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

Now, Donald Trump meets fellow world leaders at the G7 summit a day after telling NATO countries to meet their obligations and increase defense

spending.

But, as he tours Europe, there's increased pressure on his team back home as the investigation into Russian interference in the election touches his

son-in-law and key adviser.

And the U.S. secretary of state visits his British counterpart hoping to repair damages caused by intelligence leaks about the Manchester bombing.

Right now, U.S. President Donald Trump is making his debut at the G7 summit. He and leaders of some of the world's biggest economies are

tackling a host of pressing problems at their annual meeting. This year, they're gathering in the resort town of Taormina in Sicily, a scenic

backdrop for these serious discussions.

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.S. and the UK, are discussing the Syrian civil war, the fight against ISIS as well as the global economy.

And for Mr. Trump, Sicily is the final leg of his first overseas trip since taking office.

But Trump's first trip abroad hasn't been exactly smooth sailing. Now, NATO allies were expecting him to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the

alliance. But when he made that speech, as he unveiled the memorial to the 9/11 terror attacks, he instead lectured the

leaders about defense spending.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If all NATO members had spent just 2 percent of their GDP on defense last year, we would have had

another $119 billion for our collective defense and for the financing of additional NATO reserves.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Then, you have to watch this, Mr. Trump appears to push the prime minister of Montenegro aside to get in front of him for a photo op.

Now, people are also talking about yet another moment, this one between Mr. Trump and the new French President Emmanuel Macron. Mr. Trump, yes, is

known for giving rather firm handshakes, but take a look, he appears to have met his match.

Now, NATO Secretary-General on the other hand said that President Trump has strongly committed to NATO during face-to-face meetings with him.

And now the focus turns to Mr. Trump at his first G7 summit. Now, CNN's Nic Robertson is there in Sicily with more. He joins us now.

Nic, a number of contentious issues to be discussed, including Russia, trade, climate change. How much common ground is there ahead of the final

communique?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, there is some common ground, and I think President Trump's advisers would have been happy to see

today that he was ready and willing to sort of take up the tail of the group, walking around the town today. They were getting a tour before the

formal opening of this G7. We heard before that opening from the European Council President Donald Tusk, he said that he was happy to hear that

President Trump was tough on terrorism, that that was a position that he supported.

So, I think we can see that there's going to be, when it comes to terrorism, particularly in the

wake of the Manchester attack, there's going to be a degree of support there.

He said he was also happy to hear President Trump say in the post Brexit era, that the EU 27 remaining were more united.

He said that was a position he was - and an understanding that he was very happy to hear from President Trump.

But we also heard in advance of talks today from the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker rying to explain that when President Trump

said that Germany was bad, bad on its trade deficit with the United States, Jean-Claude Juncker was trying to explain you cannot judge the individual

nations of the European Union alone, you need to judge them as part of the European Union when it comes to trade deficit.

So, I think when it comes to trade and climate, something closer to President Macron's heart because the climate agreement was signed in Paris

2015, that these are areas where there are going to be some differences.

LU STOUT: All right, so there is still some common ground, point to difference as well. Allies wary about Russia. Allies also worried about

U.S. intelligence leaks. And we know that Donald Trump will be meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May. What do they need to discuss to shore up

their relationship?

ROBERTSON: I think part of it is the optics. And Theresa May is into - is less than two weeks

to go before general election. The campaign is not going as well as she wanted. It had suspended because of the Manchester terror attacks. The

campaigning restarted today.

Her main opposition has been very anti-Trump and is also putting out a message that says terrorism is caused by intervention overseas. So, she is

in a tougher political place than she might have anticipated being.

So, being side by side with Donald Trump, getting his support, will be a strong message to her voters that the United States isn't, if you will,

going to continue with this leaking, or at least there's an effort to assuage fears and concerns about the intelligence leaks.

But there will be substance to it as well. I mean, theresa may wants to have strong focus on cyber security here, wants the tech companies to do

more to take jihadists down from the internet. she'll turn to President Trump to try to get support for that sort of thing, so many other tech companies are based in the United States.

So, you know, that's probably what they'll be discussing as well. And of course, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson not here because he went to

London, again to meet the foreign minister there, Boris Johnson, to kind of cement that strong relationship between the two countries.

[08:06:14] LU STOUT: All right, tough talks in Taormina. Nic Robertson reporting live for us. Thank you.

Now, back in the U.S., the FBI probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, now touching a member of President Trump's family and inner

circle. The man in focus, his son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner.

CNN's Joe Johns lays out the details for us.

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JOE JOHNS, CNN CORREPSONDENT (voice-over): President Trump's son-in-law and most trusted adviser...

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He's very good at politics.

JOHNS: ... now a focus of the FBI's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Officials tell CNN the bureau is looking into a range of

topics related to Kushner: a key campaign strategy, meetings held with Russian officials, and his relationship with now-ousted national security

adviser Michael Flynn. There's no indication Kushner is currently a target of the probe and no allegation of wrongdoing.

Of central interest, a data analytics operation supervised by Kushner that the Trump campaign used to micro-target voters in states that were critical

to the president's victory. Investigators are examining whether Russia operatives were able to piggyback on that effort, with help from Trump

associates, either wittingly or unwittingly to help Russia's own alleged operation to push information online aimed at helping Trump and hurting

Hillary Clinton.

Kushner is also one of four Trump associates and the only current White House staffer under scrutiny for having contact with Russian Ambassador

Sergey Kislyak. During the transition, Kushner met with both Kislyak and the head of a Russian bank that is currently sanctioned by the U.S. and has

close ties to Vladimir Putin.

SEAN SPICER, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Jared did a job during the transition and the campaign where he was a conduit into -- to leaders.

JOHNS: Meetings Kushner prematurely left off filed security clearance forms, omissions he rectified a day later.

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: The fact with the banker, I think he needs to explain himself.

JOHNS: Kushner's lawyer responding in a statement Wednesday, noting that Kushner "previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about

these meetings. He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry."

Another point of inquiry, Kushner's relationship with Flynn. According to a source, Kushner and his wife, Ivanka, pushed the president to fire Flynn

after the election. But a source close to Kushner disputes this account.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN senior Washington correspondent Joe Johns reporting. And Joe joins us live from Washington. Joe, good to see you.

And to confirm, although Jared Kushner is under scrutiny, that doesn't mean that he is suspected of any wrongdoing. Is that right?

JOHNS: That's our understanding. Not a target, not a subject, and not under investigation. However, what we understand is that Jared Kushner,

because he's worn so many hats for this president, a wealth of information in a variety of areas. Those areas certainly would include meetings with

the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak as well as social

media strategy during the campaign. The microtargeting of specific areas and neighborhoods in

some of the battleground states during the campaign, all of these things, even Michael Flynn.

So there are so many things Jared Kushner knows about, that makes him interesting to investigators.

LU STOUT: Got it. So, Jared Kushner under the spotlight, not under investigation at this moment. The FBI will certainly continue to look into

Kushner's relationships with a number of individuals, a number of situations as you described.

The Michael Flynn factor. What do we know - what more do we know about the relationship between Flynn and Kushner?

[08:10:07] JOHNS: We don't know a lot, because we've gotten mixed signals on the question of whether, for example, Mr. Kushner was one of the people

who pushed for Michael Flynn to be named National Security Adviser. That is an issue that we've gotten pushback on. There's been some suggestion

that he wasn't one of the people who pushed for Michael Flynn to be NSA.

So, it's a bit murky, but we do know that he, along with Flynn, had some interactions with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador as I said. That's

something that could be explored as well.

LU STOUT: All right. Joe Johns reporting, live from Washington, thank you.

Now, the Trump administration is vowing that it will appeal to the Supreme Court to try to restore the controversial travel ban. On Thursday, a U.S.

appeals court upheld a lower court ruling blocking parts of that ban indefinitely. The Trump executive order, signed in March, would have

temporarily barred people from six Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. The appeals court ruling cited Mr. Trump's comments on the

campaign trail as evidence that the ban was motivated by religion.

He had called for a full ban of Muslims entering the U.S.

Now, turning to the southern Philippines now. And Reuters reports that President Rodrigo Duterte is urging a terror group that has pledged

allegiance to ISIS to hold a dialogue. Now, at the same time the president has expanded martial law in the country in areas of unrest.

Now, CNN Philippines Ruth Cabal has a firsthand look at the situation on the ground there.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

RUTH CABAL, CNN PHILIPPINES: This Iligan City (ph) on the southern Philippines island of Minanao. it's about 40 kilometes away from Marawi

City where the local (inaudible) terrorist group is still fighting government forces. Many of the evacuees from Marawi are here now in Iligan

(ph). For most, it was not an easy journey.

They were telling us that some of them walked for hours carrying their children on their arms. Once out of Marawi, more hours traveling by bus or

by the local vehicle called Jeepneys.

The exodus had caused heavy traffic because of checkpoints set up by the police and the military along roads leading into the Iligan City (ph).

The city mayor says that these measures are being implemented to ensure that Maurte terrorists will not sneak in with the innocent people fleeing

the firefight in Marawi. Some of the residents arrive at the evacuation here. It's in a school of fisheries here in Iligan City (ph), some nearly

collapsed because of exhaustion or hunger. Families are sleeping on mats, on cardboard on the floor in an

open space, which they say is too hot during the day or too cold at night, especially when it's raining.

We also checked on a group of some 500 students who evacuated from big university in Marawai City. They are temporarily staying at a partner

university here in Iligan (ph). While they're grateful to go to a more convenient and safer place here, they're still practically traumatized by

the ordeal that they suffered. Many of them trapped overnight inside their dorm rooms while there was continuous gunfight.

The local government says there are more than 1,000 evacuees here in Marawi City right now, but that's not the full record that they have, because many

are staying with their relatives here and in nearby areas.

President Duterte was here in Iligan City (ph) today trying to boost the morale of the military. He says he will give them his full support and

that the implementation of martial law here in Mindanao now has officially empowered the armed forces and the police to conduct operations against

terrorists.

Ruth Cabal, CNN, Philippines.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, at least 26 people have been killed and at least 25 wounded in an attack on a Coptic Christian bus in Egypt. The country's health

ministry says unknown gunmen opened fire. The victims were on their way to a monastery near the city of Minya.

CNN's Ian Lee is following the story for us from Istanbul. He joins us now.

Ian, this was a very deadly ambush. Tell us what happened.

IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. They were Christians who were traveling from Minya northwest to Saint Samuel

Monastery by bus. That's when these gunmen opened fire on them.

We're hearing 10, at least 10 gunmen, dressed in fatigues with black masks carried out this

attack. They had two to possibly three vehicles. They were able to escape afterwards, killing at least 26 people, but that number is expected to

rise.

There is right now a massive manhunt under way for them. This was a remote par tof Egypt

out in the desert. Security forces are currently trying to look for them. Those people who are injured,

about 25 are being treated in Cairo right now.

But this comes just as Egypt is grappling with terrorist attacks.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and there have been a number of attacks on Coptic Christians in recent months by terrorists that were claimed by ISIS. Is

ISIS behind this latest attack?

LEE: Well, no one has claimed responsibility, Kristie. It does appear to have the hallmarks of an ISIS attack. ISIS attacked two churches back in

April during Palm Sunday, two suicide bombers killed 45 people. There's also been attacks in Northern Sinai which has created an exodus of

Christians out of the Northern Sinai. And Egypt has declared a state of emergency to deal with this threat, although we still have incidents like

this.

President el-Sisi has called for a meeting of his national security council to discuss this latest attack. This is something that Egypt really is

struggling to deal with.

LU STOUT: Yeah, 26 people killed, a very deadly ambush targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt. Ian Lee reporting for us live. Thank you, Ian.

LEE: You're watching News Stream. And still to come, we'll be live in Manchester to follow the latest developments after Monday's devastating

terror attack next.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, let's get up to speed on the investigation and recovery going on in Manchester, England. Our Hannah Vaughan Jones has been in the city

covering developments all week. She joins us now.

And Hannah, new developments in the case today.

HANNAH VAUGHAN JONES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely, Kristie. And I have to just say as well that it's just coming to 20 past

1:00 here local time. And the sun is shining and this memorial behind me is now absolutely packed full, not just of flowers, but of people around as

as well. Many people on their lunch breaks as well. So, the memorial is really getting bigger

with every hour that passes.

But as you said, new developments in the investigation as well, new raids by Manchester police

and crucially a new arrest all related, of course, to Monday's terror attack that killed 22 people in this city.

So far there have been 10 arrests, although two released without charge, leaving eight people still in custody.

A U.S. official has told CNN the bomber likely trained with ISIS in Syria. And British authorities say they are trying to contain this network that

they believe was behind Monday's attack.

The Prime Minister Theresa May is to lead a discussion on counterterrorism with G7 leaders

in Sicily. Well, meanwhile, relations between the U.S. and the UK did seem to have thawed slightly after the Americans were accused of leaking

sensitive information about this investigation. A temporary halt to the exchange of information between the two has now been lifted.

And U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting his British counterpart, the foreign secretary here, Boris Johnson as well.

For all the latest details on the leaks and of course the fallout from them, our Nina Dos Santos joins me from outside 10 Downing Street in

Westminster. And Nina, tell us what Rex Tillerson and Boris Johnson have been up to.

NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN MONEY: Well, they've had a meet and greet. And Rex Tillerson has also signed the book of condolence in remembrance to those

victims of Manchester. Remember, 22 people who lost their lives and also so many others who are wounded in this attack, a number of them in serious

condition.

This is what Rex Tillerson wrote on that book of condolence. He was standing alongside a British foreign secretary Boris Johnson here in London

just an hour or so ago. "All of American hearts are broken over the tragedy of Manchester. Please know our prayers are with those who lost

loved ones and suffered injuries. We pray for the recovery of their physical injuries and for the difficult and emotional healing of all. All

of American stands near to these citizens of Manchester and all of our friends across the United Kingdom."

So, there very much a message of solidarity, a warm message here, one designed to reinforce this crucially important security partnership,

Hannah.

Remember that the United States and the UK are part of an information sharing agreement on

the security front called the 5Is agreement. That also includes commonwealth states of the UK, for instance, Canada, Australia and New

Zealand as well.

And that is a security partnership that's paramount not just for that bunch of country's security, but also for world security as well. So, it was

understood here that although information on this particular case was temporarily suspended after such sensitive information was leaked. It was

in everybody's interests to try and reestablish these links and make sure that this was only a temporary

suspension.

So, it seems as though things have healed a little bit. And in the meantime, what we know about the investigation, you just went through some

of the salient points there, more arrests have been made, more raids made in the northwest of England. And the security minister, Ben Wallace, has

been very clear in saying that this is a live investigation but we or making progress here.

He said that somewhere between 400 and 500 investigations into these types of potential threats, not this specific threat, but these types of

potential threats are ongoing in the UK to give you an idea of the scale. And that means they're following about 3,000 people across the country.

Third day in a row that this country remains in a the critical state of alert, that's a headache for

authorities, because we're heading into a big bank holiday weekend. We've got tens of thousands of people descending on the British capital alone for

some really big sporting events. And we've also got tourists who are arriving for the summer season. It's imperative that life can go on, but

that they can be protected as, of course, all of these visitors arrive in the capital and other big cities across the UK, Hannah.

JONES: Nina, thanks very much indeed. Nina dos Santos is on Downing Street for us.

Well, let's focus now on the victims, the 22 victims. And we now know the identity of the 22nd

and final victim from the Manchester attack, a 15-year-old girl called Megan Hurley. Young children and parents were among the other victims, of

course.

Alison Howe was killed as she waited outside the arena to pick her daughters up from that Ariana Grande concert. Her husband says he and

their daughters are, quote, "broken in half by Alison's death."

And 32-year-old Kelly Brewster was also killed in the blast. Local media report that her sister and niece were wounded in the attack.

Well, as you'd imagine, security is on high alert throughout the city and the wider region of greater Manchest, but the attack hasn't stopped plans

for high profile sporting events including the great Manchester run scheduled for this Sunday.

Well, David Hart works for the Great Run Company and joins me now. David, thank you very much for joining us.

How can you reassure people that extra security has been put in place and that they should come along and enjoy such a sporting event.

DAVID HART, GREAT RUN COMPANY: Well, first thing I must say as one of the organizers is our thoughts go out to people affected by the awful incident

on Monday evening. It's a real tragedy.

As organizers, it wasn't ultimately our decision to stage the event. That was made by Greater Manchester Police and the Manchester City Council.

Once they gave the green light, our operational plan has been put in place to deliver world class events in the safest possible environment.

JONES: So, what does that mean then for the athletes, for example? What kind of extra security might they go through ahead of the run?

HART: Well, we have got two events this weekend. We've got the city games tonight, wnhich is elite athletes only. And then on Sunday we have got a

mixture of the very fastest runners in the world, and to be perfectly honest, some of the slowest runners in the world as well. There will of

course be significantly enhanced police presence. We're putting out advice to participants, spectators, the normal - the things you would expect, be

vigilant, be careful. There will be a real difference to the day on Sunday. It's the 15th Great Manchester Run. There will be a different

tone to it, of course.

[08:25:04] JONES: Extra checks. What do you mean by that in practical terms. Are we talking about anyone carrying a bag should expect to have

their bag checked if they're just a spectator on Sunday?

HART: Yes, they should. Yes, I think absolutely. We will take every precaution necessary. Of course, we're in the hands of the wonderful and

extremely efficient Greater Manchester Police. As I say, we are just the organizers. We're facilitating an event for many people from different

walks of life to come and show their solidarity and support for this great city of Manchester.

jones: Are you from Manchester? Do you live here?

HART: I'm Manchester born, but I've been involved in every single one of the 15 great Manchester runs. We've have more than 300,000 people have

crossed the finishing line during that time. So, it's an event that's very close to my heart. And it's a

very special one.

JONES: Special event for all the people here.

You mentioned before about Greater Manchester Police and the job that they're doing. The reality is there could be some sort of a terror

network, possibly a specialized bombmaker still on the loose in and around Greater Manchester in Britain. How does that make

you feel as an organizer, knowing that people are putting their trust in you for such an event to go ahead?

HART: People are putting their trust in the police, they're putting their trust in the Manchester City Council and they're putting their trust in us.

All we can do is deliver a world class event to the safest possible standards.

We've been in the business for over 30 years. In total over all the events, we've organized, more than 4 million people have crossed the

finishing line. So, we will deliver a safe environment and, of course, some people will decide not to come.

But what I would say is the overwhelming impression we've had over the last couple days. People who weren't going to run, because they didn't feel

quite fit enough or they had a dodgy car for whatever have changed their minds. They'll walk it.

So, the swell of support for the event has been absolutely overwhelming from an organizer's point.

JONES: and you can probably expect to have many more people just coming to be spectators as well and to support people in that run as well given the

resilience of the city. David, thank you very much. And best of luck as well with this weekend's event. Thanks for talking to us on CNN.

We'll keep following all the very latest from here in Manchester, But for now, I'll take it back to Kristie in Hong Kong.

Kristie, back to you.

LU STOUT: Hannah, that was such a great interview. Thank you so much for that.

The race will go on, just bravo to the organizer, his team and of course all the runners who are going to participate. Take care, Hannah.

Now, it looks like voters in the U.S. state of Montana were apparently unfazed by assault charges again a congressional candidate. He is accused

of body slamming a reporter. That candidate has now punched his ticket to Capitol Hill. We have got the details when we come back.

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[08:31:07] LU STOUT: A congressional election in the U.S. state of Montana has been getting national and international attention. Republican Greg

Gianforte has scored a win a day after he was charged with assaulting a reporter. Ben Jacobs from The Guardian accused Gianforte of bodyslamming

him and breaking his glasses.

And President Trump has just weighed in calling Gianforte's victory, quote, a great win.

Now for more on the story, let's bring in Ryan Young. He joins us live from Montana in the city of Bozeman. And, Ryan, good morning. Thanks

again for joining us.

And just explain to our international audience, how is it that this Republican candidate, Gianforte, got into a physical confrontation with a

reporter and still won this election?

RYAN YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that is the big question at this point. In fact, there was apparently a small room at the campaign

headquarters, and he was doing an interview with another crew. The claim by the campaign is that he found his way back there when they didn't want

to allow him access and started asking questions about health care.

And the next thing you know, this has become an international incident.

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GREG GIANFORTE, (R) CONGRESSMAN-ELECT MONTANA: Thank you, Montana.

YOUNG (voice-over): Just 24 hours after being charged with assaulting a reporter, Republican Greg Gianforte heading to Washington after winning a

special election for Montana's open House seat.

Gianforte directly addressing the shocking incident at his victory rally.

GIANFORTE: I'm sick and tired of you guys. The last guy that came in here, you did the same thing. Get the hell out of here! Get the hell out of here!

RYAN: Apologizing both to his supporters and to the reporter that he allegedly body-slammed.

GIANFORTE: Last night I made a mistake, and I took an action that I can't take back. And I'm not proud of what happened. I should not have responded

in the way that I did. And for that I'm sorry.

I should not have treated that reporter that way. And for that, I'm sorry, Mr. Ben Jacobs.

RYAN: Gianforte's apology coming after fellow Republicans on the Hill remained largely silent about the attack.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So I'm not sure exactly what happened.

RYAN: Showing unwillingness to condone Gianforte's behavior.

REP. LOUIE GOHMERT (R), TEXAS: We didn't have a course in body- slamming when I went to school. I missed that course.

RYAN: Some even pointing a finger at Democrats.

FRANKS: The left has precipitated this tense, confrontational approach throughout the country in recent months.

RYAN: This despite audio evidence and eyewitness accounts from FOX News of the confrontation.

ALICIA ACUNA, CORRESPONDENT, FOX NEWS: Grabbed him with both hands, top of the body, both sides of the neck. Pulled him and then slammed him to the

ground, got on top of him and started punching him.

RYAN: House Speaker Paul Ryan conceding that an apology was appropriate after being pressed by reporters.

REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: There is no time where a physical altercation should occur.

RYAN: On the ground in Montana, some of Gianforte's supporters also seemingly unfazed by the assault charges.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A guy does one thing, that doesn't mean he's that way all the time.

RYAN: Some even leveling their own hostile threats to a CNN reporter covering the story.

JACOBS: A healthy Democratic process requires journalism. That's why the First Amendment is there.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

YOUNG: And something that you should know, here in Montana, a lot of people vote by absentee ballot. So, they send their votes in days in

advance. And so we were talking to election officials who say there were calls from people who had already voted who were asking if they could

change their vote after this incident, but you can't once you put your ballot in the mail.

Once again, this new congressman will have a court day some time before June 7th. So, the questions and his court dates and his time with the

judge are not over just yet.

LU STOUT: Yeah, but Gianforte is on the way to Washington, D.C. with President Trump calling it, quote, a great win.

Ryan, we thank you for your reporting all this evening in this early morning for you. Take care.

Now, we're turning now to the G7 summit in Sicily. And again, it is the final leg of Donald Trump's tour, his first trip abroad since taking

office.

And CNN's Sara Murray is at the G7 in Sicily. Beautiful scenes behind you.

This is an interesting time for Donald Trump. Just yesterday he scolded NATO allies in Brussels. So, how is he going to steer the discussion there

with fellow world leaders at the G7?

[08:35:34] SARA MURRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He didn't just scold NATO publicly in that Russia forum, privately in a meeting with German

officials, he said that they were very bad because Germany has a trade surplus with the U.S. and he wants to have more parity in terms of trade

agreements.

So, it's pretty clear that President Trump is not afraid of offering sharp words to our allies on the world stage. I think particularly in this

meetings we're going to be looking for any conversation around the Paris climate accord. President Trump is certainly going to meeting pressure

from European allies to stay in that agreement. He even got pressure from the pope to stay in that agreement. But the president has not made a

decision one way or another on that.

There's also this sort of interesting backdrop of Russia playing out here, because a number of members of the G7, which used to be the G8, are awfully

wary of Russia still, and President Trump has not had a critical word to say about them since he has been here on the world stage.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and allies are wary about Russia. They're wary about Russia's actions.

So, what has Trump had to say about Russia while on the world stage?

MURRAY: Right. He said very little. He's offered no public criticism. And in fact in what was sort of a stunning comment last night, one of his

senior economic officials, Gary Cohn said that right now the U.S. has no position on whether it is going to maintain the sanctions against Russia.

Remember, these are sanctions that were put in place under the Obama administration because of the intelligence community's sort of agreement

that Russia had meddled in the U.S. election. So, just another indication that even though this is not what President Trump wants to be talking

about, he can't sort of escape this cloud of questions about Russia even when he is here on the world stage.

LU STOUT: Yeah, and you haven't had the opportunity to ask any of these questions about Russia, about Jared Kushner now being in the spotlight, et

cetera. No questions so far on this nine-day overseas trip which is pretty remarkable.

Is there going to be any sort of press event with the president by the end of this trip?

MURRAY: It's very unusual, like you said, for a president to undertake any foreign trip, but certainly a foreign trip that this ambitious - it is five

nations, it is over the course of nine days.

The president and his advisers feel like it's mainly been going well. They think that there are a number of powerful images that have come out of

these meetings and represented, and that the president has represented himself well as he's sort of been on this foreign tour.

But, no, as of right now, no plans to have a press conference. That could change. We have this afternoon, we have some time tomorrow. But U.S.

officials are not giving any indication that they plan to tweak the schedule. And I think it just gets back to that fact that he does not want

to have to answer uncomfortable questions about Russia and this ongoing investigation in the U.S., one that now seems to be stretching to potentially include his

own son-in-law.

LU STOUT: All right, Sara Murray live from Sicily, thank you.

You're watching CNN News Stream. And still to come right here, one of the most famous albums of all time is now 50 years old. We'll have the details

next.

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[08:40:11] LU STOUT: All right, coming to you live from Hong Kong on a Friday nightt. Welcome back. You're watching News Stream.

Now, it has been a somber week after the terror attack in Manchester, a city that has produced some of the world's most famous musicians like

Oasis. And nearby Liverpool, is of course, home to the Beatles.

Now, the Fab Four's landmark album Sergeant Pepper is now, believe it or not, 50 years old.

Our Paul Vercammen spoke to the son of the Beatles legendary producer, George Martin, about his remix of the album.

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PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm so glad to be joined by Giles Martin, his father the mastermind, if you will, of Sergeant Peppers. And

is it incredible for you to think that his was 50 years ago that this splashed down on all of us?

GILES MARTIN, GEORGE MARTIN'S SON: You know, it's crazy because it's so fresh. My dad always used to say, he never planned on this music being

heard in 50 years' time. Roger Waters said he never would have written Dark Side of the Moon had he not heard Sergeant Pepper's." And just the

impact of this album was just extraordinary.

VERCAMMEN: When the Beatles were formulating this idea for Sergeant Peppers, explain

to people how they wanted to create this alternate identity?

MARTIN: The Beatles were the first kind of boy band, if you think about it. They all dressed the same, charismatic, progressive characters that

were taught to be polite for cameras. And they just thought, we're not doing this anymore. We're not playing the game anymore. We want to be us.

That was the beginning of Sergeant Peppers.

VERCAMMEN: And if you look at the people on that cover for the Beatles and for the artists, what do you think links them all?

MARTIN: They chose their heroes. They had a laugh. I mean, the Beatles had a sort of wicked sense of humor.

VERCAMMEN: You're given the keys to the kingdom and you're told to update and remix it. Daunting I'm sure.

MARTIN: Daunting -- I tell you, it's funny, the actual mixes that we do sound fresher than the

original record. You can hear everything much clearer.

VERCAMMEN: Rolling Stone magazine no less has rated this the number one record of all time.

MARTIN: I think that time in 1967 when there was so many things going on in the world that they just, OK, let's escape into this beautiful, colorful

world and create something that is just ours, but then changes the way people look at life.

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LU STOUT: I love that, chord.

And guess what I'm listening to after the show.

That is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. World Sport with Don Riddell is next.

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