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British Prime Minister Highly Likely Russia Poisoned Former Spy; British Prime Minister: U.K. Indentifies Military Grade Nerve Agent As Novichok; Salisbury Locals Fear Spread Of Nerve Agent; South Korean Envoys Brief China, Japan On U.S.-North Korea; Palestenian Authority Pm Survives Assassination Attempt; Syrian Media: Evacuees Include Those With Medical Needs; House Republicans End Investigation Saying No Collusion; U.S. School Raising Awareness Of Human Trafficking. Aired at 8-9a ET

Aired March 13, 2018 - 08:00   ET

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

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LU STOUT: Deadline to respond, the British Prime Minister is calling on Russia to reply to evidence of the Soviet invented nerve agent being used

on a former Russian spy.

Progress on diplomacy in Japan, South Korean envoys reveal more about plan DMZ talks between North and South. And all the hallmarks of genocide, we

hear from the U.N. top Myanmar human rights repertoire on the Rohingya crisis.

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LU STOUT: The clock is ticking on a deadline for the Kremlin to respond to allegations that it is probably behind the nerve agent attack on a former

Russian double agent.

The British Prime Minister Theresa May imposed a deadline after telling parliament that it's, quote, highly likely that Moscow is responsible for

the poisoning in Salisbury.

And she's demanding response by the end of the day. And right now, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says they are trying to conduct

their own analysis of the nerve agent used, but the U.K. gave them an unclear response when they've requested access. Russia's foreign ministry

has summoned the British ambassador over the case.

Now, we are monitoring the very latest developments. We have Nick Paton Walsh in London and Sam Kiley in Moscow. Nick, let's start with you.

Strong words from the Prime Minister there, effectively pointing the finger at Russia. What is the political mood there as it awaits Russia's response

to the ultimatum?

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I have to say it is quite tense at this stage. I mean, just sort of a context here, four suspicious packages

were found to be harmless but being found at the Houses of Parliament, not far from where I am standing in the last 24 hours or so.

Behind me, we are expecting to see the British Prime Minister and chancellor come out in the forth coming minutes after a high level security

meeting potentially.

But the ultimatum provided at midnight tonight for Russia to come forward and explain how the Novichok was delivered to Salisbury, according to the

British have stand out into some degree, an element of diplomatic (inaudible) that we have seen today that the Russian -- Russian foreign

ministry has summoned the British ambassador. We have heard from the U.N. inspectors for chemical weapons, the OPCW, that they voiced serious concern

about the use of a substance like Novichok and the increasing sound of solidarity with the United Kingdom.

French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the Downing Street behind me, expressing his solidarity and I think a sense of sort of fortitude for

British case necessarily building.

We heard from Rex Tillerson, the U.S. Secretary of State, that he stood behind the British investigation here and was frankly in his words, shocked

and appalled in what had occurred allegedly in Salisbury, less appropriate right words from the White House.

In fact, we understand the last few minutes that the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K has in fact said that Boris Johnson, the British Foreign Secretary

Chief Diplomat and Rex Tillerson in fact spoke in which that solidarity was expressed.

But put all of that aside, it doesn't change the fact that we are not likely to see tonight that Russian government come forward days ahead of a

presidential election and sort of issue are now called for (ph) and asked for the U.N.'s help to explain where the chemical weapon stock piles are.

So all eyes really are on the phrase unlawful use of force, used by, Theresa May, yesterday in parliament to describe how the U.K. will be

interpreting the act of what they say were Russian agents in Salisbury, unclear if there were third parties involved administering the poison or if

it is somehow delivered between Sergei and Yulia Skripal on that Sunday afternoon.

But exactly what the U.K. can do to some degree under question here. There were plenty of Russian elite assets here in London that could be

scrutinized with the problems perhaps that challenges in the courts to that. If they can get enough E.U. members inside, they might be able to

find some element of sanctions.

They will of course be questioning exactly why the White House notoriously soft on Moscow so far, it's willing to back them up in doing a lot of

pressure on Theresa May. Frankly, she's had a pretty bad year also and this came out of nowhere, a distraction from the rose of leaving the

European Union on the Brexit, but something she has to be shown and to be strong in.

LU STOUT: Nick Paton Walsh, live in London for us, thank you. Now, let's go to Sam Kiley, who joins us live from Moscow. Sam, as we await Russia

for any response to the ultimatum from Britain, Russia has summoned the British ambassador. Do we know why?

SAM KILEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the -- we have no line either from the British or the Russians officially as to why the ambassador has been

summoned, just that he had been summoned.

But in all probability, it will be to communicate to him almost in a tit- for-tat manner following the summoning yesterday of the Russian ambassador to meet the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

[08:05:00] But in this case to communicate to the British, the Russian desire that they want to see more details of the allegation that either the

Russians state was complicit in the delivery of this rare nerve gas agent to Salisbury in an attempted murder or negligent, which is the view posited

by the British government in its control over exactly those weapons.

But I think really the Russians are not too fussed about this British deadline. They are quite enjoying the specter or spectacle of watching

whether or not the European Union even can put up a united front. But in the meantime, Sergey Lavrov outlining what he wanted to see and didn't get

from the British. This is what he said at a press conference earlier on.

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SERGEY LAVROV, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER (Through a Translator): We issued a note requesting an access to the substance, in order for our experts to

analyze it in accordance with the convention.

And in the same note, we requested access to all the facts associated with the investigation, taken into consideration that Yulia Skripal is a Russian

citizen.

In response to this absolutely lawful and logical request that were underlined by the convention, we received an unclear response, which can be

summarized that these lawful requests were denied.

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KILEY: Now, there's a lot of talk of lawful requests and indeed of a sense -- I mean, better sense of outrage that this -- one of the victims here was

a Russian citizen, a slight implication there that the Russians want kind of clarity on a crime committed against one of their citizens.

So I think in all probability, there will be a lot of obfuscation from Russia, come the deadline at midnight tonight, U.K. time, which of course

is pass midnight here in Moscow.

And then, they'll wait to see how the British interpret the strength of the British position and that will be determined as much in Washington and on

the Mainland of Europe as it will be in Whitehall because of course, among the options open to Britain would be economic sanctions.

There's no real question of military attack that possibly side, but also the targeting of individual people connected with the Putin regime coming

and going from London. That is probably the most lightly route they are going to go.

LU STOUT: In the meantime, ahead of that ultimatum deadline, Russia will, as you say, enjoy this spectacle. Sam Kiley reporting live from Moscow and

Nick Paton Walsh live for 10 Downing Street, a big thank you to you both.

Now, the restaurant where the Skripals were before they were found unconscious in a nearby bench, that's still closed. A source at the

restaurant says police have removed the table the Skripals used. It's now being examined. And locals are questioning why it took officials a week to

warn them about possible exposure to the nerve agent. Erin McLaughlin has more.

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ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Salisbury is known as a sleepy little City, remarkable for its stunning cathedral, now the center of an

international spy mystery, after a former Russian double agent and his daughter were poisoned, found slumped on a park bench on a Sunday

afternoon. An hour before the grim discovery, Steve Cooper says he and his wife were sitting in the exact same spot.

STEVE COOPER, SALISBURY RESIDENT: That is actually when I saw the bench on the news that is when it kind of started to hit home, how close we were to

the event. And we actually transpired that we are in the park as well, that the park was contaminated became real.

MCLAUGHLIN: Now Cooper worries, he is still not OK. Seven days after the poisoning, news that remnants of the deadly and rare nerve agent were found

at both the pub and a nearby pizza restaurant, both visited by Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier in the day.

SALLY DAVIES, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFEICER FOR ENGLAND: Some people are concerned that prolonged long-term exposure to these substances may, over

weeks and particularly months, give rise to health problems.

MCLAUGHLIN: The warning along with advice that patrons should wash their clothes and belongings. Even though authorities say the risk is low,

Cooper says he wishes he'd known sooner.

COOPER: I thought, myself, been in contact with the general public, some major companies, major customers, and my colleagues, my family and friends,

and I'd like to know just how serious it is, whether it would impact them, whether it would affect them, or whether we should have taken action

earlier.

MCLAUGHLIN: There are also fears of further contamination. The military removed police cars and ambulances, objects tied to the attack. Parts of

the city remain cordoned off, including the cemetery. Mother's Day visits, not allowed, as experts collect evidence in hazmat suits.

COOPER: We we're concerned that we didn't know there would be a spy -- a Russian spy in our midst and tell he was a threat, that there would be

assassins after them, would make all of us threaten by their actions.

MCLAUGHLIN: I asked him what he wants to see done.

COOPER: If there are spies in our midst, that were actually -- they themselves have protection.

[08:10:01] And that we are protected from the chemical substances that they use coming into the country or being obtained in the country, and that we,

the general public are kept safe.

MCLAUGHLIN: It seems like a simple enough request. Now, Cooper says he is concerned about the long-term health impact of his decision to go to his

local pub for a Sunday pint. Erin McLaughlin, CNN, Salisbury, England.

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LU STOUT: And we are learning more about South Korea's expectations for that first meeting between President Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-

un in April.

Now Seoul says it expects the first summit to last only a day because it will be held at the demilitarized zone, making it easy from both leaders to

travel on the same day.

Now, Seoul says later, they'll have a longer meeting and then there is a planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.

The White House says it is confident it will happen by May. But so far, it's been five days since Donald Trump agree to the meeting and North Korea

has not publicly acknowledged any of the talks.

Meanwhile, South Korea's envoys have been fanning out across the region. Its spy chief has been talking with the prime minister of Japan. CNN's

Alexandra Field joins me now love from Tokyo. And, Alex, again, the South Korean envoys have been briefing officials there in Japan about these

upcoming talks. Is everyone on the same page?

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well look, publicly, they still need to present that they are on the same page. And that has been the strategy

when it comes to dealing with North Korean, even before there was discussion of what would be these historic talks between the United States

and North Korea.

You've got the United States, South Korea and Japan who have for months with President Donald Trump of the United States worked to exact this

campaign of maximum pressure.

And what you're hearing from all three sides right now is about a willingness to continue to work together, to continue to keep up with that

maximum pressure, to not ease up on sanctions even as we talk about possibility of progress with North Korea when it comes to those potential

talks with the United States.

You had this South Korea intelligence chief who was here in Japan to try and answer some questions, also trying to put a public face on the fact

that Japan is part of the equation here. There was a meeting that was expected to last between Suh Hoon and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

It was scheduled for about 15 minutes meeting and ended up lastly about an hour. Both came forward afterwards to address what happened been talked

about.

This was an opportunity for Japan to put its interests on the table, to make sure that its national interest would be communicated as the U.S. and

South Korea work together. And as South Korea or rather as the U.S. and North Korea potentially sit down for those talks.

Here's what Japan is looking for, they want to make sure that denuclearization is not just the topic of these potential conversations.

They also want to know that the short and medium range missiles that North Korea possesses are dealt as well, and remove those heavy missiles that

have threatened the national security of Japan.

Those are the missiles that have flown over Japan and splashed down into water of Japan from more than a year now, as North Korea has steed up its

savor rattling efforts as it continue to threaten global peace and global securities, as it make advances to its nuclear and missile program.

Also this was an opportunity for president or for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to once again talk about an issue that is close to him, and that is the

abducted Japanese nationals who were taken by North Korea agents in the 70s and 80s.

He has been working for their return. He wants to make sure that those people are a part of continuing conversations at this point. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Alexandra Field, live from Tokyo. Thank you, Alex. You are watching News Stream. And coming up, the finger pointing begins after an

assassination attempt against the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister. A live report from Jerusalem is next.

And ahead of My Freedom Day, we meet A group of high school students who want to make their community aware that human trafficking is in their

backyard.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is News Stream. Now the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Rami Hamdallah

is safe after his convoy in Gaza was targeted.

The Palestinian authority has condemned the assassination attempt and says it holds Hamas responsible. But Hamas says it wasn't behind it has also

condemned the attack. Oren Liebermann joins us now with more from Jerusalem. Oren, let's talk more about this attack. What happened and who

was responsible?

OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, the convoy of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah had just entered Gaza through the

areas border crossing in Northern Gaza. It was a short way in on a road when a bomb detonated right next to the convoy, damaging a number of cars.

We saw in video from Palestine T.V. that some of the cars had side been ripped off and windows blown out. The ministry of interior for the

Palestinians says no one was injured in the attack.

It's also worth pointing out that the Palestinian Authority Minister of Intelligence Majid Faraj was also in that car. And that is important

because he's considered as a very close ally of President Mahmoud Abbas.

So Hamdallah was there for the opening of a water treatment facility -- a new water treatment facility. He went on to that event saying no one will

be able to stop him from entering Gaza and pushing forward reconciliation.

But this quickly devolved into finger pointing between the Palestinian Authority run by a Palestinian faction Fatah and Hamas, the Islamist

movement that runs Gaza, both sides essentially blaming each other. Kristie, at this point, there has been nobody who's blamed responsibility

for this assassination attempt against Hamdallah.

LU STOUT: Because of this attack, there was rising tension. Oren Liebermann is reporting live for us. Thank you, Oren. Syrian media report

a group of civilians has evacuated from the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta.

The rebel-held enclave at the outskirts of Damascus has been devastated by more then three weeks or relentless strikes by Syrian military. Syrian

T.V. says 100 civilians had been given safe passage, including some in need of medical attention.

Now let's get more now on the situation in Syria. CNN's Ben Wedeman joins me now live from neighboring Lebanon. And, Ban, as the Syrian army

continues to advance and divide Eastern Ghouta, there were reports of the civilians being evacuated. What's the latest?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Now what we know, as you mentioned, 100 civilians evacuated as part of an agreement worked out between rebel

factions and the Russians under the offices of the United Nations.

Of those 100 -- 100 civilians, 35 of them are in urgent need of medical care, however, that's 35 out of about 1,000 people who need to be evacuated

from the Eastern Ghouta as soon as possible for medical treatment, this after more than three weeks of, as you said, this Syrian army offensive

supported by Russian air power on this area to the east of Damascus.

And this comes 16 days on the 24th of February that the U.N. passed a resolution calling for a humanitarian cease fire which essentially hasn't

really come into effect at all.

And what we're really seeing is a repeat of what happened in Aleppo at the end of 2016 when the Syrian government was finally able to retake the

eastern part of that city.

So at this point, Eastern Ghouta is divided into three areas surrounded by Syrian government forces and it appears that they are slowly tightening

their grip on those three areas.

And we may at some point see some sort of agreement allowing for the evacuation of rebel fighters and their families from those areas, but it

really does appear that it's just a matter of time before the Syrian government reasserts its control over those areas. Kristie.

LU STOUT: You know, weeks ago it was called hell on earth.

[08:20:00] Aid groups who describe an apocalyptic scene now knew disturbing grim death toll numbers just coming in this week from UNICEF. What's the

latest picture of the suffering in Eastern Ghouta?

WEDEMAN: Well, it's never ending. What we see now is at least 1,000 people have been killed after these more than three weeks of an offensive.

The food and supplies that are basically medical supplies are almost gone essentially.

There is -- certainly, there has been a lot of smuggling back and forth with government middlemen making a lot of money out of the business but

certainly to say it's hell on earth, it's not an understatement in terms of the suffering that people are going through.

We are reading for instance of bomb shelters completely full and therefore, despite the danger of people having to sleep in the open as this

bombardment from the land and from the air continues. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Ben Wedeman, reporting live for us. Thank you, Ben. U.S. House Republicans, they have closed their investigation into whether the Trump

campaign colluded with Russia during the presidential election but it ended without their political opponents being consulted. Abby Phillip has the

latest from Washington.

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ABBY PHILLIP, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee abruptly ending their Russia probe without telling Democrats,

announcing that they have found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia to sway the 2016 election.

REP. MIKE CONAWAY (R), U.S. HOUSE REPUBLICAN: Well, you'll never know what you never know, but we found no reason to think that there's something

we're missing in this regard. We've talked to everybody we think and we believe we need to talk to.

PHILLIP: President Trump touting the announcement in all caps on Twitter, but Democrats insisting that the investigation was incomplete and that a

number of witnesses and documents still need to be subpoenaed.

REP. ADAM SCHIFF (D), U.S. HOUSE DEMOCRAT: They would ask, you know, very conclusive questions like, did you conspire? Did you conclude? And if

they said no, the Republicans were content to leave it at that. That's not conducting an investigation.

That's going through the motions. So the fundamental problem from the beginning was that my colleagues viewed their job as protecting their

client, the president, rather than getting to the truth.

PHILLIP: Republican Tom Rooney lamenting that the committee's partisan infighting has gone off the rails.

REP. TOM ROONEY (R), FLORIDA: We've lost all credibility, and we're going to issue, probably, two different reports.

PHILLIP: The House GOP report breaks with the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help President

Trump.

REP. CHRIS STEWART (R), U.S. HOUSE REPUBLICAN: We're just going to have to show the people they were wrong on this. They just misinterpreted some

very key intelligence and drew the wrong conclusions.

PHILLIP: A spokesman for the director of national intelligence declaring that the agencies stand by their assessment and will review the findings of

Republicans.

RET. LT. GEN. JAMES CLAPPER, FORMER DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (via phone): Starting with personal animus that President Putin had for Hillary

Clinton, they wanted to do everything they could to hurt her.

Then when things got serious was then-candidate Trump, particularly when he became the nominee, they were attracted to him because they thought that he

would be much better for them.

PHILLIP: As the House Intelligence Committee's probe comes to a close, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is gaining steam. Deputy

Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defending Mueller's probe, telling USA Today, the Special Counsel is not an unguided missile. I don't believe

there is any justification at this point for terminating the Special Counsel.

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LU STOUT: Now meanwhile, Mr. Trump has blocked chip maker Broadcom's $117 billion bid for rival Qualcomm. The U.S. president said he had credible

evidence that the Singapore-based company might threaten national security.

The Treasury Department panel has raised concerns over Broadcom's relationship with third party foreign entities. The panel also mentions

the takeover could cause the U.S. to fall behind China on developing 5G technology. Broadcom said it strongly disagrees that it's been raises any

security concerns.

This Wednesday, that's tomorrow, is My Freedom Day and to mark the occasion, students around the world are organizing events at their schools

to bring attention to modern slavery and to celebrate freedom.

Now the students you are about to meet are from the U.S. State of Virginia and they want their community to know that human trafficking is happening

close to home. Take a look.

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MATT PLOYD, TEACHER: Smithfield, Virginia is a very rural family-based town. The sense of community is a very big part of our local culture and

identity. My name is Matt Ployd. I'm a teacher of U.S. VA Government at Smithfield High School. Hi everybody, good morning. How are we doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good.

PLOYD: My first day on this job about a year and a half ago, my new department had asked me, what do you know about human trafficking?

[08:25:03] And have you given any thought to making that your project-based learning topic? And the answer was nothing and no, and sure. I jumped

into it and, you know, have a look back.

I like that, convinced. The Provincial Project is a nonprofit organization and it provided a curriculum for us to teach human trafficking in a very

real world sense to high school kids.

Our students are taking the information they're getting and they're taking it off the PowerPoint, they're taking out of the textbook and they're

addressing it in the real world.

They are making sure their congressmen, their senators, and their government officials know what they're learning, and know what they expect

for them to do about this problem. And they've actually pushed for events at the community to help bring awareness to the community by how serious

this is in our area.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And in every single state in America, there's been a case of human trafficking.

PLOYD: We decided to put together a presentation to help raise awareness of human trafficking. The goal being to try to convince local lawmakers to

institute education on human trafficking and to the local curriculum across the board, and all middle schools and/or high schools in the county.

If this one classroom could make this a big a difference and this one classroom can have this much of an impact, what could an entire school

system do? The one thing the kid said is, we want to meet somebody that's really had to live with this, that's had to deal with this.

MONICA, HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR: My name is Monica and I am a human trafficking survivor.

PLOYD: Having Monica come in has inspired the kids, it made it real. Now it's not something you read about or see in a movie. It's somebody's flesh

and blood standing right in front of you. And I thought it was important for them to see firsthand and hear her story, and not be able to turn the

other way.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When Monica came and spoke to us, that's when I got the idea of writing Monica monologues to show what the different views are.

(voice-over): Took every -- every piece of my body...

(on camera): I decided to take her story and to put into words from my point of view of what it would be like if I was in her shoes.

ELISE BROWN, STUDENT: Monica was a part of my inspiration. I don't want this to happen to anyone else that needs to stop, things need to change and

we can't just be that person that sits and watch, we need to do something about it. We want better, we want change.

ABBY CONYERS, STUDENT: I have found such a passion in this problem that I now want to take that on to my college career and to be able to make a

change not only in my community here but future communities that I'm going to be a part of.

JAIA HEAD, STUDENT: I wrote a song I call, The Sail of Your Sister. Just being chosen to perform or just to share my piece, it's an honor.

PLOYD: My students humble me on a day-to-day basis. My students tend to push things further than what I anticipate seeing them doing. They had a

drive that I couldn't have imagined before I started doing this. My students are rock stars.

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LU STOUT: Once again, it's tomorrow, this Wednesday, March 14th is My Freedom Day. CNN is partnering with young people around the world for the

student-led day of action against modern day slavery.

And tell the world -- if you haven't done it, tell them what freedom means to you. Please, share your story using the hashtag My Freedom Day. You're

watching News Stream.

Up next, a senior U.N. official says that she is increasingly convinced that what is happening to the Rohingya and Myanmar is genocide. But what

would it take to convince the rest of the U.N.? Her ideas for that, straight ahead.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN NEWS STREAM SHOW HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching "News Stream" and these are your world headlines.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is giving Moscow until the end of the day to respond to allegation that it was likely behind the poisoning of a

former Russian spy and his daughter. May says the nerve agent was Soviet- made. Russia's foreign minister says Moscow requested access to the substance for its own analysis.

South Korea says the planned meeting in April between President Moon and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un will happen at the DMZ and will likely last

just a day. It says the two will have a longer summit later on. Pyongyang still has not said anything publicly about the talks.

Authorities in Nepal are rejecting suggestions that they contributed to a deadly plane crash at Kathmandu's airport. U.S.-Bangla Airlines has blamed

air traffic controllers for sending incorrect landing signals to the pilots. The airport authorities say the plane's crew failed to follow

instructions. At least 49 people died in the crash.

Turning now to the Rohingya crisis. Amnesty International says Myanmar's military is making a land grab in Rakhine State, trying to remake and to

reshape it. Before and after satellite images show some prehistoric changes.

You can see before on the left here where there was a burned village. Compare that to the image on the right exactly where that village was.

There are a number of new structures. In another image, you can see where villages were burned on the left. And on the right, new structures erected

in the middle of the farmland as well as new helipads.

Amnesty says that the reshaping of the region appears to be designed to hold more security forces and non-Rohingya, another deterrent to

repatriating refugees who fled. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's brutal crackdown, crossing the border into Bangladesh.

The U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar spoke in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. And earlier, I spoke

with Yanghee Lee, and she is becoming more convinced that the abuse that Myanmar denies bears the hallmark of genocide.

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YANGHEE LEE, U.N. SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR IN MYANMAR: Well, it's a long process actually, what happened in Myanmar, the long discrimination and policies

against the Rohingyas and laws and practices. And in -- to identify situation as genocide is really something that a court can do.

But at the moment, what we are looking at from the point of the genocide prevention convention, all of the elements are there that point to the

possible crimes of genocide that was committed in Rakhine.

LU STOUT (voice over): And using the term genocide, is that what's needed to make sure that justice is carried out for the Rohingya and in what form?

LEE: Whatever term you use, we must make sure that it leads to a full accountability mechanism so that at the end justice will be served to the

victims of the atrocities that occurred in Rakhine.

LU STOUT (voice over): There is the crime of genocide or something akin to genocide, and there's the additional crime of doing nothing to stop it. Is

that something that Aung San Suu Kyi is guilty of?

LEE: I think the civilian cannot escape from any criticism or any decision that the government knowingly did nothing or knowingly did not

prevent or even stop what was happening in Rakhine in the past couple of years.

LU STOUT (voice over): In your latest report, you uncovered some extremely cruel acts of violence against Rohingya women. What have some Rohingya

women then forced to endure?

LEE: Oh, the women had to -- you know, the gang rape, the multiple rape, the violent acts of rape and violent acts of physical torture.

[08:35:04] These acts are something that women had to bear, but what was even harder for these women was to see their children being raped in front

of them. To see their babies being thrown in the fire, slaughtered.

Their children being tortured and their boys being killed and girls being, you know, their breasts are sliced out and just the cruelest, most

unimaginable kind of acts of violence committed against women and boys and girls.

LU STOUT (voice over): So, what's the next step here? How can we end the violence, end the persecution of the Rohingya?

LEE: This is why I have recommended in my report that immediately the United Nations should set up a documentation center in Cox's Bazar for the

duration of three years. This is a center focused at collecting evidence, mapping.

And further down the road, we will be able to feed in all this information into a new accountability mechanism that will be or could be set up in the

future. Right now, Cox'z Bazar is where about a million people are taking refuge and about more than 800,000 from the past two years.

And before memory fades and before people start to be relocated or re- displaced, I think every testimony has to be properly accounted, and all those people who are responsible for each individual crimes and collective

crimes must be held accountable in a future court.

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LU STOUT: U.N. official Yanghee Lee there on next steps needed after unimaginable acts of violence against the Rohingya.

You're watching "News Stream." Still ahead in the program, the CNN series, "Tomorrow's Heroes," tells the stories of young innovators who are making

their mark on the world. Coming up, we are going to meet a scientist who is trying to save the planet one printer at a time.

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

Newly-released video of a flying object with no wings and no tail apparently shows an encounter between the U.S. Navy and an unidentified

aircraft back in 2015. And this video has left people wondering, is this a UFO?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): (INAUDIBLE).

LU STOUT (voice over): In this alleged military video, you can hear the pilot clearly -- wow, just shocked at the sight and the speed of this

object. Now, the clip was released by the private research media group called "To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science."

[08:39:57] That group says the video is authentic footage, showing an identified object flying at low altitude off the U.S. East Coast. It comes

on the heels of two other declassified videos of similar encounters published by The New York Times. Pentagon officials have declined to

comment on this latest video.

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LU STOUT: Now, for the next few weeks, CNN is telling the stories of young scientists, entrepreneurs, and investors in new specials series. Their

inspiring innovations will surely make a difference in improving our environment, health, and communities.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta introduces us to one of tomorrow's heroes who is using algae to help save the planet.

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SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: When ink is disposed to the landfills, the heavy metals it contains can contaminate and bring havoc

(ph) on the environment. It's why tomorrow's hero, Shaima Alqassab, came up with a cleaner way to produce ink from a renewable material.

SHAIMA ALQASSAB, INNOVATOR, CEO AT ALGA LIFE: I am really crazy about the environment and you find this in any chemical engineer. We really strive to

make this planet a better place using more sustainable and renewable resources to make products.

My name is Shaima Alqassab. I'm 22 years old. In 2016, it was innovation week in United Arab Emirates. Everyone was calling for thinking (INAUDIBLE)

creating new things. As chemical engineering students, we print a lot of lectures. So we thought, how about making a small portable printer that's

eco-friendly?

We are developing the printer and then we said, OK, how about the ink that the printer is going to use? We've come to know that ink is really toxic.

It contains something known as carbon black, the pigment which gives the black color on the paper that you print on. We thought, how about replacing

that carbon black with something from nature?

This is working good for my experiment.

This one is toxic. Another one is eco-friendly. So what we're doing is we're replacing the carbon black with the green algae as algae has

pigments.

Here we have -- we grow our algae and we make them ready so that they can extract the pigments from the algae and take it to the next step.

And we dry it. And then when it's dried, we add some natural ingredients to it. We test the -- the product and it goes through a certain process so

that it's (INAUDIBLE). And then we add this to the ink cartridge. And we tested if it's printing or not.

And it's having the same function, so we're moving towards the vision of sustainability in the UAE. And Alga Life is moving along with that. We

believe that the future will be written with algae.

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LU STOUT: That is such a brilliant idea. That is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout. Don't go anywhere. We got "World Sport" with Rhiannon

Jones, coming up next.

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