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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: Military reshuffle, Kim Jong-un reportedly replaces his top military officials just days before his summit with Donald Trump.
Tiananmen memorial here in Hong Kong holding vigil 29 years after the breakdown, and sudden eruption, the Fuego Volcano claims dozens of lives in
Guatemala, and lava from Kilauea leaves residents stranded in Hawaii.
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LU STOUT: We are less than 10 days away from a historic summit with the U.S., and there is word of a major shakeup at the very top of North Korea's
military.
Leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly replaced his top three military officials, on the U.S. side, Defense Secretary James Mattis is warning
North Korea won't get any sanctions relief until it has demonstrated, quote, verifiable and irreversible steps for getting rid of its nuclear
weapons.
And he says U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula are staying put. Alexandra Field is live in Seoul, South Korea, and she joins us now for more. And,
Alex, what have you learn about this report of a reshuffle of the top North Korean military, and why is it happening now?
ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well look, officials were asked whether this was something that was considered on usual. They say it was
unusual. In fact, they are all three to be replaced at ones, but they said that they were certain that Pyongyang had their reason behind it.
That is for us to parse. Now of course, we are talking about three top officials, all at once, the army chief, the defense chief, and the director
of the general political bureau. Those are the reports that all three men are out.
We understand they have been replaced by younger men who have observed in high-level positions. Of course these men would be considered loyalist to
Kim Jong-un. We are told that they have had sensitive position from that.
They have had some experience with foreign affairs. Analysts are looking into this of course trying to guess what this all means, to what's
happening inside Pyongyang. There are a couple of possibilities here.
This could be an indication of Kim Jong-un working to shore up his already strong sense of power within the country. It could be another indication
of the continued shuffled personnel that we have seen since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011.
And certainly the most compellingly, Kristie, would be that this is another step to prepare for the big sit down with Donald Trump just eight days
away, and this also inter-Korean talk that continue to move forward given the fact that these are three people with some foreign affairs experience.
Kristie.
LU STOUT: And, Alex, also new details about a planned meeting between Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin in Russia, what do we know about that, and the
other controversial leader who's apparently lining up to also meet with Kim Jong-un?
FIELD: So many movements all at once, Kristie. You know, we've heard so much optimism from Washington about a sense that North Korea is really
considering a strategic shift, really this sense that they could be ready to move in a new direction.
And as they agree to sit down with President Donald Trump, there is also evidence that they are working at the same time to strengthen all ties. We
know that Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, was in Pyongyang just about a week ago.
At the time, he issued an invitation to Kim Jong-un to travel to Moscow, the frontline is now saying that that visit could happen as soon as
September. It could be time to come inside with Eastern economic forum, that's one option.
And more news out of Pyongyang over the weekend that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would also travel to Pyongyang. No sate set yet on when
the Syrian President could have there. If he does, he will be the first foreign leader to travel to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong-un.
And certainly this is an interesting development. These are two countries that have a history of both ties to stretch back to the 60s, the leaders of
course have never met, but they have exchange messages of support, and congratulations.
These are countries that cooperate with one another. The latest evidence of that coming from a U.N. report that was released just this winter,
citing alleged evidence or cooperation on development of chemical certainly weapons. Certainly this is something that the U.S. and everyone else is
watching. Kristie.
LU STOUT: Absolutely. So many, you know, developments here, so many world leaders trying to position themselves of a stake, the upcoming peace, and
denuclearization talks. Alexandra Field reporting from the streets of Seoul, thank you so much, take care.
Today marks 29 years since the Tiananmen Square crackdown that began as a large, but peaceful pro-democracy protest. Thousands of students gathered
at Tiananmen Square in April of 1989 to mourn the death of Hu Yaobang, a former Communist Party leader who was trying to reform China.
As a true international attention, China started halting newscast in Beijing, including CNN, then on June 4th, Chinese troops killed hundreds of
people in Tiananmen in a bloody crackdown, the exact number of human toll still not known.
[08:05:00] But every year people demand justice for the victims, and we are going to show you live video from here in Hong Kong from Victoria Park
where the annual June 4th vigil is underway.
This city is the only place in China where people can talk freely, and to assemble freely about the crackdown. Now there will be no official
commemoration of the day on the mainland, and China is also criticizing the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for speaking out about the matter.
Pompeo called for Beijing to, quote, make a full public accounting of those killed, detained, or missing to release those who had been jailed for
striving to keep the memory of Tiananmen Square alive, and to the continued harassment of demonstration participants, and their families.
Beijing says that Pompeo has no qualifications to demand it to do anything. China is also warning the Trump administration not tariffs on Chinese made
goods, as it wrapped up two days of trade talk with the U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Matt Rivers has more from Beijing.
MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, two days of talks here in Beijing, and at least from what we're hearing publicly not a lot show for
as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross left Beijing on Sunday evening after meeting with top Chinese Economic negotiator Liu He.
Chinese state media did put out a statement Sunday saying that the talks produced, quote, positive and concrete developments, but they didn't go
into more specifics than that.
The main takeaway though from that statement was a warning of sorts with China essentially saying that no economic agreements could be implemented
if the United States goes forward with $50 billion in planned tariffs on Chinese imports.
The statement went on to say, quote, agreements between China and the United States should be based on the premise of both sides moving in the
same direction, and not waging a trade war.
But the tariffs were initially proposed as a response to alleged theft of American intellectual property by China, though within the last two weeks,
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin had said those tariff were on hold.
But then just last week, the White House said no. In fact, those tariffs were going forward, the products that would be targeted would be announced
as soon as June 15th, and the tariffs implemented shortly thereafter.
Publicly, since then, the White House is showing no sign of backing off those tariffs, and trade hardliners like White House Economic Advisor Peter
Navarro continue to make the case for tariffs over the weekend.
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PETER NAVARRO, WHITE HOUSE TRADE COUNCIL: They take our technology, and everybody knows they steal it.
MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Yes.
NAVARRO: But they also force the transfer of it, they evade our export controls, and they're come over here -- the Chinese state on enterprise
coming over here with bags full of money, and buying up places like Silicon Valley.
So that's the relationship with China that structurally needs to change. We would love to have a peaceful and friendly relationship with China, but
we also owe our standing firm on the idea.
BARTIROMO: Yes.
NAVARRO: And the President is the leader on this case, these moments for decades.
BARTIROMO: How far are you will to go?
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RIVERS: So now, Kristie, the question becomes if China says it won't agree to anything under the threat of tariffs, and the U.S. plans to impose those
tariffs in just about two weeks, what was actually possible in terms of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' ability to accomplish anything concrete
wall here in Beijing.
It's unclear at this point, and interestingly we have yet to receive a substantive public statement from the U.S. side about this weekend trip,
but what is clear is that publicly, neither side is backing down, not the U.S. from its tariffs, nor China from its pledge not to agree to anything
if they go into affect.
No more negotiations have been announced as of yet, so where this goes from here, Kristie, is anyone's guess. And one more interesting thing, nothing
has been said publicly about a potential deal for ZTE, the giant Chinese telecoms corporation here that has essentially been sanctioned out of
business by the United States.
President Trump, of course, had said he would be open to a potential deal with ZTE, and yet several days, several weeks after he said that, still no
deal for ZTE, a potential sticking point among many in this ongoing negotiation between China and United States. Kristie.
LU STOUT: CNN's Matt Rivers there in Beijing. Now meanwhile, U.S. allies are also venting their frustrations over the new Trump tariffs.
G7 finance ministers excluding the U.S. are gearing up to confront President Trump over the steel and aluminum tariffs that the U.S. just
slapped on them. They asked the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to convey their disappointments to the President.
And now to the Russia investigation, and the stunning suggestion by Donald Trump's legal team that the President may be above the law. Mr. Trump's
most visible lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, now claims that the President cannot obstruct justice, and that he has the power to pardon himself. Kaitlan
Collins has more.
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KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: President Trump's legal team making a bold new claim about their expansive view of his executive
power in an attempt to justify why he shouldn't face any legal liability in the Russia investigation.
[08:10:09] Mr. Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, telling The Huffington Post, it's impossible to subpoena or indict a sitting president, no matter
the offense, claiming, if he shot James Comey, he'd be impeached the next day. Impeach him, and then you can do whatever you want to do to him.
Giuliani is also raising questions about the extent of the President's pardoning power.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you and the president's attorneys believe the President has the power to pardon himself?
RUDY GIULIANI, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LAWYER: He has no intention of pardoning himself. But he probably does. That doesn't say he can't.
COLLINS: This just hours after the New York Times published a confidential letter that attorneys Jay Sekulow and John Dowd sent to Robert Mueller in
January, asserting the President can't obstruct justice, because the Constitution gives him the authority to, quote, terminate the inquiry or
even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired, an argument that is far from settled.
CHRIS CHRISTIE (R), FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY: It's an outrageous claim. It's wrong. They were trying to make a broad argument.
COLLINS: His lawyers argued there is no need for the President to sit down with Mueller, and he can't be compelled to testify, foreshadowing a
potential subpoena fight, especially if the probe extends outside the bounds of the initial investigation into collusion.
REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY (R-CA), HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER: Let them walk through their investigation. But I think if there's no collusion, it's time to
wind this down.
COLLINS: Also in the letter, a bombshell revelation that the President's lawyers acknowledge the president dictated the misleading statement from
Donald Trump Jr., a statement the lawyers called accurate, about the purpose of his meeting with Russians at Trump Tower during the 2016
campaign, despite an explicit denial from the White House last summer.
SARAH SANDERS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: He certainly didn't dictate. But, you know, he -- like I said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like
any father would do.
COLLINS: One month earlier, Sekulow strongly refuting the claim multiple times in July after it was revealed that Donald Trump Jr. took the meeting
with the promise of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton, not as he initially said, to discuss adoptions.
JAY SEKULOW, ATTORNEY FOR DONALD TRUMP: I wasn't involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the President. The President didn't sign off on
anything.
I do want to be clear that the President was not involved in the drafting of the statement, and did not issue the statement. It came from Donald
Trump Jr.
COLLINS: Giuliani arguing that the shifting explanations are just another reason the President shouldn't testify.
GIULIANI: I think Jay was wrong. I mean, this is the reason you don't let the President testify. If, you know, our recollection keeps changing.
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LU STOUT: And that was White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins reporting. The Prime Minister of Jordan resigns following mass protests,
why anger is building over the country's austerity measures, and what is happening right now. We'll get the latest on that story.
Also ahead, the Israeli Prime Minister has a say here for talks on the Iran nuclear deal, and apparently he called a disaster. We're going to be live
from Benjamin Netanyahu's first stop Europe, Berlin.
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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. This is News Stream. Now in the last half hour or so, we have learned that Jordan's
Prime Minister has submitted his resignation. It comes as a country sees its largest protest in years. I mean, this was the scene in Amman earlier
today.
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LU STOUT: Protesters have been voicing their anger over government tax legislation for days.
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LU STOUT: Now, CNN's Jomana Karadsheh is following the protest from Istanbul, Turkey, and she joins us now live. And, Jomana, the embattled
Prime Minister of Jordan, he has just handed in his resignation letter. Did the protest effectively force him out of power?
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, it most definitely has, Kristie. This has been one of the main demands of the protest. They wanted to see
the government of Hani Al-Mulki sacked by the king, and that's essentially what happened today.
He was summoned by King Abdullah to meeting, following that meeting, we've heard these reports from the state media that he submitted his resignation
in the last few minute, a statement from the Jordanian Royal Court confirming that the king has accepted the resignation of outgoing Prime
Minister Hani Al-Mulki.
Now, this would also mean that his cabinet is also resigning, and some Jordanian media reports, including state owned Al-Rai newspaper are
suggesting that the next prime minister is going to be Omar Razzaz. He is the outgoing education minister from this cabinet.
They say that he has been selected and delegated by the king to form a cabinet. This is a man with a background in economics. He is a Harvard
graduate. He has got a PhD in strategic planning and economics. He is a popular figure in Jordan.
Many see him more of an easy figure to, you know, relate to the people. He has been popular on social media, too. So this might be a step to try, and
ease the tensions that we have seen rising on the streets of Jordanian cities in the past few days. But he most definitely, Kristie, has a very
tough task ahead.
LU STOUT: Yes, and these had been massive demonstrations. You know, Jordan gripped by angry protests over five days now. I mean, now that the
Prime Minister has submitted his resignation, will these protest necessarily end?
KARADSHEH: That is the big question right now, Kristie, and the thing is with these protest, they have not really been planned by a political party
or any entity.
These have been spontaneous. They have -- we've seen people taking to the streets in different parts of the country from the south to the north
protesting the economic situation, especially that proposed income tax law that they say is unfair, that is going to make the situation worse for the
poor and the middle class to center.
The focus of these protests has been the Jordanian capital Amman, outside the headquarters of the government, and last night, our team was there, and
they saw thousands of people gathering there. One of their demands was for this government to be sacked.
But that's not just it. This is one of the issues they want to see, and this is what people have been telling us. They want real economic reform.
They want to see real changes. So we'll have to wait and see how much of an impact this decision by the Jordanian monarch is going have on this
protest movement, and we will have to wait and see if these protests do take place.
On Wednesday, the Trade Unions of Jordan have been calling for a general strike. Last Wednesday, they staged their first ever general strike in
Jordan, and another major one is expected to take place on Wednesday. And we also have to wait and see if that is going to go ahead after this
announcement.
LU STOUT: We will continue to monitor these protests in Jordan. Jomana Karadsheh reporting for us live, thank you so much, and take care.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left on a three-day tour of Europe. He is about to lobby European leaders against staying in the
current Iran nuclear deal. Now CNN's Atika Shubert joins me now from Berlin with more. And, Atika, Netanyahu is there in Berlin. His first
stop there in Europe. He is looking to change minds on Iran -- on the Iran nuclear deal, can he succeed?
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, it's going to be a little bit of a tough sell. I mean, he's going to have a press conference with Chancellor
Merkel in about two hours.
[08:20:01] And before he left Israel, he said he had two topics he wanted to discuss with her, Iran and Iran. Basically, though Israel's position is
that the old Iran deal known as the JCPOA just wasn't good enough, wasn't tough enough, and it should have been scrapped.
Iraq -- excuse me, Germany's position has always been that the Iran deal is working, and of course the key there was that Germany, and the E.U.
believed in more carrot than stick, offering to lift those sanctions for Iran, as long as the Iran, you know, dismantled its nuclear weapons
program, and was verified by independent authorities.
Now, Israel says that plan wasn't working, and it wants to see a new plan which encompasses not just dismantling Iran's nuclear program, but also its
ballistic missiles weapons program, as well as stopping what Israel described as Iran's meddling in the region, specifically military influence
in Syria.
So these are the kinds of things that he will be broaching with Chancellor Merkel. Chancellor Merkel, however and like many members of the E.U.,
still stands firmly behind the Iran deal. They want to see any sort of solution has to be paid on the current deal.
Not only that means adding, you know, something to the deal, maybe that means putting more sticks than carrots in the deal, but as far as Germany
is concerned, the JCPOA must still continue, Kristie.
LU STOUT: All right, Atika Shubert live in Berlin for us, thank you. Now, there are fears of more hostilities along the volatile border between Gaza
and Israel. This video from the Israeli military shows the moment Israel struck targets in Gaza on Sunday.
Israel says that was in retaliation after militants fired projectiles at Israel from Gaza. It brought an end to a brief unofficial cease-fire
declared by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but not confirmed by Israel.
And we are learning more about a young Palestinian nurse killed in Gaza on Friday while trying to help injured protesters. Her body was carried to
the streets on Saturday as thousands honored the woman who dedicated her life to saving others. Ian Lee reports from Gaza.
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IAN LEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A young medics final moments. Razan al-Najjar races, and helped an injured Palestinian protester, hands raised in the
air. International law protects medics, but minutes later, an Israeli sniper killed the 21-year-old east of Khan Yunis.
Her friends struggled, but failed to save her life, a bullet wound to the chest. She died just hundreds of meters from her neighborhood, now adorned
with her smiling image. We meet Razan's father Ashraf. He takes us inside their home. He mother Sabreen clutches her daughter's blood soaked vest.
The sorrow weighs heavily.
She tells me they were scared for Razan. But that she alleviated their fears telling them she felt obliged to help. She was clearly wearing a
medical vest. Ashraf and Sabreen now want accountability for their daughter's death.
SABREEN AL-NAJJAR, MOTHER OF. RAZAN AL-NAJJAR(through a translator): I want justice for Razan. Here is her weapon. I want the world to know this
is of Razan al-Najjar.
LEE: Razan worked the frontlines during the weekly protests near the Israel-Gaza border fence. Just last month, she explained to the New York
Times why she risk her life.
RAZAN AL-NAJJAR, PALESTINIAN MEDICAL NURSE SHOT DEAD BY AN ISRAELI SNIPER: (Speaking Foreign Language)
LEE: Israel's military says it's investigating al-Najjar's death, adding the IDF constantly works to draw operational lessons, and reduce the number
of casualties in the area of the Gaza Strip security fence.
Medical workers protested outside a U.N. office in Gaza City. All believe Israeli snipers are deliberately targeting them, a charge the Israeli
military denies.
Razan al-Najjar is the second medic killed by an Israeli sniper. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 200 were also injured,
many wearing vest like this.
Raja (ph) and Abdulaziz (ph) were with Razan when she died. They tell me they will remember her for her bravery. They were more than ever to
continue where she left off. Ian Lee, CNN, Gaza.
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[08:25:01] LU STOUT: Now, in Europe, the U.K. is unveiling it's new strategy to combat terrorism. British authorities say the threat to the
U.K. remain severe, and is fighting to remain at heightened threat level for at least the next two years.
Let's bring in Erin McLaughlin with much more from London. And, Erin, this is the first speech made by the British Secretary, does he layout as a
strategy?
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Kristie. Well, essentially this is a strategy built upon the lessons of 2017, some 36 people were killed
here in the U.K. as a result of terror in 2017.
Over the weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the London Bridge attack, before that was the one year anniversary of the Manchester attack,
so this is a multi-pronged approach laid out by the new British Home Secretary Sajid Javid to try, and combat terror in the United Kingdom.
As you say it's expected this threat to persist for at least the next two years. He began his speech by outlining the nature of this threat. Take a
listed to what he has to say.
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SAJID JAVID, BRITISH HOME SECRETARY: Last year, the threat to the U.K. was raced twice to the highest level critical. The threat to the U.K. today
remains its severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.
Our security and intelligence services are right now handling over 500 live operations. They have 3,000 subjects of interests, and there are further
20,000 people who are previously been investigated, so they may still pose a threat.
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MCLAUGHLIN: So, a key challenge obviously for British authorities, it's how the new deal with over 20,000 people could potentially oppose a threat
to this country. It's not a problem that's unique to the United Kingdom.
For example, in France there's the Fiche S with comprise of some 26,000 people that could potentially pose a threat as identified by French
intelligence authority. So, you know, what do you do about that? That's one of the things that Javid was talking about was potentially
declassifying information on those 20,000 individuals.
Some of them sharing that information at a local level with local police, local authorities. I was speaking to a spokesperson from the home office,
and she was telling me that they're looking at first potentially disclosing information on a handful of those individuals, rather than full 20,000.
They are seeing how it goes, but again, serious privacy concerns being raised here in the United Kingdom as s a result of that approach, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Absolutely. Erin McLaughlin reporting live from London, thank you. You are watching News Stream. And up next, a small city state is
about to host one of the biggest diplomatic events of the century -- the summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.
It's known as tourist destination, but why exactly was Singapore chosen for this? That's next. And one of Central America's most active volcanoes has
stopped erupting, but now there is a frantic search for survivors. We've got the latest on the volatile situation in Guatemala after the break.
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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.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un reportedly has replaced his three top military officials. The shakeup comes days before he and U.S. President
Donald Trump meet in Singapore.
We are also hearing Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Pyongyang last week has invited Mr. Kim to visit Russia in September, possibly around
the Eastern Economic Forum.
China is warning the Trump administration that any progress made on trade talks would be wiped out if the president follows through on his threat to
put tariffs on Chinese-made goods. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was in Beijing over the weekend to try to resolve tension over trade.
And you're looking at live video from Hong Kong's Victoria Park where the annual June 4th vigil is underway, this year marking 29 years since the
bloody crackdown in China's Tiananmen Square where hundreds, perhaps thousands of pro-democracy protesters were killed by Chinese troops.
And in Thailand, a pilot whale has died after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags. That's about eight kilograms of plastic built-up in the
whale's stomach, making it impossible for it to eat. A veterinary team tried to save the whale. The whale died on Friday.
Now, President Donald Trump heads to Quebec on Friday for the G7 Summit where the issues of trade and tariffs will likely take center stage and
then he will be on to Singapore for his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong- un.
Will Ripley takes a closer look at how the city state was picked to host this historic meeting.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Welcome to Singapore, known for its mythical mascot, the Merlion, half fish, half lion. And soon,
something even more surreal. Some are calling it "the meeting of the century," the first ever summit between a sitting U.S. president, Donald
Trump, and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.
Teams from Washington and Pyongyang are on the ground with only days to figure out a long list of logistical challenges, everything from the venue,
infrastructure and security to who will over the cost, given North Korea is a cash-draught (ph) country.
Of all the sites officials floated, Singapore is not the most adventurous like Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia nor the most diplomatic like Geneva or
Stockholm. It's not even the most symbolic place considered, like Panmunjom on the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
So why choose this small city state for one of the biggest geopolitical meetings of our time? For one, location. Singapore is just close enough for
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un to fly relatively easily from Pyongyang. It's also one of Washington's closest Asian security and trading partners,
making it a friendly turf for President Trump.
The U.S. and North Korea both have embassies here. In fact, North Korea moved to this new building a couple of years ago. They also both trade here
although North Korean trade is currently suspended over sanctions.
Singapore also has a growing reputation as a hub for regional diplomacy. It hosted this major security forum over the weekend. Perhaps attracted to
both Kim and Trump, Singapore does not tolerate rowdy protests that disrupt public order. Rowdy press conferences don't happen here either.
Singapore is a tourism hot spot known for chili crab and a striking skyline. But most importantly for the U.S., its neutral ground. All of it
making Singapore perhaps the most conventional choice for two of the world's most unconventional leaders.
Will Ripley, CNN, Singapore.
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LU STOUT: There are scenes of utter devastation in Guatemala's capital after the Fuego Volcano rained ash and lava over communities nearby. At
least 25 people are dead and nearly two million are affected.
The eruptions lasted nearly 17 hours on Sunday. They have stopped for now, but authorities warned more eruptions are possible. Evacuations and rescue
efforts are still underway. Now, more than 3,000 people have been forced from their homes.
Let's get more now from Chad Myers over at the World Weather Center. Chad, thank you so much for joining us. It's a very tragic situation in
Guatemala.
CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST AND SCIENCE REPORTER: Yes.
[08:35:00] LU STOUT: Three days of national mourning declared. Will Fuego continue to post to be a very deadly threat there in the country?
MYERS: Sure. This thing has been really kind of going off since 1999, but this stratovolcano unlike the Kilauea Volcano that we have talked so much
about that is just the lava flow coming out, this was a pyroclastic flow.
This was a volcano that exploded a lot like we have one here in America called Mount St. Helens. A pyroclastic flow did the most damage, killing
the most people, we believe, because it is moving so quickly, almost 700 miles per hour.
Now, it is the ring of fire. These are where the pyroclastic flows are going to happen because the tectonic plates are crushing here. So these are
the most violent type of volcanoes, 450 of them, just like this around the ring of fire.
So here is the volcano itself. Here is the little town that was so hard affected. So it was just that this flow came down the mountain so quickly.
Now there is one more thing to worry about. A forecast for rain and there is ash everywhere. Piles of ash. Deep in places that will eventually if the
rain is heavy enough, wash down the hill, called a lahar, the river of lava moving right down the hill.
Even on satellite, we could pick up the ash cloud because it got so high, 10 kilometers high. So that was high enough for the satellite to think that
it was actually a cloud itself as it erupted and went straight up.
Now, here is the problem. Here is the rub for the rest of the areas around here. The rainfall that is forecast to come down. It could be 50 or even
100 millimeters of rainfall in some spots. On highest elevations, it makes rain even heavier, atop of volcanoes at times, if you wash that ash down,
it's called a lahar.
We could have three solid days of some type of weather here coming through the Fuego Volcano area. So here is the real rub. Here is what we are
worried about for now. We are worried about the ash still coming down. The ash is very toxic to breath.
We can't fly airplanes through it either because the airplane jet engines (ph) will melt the ash, it will get into the jet and then it will cool as
it goes back outside of the jet, and so all of a sudden you will have locked-up the jet engine. Certainly don't want to do that. That's the ash
fall. Also toxic to breath and very greedy.
But the lahar, it's that mud that is going to come down the river, come down all of the valleys here and sometimes, some places into the towns
themselves. And then the pyroclastic flow that is over for now, but that was the most deadly. Those gas and just -- and lava and ash, even rocks and
lava bombs as they were rolling down the hills so very quickly at 700 kilometers per hour. Kristie?
LU STOUT: Chad Myers there reporting the situation in Guatemala. Yet another area of intense volcanic activity. Chad, thank you so much. Take
care.
MYERS: Welcome.
LU STOUT: The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, he is facing heavy criticism for kissing a woman during a meeting event in South Korea.
He saw the Filipino worker at the event. He gestured for her to kiss him on the lips while on stage.
According to Philippines state media, the woman said that there was no malice in the kiss, but some politicians accused the president of misogyny.
One says that he acted like a feudal king.
You're watching "News Stream". Still to come right here on the program, we are going to look to Facebook again because Facebook is yet again on the
defense over how it handles users' personal data. We got details on the information shared with dozens of smartphone and tablet makers, next.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back. This is "News Stream." Facebook is under fire again. The social media giant is on defense after it admitted sharing
users' personal data with dozens of smartphone and tablet makers.
For more on the story, we got Samuel Burke live for us in London. Samuel, how -- how did Facebook let our devices tap into our data?
SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, you know, during the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, you asked me, is
this the tip of the iceberg?
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BURKE: You asked that question because you and I both knew that in all likelihood the answer would be yes. Now, we are seeing this play out. Let
me just explain the situation very simply. Back in the day before a lot of the telephones and tablets had actual Facebook app, Facebook would give
information and access in part so that these telephone makers could make their own version of Facebook. Everybody wants to get on it.
But I just want to put up a list on the screen that shows you all of the information that Facebook was handing over at the time and this has gone on
into present time. You education history, your relationship status, your work, your religion, your political leanings.
Now, a lot of that has changed since Facebook has its own app. There aren't as many platforms out there as there used to be when clearly there is this
big craze before IOS and Android had taken over. But Facebook never really explains why they were giving that information that you just saw in your
screen over to these makers.
And I think it just goes to an era not that long ago, maybe even just a few months ago where a lot of companies were playing loose with data because
there wasn't scrutiny that we've had starting since Cambridge Analytica.
LU STOUT: So this new revelation is out. How is Facebook defending itself?
BURKE: Well, it is interesting. Right away, they talked about the fact that they started putting this program, they started winding it down back
in April, coincidentally, not at all, when the Cambridge Analytica scandal first broke.
But I want to also put up on the screen something the vice president who oversees these types of partnerships for Facebook products says. He is
saying, quote, these partners signed agreements that prevented people's Facebook information from being used for any other purpose than to recreate
Facebook-like experiences. We are not aware of any abuse by these companies.
But that is always the big problem here. It is not necessarily what Facebook as we saw in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. It is what other
people, what other companies, and sometimes their lack of privacy policies. What that ends up doing with our data.
And interesting to note, you and I have been talking a lot about this new privacy law here in Europe that Facebook is rolling out basically
worldwide. We talked to some experts today who say, depending on what happened with this new data that we found out about, depending on how it is
processed, it could be a violation of GDPR.
LU STOUT: Until the next data revelation, Samuel Burke, we will talk again soon. Thank you so much. Take care.
And that is "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout. Don't go anywhere. "World Sport" with Alex Thomas is next.
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