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Parliament Passes Bill to Pardon Disarmed PKK Fighters; 130+ Dead After Devastating Earthquake Hits Colombia; Sources Say Trump Administration Ends Support for Arctic Climate Report; U.K. Government Say Nearly Three-quarters of England is Now in Drought; U.S. Justice Department Drops Case Against Indian Billionaire; Ex-gang Member Duane "Keffe D" Davis Charged With Murder of 2Pac; FIFA President Accused of Deception; Bezos Consortium Seeking One-third Stake in Liverpool; South Korean Football Apologizes After Sex-for-Referees Report; Meta Launches Open-weight Model for Customized A.I. Experience. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired August 11, 2026 - 02:00   ET

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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to all our viewers watching from around the world. I'm Lynda Kinkade.

Ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM, the clock is ticking in Colombia as rescue workers race to find survivors after a deadly earthquake. We'll go live to Colombia.

Also ahead, an Iranian assassination threat, a decoy plane, and an airport catering truck. The extraordinary new reporting on an eventful flight home for President Trump.

Plus, nearly 30 years after he gunned -- he was gunned down on a Las Vegas Strip. The trial into the murder of rapper Tupac is underway. How a dormant case suddenly blew open for investigators.

ANNOUNCER: Live from Atlanta. This is CNN NEWSROOM with Lynda Kinkade.

KINKADE: We begin this hour with the devastating aftermath of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in western Colombia. At least 132 people have been killed after the quake toppled buildings, damaged hospitals, and shut down airports in several cities. The country's geological service says the quake is the strongest to hit the Columbia this century. The epicenter was located in the Choco region near the Colombia's Pacific coast.

Local officials are urging people to evacuate buildings showing signs of structural damage. This video shows parts of a church crumbling to the ground as people cling to one another to stay on their feet. Colombia's new president, who just took office on Friday, has declared a state of national disaster.

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ABELARDO DE LA ESPRIELLA, COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): We are confident that with God's help and the support of the new government, we will be able to overcome this terrible ordeal that today has plunged all of Colombia and, of course, the people of Choco into mourning. Let this be an opportunity to tell the country that Choco will never again be the forgotten land.

CNN's Stefano Pozzebon is live for us from Rome with the latest on the disaster. Good to have you with us, Stefano.

So, as search and rescue operations continue following this massive quake, what are authorities prioritizing right now? What do we know about the areas most impacted?

STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Well, unfortunately, Lynda, we have breaking news literally in the last hour from the mayor of Cali. Cali is the third largest city in Colombia. It's considered the capital of the southwestern Pacific region of the country, and Mayor Alejandro Eder said in less than an hour ago that the death toll in the city has jumped to at least 85 people killed.

He also said that over 800 people are receiving medical treatments at more than 24 emergency points throughout the city, these emergency points, of course, necessary because among the buildings impacted by the earthquake are several medical facilities, including the main hospital in the city, the Hospital del Valle.

But of course, right now it's the race against time, Lynda. We have seen it in other moments -- other earthquakes in the past. This is the moment where search and rescue operators and first responders are trying to go through the rubble as quickly as possible to locate potential survivors.

For example, these were the scenes described by a paramedic late last night, late afternoon yesterday in Cali.

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YURI BEDOYA, PARAMEDIC (through translator): The situation is delicate because there are still people trapped. There are about four people trapped in this building. They have already pulled one out. They're about to pull out another, and then one more after that.

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POZZEBON: And one thing, of course, Lynda, at that moment is the silence that you see in this search and rescue operation. An earthquake is a scene of complete chaos. You see people running in and out, sirens from ambulances, and the first responders coming into the scene.

But at the same time, as soon as they feel that somebody might be a potential survivor, and they can make contact with them. The whole area is -- jumps into silence. I remember when I was covering the Venezuelan earthquake less than two

months ago. That is one thing that struck with me, how silent the whole operation is. Because really, it's a race against time, and the way to make contact with the survivors is just hearing if there are any vibrationary noise through the rubble.

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But again, the president of Colombia visiting the region trying to make as many resources available as. Possible to the first responders and trying to save as many people as possible at this hour, Lynda.

KINKADE: Yes, and Stefano, that president was sworn in just days ago. How is he handling this major disaster, and what are officials telling residents about aftershocks?

POZZEBON: Yes, the Colombian Geological Survey has recorded at least two major aftershocks in the immediate aftermath of the first devastating tremor of 7.4 magnitude. The following aftershocks were 4.8 and 2.4, so not as strong.

The President Abelardo de la Espriella has visited the region already. He has been in Cali first, then he went to Choco, which is the northwestern state on the Pacific coast, where the epicenter was located. And other members of his cabinet, for example, his Vice President Jose Manuel Restrepo, traveled to Manizales, which is another heavily impacted city.

Clearly, this is a new challenge for an administration that has just sworn in. Monday was meant to be his first day on the job, and at 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning, he has this tragedy to deal with. Probably, it's already something that could define his presidency in the months to come.

But clearly, he the new President Abelardo de la Espriella wants to show that he is close to the people and he is active. So, that's why yesterday we have seen him crisscrossing the country on his jet to try to bring as much like try to bring the institution closer to the people most affected by this quake. Lynda.

KINKADE: All right, Stefano Pozzebon for from us from Rome, we appreciate you. Thank you.

I want to welcome now geologist and associate professor at the National University of Colombia, German Prieto. Thanks so much for your time.

So, this was a relatively deep earthquake. Just explain how an earthquake that happens so far beneath the surface still can produce such strong shaking and, of course, damage.

GERMAN PRIETO, GEOLOGIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBIA: Thank you very much, Lynda, for having me. I think what's important to understand is that in Colombia, Colombia is an earthquake country, and although we haven't had such a large earthquake in the last at least this century, we do have significant seismicity associated with the subduction of the Nazca plate that comes from the Pacific underneath South America, underneath Colombia.

This earthquake happens at about 100 kilometers depth, and the fact that it is pretty deep inside the Earth is in part explains why the damage region is so -- is so large, but also because these deep earthquakes are slightly different from the shallow earthquakes like the one in Venezuela a month and a half ago, they tend to have a very small area instead of the 300 kilometers long fault in Venezuela. This one would be about 100 kilometers long, so it's slightly smaller. But that means that the -- that the motion of the two sides of the fault can be much larger.

KINKADE: And so, just tell us about the aftershocks. How likely are we to see anything as significant as this earthquake in terms of scale and magnitude?

PRIETO: Well, usually after large earthquakes like this one and many of the large seven plus or eight magnitude earthquakes, they tend to have lots of aftershocks in the following hours, days, and even weeks. This event has had a few, maybe 40 or so aftershocks. Many of them are relatively small, magnitude two, some threes (ph) that we don't usually feel on the surface, but that stations can record high quality stations in the Columbian network.

But we haven't had a large, maybe a magnitude six aftershock, which is -- which is actually pretty good, of course, but we should expect many of the aftershocks to continue. Hopefully, not as large. Deep earthquakes are particularly, they lag the number of aftershocks that you would expect for the same magnitude of a shallow event, the deeper events have many less number of events than the shallower earthquakes.

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KINKADE: And so, for people who are frightened right now, wondering whether the worst is over, what can you tell them, and what should they do if they feel another strong tremor?

PRIETO: I think what's important is to secure and check your surroundings in in a particular bookshelf and things that that can fall in in the eventual aftershocks, and of course, if your structure is unstable or shows damage, to make sure that it's in the right conditions to come back in, because if a potential aftershock comes, it might rattle the slightly stable place and make it a little bit more unstable, so that's I think one of the things we could we could do, but otherwise I think if you have a secure place, the aftershocks you expect are in principle of a lesser magnitude than the main shock that happened this morning or yesterday morning here in Colombia.

KINKADE: German Prieto, we appreciate your time. Thanks so much for joining us.

PRIETO: Thank you very much.

KINKADE: Well, I want to turn now to a stunning revelation on how President Trump hid in a catering cart to board a secret flight due to an Iranian assassination threat. The Washington Post reports that it happened when he was leaving a NATO summit in Turkey last month. President Trump was seen boarding Air Force One, but minutes later he and several aides secretly exited the plane via an airport catering truck. It then circled on the screen, as you can see, and then transported them to a smaller military aircraft.

Air Force One, meanwhile, took off with journalists and White House staff on board, serving as a decoy.

Well, on both -- once both planes arrived in England, President Trump was secretly transported back to Air Force One and was seen disembarking as he normally would. Here's what the Washington Post reporter told CNN about the incident.

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DAN LAMOTHE, NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER, WASHINGTON POST: For weeks now, the American public talking about the two Air Force One jets, the newer one from Qatar and the older one from the last couple decades of operations, and in reality, the president was on neither plane.

You had the Newark jet from Qatar that landed with a relatively nondescript call sign a couple hours in advance in Britain. The C-32 simply did not show up in flight tracker data at all, at least in the publicly available information we had, and the Air Force One jet landed with the Air Force One call sign, despite the president not being aboard. That that there was a serious shell game of sorts that occurred there, you know, effort to keep the president safe.

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KINKADE: Well, the U.S. and Iran appear no closer to reaching an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump has responded to Tehran's latest list of demands to reopen the critical waterway with his own, saying, I likewise am demanding compensation from Iran for all of the people that they have killed or gravely wounded. He doubled down on that stance at the White House Monday.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You said this last round of talks was Iran's last chance before decapitation. So, what now?

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You'll find out. You'll find out.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you still, are massive escalation, is that still on the table?

TRUMP: No, we have that, certainly that ability if we want to do that. Yes, you'll find out.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You said you're low-keying it. You're semi- negotiating. What exactly does that mean?

TRUMP: They asked for reparations, you might say, or they asked for money for the damage that we've done. And I said, that's a good idea. Well, we're going to ask for money for the damage they've done over a 50-year period.

If there's damages to be paid, I think Iran should pay those damages.

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KINKADE: Well, Oman says crude oil leaking from a grounded tanker has created a massive oil slick. It's covering almost 400 square kilometers. That's about 154 square miles. The tanker, loaded with close to one million barrels of Russian oil bound for Asia, first reported difficulties on June 8th. Officials say initial assessments indicated a blast had occurred on board, but no one has taken responsibility for that. The slick is just off the coast of Omani Nature Reserve and is raising concerns about possible environmental damage.

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JOHN AMOS, CEO, SKYTRUTH: Five of the six cargo holds on this tanker were full of Russian crude oil. That means that if one of those tanks has been breached, you could have a spill approaching 10 million gallons going into the water, and the nightmare scenario is there's no adequate response to keep the worst from happening, which is. For the vessel to continue to break up.

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KINKADE: Russia's Supreme Court has banned the only anti-war opposition party from running in next month's parliamentary elections. Yabloko is the only officially registered party that objects to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. Its members have called for Russia to sign a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine, something the Kremlin has ruled out. The top Russian court's ruling favored a small pro-Kremlin nationalist party, which accused Yabloko of taking foreign campaign donations.

Yabloko's leader denies those allegations. He says it's merely an effort to silence opposition and criticism of the war. The party's supporters gathered outside the courtroom, saying they won't give up.

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YEVGENIYA, YABLOKO SUPPORTER (through translator): We think it is essential. We show that there are lots of us, that we're united in our support for this party, because all we want peace and we want brighter futures.

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KINKADE: An American man detained in Russia is near death, according to the head of an advocacy group representing his family. Robert Gilman was arrested in 2022 after an alleged altercation with Russian police while drunk. His advocate denies those claims, but concerns over his mental and physical health are growing amid claims of torture in detention. CNN's Jennifer Hansler reports. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

JENNIFER HANSLER, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: The U.S. government is, "Deeply concerned about Robert Gilman's health and continued detention in Russia." That's from a U.S. State Department spokesperson in recent days, the spokesperson said the U.S. has repeatedly raised Gilman's case with the Russians, and they've pressed him to release Gilman on, "Humanitarian grounds due to concerns about his health."

Now, Eric Lebson, who works for Global Reach, the organization advocating on behalf of Gilman's family, said that Gilman has been given mind-altering drugs while in Russian prison. That he has been told horrible lies about his family and has been told that the U.S. government has forgotten him.

More than six weeks ago, Gilman slipped into, "A dissociative stupor" and was moved from the prison hospital where he has been detained some six hours outside of Moscow to a local psychiatric facility.

Now, in that time, according to Lebson, neither his Russian lawyer nor his mother has been permitted to visit him, and that is significant. Lebson said that his mother flew from the United States to Russia with a Russian court order that would allow her to see her son and was blocked from doing so because of this.

Lebson said there are serious concerns that Gilman may already be dead or that his condition is so severe that that is the most likely outcome. They are very worried about this becoming a case similar to that of Otto Warmbier, the U.S. college student who was detained in North Korea for nearly a year and a half before being released with severe brain damage and dying shortly thereafter.

Robert Gilman's sister Lexie Hudson said in a statement, "We want our government to make it clear to the Russians that they need to release Robert now before it is too late. Whatever deal is required to make that happen is better for the U.S. and Russia than having to navigate the death of my brother because both didn't seize on the urgency of acting when there was time."

Now, Gilman's case is very similar to that of others who have been detained in Russia, namely Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed, who are also former Marines. In a statement to CNN, Whelan said that he and Reed are, asking the White House to take immediate action to bring Robert Gilman home from Russia.

Jennifer Hansler, CNN, the State Department.

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KINKADE: That eyewitness video you just saw shows the moment a Chinese rocket exploded just after liftoff. State media reports it was carrying a satellite. The cause of the explosion is under investigation. China is currently preparing for a lunar mission at that same site in the second half of this year. As Taiwan holds its annual military drills, residents are

reconsidering how much they can depend on the United States to hold off threats from China. That story next.

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KINKADE: For the first time in Taiwan's annual war games, officials slowed down the mobile internet speed to prepare for large-scale communication issues. The 10-day-long military drills are held every year, and a survey shows a growing number of people think they can't rely on Taiwan's historic ally, the U.S. to help fend off a possible Chinese invasion.

A new study released by the Brookings Institution finds that Taiwanese residents are losing faith. The U.S. is a trustworthy ally. They believe the Trump administration's preoccupation with the Middle East will keep it from coming to Taiwan's aid.

Lev Nachman conducted that study. He's a political science professor at the National Taiwan University and joins me live from Taipei. Thanks so much for your time.

LEV NACHMAN, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY: Thank you for having me.

KINKADE: So, Taiwan is conducting these drills, where the U.S. has been heavily engaged in the war with Iran. How much concern is there that Washington is distracted, or that U.S. weapons and military resources could be stretched if Taiwan does indeed face a crisis?

NACHMAN: So, there's sort of two things to keep in mind here. First is that the United States is still heavily involved with helping Taiwan prepare for not just a invasion, but with all of its military drills. Even though the United States is very preoccupied right now in Iran, there is still a meaningful effort by the United States to make sure that it's able to help Taiwan in whatever capacity it still can.

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Now, unfortunately, that hasn't really been seen by the Taiwanese public. One of the really big concerns that not just my own findings have shown, but many other political scientists see, is that the number of Taiwanese that see the United States as a trustworthy ally has continued to go down ever since the war in Ukraine began. And even though there have been efforts by the United States to show that there is still support for Taiwan, when the leader of the United States, Donald Trump, continues to sort of block the arms sales from coming through to Taiwan, that really sends a message to Taiwanese voters that maybe there is reason to be skeptical of the United States.

KINKADE: And your recent polling also found that Taiwanese voters have a very positive view of Japan. Many believing Japan would help Taiwan in a conflict. Does the Iran war make Japan more important in Taiwanese thinking about deterrence? NACHMAN: I think if there's one thing that the United States' relative decline, at least the opinion of the United States, Taiwan has caused Taiwanese voters to think about who else are the allies in the region that would be able to help Taiwan. And Japan is sort of number one on people's minds.

Our survey results show that there's even almost more perception that Japan would be involved in a military conflict between Taiwan and China than the United States would, and this amount of perceived support for Japan, at the very least, I think, shows some amount of regional awareness from Taiwanese voters that they see that this isn't simply just a matter of Taiwan and China, but really something that would involve the entirety of East Asia.

KINKADE: And of course, these exercises are being described as far more realistic than previous years. What is Taiwan actually testing this time that it hasn't tested in the same way before?

NACHMAN: One of the big things that's different this year is President Lai's emphasis on civilian preparedness. We really have seen more efforts to make civilians feel like they know what's going on, to feel affected by the drills, in a sense, to make sure that people here realize this isn't involves the military, but that these drills involve everyday life, and every person in Taiwan needs to feel more involved in sort of these efforts.

And that's something that the current president has really sort of tried to push is this idea of civilian preparedness, of civilian resilience, and we really sort of feel that this year in the drills.

KINKADE: And from Beijing's perspective, what do you think Chinese military planners are watching closely during these exercises, and what they could learn potentially about Taiwan's strengths or vulnerabilities?

NACHMAN: They certainly are paying attention to what exactly civil society is going to be doing, but they're also watching very closely what the Taiwanese military is doing, and especially what the United States is still offering of aid and supplies, even if that isn't entirely what Taiwan has sort of been able to really procure from the United States. The lack of sales that has been paused by Donald Trump is a huge victory for Beijing.

So, to a degree, Beijing is relatively happy right now that Taiwan doesn't sort of have this overtly strong support from Donald Trump right now, and that sort of gives Beijing somewhat of a victory in sort of these current times.

KINKADE: And finally, what lessons from Ukraine do you think are most relevant to Beijing when it thinks about Taiwan and drones, air defenses, logistics, electronic warfare, or just the difficulty of sustaining potentially a long war?

NACHMAN: One of the biggest challenges in Taiwan right now is trying to have a honest conversation across party lines about the necessity of being able to have things like drones and trying to adapt Taiwan's military capabilities. Taiwan is currently stuck in a political deadlock, where one of the major parties really is pushing for more drone funding and for more drone development, while the other parties see this as sort of a not efficient use of Taiwan's time, a bad practice that seems to be more war mongering than not.

And because there is no unified decision about what to do about drones. Even though Ukraine has sort of been shouting at the top of its lungs that drones are really a necessary step for Taiwan, Taiwan hasn't really been able to sort of make that necessary step into being able to procure a real meaningful drone industry right now.

KINKADE: Lev Nachman, great to get your analysis and those survey results. Appreciate your time. Thank you.

NACHMAN: Thank you.

KINKADE: I want to turn to Turkey now, where the parliament there has taken a big step towards ending the deadly decades-long conflict between the government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK. Lawmakers approved a plan that would offer amnesty of sorts for the 1000s of the group's fighters if they fully disarm. It comes after the PKK's leader, who's behind bars, called for peace, and the group announced plans to end the armed insurgency.

According to a news outlet with ties to the PKK, members are still demanding democratic reforms and a Kurdish voice in Turkish politics.

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We'll have more coverage of the earthquake in Colombia after the break, including an update on the impact of the disaster as the country races to rescue survivors in the hardest hit areas.

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KINKADE: Welcome back. I'm Lynda Kinkade. More now on our top story. A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has left parts of Western Colombia in ruin. The country has declared a state of national disaster, mobilizing resources and rescue operations across several hard-hit cities.

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At least 132 people have been killed, hundreds more injured according to local authorities. CNN Meteorologist, Derek Van Dam has a closer look at what Colombia is calling its largest quake this century.

DEREK VAN DAM, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Dramatic moments captured on camera during the most severe shaking from this powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Western Colombia. Look at the debris falling from the sky. This is one of six airports that has sustained damage from this powerful shaking.

People just running for cover, trying to protect themselves in whatever way they can, underneath desks, underneath chairs. Wow. This is a bird's-eye view near the epicenter. This is Cali, Colombia and I want to point your attention towards these plumes of dust that are emanating into the sky. That's likely damaged or fully collapsed buildings.

We are particularly concerned about this part of Colombia near the epicenter. Some of the video footage coming out of this area showing significant destruction. Look at this crack in the building right here. But there's also fully collapsed buildings where search and rescue efforts are underway.

You can see first responders there digging through the rubble. This is a heap of steel and concrete that they are moving through at the moment, trying to find any survivors from this incredibly powerful earthquake. These visuals are astounding.

Let's talk about the earthquake because the epicenter is well west of Bogota, the capital city, but they felt the shaking here and surrounding areas because of the depth of the earthquake. This is a moderately deep earthquake, about 110 kilometers below the surface of the earth. This allows seismic waves to propagate out further in all directions.

So locations well away from the epicenter will feel the shaking or have felt the shaking, I should say. Regardless, the damage has been done. There already have been reports of aftershocks. The USGS places about a one-in-four chance that this could have fatalities exceeding 1,000 people. That is significant and likely a regional or national response is needed for this particular event.

There was about a million and a half people that felt very strong shaking with nearly nine million people feeling strong shaking. In terms of aftershocks, this is what we would expect with a magnitude 7.4, one aftershock at least on average of 6.4 magnitude or greater. But we've already had aftershocks that have registered about a 5.0. We'll likely see more as the hours wane on.

This is all around the Ring of Fire. This is a collision of tectonic plates across the Pacific where there's home to about 450 volcanoes, but also 90 percent of the world's earthquake activity. Back to you.

KINKADE: Thanks there to Derek Van Dam.

Well, the Trump administration is ending federal support for its Annual Climate Report. After nearly two decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will no longer facilitate the Arctic Report Card according to sources. The peer-reviewed report tracks the state of the Arctic and how the region is changing due to climate pollution.

Sources say the upcoming edition is in progress and it will be up to the lead authors on how to carry it forward without key funding.

And in its latest report, it says July was the hottest month ever recorded for the U.S. since 1895. The average temperature for the month was 76.9 degrees Fahrenheit, that's about 25 degrees Celsius. In total, more than 600 monthly records for maximum, highest and minimum temperatures were set this year in July right across the country. The British government says nearly three-quarters of England is now experiencing drought. It's been driven by the combination of low rainfall and high temperatures which is continuing this week as Britain endures its fifth heat wave of the year. More than 25 million people have restrictions on their water use according to officials warning that public water supplies remain under pressure.

Still to come, nearly 30 years after the killing of rapper 2Pac, a jury selection is now underway for the first and only person to ever stand trial for his death.

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KINKADE: An Indian billionaire is no longer facing criminal charges here in the United States. A judge dismissed charges against Gautam Adani on Monday. It comes after the U.S. Justice Department abandoned its fraud and bribery case against him. Adani was accused of agreeing to bribe Indian government officials so a subsidiary of his Adani Group could win approval to build a solar energy plant.

The case at the time claimed he misled American investors by trying to reassure them about his company's anti-corruption practices. The Adani Group has denied any wrongdoing.

Jury selection will resume Tuesday on the murder trial of Duane Davis, the man accused of killing rapper Tupac Shakur nearly 30 years ago. Davis is the first and only person ever charged in the rapper's fatal shooting. He's pleaded not guilty. 2Pac's killing has remained one of the most high-profile unsolved mysteries for decades. But prosecutors say Davis' own words may be just the evidence they need to prove him guilty.

CNN's Nick Watt reports.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, Keffe, Metro Police, come over her.

NICK WATT, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Keffe D was arrested three years ago.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So what they got you for, man?

DUANE "KEFFE D" DAVIS, ACCUSED OF MURDERING TUPAC SHAKUR: Biggest case in Las Vegas history.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, yeah?

WATT (voice-over): The shooting, the killing of Tupac Shakur at a stoplight in Vegas late one night after a Mike Tyson fight nearly 30 years ago.

Here's what prosecutors will argue, detailed by a homicide detective just after Duane Davis, Keffe D's arrest.

LT. JASON JOHANSSON, LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT: As we all know, Tupac Shakur was an artist who was signed with Death Row Records. And that Death Row Records and its CEO, Marion Suge Knight, were closely affiliated with the Mob Piru criminal street gangs, and that they had an ongoing feud with the South Side Compton Crips. Duane Davis was the leader and shot caller of the South Side Compton Crips.

WATT (voice-over): Members of both gangs were, say police, at the Tyson fight in the MGM Grand that night. And afterwards, in the lobby, 2Pac, Knight, and others spotted Keffe D's nephew, Orlando Anderson, and beat him up.

JOHANSSON: Duane Davis began to devise a plan to obtain a firearm and retaliate against Suge Knight and Mr. Shakur.

WATT (voice-over): Anderson, his uncle Keffe D, and two other men allegedly got into a white Cadillac and followed Knight and 2Pac, who were in a black BMW en route to a club. Unclear exactly who pulled the trigger, some have said it was Anderson.

Keffe D is the only man who was in that white Cadillac who is still alive. He's now 63. He was, they say, the shot caller. And under Nevada law, he can still be charged with murder.

JOHANSSON: Within the first few months of the investigation, our detectives knew most of the information I just briefed you on. However, we never had the necessary evidence to bring this case forward.

WATT (voice-over): His own words, say investigators, were Keffe D's undoing.

JOHANSSON: Specifically, Duane Davis' own admissions to his involvement in this homicide investigation that he provided to numerous different media outlets.

WATT (voice-over): Them jumping on my nephew gave us the ultimate green light to do something to their (expletive). And in the documentary, "Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders," Keffe D describes the moment he says he handed Anderson, whom he calls Lane, a gun while riding in that Cadillac.

DAVIS: I gave it to DRE and DRE was like, no, no, no. And Lane's like, dude, fuck you.

WATT (voice-over): But in July, Keffe D denied being involved in the killing, telling a Las Vegas news station he wasn't even in Nevada when 2Pac was killed.

DAVIS: I ain't worried though, I didn't do (expletive) so --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I mean, that's what court's for right?

(END VIDEOTAPE) WATT (on camera): Latest we hear from court, they have seated now seven jurors. Jury selection is what's going on right now. They need to seat 12, plus four alternates. The actual trial itself, we're told, could take four or five weeks.

Now, during the jury selection, it's been clear that the defense is going to lean heavily on the fact that there might not be that much physical or forensic evidence left after 30 years. They're pointing out that, remember, people didn't have cell phones back in those days filming everything. There weren't the surveillance cameras.

The defense really trying to paint this as a potentially uphill battle for the prosecution to finally convict somebody of Tupac Shakur's murder.

Nick Watt, CNN, Los Angeles.

KINKADE: Still ahead, new pressure on FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, with several major football federations calling for an investigation into the failed plan to sell off a piece of the World Cup.

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KINKADE: Jeff Bezos may be close to buying a stake in one of Europe's most prominent football clubs. The Amazon founders are probably part of a consortium that wants to obtain about a third of Liverpool F.C. The former Champions League and English Premier League champs are already one of the most lucrative sports entities in the world. This new investment could raise their value to nearly $6 billion.

The Fenway Sports Group, which acquired Liverpool 16 years ago, would retain a majority stake and control of the club.

South Korea's football's governing body is apologizing following a report that it offered sexual services to foreign referees ahead of the Olympic and World Cup qualifiers. The report found the Korean Football Association paid for sexual entertainment at massage parlors for visiting officials on at least eight occasions, from 2011 to 2012.

FIFA's leadership is facing more pressure. Three major football federations are calling for an independent review of the now defunct plan to sell a stake of FIFA events, including the World Cup. They're accusing FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, of deception.

For his part, President Trump is warning that replacing Infantino would be a terrible mistake, arguing that if he were gone, the World Cup would never be as successful as it was this year. World Sports' Patrick Snell reports.

PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Well, it may be a new week, but it seems there's still so much scrutiny upon the embattled FIFA President, Gianni Infantino. Last week, in Rabat, football's world governing body acknowledged mistakes had been made and apologized for the manner in which a controversial proposal to sell off a portion of its commercial and operational rights of the World Cup and other competitions to private investors was sprung upon its members.

That in turn followed a threat from European football's governing body, UEFA, that it was prepared to boycott all FIFA tournaments, including the World Cup, over the matter. Now FIFA is being accused of deception in Monday's open letter signed by the presidents and general secretaries of UEFA, North and Central American and Caribbean governing body CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation, who have called out FIFA and its leadership for threatening the integrity of the game regarding its handling of the now scrapped project.

The letter reading in part, "Leadership in football is not a possession. It is not about holding or demanding power to be held. It is a duty of service to the football family that entrusts it." It went on to add, "When trust is broken through deception, when an individual places himself above the collective that entrusted him with authority, that duty has been abandoned."

Infantino does have some support though, the Confederation of African Football has backed the president in recent days alongside the Argentine and Mexican soccer associations. And with that, it's right back to you.

KINKADE: Our thanks to Patrick Snell.

Well, Mark Zuckerberg is laying out his vision for the future of artificial intelligence, making the case that powerful A.I. should be in everyone's hands. The Meta CEO published a lengthy manifesto Monday as his company also launched a new customizable open-weight A.I. model called Glimmer. Open-weight means that users can access and customize the underlying parameters of A.I. models.

Zuckerberg's manifesto reads in part, "Most other labs have focused on building A.I. for companies, governments or other institutions. So if those labs lead, then the balance of power will favor larger institutions over individuals."

Earlier, CNN spoke with journalist, Kara Swisher, about the manifesto. She says Zuckerberg's vision also serves Meta's own interests as the company plays catch up in the A.I. race.

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KARA SWISHER, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: I mean, it's, you know, for the low, low price of what we're going to charge you and steal your privacy, we'll give you an agent that's your own. I mean, it's just -- the problem is Meta's been real behind in the A.I. wars. Others have surpassed them.

And so they're trying to find an in, either through open source or through giving everybody an agent, but the agents will be linked to privacy and advertising and everything else they already do. And so it's just a way in to try to talk his own book.

He's done it twice. There was an essay in the Wall Street Journal. Some of it is word for word for this one. This is a longer one, a 6,500-word memo. He does these from time to time. They're usually in desperate need of editing, but they're sort of outlined how he's different from they are. And it's largely because he's behind.

KINKADE: An ancient spa town in Italy has an unusual new council member. The town appointed Eva Statiella, an A.I. personality, to work alongside elected officials. They say she'll be used to analyze information, prepare reports and offer advice. The town's mayor says special guard rails have been put in place.

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DANILO RAPETTI SARDO MARTINI, MAYOR OF ACQUI TERME: The first safeguard is that no sensitive data relating to residents can be disclosed. That's guaranteed because Eva operates on an independent server.

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KINKADE: Eva won't have the power to vote, but the unusual move to appoint an A.I. assistant has left locals divided.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): Technology is moving forward and the council is trying to adapt.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): It's a step towards the future, but it must be used with caution.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): In my opinion, it is a complete joke. It serves no purpose at all.

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KINKADE: A $580 million power project on the Welsh Coast is taking a detour to some diehard Harry Potter fans. What's their magic? An undersea power cable connecting the U.K. and Ireland was set to be buried through the grave site of Dobby, the beloved house elf from the series. After hundreds of complaint calls, the plan was adjusted to save the fan-made memorial to Dobby.

Unfortunately, that adjustment now places the cable near a Bronze Age archaeological site and some very real and historically significant human remains.

Thanks so much for your company this hour. I'm Lynda Kinkade. "CNN Newsroom" with Polo Sandoval is next, after a quick break. Don't go anywhere.

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