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Trump Vows To Send Patriot Missiles To Ukraine Through NATO; Egyptian Source: Ceasefire Negotiations Are Deadlocked; Trump Teases Possible Sanctions On Russia; Muhammadu Buhari, Former Nigerian President, Dies At Age 82; Sinner Defeats Rival Alcaraz To Claim First Wimbledon Title. Aired 12-1a ET
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BEN HUNTE, CNN HOST: Hello, wherever you are in the world. You are now in the CNN NEWSROOM with me Ben Hunte in Atlanta. And it is so good to have you with me.
Coming up on the show, U.S. President Donald Trump toughening up on Russia just hours before he's expected to deliver a major announcement about a Kremlin's relentless aggression on Ukraine.
The European Union not ready to play hardball with the U.S. in an escalating trade war, or at least not yet, but decision announced by the E.U. hours after the U.S. President threatened a massive tariff hike.
And Nigeria mourning the loss of the leader. A look at the life and legacy of former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari.
U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out at Russia's Vladimir Putin. It comes after Moscow hit Ukraine with escalating drone and missile attacks over the weekend. President Trump is now teasing possible sanctions on Russia ahead of a major announcement that he's planning to make on Monday. He told reporters to wait and see what happens.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I am very disappointed with President Putin. And I thought he was somebody that meant what he said, and he'll talk so beautifully and then he'll bomb people at night. We don't like that.
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HUNTE: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal are pushing a bipartisan build of introduced to slap sanctions on Russia. They say it could be the sledgehammer President Trump needs to end the war.
The President is expected to meet with NATO's Secretary General in Washington this week. That meeting comes just days after President Trump announced he struck a deal with the Alliance to send weapons to Ukraine that includes much-needed Patriot missiles, which President Trump says NATO will pay for. CNN's Kevin Liptak has more from the White House.
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KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: As President Trump promises this big announcement on Russia to come on Monday, he is also laying out a new plan to deliver defensive weapon systems to Ukraine.
In particular, those patriot missile batteries which are so essential, as Russia ups its onslaught of missiles and drones towards Ukraine. The patriot missile systems are the only devices that can intercept some of those Russian missiles.
So, they are absolutely essential to Ukraine's defense. A fact that President Trump reiterated on Sunday saying that Ukraine will need these weapons and describing a new scheme whereby European countries will buy the patriots from the United States and then transfer them to Ukraine.
It's a setup that will essentially insulate the President from criticism that he's going back on some of his campaign promises to pull back support for Ukraine. He says that these will be paid entirely by the Europeans and that the U.S. will benefit because they manufacture and sell these weapons to their allies in Europe.
The President says he will be discussing this with the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, who will be here in Washington this week.
This all appears to be driven by the President's animus -- growing animus towards the Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The President again accusing Putin of duplicity of saying one thing and then doing another.
Listen to more of what the President said.
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TRUMP: I am very disappointed with President Putin. And I thought he was somebody that meant what he said and he'll talk so beautifully and then he'll bomb people at night. We don't like that.
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LIPTAK: So, essentially, that's a less profane version of what the president said last week when he accused Putin of peddling BS. He didn't use the word BS. He actually used the curse word of saying things on the phone and then turning around and doing exactly the opposite.
And so the question of course now is whether President Trump plans to apply new sanctions on Russia. He stopped short Sunday of saying that he would be willing to do that, but we did her earlier in the day from the Republican and Democratic sponsors of a sanctions bill in the Senate saying that they were prepared to bring that up and they appeared confident that President Trump would eventually get on board.
Kevin Liptak, CNN, the White House.
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HUNTE: With ceasefire talks faltering in Doha, there's been no let up to the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. We do want to warn you viewers may find this next video disturbing.
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It shows a chaotic scene in the central part of the enclave after an Israeli hits a water distribution point. Gaza officials say six children were among the 10 Palestinians killed at that site on Sunday.
The Israeli military has acknowledged the strike missed its intended target, which they say was an Islamic Jihad terrorist and fell dozens of meters away. The IDF says it's reviewing the incident. A doctor at the hospital in Nuseirat describes what he witnessed after that strike.
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DR. AHMED ABU SAIFAN, EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AL-AWDA HOSPITAL (through translator): At 9:00 A.M. we were alarmed by the influx of patients after a missile hit a water distribution point. Most of the injured were children and women. We treated 17 patients including seven children.
The patients suffered from various injuries including splinters and fractures, which were treated initially. However, we are certainly experiencing a health crisis and a shortage of medical and health resources due to the stifling blockade on the Gaza strip. In addition, there were eight martyrs including six children.
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HUNTE: CNN's Nada Bashir has more now from London. But first, a warning that viewers may find some of the images in her report disturbing.
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NADA BASHIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, despite days of proximity talks in Doha around a proposed 60-day ceasefire and hostage release deal, negotiations appear to have stalled yet again with both sides accusing each other of putting up new obstacles.
On Saturday, an Egyptian source with direct knowledge of those indirect talks told CNN that negotiations were deadlocked as a result of additional demands put forward by Israel with a senior Hamas official telling CNN that talks had faltered as a result of new conditions introduced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including new redeployment maps for the Israeli military in Gaza.
Those reports come after an Israeli source also told CNN last week that the key outstanding issue on the table was, at that point, the terms around where the Israeli military would redeploy in Gaza once the ceasefire takes effect.
But on Sunday, Netanyahu claimed Israel had accepted the latest proposal put forward by the U.S. and instead, accused Hamas of rejecting the deal on the table.
The Israeli Prime Minister is facing growing pressure at home in Israel for a deal to be struck to secure the release of the remaining hostages held captive in Gaza.
And on the ground in Gaza, the humanitarian toll continues to rise with growing international calls for an immediate end to the war, as Israel's attacks on civilian areas continue.
And Sunday, several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza, according to health officials in the strip. Distressing video from the scene showed multiple casualties amid buckets and makeshift water carriers.
The Israeli military later acknowledged the airstrike claiming it had targeted an Islamic Jihad terrorist, but that the munitions had landed dozens of meters from the target.
This attack came shortly after Gaza health officials reported that 139 bodies were brought to Gaza's hospitals in the space of just 24 hours, with many more victims feared to be buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings.
All this as families in Gaza continued to face crippling shortages of humanitarian aid and medical supplies.
Nada Bashir, CNN, London.
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HUNTE: Meanwhile, in the West Bank, a large crowd of Palestinians attended a funeral procession on Sunday for two men killed in clashes in recent days. One of those killed was a 20-year-old Palestinian- American man beaten to death by Israeli settlers according to local health officials and an eyewitness.
Settler violence against Palestinians has ramped up in the West Bank and Israel has increased military operations in the territory, displacing thousands of Palestinians and raising entire communities as it targets what it says are militants operating in the territory.
After Donald Trump's new threat of massive tariffs, the European Union is backing away from its planned retaliation. We're going to explain why ahead on CNN NEWSROOM.
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HUNTE: Welcome back. Let's return to our top story. President Trump is teasing possible sanctions on Russia ahead of a major announcement he's planning to make on Monday. A group of U.S. senators is pushing a bipartisan bill that introduce to slap sanctions on Russia.
Joining us now is Terrell Jermaine Starr, an independent journalist based in Kyiv. He's the host of Terrell J. Starr Official on YouTube.
Terrell, it's so good to speak to again. You are there on the ground. What are you hearing from Ukrainians about the intensified Russian missile and drone attacks? And how are people reacting to this new phase of escalation?
TERRELL JERMAINE STARR, HOST, TERRELL J STARR OFFICIAL ON YOUTUBE: Well, people are pretty frustrated, not only with the United States but also with the West. We just heard that Germany has said that they will not provide the Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine that they desperately need to hit locations like the bridge that connects Odessa to -- to -- to Russia.
People are also frustrated with the nightly attacks. And being in Kyiv, you constantly worry about the -- the -- the drone attacks that -- that was by your windows, the ballistic missile strikes that you seem like you're essentially defenseless about.
But also, the main thing is the unpredictability. No one knows what Trump is going to say. If -- if you really want to know what's on his mind, you go to Truth Social. You don't go to the various agencies within the U.S. government.
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So, it's the unpredictability of the West that seems to frustrate people the most, because it's -- it's causing -- it's -- it's -- it's causing the loss of life here and around Ukraine.
HUNTE: Well, speaking about that unpredictability, President Trump is now publicly lashing out at Vladimir Putin. He's teasing sanctions and even admitting that Russia's niceness has turned out to be meaningless.
Do you think that that marks a genuine shift in tone or just more political games?
STARR: No one particularly knows with Donald Trump whether the shift that Trump is making is -- is ultimately going to make a difference, because he says things like this before, I'm going to make an announcement.
If -- you know, it sounds like a reality TV show. So he has all -- he's building up all this anticipation for today of what is he going to say. So, rather than treating this like a diplomatic crisis, it's like we're back on "The Apprentice" again.
And -- and -- and Trump, when he says that Putin says nice things during afternoon and bombs people during the evening, this has more to do with his ego, Putin defying him than it really does with how the Ukrainian people are -- are being treated. HUNTE: Just quickly. Let's rewind time a bit. Remember when President Trump said he could end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, we're now more than 4,000 hours into his presidency.
Appreciating that, plus the latest Russian attacks, how do you interpret Trump's current strategy? Is Putin even listening anymore?
STARR: I don't believe that Trump particularly has a strategy, because if you -- if you saw him Friday, a lot of the expertise at the State Department was fired. So, he doesn't have keen people who really understand what's going on here.
His envoy to Ukraine is a real estate guy. He doesn't have any knowledge of foreign affairs. And so we don't particularly know what Trump is thinking. Everything seems to be very impulse of it seems like it's minute to minute, he sees something on T.V. and it just sparks him and say, oh, we need to do this.
So, as -- as -- again, it goes back to the issue of predictability. No one knows exactly what this guy is thinking, but what was -- what we do know is that the Ukrainians are evolving their defense posture and their strategy around this unpredictability.
And so you see the increase of the defense industry, people doing things more internally to build up their own infrastructure because they realize they can't trust the West anymore.
So, if anything has shifted on either side, it's been Ukrainians understanding they can only depend on themselves. Because the unpredictability of the West is causing a severe loss of life here.
HUNTE: Yes. And we're going to see things change again within the next few hours. Stay safe out there, Terrell Jermaine Starr. Thank you for being with me. Appreciate it.
STARR: Thank you.
HUNTE: OK. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening massive new tariffs on Europe and Mexico. Just ahead, he explains why he thinks the threats are working.
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HUNTE: Welcome back. I'm Ben Hunte. Let's take a look at today's top stories.
U.S. President Donald Trump is teasing possible sanctions on Russia, as the war rages in Ukraine. It comes ahead of a major announcement that he's planning to make on Monday.
He told reporters that he's very disappointed with President Vladimir Putin right now.
NATO secretary general is traveling to Washington this week to meet with President Trump. He announce a new deal with the alliance that will supply Ukraine with more weapons paid for by NATO. That includes patriot missiles to help fend off Russian attacks.
In the West Bank, Palestinians came out in droves on Sunday to attend a funeral procession for two men killed in clashes in recent days. One of those killed was a Palestinian American man beaten to death by Israeli settlers according to local health officials and an eyewitness.
President Trump is threatening massive new 30 percent tariffs on products from the European Union and Mexico starting August 1st. Mexico's president says she's confident her country will reach a trade agreement with the U.S. And the E.U. is delaying its trade countermeasures against the U.S.
They were due to take effect on Monday, but are now on hold until early August so there's more time to negotiate a deal. President Trump says his tariff threats are working.
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TRUMP: We're dealing with other countries and certain countries that would rather have a deal that are regular tariff. And we're -- we're -- well, as if they're willing to open up. These are countries that have been shut to us, but we've been opened to them.
In other words, they wouldn't let us do business to them but they would do business in our country, not a fair deal.
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HUNTE: Here's an early look at the U.S. Futures to see how markets are reacting to Donald Trump's latest trade moves.
Within the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures, all slipping as tariff concerns mount.
Trade ministers from the European Union are meeting in a couple of hours to discuss trade with the U.S. and China. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout is live in Hong Kong with more.
Kristie, thanks for being with me. What is the latest and what we're expecting to see later today?
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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Well, Ben, trade tension is certainly heating up between China and the E.U. and this is a key focus today for talks in Brussels kicking off in just a couple of hours time, 3:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
We're expecting to see a policy debate by E.U. trade ministers discussing China ahead of a very big E.U. China leadership summit is due to take place in China at the end of this month.
Now, tensions between Beijing and Brussels and regards to trade have been on the rise and that was made very clear recently in recent remarks by the E.U. chief, Ursula von der Leyen. In fact, last week, when she addressed the European Parliament, she accused China of overcapacity and trade distortion.
Here's a reminder of what she says bring it up to you. The E.U. chief saying this quote, "Let me be clear. If our partnership is to move forward, we need a genuine rebalancing, fewer market distortions, less overcapacity exported from China and fair reciprocal access for European businesses in China."
Trade tension has been simmering on multiple fronts between these two major economies for quite some time now.
Let's bring up the next graphic for you. And those fronts include the following. You have European tariffs on Chinese made EVs. You have Chinese tariffs on imported brandy from the E.U. that E.U. ban a medical device tenders for Chinese firms. And that was met with Chinese curbs on E.U. medical device purchases. And don't forget Chinese curbs on rare earth exports which is using everything from cars to appliances.
Despite this ongoing tension, China has been saying it's open to communication especially ahead of that much anticipated E.U.-China leadership summit due to take place in China later this month.
In fact, we saw this statement earlier from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling for more communication between these two trading blocks. Let's bring it up for you with MOFA saying this quote, "China is ready to enhance communication and coordination with the E.U. to prepare for the upcoming summit and inject new dimensions into an open up new prospects for the China E.U. comprehensive strategic partnership.
So, a pretty positive vibe there, perhaps because there is just simply so much at stake. China and the E.U. are the world's second and third largest economies, and together, they account for one-third of global trade and products and services and over one-third in global GDP.
Back to you, Ben.
HUNTE: Thank you. Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. She'll be speaking to you again later. Appreciate it.
Let's dig a bit deeper on this. Enrico Letta is the former prime minister of Italy and now the dean of IE University's School of Politics Economics and Global Affairs. He's joining us live from Madrid. Thank you so much for being with me.
Let's get straight into this. I'd love to start with your reaction to the threat of these new 30 percent tariffs on the European Union. How serious do you think this move is by President Trump? And is the E.U.'s current response what you would have wanted to see you?
ENRICO LETTA, FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER: I think it is a very serious threat for many reasons. First of all, because of method is a unilateral method totally unpredictable without any link with the normal way to negotiate. It's very complicated to find a deal with this kind of totally unpredictable and -- and very strange method.
And second because for Europe and for the world, trade is fundamental. And this threat is mortal for the European Union because trade for us is absolutely crucial. This is why I think that for -- for the European Union, it's necessary to react and to react in a very serious way. It's not possible to continue being in a -- I would say junior mood, also because I would say Trump traded Europe as waiters and also there's some time a sort of problem of pride also. We can't be continued to be treated as that. We're not the colony of Trump.
HUNTE: These tariffs are being framed by Trump as a way to protect American jobs and industries. But if deals aren't reached, what do you think the real impact would likely be on European businesses, and especially those organizations that export cars and steel and luxury goods?
LETTA: Let me say that first, it would be a problem even for -- for American jobs and American business because it will bring retaliations and -- and a big problem that will bring close to recession maybe. This is one potential scenario that is very complicated for all.
For Europe too, it would be problematic for our manufacturing industry, for our traders that will bring Europe in a -- in a potentially pre-recession problem. This is why I think the reaction today is needed.
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When I say the reaction, I say two types of reaction. First, retaliation. Second, the European Union has a fundamental tool that is the integration, the complete integration of a single market. And that is what we have to do today to complete the integration of the single market.
HUNTE: The E.U. is delaying countermeasures for now. But if and when Europe does retaliate, just quickly, what could that look like?
LETTA: I think retaliation with this kind of measures, 30 percent, it's enormous. It is something that we never saw.
First of all, between allies, we never saw anything similar. This is why the retaliation of the European Union can't be limited to trade. Because trade is part of the story.
But I think the European Union has to consider to extend retaliation also to other sectors because 30 percent is enormous. It's a sort of mortal threat to Europe. And Europe has to survive and to resist.
When I say other business, other sectors, first of all, I mean finance.
HUNTE: Yes.
LETTA: On finance, we are sure there's more --
HUNTE: OK, Enrico. We want to continue conversation. There's so much more to say about but you've run out of time for now. But thank you so much for being with me. I'm sure we'll speak again soon.
Still to come. Remembering former Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, who died Sunday at age 82. A look back at his life and legacy when we return.
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HUNTE: Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has died at age 82. The country's presidential press office says he died in London after a prolonged illness.
Buhari first came to power in Nigeria through a military coup in 1983. Two years later, he was overthrown by another coup. He was an elected president twice more than 30 years later.
CNN's Larry Madowo takes a look at his complicated legacy.
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LARRY MADOWO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Muhammadu Buhari made history more than once in Nigeria. The former military leader first seized power of the country in the early '80s in what he described as a war against indiscipline.
It was seized from him less than two years later, but Buhari stayed in the spotlight and ran for president four more times after the country moved to democracy in 1999. The fourth time was the charm.
In 2015, with Boko Haram running rampant in Nigeria's primarily Muslim-North East, destroying villages and killing thousands, Buhari handily defeated the incumbent.
Goodluck Jonathan, who's Christian, had been widely criticized for his seeming inability to fight the militant group's insurgency that allowed much of the region to slip from his control.
Among Boko Haram's outrageous, the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls from Chibok in the rest of Borno State in 2014.
Buhari, a Muslim from the North, was viewed by many as just a man to negotiate with Boko Haram for the schoolgirls' release and the man to bring security back to the region.
MUHAMMADU BUHARI, FORMER NIGERIAN PRESIDENT: It amounts to question of security. Whether I was a -- a former military officer or a politician through and through, whether there is an insecurity of this scale in the country, that takes the priority.
MADOWO (voice-over): Buhari took office on May 29, 2015, riding high on a way of popularity and hope for a better future.
But his actual record showed mixed results. Buhari's leadership was criticized as heavy-handed and tone-deaf, following national protests in 2020 against police brutality, called End SARS. It took the president two weeks to release a pre-recorded speech that did not mention deaths at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, when Nigerian soldiers fired into a crowd of protesters.
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BUHARI: The disbanding of SARS is only the first step in our commitment to extensive police reform in order to ensure that the primary duty of the police and other law enforcement agencies remains the protection of lives and livelihoods of our people.
MADOWO (voice-over): Buhari earned the nickname Baba Go Slow for his hands-off slow approach to governing Africa's most populous nation. But he counted that he was going slow and steady.
He is credited with helping secure the release of more than 100 Chibok girls and as many as 800 other captives of Boko Haram. But thousands more lost their lives in Boko Haram attacks during his tenure, despite Buhari declaring more than once that the insurgency was finished.
He came into power vowing to crack down on corruption, asking foreign governments, including the U.S., to help return $150 billion in stolen wealth. And he arrested Nigerians he accused of siphoning off government funds for their own profit.
Still, many Nigerians had faith Buhari was the man to turn their nation around. But his government fell back to the same old patterns of previous administrations, military and civilian.
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HUNTE: OK. That is all I've got for you for now. Thanks for joining me and the team. I'm Ben Hunte in Atlanta.
World Sport is next, then I'll be back with so much more CNN newsroom at the top of the hour. See you tomorrow.
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DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Hello there and a very warm welcome to CNN World Sport. I'm Don Riddell in Atlanta.
It has been a massive weekend of sport with significant action in football, golf, and tennis. In a moment, we'll tell you about a dramatic Wimbledon final. But we'll kick off today with FIFA's newly expanded club World Cup tournament which was settled on Sunday afternoon.
Of the 32 teams who began a month ago, just two were left, an all- European final between Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain, have just won the Champions League final. Many had PSG as favorites, but they were just stunned in an incredible first half as Cole Palmer put Chelsea ahead midway through that first half.
In the 22nd minute, and then again, eight minutes later with virtually a carbon copy finish. The England star doubling Chelsea's advantage. Paris were just reeling. They'd only conceded one goal all tournament.
But by half time here, they'd shipped three playing in only a second game for Chelsea. Their new Brazilian star, Joao Pedro scored his third goal for the club. Chelsea with a comfortable three nil lead at the break. And that's how it finished.
Just a few weeks after winning the Europa Conference League final, Chelsea can now say they are world champions as well.
World Sport's Patrick Snell has been covering the action for us today At MetLife Stadium. What a performance from Chelsea, Patrick. How big a surprise was this result? And not just a result, but how they went about it.
PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Oh, Don. They were absolutely magnificent. You know, all the talk about this final going into it was how PSG were going to go and add global dominance to their European crown.
But right from the very first moment, it was all Chelsea. They played some fantastic football. And Cole Palmer, what an inspiration. He's still only just 23 years of age. Three goals in this tournament for Palmer in total. It's wonderful for England World Cup fans, Don, as they look ahead to next year.
Palmer delivering ice-cool finishes and ice-cool celebrations as well, amid blistering heat here at MetLife Stadium. It was a joy to watch if you are a Chelsea fan.
And I will say Palmer, of course, hitting headlines with an iconic photo that we saw across social media. Lunch atop a Skyscraper photo. That iconic moment that he shared With Ousmane Dembele ahead of this final really iconic image.
And really testament to his character because he's a quiet shy lad Cole Palmer, youngster from Manchester. He doesn't caught the headlines, I tell you, but he certainly is making them in a big way.
And Joao Pedro as well. What an impact he's already made on this Chelsea team. A big money signing from Brighton. He arrived during the tournament itself, already three goals. He would net three goals in this tournament. Just a fantastic performance from Chelsea, Don, everywhere you look.
I will say during the trophy presentation which was made, U.S. President Donald Trump coming out to deliver the trophy to the winning team, in this case Chelsea amid some booing from the fans, as he gave the trophy to the winning team, Chelsea.
And Gianni Infantino, as well the FIFA president part of that trophy celebration, but booing by some fans, Don, here for U.S. President Donald Trump.
RIDDELL: Patrick, this new tournament has been a pretty hard sell from football's world governing body FIFA, but Chelsea have now won the club World Cup twice in just, what, four years? What do you think it means to them?
SNELL: It means the -- the world. And that is pun intended. Because look, they were looking to make a real statement of intent. Their head coach Enzo Maresca was feeling the frustrations. He felt it. We observed him very closely during Friday's press conferences.
And he did get visibly, visibly irritated in my mind that all the questions were about how good PSG are. And he said yes, they're an excellent team, but hey, we're not too bad either.
And there was always a quiet confidence being exuded by Maresca, and boy, did his team deliver. Reece James as well made that point effectively saying, look, we have nothing to fear. We believe in ourselves. And they came out, and I say, Don, they made an absolutely massive statement of intent.
Chelsea fans all around here absolutely delighting in the fact of just what they have achieved. It was a tactical master class, I will say from Maresca. Some very, very, very, very full-on looking PSG fans, Don, I will say as well.
RIDDELL: All right. Great stuff, Patrick. Glad you enjoyed the game. See you back here in the CNN studio soon.
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RIDDELL: There is no question that we have a compelling new rivalry in men's tennis in Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are heading shoulders above everybody else in the game right now.
On Sunday in London, the Italian world number one, Sinner, won his first Wimbledon title, beating the two-time defending champion Alcaraz in four sets.
Alcaraz arrived on center court in the form of his life. He'd beaten Sinner in the French Open final last month, and he was riding a career-best 24-match winning streak. Sinner was in unfamiliar territory, but he started well with an early break, only for Alcaraz to break him twice to win the set.
As we've come to expect from these two, the standard of tennis was exceptionally high, and Sinner brought his A game, fighting back to win the next three sets to become the first ever Italian champion at Wimbledon.
It is a fourth-grand slam title for him, and he now holds three of the four major titles at the same time.
Afterwards, he explained that this was a harder win emotionally than it had been physically.
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JANNIK SINNER, TENNIS PLAYER: Yes, I would say, mostly emotionally, because I had a very tough loss in -- in Paris, so it's -- but at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how you win or you lose the -- especially important tournaments.
You just have to understand what you did wrong, trying to work on that. That's exactly what we did. We tried to accept the loss and then just kept working. And -- and this is, for sure, one of the reasons why I hold this trophy here.
And we were talking, actually, before the match. We would never have thought to -- to be in this position back in the days when I was young. This was only -- only a dream -- a dream of the dream, because it was so far away where I'm from.
So it's all -- I'm just living in my -- my dream, so it's amazing.
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RIDDELL: Well, to emphasize just how dominant Jannik Sinner is, he was just a point away from completing the Grand Slam. He had three championship points against Alcaraz in the French Open Final, but this all goes just to emphasize the magnitude of their rivalry.
They have now won the last seven major titles between them. And it seems as though they've raised each other to the point where nobody else on tour is anywhere near their level.
The tennis writer and author Christopher Clarey was at Wimbledon today, and I'm pleased to say he joins us again on World Sport.
Chris, great to see you. Can you put into context what you witnessed today?
CHRISTOPHER CLAREY, FORMER "NEW YORK TIMES" TENNIS WRITER: Yes, Don, you're absolutely right. I think these -- these two players are head and shoulders above. And I think this was actually a great outcome for their rivalry. It already was a great rivalry, but it just got better, because I think if Alcaraz would have beaten Sinner again in a major final, it would have given him six majors to Sinner's three, would have been the sixth victory in a row for Alcaraz against Sinner.
So, as Sinner's coach Darren Cahill said afterward, this was very, very important for Jannik on many levels, aside from, of course, being the first Italian ever to win this great championship.
So, and I think Jannik really rose to the occasion today. There were times when Carlos was a little bit subdued, but Jannik was able, unlike in Paris, to play the biggest points with great courage, I would say, great conviction. He really went for it, especially when he closed out the second set, which was so critical after losing the first. And the way he closed out the match as well on his serve. It was just a little bit different than he -- the attitude that he had in Paris when he lost those three match points and lost the edge. And now this rivalry, who knows where it goes from here? It could be quite a while of these two reigning.
RIDDELL: As always, we really appreciate you being with us here on the show today. Hopefully, we'll see you again soon. Thanks very much.
CLAREY: My pleasure, Don. Thanks. Thanks to Chris.
And our congratulations to Jannik Sinner on a monumental triumph. His first Wimbledon title. We'll be right back.
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RIDDELL: The group stage at the women's European football championship in Switzerland concluded on Sunday evening with the defending champions England punching their tickets to the quarterfinals.
The Lionesses had lost their opening game of the tournament to France, but they've turned things around since then, beating the Netherlands and then thrashing Wales here in Basel. They really shared the goals around too, as Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, all scored in the first half, two different scorers found the back of the net in the second half as England cruised to a 6-1 win.
Now, at the start of the day, all four teams in this group could have progressed to the knockout stage, but heavy defeat for Wales means that they ended up rock bottom with three defeats out of three.
France finished up on top of group D, but they had a bit of a scare against the Netherlands. The French were losing at half time and in danger actually of crashing out of the tournament, but they turned it around with a flurry of second half goals, hitting the back of the net three times in the space of just six minutes.
Marie-Antoinette Katoto leveled the scores at two all. Just after the hour mark before Delphine Cascarino scored twice shortly after that to put the French firmly in control of the game and this group. Coming from behind to win comfortably in the end by five goals for two. They advanced to the knockout stage with a perfect group stage record.
Everybody will now take a breather for a couple of days. The action resumes on Wednesday when Norway play Italy. England take on Sweden on Thursday. The tournament host Switzerland have a tough match against the world champion Spain on Friday before France play Germany on Saturday.
All right. Let's wrap up the show today with an exceptional play from the test series between the West Indies and Australia. This is from the third test in Kingston, Jamaica. The Aussies all out for 225 on day one. Thanks in part to a stunning strike from the Windies. Wiki, a shy hope. Just look at that. Usman Khawaja got a touch on it, but Hope's reaction was incredible, diving fast and low to make the catch just before it hit the ground. What a play.
And that's all we've got time for in this edition of World Sport. Thanks very much for your company. Hope you enjoyed the show. Take care. And I'll see you again soon.
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