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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world and to everyone streaming us on CNN Max. I'm Rosemary Church.

Just ahead. U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to the conditions to finalize a ceasefire deal in Gaza just days after an Israeli strike on a cafe kills dozens.

Plus another step forward for Trump's domestic agenda bill as it passes the Senate after a marathon voting session.

And jurors agree on all but one of the counts in the Sean Diddy Combs trial, what their partial verdict may say about the final decision.

UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Rosemary Church.

CHURCH: Thanks for joining us.

Well, the latest ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas still hangs in the balance. U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Israel had agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize a 60 day truce with Hamas.

But an Israeli source familiar with the matter now contradicts that claim, saying the proposal is not approved yet. And it's still unclear if Hamas will even agree to the terms. President Trump warned the group to accept the deal, otherwise, quote, "it will only get worse."

The President is due to meet with the Israeli prime minister at the White House on Monday. Here's what he told reporters about the upcoming meeting.

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REPORTER: How firm are you going to be with Netanyahu about ending the war in Gaza? DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: Very firm, very firm. But he wants it

to. I will tell you, he's coming here next week, he wants to end it too.

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CHURCH: Sources tell CNN Benjamin Netanyahu has held a number of high level meetings on whether to pursue a ceasefire or intensify attacks on Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel continues its assault on the enclave. Gaza health officials say Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed more than 100 people and wounded hundreds more in just 24 hours.

CNN's Paula Hancocks joins us now live from Abu Dhabi. Good to see you, Paula. So what is the latest on efforts to reach a hostage release and ceasefire deal in Gaza?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Rosemary, we're certainly hearing positive signs from the U.S. president, saying he's going to be firm with the Israeli Prime Minister in his meeting next week, also saying that he believes there could be a deal by next week.

Now, he has said that he believes Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to push this ceasefire deal forward. According to two administration officials, Hamas has yet to agree to it.

But what we've also heard from an Israeli source familiar with the situation is that Israel hasn't actually agreed to the updated proposal as of yet. It appears that this is a proposal that the Qataris and the Egyptians will be putting -- and have put to Hamas and Israel. It's very much based on the proposal put forward by the United States, but it is still to be agreed to.

Now, what we believe this latest proposal looks like, according to this source, is that it would be a 60-day temporary ceasefire. There would be five living hostages released at the beginning of the deal by Hamas. There would then be five more released at the end of the first week.

Now, previous proposals had said there would also be 18 deceased hostages released in return for an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners. And then during this 60-day ceasefire, there would be negotiations to make that ceasefire permanent.

Now, this is something that Hamas has said consistently, and it has been a sticking point in previous negotiations. They want a permanent end to the war, something which up until now Israel has resisted. They prefer to have a temporary ceasefire to give them the option of returning to military activity in Gaza afterwards if it believed Hamas had not been fully immobilized, if you like.

We understand from a source that Netanyahu now does favor a comprehensive ceasefire hostage deal. He has had a number of high- level meetings on Sunday and on Monday. A source told us on Monday they haven't actually made a policy decision yet.

[03:05:00] But clearly, it would be something he would want to have agreed to with his own cabinet before he goes to the White House next Monday. He'll be traveling there.

We understand also that there will be a security cabinet meeting that Israel will call on Thursday. So there are a lot of moving parts here, Rosemary, but it doesn't seem to be pushing towards one direction.

Of course, it's not certain that Hamas will agree to this deal given the fact that they want a permanent ceasefire. It would be interesting to see if this proposal does actually push towards that, Rosemary.

CHURCH: And Paula, President Donald Trump is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. What's expected to come out of that meeting?

HANCOCKS: Well, certainly this will be the main topic, the ceasefire- hostage deal. The U.S. President has made it abundantly clear that he wants an end to the war now. Ever since the ceasefire was agreed between Israel and Iran, there has been a feeling among mediators, certainly among the Trump administration, that that momentum should be used to try and secure this ceasefire in Gaza as well.

He has been -- Mr. Trump has been very public on social media saying, get the end of the war in Gaza. The deal must be done. And he said in the sound you played a little earlier that he is going to be very firm with the Israeli Prime Minister.

Now, with that kind of pressure on the Israeli government, it's uncertain if they would be able to resist that. We know that Netanyahu also has pressure from far-right elements of his coalition, which don't want to see a ceasefire in Gaza. They want the war to continue.

So this obviously will be the main topic of conversation between the two. And given the fact the U.S. president says he believes there could be a deal next week, one would assume he would like something to announce after that meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. Rosemary.

CHURCH: All right. Paula Hancocks, joining us live from Abu Dhabi with that report. I appreciate it.

Well, now to Washington, where President Trump's domestic agenda bill has cleared the House Rules Committee and is headed to the full House today. But even some Republicans are vowing to vote against it, making its final approval uncertain. The Senate narrowly passed the measure 51 to 50 on Tuesday after a marathon voting session lasting more than 24 hours, the longest ever.

Vice President J.D. Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote. Senators made changes in the legislation to Medicaid requirements, adding additional money to help fund rural hospitals. And they got rid of a last minute tax on future wind and solar energy projects.

President Trump called the bill's passage, quote, "music to my ears."

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TRUMP: It tells you there's something for everyone. I mean, we have -- it's a great bill. There is something for everyone.

And I think it's going to go very nicely in the House. Actually, I think it will be easier in the House than it was in the Senate.

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CHURCH: More now from CNN's Washington correspondent, Sunlen Serfaty.

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SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: This will be a critical moment for this bill. The House intends to move to final passage at some point on Wednesday.

But how they get there, when they get there and if they get there is still an open question at this hour.

The first thing that I look for is a procedural vote. This is in essence a chamber vote on a rule on the bill. That is in essence a vote to advance the bill.

And that's where we'll get an early indication how House conservatives who are frustrated with this process, worried about the contents of the bill, if they will get behind it.

Now, many of them at this hour have indicated that they potentially could stand in the way of the bill going forward. They are frustrated and concerned about the deep cuts that the Senate amended bill made to Medicaid. They want to go ahead and amend it again.

That is something that House Republican leadership wants to avoid. They want to avoid this legislative ping pong where the bill goes back-and-forth between the House and Senate. House Republican leaders want to get this over with.

They want to see this passed on Wednesday in the House. But how they get there, again, is still an open question.

The House speaker can only afford to lose three Republican defectors at this point if there is full attendance in the House on Wednesday. And that also is an open question because weather is further complicating the plans of House Republican leadership.

There are severe storms in the East Coast and many members are facing flight delays. So they need each and every member back here in attendance to potentially vote on this bill.

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House Republican leaders projecting confidence, also acknowledging that they need to deal with the hand that they are dealt, acknowledging that they need to potentially work with some members in the morning. So this potentially could set off a scramble. A lot to happen before this bill gets over the finish line here in the House. Sunlen Serfaty, CNN, Washington.

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CHURCH: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the end of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday after the Trump administration dismantled the humanitarian organization. Rubio said in a post that the, quote, "era of government-sanctioned inefficiency has officially come to an end." As of July 1st, USAID will cease to exist and its foreign aid programs will be carried out by the State Department as it sees fit.

Now, this comes as a new study found that the elimination of USAID could contribute to more than 14 million deaths in the next five years. Nearly a third of those deaths, more than four and a half million, are estimated to be among children younger than five.

And one of the co-authors of that study joins us now. Davide Rasella is the head of the Health Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. I appreciate you joining us.

DAVIDE RASELLA, HEAD OF HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION GROUP, BARCELONA INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: Thank you for having me here.

CHURCH: Of course. And as one of the authors of this study on the mortality rates of cuts to USAID, you evaluated the impact of two decades of this U.S. support and projected the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030. So what all did you find?

RASELLA: So, yes, I think one of the most important part of the study is we have evaluated the last two decades and we have seen how during this period USAID-funded intervention were able to prevent more than 91 million deaths, considering all ages and all causes. And among them, 30 million children under five.

Based on that, we used all the data and all the estimates to predict the future and to estimate the impact of USAID funding until 2030, coming up with this number of 14, more than five million under five deaths.

CHURCH: Yes, I mean, these are shocking numbers, of course. The Trump administration has insisted that no deaths have resulted from the deep cuts made to USAID. What would you say to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio about those assertions?

RASELLA: It's not just me. OK, it is one important part of this study, which is that we are just one of the group working on that. So there are many other groups in the academia preparing similar study that are going to be published in the next two weeks confirming these numbers.

And not only academia and scientists are confirming this, people in the field, humanitarian workers in the field, they are seeing what is going on, what is currently happening, because the problem of these cuts is how abruptly they have been done. And also in very important critical lifesaving interventions. CHURCH: So what needs to happen to restore the level of assistance that was previously offered to those in need by USAID? And is there another country or perhaps an organization that can step in to that void, to that vacuum left behind?

RASELLA: So we are here in Seville now at the Finance for Development U.N. Congress with four major leaders. And it is really a turning point for humanitarian development assistance now worldwide. It will need to be found a solution, of course, but the solution cannot be to abruptly interrupt the lifesaving interventions, leaving undernourished children without any food support or people with HIV without any antiretroviral therapy.

CHURCH: And what is the greatest need and what part of the world needs the assistance immediately?

RASELLA: Now, the largest recipients of these benefits of USAID are, of course, countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which are the ones more vulnerable, of course, and the ones that they have not resilience.

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You know, the problem is that we cannot interrupt something when you have extremely vulnerable people without any resilience. These things need to be done and planned with a specific strategy.

CHURCH: Davide Rasella, thank you so much for talking with us and explaining the results of your study. We do appreciate it.

RASELLA: Thank you.

Still to come, jurors are set to begin a third day of deliberations in the trial of Sean Diddy Combs after reaching a partial verdict. We will have more details from outside the courtroom after a short break, stay with us.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone.

A jury has reached a partial verdict in the trial of entertainment mogul Sean Diddy Combs and will pick up deliberations in the hours ahead. Jurors reached a verdict on the counts of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, but were unable to reach a verdict on the racketeering conspiracy count.

CNN's Kara Scannell has more details from New York.

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KARA SCANNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The jury in the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial reached a partial verdict on Tuesday. The jury said they could not reach a unanimous decision on count one. That's a racketeering conspiracy charge, but they did reach unanimous decisions on the sex trafficking counts and on the transportation to engage in prostitution.

The scene inside the courtroom as this was unfolding, Combs was huddled around his attorneys. At one point, one of his lawyers walked over, took a copy of the handwritten note and brought it over to Combs with his lawyers circled around him tightly as they discussed what their next steps were.

The judge asked them what they wanted to do, and both the prosecution and Combs lawyers wanted the jurors to continue to deliberate. The judge brought them back in, instructed them that they should continue to deliberate, follow their duties and obligations. And the jurors said that they would be back at 9 a.m. on Wednesday to resume deliberations.

If they're unable to make a decision on this, the judge could issue an Allen charge as a more serious instruction, urging them to try to bridge the gap and reach the unanimity on this remaining count. But as for now, the jury will be back inside the courtroom on Wednesday morning to continue their deliberations.

Kara Scannell, CNN, New York.

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CHURCH: Joining me now is Areva Martin, a civil rights attorney and legal affairs commentator, and she joins me from Los Angeles. I appreciate you being with us.

AREVA MARTIN, CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AND LEGAL RIGHTS COMMENTATOR: Hi, Rosemary.

CHURCH: So jurors are just hours away from a third day of deliberations in the Sean Diddy Combs trial after reaching that partial verdict Tuesday. What's your reading of where this might go from here and which side would you prefer to be on, the prosecution or defense?

MARTIN: Well, I'm sure, Rosemary, that Sean Combs' team was disappointed to learn that there's a possibility of a mistrial on that RICO charge. Now, it is the more serious charge.

So they may be elated that at least at this point there's not a conviction on that charge. But if there is a mistrial, meaning the jurors cannot come to a unanimous decision with regards to that RICO charge, even after the judge has instructed them to continue to deliberate, doesn't mean that he gets to walk free. If there is a mistrial, that gives the prosecution an opportunity to retry the case.

We know that Sean Combs has been detained. He's actually been in jail awaiting the trial after the indictment was issued.

So I'm certain that his side is not celebrating, although it isn't a fatal ending at this point. So there's still a lot of information we have to learn from this jury, particularly how they've decided on those four other charges where apparently they have been able to reach an agreement. CHURCH: Right. And how likely is a mistrial, then, do you think, if

the jury remains deadlocked and can't reach a verdict on that racketeering conspiracy count?

MARTIN: Well, what we're hearing is that the jurors have pretty much staked out positions and that they're unshakable, unmovable. That was the word coming out of the jury deliberation room today.

Now, it doesn't mean that when we start back at 9 a.m., fresh minds, if they've been able to get some rest, that some jurors may be able to point out evidence in the deliberation room that would cause some of the other jurors to change their mind. But it does tell us that some jurors obviously thought the prosecution met its burden on that RICO charge and others believe that it had not.

And again, as we're hearing, the jurors are pretty strident in the positions that they've taken with respect to that RICO charge. Not uncommon, it's a very complicated charge, probably one of the most difficult of the five that were presented during the trial. So not at all surprised that we're seeing this impasse at this moment.

CHURCH: So what guidance or instructions should the judge be offering the jurors Wednesday to help them reach a verdict?

MARTIN: Well, at this point, the judge sent the jurors home, told them to come back Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. to continue to deliberate. He did not issue that more serious Allen charge. The Allen charge is where a judge gives the jurors more direction, really admonishes them about the importance of following the evidence, following the jury instructions, and to really, really try hard to come up with a unanimous decision.

It's my guess that the judge may issue an Allen charge if after a couple of hours tomorrow we get another note from the jurors saying that they still are at an impasse. But at some point, the judge will have to accept that the jurors just may not be able to reach agreement, unanimous agreement, on the very serious RICO charges.

And at that point, the judge is likely to declare a mistrial, at least as it relates to that one charge that we're going to hear at some point, maybe Wednesday, maybe Thursday, because each side, prosecution and defense, said that they were willing for the jurors to deliberate on Thursday if necessary.

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So we're going to hear something about the sex trafficking and the transportation to engage in prostitution charges. And my guess is we will probably hear about those charges on Wednesday.

CHURCH: So take us through what would happen if the judge declared this a mistrial. What happens then?

MARTIN: Well, again, from what we know at this point, the mistrial would only be with respect to the RICO charge. We're going to hear whether there is a conviction or acquittal on those four other charges, the two sex trafficking and the two transportation to engage in prostitution.

And if there's a conviction on any one of those other four, again, Sean Combs will be facing very serious jail time. The sex trafficking charges carry up to 20 years of prison. The transportation charges carry up to 10 years.

So there is still very much a possibility that he could be convicted on one of those. Or there's a possibility that he could be acquitted on those four charges mistrial on that RICO and the prosecution would have to decide if they want to retry him solely on that RICO charge.

Not likely that the prosecution would, you know, throw their hands up and say, OK, Mr. Combs, you're a free man given all the time, given all the effort, given the evidence that they have presented in this trial. So if there is a mistrial on that RICO indictment, very well could see another trial brought against Sean Combs, evidence presented and the prosecution moving forward on this RICO charge.

CHURCH: We shall see what happens. Areva Martin, many thanks for joining us and sharing your legal analysis. I appreciate it.

MARTIN: Thank you.

CHURCH: Still to come, meteorologists believe Tuesday will go down as one of the hottest days ever in France as an extreme heat wave continues to grip much of Europe.

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CHURCH: Welcome back to "CNN Newsroom." I'm Rosemary Church. I want to check today's top stories for you.

There's some uncertainty surrounding a possible ceasefire deal in Gaza. On Tuesday, Donald Trump said Israel had agreed to terms for a 60-day truce. But an Israeli source now says the proposal is not yet approved, it's also unclear if Hamas would agree to the deal. The U.S. President is due to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday.

The Trump administration has paused some munitions shipments to Ukraine, including crucial air defense missiles. The pause comes after the Pentagon conducted a review of spending and military support to foreign countries, according to a White House official. The White House says the pause reflects the decision, quote, "to put America's interests first."

Jurors in the trial of Sean Diddy Combs will resume deliberations today after reaching a partial verdict. The jury reached a verdict on the counts of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, but were unable to reach a verdict on the racketeering conspiracy count, Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Well much of Europe remains in the midst of an early extreme heatwave,

with both England and Spain coming off their warmest June ever. In France, meteorologists believe Tuesday will go down as one of the 10 hottest days the country has ever recorded.

The hot, dry conditions are fueling wildfires across the region. Two people were killed in wildfires in north-eastern Spain. And fires have also been burning in France, Italy and parts of Turkey in recent days.

While cooler weather is coming for north-western Europe, at least 18 countries in the central and southern parts of the continent remain under heat warnings.

CNN senior international correspondent Melissa Bell joins us now live from Paris. Good to see you again, Melissa. So after perhaps one of the hottest days ever in Paris on Tuesday, what are weather conditions like right now in the French capital as extreme heat sweeps across the continent?

MELISSA BELL, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, even if, as you say, Rosemary, there is some respite in view at the end of the week for countries like France, it is another scorcher here this Wednesday morning about half past nine, and it is boiling hot already.

Sadly, we've just learned that it was two people confirmed now dead as a result of yesterday's heat. And we've seen other such incidents around Europe yesterday as temperatures really peaked. And what you're seeing is the combined effects of at once this heat dome across parts of Europe, but also that marine heat wave with the Mediterranean Sea now several degrees hotter than it should be at this time of year.

And the combined effects of the two has been this sweltering heat across such a huge proportion of Europe, with people either trying to stay home. There were more than 2000 schools closed yesterday in France as a result of the extreme heat, or just seeking whatever respite they can.

Very little air conditioning here in parts of France. It's simply not conditions that we're used to.

It is not just the fastest warming continent in the world, Europe. It is also the fact, Rosemary, that temperatures here are rising twice as quickly as anywhere else in the world.

You're seeing these very sudden increases. And it is now the last three years that we've seen successive records broken summer after summer, this time with a heat wave coming even earlier than it tended to in the past, not end of July, August, or into late August, but June and very early July.

Germany is already on its second heat wave of the summer. Of course, you mentioned then the wildfires that have already begun in parts of Europe.

What it does not bode well for is the rest of the summer when it comes to wildfires, since you can expect that as conditions are dry, and if we have once again this summer, as we had a couple of years ago, successive heat waves.

Remember, back then in 2023, we'd seen the wildfires, Rosemary, spread all the way to London, something that had never been seen before.

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So the fear is that given how early on these heat waves are coming, and the fear that there might be more, means that there could be a lot more ahead in terms of very dry conditions, causing not just discomfort to Europeans, but also, of course, leading to more wildfires, the likes of which we haven't seen in a couple of years, Rosemary.

CHURCH: All right. Try to stay cool there. Melissa Bell bringing us the very latest from Paris, I appreciate it.

Well, as Europe deals with brutal heat, parts of South America are shivering under a cold snap. Buenos Aires was among the coldest capital cities in the world on Tuesday, dropping to a low of minus 1 degree Celsius. CNN's Cecelia Dominguez has more from the Argentinian capital.

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CECELIA DOMINGUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Today marks the coldest day of the year so far in Argentina, as forecasted by the National Weather Service. With extremely low temperatures, Buenos Aires is now the world's coldest capital city.

Do you like winter?

UNKNOWN: No, I hate winter. I am very cold. Yes, a little bit, but I prefer spring.

DOMINGUEZ: What do you do not to feel that cold?

UNKNOWN: I guess put on a lot of clothes and just, you know, be like an onion with it and just be vibing with it, like hanging out with friends in hot places, I guess.

DOMINGUEZ: And you go out. Doesn't matter if it's cold.

UNKNOWN: No, it doesn't matter at all. I think it's better than be, you know, suffering the heat and just, you know, that.

DOMINGUEZ: This first cold snap of the season is expected to last until next Thursday, experts say, bringing record-breaking lows and unusual weather across the country. Hats, gloves, scarves, nothing seems to offer enough warmth on days like today.

Cecelia Dominguez, CNN, Buenos Aires.

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CHURCH: Still to come, the U.S. President and the governor of Florida are both bragging about the deadly location of a new migrant detention center. We will hear what human rights advocates have to say about that.

Also, these little creatures are some of the most wanted products around the world. Coming up, how these figures soared in popularity to become a global sensation. Back with that and more in just a moment.

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CHURCH: A U.S. federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off temporary protected status for Haitian migrants. Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security rescinded former President Joe Biden's extension of the program.

The department, headed by Kristi Noem, sought to cut the program short by six months, which would strip more than half a million people of their work permits and deportation protection. On Tuesday, a New York judge ruled against the DHS, saying the agency violated the law and acted outside of its authority.

U.S. President Donald Trump toured a new controversial migrant detention facility in Florida Tuesday. His administration calls it Alligator Alcatraz and says it can hold thousands of people awaiting deportation. The White House publicly touts its location in the Everglades as too dangerous for anyone to try to escape.

That rhetoric is part of what angers protesters. They say it's another example of the Trump administration's inhumane policies toward undocumented migrants.

Isabel Rosales has the story.

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TRUMP: We're going to teach them how to run away from an alligator, okay, if they escape prison. How to run away. Don't run in a straight line, run like this.

And you know what? Your chances go up about one percent.

ISABEL ROSALES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Trump attending the official opening of Florida's new immigration detention camp, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.

This isolated airstrip transformed into a makeshift detention center steep in the heart of the Florida Everglades, born in part from a partnership between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Trump administration. Governor DeSantis claims its unique security comes cheap.

GOV. RON DESANTIS (R-FL): If a criminal alien were to escape from here somehow, and I don't think they will, you've got nowhere to go. I mean, what are you going to do? Trudge through the swamp and dodge alligators on the way back to 50, 60 miles just to get to civilization? Not going to happen.

ROSALES (voice-over): The Governor stressed the facility is both temporary and necessary to alleviate jails overburdened by an influx of migrants detained amid Trump's immigration crackdowns.

Our camera toured the site, showing bunk beds in cages under heavy duty tents and repurposed FEMA trailers marking the new holding cells. Built to hold 3000 people with room for more, making it the largest detention center in the U.S. It's outfitted with 28,000 feet of barbed wire, more than 200 surveillance cameras, and staffed by over 400 security personnel.

The annual price tag to run the facility, $450 million, according to one DHS official.

TRUMP: In total, the average illegal alien costs American taxpayers an estimated $70,000. That's each $70,000, I think that number is even lower. If you care about balancing the budget, the single most impactful step we can take is to fully reverse the Biden migration invasion.

ROSALES (voice-over): Critics call it a humanitarian and environmental disaster in the making.

ZAC COSNER, PROTESTER: This is an environmentally destructive and spiritually poisonous prison camp that they want to construct on sacred land in sensitive habitat that cannot be allowed to stand.

RACHEL BASS, PROTESTER: It's going to be hard on the environment and it's going to be hard on the people that are caged here.

ROSALES (voice-over): Migrant advocates call the conditions inhumane.

THOMAS KENNEDY, SPOKESMAN, FLORIDA IMMIGRATION COALITION: The fact that we're going to have 3000 people detained in tents, in the Everglades, in the middle of the hot Florida summer during hurricane season, right? I mean, this is a bad idea all around that needs to be opposed and stopped.

ROSALES: CNN reported last month using ICE data that fewer than 10 percent of migrants under ICE custody since October were there convicted of any sort of serious crimes, things like murder, assault, robbery or rape. And more than 75 percent of them had no conviction at all other than an immigration or traffic-related offense.

Isabel Rosales, CNN, Ochopee, Florida.

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CHURCH: Still to come, Buddhists gather in northern India for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebration this weekend and he's offering some guidance as to his eventual successor. Back with that in just a moment.

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CHURCH: A plush toy has become one of the trendiest objects to own on the planet. Labubus are creatures with elf faces and bunny bodies and they've sparked buying frenzies around the world. CNN's Lynda Kinkade has our report.

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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They're cute, chaotic and now edible. This is Labubu, a mischievous elf that has taken the toy world by storm. In Moscow, a restaurant has even turned the viral figurine into a dessert.

UNKNOWN (through translator): In the first two weeks after the dessert's introduction, there was a huge buzz. We had a lot of calls, maybe about a thousand calls a day.

KINKADE (voice-over): And just a few weeks ago, a human-sized Labubu broke records at a Beijing auction house, selling for about 150,000 U.S. dollars.

Labubu is part of a blind box toy line called the Monsters, created and sold by Chinese toy company Popmart. The toy brand has seen explosive growth in Labubu's sales, thanks in part to K-pop star Lisa from the music group Blackpink, who expressed her love for the doll in interviews and online posts. But the high demand is making it harder for Labubu admirers to get their hands on the popular figures.

UNKNOWN (through translator): By the time I learned about them, they were already a price I couldn't afford. It became popular so fast.

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KINKADE (voice-over): And in some cases, it's even causing fights. In May, Popmart stores in the U.K. temporarily suspended all in-store sales of the Monsters after restock days drew crowds and saw reported altercations. Celebrities such as Cardi B., David Beckham, Dua Lipa and Kim Kardashian have joined the trend, showing off their Labubus on social media.

The founder of the International Yongle Auction House in Beijing says he thinks the Labubu prices will only continue to climb.

ZHAO XU, FOUNDER OF INTERNATIONAL YOUNGLE AUCTION HOUSE (through translator): I think the price will go even higher in the future because it truly is a non-standard art piece. Collectors would have thought long and hard before offering such a price for this work of art.

KINKADE (voice-over): Whether in a box, on a pedestal or on a plate, Labubu isn't just a toy, it's a sensation.

Lynda Kinkade, CNN.

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CHURCH: Celebrations are underway in northern India for the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday this weekend. Buddhist monks and followers are gathering for a religious conference to mark the occasion. Just a short time ago, the Dalai Lama announced his intention to reincarnate, continuing a centuries-old spiritual tradition.

So let's go live now to Beijing and CNN's Steven Jiang. Good to see you, Steven. What details do you have on the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday celebrations, and what more can you tell us about his succession plan?

STEVEN JIANG, CNN BEIJING BUREAU CHIEF: Yes, Rosemary, when the Dalai Lama made that announcement, he also emphasized his office has the sole authority to recognize his reincarnation. He also recently said his reincarnation or successor will be born in, quote-unquote, "the free world," meaning outside China.

So that's a notion the authorities here in Beijing have firmly rejected, and they insist they actually have the final say in deciding the next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. So all of this is really setting up for a new round of clashes between the Dalai Lama and the communist leadership here. That's of course something that's been going on since 1959 after the Dalai Lama fled his homeland after a failed Tibetan uprising against Beijing's rule.

The concern here, of course, is now Beijing is likely going to adopt the same playbook they did back in the 1990s after the death of the second-highest-ranking figure in Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama. Back then, the Dalai Lama, who was already in exile, recognized a six- year-old boy in Tibet as the next Panchen Lama. The boy actually was quickly taken away by Chinese authorities, and he has never been seen again.

Instead, Beijing actually installed its own choice to that position, and that person has of course been toeing the party's official line, even though he is considered an imposter by the Dalai Lama and his supporters.

So all of this is likely to play out again after the passing of the Dalai Lama. So right now, the irony is, even with all this harsh rhetoric against the current Dalai Lama from Beijing, he actually has said time and again he doesn't seek independence for Tibet. He just wants meaningful autonomy.

Now, that's a view actually not shared by many among the younger generations of Tibetans in exile who actually do want to have full independence. So all of this, Rosemary, as I can imagine, is going to have major implications for Tibetan Buddhism and for geopolitics, including Beijing's own domestic social stability and international image for years to come, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Right. And what about those birthday celebrations? What are we expecting to see?

JIANG: Yes, it is certainly a milestone event, as you can imagine. A revered reader of Tibetan Buddhism has supporters not only among the religious sects, but also a lot of celebrities. We know Hollywood star Richard Gere, for example, is present there, and of course, he has admirers from around the world as well.

That's one of the dilemmas faced by Beijing as well, because if now he has made this announcement in terms of his succession plan, it's going to be a challenge for Beijing when the time comes, how they are going to pressure other governments to recognize their choice instead of the Dalai Lama's office's choice. Rosemary.

CHURCH: All right, Steven Jiang, joining us live from Beijing. Many thanks for that report.

A New Jersey state senator is taking one of President Trump's ideas. Senator Michael Testa has introduced a bill in the state legislature that would change the name of Delaware Bay to the Bay of New Jersey. The Delaware Bay is an outlet of the Delaware River that sits between Delaware and New Jersey.

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DANIEL HART, DELAWARE RESIDENT: I don't even want New Jersey to be there, let alone down the rename the Delaware Bay. They want to name a little piece of land on their side. That's fine, but not the whole day.

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VICE MAYOR BOB WOOD, SLAUGHTER BEACH, DELAWARE: I mean, you know, number one, the Delaware River feeds into the Delaware Bay. But the other problem with it is really expensive. If you're going to change the name of the Delaware Bay, every map has to change, all the signage has to change.

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CHURCH: If Testa's bill passes, the new name would be used on all of the state's official documents, signs and websites.

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MERYL STREEP, AS MIRANDA PRIESTLY IN "THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA": And it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when in fact you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room from a pile of stuff.

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CHURCH: We all remember that. "The Devil Wears Prada" isn't over yet. 20th Century Studios has announced that the sequel is in production 19 years after the original was released. The announcement comes at a decisive time in the fashion industry that inspired the movie.

Just days ago, Anna Wintour stepped down from her almost four decade long career as the editor in chief of "Vogue." Wintour is believed to have been the inspiration for Meryl Streep's iconic character, Miranda Priestley, who, by the way, will be back in the sequel along with stars Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt.

Well the long agonizing wait for BTS fans is finally over, the K-pop super group has announced plans for a new album and a world tour next year. All seven members have been reunited after wrapping up their mandatory military service in South Korea. The album will be their first since 2020 and they'll be performing their first live shows since 2022.

I want to thank you so much for your company, I'm Rosemary Church. Have yourselves a wonderful day. "Amanpour" is next, then stay tuned for "Early Start" with M.J. Lee starting at 5 a.m. in New York, 10 a.m. in London.

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