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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.

Ahead this hour, the U.S. has carried out a third night of strikes against Iran as President Trump threatens to take control of the Strait of Hormuz. We'll have Iran's reaction next.

The U.S. President says he'll support a Russian sanctions package spearheaded by Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly over the weekend.

Plus, how the A.I. boom could make your next gaming console or tablet more expensive.

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

KINKADE: We begin in the Middle East where U.S. strikes Iran for a third consecutive night as President Donald Trump says the U.S. will be the guardian of the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command says the latest strikes targeted Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping.

Social media footage shows the aftermath of the strikes in Iran's southeast. President Trump says the U.S. may soon control the Strait of Hormuz.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: We are just going forward, we're attacking them tonight. We're taking out all of their capability for anything having to do with the Strait, with the Hormuz Strait. And I think in the end, we will end up just controlling the whole thing.

(END VIDEO CLIP) KINKADE: The U.S. will also resume its naval blockade of Iranian ships in the coming hours. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked President Trump when the conflict is expected to end.

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KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: You've been bombing Iran for months now. Is this just the new normal for the American people?

TRUMP: Well, you know, we're in Vietnam for 19 years. We're here for four months. So I think we've done a lot.

We've knocked out their Navy in a period of one month; we knocked out their Air Force, their Air Force is non-existent; we knocked out most of their missiles, most of their drones; we knocked out their drone manufacturing capability, about 92 percent, their missile capability for manufacturing, we knocked out 89 percent.

And they have a little capability, but they don't have any capability for us. This is almost a military skirmish.

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KINKADE: CNN's Paula Hancocks is following developments for us from Abu Dhabi. Good to see you, Paula.

So just give us a picture on the ground tonight after the collapse of the ceasefire and another round of U.S. strikes. What's the situation there?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Lynda, it's becoming a fairly familiar pattern. What we are seeing is that Iran attacks and strikes ships in the Strait of Hormuz. It's then followed by U.S. strikes overnight, targeting military infrastructure predominantly in and around the Strait of Hormuz and then we see Iran's retaliation against Gulf nation allies of the United States.

Now, what we've been seeing in the early hours of today is Bahrain with emergency alerts as they saw incoming from Iran. We've also seen that Jordan has said it has intercepted four missiles which were heading towards its territory as well.

Now, what we know of the U.S. strikes against Iranian military infrastructure is we've heard from the U.S. President Donald Trump. He has notified Congress that there is going to be a limited military action that has resumed. He has called it the strikes are limited, measured, planned and executed in a manner designed to minimize civilian casualties, calling them defensive strikes, but specifically trying to degrade Iran's ability to strike and to attack vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Now, the U.S. military is saying that they are also going to resume the military blockade in the critical waterway. This effectively prevents ships from going into and exiting Iranian ports. But we are hearing from the Iran oil minister at this point, and he is saying that exports will continue as usual despite the U.S. resuming sanctions on its oil.

And of course, now we are hearing that this military blockade will once again be put into place. The U.S., through President Trump, saying that the U.S. would effectively be guardians of the Strait of Hormuz and they would be charging shippers 20 percent of the value of cargo. Lynda.

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KINKADE: So, when Iran says it can close the Strait and the U.S. says it will keep the waterway open and start charging tankers 20 percent, I mean, what is the reality? Can the U.S. actually really control it?

HANCOCKS: It's very uncertain at this point what exactly that would look like if the U.S. were in fact to charge 20 percent of the value of cargo. For many shipping companies, that would simply be prohibitive to be able to charge that amount. There's also, of course, a question as to whether the U.S. military will be able to protect vessels that are going through the Strait of Hormuz if Iran is intent on attacking them.

Now, we did hear from the Revolutionary Guard that they had, they say, struck and disabled what they called rogue supertankers, two rogue supertankers, saying that they had switched off their navigation system. They were traversing along a route that they believed was mined and ignored warnings from Iranian authorities.

So, they said that they struck and disabled them. We did hear from the UAE that they had two tankers that had been targeted. Lynda.

KINKADE: All right, Paula Hancocks for us in Abu Dhabi. Thanks very much.

Well, joining me now to discuss live from Singapore is Vandana Hari. She is an energy markets expert and CEO and founder of Vanda Insights. Great to have you with us.

VANDANA HARI, CEO AND FOUNDER, VANDA INSIGHTS AND ENERGY MARKETS EXPERT: Good morning.

KINKADE: So, oil prices are rising yet again as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz intensify. What is the market telling us, you know, traders reacting to the actual loss of supply or pricing and the risk that this could continue for much longer?

HARI: Yes, the market has been plunged into great uncertainty once again, similar to what we saw through the three and a half months of war. In some ways, probably worse. What we, what the market does have to go by amidst all the unanswered questions is that the Strait of Hormuz is virtually shut again.

It did reopen for a few days after the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. Quite a bit of the stranded vessels, the stranded oil, close to 200 million barrels per day, barrels of oil that was stranded has left and reached the markets. But the big question, as you imply in your question, is what happens going forward.

If we continue to lose that amount of supply, you know, the reserves, global reserves, whether they're strategic reserves, commercial reserves have already been drained at unprecedented rates. So it's increasingly looking like we are finally the market is going to hit that major wall of very short supply.

KINKADE: And of course, we keep hearing these two competing messages, the U.S. saying Hormuz is open, Iran saying it can effectively shut it down. From an energy market perspective, what matters more, whether the Strait is technically open or whether ships are able and willing to use it?

HARI: Absolutely. So that's an important point.

There is all that rhetoric and noise and that the market does have to pay attention to. But it's very hard to trade on that rhetoric. So what the market has been watching very closely since the start of the war and especially after the MOU and there were some positive signs because more number of ships had started transiting after the 17th June MOU.

But in the last few days, a number which peaked at about 70 ships a day compared with 130 before the war. But that has come off very steeply. The last couple of days, less than a handful of ships have transited.

So as far as the oil market is concerned, the Strait of Hormuz is effectively shut, which means we go back to the same point, 14 to 15 million barrels per day of oil supply has just gone missing from the market once again.

KINKADE: So Vandana, how high could oil prices realistically go if this disruption continues for weeks rather than days?

HARI: I think this is going to be a very painful rebalancing, not in the least because there's a lot of geopolitical noise, geopolitical signals. So even now, as we speak and we see, you know, crude has given up all the, or made good all the losses that had been incurred after the MOU, Brent is back above $85 a barrel. Crude is not really pricing in the worst-case scenario.

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The worst-case scenario, prices have to go into triple digits and go perhaps start heading towards $150 a barrel or even higher. What the market is still waiting for, or perhaps hoping or expecting, is that there will be a track back to diplomacy.

That seems to be the best-case scenario for the market. But if that doesn't happen, if this becomes a protracted virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, we have to see prices going towards $150. What didn't happen in the three-and-a-half months is bound to happen now simply because we have run out of the inventories that provided a very critical buffer when the war was on. KINKADE: And of course, consumers usually think about gasoline prices, but you've highlighted diesel as a major concern. Why is diesel potentially the big economic warning sign?

HARI: Yes. So gasoline, of course, most of the world puts it into pump, you put it into your car.

So that is quite a sensitive issue. And that's the one that general media as well generally tends to zero in on. That's the price that gets talked about in the context of the U.S., what drivers are paying at the pump, $4 a gallon, $5 a gallon, and so on.

But diesel is actually the backbone of the economy -- globally economy, because it moves goods. So what you put into the trucks that move your goods is diesel. What a lot of factories run on, a lot of production processes run on is also diesel.

So that doesn't get much attention, but diesel prices have actually run up much more than gasoline for various reasons. We don't have time to go into all of that right now. But that means this inflationary pressures on the economy are just not simply what consumers are putting into their cars, but also diesel-related inflation, which will ultimately percolate into all the goods and services that we pay for, which is a far bigger, in a lot of ways, a bigger inflationary influence on the economy.

KINKADE: Absolutely. Vandana Hari, really great to get your insight. Thanks so much for joining us.

HARI: Thank you.

KINKADE: Ukraine's E.U. membership bid is moving forward today, with officials meeting in Brussels for the third Ascension Conference between Kyiv and the European Union. Negotiators are opening discussions on external relations as well as foreign security and defense policy, part of the broader process of aligning Ukraine with E.U. standards.

On Monday, Ukraine also joined a group of European leaders in Paris to announce the formation of a coalition against ballistic missiles. The move aims to strengthen collective defense capabilities amongst allies.

A White House official says President Trump will support the passage of a bipartisan Russian sanctions package spearheaded by the late Senator Lindsey Graham. That package would clear the way for the President to impose tariffs on imports from nations that buy Russian oil and natural gas in an effort to further weaken Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.

And this, of course, comes just two days after Senator Lindsey Graham died suddenly over the weekend from what a medical examiner says was probably a tear in his aorta, the main artery to the heart. On Monday, a vase of white roses was placed at Graham's desk on the Senate floor as his colleagues paid their respects.

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SEN. JOHN THUNE (R-SD): There wasn't anybody who was a more colorful character, more passionate about the work that he was involved with, but always brought an energy and a sense of enthusiasm that was contagious to anybody that was around him. It's a huge loss for, institutionally for the Senate, but it's a huge loss for those of us who knew him well.

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KINKADE: South Carolina's governor has now appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his Senate term. She said her brother has always been there for her and now she will be there for him.

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DARLINE GRAHAM NORDONE, SISTER OF THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM: It is such a privilege to get to finish some of his important work and I promise to work hard over the next several months to support the president and carry forward the efforts of my brother on behalf of the citizens of South Carolina and the United States.

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KINKADE: Protests and vigils are being held in the U.S. state of Maine after the second fatal shooting of an ICE officer in less than a week. A neighbor has identified the latest victim as 26-year-old Colombian man, Johan Sebastian Guerrero. Senator Angus King says Guerrero was not the target of the immigration enforcement operation.

We have more now from CNN's Sherell Hubbard.

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SHERELL HUBBARD, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): Protesters outside of Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins' office outraged that a second person in less than a week has been shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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OLIVIA CLAY, BIDDEFORD, MAINE RESIDENT: The citizens of this country are literally being gunned down in the street for doing nothing for the color of their skin. It's disgusting.

HUBBARD (voice-over): Videos obtained by CNN show federal officers and Biddeford, Maine police providing aid to a man who authorities say was killed by ICE Monday morning.

The Maine Immigrants Rights Coalition said the person was a 26-year- old Colombian man authorized to work in the U.S.

SEN. ANGUS KING (I-ME): He had been given an order to leave the country. He was in a vehicle, pulled out in the vehicle, and the term the secretary used was weaponize the vehicle. HUBBARD (voice-over): Weaponizing a vehicle, a seemingly recurring narrative in official accounts of ICE killings. Last week in Houston, immigration officials say a federal agent shot and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo after he allegedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle, a claim his fellow passengers deny.

UNKNOWN: His family deserves answers.

HUBBARD (voice-over): Leaders in multiple cities venting frustrations over what they describe as a lack of cooperation with federal authorities after ICE shootings. In Minneapolis, an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in January after he approached her car and she started to drive away. Minnesota prosecutors saying Monday they finally have hard drives with evidence that federal authorities had previously withheld.

MARY MORIARTY, HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY: We are now in July, which marks six months.

HUBBARD (voice-over): I'm Sherell Hubbard reporting.

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KINKADE: As Europe faces its third heat wave since May, wildfires are breaking out across the continent, including one burning through a historic forest near Paris. Why, the details just ahead.

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KINKADE: A troubling rise in anti-Semitism is prompting the British government to boost policing in Jewish communities across the U.K. More than 250 million pounds will now be invested into increasing patrols and security. The announcement follows an increase in anti- Semitic hate crimes over the past year.

CNN's Jomana Karadsheh spent the day with one of London's specialized Met Police units, observing their response tactics. But first, we need to warn you that some may find the footage disturbing.

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JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They're responding to a call about a male with a knife outside a school. We were really close by.

UNKNOWN: Okay, where's the guy with a knife?

UNKNOWN: They were down the road. All I know is there was one with a knife and one of them was indecent.

UNKNOWN: And how long ago did they go?

UNKNOWN: Less than a minute. UNKNOWN: Okay, cool.

KARADSHEH (voice-over): This isn't an ordinary police patrol. We're out with the Met Police's proactive patrols, additional forces dedicated to securing these predominantly Jewish areas of London. They spot men matching the description.

UNKNOWN: Final and no shot. That'll do.

UNKNOWN: Whoa, what did I do?

UNKNOWN: You got any idea why they'd give a description that matches you, mate?

UNKNOWN: No idea.

KARADSHEH (voice-over): After a quick stop and search, they find no knife, so they let them go.

KARADSHEH: So what we just saw now, that was an incident that wasn't, it didn't seem to be targeting the Jewish community, but you responded.

UNKNOWN: Our overriding aim as a police service is to protect life. So when a call comes out where a knife is present and that could be a direct threat to someone's life, no matter who it is, then it's our job to respond to that.

KARADSHEH (voice-over): Following a string of attacks earlier this year, mostly targeting the Jewish community, the terrorism threat level in the U.K. was raised to severe. And the Met Police is on high alert, especially in this part of North London.

UNKNOWN: The demand has been astronomical. It's definitely the highest demand I've ever seen. I think it's because of the incidents that have happened in the area, and quite naturally the communities that live within this area of London feeling unsafe.

UNKNOWN: We've also seen sort of physical assaults. We had one not that long ago where someone was making Nazi salutes and sort of shouting Heil Hitler and baby killers and people like that, and then walked into a cafe and punched a random member of the public in the face, simply because they were visibly Jewish.

KARADSHEH (voice-over): These officers have also had to deal with what they say has been a steep increase in all kinds of anti-Semitic abuse.

Incidents like this one. Authorities say two young men travelled to a Jewish area to film themselves for social media, going quote, "fishing for Jews," with a banknote on the end of a fishing rod. They both pleaded guilty and were convicted of religiously aggravated harassment.

For many in this community, the visible police presence is welcome.

UNKNOWN: There's been a lot of patrol cars driving up and down. UNKNOWN: Yes, but I feel it's needed.

KARADSHEH (voice-over): Since the October 7th attacks and the war in Gaza, anti-Semitic offenses in London have hit record levels, according to official figures, and have spiked again since the U.S. and Israel's conflict in Iran.

The Met works closely with local Jewish security groups. 24-year-old Nathaniel Fahidi says the police presence helps, but he still feels nervous about revealing his faith in public.

KARADSHEH: If you were to explain what it's like being Jewish in the U.K. right now to people outside the country, what would you say?

NATHANIEL FAHIDI, JEWISH LONDON RESIDENT: Worrying. I mean, I'm not particularly religious, but I now refrain from being openly Jewish, and I know lots of other families who are in my community who have now decided to move to different countries because being here just doesn't go safe anymore.

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KARADSHEH (voice-over): With British Jews feeling the repercussions of what's happening thousands of miles away and anti-Semitic hate on the rise, what started as temporary patrols is now here to stay.

Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, London.

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KINKADE: French firefighters are battling a wildfire raging through a historic forest south of Paris. It's one of several wildfires to ignite as Western Europe bakes under its third heat wave since May.

Crews have been scooping water from the riverside to help battle the flames. The fires forced many residents from their homes, and police say they're investigating whether it was deliberately set.

CNN's Melissa Bell reports.

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MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we've come really as close as we can to give you a little perspective. Those are not clouds that you see behind me, that is the fire coming from that fire. Still not fixed, say authorities, so they still haven't managed to contain it.

And what we understand, as authorities have spoken about what has been happening here since last night, we're about 60 kilometers to the southeast of Paris. This is most unusual to see wildfires this far north. What we understand is that this fire started last night.

There were two different fires that started on either side of this main motorway, the A6 that leads south out of Paris, right by Orly Airport. Those two fires have now, say authorities, become one, and it is raging out of control. As you say, 800 hectares already burned, it's about a fifth of the forest of Fontainebleau, this very ancient forest here to the southeast of Paris.

And just behind me, near where that fire is currently raging, of course, the famous Chateau of Fontainebleau, the royal residence here in France, and one of the most famous royal residences there are. So still not contained, and what we're hearing is that this nearly thousand hectare fire now is likely to continue being pushed on by the kind of winds that we've been seeing, but it is also very dry conditions.

We're now in the middle of our third heat wave in just a month and a half. Already across France, it is 32,000 hectares that have burned. That is more than the entire season of the wildfires of heat of 2025, and it gives you an idea of just how dry the earth is and just how hot the air is.

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KINKADE: Our thanks to Melissa Bell.

Well health officials in the U.S. are sounding the alarm. An outbreak of a parasite has now spread to more than two dozen states. Still ahead, the common food that health officials now believe could be behind it.

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KINKADE: Welcome back to "CNN Newsroom," I'm Lynda Kinkade. Let's check today's top stories.

Ukraine is making more progress towards potential European Union membership. Today's Third Ascension Conference in Brussels formally opened negotiations between the E.U. and Kyiv on external relations and security policy. While several more steps lie ahead, both Ukraine and a majority of member states are pushing to advance all remaining negotiations as soon as possible.

The United Arab Emirates says Iranian missiles hit two of its tankers in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz. The Defense Ministry says one crew member was killed, eight others injured. The tankers were hit while they were in Omani territorial waters, both vessels were damaged and caught fire.

U.S. President Trump says he wants the U.S. to be reimbursed for protection in the Middle East. He has suggested that the U.S. would offer that in the Strait of Hormuz for a quote, "20 percent on all cargo shipped." Iran's foreign minister agrees with Trump's proposal but says 20 percent is too much and that Tehran is the guardian of the Strait and would quote, "be fair."

CNN's Kristen Holmes has more now from the White House. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: He sent a letter to Congress alerting them that military action was resuming in Iran. Now this is particularly notable given this is the first time he's actually informed Congress of any sort of military action taken in Iran.

Now part of that letter, he wrote this, the United States ground forces are not involved in these strikes. These strikes are limited, measured, planned and executed in a manner designed to minimize civilian casualties.

Now he did take questions in the Oval Office where he said they were continuing to strike in Iran and said that the U.S. would eventually control the Strait of Hormuz. Listen to this.

TRUMP: We're attacking them tonight. We're taking out all of their capability for anything having to do with the Strait -- with the Hormuz Strait. And I think in the end we will end up discontrolling the whole thing.

HOLMES: Now President Trump also introduced this idea of getting reimbursed for helping ships go through the Strait of Hormuz. It's important to note because U.S. officials have said that any tolls or fees should not be imposed and that they would be incredibly difficult to actually impose on ships going through the Strait of Hormuz.

Now he believes that these countries that use the Strait of Hormuz on a regular basis should be reimbursing the United States 20 percent. Unclear what that would look like. This is coming as President Trump has announced that they are putting the naval blockade of ships back into the Strait.

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We heard from U.S. military officials saying that would likely happen Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. believes this is one of the greatest, if not the greatest asset they have because it puts a financial chokehold on Iran and in the past has brought them to the negotiating table.

It seems as though President Trump still believes at least somewhere down the line there could be a deal. That's what he said when he was speaking to reporters. But his letter to Congress, given what he said about these strikes and U.S. officials saying they're likely to go on for days, just seems like these are two very different things that are being written down and being articulated by the President at this time.

Kristen Holmes, CNN, the White House.

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KINKADE: A U.S. House Republican is calling for an investigation into a veterans advocacy group over a controversial political cartoon. But the group says it's just the latest version of artwork it's used for almost a century. CNN's Brian Todd spoke with both parties about the dispute.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A stark, eye-catching cartoon. Men in business suits labeled bureaucrats and media in a firing squad aiming their rifles at veterans.

The cartoon is issued by one of America's oldest and largest veterans advocacy groups, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The VFW says its cartoon is meant to protest cuts to veterans' benefits. But the powerful Republican chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee is demanding an investigation.

REP. MIKE BOST (R-IL): Part of the charter that each one of our veterans service organizations have, they're not to do anything to incite violence. That cartoon incites violence.

TODD (voice-over): Congressman Mike Bost is now asking the Department of Veterans Affairs to look into its relationship with the VFW. In a letter to the V.A., obtained by CNN, Bost asks the V.A. to review the organization's accreditation and its financing arrangements for merchandising.

The VFW is selling T-shirts with the cartoon image and says the proceeds will help fund veterans' mental health and suicide prevention programs. The group insists the cartoon does not incite violence.

RYAN GALLUCCI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VFW WASHINGTON OFFICE: What this cartoon does is it points to history to demonstrate that, you know, after a war, many times veterans find themselves in the crosshairs of cuts to veterans' benefits.

TODD (voice-over): The VFW points out it's used variations of the image in cartoons for almost 100 years, including this one from 1956 and this one from 1933, each time protesting efforts to cut veterans' benefits. As for this latest version, Bost's letter blasting it was sent just after the T-shirts went on sale.

GALLUCCI: Apparently, Congressman Bost saw this cartoon, thought it was about his bill, and then decided to issue a public statement and send a letter to V.A. calling for a review of our professional services program. It's disappointing. I think it's a distraction from the policy discussion.

TODD (voice-over): The VFW has come out against a bill introduced by Bost and his Republican Senate counterpart that would cut some money for veterans' benefits to pay for other benefits.

BOST: No veteran that receives their benefits today will in any way, shape, or form lose any benefits for tomorrow.

TODD (voice-over): The VFW says this latest cartoon was not issued specifically to protest Bost's bill, but the controversy has sparked a wider debate over free speech for political satire, which Bost says he's not trying to quash.

BOST: Everybody has a right to have their freedom of speech. I stand for that.

TODD: We reached out to the V.A. to ask how they would respond to Congressman Bost's letter and whether the agency would review VFW's accreditation and its financing. The V.A. did not respond.

Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.

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KINKADE: U.S. health officials now say salad greens may be behind a parasitic outbreak that has sickened thousands of people. At least 31 states have recorded cases, although it's not clear whether they're part of the same outbreak.

CNN's Jacqueline Howard reports.

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JACQUELINE HOWARD, CNN HEALTH REPORTER: Health officials in Michigan say that they are zeroing in on lettuce or salad greens as a potential source of the outbreak of cyclospora cases that they're seeing in their state.

Now, they also say that other foods cannot be completely ruled out and their investigation is ongoing. They also mentioned that no specific grower or specific supplier has been identified yet, but this is significant progress in their investigation in a state where more than 2600 people have gotten sick with cyclospora infections, and among them at least 44 people have been hospitalized.

And while this outbreak in Michigan is getting a lot of attention separately, there have been separate cases of cyclospora that have been reported across more than half of states in the U.S. 31 states total have reported cases so far recently this summer.

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And we do know the symptoms to watch for include watery diarrhea, that's the most common. Sometimes it's explosive diarrhea, cramping, bloating, loss of appetite, nausea, fatigue. For many people who do end up hospitalized, it's usually because those symptoms have led to dehydration.

Now, this infection, it can be treated with a combination antibiotic, but of course you want to avoid getting sick in the first place. In the state of Michigan, health officials have recommended to reduce the risk.

You can purchase whole heads of lettuce and discard those outer layers, thoroughly wash those inner layers. And they also say to prioritize cooking your greens if you can.

Again, we do know that in some cases people can become infected by ingesting contaminated food. That's food that may be contaminated with feces. So thoroughly washing your fresh produce is significantly important to reduce your risk.

Back to you.

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KINKADE: Our thanks to Jacqueline Howard.

A 65-year-old man attacked by a bison in Yellowstone National Park is recovering in a hospital after surgery. The bison charged at the man on Friday, sending him flying into the air. The terrifying attack was captured in that dramatic video that's now gone viral, the victim was walking with his grandson and says he was at least 100 yards from the bison when it became agitated.

He claims that someone honked a horn nearby, apparently trying to get the massive animal to move. And that's when the bison charged. The man suffered multiple broken bones.

Earlier, CNN's Erin Burnett spoke to the photographer who captured that incredible footage about what he saw leading up to the attack.

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MIKE MACLEOD, PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIGITAL CREATOR: When my wife said, hey, there's a bison, grab your camera, I first was taking pictures of the bison approaching a group of boys who really weren't instigating anything. They weren't too close.

The bison charged the boys. They scattered. And then the bison ran into a campsite of a young couple, forced them away from their dinner, and then just started rolling in the dust and just, there you go, very agitated.

And then he sat down and he was looking towards the road. And that's where the two victims come into the scene behind the bison.

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KINKADE: This year's San Fermin Festival is coming to a close in Pamplona, Spain. Despite the jubilant atmosphere, some thrill-seekers found that if you mess with a bull, you do in fact get the horns.

On Monday, at least six people were injured during one of the festival's famed bull runs through the historic streets. A total of 51 runners have now been injured since the start of the week-long festival.

And if you're in the market for a new device like a tablet or gaming console, you'll want to stick around. After the break, why the A.I. boom and the ever-increasing demand for data centers could make your next gadget even more expensive.

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KINKADE: Welcome back, I'm Lynda Kinkade. Here are your business headlines.

Oil prices are now at a one-month high as the U.S. ramps up strikes against Iran and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slows down. Oil prices jumped more than 9 percent Monday after President Trump announced that the U.S. will resume its blockade of Iranian ports. Crude oil is still well below the Iran war peaks of above $110 per barrel, but have been rebounding high in response to the surging tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Twelve states are suing to block Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, which is CNN's parent company. The antitrust lawsuit was filed Monday in California, where the state's attorney general says the merger would Paramount says it will fight the lawsuit and pointed out that regulators around the world have already approved the merger.

Japanese automaker Toyota says it will move production of some of its vehicles from Mexico to the U.S. President Trump calls the move a really big deal and proof that tariffs are effective. Toyota says while they were impacted by tariffs, the move is based on broader strategic goals, the automaker paid more than $8 billion in duties in the most recent fiscal year.

As companies around the world race to take part in the artificial intelligence boom, consumers are already paying the price. CNN's Lisa Eadicicco explains how it's driving up the cost of your next laptop, tablet or gaming console.

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LISA EADICICCO, CNN BUSINESS TECH EDITOR: A.I. data centers are driving up demand for computer memory and that's making everyday devices more expensive. The problem is that the major three companies that make most of the world's computer memory have been flooded with orders for data centers, so they haven't been prioritizing the kind of memory that goes into devices like laptops, smartphones, game consoles and tablets.

As a result, memory prices have skyrocketed and companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have had to raise the prices of their products.

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Now in terms of what's getting more expensive, it's usually items like laptops, smartphones, tablets, game consoles. Those are the types of gadgets that use a lot of memory. Devices that are a bit smaller, such as smartwatches and wireless earbuds, probably won't be affected because they don't need much onboard memory.

In terms of how long the shortage is going to last, it's difficult to say. Some experts predict that it won't be until 2028 at the earliest because it takes a while for these new plants that are coming online to produce more memory to actually be operational. But some analysts and experts have also forecasted shortages happening even beyond that.

What we do know though is that this isn't going away anytime soon, so the experts I've spoken to have suggested that if you're in the market for a new device like a laptop or a game console, probably better to buy it now before prices rise even further. While some experts say the biggest price hikes are likely happening now, so they'll soon be behind us, prices are expected to continue to rise.

Back to you.

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KINKADE: Well after the break, a look at the World Cup semi-finals. We'll have a preview of the France versus Spain as the two heavyweights prepare to battle for a shot at football's biggest prize.

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KINKADE: That was Norway's football team taking part in the now famous Viking row outside the Royal Palace in Oslo. Tens of thousands of fans gave the team a hero's welcome after they were eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday by England. It was Norway's most successful World Cup to date as the men's reached their first ever quarter-final.

Well the World Cup semi-finals kicked off later today in Dallas with a showdown between top-ranked France and number three-ranked Spain. The winner will earn a spot in Sunday's final. World Sport's Don Riddell has a preview.

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DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: We're looking forward to an absolutely monumental World Cup semi-final match here in Dallas between Spain and France. And whatever happens in that game, the Spanish team has already been celebrating.

Marking not just one, but two birthdays within their squad on Monday. Victor Munoz, one. The other, the remarkable Emin Yemal, who would you believe is only just 19.

And what he has already achieved in this game is quite remarkable. He's already played 13 matches in major tournaments, He's already a European champion of Spain, he's already won three La Liga titles with Barcelona, and he's already a runner-up in the Ballon d'Or.

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Spain entered this competition as pre-tournament favorites. They've barely put a foot wrong, they've only conceded one goal, they're riding high on a remarkable 36-match unbeaten streak in competitive games. And whatever happens on Tuesday afternoon, they all know they're going to be a part of something pretty special.

ALEX BAENA, NIDFIELDER, SPANISH NATIONAL TEAM (through translator): We're really looking forward to the referee blowing the opening whistle, I don't think either they or we are afraid. It's a matter of respect for one of the best national teams in the tournament and in the world. And, well, we hope it will be a very tight match that will be decided by small details.

RIDDELL: Well, maybe they should be a little bit afraid, because what France are doing in this competition is absolutely remarkable. They've set the place on fire, scoring 16 goals.

They're just irresistible going forward with this kind of three-headed monster of Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Michael Olise. The three of them just present so many extraordinary attacking threats, whether it's goals or assists.

And, you know, the French are pretty hard to beat as well. They've won every game in 90 minutes, they're the only team that can say that. And they've only conceded two goals and none in the knockout stage.

So, I mean, they are arriving at this stage of the tournament absolutely on fire. As if they needed any more motivation, they have it, thanks to their coach, Didier Deschamps, who's going to be stepping down at the end of this tournament.

He had to step away during the competition to attend the funeral of his mother back home. Just absolutely devastating for him. It seems to have brought himself and the players even closer together.

So, it's just so hard to pick any faults in the French team. But the same is true of the Spanish team. And this has been described as the final before the final.

We could easily see this being the title match. It's going to be the semi. Unfortunately, one has to go out, but it should be a magnificent occasion.

Back to you.

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KINKADE: Our thanks to Don Riddell.

Well, now to baseball. It was bombs away at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia as Netflix hosted the MLB Home Run Derby for the first time. Eight sluggers competing for the title and the winner was Jordan Walker from the St. Louis Cardinals.

He homered on his last four swings to beat out fan favorite Kylie Schwab of the Phillies. Walker is the first ever St. Louis Cardinal to win the competition and will take the field again tonight in the All- Star Game.

Well, Bastille Day celebrations are underway right now in France. President Emmanuel Macron is set to preside over the nation's annual Bastille Day military parade. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are also expected to attend. Fireworks lit up the Paris skyline as crowds gathered around the

Eiffel Tower to mark the country's biggest national holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a pivotal event in the French Revolution.

That does it for this edition of "CNN Newsroom," I'm Lynda Kinkade. I will be back with much more news in just a moment. Stay with us, you're watching CNN.

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