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NATO Backs Turkey's Terror Operations; Moammar Gadhafi's Son Sentenced to Death in Libya; U.S. President Gives Speech to African Union; Kerry, Moniz and Lew on Capitol Hill to Push Iran Deal; North Korean Envoy Denounces U.S. at Conference; Lord Sewel Quits Parliament over Sex and Drug Scandal; Android Hacking Fears; Chinese Stocks Slide for a Second Day; Suspected Serial Killer Slain; Orangutan Kisses Pregnant Woman's Belly. Aired 10-11a ET
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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN HOST: Hello and welcome to the INTERNATIONAL DESK. I'm Lynda Kinkade.
Fresh of breadth support for Turkey's newly ramped up fight against terror and NATO says it stands firmly behind its member ally.
Representatives of all 28 members had gathered for an emergency meeting earlier in Brussels. The NATO pledge gives legitimacy to Turkey's two-
pronged offensive against ISIS militants in Syria and Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq.
NATO's secretary general condemned the recent wave of violence that has caused Turkey to take action.
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JENS STOLTENBERG, NATO SECRETARY GENERAL: Terrorism in all its forms can never been tolerated or justified. It is right and timely that we hold
this meeting today to address the instability on Turkey's doorstep and on NATO's border. NATO is following developments very closely. And we stand
in strong solidarity with our ally, Turkey.
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KINKADE: We're coverage this story from all the angles. CNN's Arwa Damon is standing by in Istanbul.
First, let's go to our Nic Robertson, who's in London.
Nic, certainly did not ask for military assistance. So are they satisfied with simply getting NATO's tick of approval to proceed with this
twin offensive?
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Certainly what they've achieved today is that when Turkey last called an Article 4 meeting
at NATO back in the summer of 2012, six months later, they did get a Patriot missile back. That's what they requested. They were concerned
about overflights from -- and their air defenses from missiles and Bashar al-Assad's air force from Syria.
They've gone into this meeting on a very different footing. What they appear to have done here is to basically set out what they believe their
security situation is, i.e., that ISIS has really gone up significantly in their threat assessment; the PPK, which has always been at the top of their
threat assessment does seem to remain there.
They've gone in and laid that out and said, look, now we are tackling the problem in this way. And for those NATO ambassadors, a sigh of relief
on the ISIS issue because if you go back a year ago, when NATO was having its big meeting here in the U.K., its summit here, one of the things they
agreed to do was to tackle the problem of ISIS, to encircle it and to cut it off.
Now they're seeing Turkey finally after a lot of pressure stepping up and doing that. But of course, these NATO ambassadors also have been
listening to the words between the words, if you will, of what Turkey has said here, to see if this is some -- going to be some temporary move or
whether this actually will become a permanent feature targeting ISIS going forward -- Lynda.
KINKADE: Let's bring in Arwa.
Arwa, we know that Turkey considers both the Kurds and ISIS to be terrorists.
What position does that put the U.S. in, who have been working with the Kurds in the fight against ISIS?
ARWA DAMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a very complicated situation, Lynda. First of all, the Turks do not broadly consider the Kurds as
terrorists; they consider the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, to be a terrorist organization, as does the United States.
But you also have the PKK offshoot, the YPG, that is the Kurdish fighting unit inside Syria that Turkey considers to be a terrorist
organization but is, in fact, one of America's key allies on the ground in Syria and that is where we do end up treading something of a fine line when
it comes to how these operations are going to unfold moving forward.
The U.S. has been directly coordinating with the Syrian Kurdish fighters on the ground in the battle against ISIS and quite successfully.
But Turkey has been gravely concerned about potential territorial gains being made by the Kurds, even if it is being made by the Kurds in Syria
because this is always going to be a contentious issue for Turkey and they are quite concerned about what sort of reaction or reverberations that may
have when it comes to their own Kurdish population.
So it's a very vulnerable situation that Turkey finds itself in at this stage. And one of the key things, as Nic was saying, they're coming
out of that NATO meeting, was ensuring that it has the capital moving forward, that it has guarantees from NATO, from the varied allied nations,
that they will back Turkey's plan against terrorists but also that Turkey could potentially fall back and make specific demands from NATO if it finds
itself in an even more vulnerable situation, choosing at this stage to take an --
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DAMON: -- active role in the fight against ISIS because its policy, up until now, of disengagement, trying to sit this out on the sidelines,
quite simply has not worked.
KINKADE: Very messy and complicated situation.
Arwa Damon in Istanbul and Nic Robertson in London, thank you very much.
One of the sons of the late Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has been sentenced to death according to Tripoli audit phase. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi
to face a firing squad for his role in trying to crush the 2011 revolution. While he was not present at the trial, Jomana Karadsheh has done extensive
reporting from Libya and joins us now.
Jomana, given Gadhafi was not at the court and is being held by a militia in Libya's northwest, what does that mean for the sentence?
JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lynda, we've got to look at how Saif was the -- what has happened to Saif since 2011. He was captured by
those former rebels from the city of Zintan in the northwest, as you mentioned. And he's been held in that city since then.
Of course, we've heard from Human Rights Watch, saying that he has made no public appearances since June of 2014 and it's not really clear
where he is right now. But the thing is here, Lynda, is that Zintan has refused to hand him over to Tripoli in the past and it's also refused to
hand him over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, where he is also wanted there for crimes against humanity charges, that he faces for
the 2011 revolution in Libya.
And it's really highly unlikely to see Zintan handing him over at this point. During the whole trial, we saw Saif appear a few times at the
beginning via video link from the city of Zintan. That was before really the chaos increased in Libya. We saw the beginning of a civil conflict
that led to the creation of two different governments in the country, the city of Zintan that is holding Saif is allied with a different government,
not the one in Tripoli. They're allied with the government in the eastern part of the country.
So it's very highly unlikely to see them hand him over at this point. And lots of concerns, lots of questions, Lynda, about what this really
means, what kind of justice he might face in the militia-controlled country at this point.
KINKADE: And we know the United Nations High Commissioner has condemned this sentence and said it was deeply disturbed by the verdict?
Why? Just explain that.
KARADSHEH: Well, simply put here, Lynda, the United Nations says it is really concerned about this. As you mentioned, deeply disturbed, as
they put it, because the trial, they say, did not meet the international standards of a fair trial. And this is something we've also heard from
other monitoring groups, watchdog groups, human rights and Amnesty International, others have also made similar -- have voiced similar
concerns.
There is a long list of issues that these organizations see that led to this flawed trial as they describe it. If you look at the situation in
the country, it is a country that is in conflict, there is no security; lawlessness there. So lots of questions about how you will be able to
provide a fair trial in these kinds of circumstances, questions raised about the legal representation, whether they were able, these defendants,
to get fair representation and most importantly, some defendants in this case, like Saif Gadhafi, were not able to appear in this trial or defend
themselves as these groups have mentioned in the past -- Lynda.
KINKADE: All right. OK. We'll have to leave it there for now. Jomana Karadsheh, thank you very much.
U.S. President Barack Obama says Washington stands with Africa against terror and conflict. He gave a speech at the African Union headquarters in
Ethiopia, becoming the first U.S. president to address the group. Mr. Obama saluted the, quote, "brave African peacekeepers who are battling
militants."
CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski joins us now with more on this.
Michelle, you've obviously been following this speech closely. It's obviously the first time a U.S. president has addressed the African Union
and Mr. Obama covered a great deal from the importance of educating women to ensuring freedom of the press and government accountability.
What stood out to you?
MICHELLE KOSINSKI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. He really tried to pack it all in there. It has been a packed trip. He is now on his way back to
the United States but clearly he wanted this trip to end with some fireworks. And it was interesting because, without a transcript of the
speech, embargoed before he gave it, and we read through it. We thought, OK, yes, he's hitting all the points there. And we didn't give it much
further thought.
So it was really all in the delivery. He was fired up and almost shouting at times. He started it off with a really personal perspective,
saying that --
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KOSINSKI: -- as a son of an African, that shaped who he is and how he views the world. He wanted to laud Africa for all the progress it has
made, being the youngest and most fast-growing economy in the world.
But then he wanted to hit what seemed virtually everything he saw as needing to be changed. I mean, he kept hitting home the point that dignity
and human rights for all people. He even used the phrase, "no matter who you love," once again, bringing up that controversial subject here of
homosexuality.
And then he slammed what he said the cancer of corruption, slammed oppression of women, the arrested journalists, which has happened here in
Ethiopia, and also I think maybe the point that got the most reaction, he slammed leaders in Africa who didn't ever want to give up their positions
in office.
And the crowd pretty much went wild. Listen to this.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: When a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office, it risks
instability and strife -- as we've seen in Burundi. And this is often --
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OBAMA: -- and this is often just a first step down a perilous path. And sometimes you'll hear leaders say, well, we're -- I'm the only person
who can hold this nation together.
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OBAMA: If that's true, then that leader has failed to truly build their nation.
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KOSINSKI: On terrorism, he said, "Let's call these groups what they are. They're not Islamic. They're murderers."
And we were watching this with a group of Africans, who could not believe how bluntly he was tackling some of these subjects, but they said
they were very, very happy that he did -- Lynda.
KINKADE: Very feisty and quite a long speech, Michelle Kosinski, thanks for staying across it for us. Talk to you soon.
The U.S. secretary of state is back on Capitol Hill this hour. We are going to show you some live pictures there. John Kerry's trying to
convince Congress to back the nuclear deal with Iran. But a new poll shows the majority of Americans want their lawmakers to vote against it.
Also coming up, North Korea warns: don't even think about a nuclear deal like Iran's with us. We'll tell you what else Pyongyang said at a
very rare news conference.
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KINKADE: Welcome back. There are just seven weeks left before the U.S. Congress votes on a nuclear deal with Iran. And U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry is back on Capitol Hill today, trying to get supporters into the president's corner.
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KINKADE (voice-over): These are live pictures from that meeting, Kerry along with the secretaries of Energy and Treasury, are testifying --
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KINKADE (voice-over): -- before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say the agreement with Iran has flaws.
And Americans seem to agree. A new CNN/ORC poll shows 52 percent of Americans think Congress should reject the deal.
Global affairs correspondent Elise Labott joins us now from Washington.
And, Elise, even after all this time negotiating the deal, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's job is not done. He's still trying to
convince Washington it's a good deal. Explain what's happening right now.
ELISE LABOTT, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lynda, right now, he's talking to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Last week, if
you'll remember, in the committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it was a very tough crowd. And secretary's aides say he's looking forward
and he's ready for a very robust and intelligent debate on the deal.
But a lot of the senators are -- and presumably today, a lot of the lawmakers will be grandstanding; a lot of it is statements and not
questions. And so I think Secretary Kerry wants to debate the merits of the deal and not get bogged down in a kind of political back-and-forth.
KINKADE: And speaking of the political back-and-forth, while President Obama has been in East Africa, he has again had to weigh in to
debate on this deal, saying that Republicans are playing fast and loose and he said they're making a mockery of the American political process.
He didn't seem to mince his words, did he?
LABOTT: No, he's not mincing his words. And in fact, the administration has come out with a whole initiative online to try and rebut
what they call this misinformation. There's this Iran deal Twitter account that last week was live tweeting two senators during that hearing.
And so the administration is spending a lot of time rebutting what Republicans are saying about the deal, saying, no, you don't have the facts
straight.
I think at the end of the day, they just want to lay out all the facts and be voted on the strength of the deal, not whether the Republicans are
trying to best the president.
KINKADE: OK. We'll come back to you with more on that meeting shortly. Elise Labott, thank you very much.
North Korea is reiterating that it's not interested in a nuclear deal like the one with Iran. Pyongyang also accused the U.S. of a hostile
policy at a rare news conference by one of its envoys. Our Will Ripley was there.
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WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): When North Korea holds a news conference, it's such a rare event, it's almost newsworthy in itself.
The journalists who turned up were hard-pressed to find any new headlines from Pyongyang's ambassador to China, Ji Jae Ryong. The diplomat ran
through the usual litany of anti-American rhetoric, blaming the U.S. for what he calls an increasingly violent situation on the Korean Peninsula,
expressing outrage over next month's annual joint military drills between South Korea and the U.S., insisting North Korea is a nuclear power under
constant threat of attack from the United States with no plans to disarm.
"The DPRK is not interested at all in a dialogue to discuss the issue of making us freeze or dismantle our nukes unilaterally first," the
ambassador says, a clear reference to the nuclear agreement with North Korean ally, Iran, the deal only adding to Pyongyang's isolation as
sanctions cripple its economy.
On Monday, North Korea celebrated what it calls victory day, the 62nd anniversary of the truce ending the Korean War. Supreme Leader Kim Jong-
un, seen on state media, thanking veterans for defeating the U.S. aggressors, standing under a huge portrait of his grandfather, Kim Il-sung,
the founder of North Korea, bearing a remarkable and many say deliberately cultivated resemblance to the young leader.
Portraits of his father and grandfather line the walls of the embassy in Beijing, just like every North Korean government building.
You may notice the ambassador was sitting directly under the portraits of the late supreme leaders and that's no accident. That is protocol in
North Korea whenever an official or dignitary is speaking.
Our press conference lasts less than 30 minutes.
A 22-minute statement followed by three questions, of which only one is answered. Then it's time to go.
We're certainly being watched very closely as we film inside the embassy, and that's very similar to what it's like when you're actually
reporting in North Korea as well. Clearly the idea of any media being here, especially Western media, makes government leaders a bit
uncomfortable. And so they're watching our every move and they carefully guard the kind of access that we get.
But just being able to go through these gates, being able to see the inside of the embassy is still quite rare.
We leave the North Korean embassy just as we came, with no new insight, no new answers, no wiser as to what exactly is going on in one of
the most opaque nations on Earth -- Will Ripley, CNN, Beijing.
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KINKADE: A grim task is --
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KINKADE: -- underway in Colombia. Digging began on Monday at a landfill in Medellin. It's described as the world's largest urban mass
grave. As many as 300 people may have been dumped there, starting 13 years ago. It's believed they were killed in drug violence of in the conflict
between the government and leftist rebels. The evacuation -- the excavation -- I'm sorry -- is expected to take at least six months.
You're at the INTERNATIONAL DESK. Still to come, a British lawmaker gives up his position over a drug and prostitution scandal. But Lord
Sewel's troubles may not yet be over.
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KINKADE: Welcome back. A British lawmaker has quit Parliament in the wake of a drug and prostitution scandal. Lord Sewel is facing a criminal
investigation after a video came out this weekend, purportedly showing him taking drugs with prostitutes. In a statement released today, he
apologized for causing pain and embarrassment.
Let's get an update now from our London correspondent, Max Foster.
Max, for our international viewers, who is Lord Sewel and why is this such a fall from grace?
MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: Well, he's not a particularly famous figure, but he was a very powerful figure, effectively the number 2 in the House of
Lords, the Upper House of Parliament here in the U.K. He also sat on various committees, including one which oversaw standards for members of
the House of Lords.
So he helped or really led in writing up these new rules, which meant that members of the House of Lords had to live up to certain standards of
integrity, for example. So it's particularly embarrassing for him to be caught in this situation.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): So you want to get some coke?
JOHN SEWEL, CBE (from captions): Well, I mean, if people would enjoy a little.
FOSTER (voice-over): The man appearing to enjoy himself is Lord Sewel, the deputy speaker of Britain's House of Lords, also in charge of
upholding standards in Westminster. The video and sordid still pictures were published by the tabloid, "Sun on Sunday" newspaper. He's seen
allegedly snorting cocaine with two women in what the paper says is a sex party in Central London. Each woman allegedly paid 200 pounds.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): Two hundred a day. What -- how -- that is -- it's the --
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): -- 200 a day to buy lunch?
SEWEL (from captions): It's not lunch, lovie darling. It's paying for this.
FOSTER (voice-over): The paper says the party took place here in Dolphin Square last week, only a short walk from the grandeur of Britain's
Upper House of Parliament.
DAVID CAMERON, PRIME MINISTER, GREAT BRITAIN: These are very serious allegations. I think it's right he stood down from his committee posts and
I'm sure further questions will be asked about whether it is appropriate to have someone legislating and acting in the House of Lords if they have
genuinely behaved in this way.
FOSTER (voice-over): Lord Sewel had choice words for the prime minister, David Cameron, on the undercover video, calling him "the most
facile, superficial prime minister there's ever been."
The opposition Labour Party wasted no time suspending Sewel. The Metropolitan Police announced it's launched an investigation.
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FOSTER: And today, Lynda, more allegations surrounding --
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FOSTER: -- alleged extramarital affairs, coming out of that video. Yesterday, Lord Sewel only said that he'd be taking a leave of absence.
But today, as you've reported, he's actually resigning. He's going to go.
KINKADE: So he's already resigned.
What other repercussions could he face with this criminal investigation?
FOSTER: Well, there is a police investigation and we saw police going into his apartment yesterday. So we'll see what comes out of that. But
actually there's a much broader debate here, and this is about the transparency of the House of Lords and lots of questions about whether or
not there should be reform.
So for example, Tim Farron, he's the leader of the Liberal Democrats, says this scandal really shows that the Lords is rotten to the core. But
also Baroness Stowell, who is the leader of the House of Lords, so Lord Sewel's boss, if you like, she said it was disappointing that it took him
so long to actually go.
And she said, "Because we are unelected, it's especially important to meet standards in the public, that they have a right to expect and to act
swiftly when we fail." So she says he took too long to resign.
But the prime minister actually, talking today briefly about it, whilst he's in Singapore, saying that he doesn't think that there should be
more reform in the House of Lords. He's tried it once; he didn't have much success. So we'll wait to see whether or not that momentum builds, to see
whether or not this one scandal affecting one man could affect the whole of the House of Lords, a crucial institution here in the U.K.
KINKADE: We'll have to wait and see. Max Foster in London, thank you.
Roughly 950 million Android phones around the world are at risk of being hacked. The cyber security firm called Zimperium, that specializes
in mobile devices, says it found a security flaw in the software. Phones can be infected simply by receiving a picture via a text message. And you
can't stop it. Android phones being processing incoming media files even before they are opened.
The flaw was discovered months ago but a fix is not yet widely available. Google says it has sent the fix to its partners.
Finally, this hour, a giant panda in Hong Kong is celebrating a record-breaking birthday. Jia Jia is now 37 years old and that's about 100
in human years. She's now the oldest panda currently living in captivity and the oldest to ever live -- sorry; the oldest to ever live in captivity.
The records were announced today in a ceremony at Hong Kong's Ocean Park. Jia Jia was a gift from China back in 1999 in honor of the second
anniversary of territorial handover from Britain. She has well exceeded the expected lifespan of a giant panda, which is around 25 years old.
And still to come, another selloff on the Chinese stock markets but this time the government steps in with a first aid kit. We'll assess the
latest damage -- next.
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KINKADE: Welcome to the INTERNATIONAL DESK. I'm Lynda Kinkade and here are the headlines.
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KINKADE (voice-over): NATO says it stands in solidarity with Turkey as the country strikes ISIS and Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq.
Representatives from the military alliance met earlier Tuesday in Brussels. Turkey began its new offensive last week after a series of deadly attacks
near its southern border.
A Libyan court has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gadhafi to death by a firing squad. The son of the late Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, was
tried in Tripoli for his role in the killing of protesters in 2011. Although he was not present in court, he's being held in Zintan by a
militia who do not recognize the Tripoli government.
U.S. President Barack Obama is on his way home after giving a speech at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia. He is the first U.S. leader
to address the group. Mr. Obama said the U.S. stands with Africa against terror and conflict.
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KINKADE: Chinese stock traders suffered through another day of rocky trading. China's Shanghai Composite index closed almost 1.7 percent lower
today. That was a recovery from the 4 percent drop earlier in the day. Our Asia Pacific editor, Andrew Stevens, explains the government stepped in
this time to try to avoid another steep selloff.
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ANDREW STEVENS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Most people now think that on Monday, they did step away, just to see what would happen and they got a
very, very sharp reminder of just how panicky investors remain in China.
So after that big fall on Monday, they said on Monday they would step back into the market buying equities and using all tools really available
to try to underpin the market. Now they have spent about $250 billion so far buying equities. They say that a line of credit, basically, for
another $450 billion which they are prepared to use. Yes, the market did finish down again. It came off right at the start of the day on Tuesday by
some 4 percent, as you say. But they did claw their way back somewhat.
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KINKADE: Let's take a look at Wall Street now, where the Dow Jones is up 27 points. Investors are waiting for a raft of corporate earnings
reports and they're still absorbing China's plunge. Here's a live look at the big board.
Joining me now to discuss all of this from CNN New York is CNNMoney correspondent Paul La Monica.
Paul, on Monday, China saw the biggest one-day decline since 2007. It continues on this roller coaster.
What's the impact globally and which U.S. companies are affected?
PAUL LA MONICA, CNNMONEY DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, right now, the turmoil in China's stock market is certainly a major concern. What a lot
of people are still trying to figure out: is this just a bubble bursting? Kind of like what happened with tech stocks in 2000. Or is this a sign of
China's economy slowing and being potentially another financial crisis like 2008? If that's the latter, then that is a very serious problem for many
American companies that are increasingly betting on China. You have Apple selling lots of iPhones in China and many big chip companies that sell
components to Apple, have been hurt lately because there are fears of slowing China demand. Yum Brands, the big fast-food chain that owns KFC,
they're a major player in China. They have been hurt in terms of their sales. And there are a lot of casino companies in Macao as well. So many
blue chip U.S. stocks are definitely watching China very closely.
KINKADE: And as I understand it, only a very small percentage of Chinese people actually invest in the markets. So what impact is this
having on China's economy and consumer confidence?
LA MONICA: Yes, that's a great question. So far, the hope is that even though China's market has been falling very sharply because, as you
point out, there aren't as many investors from a retail level. There aren't as many mom-and-pop average consumers like the way you have in the
U.S. and Europe with exposure to stock market that could mean minimal damage to Chinese consumer confidence and spending.
But it's very psychological. No one likes to see headlines about stock markets plunging. So that could have a ripple effect and it may lead
to a pullback in spending if the Chinese middle class feels that all of a sudden their economy is on a lot shakier ground than they might have
thought.
KINKADE: So can we expect this volatility to continue?
LA MONICA: I think we probably will, as Andrew pointed out. You did have the Chinese government stepping in to try and prop things up and the
Chinese government steps in the past few weeks have helped as well. You did have a sharp rebound from the lows after the really sizable drop that
started in June.
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LA MONICA: So I think right now it's a wait-and-see game. No one has any faith in the Chinese stock market other than what Chinese regulators
are going to do to try and prop it up. So anytime they take a step back, you might have another day like yesterday in what appeared at the first few
moments trading today was going to be another really ugly day before things stabilized a bit.
KINKADE: Paul La Monica in New York, thanks for your analysis on all of that.
LA MONICA: Thanks, Lynda.
KINKADE: Now to a story of fighting back, a U.S. woman shot and killed a man who was assaulting her in her own home. And as CNN's Boris
Sanchez tells us, authorities are now looking for the remains of other possible victims of the attacker, who did not survive.
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"HEATHER," KILLED SERIAL KILLER: I knew he was there to kill me. I could tell he had already done something because he said that. He was
going to prison for a long time.
BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After opening her door to a stranger who answered her escort ad on backpage.com, a West Virginia
woman, who police only call "Heather" says the man became aggressive, wrapping his hands around her throat.
"HEATHER": He was saying, "You're going to be quiet. I'm going to call the orders."
SANCHEZ (voice-over): Moments later, she runs from her Charleston home, pleading for help and chasing down a neighbor, who calls 9-1-1.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from captions): There's a lady in the alley here and she's saying that some guy tried to rape her and she had to defend
herself. She's got cuts and stuff all over her.
"HEATHER": When he strangled me, he just wouldn't let me get any air and when he laid the gun down to get the rake out of my hands, I shot him.
SANCHEZ (voice-over): The attacker, Neal Falls, a 45-year-old man police believe could be a serial killer, a kill kit inside his Subaru has
led investigators to a string of murders. Items inside included a machete, axes, knives, a shovel, a large container of bleach and trash bags.
LT. STEVE COOPER, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT: We also found four sets of handcuffs in Mr. Falls' pockets and the brutality
of the attack that took place in the house where the victim was able to defend herself and survive, all those things together lead us to believe
that Mr. Falls has been involved in similar crimes. He's 45 years old. It's unlikely that this is his first violent crime.
SANCHEZ (voice-over): The case now extending far beyond West Virginia. Investigators in Nevada, Oregon and Illinois all looking at
potential clues that may reveal insights into his past. Authorities tell CNN an item found in Falls' car is believe to be linked to evidence
discovered on several dismembered bodies in Las Vegas back in 2005, where Falls lived at the time. There were remains found in trash bags. All of
the victims, escorts. One of the cases, Lindsey Marie Harris, whose dismembered legs were recovered in Illinois three weeks after she
disappeared. Investigators also looking at any potential cases in Eugene, Oregon, where Falls lived in 2010.
"PAULINE", FALLS' FORMER LANDLORD: Very creepy, very kind of tightlipped and not a chummy guy, definitely, not a chummy guy, somebody
who doesn't want to be exposed.
SANCHEZ (voice-over): His former landlord describes his behavior as "odd." She had him evicted a year after he moved in. While sources tell
CNN that no evidence has yet pointed to a direct link, "Heather" believes she stopped Falls from hurting others.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you feel like you possibly saved other women's lives?
"HEATHER": I know I did.
SANCHEZ (voice-over): Boris Sanchez, CNN, New York.
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KINKADE: The INTERNATIONAL DESK continues in just a moment. We'll be right back after a short break.
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KINKADE: Now to a very intuitive orangutan. As you may know, orangutans share 97 percent of their DNA with humans. So perhaps it's not
surprising that a male orangutan at a British zoo shared a very tender moment with a pregnant woman. Jeanne Moos has the story.
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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Consider this pause pregnant.
Yes, this really is an orangutan at the Colchester Zoo in England, kissing a pregnant woman's belly -- twice.
Before Jamie Clarke, the father, started recording with his cell phone, the 47-year old male orangutan named Rajang actually pointed at
Maisie Knight's belly.
JAMIE CLARKE, EXPECTANT DAD: He started rubbing her belly with his fingers just like that.
MOOS (voice-over): And then came the kiss, which Maisie describes as "a nice feeling."
It's now gone viral.
MAISIE KNIGHT, EXPECTANT MOM: I just keep getting texts all over Facebook that my belly's famous.
MOOS (voice-over): Jamie offered the orangutan his belly, but the ape wasn't interested and shooed away his hand.
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MOOS (voice-over): But pregnant women have repeatedly caught his eye.
Posted one, "this is also how I found out I was pregnant. He kept kissing my tummy and pointing. So I went home, done a test which was
positive."
And a mother posted her daughter's photo, saying Rajang kept touching her pregnant stomach through the glass and didn't take his eyes off her
baby bump.
The zoo says that when the staff was first issued shorts, Rajang became fixated on legs and knees. He's also intrigued by cuts and bruises.
So if you go visit, strip off those Band-Aids.
Maisie is expecting a boy any day.
You're not going to name him Rajang?
JAMIE CLARKE: No.
MOOS (voice-over): She may be expecting, but she wasn't expecting this.
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MOOS (voice-over): Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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KINKADE: Quite incredible, really, a very loving orangutan.
That does it for us here at the INTERNATIONAL DESK. I'm Lynda Kinkade. But don't go anywhere. "WORLD SPORT" with Alex Thomas is up
next.
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