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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. I'm Lynda Kinkade. Just ahead.
The U.S. and the European Union come to terms on trade. The deal is not without its critics.
Aid rolls into Gaza. Humanitarian groups say much more is needed to end the crisis.
And negotiators from Thailand and Cambodia are meeting for peace talks this hour. We'll have a live report from the region.
UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Lynda Kinkade.
KINKADE: U.S. President Donald Trump had a busy day ahead in Scotland after reaching a framework for a trade deal with the E.U. on Sunday. He is expected to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the coming hours. And although he sealed a trade deal with the U.K. last month, President Trump says this meeting will be a celebration of that agreement.
The U.S. and China will also be discussing tariffs as an August 12 deadline to reach a trade deal gets closer. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to meet with Chinese negotiators today in Stockholm.
Well meanwhile, the U.S.-E.U. trade deal announced by President Trump includes a 15 percent levy on imports from the E.U. and $600 billion of investment in the U.S. The E.U. will also increase its purchase of U.S. energy and military equipment. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the U.S. President praised the deal.
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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: I think we - you know, this didn't just start today. We had a meeting, I wasn't sure, I said 50-50, I think you probably felt the same thing. But this started months ago, this negotiation. So we knew pretty much what we were getting into, and we were able to
make a deal that's very satisfactory to both sides. So it's very -- it's a tremendously -- it's a very powerful deal.
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KINKADE: Well CNN's Richard Quest has the details on the U.S.-E.U. trade deal.
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RICHARD QUEST, CNN BUSINESS EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Donald Trump for the United States, Ursula von der Leyen for the European Union. Both leaders agreed this was a huge deal, possibly the largest trade deal that's ever been done.
At 15 percent, both sides could also claim a victory of sorts. Donald Trump was never going to let the E.U. off scot-free, if you will. There was always a price to be paid.
And 15 percent does bring in tens of billions of dollars of revenue for the Treasury to help him beat the budget deficit.
For the Europeans, 15 percent is a great deal better than the 20, 30- plus percent that had been promised. And this 15 percent is the number. It isn't added on to any other tariffs. So most exports from the E.U. to the United States will now have a 15 percent tariff.
Also, the E.U. has agreed to buy hundreds of billions of dollars worth of energy and make various investments into the United States. That part is considerably more vague.
What this deal does is bring certainty. European businesses may not like the idea of a 15 percent tariff.
And who will ultimately pay it? The manufacturer, the exporter, the importer, or pass it on to the consumer. But that's for the future, for the moment.
Both sides say they can live with this number. And that gives grounds for the market to rally when it opens on Monday.
I'm Richard Quest, CNN, New York.
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KINKADE: Let's take a look at U.S. stock futures. You can see they're all up in the green at this point in time, ever so slightly. The NASDAQ Futures up just under 0.5 percent, S&P 500 up 0.38 percent.
Well for more on all of this, I want to welcome Doctor Michael Lloyd, an Associate Director of Global Policy Institute of London. He joins us now live from Newcastle, England. Good to have you with us.
DR. MICHAEL LLOYD, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE, LONDON: Good Morning. KINKADE: Good Morning. So the headline is 15 percent--
LLOYD: Can you hear me?
KINKADE: I can hear you. Can you hear me?
LLOYD: Yes I can.
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KINKADE: Excellent. So let's start with the U.S.-E.U. trade deal.
The headline is 15 percent tariff, certainly better than the 30 percent that was threatened, but higher than the 10 percent that the U.K. secured. Some categories will escape tariffs, but some, like steel, remain at 50 percent. So is there a clear winner in this deal? What do you make of it?
LLOYD: Well, no. I think, in a sense, everybody loses in terms of global trade. It was important to get this deal done because the trade between the U.S. and the E.U. represents a third of total trade, it's the largest chunk of international trade around.
But it is, as you described it, a framework agreement. Trump argues that the details have been worked out, it's not true.
The details will still have to be worked out. There will be a lot of forthcoming, as there will, for instance, with all the other deals. Japan is an interesting one, that was also agreed.
But both sides seem to take slightly different views, in fact, considerably different views about what has been agreed.
KINKADE: Yes, exactly. We've got some sound from the E.U. Commission, from Ursula von der Leyen. I just want to play some of that sound, just a moment.
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URSULA VON DER LEYEN, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT: It's a huge deal, it will bring stability, it will bring predictability. That's very important for our businesses on both sides of the Atlantic.
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KINKADE: So she says it will bring stability. Of course, one notable feature of this deal is the freeze and retaliation, because countermeasures were ready to go. So do you think we will see greater stability, or is this a temporary truce, depending on the details when they're finalized?
LLOYD: I think more a temporary truce than a full agreement on total stability. I mean, it's some time now since we sort of abandoned or the world abandoned free trade agreements, which took years to negotiate and were quite detailed and legally binding. But this one isn't really legally binding until we see more detail and we have some concrete evidence that specific tariff levels and quotas, for that matter, if we're talking about steel and aluminum, those have been agreed, because at the moment, those still appear to be attracting 50 percent tariff.
KINKADE: When you look at the deals done so far, even though obviously details need to be worked out, is this a model we'll see repeated by other nations? Is there a lesson in the way the U.S. is negotiating with countries like Australia, Canada, even the U.K., as they move forward ahead with their agreement?
LLOYD: Well, I think, clearly, I think people are anticipating that there would be a kind of generous tariff of somewhere between, anywhere between 10 percent and 20 percent. If it's settled down to a nominal 15 percent, it might be a little bit higher in terms of the effective tariff. I don't think that is impossible for the world to deal with, but what it does mean is that the world, in terms of its supply chains, are now looking to trade with each other, except in the U.S.
And the U.S. may find itself rather more isolated than it thinks. There is, instead, one specific problem with the E.U.-U.S. deal, and that is Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland is part of the U.K., and the U.K. has a 10 percent overall tariff, and the E.U. has a 15 percent tariff. So there are going to be some interesting discussions, both here and with the U.K., the E.U. and the U.S., as to how that materializes in practice.
KINKADE: Yes, exactly. Plenty more to discuss, but we'll leave it there for now.
Michael Lloyd, appreciate your time. Thanks so much.
LLOYD: No, thank you. Bye-bye.
More than 100 trucks carrying much-needed aid rolled into Gaza Sunday. That's according to the head of the U.N.'s humanitarian agency. But he says much more is needed to, quote, "starve off a feminine catastrophic health crisis."
After facing growing international pressure, Israel is now allowing other countries to airdrop aid into the enclave.
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The Israeli military also announced plans to pause fighting in some areas so more food and supplies can reach people.
Well the World Health Organization is warning that malnutrition rates in Gaza have reached alarming levels. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies that Palestinians are facing starvation.
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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: Israel has presented as though we are applying a campaign of starvation in Gaza. What a bold- faced lie. There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza.
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KINKADE: Well, 74 deaths related to malnutrition have been reported in Gaza so far this year, 63 of those happened this month, according to the WHO. Even though Israel is now allowing more aid to flow, Hamas says there is no point in continuing ceasefire talks as this crisis gets worse.
Well, President Trump is again blaming Hamas for last week's breakdown in negotiations. He says the militant group does not want to give up more hostages because then it will lose its leverage.
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TRUMP: Israel is going to have to make a decision. I know what I do, but I don't think it's appropriate that I say, but Israel is going to have to make a decision.
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KINKADE: For more now from CNN's Nic Robertson, reporting from Jerusalem.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: It's not really clear if President Trump there is pushing Prime Minister Netanyahu to make a deal or do what the President said a couple of days ago, which is go in and finish it off. But for right now, the aid is beginning to flow a little more freely than it was.
Jordanian and Emirati aircraft dropped 25 tons of food and humanitarian supplies, airdropped it into Gaza today. A hundred trucks were on the move from Egypt with 840 tons of flour, 60 trucks on the move from Jordan, all headed for Gaza for these new humanitarian corridors that the IDF is putting in place and those tactical pauses.
Now, the IDF says that they're still fighting Gaza, that it's still fighting Hamas, that Gaza is still an active conflict zone. But these temporary tactical pauses of six to eight to 10 hours in certain areas are designed to allow the U.N. and other organizations to get those aid trucks in safely and disperse the aid.
And this really looks like something of a climb down by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow this greater amount of aid coming in. And he's taking a lot of heat for it politically from ministers in his own government who are saying the only thing we should be sending into Gaza right now is bombs.
So the Prime Minister does seem to have walked back from a very tough position. That said, he is saying that it's the U.N. that's been lying about the aid situation, that it's Hamas' responsible for the shortages of food, and that Israel is doing nothing more, nothing different than what it's been doing over the recent months. That these aid corridors, if you will, have always been available to the U.N.
That doesn't seem to correlate with what the U.N. understands, but bottom line, it does appear to mean that more aid will get in for how long, it's not clear.
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KINKADE: Our thanks to Nick Robertson now.
Well Avril Benoit, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders, spoke to CNN earlier about the hunger crisis. She says the extra aid moving into Gaza right now is just a drop in the bucket.
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AVRIL BENOIT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: It's an incredibly shocking situation. We have colleagues who themselves are chronically hungry, often not eating in a day, maybe eating every second day, and when they eat it's just one meal. They come into work not knowing where they'll find their next meal.
It's been catastrophic in this deliberate campaign to deprive Palestinians in Gaza of food and water. There's also a shocking lack of clean drinking water, and that's making people sick as well.
So what we're finding in our hospitals is that people are malnourished. One in four in one of our surveys that we did of children and pregnant and lactating women.
People are not able to recover from their wounds. You have a lot of people with severe injuries coming in. They need good nutrition to be able to recover.
Think of people who have survived burns and whatnot, they need those micronutrients, they need the calories, and their bodies are just not functioning well. And so we have an additional layer of suffering as a result of this deprivation of food.
Airdrops are an incredibly inefficient way to deliver aid. What we really need is to open up those land borders again and allow all the trucks to come in, all the food. Prior to this latest escalation, prior to October 7th, there were 500 trucks entering Gaza every day.
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Now to compensate for all the gaps and the months of siege, we would need thousands of trucks really to even meet the needs. And so what we see now is a drop in the bucket.
Airdrops are no way to deliver aid because you can have chutes that fail. The pallets land on people, kill them. That's happened a few months ago.
You have a chaotic situation on the ground where it's the survival of the fittest to run toward the food supplies and grab what they can. I mean, it's a chaotic way to do it. And that's one of the reasons that humanitarian aid organizations are
calling on Israel to open up access for the professional delivery of aid the way it should be delivered in an organized fashion, reaching those who need it most in all the areas of Gaza where people are vulnerable.
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KINKADE: Well still to come, Thailand and Cambodia say they're ready to negotiate peace after a border dispute erupted into deadly violence this week. We'll bring you the latest just ahead.
Plus, people enjoying the beach in Ukraine forced to flee after Russia's latest drone strike targets the coastal city of Odessa. You're watching "CNN Newsroom."
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KINKADE: Right now, leaders from Thailand and Cambodia are in Malaysia for peace talks which are due to start this hour. It's their first major attempt to find a resolution after deadly clashes that erupted last week, the worst cross-border violence there in more than a decade. At least 35 people have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced, most of them civilians.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says State Department officials are in Malaysia to assist in the negotiations. And U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threats to withhold trade deals with Thailand and Cambodia unless they end the fighting.
And CNN's Kristie Lu Stout is following the story and joins us now from Hong Kong. Good to have you with us, Kristie.
So, this is an urgent effort to resolve their differences. Can these talks in Malaysia bring peace to the border?
KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lynda, it's hard to say given the fact that this dispute is so deep-seated. But what we know is this. The leaders of both Cambodia and Thailand are in Malaysia for this mediation meeting.
And this comes as fighting continues along the border this Monday, the fifth straight day of fighting since these deadly clashes broke out on Thursday of last week. More than 35 people have been killed as a result of the violence. More than 200,000 people have been displaced.
And with these mediation talks taking place today, this Monday in Malaysia, it comes amid calls for peace from the international community, including from the U.S. President Donald Trump, who even warned these two countries, Thailand and Cambodia, that there will be no trade deal with either of them if no ceasefire is reached.
Earlier we heard from the Cambodian Prime Minister who is there in Malaysia for these talks. He said that these talks are co-organized with the United States with the participation of China. And in a Facebook statement that he released before touching down in Malaysia, this is what the Cambodian Prime Minister said.
He said this, quote, "The purpose of this meeting is to achieve an immediate ceasefire, which was initiated by President Donald Trump and agreed to by both Prime Ministers of Cambodia and Thailand. I'd like to thank Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for this initiative and coordination to organize and host this special meeting," unquote.
Now the Thai government has confirmed that its acting Prime Minister is taking part in this meeting, and he talked to the press just a couple hours ago before this meeting in Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur. And this is what the acting prime minister of Thailand said.
He told the press this, quote, "The first thing to discuss will be an immediate ceasefire. And this needs to be discussed in a bit more detail. The main point today is that we will meet with Hun Manet," this is the Cambodian leader, "this elevates the discussion to the leader level."
Look, Thailand has said and is repeating here it wants a bilateral meeting with Cambodia. It is not clear if that's going to happen in this mediation meeting taking place right now in Malaysia.
Now, both these countries, Thailand and Cambodia, have a long and complicated history. They have this shared land border of around 800 kilometers or 500 miles that has seen a number of military clashes over the years. This latest flare-up in violence has been simmering since May when a Cambodian soldier was killed, and then the tension just ratcheted up even further after the leak of that controversial phone call between the now-suspended Prime Minister of Thailand, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and Hun Sen, the former and yet still very powerful leader of Cambodia.
Again, this is a deep-seated dispute between these two Southeast Asian neighbors. Peace will be very difficult to achieve here. Back to you.
KINKADE: Yes, hopefully they can find a way to resolve this. Kristie Lu Stout for us in Hong Kong. Thank you.
LU STOUT: Thank you.
KINKADE: Well a Russian drone attack targeted the port city of Odessa in southern Ukraine Sunday. People enjoying the beach fled the area when they heard explosions overhead as Ukraine's air defense systems engaged the incoming drones.
A plume of smoke could be seen over the Black Sea. The strike follows a wave of deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine in recent days, killing at least 10 people, injuring more than 60.
Well new polling shows a very confusing political landscape here in the U.S. We'll have those numbers and how President Trump is doing with independence after a quick break.
Plus, Arkansas police are searching for a man who may have killed two people along a state park trail. We'll have the latest on that investigation.
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KINKADE: Welcome back to "CNN Newsroom." I'm Lynda Kinkade. Let's check today's top stories for you.
The U.S. and European Union agreed to a framework trade agreement on Sunday. The deal includes a 15 percent import tariff on most E.U. goods and an additional $600 billion of E.U. investments in the U.S. President Trump called the agreement, quote, "the biggest deal ever made."
Humanitarian aid is slowly starting to reach Palestinians in Gaza after Israel eased some restrictions. Video shows people running to get food and supplies dropped by Jordan and the United Arab Emirates for the first time in months. It comes after Israel announced it will pause fighting in some areas for 10 hours each day.
Thai and Cambodian leaders are meeting in Malaysia's capital for peace talks. Comes after the deadly fighting broke out along the disputed border region between the two nations. At least 35 people have been killed and more than 200,000 displaced in the conflict.
We now know the U.S. President Donald Trump remains popular with Republicans but new polling suggests there has been a notable shift when it comes to independent voters. CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten runs the numbers.
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HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: Hey there. Well, Donald Trump is facing major problems when it comes to the center of the electorate. We're talking, of course, about independent voters who, of course, often decide elections. What are we talking about?
Well, let's take a look at his net approval rating. Well compare where he is now versus where he was at the beginning of his second term.
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And any way you slice it, it's been a tremendous drop. You know, a lot of folks from paying attention to the Gallup poll, of course, Gallup being a fine polling organization dating all the way back since long before I was born.
Back in January, minus two points on the net favorable rating among independents. Donald Trump, now look at where he is on the net favorable rating.
Way down there at minus 35 points, that's a drop of over 30 percentage points. My goodness gracious.
But even in the average, look at this.
Minus three points in January. Not too hot to drop but not terrible. Right about even in terms of approval and disapproval rating when it comes to independent voters.
But again here, look at this drop, now at minus 29 points, a drop of over 25 points. Now Donald Trump is way in the basement among independent voters.
Now of course, this -- we're just looking at Donald Trump's second term. Let's put it into a historical context, right?
Let's look at all the past presidents that I could find data on and take a look here.
Worst net approval ratings ever, six months in among independents. Well guess what? Donald Trump now holds the record for the worst net approval rating six months in among independents. He of course is minus 29 points.
Which record did -- which record did he break? He broke his own record. Back in 2017 at this point he was 23 points under order and now he's even lower than that.
He's six points lower. Not exactly where Donald Trump wants to be among the center of the electorate.
Now why is it that Donald Trump is doing so poorly in the center of the electorate?
Well if you remember last year's campaign, one of the big reasons that Donald Trump got elected to a second term was because the American folks did not like where Joe Biden and the Democratic Party as a whole was on the key issue of inflation.
But get this, I mean this one really surprised me. Net approval rating on inflation among independents.
Look at where Donald Trump is at this point. He is 45 points underwater. Oh my god.
Compare that to where Joe Biden was and of course inflation was one of the things that chased Joe Biden from the race. Joe Biden was 38 points underwater.
Again, absolutely atrocious but somehow Donald Trump is in an even worse position on the key issue of the day, inflation among independents. We'll have to wait and see whether or not Donald Trump can possibly solve this problem because if he can't, you can pretty much say adios amigos, goodbye to the majority in the House of Representatives come 2026.
Back to you.
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KINKADE: Our thanks to Harry Enten there.
Well two people were found dead after you know going on a walk in Arkansas on Saturday. Police say they're treating the case as a double homicide.
The victims are a 43-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman. They were hiking with their two young daughters in Devils Den State Park.
Police say the area is remote and rugged with no cell service. Police have not released the cause of the death but say the victim's daughters were not injured. Investigators say the suspect is a white man who was wearing gloves and dark clothing.
A man accused of stabbing close to a dozen people at a Michigan Walmart is facing terrorism and assault charges. Panic erupted inside the store Saturday when officials say Bradford Gilley began the attack.
They believe the attack was random. Some people in the store chased him outside and forced him to drop the knife.
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Those men held the suspect until police arrived and arrested him. The sheriff says those citizens also helped treat some of the 11 stabbing victims. All victims are expected to survive.
Well family members and authorities are desperately searching for a missing California mother and her eight-month-old daughter. They've been missing for over 10 days now. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones reports.
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JULIA VARGAS JONES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Whisper Owen's family is telling CNN they don't believe she had any reason to want to disappear or leave. That she was happy and acted normally when they last saw her. What they are worried about is that she may have had a medical emergency behind the wheel and didn't have a way to call for help.
Take a listen to what her mother had to say.
VICKIE TORRES, WHISPER OWEN'S MOTHER: I just don't know what could have happened to her and it really bothers me that we but she didn't have a working phone and wasn't in communication with us when she left here because I know her phone was dead but she was trying to get home before it got dark. That's what's got me scared of my fear is that she had a stroke because we weren't able to get this blood pressure under control.
VARGAS JONES: Owen's brother Richard says he has been driving back roads and searching the areas where she was last seen for days now because he feels no one else is doing it. He says he's checked every side road, all of the back roads and all the areas where she may have pulled over or even maybe veered off the road.
Owen left Fresno in the afternoon of July 15th after visiting family and taking the baby to a doctor's appointment. Authorities told the family she then stopped briefly in Atwater California about 60 miles north of Fresno but still about 100 miles from her destination possibly to change the baby's diaper.
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Then she got back on the road but went in the opposite direction. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office says that they were last seen in Atwater around 8:15 p.m. when a traffic camera picked up their silver 2006 Chevy Trailblazer with a missing driver's side headlight.
The family says because Owen did not have a reliable phone with her they didn't realize she was missing until July 19th and then reported it to police. At this point no leads have been shared publicly but in a statement to CNN the Fresno Police Department said quote "There is nothing in the current missing persons investigation which leads us to believe any foul play is involved with Whisper and her child not being located yet."
Fresno P.D. is working with other law enforcement agencies to find Owen and her baby and they do not believe that they are in the Fresno area at the moment. The family is now urging anyone in Atwater to check their home or business security footage from the night of July 15th. They say any small clue could make a big difference.
Julia Vargas Jones, CNN, Los Angeles.
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KINKADE: The families of Israeli hostages are calling on the U.S. President to intervene and help return the October 7th hostages. Just ahead I'll be speaking with the brother of one of the remaining Hamas hostages. Stay with us, you're watching CNN.
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KINKADE: At least three people are dead and several others seriously injured after a passenger train derailed in southwestern Germany. About 100 people were on board when at least two carriages left the tracks in a wooded area near the French and Swiss borders on Sunday. Germany's national rail operator says the cause of the accident is unclear and that it would support the authorities in their investigation.
Well strong winds, dry conditions and unusually high temperatures are fueling a growing outbreak of wildfires across southern Europe. CNN's Ben Hunte has the latest on the firefighting efforts in the region.
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BEN HUNTE, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): By night wildfires in Turkey look straight from a horror movie. An onslaught of fiery red flames with an appetite for destruction that's fed by extreme conditions on the ground. The four dangers of the fires are exposed in the daylight. Thousands
of people are evacuating the north and northwest of the country because of the massive fires as thousands of firefighters try to battle back the flames. Temperatures are surging in the region often topping 40 degrees Celsius or 104 degrees Fahrenheit which is drying out the ground, that's making it even more difficult for firefighters to contain the blazes.
In Greece volunteers are pitching in to help like in this town north of Athens where the flames have been turbocharged by more than just the heat.
PETROS AVARMOPOULOS, LOCAL RESIDENT (through translator): The wind is terrible, you see what's happening here, the speed. One moment the fire is here, the next it's across. Everything is very fast.
HUNTE (voice-over): Fires have also been raging in nearby countries like Kosovo and Albania. Thermal drones have been deployed in some places to identify hot spots and help helicopter pilots coordinate their missions.
In Bulgaria it's a team effort on the ground to put out one fire with firefighters using shovels to smother the burning brush but it wasn't enough to save some houses from being consumed by the smoke and flames.
ZVEZDELIN VLAYKOV, EMERGENCY VOLUNTEER (through translator): There will be quite a few houses burned down. It's a merciless moment, a tragedy, I haven't seen anything like this in all my years of fighting fires. I haven't seen anything like this and it will burn for another month.
HUNTE (voice-over): A month that could look and feel like hell as firefighters across southern Europe fight wildfires in their peak season.
Ben Hunte, CNN.
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KINKADE: Well the key Hamas leader is blaming Israel and the U.S. for stalling the hostage ceasefire talks saying there is quote "no point in continuing negotiations amid the starvation crisis in Gaza." Sunday's statement comes after the U.S. and Israel's withdrawal from the talks in Doha.
The families of Israeli hostages are calling on President Trump to intervene to bring their loved ones home and the family of one of those hostages gave CNN this Hamas propaganda video that features their son. Evyatar David was kidnapped at the Nova music festival during the October 7th attacks. This video is the last time he was seen by them.
Well Ilay David joins us now from Jerusalem. His brother Evyatar was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during those attacks.
We appreciate your time. Thanks so much for joining us.
ILAY DAVID, BROTHER OF HAMAS HOSTAGE EVYATAR DAVID: Thank you for having me.
KINKADE: So can you tell us about your brother, what kind of person he is, what you miss most about him?
DAVID: Sure, Evyatar is the most calm person I know. He's the kindest soul I know. He has the spirit of a musician, plays the guitar since he's very young and we used to play music together every week and he's my younger brother and it was our bond, our connection, it was all about music.
I was playing the piano and he was playing the guitar and we were singing together and I know it gives me strength to keep on moving and manifesting this moment and I see him again when we play music again and I know that for him and his dungeon is right now. I believe he manifests the same thing.
KINKADE: And can I ask you if you've heard from Israeli authorities about any other signs of life because I know you obviously saw him in that horrific propaganda video. Have you heard anything since?
DAVID: So this propaganda video took place five months ago and they showed Evyatar, he showed his friend Guy being out of the tunnel. They were forced to watch as their friends being released on stage, on Hamas stage and that's the kind of emotional and mental torture that they have to endure every day and since then all we've heard is the evidence.
The testimonies of two hostages that stayed with Evyatar for almost 500 days in captivity, which are a year and four months and they told us about a small narrow place, 100 feet underground, a tunnel without any place to move, with barely enough food to preserve them alive.
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No stimulus and constant torture by their captors and somehow they have to endure that, somehow they manage to live, somehow they manage to believe that eventually they're going to be okay.
KINKADE: And of course we've seen over the past several months families of hostages protesting, demanding a ceasefire, demanding more government action. Do you believe Prime Minister Netanyahu is doing enough? Has he made your brother and the other hostages a true priority?
DAVID: I believe that the hostages are a top priority. I think the strategy just isn't good enough, that's why the hostages are not here yet. I think there is Hamas to blame a lot.
There's a reason they stepped out of the negotiations recently and we have to make sure as Western countries, as Western world, we have to make sure Hamas has all the pressure on it, not only military-wise, but also diplomatically-wise and economically-wise. We have to make sure Hamas begs for a deal eventually, because right now not only my brother is a hostage in their cruel hands, but also his own people, the Gazans. So we have to make sure they beg for a deal.
KINKADE: Yes, and of course, you know, we're seeing those images of people in Gaza, knowing that the Israeli government has restricted humanitarian aid because of concerns Hamas is stealing supplies. But we had a recent U.S. investigation find no evidence of widespread theft and aid workers said people in Gaza are starving. If you had your chance to speak directly to the leaders of Israel and the United States, what would you want them to hear from you as a brother of a hostage?
DAVID: I want them to know that my brother, he's a young man, 24-year- old young man, was kidnapped when he was 22. He was kidnapped from a music festival.
He was a civilian, having fun, and he has dreams, he has hopes, he has a family. And I will do anything it takes to bring him alive, my brother, bring him back alive on his feet. He wants to travel to the Far East, to Thailand and to Japan.
And he wants to learn music production, that's his dream. And I know he will do it. And we have to make sure that there is a deal that has all the hostages in it, all 50 of them together without any separation.
That's what we need right now.
KINKADE: Ilay David, we wish you all the best. You and all the families that are in a similar position, we hope Evyatar is home soon. Thanks so much for your time.
DAVID: Thank you.
KINKADE: We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back.
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KINKADE: Legendary American song satirist Tom Lehrer has passed away at the age of 97. You heard him there setting the periodic table of elements to the music of Gilbert and Sullivan.
A friend of the musician and mathematician says he died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lehrer was famous for poking fun at cultural traditions and current events in his mid-century tracks. He took aim at everything from Boy Scouts and rock and roll, to the Catholic Church.
He would later largely give up performing to teach math at Harvard and the University of California, Santa Cruz. And five years ago, he gave up his own copyright, allowing anyone who wants to use his lyrics the right to do so free of charge. This cause of death has not yet been released.
Well India Couture Week is underway in New Delhi. Designer Tarun Tahil Iyani unveiled his latest collection, Quintessence, over the weekend. It's rooted in heritage, it featured heavily embroidered outfits and flowing shrugs and embroidered capes. India Couture Week ends on Wednesday.
Well after winning his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday, today Pogacar cemented his status as one of cycling's greatest. After exiting the final stage of the three-week-long race, Pogacar safely crossed the finish line at the Champs-Elysees in Paris, securing the iconic yellow jersey for the second consecutive year.
He finished four minutes and 24 seconds ahead of rival Jonas Vingago in the general classification. And having now won four Tour de France titles, Pogacar is just one short of the overall record.
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Those are the English football fans losing their minds after the women's national team snagged their second straight European championship. Their triumph over the defending World Cup champions, Spain was incredibly hard-fought, going into extra time only to be decided by a penalty shootout.
Well, World Sports' Patrick Snell brings us the highlights from the Euro 2025 championship.
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PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Well, scenes of joy in Switzerland, where England are celebrating victory at the Women's European Football Championships after beating World champs Spain in an absolutely thrilling contest that would ultimately be decided by one of those nerve-jangling penalty shootouts.
A blockbuster clash between these two superpowers of the modern game was the Lionesses. The defending European champs look for revenge against their great rivals following that 2023 World Cup final defeat in Sydney.
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25 minutes in and it's La Roja ahead. And it's the header from Mariona Caldente, really powerful header for the opening goal of the match. The world champions take the lead.
But the spirit of the Lionesses should never ever be doubted. And early in the second half, England would draw level as Chloe Kelly delivers for Alessia Russo. And it's another outstanding header that powers its way into the back of the net for one-all.
The teams couldn't be separated. It goes to the penalty shootout.
England's hero, their goalie, Hannah Hampton, who made not one but two vital saves to shatter Spain's hearts and hopes. First, she denies Caldente. And then there was more to come from her.
A terrific stop to keep Aitana Badmati's well-struck penalty out.
It's a great save as tensions really start to rise now big time. And so it comes down to England's Chloe Kelly to win it. And she makes no mistake, smashes the ball into the back of the net.
She got the winner three years ago as well against Germany. And now she's making history again. England win the shootout 3-1. The Lionesses, champions of Europe again.
And just look what it means to their players. Scenes of joy there at the trophy lift. This group of players rewriting the history books.
They're also the first English team ever to win a major tournament on foreign soil. Let's hear now from a couple of their all-conquering stars.
CHLOE KELLY, ENGLAND FORWARD: I'm so proud. So proud of this team. So grateful to wear this badge, and I'm so proud to be English.
HANNAH HAMPTON, ENGLAND GOALKEEPER: This team's just unbelievable, incredible. We've shown throughout this tournament we can come back when we go a goal down. And we have that grit, we've got English blood in us.
So we never say die. And we just keep going. And we did that today.
SNELL: Just an incredible achievement. And our congrats to England. And on that note, I'll send it right back to you.
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KINKADE: Our thanks to Patrick.
And thanks to you for joining us, I'm Lynda Kinkade. "Amanpour" is up next for our international viewers, and in the U.S., it's "The Lead." Then there's much more news on "Early Start" with M.J. Lee in about an hour.
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