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World Leaders Met for the G7 Summit; Russia Sends Message to World Leaders; President Zelenskyy to Address G7 Countries; Ukraine Badly Needed Help from the West; Protests Erupted Over Roe v. Wade; Twenty-two Teenagers Died Inside a Tavern. Aired 3-4a ET

Aired June 27, 2022 - 03:00   ET

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ISA SOARES, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States and right around the world. I'm Isa Soares in London.

And just ahead right here on CNN Newsroom, world leaders at the G7 summit prepared to receive an urgent plea from Ukraine's president as they put forth a united front against Russia's war.

This comes at Ukraine's capital reels from Sunday's missile strike. We are live from the summit and Kyiv with all the latest.

And police say there are victims as young as 13, following a tragedy inside a tavern in South Africa. Yet it's not clear how they have died.

UNKNOWN: Live from London, this is CNN Newsroom with Isa Soares.

SOARES: Welcome to the show, everyone. Happy Monday. We begin this hour in Germany where day two of the G7 summit gets underway soon. It is a meeting that has so far been dominated by Russia's war on Ukraine. Leaders are expected to hear from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that's happening and expected in the next hour.

He's expected to press for more sanctions on Russia and more military aid for Ukraine. But with the war fueling a surge in food, as well as energy prices right around the world, G7 leaders are trying to balance how to sustain the pressure campaign, of course on Moscow, while also limiting the economic fallout.

U.S. President Joe Biden also pointed to those rising costs as a reason for G7 nations to fund new developments in clean energy. Have a listen.

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JOE BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The entire world is feeling the impact of Russia's brutal war in Ukraine and on our energy markets. We need worldwide effort to invest in transformative clean energy projects to ensure the critical infrastructures resilience to changing climate.

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SOARES: Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's urgent allies not to falter when it comes to supporting Ukraine. Warning that the consequences of a Russian victory could be quote, "catastrophic."

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BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: And if we let Putin get away with it, and just annexed, conquer a sizeable parts of a free independent sovereign country, which is what he is poised to do, if not the whole thing. Then the consequences for the world are absolutely catastrophic.

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SOARES: Boris Johnson speaking to our Jake Tapper. While Ukraine says Russian forces are pressing their offenses in the country's east cities in the Luhansk region are under near constant bombardment. Some places are heavily damaged as Russia attacks the frontlines.

The Ukrainian regional head says Russian forces are relentlessly destroying homes, industrial sites, and local government buildings. These images show a seven-year-old girl, one of six people wounded on Sunday when Russian strikes an apartment building and a kindergarten near Kyiv. One person was killed.

In southeastern Ukraine the mayor of Enerhodar says hundreds of residents are being held captive in the Russian occupied city. And that the situation has grown worse over the past two weeks, he says people are being shocked with electricity, beaten, and held for months.

While Sunday Ukraine's president addressed the people of neighboring Belarus, a close ally of Moscow and from where Russia has launched many attacks on Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in Russian to make a direct appeal to the Belarusian people.

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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE (through translator): You are being drawn into the war, and even more actively than in February and in the spring months. The Kremlin has already decided everything for you. Your lives are worth nothing to them. But you are not slaves or cannon fodder, you do not have to die. And you can prevent anyone from deciding for you what awaits you next.

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SOARES: CNN's Salma Abdelaziz is standing by in Kyiv with the latest there. But first I want to go to CNN's Kevin Liptak in Austria near the site of this year's G7 summit. And Kevin, we are of course expecting to hear from President Zelenskyy in the coming hours. So, who no doubt will continue to call for more help, more military assistance for Ukraine. But give us a sense of what you are hearing on the ground? Is western unity against this war still there? Or has it waned at all, Kevin?

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KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, certainly, these leaders are putting forward that image of unity. And I think those missile strikes in Kyiv yesterday really sort of stiff in the spines of these leaders to ensure that Vladimir Putin, watching from Moscow, saw a united front.

Now heading into this summit, U.S. officials did say to expect a new announcement on sanctions and military assistance. And we have learned that the U.S. has prepared to announce in the coming weeks that it has purchased an advanced surface-to-air medium to long-range missile defense system that Ukraine had been asking for.

So that is in the offing as is some new shipments of artillery, ammunition, and radar systems. Now these officials are also talking about new sanctions, they are preparing to announce a new ban on imports of Russian gold. Another thing that they have been talking about at this conference is a price cap on Russian energy.

Because of course as the price of oil skyrocket, Russia's oil revenues are actually up despite all of the global bans on that around the world. So that is something that the leaders are discussing as well. Of course, western leaders at this G7 really want to turn the momentum around in Ukraine as Russia continues to make gains on the battlefield there.

But they're also weighing that with concerns about potential escalation. And every time President Biden announces one of these new missile systems, that he is sending to Ukraine he always sort of takes into account how Vladimir Putin might respond. So that this sort of dueling these questions that these leaders will have to announce.

And so, when they sit down to talk today, of course they started yesterday. They literally rolled up their sleeves to get these talks under way. It was this image of unity that they really wanted to put forward. President Biden discussed that with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Listen to some of what he had to say there.

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BIDEN: We have to stay together.

OLAF SCHOLZ, GERMAN CHANCELLOR: Yes.

BIDEN: Because Putin has been counting on this from the beginning. That somehow NATO and the G7 would splinter, and we haven't, and we're not going to. So, we can't let this aggression take the form it has and get away with it.

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LIPTAK: Staying united is only going to become more difficult as prices rise around the world as an effect of this war. So that will certainly be the task for these leaders in the weeks and months ahead, Isa?

SOARES: Indeed. Kevin, do stay with us. Let me go to Salma Abdelaziz who joins us from Kyiv. And Salma, as Kevin was hinting and saying that, you know, as the G7 got underway over the weekend, missiles of course were raining down on Kyiv, after I think it's fair to say weeks of relative calm.

You're in the city, give us a sense of what you have seen or what you witnessed, Salma?

SALMA ABDELAZIZ, CNN REPORTER: Absolutely, Isa. As these leaders were gathering in Germany over the weekend, we just saw an expansion of Russian aggression on Ukraine. They were using Belarusian territory to drop bombs, drop air strikes here in Ukraine. There were strikes everywhere from Kharkiv, to all the way along that eastern front down to the south.

And yes, here in the capital, there's been a sense of calm since Russian troops withdrew in early April. But in the early hours of yesterday, Russia reminding everyone here in Kyiv that they still have the ability to hit back. We were at the scene, and this is how it played out. Take a look.

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ABDELAZIZ: An attack that rattled Ukraine's capital. In the early hours of Sunday morning multiple Russian missiles hit a residential area. A nine-story apartment block was struck. Leaving families trapped under the rubble. Dozens of rescue workers scrambled to pull survival of out of the ruins, using cranes to reach this still smoldering top floor.

Natalia Nikita (Ph) now watched in horror as first responders tried to rescue her daughter-in-law. "Losing loved ones is the worst fate," she said. "We do not deserve this."

This video from emergency services shows the harrowing rescue. After nearly five hours of ordeal, Katarina was pulled out injured but alive. This horrific attack is going to shake up Kyiv. For weeks now the capital has been relatively secure, relatively quiet, this is absolutely going to shatter that semblance of safety.

Several other residents were wounded including Katarina's (Ph) seven- year-old daughter who is cut by fragments as she slept. At least one person was killed, police said. The backyard of a nearby kindergarten was also struck, leaving shrapnel where children play. On the scene, the mayor of Kyiv expressed outrage.

VITALI KLITSCHKO, MAYOR, KYIV, UKRAINE: It's a senseless war, and we have to do everything to stop this war because thousands and thousands of un-guilty people, civilians die.

ABDELAZIZ: There are a number of military facilities in the area, officials say but the victims here clearly innocents. The airstrikes happening as G7 leaders gathered for a major summit in Germany, a possible message from President Putin. [03:10:04]

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ABDELAZIZ: Now this is an uneven war in every single way, Isa. Russia has more manpower, more weapons, and more willingness to inflict brutality. President Zelenskyy is expected to address the G7 in about an hour. And you can be sure he's going to bring that up. He's going to talk about the civilian losses. And he is going to bring out how outmanned and outgunned his country is.

SOARES: Yes. We're -- of course we will expect to hear from President Zelenskyy in the next hour. As soon as he speaks of course we shall bring it to you. Salma Abdelaziz and Kevin Liptak, thank you to you both.

I would like to bring in now Kira Rudik, she's a member of Ukraine's parliament. She joins us now live from Kyiv. A well-known face here on the show. Kira, thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us.

As I was saying to my colleagues, we are expecting to hear from President Zelenskyy who is going to address the G7 leaders. What is his message going to be given how the momentum I think it's fair to say has shifted in Russia's favor as of late?

KIRA RUDIK, MEMBER, UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT: Thank you so much for having me.

The message should be that everything that we are getting before we are grateful for. But we need more weapons, more supplies. And we need them fast. The message would be about a sense of urgency that we have right now. Given that Russia learned their lesson and they are pushing harder, being more systematic and being more strategic. And moving slowly and gradually but moving forward.

And it is extremely hard for us the country that is 10 times smaller than Russia and has 10 times less people and the difference between weapons and supplies is absolutely -- crucial here. It makes it impossible for us to hold on. It's a miracle that we were holding on for the long. It's been four months already into this war. And we are doing our job to protect the democratic world against Russia (Inaudible).

But we also want the world to do their part and make sure that while the emotions may be winding down, that support of Ukraine is a part of a strategic plan for each democratic country especially for the world leaders.

SOARES: So, the world to do their part, that's what you say, Kira. I mean, is your sense that there needs to be greater urgency, that the weapons are not getting to Ukraine fast enough? If not, why not?

RUDIK: Look, everybody is asking me why and when the war would end. My answer to that is, well, the sanctions that would really hurt Putin will only start working only in 2023. SOARES: Yes.

RUDIK: So, the expectation that the war would end right now they are not based on any fact. Second, the weapons. We only started getting the weapons that we were promised at the beginning of this war. So, for some of the promises it took four months to be fulfilled. So right now, we need not only the promises and the new packages of support but we need them fast and we need a way to get them to the Ukrainian front 10 times faster than we were getting before.

Otherwise, again, we will be able to fight but we will be able to fight almost barehanded. I will give you one example. I have a small office in Bucha that was destroyed, it was destroyed by three missiles. It's $300,000 spent of Russian money on one small office, one small building. And they are just using those resources without thinking because they have tons of them. We cannot afford this luxury. That's why we need to have more and more and more support and supplies from the western countries.

SOARES: And Kira, just explain to our viewers why it's taking so long for weapons to get to Ukraine? I mean, is it a lack of commitment from western leaders? What -- why is it taking this long?

RUDIK: There are a couple of things. First, there is a long past in the country of origin between the statement that the politician makes and the time and the country actually bought or releases the weapons and sends them over to Ukraine. Then there is the logistic and then there is a logistics on the other end.

SOARES: Yes.

RUDIK: And we have all the rights to these logistics longer because we are protecting their weapons supplies from the Russian missiles, because they are targeting the armories and they are targeting the trains that are supplying the weapons. So, with all of those combined it may take a couple of months and it takes a couple of months. And these are a couple months that we do not have.

SOARES: And those are the couple of months like you are saying that probably could tip the balance on the front lines of course, especially in the eastern part of the country.

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Let me ask you about the politics. Of course, G7 leaders as our Kevin Liptak was telling us, are hoping to protect some western unity, but is President Zelenskyy do you think, concerned at all, Kira, about fatigue? And how does he go about countering that? How does he keep the west engaged here?

RUDIK: Well, as I said, we want to see that the support is not only emotional, but also built up into the plans of the democratic countries as a part of their development, as a part of their budgeting, as a part of their strategy.

Our only question would be like, OK, if you are slowing support in Ukraine, then what is the plan? What is the plan? To let Russia move forward, what is the plan? To let Russia take over Ukraine? And we are just two months away from autumn. Does anybody think that in autumn when the heating season in Europe start Putin will become a better person, easier to negotiate, or he will lose his leverage to cut down the energy resources or ramp up the prices as high as he can? To make sure that he has the upper hand in the potential negotiation.

And this is why we need to take the momentum now, while he is still not as strong as he can be, and as he will be in autumn when the whole Europe and European citizens will be just hostages to this energy crisis.

SOARES: Do you think when we get to autumn, Kira, because we have been here before of course, do you think when we got to autumn that some of that support from western leaders who obviously got ties to, who are dependent for so long on Russian gas, do you think that support for Ukraine, for the war in Ukraine, for President Zelenskyy, do you think that will wane?

RUDIK: So that's -- I have questions about that, and this is why I want all the plans and strategies secured by autumn. And I'm sure that our leadership as well wants to have it all done before the autumn hits. Because it will be emotional and very hard autumn and winter for us, for all of us in Europe, and this is why we will need to have all the agreements, all the plans in place before that, to go through that, to survive it as one team.

SOARES: Where are we briefly, Kira, excuse me, on the diplomatic front? Because it's been said by some here in the west that Ukraine is spending more time speaking to its allies in the west than to Russia to try and find an end to this war? What do you say to those comments?

RUDIK: That all the negotiations and discussions with Russia are useless. Before we have an understanding of what support in terms of guarantees, especially security guarantees we have. Imagine that we make at peace with Russia, just imagine, and the next day Putin breaks with his word. Which I'm sure he is, we all are sure he is. Because we have been fighting with him for eight years already, and we know how he act.

What will happen next? And nobody who -- nobody can explain what is their plan for this day, too, because everybody just thinks that we have to hope that Putin will keep his word, but he will not. And this is why before my country gets security guarantees from the western leaders and from the western countries, there is no negotiating with Putin, there is no making peace with Putin, there will be fighting from our side, we are doing everything possible and impossible to fight for every inch of Ukrainian land.

You have seen that attack in Kyiv, you have seen how many people are dying at the front, it's already -- we have already paid the price for our land that we can't just forget and say, OK, it's peace now.

SOARES: Kira Rudik, we always appreciate having you on the show and taking the time to speak to us. Thanks very much, Kira. Now, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision ending

constitutional protection for abortion, pro-abortion rights demonstrations have been happening in both blue as well as red states. Officials in areas controlled by Democrats said they are taking steps to protect access to the procedure.

We will be bringing you the latest from these protests throughout the day including this from our Alexandra Field who is in Missouri.

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Abortions are no longer being performed in as many as 10 states across the United States. Missouri was among the first to declare that they would put their abortion ban into effect after the Supreme Court's seismic decision that came down.

That has left women largely across midwestern states scrambling to figure out where they can go for procedure if they need one, if they are looking for one. Here in Missouri, it is something that thousands of women have already been doing every year, that's because abortion facilities were so limited in the state already. There was just one clinic still providing abortions. It was open just one day of the week.

We spoke to the Chicago Abortion Fund which is helping to coordinate care for patients from across the Midwest, they provide both logistical and financial support. It's the logistical help that so many will need right now in trying to determine where they can go for care.

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The state of Illinois, according to the Chicago Abortion Fund, is bracing for the possibility that they could see tens of thousands of additional patients entering the state for abortion services. The Chicago Fund says that many of those patients will indeed also need financial help, not just to cover the cost of the procedure but also to cover the cost associated with the travel, hotel rooms, gas, tickets, even childcare.

In St. Louis, Missouri, Alexandra Field, CNN.

SOARES: And just ahead right on the show, 22 people, most of them teenagers, mysteriously died at a tavern in South Africa. We'll have the latest on the investigation for you.

Plus, a bullfighting in Columbia turns deadly after a stadium partially collapses. You can see there the stunning video taken from the scene when we return.

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SOARES: The president of South Africa has expressed his condolences to the families of the 22 people who died at a tavern in the city of east London. Forensic examiners were at the scene on Sunday, really trying to figure out what caused the deaths. And local health officials said the victims were between 18 and 20 years old, though some may have been as young as 13. CNN's Larry Madowo joins us live from Nairobi with the latest on the

story incredibly, incredibly young.

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Larry, what are you hearing, what are you getting from authorities in terms of what happened here? Any clarity so far?

LARRY MADOWO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, Isa, we don't have exact clarity as yet, it is still under investigation. The South African police say they are spending maximum resources to understand exactly what happened, how did kids as young as 13 ends up in a nightclub when the legal drinking age in South Africa is 18.

Most of them were age 13 and 17 according to South Africa's police minister, Bheki Cele who went to this location and later to the morgue. In fact, he was so moved, he broke down in tears in front of the media and the parents who are there waiting for information of their loved ones. Later, this is what he told reporters.

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BHEKI CELE, SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER OF POLICE: But when you look at their faces, you realize that we are dealing with kids, kids, kids. You've heard the story, but when you see them, you realize that it is a disaster.

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MADOWO: The South African police minister said these were not natural deaths, but also, he ruled out the possibility of a stampede. The authorities are not saying what could have been the cause of death of these kids. He also did comment for some criticism online because he, according to some people, lectured the parents when they were grieving, asking why they did not know where their kids were at night, they shouldn't go to bed when they don't know where their kids are.

Right now, there is some criticism and some outrage, some heartbreak in South Africa about something like this being allowed to happen. They are calling for (Inaudible), the Eastern Cape Liquor Licensing Board, as well as the police, because according to some claims on social media which has been widely repeated, this is a common occurrence especially at this tavern. The owner claims he was unaware of, it and not there when it happened. But still a whole lot of questions, Isa.

SOARES: Yes, and a whole lot of answers still being needing to be answered for families of course for all those children. Thank you very much. Larry Madowo for us there.

Now, Sunday, a bullfighting event turned deadly in Colombia after the stadium partially collapsed. Have a take a look at this.

Officials say four people were killed after the three-story structure collapsed and local hospitals have treated more than 300 injured patients from that event. Now investigations are underway to find out what may have caused the collapse. No cause has been reported so far.

And still ahead right here on CNN Newsroom, with day two of the G7 summit getting underway soon. Russia's war on Ukraine is casting a long shadow over this year's meeting. We'll explain next.

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ISA SOARES, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back everyone. Russia's war in Ukraine is dominating the agenda at this year's G7 summit in Germany. The second day of talks are getting underway soon. And in the coming hours Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address G7 leaders virtually. He's expected to ask for more aid for Ukraine and more sanctions against Russia.

Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN the bloc along the NATO will do everything they can to continue to support Ukraine. It comes as Ukrainian officials say Russian forces are pressing their offensive in the east of the country. Heavy shelling is being reported in the last major city still held by Ukrainian troops in eastern Luhansk province.

Let's bring in CNN's Frederik Pleitgen now who is live for us Germany. And Fred, for many of the leaders at the G7 this is a very fine balancing act. How to help Ukraine win but also help the world deal with the consequences that we've been reporting, rising food prices, energy cost, inflation?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, all of those. I think you're absolutely right. It certainly is a very difficult balancing act and you do see in some of these European society, specifically if you look at Germany to certain extent, I think France as well, is that there is a bit of a fatigue that might be setting in as far as the war in Ukraine is concerned in parts of the society.

And certainly, I think one of the big tasks, if you will, that President Biden had here at this G7 summit was to rally those western nations, those powerful nations, the G7, and make sure that they keep in line and remain strong in their support of Ukraine.

And I think that's something that from what we have seen so far from the summit senate seems to have been achieved. One of the big things that President Biden did is he got a bilateral meeting with Olaf Scholz, the leader of Germany, the chancellor Germany of course and there he said that he believed that Scholz was doing an amazing job, that he was steadfast with the United States and was an important partner.

And I think this is something that really was very important for Olaf Scholz here in Germany as well. Because you do have a certain amount of people who believe Germany is not doing enough. It needs to give Ukraine more heavy weapons. But you do also have not substantial part of the population where you do have that fatigue setting in who are not sure whether or not Germany should still be supporting all of this and who certainly are extremely afraid of the economic consequences.

Germany, like almost no other country in Europe or pretty much like no other country in Europe is dependent on Russian energy. Huge industrial complex of course here in Germany massively dependent on Russian oil, gas, and coal. And there are lot of fears in Germany is that there could be massive economic consequences.

So, it's very important for President Biden to keep the Germans and other western nations here in line and make sure they remain steadfast. And I think that's certainly something that so far has been achieved. And of course, we're going to be looking very closely at what's Volodymyr Zelenskyy says when he addresses the G7. No doubt, he'll be asking for more heavy weapons, but he will also most probably show a good deal of appreciation for the fact that there has been this steadfast result that the G7 leaders are now saying will continue.

But you are absolutely right. A really fine and difficult balancing act that some of these European leaders are especially having to go through right now, Isa.

SOARES: Yes. And as one of Ukrainian M.P. told us, Kira, just in the last 20 minutes or so, she wants to see some sort of strategy from the G7 leaders because we've got winter coming and the need for gas as well. But also, there is rising energy cost and food cost all are knock on effect from the war in Ukraine, the grains that has been stalled in the country.

Fred Pleitgen, we'll speak to you in the next hour or so. Thanks very much, Fred. Good to see you.

Now Somalia's worst drought in decades coupled with soaring food as well as energy prices. It's putting millions of people at risk of starvation. We'll have a look at the crisis. A closer look just ahead.

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SOARES: Devastating drought has triggered a humanitarian crisis across the whole of Africa, putting millions of people at risk of starvation. But climate change, sadly, isn't the only concern. The conflict in Ukraine seemingly a world away from this region of course is only making desperately needed food aid that much harder to get.

Our Michael Holmes has the story.

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MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: In southern Somalia, two mounds of earth heaped over the tiny graves of twin girls. They live for only one day after their mother severely weakened by hunger gave birth a month early in a camp for displaced families. Sadly, their tragic story is now part of a grim reality facing millions across the region.

HALIMA HASSAN ABDULLAHI, GRANDMOTHER OF DEAD TWINS (through translator): This is the worst drought that I've seen in many years. After years of drought, we lost all of our livestock. We tried to survive on our goats, but one after the other, they finally died. We fled our home and looked for water nearby.

HOLMES: Somalia is among the countries in the Horn of Africa facing the driest conditions in four decades, and it's leading to what one United Nations official describes as in explosion of child deaths. The ongoing drought is causing hunger mortality rates to rapidly rise across the region. The U.N. says in Somalia, as many as 29 percent of children younger than five are experiencing acute malnutrition.

It comes after four consecutive rainy seasons have come and gone with little rain, according to the World Food Programme, that is killing crops and livestock, and making food and clean water scarce.

CLAIRE NEVILL, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: The humanitarian effort for Somalia is only 15 percent funded. So, what we need now is right now is money. We need the cash to avert the risk of famine.

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In 2011, famine I think a quarter of a million people died. So if we don't act now we the money that we need I think we might head into that kind of direction.

HOLMES: Making matters worse, the World Bank warns that the war in Ukraine is contributing to a historic rise in global prices of energy and food. that's hitting communities and countries like Somalia that rely on staples like grain, particularly hard, relief groups say.

RUKIA YACOUB, DEPUTY REGIONAL DIRECTOR, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, EAST AFRICA: The fundamental issue in Somalia and in the Horn at the moment is a climate induced crisis, right? It's drought. But where the effects of the Ukraine crisis come in, is that the food prices and fuel prices and others are hiked up to a point where we need more resources to secure what we would've secured before. We need a lot more.

HOLMES: As G7 leaders meet this week to discuss a series of global emergencies, a convergence of crises in Somalia and the Horn of Africa is proving ever more dire as climate change and war in Europe drive desperate need in one of the most vulnerable countries in the world.

Michael Holmes, CNN.

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SOARES: If you are joining us from the United States or Canada will be back with more news after very short break. For our international viewers, Inside Africa is next.

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SOARES: Abortion rights advocates were out in force again on Sunday, protests have continued since Friday when the Supreme Court ended constitutional protection for the procedure. Although there have been some arrests pro-abortion demonstrators themselves have been overwhelmingly peaceful.

Here's our Nadia Romero.

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UNKNOWN: Abortion bands are illegitimate. Force motherhood is illegitimate.

NADIA ROMERO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: From Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles and in between, abortion rights protesters continued to voice their anguish following the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate the federal constitutional right to an abortion.

UNKNOWN: I'm angry. I'm fired up. The fight is not over. People did this flight 50 years ago, I guess it's our turn to take the fight up again. It may take us 50 years but we'll give back.

ROMERO: Smaller gatherings of people celebrating the ruling are also taking place.

UNKNOWN: Millions of lives will be saved.

ROMERO: In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a pedestrian was injured by a truck while trying to legally cross the street in front of a federal courthouse during Friday evening's protest in the city, according to Cedar Rapids police.

UNKNOWN: I look over, I see people trying to push the truck back and I just instantly got mad and ran over and tried to stop the truck.

ROMERO: Video of the incident shows a truck appearing to push through a group of protesters with one person falling to the ground after making contact with the vehicle. In Providence, Rhode Island, state Democratic Senate candidate Jennifer Rourke was punched in the face by an off- duty police officer and GOP opponent at an abortion rights rally at the statehouse on Friday night.

Rourke told CNN in a statement, the incident which was caught on video shows what appears to be Rourke stepping into a altercation at the protest and almost immediately afterwards getting punched in the face by Jeann Lugo. Lugo turned himself into the Rhode Island state police on Saturday, Erik Yanyar, lieutenant of the Rhode Island state police told CNN.

CNN reached out to the Providence Fraternal Order of Police to inquire about the possible legal representation for Lugo but did not hear back Saturday night.

In Phoenix, law enforcement used tear gas late Friday to disperse a crowd of abortion rights supporters after they repeatedly pounded on the glass doors of the state Senate building. Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesperson, Bart Graves told CNN.

In Eugene, Oregon, 10 people were arrested on Friday night during a demonstration dubbed a night of rage in response to the ruling, according to a release from Eugene police. Greenville, South Carolina, at least six people were arrested Saturday at a protest that was attended by hundreds of people in downtown, according to a news release by the Greenville Police Department.

Video taken by Emily Porter (Ph) shows the moment police detained several demonstrators in downtown Greenville at the rally. A video shared with CNN shows police detaining several people and forcing a man to the ground. And officers also seen yelling at protesters to get back although another officer tells protesters who are jeering the police we are not on either side.

In Washington, D.C., U.S. Capitol Police arrested two people on Saturday afternoon for the destruction of property after they were accused of, quote, "throwing paint over the fence by the U.S. Supreme Court," USCP tweeted.

Large protests have also been held in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and in New York City, many demonstrators gathered in Washington Square Park to protest the ruling even though New York state law will remain in place to protect abortion rights.

Here in Mississippi the state's last abortion clinic will open its doors again on Monday and they do expect antiabortion protesters to meet them.

Nadia Romero, CNN, Jackson, Mississippi.

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SOARES: It's not just protesters in the streets making their voices heard, so many across the country are expressing their anger and also their concerns over what this court ruling would mean for women. Have a listen to this.

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FATIMA GOSS GRAVES, PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER: Imagine what that is like to have been in the room when that decision came down and multiply that by the thousands as people are waking up and understanding that they no longer get this choice, they no longer make this decision.

What it will mean for them is that they will desperately be trying to find care elsewhere, what it will mean for people is that their health will be put at risk. We are hearing that, you know, people who are in the position, where for their health have to manage an abortion are now desperate and worried about being criminalized for doing so.

[03:50:04] And it will also mean that many people end up being bound up in the criminal justice system, so unfair that we are in this position at all.

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SOARES: Well, as we mentioned earlier, most abortion rights demonstrations have been peaceful but take a look at this. that is Jodie Sweetin, who starred in a classic 80s television show Full House, being thrown to the ground by police in Los Angeles. Sweetin's publicist says she was with pro-abortion rights protesters who are trying to march on a freeway. Witnesses report that Sweetin got back up and continued demonstrating. In a statement, the LAPD said it was reviewing the incident.

Meanwhile, in New York, Planned Parenthood took to the streets helping kickoff the city's pride parade just two days after the Supreme Court ruling.

CNN's Polo Sandoval was there and has the details for you.

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POLO SANDOVAL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The crowds are back to celebrate New York City pride. However, this year another additional element of protests as Planned Parenthood was invited to basically lead the parade this year, a symbolic movement to echo the frustration and also the anger that we have seen in New York City since the Supreme Court ruling was handed down on Friday.

I heard from not just spectators but also participants that heavy on their mind was Justice Clarence Thomas's additional opinion in which he expressed that perhaps would re-examine previous rulings involving gay marriage. This is certainly major concern for many of the participants in this year's parade.

Though the court in its conservative majority assured that the Friday ruling was not meant to affect that part of the law, that is still providing little to reassure participants here and one person calling it terrifying.

UNKNOWN: I think he is really gunning for people who are different and things that he is afraid of and things that a lot of other people are afraid of. It gives us power. It gives us strength to fight back. The fact that he, you know, pointed out those names, I mean, we know what he is gunning for. So, we're going to be fighting right back.

UNKNOWN: They promised under oath, no, they lied to you under oath, they lied to this community, though as my community as a woman. I know I'm safe in New York because it's in our state's Constitution, but it's not just about us. It's about everyone in all 50 states.

SANDOVAL: We should note that on Friday the conservative majority did write that the ruling that we saw on Friday does not call into question any aspects of any same-sex related rulings in the past. But again, that does little to assure people here. But it certainly does open up the conversation about what, if

anything, New York will do to take additional steps to codify that aspect of the law. It also it certainly sets the country on a path to continue further political -- politically charged conversations.

Polo Sandoval, CNN, New York.

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SOARES: On Sunday, Turkish police detained more than 350 protesters in Istanbul for defying a ban on march to celebrating Pride month. According to local (Inaudible) LGBTQIAP (Inaudible) hundreds of people showed up to support the LGBTQ+ community but the supporters were soon broken up by riot police, shown here repeatedly beating and kicking someone held on the ground. The Turkish conservative government under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cracked down on local LGBTQ+ events, at least 23 of the protesters have been released so far.

And we have been seeing high temperatures here across the United States, really, the Pacific northwest and Central California Valley.

CNN's Pedram Javaheri is tracking the conditions. So, Pedram, it was very hot. You showed us last week, when are we expecting things to cool down?

PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN METEOROLOGIST: You know, one more day, it looks like mother nature's air conditioning will be here in a couple of days and we get that marine influence so the airflow comes from the ocean, from the Pacific Ocean and we get conditions that come right back down to reality.

But around the areas of the Pacific northwest, as hot as 102 degrees around eastern Washington into the 90s around areas of Portland and Seattle as well. There are temperatures that are running 15 to 20 degrees above seasonal values in an area frankly that had struggled to even get to 80 degrees up until just a couple of days ago for the first time all year and now surging past that into the 90s.

You'll notice areas across the Valley of the Sun into Las Vegas in the 100s of course, but you'll notice the historic temps have been observed right there around northwestern Oregon, it's in Astoria where 92 was observed on Sunday afternoon lasting the previous record from 2006 of 85 degrees.

But notice this transition, from Monday into Tuesday, a significant drop in those temperatures. Again, a marine push here brings those temps back down to reality. Upper 60s, mid-60s eventually by Wednesday, even rain showers possible, and then eventually we do settle back down here approaching the holiday weekend as temps climb back up to around 80 degrees or so across the region.

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But notice around areas of the four corners states. A 100 percent and 98 percent across the state of Arizona, 100 percent across the state of New Mexico. that's the drought coverage that have been in place. We know a wildfire activity has been significant here but the monsoonal moisture has been in full effect and some area beneficial rain have come down.

And our meteorologist Robert Shackelford and I just noticed here that the containment numbers for the Hermit's Peak, Calf Canyon Fire up to 92 percent. This is among the largest fire in state history. that is the largest and it's the second largest fire in New Mexico's state history.

Both of them still burning at this hour but the rainfall has been incredibly beneficial here, bringing that containment number nearly to 100 percent. Also watching what's happening in the tropics. We do have a couple areas of interest, 20 percent chance in the Gulf within the next five days. Rainfall around Texas the most likely outcome of that.

But follow this, there's a 90 percent chance sitting there north of Venezuela and Colombia, and we do expect this disturbance here to form within the next five days to become a Tropical Storm Bonnie. And all models suggest this will kind of ride this region approach areas of Nicaragua sometime later this week and beyond that another area of formation beginning to heat up here. So, the Atlantic also working up as tropical season heats up across this region of the world. Isa?

SOARES: Pedram Javaheri, thanks very much, Pedram. I appreciate it. A gold miner in northwest Canada has stumbled upon a incredible as well as a unexpected find. A mummified baby woolly mammoth thought to be more than 30,000 years old. The discovery in Yukon's Klondike gold field is the first near complete and well-preserved woolly mammoth found in North America. Scientists, miners, and government officials helped recovered the frozen female woolly mammoth.

What a discovery. And that does it for me. Thanks for spending part of your day with me. I'm Isa Soares in London. You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram. And I'll be back in the next few minutes so don't go anywhere.

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