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Kids Die After "24 Hours of Hell"; Egypt's Parliament Defies Court Order; "Paris Hilton of Russia"; Secret Woman With North Korean Dictator; Versace Label Returns to Prominence; Mysterious Disease in Cambodia Threatens Lives; Power Struggle Continues in Egypt; English Soccer Player Facing Criminal Charges; Large International Airshow Takes Place in Small English Town; African Warlord Serves Partial Sentence

Aired July 10, 2012 - 12:00   ET

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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome to NEWSROOM INTERNATIONAL. I'm Suzanne Malveaux. We're taking you around the world in 60 minutes.

Here's what's going on now:

Right now, two Russian warships with marines on board headed to the Syrian Port of Tartus. Pentagon confirms that U.S. intelligence officials have been keeping a close eye on these ships for the past couple weeks. The Russians say any weapons and personnel on board are to reinforce the facility at Tartus.

Meanwhile, there are more attacks under way in Syria.

Opposition group says that 37 people have been killed already today.

And out of Egypt, kind of hard to believe this picture we're about to show you here. I want you to take a close look. This is actually a baby in a handbag. An Egyptian couple tried to smuggle their baby past airport security in the United Arab Emirates.

An x-ray revealed the 5-month-old was on the screening belt. Police say the baby did not have a visa so the parents tried to smuggle the infant in the carry on luggage. Those parents, of course, are being questioned. Thankfully, the baby is in good condition.

In England, that is the Olympic torch being greeted by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Windsor castle. That happened earlier today. Now, the torch has been making its way across the U.K. for the past couple weeks. It's going to end up at the opening ceremonies in the Olympics in London later this month. The queen apparently, she had some questions about the torch works.

In Cambodia, young children are dying from a mysterious disease. Few who get it survive. Sixty-six kids right now have gotten this unknown illness since April and 64 have died. The disease causes the lungs to fail very rapidly. It is painful and it kills quickly. It is 24 hours of hell.

Well, CNN now has exclusive access to the hospital where these kids are now being treated. Here's our own Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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DR. PIETER VAN MAAREN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: We by no means are at the conclusion of our investigation.

DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: An investigation into the mystery of what's killing some of Cambodia's children at a frightening pace.

VAN MAAREN: The majority of these cases, and mostly maybe under the age of 3, were seriously ill and many of them had died within 24 hours of admission.

GUPTA (on camera): That's pretty frightening I think for people to hear. There's a lot of diseases in this part of the world, many parts of the world, but to kill that quickly.

(voice-over): The backdrop is important here. The (INAUDIBLE) hospital treats thousands of children suffering from dengue fever, malaria, and tuberculosis every week. And remember, this is a part of the world where bird flu and SARS originated.

Still right away, this doctor knew this was different.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a new picture for us. We've never seen this in Cambodia before.

GUPTA: He is the head of the hospital and allowed us into the ICU where the patients are treated.

(on camera): Give you an idea how busy this is. Even as we were talking, the doctor got called, another child in shock. That's what we're going to see right now.

(voice-over): Dr. Rickner (ph) says 66 children came to this hospital with this mystery illness. For 64 of them, it was 24 hours of hell before they died. You heard right. All but two died.

(on camera): Many of these children, it started off rather mild. A mild fever, but then things progressed quickly from there. For example, in Rafanan's (ph) case, who's 2 years old, we don't know what's causing his encephalitis. But this is typically what happens. The fontanel over here starts to bulge and the eyes over here, as you can see over here becomes this conjugate as well.

From there it becomes merciless. It goes from the head, to the brain, to the lungs.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: See these lungs. Age 2 and five hours later, this is the lungs -- c

(voice-over): In the last few hours of life, this unknown illness completely destroyed the child's lungs. And there was no way to stop it.

(on camera): Never seen anything like this before?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, this is the first time, and this make us worried.

GUPTA (voice-over): Something called enterovirus 71, typically associated with hand, foot and mouth disease was found in more than a dozen patients. That's only adding to the mystery.

(on camera): The enterovirus lead to this?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Never, never, never.

GUPTA: So it has to be something else?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think so, but we cannot prove. That they must look for.

GUPTA (voice-over): And that's where the investigation goes next. Cambodian health officials and the WHO say they're now looking into whether expired medication, the wrong medication, or inappropriate medication such as steroids could be to blame.

(on camera): Steroids can also make a relatively harmless infection something much more severe.

VAN MAAREN: Yes, that is definitely a possibility.

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MALVEAUX: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, he's joining us from Cambodia.

And, Sanjay, it's just tragic when you see what is taking place with those young kids and those babies. I understand the next batch of tests they're doing to see if certain drugs might have actually caused this, is that a hard thing to figure out, to determine?

GUPTA: It is, Suzanne. Very hard.

In fact, as you heard there in the piece, even to find the enterovirus 71 was quite a challenge and they found that in 15 patients of 24 who were tested, but there were 66 patients total. So, you get an idea just by listening to those numbers how difficult this is. They don't always have the samples. They don't always have the testing.

Some of this is going to be pure investigative work, Suzanne. And by that, I mean instead of trying to find evidence of the medication in blood samples, they may, in fact, go to where these children lived, try and find out what medications they were prescribed and see if there's something in common between all these children.

They don't know if it was a bad batch of medications, perhaps, or just the wrong medications, as the doctors from the World Health Organization were sort of alluding to.

MALVEAUX: You see the kids suffering like that and it's very clear this happens quickly. Do you have a sense of how long it would take before you get the kind of information that you need, these lab results to come in?

GUPTA: Well, they say it should happen sometime this week. But, you know, again, it's one of these things where if it comes back positive and there's an answer, that's great, but if it doesn't, you know, it doesn't tell you anything. It doesn't tell you that there wasn't medication. It doesn't answer any of the questions.

The actual, you know, going by foot to these places where the children live, that could obviously take much longer.

What they're trying to do now is tell parents and obviously caregivers if children have any of these symptoms to come directly to the hospital, to not get any medications on the outside so they can really monitor everything the children are getting and hopefully try and, you know, stave off just how lethal this particular virus is.

MALVEAUX: And, Sanjay, should people in Cambodia, should they be worried for their children, or people traveling to Cambodia?

GUPTA: You know, Suzanne, I don't think so. And this is also part of the puzzle.

You know, in some ways you'd expect enterovirus, this particular virus, to be contagious. So, you know, if you had a child in the household, for example, a sibling might get it or somebody else living in the household or other people in the community. That's called clustering. And they haven't seen that as of yet.

So I think for people, you know, I think this is sporadic. It's just coming up in isolated cases. I don't think people are at risk. That does not appear to be any evidence of that clustering going on.

MALVEAUX: Sanjay, thank you so much. Appreciate it as always. Excellent reporting.

Now to Egypt. It's 6:00 in the evening right now, but there is a full-blown power struggle that is under way.

Newly elected President Mohamed Morsi, he called parliament back in session for the first time in a month. Well, this is a courageous move, because it is challenging the country's military rulers who dissolved the assembly.

Ivan Watson, he is live outside the Egyptian parliament in Cairo.

First of all, explain to us, why would the president do this at this time -- make such a bold move two weeks into the presidency? What is he trying to accomplish?

IVAN WATSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: He seems to be trying to assert himself against the military rulers, and you have to also remember that the parliament consisted of mostly his Islamist allies. It was dominated by his party, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salifists.

So here, he's trying to bring his supporters a gift, bring the parliament back in and end the legislative vacuum in the country. The generals and the judges said, no. The president said, yes. And in the end, parliament did meet for the first time in nearly a month.

The riot police let the lawmakers go into the chambers peacefully. They didn't stop them. The meeting lasted less than an hour, Suzanne, and it was resolved with a decision by the speaker of parliament to try to lodge some court cases to defend the president's decision.

MALVEAUX: Where do they stand now? I mean, clearly this is a standoff between the president and the military. And there was no violence. Thank goodness there was no violence. But where did they end this?

WATSON: It's not over by any means. It looks like there's a bureaucratic battle now unfolding between competing branches in the government and a lot of this looks like it's being fought in the courts. There are currently dozens of competing court cases, both against the president and defending the president for his decision to reinstate the parliament.

And as long as they're fighting in the courts and they're using lawyers and judges have to decide this, that hopefully means that it won't devolve into riots and running battles in the streets with tear gas and rubber bullets and Molotov cocktails being thrown which we've seen an awful lot of here in Cairo over the last year and a half.

MALVEAUX: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she's in the region, and she's saying that, look, you know, democracy, it's a messy business here, but at least they are talking. You bring up that point as well.

Are the people on the ground there, are they worried this is going to escalate into something that is going to end up on streets and the violence in the streets?

WATSON: I think there are concerns, and especially right now as we speak, the famous iconic Tahrir Square is filling up with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. They've called for a million- man march. We've seen scattered Muslim Brotherhood protests around the city right now.

And some of them got kind of heated and escalated and there were fears that there could be some kind of clashes that erupt there. I think Egyptians are very leery of more street fighting after the turbulence of the last year and a half.

The Muslim Brotherhood seems to be trying to flex its muscles in a warning to the military rulers that it can get people out in the streets, that it should not be ignored, and that's a power play as both sides continue their negotiating and competition in places like parliament and the courthouses and probably in the backrooms where a lot of this is being decided.

MALVEAUX: Very risky power play. Ivan Watson, thank you very much. Appreciate it.

Eighteen months of political upheaval, of course, is driving Egypt's economy now into the gutter. We're going to go live to Luxor. It' is one of the most beautiful places in the world. But we want to see how this power struggle, the political struggle is affecting Egypt's bread and butter. We're talking about the tourism. That's in just 30 minutes.

Plus, she is called the Paris Hilton of Russia. Her empire includes a fashion line, perfume, TV shows. But she is also now a leading activist of the Russian opposition.

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MALVEAUX: All right. So you probably heard of Paris Hilton but have you heard of Ksenia Sobchak? Well, she's not only young, good looking and rich, she has half a million followers on Twitter and she has now become leading voice in the Russian opposition.

"The New York Times" magazine calls her the Paris Hilton of Russia and the stiletto in Putin's side. Wow.

Hala Gorani, she's joining us to talk about this -- this upcoming superstar really.

Hala, the comparison to Paris Hilton, hard to ignore.

HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR & CORRESPONDENT: Right. When you se these videos of her in the reality shows and variety and entertainment shows in Russia, you can see why she's kind of a pop culture phenomenon in the country. She's only 30 years old.

And when you talk about Paris Hilton and the comparisons, it's because as far as the business empire that she has a hand in is concerned, there are similarities. There's an entrepreneurial side to her. There's also that activist side.

"Forbes" by the way, Suzanne, says she's worth $2.5 million. She has a fashion line. She writes columns for magazines. She has investments in radio and television shows and started her own political talk show on television in Russia, Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: It's interesting here because apparently she's now using her wealth, using her popularity, putting all of this to fight now President Vladimir Putin and the power -- the regime that's actually in power now. This is someone who had racy photos and was kind of an interesting person to follow, now totally embroiled in fighting the government.

GORANI: Well, this is what's interesting. It's because her father Anatoly was a mentor to Vladimir Putin who of course, as you know, started his third term as president of Russia a few months ago.

But now this same woman, Ksenia, has been the subject of interrogation by Putin's government forces. She is now projecting herself as part of the opposition movement. She's become a target, she says, because of her speaking out at rallies for the opposition. See some of them there on your screen.

Her boyfriend, Suzanne, is one of the leaders of the opposition and their goal is to free their people, they say, and see an end to Putin's rule, who they say is not entirely democratic. She's even made fake television ads mocking Putin.

Now, keep in mind, her father is the mentor to Putin. Her YouTube videos have more than 2 million views. So like many young people these days and similar to the movement with Barack Obama perhaps in 2008, she and young people in Russia are using the Internet to push their social movements.

But it's going to be very interesting to see how this beautiful, young 30-year-old blond bombshell that's on shows like "Big Brother," you know, how she ends up perhaps politically motivating people in the anti-Putin movement in Russia.

MALVEAUX: You know, Hala, I thought something was really interesting that I read, that the new U.S. ambassador to Russia recently appointed, one of the first things he did was to contact her and to make sure he was following her on twitter and set up a meeting with her. So, it just goes to show how powerful this young woman really is.

GORANI: And how much of a following she has. Half a million followers on Twitter and on television stations everywhere it seems these days.

MALVEAUX: All right. Hala, excellent story. Interesting. A little slice of life there in Russia. Thanks again, Hala.

We'll be watching her, see what happens. Maybe she could end up being Russia's first female president. You never know. Thanks, Hala.

Well, this happens on soccer fields across Europe -- swearing, some tough talk, right? But now one player is on trial for an alleged racial slur.

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MALVEAUX: The racially charged case, that's playing out in London courtroom with one of the world's biggest soccer stars on trial and perhaps the game, itself.

John Terry, who's a former captain of the English national team, he is white. He's charged with hurling a racial slur at Anton Ferdinand who is black. It happened at a match last October.

I want to bring in Matthew Chance from London who's been inside of the courtroom here.

So, Matthew, if something like this happened here, the United States, an American soccer game, you know, the player might get fined by the league, you know, take his lumps in the media, that kind of thing. But this guy, John Terry, he's actually facing a criminal trial.

Tell us what is happening in this sport across Europe that actually brought them to this point.

MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, I think that's an indication of just how seriously the British legal system takes allegations of racial abuse. This could have been dealt with by the English Football Association, sort of governing body of the football leagues in this country.

But after a complaint from the member of the public who saw this, what he thought was a racial abuse incident taking place, it was reported. The prosecution here, the prosecutors decided there was enough evidence for it to go to court. That's why we're here now.

The allegation centers around a match, as you indicated, last October -- October 2011, during a sort of on-pitch tussle between these two premier league highly paid players in which they both traded abuses. But as part of that, John Terry allegedly said the word "black" and that in conjunction with some very sexually explicit swear words as well. That stepped over a line in a major way.

Remember, on the football pitch, there's lots of abuse thrown around between these guys as they engage in this sort of high-contact sport. But this very much stepped over a line. That's why there's this criminal prosecution under way right now.

MALVEAUX: Matthew, we know John Terry in the trial, he doesn't deny making these awful remarks but he's pleaded not guilty. So how does he explain that?

CHANCE: Well, the trouble is for John Terry, I suppose, the remarks were actually sort of filmed by the many television cameras that were recording the game. He's not actually heard saying it but they've had lip readers inside the court. He can be seen mouthing this very offensive phrase.

He hasn't denied mouthing it, but this is really the case. What John Terry says is that, first of all, he was accused by Anton Ferdinand of making this racist abusive remark to him. He then repeated it, he says, out of sarcasm in an attempt to deny it and to move on. That's essentially the basis of John Terry's defense.

MALVEAUX: Explain to us, give us a little bit of context, if you will, for this. We know European soccer have been fighting racial intolerance for years and you've got kids of some of the players wearing t-shirts and arm bands saying united against racism. These kinds of slogans and stuff and things on score boards at games. Do we think that's working? Is it actually trying to counter this culture?

CHANCE: I think there's definitely an effort under way to try and tackle it. Racism's been a problem inside European football for many decades. And, you know, the accusation is amongst many, you know, critics, that the football associations elsewhere in Europe, in places like Russia and Poland and Spain and Italy, that enough is not being done to tackle racism.

In fact, the English Football Association has really been leading the way in many ways, in trying to, as it says, kick racism out of football. I think this is an example of that.

Already, remember, John Terry has been stripped of his England captaincy pending the outcome of this trial. If he's found guilty, he could have much, much more serious consequences s well. He may be stripped of his Chelsea captaincy, may face a substantial fine, not from court but the F.A. in England.

MALVEAUX: Sounds like they're trying to make an example of him as well and try to change the culture of the sport. Matthew Chance, thank you very much. Good to see you.

We always -- when you book a plane ticket, you pack your bag, head to the airport. You think that's it. But have you ever wondered about the plane you're actually on? Who worked on it? Is it top notch?

We're going to look at the Ferraris and the Bentleys of the air.

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MALVEAUX: Welcome back to NEWSROOM INTERNATIONAL -- where you take you around the world in 60 minutes.

So, here's what they're listening to out of India. Hottest Bollywood song of the summer. Skyrocketing. Number one. Take a listen.

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MALVEAUX: I don't know. That's kind of catchy. Neeraj Sridhar and Kavita Seth singing "Tumhi Ho Bandhu" from the Bollywood film "Cocktail".

Now, this check it out, Super Bowl of air shows, the Farnborough international air show, there is where big players like Boeing and Airbus show off some pretty cool new planes. And more important to the rest of us, of course -- this is where airlines decide what kinds of planes will be flying for years to come.

I want to bring in Richard Quest, who's out of London. So, Richard, talk a little bit about this. You got the Farnborough. You got Paris, alternate years. They have these big shows.

Last year, Airbus made a splash in Paris. The sales of the A- 320 Neo plane. And this year Boeing is announcing a couple deals for the 737 Max?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR & CORRESPONDENT: I can feel you're moving into deep waters, Malveaux. Careful here.

MALVEAUX: I'm studying, for God's sake. Tell me about this.

QUEST: Careful. You don't know your Neos from your Maxes.

So, listen, every year, I mean, there's also the Dubai show, there's the Singapore. There are really two big ones are Farnborough and Paris. And they alternate biannually.

And what happens is all the airlines save up their orders and tend to be announced during this period.

Now, last year it was the narrow aisle, the A-320s, which is exactly not the plane you're looking at there. That is the mammoth A- 380 super jumbo, the Airbus plane.

But the point is, so far this year at Farnborough, it has been Boeing that's been making the running, because they've been out with the 737 Max and they seem to be selling like hot cakes. We had a big order yesterday from Air Lease, another big order today from GECAS, the leasing companies.

What does it all mean? It means that the airlines, particularly the U.S. carriers, are having to buy new planes. They're having to buy new fuel efficient fleets, and the airplane makers, Boeing and Airbus, are salivating to try to get as many of the orders as possible.

MALVEAUX: Tell us about the figure that Boeing actually said. They said somewhere in the range of $9 billion in deals. Is that right? Or is that just what they are projecting?

QUEST: Oh, would that they could make that sort of money. What they are saying is that, at list price, that -- listen, when did you last buy a motor car, Suzanne, where you paid the catalog price?

Every time at air shows, you see these. We saw $43 billion worth of planes and Airbus will say, but we sold $45 billion worth. And somebody else tells you they paid $100 billion. The truth is, all these companies, if you're buying planes by the dozen, you get a hefty discount.

Now, one of the great games in the business is to try and work out how much they've paid. I've asked again and again. Every time somebody says they bought planes by the dozen, I asked them how much they paid and it is one of the greatest secrets. Only a few people in the airline or the plane makers know the real price.

MALVEAUX: Tell us why, Richard, there's actually a delegation from Alabama at this show?

QUEST: Very simple. Alabama is the home of Airbus' new factory or assembly plant. They will be building the A-320 NEO. By the way, NEO stands for New Engine Option. They're really witty, these people, when they come up with these names. The A-320 NEO, and they're taking it right into Boeing's home territory.

Boeing already builds, as we know, in the Carolinas with the new plant. It builds in Washington State with both Everett and Renton. It has production facilities all over the U.S. Now Airbus is saying, well, hang on, we are going to build, assemble four planes a month, actually on Boeing's home turf. It's in Alabama. They got a great deal. The Alabama delegation is at Farnborough.

MALVEAUX: All right. Hopefully, you'll meet a couple of folks there, the Alabama contingency. Richard, nice to see you.

QUEST: Thank you.

MALVEAUX: This war lord used child soldiers and turned them into killers. Well, now he's in prison but he's only going to serve a part of his sentence. We're going to explain why.

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MALVEAUX: He sent children to kill and be killed into a war that left some 60,000 people dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, he has learned his fate. The International Criminal Court in The Hague has sentenced Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison.

David McKenzie, he is joining us from Kenya. And, David, Lubanga turned children into killers. And look at the sentence her. We're talking about a 14-year prison sentence, minus six years he's already served. Do we think that this is going to be something that will satisfy folks if he is out in, say, eight years from now?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, certainly if he shows up in the Eastern Congo after eight years, this wouldn't satisfy anyone in this case. But on the flip side of that, Suzanne, this was the first time the International Criminal Court successfully prosecuted a case of war crimes.

Just to go over these heinous crimes, though, Suzanne, Thomas Lubanga was in charge of a group that recruited child soldiers, girls and boys younger than 15, to go in and fight for his personal gain in awful ethnic cleansing incidents into Eastern Congo and the volatile border regions of central Africa.

Those children were often drugged. They were given alcohol. They didn't know what they were doing. Also allegations that he ordered those children tortured if they didn't do these crimes. Those allegations weren't proven, in fact. And that's one of the reasons that the judge said that they're not going for the full 30 years that the prosecution asked for, Suzanne.

The judge also said, criticizing heavily the former prosecutor who's in charge of this case, that he spoke to the media, saying statements that were untrue and, in fact, withheld evidence from the defense. So, you know, now the new prosecutor said they might try and appeal this case to try and get more justice, as it were, for the victims of these awful crimes.

MALVEAUX: David, this is the first time you mentioned that the international tribunal has sentenced a convicted war criminal. Why is that the case?

MCKENZIE: Well, they've been in existence for 10 years. There have been other international courts, but this is the first one based in The Hague and the Netherlands, Suzanne, which is really set up to try the worst, most egregious cases of crimes against humanity -- genocide, war crime, recruiting child soldiers.

And these crimes have gone on in the world, obviously, for -- since time immemorial. But now this institution was set up to try these victims, to try these perpetrators and to give justice to the victims. Ten years, one prosecution, that's a long time and a very low batting average, as it were, for a criminal court.

The prosecution has said that these are complex cases, that they don't have a police force. It's not like a normal court, which can send out an arrest warrant with a police force to get someone who's a criminal.

Often these criminals or alleged criminals are senior members in government. Case in point, Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, who has traveled widely in Africa and hasn't been picked up in countries even like Kenya, where I'm standing right now, which is party to the laws, which means they should have picked him up and sent him to The Hague.

Powerful people doing terrible things -- the international court doesn't have the clout, many say, to bring them to justice. But at least this is a first step.

MALVEAUX: All right. David McKenzie, thank you. Appreciate it.

Egypt is known for its tourism, beautiful pyramids, camel rides, sightseeing, of course, the bread and butter of the country. But tourism is now down. We're going to head to Luxor to see if visitors actually feel safe.

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MALVEAUX: Back to our top story in NEWSROOM INTERNATIONAL. The power struggle in Egypt between newly-elected President Mohammed Morsi and the military took another step today. Morsi made the courageous decision to call parliament back into session. And that directly was defying the military and its action to dissolve the assembly in June.

Well, CNN's Zoraida Sambolin, she's joining us by phone. She is in Luxor, Egypt.

And, Zoraida, we know this is a very popular tourist destination. I've been there before, lots of people who enjoy the pyramids and that kind of thing. What are you seeing when you talk to people there?

ZORAIDA SAMBOLIN, CNN HOST: Well, hi, Suzanne, how are you? Good evening, first of all. I have got to tell you that I've talked to the people here. And I started in Cairo, just asking the question, how do you feel about the decision Morsi made?

And most of the people I've spoken to are very angry. They're distrustful of the president that they say took an oath just two weeks ago to obey the laws and turns around and ignores a high court ruling. Many are asking if there will be no consequences if they decide to ignore the laws of the land.

Others actually believe that there are backroom deals being cut by the Muslim Brotherhood and Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. There is plenty of heated dialogue everywhere that I go, and a lot of division along religious lines, something they say is more evident since the election.

There was a 30-year old, the only one that I could find that actually supports Morsi, and he says that he is frustrated, that Egyptians are being too critical, and he wants them to support Morsi and to allow him to fulfill some of the promises he made.

He said that President Morsi said give him 100 days in office and that here they are, you know, in his second week in office, and they're not giving him an opportunity.

MALVEAUX: Zoraida, talk a little bit about 18 months of political upheaval driving Egypt's economy now into the gutter. You've been to some of these beautiful tourist spots here. What are the tourists saying? Are they worried about their safety? What are the Egyptians saying about the fact that people aren't showing up anymore?

SAMBOLIN: Yes, well, that's a serious crisis. I sat and talked to a bunch of the tour guides just today and that's the one thing that they do agree on, that something needs to be done about tourism in this country.

They think that it's an unfounded fear. They think that we, in the media, have portrayed this as a place that is unsafe to travel to. And they said nothing could be further from the truth. They said if there's a time to travel to Egypt, it would be now.

And I will attest to the fact that everywhere I have gone, there have been no lines, no waiting. I can get into all of the antiquities without any problems. And so your access is unprecedented right now.

And I will tell you also that there seems to be a greater regard for the safety of tourists. You know, you go around -- and today actually I saw some armed guards in one of the tourist attractions. But they said that that really is the crisis here and that at the end of the day, they really would love their president to do something about that.

You know, the population is over 85 million people; unemployment rate is at 20 percent. A starting salary in the government for people who graduate from college is 300 to 400 Egyptian pounds. That's $60 or $80 U.S. So they're in dire and desperate need of tourism to be at the forefront right now.

MALVEAUX: Zoraida, have you talked to any of the young people who are part of the uprising? I mean, why aren't they actively a part of this government? Where did they go to?

SAMBOLIN: Well, you know, they just kind of disappeared. And actually, it was the elders that I talked to that are very disappointed in the young people, because they said, you know what, they started this revolution, which is great, right? It's led to, you know, their first democratically elected president.

But they said, now where are they? Why aren't they running for office? Why aren't they represented in parliament? And they would like to know that they are leaving a better country for their children. And so they are very frustrated with the youth. You know, they come out; they go to the protests but they said that the youth are not taking an active role.

MALVEAUX: Zoraida, we appreciate your reporting. I know you're reporting and you're vacationing all at once. We'll have you back definitely. Just keep us posted on what's going on over there. Really appreciate it.

SAMBOLIN: Yes, it's been a great time. Thank you very much, Suzanne.

MALVEAUX: All right. Thanks.

North Korea, known for its secrecy, but we know very little about Kim Jong-un. So when he steps out with this mystery woman by his side, people wonder, well, who is she? His sister? Wife? Maybe a lover?

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MALVEAUX: Welcome back to NEWSROOM INTERNATIONAL, where we take you around the world in 60 minutes. Want to take a look at what is trending globally right now.

#darrell and #lea are trending in Australia. And earlier today, Ausies made a mad dash to stores to buy chocolate goodies. That is because Darrell Lea, a major chocolate company there, announced it is in a financial crisis, going into bankruptcy protection. Hundreds of employees were blindsided by the news. Now this iconic company, based in Sydney, has been around for 85 years. It's also popular in New Zealand.

A mystery woman has been spotted at the side of North Korea's dictator. Seen here. She has been with him on several occasions. South Korea media, they're speculating, is it his sister, wife, lover? We don't know much about Kim Jong-un. He is the young leader of North Korea. He's believed to be in his late 20s. He took power after his father died last year.

I want to bring in Victor Cha. He's joining us now. He is the author of the book "The Impossible State: North Korea Past and Future."

Victor, thanks for joining us. We really appreciate it.

We know that the private lives of North Korean leaders tend to be very secret. So, first of all, what do we know about this mystery woman?

VICTOR CHA, SENIOR ADVISER AND KOREAN CHAIR, CSIS: We know very little about her, Suzanne. You know, based on these reports, it looks like she's possibly a partner of his. Don't know if she's a younger sister. My guess is that they wouldn't put her on display like this unless she was somehow closely tied to this fellow and possibly to the future of the regime.

MALVEAUX: If she is a wife or a partner, what does it say about the succession of the regime? Do we know whether or not she would even play a part?

CHA: Well, I mean, you know, I think, there, Suzanne, they're putting together like bits and bits and pieces of this guy's leadership. And the piece that's been missing is how he's going to carry on the family name because there really are no more Kims after this one. And so if they are putting this person on display as his possible wife, that shows that there is a determination to continue this hereditary succession long into the future after this generation as well.

MALVEAUX: Victor, this was interesting because this is a -- he's a relatively young guy here. And it seems as if, very lately, he's been loosening up a little bit. So he now has said women are allowed to wear pants and platform shoes, earrings. And he's lifting -- he lifted a ban on french fries and pizza and hamburgers, making cell phones available. That kind of thing. Allowing kids to go to the zoos and amusement parks. What do you make of all this?

CHA: Well, you know, I mean, the optimist would say they're finally opening up, they're finally seeing the light of day and realizing they need to join the outside world. But, you know, it kind of reminds me a little bit about, you know, fiddling while Rome is burning because this country is falling apart and little things like allowing women to wear pants or allowing kids to eat french fries are not going to solve their bigger problems, very clearly. So these, I think, are small steps that he's taking. They tend to be ones that might -- you would associate with someone who's 29 years old. And -- but where it all leads, nobody knows.

MALVEAUX: We recently saw, Victor, as well, it was kind of a weird thing. Kind of a bootleg Disney performance that occurred there. And the fact that he was giving away some cell phones, cell phone access outside of the country, is there reason for us to be optimistic? Because as you say, there are some very serious problems there.

CHA: Yes, you know, I think the whole bootleg Disney thing, I mean, a part of it was because it was a children's day festival. And the speeches that we've seen of him have been with children. So maybe he feels comfortable with younger people, particularly younger children, since he isn't that old himself.

But, you know, whether we can project from that about the future and whether there is a full-fledged reform taking place, you know, I really don't think, at least from people who have looked at this for the past 25 years, there's not a lot of hope there right now. But if we were to see real economic change, that would be a real sign. But right now what we're seeing are very small steps, very piecemeal things that try to distinguish him from his dad in terms of leading. They're trying to show a youthful part to his leadership. But it's all a little bit strange if you ask me.

MALVEAUX: All right. We're going to keep a close eye on this. Victor, thank you for helping give us a little bit more context here. Appreciate it.

CHA: You're welcome.

MALVEAUX: She is famous for her platinum blonde hair, black eye liner and, of course, her high end fashion line. Well, now, Donatella Versace is speaking out for the first time on TV about her brother's murder and why it took her 15 years to return to the place where she last saw him.

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MALVEAUX: Versace, the name itself says high fashion. But since the murder of Gianni Versace, the fashion icon who made the name synonymous with haute couture, the label has now fallen on hard times, until now. Versace's sister, Donatella, has overcame that tragedy and her own demons to rebuild the Versace reputation. For the first time on TV, she opens up about both while debuting her latest collection at Paris' famed Ritz Hotel. Alina Cho has this exclusive fashion backstage pass.

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ALINA CHO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's nearly show time at Paris' Ritz Hotel. Why are they here?

PIERCE BROSNAN, ACTOR: Because (INAUDIBLE). Because I'm in town. And I've never been to one of these events.

CHO: This is an event.

CHO (on camera): How does it feel when you wear Versace?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You feel very sexy and very glamorous.

CHO (voice-over): They've come out for a fashion show. What will go down in history as Donatella's return to the Ritz.

CHO (on camera): You never came back.

DONATELLA VERSACE, DESIGNER: It was too painful for me.

CHO (voice-over): Painful because it was here at the Ritz in July, 1997, that her brother, Gianni, the man who started the Versace label, showed his last collection. Nine days later, he was gunned down on the steps of his Miami mansion by Andrew Cunanan.

VERSACE: After the show, two days after, I say good-bye to Gianni in the lobby of the Ritz and never saw him again.

CHO: The two were as close as could be. She, his muse. He, the creative force. The man who popularized the notion of dressing celebrities for the red carpet. The first to pay high salaries to models creating the supermodel. When Gianni was killed, Donatella took over so the brand Versace would live on.

VERSACE: (INAUDIBLE). Nobody is ever going to be like you (ph). So I need to find my own voice.

CHO: There were highs and lows. J-Lo in this Versace gown brought a lot of attention. But the company lost money. Donatella struggled with drug addiction. Versace lost its way.

Then, Lady Gaga came along. Gaga opened Versace to a whole new generation. Young buyers who don't remember Gianni Versace. That gave Donatella the courage to do a collection for H&M and ultimately gave her the strength to return to the Ritz.

VERSACE: I'm not afraid anymore. That's the worst (ph). I'm not afraid anymore.

CHO: And the clothes reminiscent of her brother's designs and yet all her own.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No one knows a woman's body like Donatella Versace.

STEFANO TONCHI, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, W MAGAZINE: I look like (ph) Donatella as really like a hero in a certain way.

CHO: In 2011, Versace became profitable again.

CHO (on camera): Emotionally, how do you feel?

VERSACE: It's, you know, it's difficult, but I'm very happy. I think Gianni would be very happy.

CHO (voice-over): Alina Cho, CNN, Paris.

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MALVEAUX: This is the week the major fashion houses show off their spectacular clothes. Many of which sell hundreds of thousands of dollars. We're going to have more with some of the world's top fashion designers the rest of the week on CNN. Take a look at Alina's special "Backstage Pass from Paris." That is this Sunday, July 14th, at 2:30 Eastern.

Several stories caught our attention today. Photos as well. Take a look at this. This boy cooling off in a fountain in Athens. Temperatures rocketed to 160 degrees in Greece today. The heat wave there expected to be this intense for the rest of the week.

While in the southern hemisphere, it is winter. This group is stating at the ice skating rink. This is Bondi Beach. This is Sydney. Popular attraction during Australia's annual winter festival.

And check this out. It's the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. The photo capturing the excitement, the danger, as people run for their lives in these narrow streets. At least 15 people have been injured. The last bull run this season will be on Saturday.