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Trump-Putin G-20 Dinner Talk Scrutinized; Russia Investigation; Reciprocal Sanctions; U.S. Health Care Battle; Minneapolis Shooting; Palestinians Protest on New Israeli Security Measures; U.S. Residency for Baby Charlie Gard One Step Closer; British PM clashes with opposition leader; Royal Family in Berlin; Abuse at Catholic Choir School; Venezuela Dismisses U.S. Sanctions Threat; Celebrity Defector Returns to North Korea; Guilty Verdicts for Rohingya Trafficking Deaths; New Security Measures on Mexico-U.S. Flights; Innovative Cities; Missing Couple Found. Aired 8-9a ET
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[08:00:00] ANDREW STEVENS, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: I'm Andrew Stevens in Hong Kong. Welcome to "News Stream." Another meeting between Trump and
the Russians. This time, it's the U.S. president himself drawing attention after a previously unreported meeting with his Russian counterpart,
Vladimir Putin. We'll have live reaction from Moscow just ahead.
Anger and sadness grow over the police killing of an Australian woman in the United States. Now the Australian prime minister is demanding answers.
And the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Germany. Their tour takes them to the Brandenburg Gate.
And we begin today with a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that has now come to light weeks after it happened. On July the 7th during
a dinner at the G-20 Summit, the U.S. and Russian presidents talked for nearly one hour. The White House said it took place in full view of other
world leaders. And now some question why their talk wasn't disclosed before. Joe Johns has more.
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JOE JOHNS, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: President Trump lashing out, calling coverage of his previously undisclosed second meeting with
Russian President Vladimir Putin sick, and alleging it has been made to look sinister. A senior White House official tells CNN the discussion on
the sidelines of a G-20 dinner lasted nearly an hour and no other U.S. officials were present.
Ignoring protocol, the president relied on a Russian translator, leaving the U.S. with no official record of their conversation. The White House
downplaying the second encounter asserting the insinuation that the White House has tried to hide a second meeting is false, malicious, and absurd.
This new revelation, the latest in the string of undisclosed meetings between Trump associates and Russians.
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SEN. RICHARD BLUMENTHAL (D), CONNECTICUT: This kind of private meeting is virtually unprecedented in the diplomatic world. There seems to be a
pattern of reckless or willful concealment of contact with the Russians.
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JOHNS: This meeting coming to light as CNN learns new details about the eighth person in attendance at the June 2016 meeting where top Trump aides
hoped to get damaging information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government. That man, Ike Kaveladze, seen behind the president in 2013 in
this exclusive video obtained by CNN as a senior vice president at a real estate development company run by Russian oligarch, Aras Agalarov, who has
ties to Putin.
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SCOTT BALBER, ATTORNEY FOR ARAS AGALAROV: There was absolutely no conversation between either Agalarov and the Russian prosecutors or the
Russian government about Hillary Clinton or the U.S. campaign, ever. It didn't happen.
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JOHNS: According to his attorney, Kaveladze believed he was attending a meeting as a translator for a Russian lawyer, despite the fact that she
brought a translator with her. In 2000, Kaveladze was linked to U.S. bank accounts that came under congressional investigation for possible money
laundering on behalf of Russian brokers. He was not charged.
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SEN. MARK WARNER (D), VIRGINIA: This individual who has at least had a colorful past, if not potentially criminal, it is very strange to me that
this meeting that was supposed to be originally related as three or four people about Russian adoptions.
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STEVENS: Mark Warner bringing in to that Joe Johns' report. Let's go to Moscow. CNN's international correspondent Ivan Watson is standing by. On
the Russian side, what are they saying about this meeting, Ivan?
IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We're still waiting for an official response from the Kremlin on this. I do have to point out
that about two days after the G-20 Summit, which had very intense coverage, media coverage here in Moscow, it was just about a week and a half ago that
it took place, but this was big news here in Russia, that the Kremlin only really made passing reference to this encounter between the two presidents
on the sidelines of that G-20 dinner.
The Kremlin spokesman did mention that the initial bilateral discussions that they had that ran much longer than initially planned, that there was
some more contact at the dinner, but did not go into the detail that we're now hearing from the White House.
So neither the White House mentioned any -- mentioned this encounter at all and the Kremlin barely touched on it. And that's perhaps a bit of a
surprise. It makes you kind of raise your eyebrows because this was the first ever face-to-face meeting at this G-20 Summit between these two
presidents. Their encounter, the fact that the
[08:05:00] formal bilateral meeting ran so long, was celebrated by Russian officialdom and in the Russian state media as a big sign and a big sign of
hope that the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin could make a step forward, improve these very tense relations between these two rival governments. Andrew?
STEVENS: Yes, absolutely. And very little mention of that second meeting. Now, Ike Kaveladze, the eighth man, in that meeting with Donald Trump Jr.,
Ivan, what are we learning about him?
WATSON: Well, he's born in the Soviet Union. He seems to be of Georgian origin. His Georgian name actually would be Irakly Kaveladze. He moved to
the U.U., you know, some 20 years ago, got an MBA in the U.S. But somewhere along the way, he was implicated or reported on by the Government
Accountability Office, the GAO, in 2000, which talked in detail about his company's practice at that time of setting up shell companies and moving
some $1.4 billion with the money from overseas mostly from Russia into the U.S. banking system.
And just yesterday, Former Senator Carl Levin posted something about this statement saying that essentially Kaveladze was a quote, poster boy for
these kind of dodgy banking practices, a loophole, that was subsequently closed by further banking regulations that Levin was involved in passing.
Now, an attorney for Crocus Group and for the Agalarov family, who Kaveladze works for, went on CNN last night and said, our client has not
been convicted, has not been found guilty of breaking any laws whatsoever. So defending his honor and explaining why Kaveladze was at that meeting
with Donald Trump Jr. on June 9, 2016. Take a listen.
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BALBER: He was intended to be there, his understanding to be actually a translator, interpreter for the Russian lawyer who speaks now English.
Before that day, he had not met any of the other people in that room. Prior to one hour before the meeting, he had no idea what the meeting was going
to be about. He was asked by his boss to go to the meeting, make sure it happens, facilitate logistics, and that's all he knows.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So, one hour before, what did he think the meeting was going to be about?
BALBER: Then he learned Magnitsky Act. He had a one-hour conversation with Natalia on the way over to the Trump Tower, and he learned it's about the
Magnitsky Act.
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WATSON: So more denials we're hearing from participants in the meeting about the stated goal of the meeting, according to the e-mail Donald Trump
Jr. himself posted, which was to bring incriminating information from the Russian government via a Russian government lawyer to Donald Trump Jr. to
help him get his father elected in the 2016 election. Andrew.
STEVENS: Ivan, thank you. Ivan Watson joining us live from Moscow. Iran says that it will slap sanctions on a number of Americans in retaliation
for new U.S. penalties. The sanctions by Washington target 18 Iranian people and groups that is said to be helping the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps of Iran's military. It comes after the U.S. said Iran was defying the spirit of the nuclear deal, which was reached back in 2015,
even though it was complying with the terms of that accord.
Now, on the domestic front, President Trump has invited every Republican senator in congress to lunch in the coming hours. You can be sure that
health care is definitely on the menu. Republican leaders failing to secure the votes needed to advance a repeal of Obamacare. Despite that, Senate
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is still scheduling a vote on it next week. For his part, President Trump says he'd rather just let Obamacare
fail.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I'm disappointed, very disappointed. I'm certainly disappointed. For seven years, I've been
hearing repeal and replace from congress, and I've been hearing it loud and strong, and then when we finally get a chance to repeal and replace,
they don't take advantage of it. So that's disappointing. So I'm very -- I would say I'm disappointed in what took place.
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STEVENS: Now, some Republicans were extremely critical of the president's leadership. One said Mr. Trump was playing with a fire truck while the bill
was collapsing. That was part of the president's "Made in America" event at the White House on Monday.
Friends and family are still coming to terms with the killing of a bride- to-be in the United States. A vigil was held at dawn on the beach near the childhood home of Justine Ruszczyk. She just called police to report a
possible crime near her home in the U.S. One of the two U.S. officers who arrived shot and killed her. Now, an investigation is underway
[08:10:00] to find out how the shooting happened. Scott McLean has more details.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Female screaming behind the building.
SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This was the call officers Mohamed Noor and Matthew Harrity were responding to Saturday night after
Justine Ruszczyk called police to report a possible sexual assault in an alley near her home. Police releasing details of what happened next.
Officer Harrity, who was driving the squad car, said they drove up to the alley with their car lights off.
Then Officer Harrity indicated that he was startled by a loud sound near the squad car. Immediately afterwards, Ruszczyk approached the driver's
side window. Harrity indicated that Officer Noor discharged his weapon from the passenger seat, striking Ruszczyk through the open driver's side
window.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Shots fired. Can we get EMS Code 3 Washburn and 51st Street? We got one down. Five, thirty. I'm starting CPR.
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MCLEAN: There is no video of the incident because the officers did not have their body cameras turned on. Moments after opening fire, the officers got
out of the car, and began life saving efforts, but were unable to save Ruszczyk's life. Officer Mohamed Noor who fired the fatal shot declined to
be interviewed by investigators.
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MAYOR BETSY HODGES, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: It's frustrating to have some of the picture, but not all of it. We cannot compel Officer Noor to make a
statement. I wish we could.
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MCLEAN: The deadly shooting coming just weeks after the acquittal of a Minneapolis officer in the shooting of Philando Castile.
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MOHAMUD NOOR, SOMALI COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: Will this end? When will this end? That's the question that many people are asking.
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MCLEAN: Outrage over this deadly shooting also growing overseas, as friends gather to remember Ruszczyk who also goes by the name Justine Damond. One
Australian newspaper referring to the shooting as an American nightmare.
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MALCOLM TURNBULL, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: How can a woman out in the street in her pajamas seeking from the police be shot like that? It is a
shocking killing.
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STEVENS: Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian prime minister there. The Palestinian Fatah party is leading protests today against the new Israeli
security measures in Jerusalem's old city. Let's go straight to Ian Lee now. He is at the protest site in Jerusalem. Ian, what's the scene right at
the moment?
IAN LEE, CNN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Andrew, earlier today when people were here praying, there were dozens coming out and they've been praying
outside of the noble sanctuary, also known as the Temple Mount to Jews because of these new security measures, these metal detectors that Israeli
police say that Muslims have to go through before they enter the compound. And so there is anger about that.
And that's the reason why you have a lot of Muslims coming out here, they're filling the streets and the alley ways. You can see over there,
there are some prayer rugs of people who have been coming to this spot to pray for those five times a day. And after that, we have seen some chanting
from the prayers down here, just a little ways.
A couple hours ago, we had some clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police. These clashes don't last very long, but this symbolizes how
the tensions here are growing with these new measures and this call to protest, this day of rage today, expecting the same thing to happen on
Friday.
STEVENS: On Friday, obviously a very important day after prayers on Friday. And so it looks as if this is going to continue to escalate. This is not
just a one-off protest.
LEE: That's right. Really, Andrew, it is going to continue like this likely until the security measures, until there's some sort of agreement between
the (INAUDIBLE) which is a Jordanian, the Palestinians, and the Israelis come to some sort of mutual agreement, where everyone is happy.
That seems like quite a distance from right now. Those security measures still remaining in place. And these Palestinians as well as the (INAUDIBLE)
saying they're not going to enter there until those are removed. They see that as Israel trying to encroach on their authority.
STEVENS: Thanks very much. That's Ian Lee joining us from Jerusalem.
A warm welcome for the British royals in Berlin. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge begin their German tour in what some see as Brexit soft
diplomacy. Details just ahead.
Plus, British Prime Minister Theresa May has a fire exchange with the opposition leader. We will bring you some highlights just ahead.
And a British family fighting to save their baby boy's life. How U.S. lawmakers are trying to wade into the legal battle.
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STEVENS: A committee of U.S. lawmakers has advanced an amendment to give a British family fighting to keep their baby boy alive permanent residency.
Charlie Gard has been at the center of a legal battle in the United Kingdom.
He has a rare, terminal medical condition and his family wants him to undergo experimental treatment in the U.S. The amendment must first pass a
full house and senate to become law. That might be easy though. It's attached to a controversial bill to fund President Trump's border wall and
immigration.
In the last hour, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has clashed with the opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. The final session of the prime
minister requests time before a summer recess came at a difficult time for Mrs. May.
On Tuesday, she called for unity after reports of cabinet infighting leaked. Let's go now to CNN's Bianca Nobilo who is at Downing Street.
Bianca, you watched those exchanges between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. They are being reported as fiery. How fiery were they?
BIANCA NOBILO, CNN PRODUCER: I think it's all relative, Andrew. Neither Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn are strictly known for being fiery. They're
not known as great orators either. One of them (INAUDIBLE) since the general election in the U.K. Corbyn had a bit more spirit in the chamber.
They were fiery. It was a debate which is about economic policy and domestic affairs. They centered a lot on this contentious issue of public
sector pay in the U.K. Let's take a listen.
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THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: It is not possible to go around promising people more money and promise that nobody is ever going to have
to pay for it. He and I do both value public sector workers. We both value all public sector services. The difference is, on this side of the house,
we know you have to pay for them.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jeremy Corbyn.
JEREMY CORBYN, LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY: The prime minister doesn't seem to have any problem finding money to pay for the DUP's support.
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NOBILO: So there's Corbyn having a little dig in the spirit of parliamentary questions about Theresa May's confidence and supply deal with
the Democratic Unionist Party. But some people haven't responded that well too given the austerity measures still in place in the U.K.
STEVENS: I want to talk about the elephant in that room (INAUDIBLE), Bianca. of the said Brexit, Bianca. Theresa May has been calling for unity
in her cabinet after all these leaks about different ideas and different Brexit models. Can she in her weakened state actually realistically expect
to drag the cabinet back together?
NOBILO: It's definitely a tough task. She does have some cabinet members on her side. The Secretary State of Defense Michael Fallon came to her aide
today and said that people need a military-style discipline in the conservative party at the moment to fend off the threat of Jeremy Corbyn.
[08:20:00] Also, the 22 committee, which is a very influential steering group in British politics for the conservative party made back benches for
Theresa May and they're happy to support her and think that ministers who aren't giving the prime minister the loyalty that she needs right now will
be okay to be assigned elsewhere if they continue to fight amongst themselves.
STEVENS: OK. Bianca, thanks very much. Bianca Nobilo joining us live from (INAUDIBLE) number 10. While hard swings or hard talks between the U.K. and
EU on Brexit mostly take place in Brussels, soft diplomacy is also at play. A royal tour is underway.
After spending a few days in Poland, Prince William, his wife Catharine, and their children arrived in Germany. Just minutes ago, they stopped at
the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin where the crowds welcomed them. And that's where Atika Shubert is as well. Describe the scene for us, Atika.
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Andrew, you just missed it. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they are officially known came through the
Brandenburg Gate behind me. They greeted members of the public. They were with the mayor of Berlin and his daughter. They took the royal couple for a
quick tour. Prince George and Princess Charlotte were not with them.
That might have disappointed some of fans, but the crowd was very happy to see them nonetheless. They had just come out of their lunch meeting with
Chancellor Angela Merkel. Fans were very happy to see them. Take a listen to what one royal fan told us just before they arrived.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think the queen is really popular in Germany because she's been there a long time. I don't know, the whole package of the whole
royal family and all the glamour and circumstances.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Now, they have been asked here by the foreign office. You know, there's been talk that it's part of a Brexit diplomacy to try
and, you know, repair any relationships after the whole Brexit. What do you think? Has it changed your perception of Brexit?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, not really, because -- I mean, I was against Brexit, because I really like the European Union as it is and to be able to
travel everywhere.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
STEVENS: OK. That's a report there by Atika, just having a few problems with her. We'll try and get back to her at the Brandenburg Gate later if we
can.
Meanwhile, an an investigation at a renowned Catholic choir school in Germany has uncovered hundreds of cases of abuse. As many as 547 students
were abused physically and in some cases sexually over a period of 70 years. The diocese says mistakes were made and that is why it commissioned
an independent investigation.
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ULRICH WEBER, ATTORNEY (through translator): Preschool victims of the Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows describe the institution as a prison, hell,
and a concentration camp. Many of them called the time there the worst of their lives marked by violence, fear, and helplessness.
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STEVENS: The allegations began to surface in 2010. The school's members tour all over the world to perform.
Venezuela is dismissing President Trump's threat to punish the government in Caracas. Mr. Trump called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a quote,
bad leader, and say there would be economic consequences if he went ahead with plans to rewrite the constitution. It comes after months of protests
against economic chaos and widespread shortages of bottled supplies. Leyla Santiago has more from Mexico City.
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LEYLA SANTIAGO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The United States is now clarifying what could be possible sanctions against Venezuela in the future. They're
actually saying on the table right now is a blow to Venezuela's oil market, possibly cutting back on the amount of oil that the U.S. buys from
Venezuela.
And this comes after President Trump announced that he is considering taking action against Venezuela if the president, Nicolas Maduro, moves
forward with his plans to rewrite the constitution, something that Maduro's critics say is a move for him to stay in power, something President Trump
has said is undermining democracy.
Now, Venezuela also had its share of strong words for the other side, the United States. Venezuela's foreign minister said that -- compared the
United States to a xenophobic and racist empire and certainly pointed the finger at the United States as the instigator for the opposition, the
opposition that has taken to the streets for nearly three months now in what has become violent protests, even deadly protests.
Nearly 100 deaths since the political unrest began. Many Venezuelans expressing frustration over medical shortages, food shortages, inflation.
And that is something that the opposition is using as its message for the reason it wants a new government, not a new constitution. Leyla Santiago,
CNN, Mexico City.
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[08:25:00] STEVENS: Now, we can return to Atika Shubert who is at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin where she is watching Prince William and
Princess Kate making the crowds stare. Before we were interrupted, you were talking to a couple of young Germans there about the British royals. They
were talking about the popularity. I just want to get your take on why is the British royal family so popular or apparently so popular in Germany?
SHUBERT: You know, I asked a number of people here, and they offered different answers. But basically one woman told us basically, you know, we
really sort of admire the royal family, even though Germany is very happy to be a Republic, it's still glamorous, something they like to follow, it's
a good show, a lot of fun.
Another young man told me they seem like very nice people and they understand the young people of Europe. And that may be key to why they are
coming here. They were invited by the foreign office. No, they won't get into the nitty-gritty of any Brexit negotiations, but they sort of
reaffirmed the friendship between Germany and the U.K. And their popularity goes a long way here, Andrew.
STEVENS: Absolutely. And they also met Angela Merkel. As you say, they're not hardly going to get into the nitty-gritty of Brexit. Would there be a
political message from the royals about Britain to Germany in that meeting do you think or would they stay well clear of it?
SHUBERT: I think they'll stay clear of politics, but the overall message here is no matter what happens at the Brexit negotiating table, the
relationship between Germany and the U.K. remains strong. That's what really key here. And that's what the British foreign office certainly wants
to underline with this visit.
STEVENS: And what's the agenda now? Where do they go from here?
SHUBERT: Well, they're going to the Holocaust Memorial after this. They'll take a tour of the museum there and Open Air Memorial. They will then have
a dinner later this evening. Prince William is expected to give a very brief short speech there. After Berlin, they are actually going to
Heidelberg and they will also enjoy evening at the new philharmonic (ph) in Hamburg.
They will also come back to Berlin. Hamburg is interesting because there actually going to be kind of fun event. There will be a boat race. Prince
William will have one boat, Middleton will have the other boat, and then we will see who wins. It is a competition between Heidelberg and Cambridge
which are twin cities.
There is a lot of different kinds of events happening. There are some charity visits, for example, some cultural visits. And they'll also be
making a visit to some business manufacturers as well. It's a very diverse set of events that they're going to but, again, that underscores the
relationship between Germany and the U.K.
STEVENS: Thanks so much for that. Atika Shubert joining us live from Berlin.
Still ahead on the show, a mystery from North Korea. A former defector who just returned said she was unhappy in South Korea. A lot of people are not
buying that story. And new security measures on flights from Mexico to the U.S. means that you'll have to arrive three hours before departure. We'll
tell you why in just a moment.
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STEVENS: I'm Andrew Steven in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream." These are your world headlines. The White House is downplaying a previously
undisclosed conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G- 20 Summit. An official says the men spoke at a dinner in full view of world leaders. He says it was a brief conversation and rejects any notion they
tried to hide the meeting.
British Prime Minister Theresa May clashed with opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. The final session of Prime Minister questions before a summer
recess came at a difficult time for Mrs. May. On Tuesday, she called for unity among his ministers after reports of cabinet infighting leaked.
In Australia, friends and family is still trying to come to terms with the bride-to-be killed in the United States. She called police to report a
crime near her home. One of the two police officers who arrived shot and killed her. He exercises his constitutional right not to speak to
investigators.
Now, to a mystery involving a North Korean defector. She was a well known face on South Korean television, but authorities are trying to find out how
she ended up back in her motherland. David McKenzie has the story.
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DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A North Korean celebrity confessing in a propaganda video on a government-sponsored web site. She
looks shell shocked, even scared.
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LIM JI-HYEON, NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR (through translator): In South Korea, everything was about money. As a woman who defected and betrayed my
fatherland, I was only met with physical and mental pain.
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MCKENZIE: In fact, Lim Ji-hyeon as she was known in the south, appeared on reality T.V. and talk shows telling what her life was like in the north.
She defected in 2014. Lim's many fans are shocked that she went back to her repressive country. Fellow guests on the show say she was happy and
successful in the south. Many on the show say she was happy and successful in the south.
She didn't seem distressed at all, he says, when I met her, because she was doing well and she was becoming famous on television.
It's very rare for defectors to go back to North Korea, which is ruled with an iron fist. So Lim's friends and fans speculating that she was pressured
to go or even abducted.
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JI-HYEON (through translator): When I told people around me that I wanted to return home, they said that I would be executed by firing squad as soon
as I set a foot there, but I wanted to return home and see my parents, even if it meant death.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
MCKENZIE: South Korean authorities are now investigating the mystery of Lim Ji-hyeon. David McKenzie, CNN, Seoul.
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STEVENS:: A judge in Thailand is handing down verdicts in a major human trafficking trial. More than a hundred suspects are involved including
politicians, police, and an army general. They are accused of running a trafficking ring along the tide border with Malaysia. The crime came to
light after a mass grave was found. Some of the victims were thought to be Rohingya, a prosecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar. Authorities say the
migrants died while being held hostage.
Starting today, all passengers flying from Mexico into the United States will have to go through extra security checks. Mexico's civil aviation
authority says the measures were imposed by the U.S. and involve the review of electronic devices larger than a phone. Authorities haven't given any
reason. Passengers are advised to arrive at least three hours before their flights.
A Dutch designer has come up with a new way to fight smog in one of the world's most heavily polluted cities, Beijing. He calls it the world's
largest air purifier. Matt Rivers has more.
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MATT RIVERS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In Beijing, there are good days and there are bad days. Unfortunately, these are the scenes that have
become synonymous with the Chinese city. Rapid industrialization has allowed blankets of pollution to cover the city below, pushing it to its
livable limits.
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DAAN ROOSEGAARDE, DUTCH DESIGNER: If you live in Beijing, it's the same as 17 cigarettes per day without the pleasure of the nicotine. I mean, that is
crazy.
[08:35:00] When did we say yes to that?
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RIVERS: It was just a few years ago when Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde peered out to a sea of smog from his window 32 stories up in Beijing and
decided something must be done.
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ROOSEGAARDE: We have designed the situation we are in, so we should also be able to design our way out of it.
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RIVERS: The design is a seven-meter tall smog eating tower, which Roosegaarde describes as the world's largest air purifier.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROOSEGAARDE: The design is actually inspired by the Chinese temples, by the Chinese pagodas.
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RIVERS: The tower is said to clean 30,000 cubic meters of air per hour. That's one football stadium per day. Using its eye on technology, it
collects and captures significant amounts of harmful airborne smog particles. The result is essentially a small radius of purified air
surrounding the tower.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROOSEGAARDE: We have scientific results to show that we can create parks which are 25 to 70 percent more clean than the rest of the city. So that's
really great. But at the same time, one tower will of course never solve the whole problem for the whole city.
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RIVERS: Another study from the China Forum of Environmental Journalist actually found the tower is not as effective as claimed. But Roosegaarde
has not been deterred from his mission.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ROOSEGAARDE: There will always be people say it's not possible or it's not allowed or it cannot be done or it already exists or it's too fast or too
slow or too beautiful or too ugly. There are 5,000 reasons why we should not do things. I am interested in the five reasons why we should do
something.
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RIVERS: The tower has been making its way around China since last year from Beijing to Tianjin to (INAUDIBLE). Roosegaarde sees this country as the
perfect platform for this kind of innovation.
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ROOSEGAARDE: Some Chinese are a bit ashamed of it, but the conversation we had is, no, no, don't be ashamed. Every city is polluted. London is more
polluted five weeks ago than Beijing. You will be the laboratory for the future, for the smart city.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
RIVERS: Matt Rivers, CNN, Beijing.
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STEVENS: There are other pieces of green technology that can help keep our air clean, but some of them rely on minerals that are very scarce. When we
come back, a closer look at rare earths.
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STEVENS: Welcome back. Green technologies are driving our energy future but to run electric cars and wind turbines, one thing is needed, and that is
rare earths. Nina dos Santos takes a closer look at the scarce metals.
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NINA DOS SANTOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: (INAUDIBLE) in northern Kazakhstan, the Soviet architecture is a reminder of the past. This city used to be secret,
missing from many maps. Once biological weapons were made here. Today, it's making a reputation for other complex chemical processes.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): The mineral is delivered by train. It's the leftover byproduct of a former chemical factory. We process it to
make rare earth concentrate.
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DOS SANTOS: Rare earth elements are a group of 17 metals and here they are in their rarest form, sacks of earth, a valuable and sought-after
commodity.
[08:40:00] The global market is expected to grow to more than $12 billion by 2021. The (INAUDIBLE) 2017 report. Rare earths are only found in certain
specific parts of the world, including here in Kazakhstan. But you're probably more familiar with them than you might think. For instance,
they're used in mobile phones like this one and also in a host of clean technology as well.
Reducing petrol and diesel consumption is high on the list of priorities for environmentalists. Rare earth is used to make many electric vehicles.
And countries like Kazakhstan have the materials that could make a difference.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): We call rare earth the vitamins of the metallurgical process. Even the tiny amount of this element
significantly changes the capabilities of metals. They are used in computers, super magnets, electric vehicles (INAUDIBLE).
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DOS SANTOS: This processing plant opened in March 2017. The raw earth that it receives is a byproduct of Uranium mining in the west. Each shipment is
tested consistency and humidity. By 2018, the goal is to have 1,000 tons rolling off the production line, ready for sale on to the global market.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Up until now we haven't really had an opportunity to exploit those markets. We see the market growing substantially. And so what
has been essentially a waste product until now we hope to be a future source of revenue.
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DOS SANTOS: Currently less than 1 percent of the global car fleet is electric according to the World Energy Council, but growth is strong. In
July 2017, the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo announced that every vehicle launched from 2019 onward will have electric motors, which can signal a
turning point for the industry at large (INAUDIBLE) traditional fuels, changing the energy sector's shape and this corner of Kazakhstan's fortunes
for the better.
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STEVENS: And last up on "News Stream" today, a discovery in the alps could end a family's search. In 1942, a Swiss couple went to milk their cows in a
meadow near their home and tragically never returned. They've likely fell into a crevasse where they have now been found, frozen in time, 75 years
later.
The couple's youngest of six children now 79 years old told a Swiss paper that she and her siblings had never stopped looking for their parents in
the hope to give them the funerals they deserved. The bodies have been airlifted to now be formally identified. And that's "News Stream." I'm
Andrew Stevens. Don't go anywhere. "World Sport" with Christina Macfarlane is just ahead.
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