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POLO SANDOVAL, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: Hey everybody, I'm Polo Sandoval, and this is "CNN Newsroom."

Donald Trump heading to Turkey right now for a pivotal NATO summit, and this as he looks for European allies to step up their defense commitments. We're live in Ankara with the latest.

Plus, Team U.S.A's World Cup dreams, they have come to an end after a 4-1 defeat by Belgium. We're going to break down all the action in a moment.

And a little later this hour, the family of conservative activist Charlie Kirk facing his accused killer in court for the first time. What we've learned during this preliminary hearing.

UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from New York, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Polo Sandoval.

SANDOVAL: Welcome everybody.

NATO leaders, they are gathering right now in Turkey's capital for a two-day summit. U.S. President Donald Trump currently on his way to this high-stakes series of talks. He'll be meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines, and President Trump is signaling that he is ready to refocus on ending Russia's war in Ukraine, and the security situation in the Strait of Hormuz also expected to dominate talks at the summit.

Meanwhile, the U.S. President is accusing NATO members of not meeting defense spending requirements, something we've heard him say repeatedly in the past. This hour, NATO leaders, they are currently sending the message that they are spending money to defend themselves.

Nic Robertson, joining me now live from Ankara, where that summit is happening. Nic, it's going to be a very busy next few days there where you are. As we get ready for the President's arrival there, what are European leaders envisioning as a potential success in the summit? NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yes, I think

success will be not just the numbers of who's committing how much towards and what their pathway looks like to that 5 percent of GDP by on defense and security spend by 2035, but actually how they're going to spend it, how they're going to stump up the investment, how they're going to rationalize their defense industries across Europe, what contracts will be agreed here between different companies, and how that the armaments, the military industry in Europe can step up to what NATO leaders believe is a necessity of a potential down-the-road Russian threat.

And that means are they producing enough ammunition? Are they producing the right type of aircraft, be it fighter aircraft, be it drones? Are they producing the right type of ships? Are they rationalizing between the different European nations, the sources of funding, the types of equipment they're producing?

So, that will be one place to look for what the European leaders are coming into this. Also the Canadian leader Mark Carney, of course, as well.

But also, they'll be acutely aware that President Trump has been critical of them over epic fury, the U.S. war with Iran, and an incident in the Strait of Hormuz today may sort of rekindle his attention on that.

But I think what they'll also be looking for is what Donald Trump may say or threaten to countries like Spain that are not so far being clear about making their pathway to 5 percent of GDP by 2035. So, you know, there's a lot going on, but the Defense Investment Fund has a meeting getting underway this morning that will involve foreign ministers, that will involve defense ministers of the NATO alliance. And the output of that will be, again, a key marker for potential success.

What sort of funding? How's it going to be spent? How's it going to be financed? That's key today.

SANDOVAL: CNN's Nic Robertson with that preview live in Ankara. Thank you so much, Nic, I appreciate it.

Rose Gottemoeller is NATO's former Deputy Secretary General and also a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. She joins me now from Mountain View, California. Rose, thank you so much for taking the time.

ROSE GOTTEMOELLER, RESEARCH FELLOW, STANFORD UNIVERSITY-HOOVER INSTITUTION AND FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, NATO: Sure. My pleasure.

SANDOVAL: So as we watch together the start of the summit, we know that President Trump has expressed now for years some skepticism about NATO. How far do you expect him to potentially push allies this time?

GOTTEMOELLER: Honestly, I'm thinking that he should be pretty satisfied with the allies on defense spending this time around. [03:05:05]

I heard from Mark Rutte, the current Secretary General, that the allies have reached 4 percent of GDP, and that's getting close to the 5 percent they promised by 2030. So, the allies are actually doing pretty well in terms of their defense expenditures.

So, the President won't complain about that, but I do think he's going to have some complaints against individual member states. The U.K., for example, has not stepped up, really, to put a plan in place for getting to 5 percent of GDP. And so the President's probably going to be pretty hard on Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his last NATO summit before leaving office.

SANDOVAL: Yes, I'm glad you mentioned the increase in those contributions. In addition to that, Rose, what do you think that NATO leaders are bringing to the summit to address any currents or potentially new concerns from the U.S. President?

You mentioned the Secretary General. We heard from him about a week and a half ago when he visited the Oval Office. And it seemed that he really wanted to reassure the President, you know, with those figures, that the alliance had been taking steps to address those contributions. But it seemed that the President said that he just wanted loyalty.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: We don't need their money, we don't need anything. We have the most powerful military in the world by far. But by just wanting loyalty.

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SANDOVAL: How do NATO allies face that?

GOTTEMOELLER: Well, yes, Root to mention the Trump trillion, which I think is amazing. When my former boss, Secretary General Stoltenberg, was talking about it, it was the Trump 100 million at that point. So we've gone way up.

But that's fine, I think it's good. NATO needed to spend more on its own defense, the European countries as well as Canada. But in terms of the other frustrations, the President is clearly very frustrated that NATO member states did not help him out with his war against Iran in the Middle East. And he was free and clear in his expression of frustration over that.

So, I do expect that that will play a part in this summit meeting. But here the allies are already stepping forward, not as the alliance per se. It's not the NATO institution who would help out to keep the Straits of Hormuz open, for example, but individual NATO member states who might put their navies to work in the Straits of Hormuz to help keep them open.

So, I think there will probably be some individual countries that try to reassure the President in that regard. But they were clearly not enthusiastic about his war of choice in the Middle East.

SANDOVAL: Going into this summit, what's your assessment of NATO at the moment? How fragile is it?

GOTTEMOELLER: I've actually been very pleased at the way NATO has come together and met these new demands and really these new challenges from Trump, because, you know, they just kept hoping the United States would go back to the way it was before. And it's not going to happen. There's no status quo ante here.

So, the NATO member states have to get used to the fact that they will have the overarching responsibility for conventional defense in Europe. And that means providing for some capabilities that the United States provided before, such as intelligence gathered from satellite reconnaissance or tanker aircraft to tank fighter jets during combat.

So, these are capabilities, so-called enablers, that the United States provided. And now NATO member states elsewhere have to do the heavy lifting to get them in place and deployed. But here again, Rutte has said in the run-up to this summit that the NATO states are doing very well in replacing U.S. enablers.

SANDOVAL: Before we wrap, I'd love to also get your thoughts on what we could expect when it comes to Russia's war in Ukraine. What do you expect the alliance to potentially produce that would support President Zelenskyy?

GOTTEMOELLER: I very much hope that Zelenskyy will get what he's been begging for, starting with the G7 summit, but even before that, asking very clearly for help in defending against Russian ballistic missiles. They are pounding Ukraine.

The Ukrainians have gotten very good at defending against low-flying drones and so-called cruise missiles. But these ballistic missiles that fly high and then come down on a very sharp trajectory very fast, they cannot defend against those without the Patriot missile.

So, I hope that Zelenskyy gets what he wants, which is a license to produce Patriot missiles in Ukraine. The Ukrainians have proven their defense industry is capable, and I hope he gets that permission.

SANDOVAL: As NATO's former deputy secretary-general, we're so grateful for your perspective right now as we get ready to watch any potential developments out of the summit. Rose Gottemoeller, thank you so much.

GOTTEMOELLER: My pleasure. Thank you.

SANDOVAL: The public funeral for Iran's slain Supreme Leader is now in its fourth day. I want to show you some live images out of Iran in an important holy city, which is about 80 miles or roughly 130 kilometers just south of the capital of Tehran, where it's just past 1030 in the morning there on Tuesday.

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Now, the country is currently staging a week of mass funeral processions for the late Ayatollah before he is buried on Thursday.

CNN's Paula Hancocks has been following this from Abu Dhabi. Paula, as we take in some of these pictures, I wonder if we can walk our viewers through them, some of the symbolism, certainly, and perhaps a message that the regime wants to send the world and the United States with that presence.

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Polo, starting on that, I mean, the message that the regime is sending out is clearly one of unity, one of the fact that the regime has survived, despite the U.S. and Israeli leaders at the beginning of the war saying that regime change was on the cards. This is a very clear, symbolic image to show that there are still hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people on the streets for the procession, for the commemoration, supporting this regime.

Now, of course, it's important to note that there are many who do not support this regime. You're not seeing them on the streets. But certainly we are seeing this sign of unity from the regime itself.

So, the crowds at this point and the late supreme leader, along with his family members that were killed on February 28th, are in the holy city of Qom. We are expecting on Wednesday the procession will then be in two cities in Iraq, which are sacred to Shia Islam, before the Ayatollah is laid to rest in his hometown of Mashhad on Thursday.

One interesting thing we saw on Monday, which really goes to show the level of anger among pro-regime supporters when it comes to America and Israel. We did hear the regular chants of Death to America, Death to Israel. That is really par for the course when you have these kinds of pro-regime gatherings.

But what we saw also was a ceremony, which is really a harsh ritual of stoning the devil, where Muslim pilgrims usually throw small pebbles at pillars representing evil. It's symbolic of rejecting evil and the devil.

Instead of the pillars, though, there was images of the U.S. President Donald Trump. We also saw posters depicting images of Trump and saying Kill Trump. There was a bounty for the assassination of the U.S. President.

So, you do have that level of anger on the streets at the same time as the pro-regime supporters element that we are seeing here. Again, though, this is not the majority of Iranians. Polo?

SANDOVAL: That's so important to point out. And as that pretty lengthy funeral continues, Paula, as you know, new developments now in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime data showing that some 108 ships were able to cross the strait over the weekend. But that was before a report of a tanker that was struck by a projectile.

HANCOCKS: Yes, we're hearing from the U.K. Maritime Agency that there was a vessel that was struck, it says, by unknown projectiles. "Axios" is reporting, though, that U.S. officials believe that it was Iranian missiles that caused this incident. We hear from the U.K. Maritime Agency, there's no casualties, there's

no environmental damage. But of course, what this does, is once again, shakes confidence in the Strait of Hormuz and the ability for vessels to be able to transit this critical waterway safely.

So there was 108 vessels that managed to cross between Friday and Sunday. It is a significant number given what we saw during the war, but it still shows that the Strait is not free and open, as the U.S. President has said it is. Usually on a pre-war day, more than 100 ships would be transiting.

But of course, this does now raise concerns for other seafarers in the area as to whether or not they try and make this transit. Polo?

SANDOVAL: CNN's Paula Hancocks following multiple threads there out of the Middle East. Thank you, Paula.

To Cuba now, which has suffered yet another nationwide blackout. It's not yet clear what caused this latest outage, but the country's grid operator confirmed an investigation is underway.

Cuba has been grappling with an energy crisis, which is made worse by sharp declines in fuel imports. Earlier this year, U.S. sanctions forced top oil suppliers to cut off shipments to Cuba. And on Monday, the Cuban President criticized the import restrictions, accusing Washington of trying to spark a social explosion through asphyxiation, wrote the President.

Straight ahead here on "CNN Newsroom," we'll be taking a closer look at the World Cup results, as Belgium knocks out the last host nation standing, bashing Team USA's dreams of a championship.

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And much of Europe suffering yet another heat wave. Ahead, we'll be updating you on a huge wildfire that's now forced thousands of people to evacuate. We'll tell you where.

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SANDOOVAL: Welcome back.

Team USA's World Cup dreams, they have come to an end. Belgium dominating the pitch, scoring twice in the first half, and then exploiting a series of U.S. defensive mistakes. And boy, were they mistakes, ultimately pulling away for a 4-1 win.

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Belgium now will be facing Spain in the quarterfinals. They defeated Portugal 1-0 earlier Monday, thanks to a goal in the 91st minute, breaking through Portugal's resistance. It's a disappointing result for Cristiano Ronaldo, who confirmed before the match that this was his last World Cup.

CNN "World Sports'" Coy Wire has more on the U.S.-Belgium match from Seattle.

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COY WIRE, CNN WORLD SPORT: Just like that, America's World Cup dream is over after a round of 16 loss to Belgium, and within just days, all three host nations, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, have all been knocked out.

But what a ride for the U.S. This place was rocking. Fans could have used a seat belt from the opening whistle, pure pandemonium.

Breakout star Flo Balogun returning after FIFA overturned his suspension, but Belgium struck first. Charles de Ketelaere bearing a goal in the ninth minute, the U.S. answered right back.

Malik Tillman, penalty shot, Terminator hammering home another rocket. Second straight match with a goal, making it one-all.

But before fans could even finish celebrating, Belgium punched back. 60 seconds later, de Ketelaere becoming the first Belgian since detailed records began in 1966 to be involved in three goals in a single World Cup match. Two goals, one assist.

Then came the dagger. Hans Vanaken capitalizing after a costly giveaway, putting Belgium in command. Final score, 4-1.

Belgium marches on to the quarterfinals to face Spain. America's magical run comes to an end. We caught up with some of the players after the game that hurt so bad.

TYLER ADAMS, U.S. MIDFIELDER: I mean, the support was unbelievable. I think our initial reaction as a team was, in this moment, we let them down. But I think altogether, people gravitated towards the team because we were relatable.

We represented exactly what the U.S. was. Today wasn't a good day. I think from a performance, you can analyze the performance, you can analyze a lot of things.

But the togetherness of the group, how we competed in large parts of the tournament, I think was really good. So yes, it's tough to judge right now of the overall tournament, obviously, after a loss. But I think overall, there were positives that we're going to take away from it.

Just doesn't feel like it right now.

TIM REAM, U.S. CENTER-BACK: There's boys and girls who are watching and being inspired. And it should be how incredible this journey has been with this group.

WIRE: The scoreboard says Belgium advances, but this tournament may have done something bigger for the U.S., showing America how beautiful this game can be, bringing a nation together in divisive times, a nation that once hoped soccer would matter, now expects it to. And that may be this team's greatest victory of the entire tournament. (END VIDEOTAPE)

SANDOVAL: Yes, so much for that Cinderella story.

All right, let's go to Birmingham, England now. Joey D'Urso is a journalist and also author of "More Than a Shirt - How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power." Joey, it's good to see you after what was another action packed day.

JOEY D'URSO, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF "MORE THAN A SHIRT": Yes, well, yes, disappointing exit for us there against Belgium. But as your reporter was saying, I think it's been a huge moment for football in the U.S. more broadly and captured a lot of people's imaginations. I'm sure.

SAMDOVAL: Yes, I mean, what went wrong? I mean, we never saw that second win from Team USA. And also, I'm curious what you thought of their goalie, Matt Freeze's absolutely disastrous mistake. I mean, he's the one guy on the team that could have used his hands to stop the ball yet he didn't.

D'URSO: Yes, it was really bad. That sort of pass out from the back of the third goal was really poor. We've seen a few examples of bad goalkeeping errors in this tournament.

I think the brutal truth is the U.S. has played really well, but fundamentally been playing against much lower-ranked nations. And the first time they came up against a top team, they didn't win.

And I suppose each match which isn't to downplay those earlier achievements, but I think the U.S. team is, you know, really, you know, a good round of 16 World Cup team, but still a long way off those big European heavy hitters, which you know, Belgium aren't far from the best team in this tournament, but really did outplay the U.S. in this game in Seattle last night.

SANDOVAL: And then after the match, there's this post from Belgium's team on X, it was a pretty simple statement, in fact, we'll put up for our viewers, "Overrule this," that a clear reference to FIFA's overturning of Balogun's suspension. Do you think that the suspension reversal perhaps further motivated Belgium?

D'URSO: Oh, I'm sure. And you saw, you know, Romelu Lukaku kind of cupping his ears to the U.S. crowd.

I think kind of imitating a Donald Trump dance as well, I think it clearly really motivated them. They were shocked, they were furious, they were astonished. I mean, it's completely unprecedented what happened there with that red card.

I mean, which I think so there'll be some people at FIFA, maybe not the President of FIFA, but some of the people at FIFA very relieved at this result, because it does sort of put that story to bed. Whereas if the U.S. had won, particularly with Balogun playing a big role in that, this would have been rumbling for not just days to come, but years to come. SANDOVAL: Yes. And I'm sure you're following the controversy here in

the U.S., obviously, about just the question of to what extent, if any, did President Trump potentially have any influence on this? So I'm more interested, though, in what could be the broader impact after what happened on Sunday?

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And perhaps in your view, do you think that that reversal may open up the door for broader opportunities for not teams, but perhaps heads of government to urge FIFA to go back and review some of their calls?

D'URSO: Yes, well, I mean, on the first point, I mean, it's not some sort of conspiracy theory. I mean, Trump has said himself that he rang up Infantino and asked for the card to be changed. And yes, I think we could see this more the idea of it being kind of relitigated after the fact. And this idea of World Cups being political and not just about stadiums or whatever else, but literally what happens on the field.

I mean, this is something not something new. I mean, if you look back to the World Cup in Mussolini's Italy in 1934 or in Argentina under dictatorship in 78, this idea of corrupt referees, I mean, even lots of South Americans think in England in 1966, that was what was going on.

But this is kind of something we haven't heard for a while. And now this idea of Presidents and prime ministers meddling in the actual events on the pitch is coming back. It's not good for the game, it's really not.

SANDOVAL: Yes, we can't wrap without talking about Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal knocked out by Spain on Monday. What's your outlook for Spain, which is getting ready to now to face Belgium?

D'URSO: Yes, it's been very good. I mean, it was a pretty boring game, to be honest. They called by Spain at the very end, it was not an entertaining match.

The Portugal, I think it'd be pretty disappointing this tournament. Cristiano Ronaldo, you know, he scored a couple of good goals. But I think, frankly, at 41 years old, it's very difficult to be leading the line in a major tournament.

No disrespect to any 41 year olds out there. But, you know, Portugal have been really disappointing. They've got a great midfield, Bruno Fernandes, Vitinha, so I don't think it's all on Ronaldo.

But I think, you know, they've maybe indulged him a bit too much. The coach hasn't been strict enough about getting him off the pitch. And I think it's a bit of an embarrassing end to a truly wonderful career.

SANDOVAL: Joey D'Urso, always great talking football with you. Congratulations, by the way, on the English win and for folks around the world. Certainly make sure you look up Joey --

D'URSO: Very gracious of you. Mexico certainly played their part. SANDOVAL: Yes, it was a heck of a match. All right. Thanks again, Joey. We'll talk soon.

D'URSO: Thank you.

SANDOVAL: Well, Prince Harry's trip to London is grabbing a lot of attention right now because of a lack of royal sleeping arrangements. I'll tell you what that means in a moment.

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SANDOVAL: Welcome back. I'm Polo Sandoval in New York, and these are today's top stories.

NATO leaders, they are gathering in Turkey's capital for a two day summit. U.S. President Donald Trump is actually headed there right now. The talks will likely be dominated by the Strait of Hormuz and the war in Ukraine. NATO leaders are expected to address the President's frequent criticism that they are not paying enough on defense.

And the public funeral for Iran's slain supreme leader is now in its fourth day. A public procession is currently underway in an Iranian holy city, it's about 80 miles or 130 kilometers south of the capital city of Tehran. The country is staging a week of mass funeral processions for the late Ayatollah before eventually he's before he's buried on Thursday.

And it's the end of the road for Team USA's World Cup journey. The host country losing their match against Belgium 4-1 on Monday. The Red Devils dominated, scoring twice in the first half before exploiting a series of U.S. defensive mistakes, Belgium now faces Spain in the quarterfinals.

Russian attacks continue to strike fear around Ukraine's capital. At least 27 people were killed in the Kyiv region on Monday and dozens of others were injured, including four emergency responders.

The Ukrainian military says that it struck Russia's largest oil refinery more than 1500 miles from Ukraine's border. The strike could worsen growing gas shortages in almost all of Russia's 83 regions.

And Kyiv's pressure campaign is also targeting the highly contested Crimean Peninsula. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh with more.

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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Ukraine is hitting Russia hard where it all began. Occupied Crimea.

Taken first in 2014, it is a peninsula and that makes it very vulnerable to being cut off. There are two ways in or out. First is the Kerch Bridge, which Ukraine has been hitting for years

and it's now beset by queues of thousands of anxious Russians trying to get out.

Second is the land bridge through occupied Ukraine. Many saw this as a big strategic gain from Russia's invasion in 2022, a way to cheaply and permanently connect Russia to this tourist mecca, the jewel of the Soviet past.

VLADIMIR PUTIN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT (translated): Crimea, sacral importance for Russia, like the temple mountain in Jerusalem.

PATON WALSH: Ukraine's 2023 counteroffensive tried to break through here but failed, hitting huge Russian defenses. Now they're flying over them.

New mid-range Ukrainian drone capability striking the road along the land bridge and Crimea's air defenses, leaving it vulnerable, and then the actual bridges to Crimea and the Russian trains and the roads. Now they're hitting ordinary infrastructure, refineries, power stations, meaning power cuts in the cities.

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Queues at gas stations, thick black smoke on the skyline, so yet more Russians are leaving.

Zelenskyy recently claimed that Russia has had to prioritize air defenses in Crimea and around Moscow as well. Putin has recently accepted economic challenges and indeed gas shortages as Ukraine's drone strikes increasingly cause chaos in ordinary Russian life.

So what's the goal here? Make Crimea hard to live in, a place without tourists, gas, power, affordable food, and the land bridge to it, already itself a tough place to live in, seems less worth the cost.

And this is the wider point for Kyiv. Seize on the growing questions inside Russia as to what the war is even for. If Crimea is effectively uninhabitable and the only gains they can claim are tiny bits of land, usually rubble, in Donbas.

Turn Crimea from a jewel in Putin's crown to leverage for Ukraine, perhaps in any future peace talks, or even into a damaging thorn in Putin's side as he tries to navigate growing dissent about his war of choice.

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SANDOVAL: Now, Chinese officials say that at least four people have been killed in the city of Nanning after Typhoon Maisak triggered deadly flooding there. Floodwaters reaching waste level in this video from the state news agency there.

Emergency crews, they are now evacuating stranded residents with officials saying that hundreds more are waiting to be rescued. More severe weather has also hit further north in Hubei province. CCTV reporting that at least five people were killed after a rare tornado tore through the region. Officials say that the passing typhoon and the early rainy season all fueling the severe weather.

And heat warnings, they are in place again across much of Western and Central Europe. The ongoing high temperatures, they are especially difficult to handle in places where few homes and public buildings have air conditioning. In France alone, for example, only about 25 percent of homes have air conditioning.

So what about Spain? CNN's Pau Mosquera reports from Madrid.

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PAU MOSQUERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thirty-nine degrees Celsius, around 102 degrees Fahrenheit, that's the peak temperature recorded in Madrid during this Monday afternoon. Quite a suffocating start to the week, right?

Well, the responsible is no other than the second heat wave that is impacting the West of Europe. More specifically, large parts of Portugal, Spain and France that during the day have been under heat warnings because of the high temperatures. This is why, for example, here in the Spanish capital, many have been looking for climate shelters, places where to cool off that are spread all around the city.

Many of these climate shelters are located inside of public buildings, but some others are located on the outside, as for example, the park of Arganzuela that you can see here behind me.

This place is called as Playa de Madrid, Madrid's beach. As you know, here in Madrid, we have no sea, there is no beach. We only have Manzanares River going around the city.

But here, the young ones and the adults can enjoy the public fountains and have some fun under the water jets, as you can see here on image.

And this is quite a good way to keep cool from the heat, because this second heat wave of the summer is going to last at least until Thursday. And that is why the authorities are asking the population not to get to the streets during the central hours of the day, or to keep themselves very well hydrated.

Pau Mosquera, CNN, Madrid.

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SANDOVAL: Now to that rift between Prince Harry and the British royal family. It does not appear to be closing anytime soon.

You see, the Duke of Sussex is visiting the U.K. this week. He's participating in several charity events, but he will not be staying at Buckingham Palace or any other royal residence.

He will also not be joined by his wife Meghan or their two children. They are staying behind in the United States over concerns about security arrangements.

CNN's Christina MacFarlane with more.

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CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Prince Harry is in London this week. Where he'll sleep is another question.

His team said Monday, a room at Buckingham Palace, courtesy of the king. But within hours, the palace begged to differ. A royal source telling CNN that Harry missed the deadline to confirm, and by the time a request came in for him, the staff had already been stood down.

To add to the drama, Tuesday brings a verdict in Harry's privacy case against The Daily Mail's publisher, and concerns were raised about him staying at a royal residence while that ruling is pending. His team isn't having any of it.

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Harry, they say, accepted once his own security had finally been sorted. And the palace, they note, had known about that judgment since Thursday. Quote, "It is therefore unclear why, having formally accepted the accommodation offer, it is now being withdrawn at the last moment."

But that's not all. Duchess Meghan and the couple's children were meant to travel too. That trip's off for now, but British authorities confirmed there'll be no publicly funded security for the family.

Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet haven't set foot in Britain together since 2022, and this was supposed to be the trip that changed that. That is, until the perennial security battle reared its head.

The fight goes back to 2020 when Harry and Meghan first stepped back from royal duties. A memoir, a Netflix series, and a public rift with his brother Prince William all followed.

Then in 2024 came his father's cancer diagnosis. Harry kept fighting anyway and lost his case in the Court of Appeal. Still, he told the BBC last year he'd love reconciliation.

In September, the two sat down for tea in London, a rare hour that looked, for a moment, like a start. Buckingham Palace, for now, isn't saying any more.

Christina MacFarlane, CNN, London.

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SANDOVAL: Well, millions of children, they now have new Trump accounts. How the savings program works, we'll tell you more about it in a moment.

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SANDOVAL: Welcome back. I'm Polo Sandoval in New York, and these are your business headlines.

Microsoft eliminating about 4800 jobs. That's roughly 2 percent of its global workforce. The announcement was sent to employees on Monday. A majority of those cuts will come from its Xbox gaming division, remember that console? The layoffs follow a slowdown in video game spending after the COVID pandemic.

Cracker Barrel reporting better-than-expected profits for its second quarter after last year's disastrous logo and restaurant changes saw their shares tank up to 12 percent. They're now up to a staggering 100 percent for the year. The restaurant chain has added value meals, a better loyalty program, and also an influx of American-themed merchandise.

President Donald Trump ringing the opening bell to mark the first day of trading for Trump Accounts. The event in the Oval Office followed the launch of the new savings and investment vehicle for children. To date, the U.S. Treasury Department says that more than 6 million Trump accounts have been opened for children under 18.

So let's stay on Trump Accounts. How do they work and who qualifies? CNN's David Goldman with the answers.

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DAVID GOLDMAN, CNN BUSINESS SENIOR REPORTER: All right, Trump Accounts are live, and I think a lot of people are very interested in this after President Trump rang the opening bell from the White House, the first President to ever do that, because the free money machine is opening. They are giving away $1000 to eligible children.

And who's eligible? I'm sure you're wondering.

Well, any baby that was born since 2025. Now, technically through 2028, although this could get extended, you do need to be a U.S. citizen and have a valid social security number. But if you check those boxes, you can get a Trump Account now.

So what can you do with it? Quite a bit, actually. You can invest up to $5000 in tax-deductible contributions and put it in an index fund like the S&P 500 and you can make some decent money on that investment.

So the withdrawals get a little bit complicated. You do need to use it for an eligible expense like college or you can buy a home or you can just save it for retirement if you don't want to touch it.

Otherwise, you are subject to that 10 percent penalty. That's pretty steep. And you have to pay the taxes back on that. You cannot withdraw this until you turn 18. So this is supposed to be

for something that the government thinks is putting it to good use. And you can make a ton of money doing this, actually, if you just kept the $1000 and invested it in that fund, assuming a 10 percent return, pretty conservative for the S&P 500 over the past decade, you would walk away with $55,000 by the time you are 18.

But let's say you maxed out your contributions. Well, you're looking at quite a bit more, a quarter of a million dollars by the time you are 18, assuming a 10 percent return.

So what can you do to get one of these? Well, you can go to the IRS and fill out form 4547. Very subtle.

You can go to trumpaccounts.gov, get all the information you need if you are interested in getting one of these for your child. Back to you.

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SANDOVAL: A multi-day preliminary hearing is currently underway in the case of Tyler Robinson. He's accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University back in September.

Marybel Gonzalez breaks down how day one unfolded in the courtroom.

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MARYBEL GONZALEZ, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): Twenty-three year old Tyler Robinson sat in a Utah courtroom on day one of a five day hearing in front of a judge who will determine whether he will stand trial for the murder of Charlie Kirk.

JOEY JACKSON, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: The judge just has to hear legally sufficient evidence of probable cause.

GONZALEZ (voice-over): Prosecutors previewed their evidence, starting with their first witness, a former Utah Valley University police officer who described the shooting, the aftermath and his response.

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CHRISTOPHER BAGLEY, FORMER SENIOR OFFICER, UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY: I asked dispatch to get on the camera system and to see if anybody was on top of the Wall Street building during the time of the incident.

GONZALEZ (voice-over): The hearing comes about 10 months after Kirk, the 31 year old conservative co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed as he addressed a crowd of roughly 3000 people at Utah Valley University in Orem.

BAGLEY: People were screaming, standing up and starting to run in all different directions away from the center of the tent.

GONZALEZ (voice-over): The day after the shooting, Robinson surrendered to police. JACKSON: Certainly they will hear evidence relating to all types of

things like ballistic evidence, which links him, that is Mr. Tyler Robinson, the defendant in the case to the shooting.

GONZALEZ (voice-over): Robinson's defense team said it plans to call three forensic experts to testify. The Kirk family, including Kirk's parents and his widow, Erica Kirk, attended Monday's hearing. It marks the first time since they were in the same room as Robinson since he was arrested last year.

I'm Marybel Gonzalez reporting.

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SANDOVAL: Prosecutors have said that they do intend to seek the death penalty against Robinson, who's now facing several charges, including aggravated murder. Robinson has not yet entered pleas and will not do so until the judge decides if this makes it to trial.

Still to come at this hour, from a historic trip to the moon to officially retiring as an astronaut. A member of the Artemis 2 crew is sharing some new details on his next big mission.

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SANDOVAL: Welcome back.

Well, there was incredible levels of security. No phones were allowed, non-disclosure agreements. But despite all of that, details about the highly guarded wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, they are finally starting to trickle out days later.

CNN's Elizabeth Wagmeister with more.

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ELIZABETH WAGMEISTER, CNN ENTERTAINMENT CORRESPONDENT: Just a few days after the wedding of the century, we are getting some details inside of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's fairy tale romance where she truly transformed Madison Square Garden into what we hear was a garden party of sorts. It looked nothing like the arena in New York City.

And if you take a look at this photo, this is the entrance where guests walk in. It looks like a red carpet of sorts.

Now, if you're wondering how guests got this photo because there was a strict no cell phone policy, well, zoom into the top of this photo and you will see at the top of the stairs is where all of the wedding guests, yes, all 1000 wedding guests had to turn in their phones. They had no cell phone for the rest of the night.

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That includes the most famous people in the world who were there. Everyone from Brad Pitt to Jennifer Lopez, even they could not have phones. Now, we're also getting a first look at the flowers thanks to a

wedding guest who posted and said that she caught the bouquet. If you take a look here, you'll see the flowers look very understated. I'm sure there were many more flowers in there, probably not so understated when we get the full picture.

I was standing outside of Madison Square Garden and we did see trees being carried into Madison Square Garden. So I'm sure it was anything but understated. But in this photo, you see the flowers are white and pink with green foliage and very whimsical.

And we're also getting a look at a little gift that guests were given. They were apparently given handkerchiefs that had a lyric from one of Taylor Swift's song, had the date and had their names.

I'm sure that there were a lot of tears during their vow. So it's a good thing that they had their handkerchiefs.

Now, of course, what we're all waiting to see is Taylor's wedding dress. According to a guest who posted on X and then deleted, they said that Taylor wore a stunning long dress with a long veil and that Travis wore a white tuxedo.

Again, we're going to have to wait to see what that looks like until the couple decides to share some photos themselves.

Back to you.

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SANDOVAL: And I know the world won't be anxiously awaiting those details.

Now to Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. He has announced his next big mission, retirement.

The Artemis 2 crewmate says that he is stepping down from his full- time role as an astronaut come September. He was the only international astronaut to fly along with the mostly NASA crew in April. Hansen says that he'll continue to serve as a reservist member of the Royal Canadian Air Force to leave the door open for future opportunities.

He wrote on social media that retiring after 17 years with the Canadian Space Agency will finally allow him some time to take a significant next step in his career, he wrote.

And finally, stunning pictures from space. European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot capturing video of an aurora shimmering in the Earth's atmosphere all while she was on board the International Space Station.

She said that it is the most amazing one that she has ever seen on her mission. She has now been in space for more than 150 days and has orbited the Earth more than 2000 times. With these beautiful pictures, we do want to thank you so much for

joining me the last hour, I'm Polo Sandoval. I'll join you again in a moment with more headlines.

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