, a key part of the military and medical infrastructure in central Kabul, seminal to treating the many, many afghan

casualties, at this moment of record injuries and deaths on behalf of the military and police across Afghanistan.

The key issue here of course that they managed to infiltrate the building and then spread it seems between various floors causing a total of 30

deaths and 50 injuries amongst the medical personnel, doctors and patients, inside that particular building.

The key problem, of course, is that Afghan security forces then faced was tracking them down

while keeping patients safe. That we understand is the reason behind the six and a half hour duration of the siege in which those four attackers

were killed. One was a suicide bomber detonating himself at the southern gate and allowing the entry of the other three in there, too.

The key to this, though, Kristie, the usual suspect of this time of year for a brazen attack like that would be the Taliban.

They were quite swift to distance themselves from this, but strangely it was the Islamic State franchise in Afghanistan, IS, who have some sway in

the east of the country, but have been trying to show their ability to penetrate the securer parts of the capital. They came forward and said

that their commandos were behind this.

Often they're opportunistic, often it may not be that officials play out - sorry, in their investigation prove that claim of responsibility, but it

does appear that things are pointing in that direction.

Put all this aside, this should be an impregnable part of the capital in the country's security infrastructure but istead is the scene of a very

lengthy siege indeed at a time in which pretty terrifying stats we're seeing over 6,000 Afghan police and military deaths between January and

November of last year, over 11,000 injuries. Those are record numbers, and the government in control of just over half of the territory, according to

one key U.S. inspector, government inspector monitoring the longest war America has had here, a third of the country contested by the Taliban and a

tenth of it under Taliban control. A very fragile few months ahead here Afghan government and this, another example, really of how the most secure

places simply aren't as secure as they should be, Kristie.

[08:20:17] LU STOUT: Nick Paton Walsh reporting live. Thank you, Nick.

Now, imagine your phone, your tablet, even your television used as a cyber weapon to monitor your activity anywhere in the world. That is the latest

claim from Wikileaks. It has published 8,000 leaked documents that allegedly uncover a sophisticated international hacking operation by the

CIA.

The trove is known as Vault 7 and Wikileaks says, yep, there's more to come.

Now, CNN's Diana Magnay is outside the Ecuadorian in London, of course, that's where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has taken refuge for the past

four to five years.

She joins us now live. And Diana, this latest release by Wikileaks, it puts the CIA back in focus. What are some of the more notable claims from

this leak?

DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORREPSONDENT: Well, this really unveils their cyber arsenal. The CIA won't authenticate this leak and we won't

expect them to either, but there are some extraordinary claims in here. First of all, the consumer electronics that you and I and many of us use -

our Apple iPhones, Google Android operating systems - can be hacked by the CIA so that they

can listen into conversations, and by targeting the operating software, they can bypass messenger encryption systems like Telegram or WhatsApp.

So, first of all, they can get into our telephones that way and listen in.

Secondly, something called Weeping Angel, which is a program, according to Wikileaks, developed by the CIA in conjunction with Britain's MI-5, the

domestic intelligence agency whereby they can hack into Samsung TVs connected via wi-fi to the web and listen and film to what people are

saying.

And there are some other claims in there that they can hack into car systems, for example. And

Wikileaks has said that that could be, and they're speculating here, but used for possible assassinations.

So there is some very grandiose claims here. But I think the real point and the real danger, because let's face it, this is the kind of stuff that

you would anticipate from any spy novel that you'd read, from any spy film that you'd watch, that intelligence agencies were able to do.

But the key point is that if Wikileaks is right, the CIA had exploited vulnerabilities in these tech companies, in operating systems, and had left

them open so that they could keep on listening, which means that it's very possible for other agencies and criminal or rogue networks to do the same

thing, and that that is a fundamental breach and makes the people of America, people generally, much more vulnerable and that is, of course,

entirely the antithesis of what the CIA should be doing, which is to protect people, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, absolutely. And this leak has raised a lot of concern about the vulnerability of our devices operating on a number of platforms.

Again, as you pointed out, these documents have yet to be verified, but according to analysts you talked to, do they look like the real deal or

not?

MAGNAY: Well, if Wikileaks' past leaks are anything to go by, the documents do tend to be

legitimate. And from what former CIA operatives have been saying, they do believe that this looks to be authentic.

You have Snowden sitting in Russia, too, looking at all the documents and saying they would

appear to have been done by an insider. And part of Wikileaks' point here is that this data that they

have released, which includes millions of lines of code, they say, and there is just the first traunch that they have made public so far, this is

in the hands of around 5,000 ex-CIA hackers and contractors to the CIA, one of whom has passed this information to Wikileaks.

And if that is the case, then it's very easy to pass that information to other people. Wikileaks says that the documents that they put out there,

they have heavily redacted so that these cyber weapons as they call them aren't necessarily armed.

But if it's easy for them to get this data, then clearly it is easy for other people to get this data, their suggestion is, which means that the

CIA is fundamentally compromised.

LU STOUT: Diana Magnay reporting live for us from London. Thank you.

Now, tech firms have already reacted to the allegations. Smartphone giants like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft have all confirmed that they are looking

into the claims.

Apple says it has already addressed many of the vulnerabilities outlined in the Wikileaks documents and we spoke with cyber security expert Sean

Sullivan to get his reaction.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SEAN SULLIVAN, SECURITY ADVISER, F-SECURE: This is business as normal in terms of vulnerabilities out there to be discovered and to patch in

software.

The bigger concern, the bigger mystery is what's the agenda and the motivation of the person who provided this information to Wikileaks. A lot

of this stuff in this leak appears to be several years old and many things have already been patched.

I've seen headlines that Apple has said that most of the things, or all of the things that they have seen are already fixed in iOS 10.2.1, the current

version.

So it's always back to the drawing board in a sense because of the product cycle.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

[08:25:26] LU STOUT: So, an important point is raised there by Sean Sullivan, the software updates for iPhones, Androids, tablet devices will

help, of course, keep your devices secure.

Now, in the United States, meanwhile, a new Republican health care plan was unveiled on

Tuesday, but critics are already slamming it. Some conservative members of the party say the legislation doesn't go far enough in gutting Obamacare.

And some are calling it Obamacare lite.

We still don't know some of the crucial details, including how many people might lose coverage and how much the plan would cost.

President Trump says he's behind it.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm proud to support the replacement plan released by the House of Representatives and encouraged by

members of both parties. I think really that we're going to have something that's going to be much more understood and

much more popular than people can even imagine.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now, sources also told CNN that President Trump warned House Republicans it could be a bloodbath in next year's midterms if they can't

pass health care legislation.

You're watching News Stream. Still to come, students joining the fight to combat human

trafficking. How a popular high school club is bringing about change.

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[08:30:50] LU STOUT: An endangered white rhino found shot and killed by poachers, his horn sawed off to sell on the black market.

Now, it's an all-too-common sight on the African savannah, but this attack it unfolded just

kilometers outside of Paris. His name is Vince the rhino, and he was easy prey for poachers at a wildlife preserve near the French capital. His horn

is highly sought after on the black market because some people wrongly believe that it has medicinal properties.

Now, CNN spoke to wildlife expert and TV host Jeff Corwin about the practice.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

JEFF CORWIN, WILDLIFE EXPERT: The value of this horn is about $40,000 to $60,000 per

kilo, but of course it is a market of negligence and ignorance. There's no biological or medicinal value to these horns. But this zoo in Paris, it's

in an area where there's a lot of immigration moving back and forth from the African continent, from many countries in Africa, it has a strong Asian

presence, so it makes sense that something like this could happen.

The question I have, guys, is this going to be the new normal? That's what I'm really terrified about.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: In Atlanta, Georgia, there's a school where students know a lot more about human trafficking than the average teenager. Now, that's

because it has an anti-trafficking club that focuses on ways to end slavery.

CNN's Lynda Kinkade visited the school for today's Freedom Project report.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LYNDA KINKADE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Atlanta, the center of America`s civil rights movement in the 20th century, today, home to many

victims of modern day slavery.

It`s a global issue these teenagers are determined to fight locally.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone`s going to be volunteering.

KINKADE: Founded in 2011, this club at the Atlanta International School was the idea of a couple of students who had a passion for social justice.

Now they`ve stirred a movement among young people.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Everyone in this entire room is going to be working with us.

KINKADE: From bake sales, to selling fair trade chocolate, these students raise funds and awareness.

(on camera): What do students learn about modern day slavery by selling this type of chocolate?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, we just want to put the message out, that fair trade, getting chocolate that`s been produced ethnically without human

trafficking, is so much easier than a lot of people think.

KINKADE (voice-over): Child labor and modern day slavery are just some of the issues being discussed.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, question?

KINKADE: The group meets in their lunch break every Wednesday. It`s led by three students, including Kit McCarthy (ph) and Amelia Castillo (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was really surprised at the scale of the issue.

KINKADE (on camera): As you start to learn about this, what surprised you most?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think that it surprised me most that it was such a problem that hit so close to home.

KINKADE: When you speak to people your own age, how do you explain this issue? It`s a pretty tough issue to talk about.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. I would say the first step is to make it approachable. Labor trafficking of children is just the most devastating

part of it to me, because it`s everywhere. It`s in everything we do, in our phones, in the food we eat, in the clothes we buy, and it just impacts us

daily anytime we purchase something, every time we consume something, and I just didn`t know.

KINKADE (voice-over): This group, now one of the most popular social clubs in school.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s an issue that my school I feel gets very little male representation. And I feel it`s important for both genders to be

involved and to take action.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I see things like I see a t-shirt, for example and be like, maybe someone was taken from their family and had to be forced to

make that shirt, rather than it being made fair trade.

KINKADE (on camera): And it`s not just about raising awareness and raising funds, you also lobby government. Explain how that works.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We take a group of students down to the capital. Everyone splits up and goes to their representatives and you know, writes

them, they can write them notes, letters and things about why they think, you know, why this issue is so important.

[08:35:06] KEVIN GLASS, ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL CHOOOL: Our task as educators is to get every single child, every single teenager on earth

engaged in social activism to make this world a better place.

KINKADE (voice-over): Kevin Glass, headmaster of the Atlanta International School, hopes these students will take the lessons learned here and share

that knowledge, passion, and activism, as they move through college and into the workforce.

(on camera): What do students bring to the table to tackle this issue that adults don`t?

GLASS: They bring this absolute unvarnished honesty, without any veneer of political correctness, you know?

And they challenge us, the adults, to wake up, that this is a real issue, and we have to do something about it. Their power is phenomenal.

KINKADE (voice-over): Lynda Kinkade, CNN, Atlanta.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that's a program that needs to be scaled up, and introduced to schools around the world.

Now, CNN is teaming up with young people around the globe for unique student led day of

action against modern day slavery. March the 14th is My Freedom Day. Now, these students in Europe, they told us what freedom means to them.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Freedom to me is being able to make your own decisions and

following your own path in what you want to do.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think that freedom is everything. It should not be based on where you're from, what you're doing or where you're going.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Freedom to me means the right to be safe, to be happy and to be proud.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Great answers. And we want to hear from you, what does freedom mean to you? Just post a photo or video using the hashtag #myfreedomday.

Still ahead right here on News Stream, a Japanese chef has found a way to make eating healthy a little bit more fun. I'm going to tell you what

these cakes are really made of.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, we've all had those moments where we've dreaded eating our vegetables. I mean, I can't stand cauliflower. But what if they came in the form of a

cake? It's just one of the ways that chefs in Japan are remixing the way we use traditional ingredients.

Our Will Ripley has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is Mitsuki Moriatsu (ph) and these are her cakes made out of salad. Yeah, you heard right.

Bite in and you won't taste any sugar or, well, cake.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

RIPLEY: This chocolate fudge is radish. This creamy icing, beat root. Mitsuki (ph) found a way to swap out milk, sugar and flour for super foods.

[08:40:05] UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

RIPLEY: She calls herself a food stylist. Mitsuki is part of a movement of chefs, remixing how we used traditional ingredients. But culinary

creativity isn't just confined to food.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm a mixologist.

RIPLEY: Actually a grand mixologist, according to his business card, a seat at the Mixology

Experience, his latest cocktail den certainly lives up to the name.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

RIPLEY: Those are only some of the ingredients that Nagumo (ph) harnesses to compose his cocktails, blurring the lines between the edible and

inedible, and even more so giving his customers a chance to drink things that they would normally only ever eat.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

RIPLEY: His signature cocktail...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is my own original (inaudible), the foie gras (inaudible).

The foie gras is a very good with chocolate. This oak is a whisky oak barrel (ph).

RIPLEY: Arming himself well beyond your standard cocktail shaker, behind his bar you'll find a centrifuge, depressurizing distiller, evaporators,

it's all part of Chuso's (ph) unorthodox technique of experimental mixology.

Although some things will always be off the table.

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LU STOUT: I love the innovation, the creativity there. But that salad cake, I would be very angry if I was given that.

Now, finally, if you go onto Google today, you're going to find a very special doodle. The slide show, it features more than a dozen remarkable

women in history - got a pilot, an astronaut, a programmer and more.

It's all part of the celebrations around, of course, International Women's Day. Now, in the United States, organizers of January's women's march

they're planning a protest, it's called A Day Without a Woman. And across the country, women are being asked to skip

work to demonstrate how important their daily contribution is.

Men, meanwhile, are encouraged to wear red in solidarity. That's a good color.

And that is it for News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. World Sport with Patrick Snell is next.

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