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165 Killed And 1,300 Plus Missing After Floods Hit Nepal Border; Iran And Oman Make Progress In Talks On Strait Of Hormuz; Tim Curry, Cult Favorite Character Actor Dead At 80; Rescue Operations Underway in Nepal After Catastrophic Floods; Closing Arguments Set to Begin Thursday in the Lindsay Clancy Triple-murder Trial; Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement in Social Media Addiction Case; FDA Approves Groundbreaking Pancreatic Cancer Drug; Duke & Duchess of Sussex Returns to the U.K. Aired 2-3a ET

Aired August 27, 2026 - 02:00   ET

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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.

Just ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM, the death toll is rising in Nepal after a flash flood swept away entire villages. What we know about the search and rescue efforts.

A new proposal for access to the Strait of Hormuz leads to a drop in oil prices. Why the U.S. is likely to oppose the deal.

And a major blow for Meta. Why the tech company has agreed to pay plaintiffs billions and the changes they're making for children.

Plus, we'll show you how one state is memorializing the late great singer songwriter Dolly Parton.

ANNOUNCER: Live from Atlanta, this is CNN NEWSROOM with Rosemary Church.

CHURCH: Appreciate you joining us, and we begin with breaking news from the Nepal-China border, where a desperate search is underway after massive flash floods tore through the region. At least 162 people have been killed in Nepal and three more in China. The number of missing is staggering-more than 1,300 people across both countries, including hundreds of foreign nationals.

The U.S. is now rushing assistance to Nepal. The State Department says it is sending a disaster assistance response advisor to the region and providing $500,000 in emergency aid. A warning, the videos you are about to see are disturbing.

This was a prominent border crossing between the two countries, and you can see people running when a massive wall of water and mud hit the area, destroying everything in its path. The floods have swallowed homes, roads, and bridges, leaving some communities buried in thick mud.

And in this video, you can see the sheer force of the floodwaters slamming tour busses and buildings, leaving a trail of destruction.

Well, now a frantic search for survivors is underway. The prime minister's office says ground rescue teams and helicopter crews are working to evacuate survivors, and authorities warn the death toll is expected to rise.

Well, joining me now from Kathmandu is Shrinkhala Thapa, the Program and Operations Coordinator for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Thank you so much for talking with us at this very difficult time.

And of course, these images of the catastrophic flooding and landslide are simply horrifying as the death toll rises and hundreds of people remain missing. And the challenge for your organization in the midst of this tragedy is getting to the remote mountainous disaster zone, so you can actually help survivors and assist in that risk effort. So, how will you get there?

SHRINKHALA THAPA, PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS: Thank you for having us. First and foremost, since yesterday, the Red Cross team has already been mobilized in the field, but some of the parts where this disaster happened, particularly Rasuwa, is very difficult to reach, so there is a point called Nuwakot, the joining district to Rasuwa, that still has road access.

And Red Cross volunteers in the community has already been mobilized since yesterday, and even for from Kathmandu, the team has been mobilized, and with IFRC, we are also we have already allocated more than a million for support, and we are extending because, like you already mentioned, the extension of information and how the disaster is impacting and what kind of resources would be required to recover is still yet to come, and looks like it's much much bigger than what it looked like in like two days of time, but we are on it. IFRC and Nepal River Society are on it, and we are in the ground.

CHURCH: And of course, as you've been speaking with us, we have been looking at these images. You can see the army, police, thousands of people out there helping to actually rescue people there. So, how is your organization working in with the police and army who've been mobilized to work on this search and rescue operation?

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THAPA: So, as the government has already declared crisis in some of the district that has been impacted by this flood. So, IFRC and Nepal Red Cross Society has been collaborating. With the government and also relevant U.N. agencies and others who are active in the ground, so it has been a collaborative effort, and government has been very actively coordinating, and most of the clusters are active.

So, there is a mechanism that exists to ensure coordination, and Nepal Red Cross Society and IFRC is part of the coordination mechanism that exists at the national level and also at the local level.

CHURCH: And we do know that more than three dozen people were rescued in Nepal. They're now receiving treatment at hospitals in the capital Kathmandu, as well as the district near the flooding. What more are you learning about those survivors and their condition?

THAPA: You know, from the data that has come so far, you know, there has not been a great prediction as number of lives lost. So the numbers we see at the moment is still very less, but we all can see with the level of destruction, it is going to be much higher.

And in terms of support required for health, at the moment it's first aid, and Nepal Red Cross is also standby to provide the blood requirement to the impacted areas, because Nepal Red Cross also operates one of the biggest blood banks in the country.

So, we see that there has been needs, health emergency needs of first aid and others. But then, with government rescue operations, they are also reaching out to people in desperate needs of rescue, but of course the rescue operation led by the government has also been very impactful, and the coordination from the level of the government is very very efficient, I would say.

CHURCH: Shrinkhala Thapa, we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us at this time, and we salute the work you and, of course, your organization are doing at this very difficult time. Thank you so much.

THAPA: Thank you so much.

CHURCH: Oil prices are sliding for a fourth consecutive day following reports of progress in talks between Iran and Oman. Oil is significantly down in the current trading session after the two countries outlined a proposal that could potentially lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says the idea is to set up a temporary shipping route and clear all mines from the waterway. The final agreement is still in the works, but negotiators moved ahead despite U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to strike Oman if it continued its talks with Tehran.

Well, meanwhile, Tehran is accusing the U.S. and Israel of pressuring the U.N. nuclear watchdog to inspect Iran's nuclear sites. The real goal, according to Iran, is to assess the damage from their strikes on those facilities. The statement says the nuclear sites are not secure for inspection at this time.

Well, for more, we are joined by Danny Citrinowicz, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, good to have you with us.

DANNY CITRINOWICZ, SENIOR FELLOW, INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES: Thank you very much for having me.

CHURCH: Of course. So, what more are you learning about what this proposed Iran-Oman deal for a temporary shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz might look like, and will it lead to the reopening of this critical waterway do you think? CITRINOWICZ: Well, even if Iran in one will reach an agreement in the end to open or to build some sort of a route that will allow ships to go back and forth through Hormuz of Straits, it won't open the Straits immediately. It all depends on the U.S. decision whether to adopt this possible agreement or not.

Because if the U.S. won't adopt it, then and it will continue the maritime location, then the Straits will be closed. If they will adopt it and they will be willing to lift the sanctions, allowing Iran to sell its oil, then the Hormuz of Straits will be open.

So, regardless what will be agreed between Oman and Iran, the most important question we need to ask ourselves, whether the U.S. administration will adopt it or not. I have to say one thing about that, that if the U.S. will decide not to adopt this agreement, then chances of escalation are higher, given the fact that the Iran has already declared they are not going to allow countries to export oil from the Gulf, and Iran will have -- will have to face a maritime blockade. So, in that regard, the ball will be in the administration court to decide what to do.

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CHURCH: Well, of course, oil prices have been falling in response to progress made with these talks between Iran and Oman. But you know, U.S. President Donald Trump didn't want these negotiations to proceed, even threatening to attack Oman if the talks move forward. What was his main concern, and why, given the positive side of this of opening the Strait and, of course, the price of oil coming down. Why would the U.S. oppose this?

CITRINOWICZ: Well, it's a good question. I think that first and foremost, the oil prices are getting down because we have to remember that the U.S. has no intention right now to return back to kinetics.

So, the market thinks that without that, and with negotiation continuing, then at the end of the day, oil will find itself out of the Straits, like happening every night in the U.S. working with the Gulf states to take it out. It's not in the amount that it was before the war. Definitely, they're managing to take out millions of barrels of oil every day.

So, in that regard, the oil market sees that and understand that maybe there is opportunity for some sort of a negotiation and an agreement that will open the Straits completely.

Having said that, we have to remember that it's in war and in peace you have to have two for tango, meaning that the Iranians aren't accepting this reality. They are willing to reach an agreement with Oman, and I think that the U.S. despite the threats, I think the U.S. know what's happening in the negotiations because everyone is involved in that, including the Gulf states.

But from the Iranian standpoint, then these negotiations are important. But everything goes back to the U.S. This is why we had the visit of the Pakistani chief of staff coming to Iran. We have today a very important visit by the Qatar Prime Minister coming to Iran because the end of the day, it's not about the Iran or money agreement. It's about the willingness of administration to adopt this agreement and returning back to the MOU.

Without that, despite the fact that the administration doesn't want to return back to the war, chance of escalation, as I mentioned, are higher because Iran will escalate to change its reality, not stay in the same status quo. That's causing Iran a lot of economical problems. So, that's -- that is the reason that we are in a very in a very important strategic junction when the administration needs to decide what to do, whether to adapt it, go against it, and just as escalation in that development, if we decide to do so, will be higher.

CHURCH: Let's quickly turn to another issue because Tehran is now accusing the U.S. and Israel of pressuring the U.N. nuclear watchdog to inspect Iran's nuclear sites, claiming their goal is to assess damage done to the facilities as a result of the war. What more are you learning about this?

CITRINOWICZ: Well, definitely, it's a leverage by the Iranians, and I don't think until we have some sort of a final agreement between Iran and the U.S. that they will allow inspections to turn back to Fordow, the enrichment site in Tehran.

We have to remember that we June last year, after Israeli commenced the attack, the first attack over Iran, then we stopped seeing I inspect the regime in Iran. This is causing a lot of problems because we relied on them to know what's happening in the region side themselves.

Now, Iranians know that, so I think in that regard for them it's a leverage. They are using that, and I don't think they will allow any inspector regime returning back to Iran until there will be a final agreement where U.S. will lift all of the sanctions over Iran.

And until then, unfortunately, we'll have to rely on our own internet capabilities to know what's happening in the region sites, and definitely there are developments there, Pickaxe Mountain and others. So, we are in a very complex situation right now, and I don't think that we'll see the IAE inspector regime returning back anytime soon.

CHURCH: Danny Citrinowicz, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, want to thank you so much for joining us. Appreciate it.

CITRINOWICZ: Thank you very much.

CHURCH: President Trump is downplaying the significance of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit with Russian officials in Moscow.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: He's there, you know, very sort of semi-routine. I hate to disappoint people. We would like to see the war with Ukraine end.

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CHURCH: This video is believed to be Ratcliffe's plane landing in Latvia shortly after the visit. Despite Mr. Trump's denial, the Wall Street Journal reports that Ratcliffe went to Moscow to deliver a warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries.

Now, this was Ratcliffe's first known visit to Russia since the start of Trump's second term, and it's been five years since a CIA director has stepped foot in Russia.

So, Wednesday's meeting is, of course, very significant, given that CNN reported about two weeks ago that U.S. intelligence assessments indicated Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO's resolve by launching an attack on an allied country.

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Well, there's much more to come here on CNN NEWSROOM. Movie and theater fans are remembering Tim Curry, the charismatic character actor, died on Tuesday. We will take a look at the roles that made him a cult favorite across generations of fans.

Plus, pop star Miley Cyrus shares a heartfelt tribute to Dolly Parton, her godmother, after a queen -- after the queen of country music died this week. Her message coming up next.

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CHURCH: The best-selling artist, famous for washing the world in polka dots, has died at the age of 97. Japan's Yayoi Kusama was famous for her pumpkin sculptures, polka dot paintings, and infinity mirror installations that drew millions of visitors around the globe. Her work raked in nearly $200 million at auctions in the year 2023 alone. Kusama was also known for a splashy collaboration with French fashion house Louis Vuitton, she had little formal training and spent much of her childhood in a military factory sewing parachutes for Japan's Imperial Army.

Film and theater fans are remembering Tim Curry, who died at the age of 80. His manager says Curry passed away peacefully at home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Curry became a fan favorite in cult classics over several decades. CNN's Randi Kaye looks back at the English actor's life and career.

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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Unapologetic and eccentric, that was Tim Curry, the British-born actor best known for his role as the outlandish cross-dressing mad scientist in the cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show."

In 1975, he stormed onto the movie scene as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. Before "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" hit the big screen, Curry had perfected that role on stage in London. TIM CURRY, ACTOR: He had a lot of power, Frank. He gave a lot of teenagers permission to be different, and I'm very happy that he did have that power.

KAYE (voice-over): Over the decades, Curry brought to life some of the most beloved misfits and villains. Effortlessly, it seemed, moving between stage and screen.

CURRY: I'm merely a humble butler.

KAYE (voice-over): Wadsworth, the butler included, con artist Rooster Hannigan in "Annie," and Pennywise, the murderous clown in the 1990 miniseries "It."

Before that, Curry appeared on Broadway in 1980 as the title role in "Amadeus." The play won a Tony Award, and he was nominated for Best Actor.

CURRY: I feel like I've been incarcerated in a blueberry.

KAYE (voice-over): Curry's voice, perhaps one of his greatest gifts, as well as his laughter.

CURRY:One of the keys is to not encourage an identity, I think, and I've tried to nurse that.

KAYE (voice-over): In 2012, Curry's life was turned upside down when he had a stroke. In his 2025 memoir Vagabond, Curry described getting an emergency craniectomy to remove blood clots in his brain. He suffered facial paralysis and had to learn how to speak again. Curry was born in 1946 in England. His father died of a stroke when Curry was just a young boy.

CURRY: He had a stroke, and as they were about to take him into the ambulance, he said, Look after your mother.

KAYE (voice-over): Tim Curry never married, nor would he ever discuss his private life, as he wrote in his book, I have loved and have been loved, and I hope you have too. In one of his last interviews, he was asked about dying and shared he had no fear of death.

CURRY: I suspect that, in the end, I will welcome it. I think it may be very comforting to go bye-bye, and I want to earn it.

KAYE (voice-over): Tim Curry was 80 years old.

Randi Kaye, CNN, New York.

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CHURCH: Well, pop star Miley Cyrus is paying tribute to the late Queen of Country Music Dolly Parton, who was her godmother. Parton died on Tuesday at age 80. Cyrus reflected on their special bond, writing on Instagram that the loss is beyond what feels right to share. She continues, "What I know is Dolly would want me to feel it, write a song about it, and then continue on and be strong." Cyrus says her heart breaks for the world and Parton's family and friends following the singer-songwriter's death on Tuesday at age 80.

Cyrus writes, I will always love her and want to make her proud.

Well, meanwhile, a state senator in Parton's home state of Tennessee is proposing legislation to designate September 25th as 9 to 5 day in honor of one of her biggest hits. And just across the state line in Georgia, where Parton married her longtime husband Carl Dean in 1966, the governor has ordered flags on all state buildings lowered to half- staff for the next week in honor of the beloved musician and philanthropist.

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And there is much more to come here on CNN NEWSROOM. A torrent of floodwater leaves a trail of devastation along the Nepal-China border. We will have the latest on the search for the hundreds of people still missing as the death toll climbs.

Plus, the jury will soon start deliberations in the triple murder case against Lindsay Clancy, hear what the final witness revealed on the stand. That's next.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. I'm Rosemary Church. We want to return to our top story now, the deadly flash flooding on the Nepal- China border. Search operations are ongoing for more than 1,300 people still missing after a landslide sent a wall of water and mud sweeping through towns and villages.

This footage from the Nepal Army shows just a few of the rescues that have taken place so far. More than 300 foreign nationals are among those unaccounted for and that includes at least 47 Americans. And this drone footage captured some of the catastrophic damage the flooding left behind. The death toll now stands at 165, but that is expected to rise.

CNN's Mike Valerio joins us now from Beijing. Mike, I want to start with missing people in Tibet on the Chinese side and China's response efforts. What are you learning?

MIKE VALERIO, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So we now know that the number of missing has doubled, I should say more than doubled, Rosemary, over the past 24 hours in China. But I think the headline over the past hour is the first rescue team from outside the region in China has made it to the core disaster zone, and we're looking at the latest images and the latest footage that we have of the core disaster zone.

So the specifics that we have, 141 rescuers have reached Gyirong Port and that is the -- that is the site where we've all probably seen on our phones, our social media feeds. Gyirong Port is that seven-story building where you can see people running and then the wall of water and landslide debris hitting it and the screen of the CCTV camera turns to black.

So the good news is that Chinese rescuers have made it to that core disaster site and there's plans underway -- there are plans underway for a civil aviation flight to transport a 111-member -- a 111-member China rescue team also to that core disaster site. So of course, getting there has been the main objective because this was a huge border crossing, about 30 percent of the trade between China and Nepal went through that site, that security camera video that we're seeing handled immigration officers, custom officers, EVs, all of these goods going between China and Nepal, a huge center of commerce potentially flattened by that landslide, the water and all of the debris that came careening down.

What is adding to the difficulty besides the remote nature of the location is just you know how severe the detritus around this site is. We're talking about in terms of the obstacles and debris, the edge of the landslide, Rosemary, that mud and debris being a meter and a half, 1.5 meters deep. So we're talking about nearly five feet in American English Imperial units here. So getting there very difficult and also getting information is how we'll wrap up, you know, talking about that specific site.

This is Tibet, the autonomous region of China and as a foreigner or all foreign news outlets, you need permission, you need prior authorization to get to that region of China, so we're certainly relying on state media and information, videos trickling out very slowly from that region as the first rescuers make their way there, Rosemary.

CHURCH: Yeah, and all of this, such horrifying footage that we're all watching, learning about --

VALERIO: Yeah.

CHURCH: -- the details, it's hard to really comprehend.

VALERIO: Yeah.

CHURCH: CNN's Mike Valerio, following the latest developments from Beijing. I want to thank you so much for the update there, appreciate it.

VALERIO: Thank you.

CHURCH: So many people were caught off guard when the flash flooding hit along the Nepal-China border. CNN Meteorologist Allison Chinchar takes a look at how this deadly disaster unfolded.

ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Yeah. So what was initially thought was that this was actually triggered by an earthquake. Here you can see that dot, but now what the U.S. Geological Survey is saying is that's not the case. This was a landslide, a very powerful landslide, that was so powerful it actually triggered and measured a 5.2 tremor on the seismograph machines.

Now to kind of put this in perspective to show you the area where this is taking place, it's in the Himalayan region where that landslide took place and we've got the little marker here so you can kind of see where that starting point was.

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We zoom in to give you a little bit better perspective. Now if the landslide initiated in this general region, everything surrounding it would fall down with it. So you're going to have ice, you're going to have water, you're going to have rocks, even some boulders that comes down with it, down into the valley below. This is the glacier tongue that then flows down into the River Valley. And to kind of show you some before and after images of what we're talking about here, this is image taken yesterday. Now, it's flipped upside down.

So this is the same glacier tongue we just showed you, but focus here on the green area. Now we fast forward to today and all of that green changes to brown, just showing all of that debris flow of where everything went as that landslide continued down along the Valley floor. And it wasn't just in one place, again, you kind of showed this area, but then we widen out to kind of show you where it goes from there. It continues to follow down through the River Valley and into this particular area where we have several buildings here.

Now, everything would have flowed down in this direction before reaching those buildings and the video here clearly shows all of that debris from that landslide just sliding into that area. Just demolishing all of those buildings that were in that general region, but this isn't the only spot, again, that water, that debris, everything along with it is just going to continue to go down through the valley. Even more so, where you actually then end up having some villages, some towns that were impacted.

So we zoom in here to kind of give you a general layout of these neighboring towns that are here. We zoom in a little bit farther north and you can start to see this bridge right through here. OK. Now we're going to show you some video of that bridge. There is that wall of water and debris just racing down here flowing not just through where normal water would go, but also into the surrounding buildings, the streets, everything that's there.

And it is such an immense amount of water and debris that comes through. At some point, this bridge eventually just gives way. It's just simply too much of a force for it to be able to hold steady enough and you'll see it here, it's just about to go. And then it will also follow along with all of the rest of the debris that's being pushed down by this immense flow. It also continues to spread into there. You can see it kind of go there. It spreads into a lot of these buildings. So those buildings also start to sustain some damage as well.

So again, just kind of giving you that overall scope. This was not just one particular area that was hit. It was multiple areas that were hit and that's why we're seeing so many of these videos come out.

CHURCH: Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial. An FBI psychiatrist was the last witness to take the stand. He testified that Clancy was able to tell right from wrong when she killed her three children. A key question for the jury when deliberations start.

DR. GREGORY SAATHOFF, FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST: She was able to drive to the pediatrician's office and then back, and the day was really one of significant control. The activities that she engaged in that day, spending time with her children with Play-Doh, taking them outside to build a snowman, sending photographs of the children to her mother, to her husband on Instagram, fixing lunch, and also fixing dinner for the children. So the activities of that day were controlled.

CHURCH: The 36-year-old former nurse has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors and her defense team will have up to an hour each for closing arguments before the case is handed over to the jury. Jurors will then consider charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter.

You are watching "CNN Newsroom" live from Atlanta. Still to come this hour, Meta reaches a multi-billion dollar settlement with dozens of states. We will explain what changes are coming to popular social media apps. That's next.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. Meta says it will pay about $18 billion to settle a sweeping lawsuit over claims that its platforms endanger children. Court documents show that the social media giant has also agreed to make changes to its apps like Facebook and Instagram, including time limits for teen users.

Meta did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement. The multi- state lawsuit alleged that Meta intentionally designed addictive platforms and misled the public about the risks to children. CNN's Richard Quest spoke to California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, who co- led the lawsuit. He says the changes Meta agreed to will make a big difference.

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ROB BONTA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA: The suite, the constellation, the grouping of injunctive relief that we call, what we call it, business practices being changed going forward is massive. It's transformational, it's historic, it's unprecedented, it's never been done before.

It will reduce mental health harms that have been visited on kids in a number of different ways. And you got to sort of take them all together, but some of the main points are limits on use during the day.

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Some kids are online all the time, like 24 hours a day, or when they're -- at least when they're not sleeping. And it shows that this, you know, that social media use interferes their sleep. But it limits the use to two hours a day. And it also has a nighttime -- full nighttime block from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m. so it can't be used even if you try. It's time to go to bed. That's when you should be sleeping. No notifications during the nighttime or during school hours because that's when you should be studying or sleeping not scrolling.

There is a ban on beauty filters, plastic surgery filters which we knew harmed kids, especially girls, you know, a block on likes being used. So all those, you know, they start as defaults. There's also an opt-in for use of a feed that is organic as opposed to algorithmic. But it is important because, now, Meta likes to say they have safeguards in place. I put them in air quotes because they're not really safeguards, any kid can just wipe away the so called safeguard with a swipe of the finger.

But now, you have to have a verified parent get in there and say, we want you to be online more than two hours a day. We want you to have likes and beauty filters. So there's a real durable enforcement mechanism here and safeguard in place now.

RICHARD QUEST, CNN BUSINESS EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Do you believe that there has actually been a change in intention and mental direction in a sense at Meta? Listening to some of the evidence, there was a lot about how, in some cases, there was, you know, that they knew it was addictive. They didn't put in place necessary -- do you think they've essentially changed in their heart?

BONTA: I don't know. And you know, I don't know if that is necessary at this point to get the results that we need. Sometimes folks are forced to, required to make change, regardless of what's in their heart or what's not in their heart.

And you know, here, they continue to defend the case very poorly, I will say. They were getting absolutely thrashed and hammered in court by my team, and by the other attorneys general that were taking them to task in court, showing them their own documents, their own studies, their own internal knowledge and their own lies. And there's nothing they could do about it. And you know, so we forced them to.

And what's happening going forward is they are required to make changes, whether it's in their heart or not. And so the reduction in harm to our children is what matters, that will happen here whether they have changed their heart or not. Only they know what's in their heart but this shows that there's accountability consequence when they hurt kids knowingly, and perhaps that will change their heart over time.

QUEST: So, it's really all about enforcement now, isn't it? Because you -- and enforcement is not only yourselves, or other authorities, it's also parents, because this does now, to some extent, restore to parents, their obligation to make sure children are safe.

BONTA: Well, as a parent, parents always have an obligation to keep their kids safe. We do that when we make our kids wear helmets when they ride their bike, seatbelts when they ride in a car. When babies are fed food that's too big for them, and are choking hazards, we cut that for them. So that has never changed but what was the problem so far -- earlier with Meta was that they were guaranteeing -- they were representing to the public that their product was safe, and they were saying don't worry parents, it's safe we got you and nothing to worry about here.

They were lying to parents, not arming parents with the knowledge that they need to take steps to protect their kids. And so we've uncovered the truth, we've on parents with that knowledge and we've on parents with tools now where they can block certain features and designs of these harmful products from getting to their kids and impacting their kids in an adverse and negative way.

QUEST: One more question on this because this -- I'm old enough to have covered big tobacco, and all the litigation that went on with that, and you know how it goes, the cases build up and build up. But eventually, you get to a point where there's a line in the sand. Now this case that you've settled is probably not that line in the sand, because there are dozens if not hundreds of other cases against Meta.

Do you see a line in the sand moment for social media cases analogous in a sense to big tobacco?

BONTA: Yeah, you know, I think people will look back and see this moment as that inflection point, that transformative moment, that watershed moment things changed. Of course, there was wind at our back with the Southern California lawsuit that, you know, the verdict of the individual who was harmed as well as New Mexico, their verdict. But this is 51 states, the District of Columbia and territories, all standing together, banding together, holding the line bipartisan, holding Meta accountable and making unprecedented historic transformative changes which will echo and permeate throughout the industry.

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It's just a matter of time, in my humble opinion, before TikTok and YouTube and Snap come on board. So I think this is that moment.

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CHURCH: In a country as vast and sparsely populated as Namibia, access to health care has long been a geographical challenge. A Namibian startup is helping to bridge that gap and is part of a broader health tech movement across the continent. Details in today's edition of "Africa Insider."

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SHAIDINE ARAR, FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER, ULTIMATE SAFARIS: We're in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by boulders and this lovely scenery. A lot of Namibians work in these remote areas and also for guests as well, anything can happen out here. It's very far away.

AUDREY CHEBET, SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, BRITER: In remote communities, when you think about health care, it's as much a logistics and access problem as it is a medical problem. Without the right, tools and supplies, care simply breaks down.

And what we are seeing health tech do is trying to solve that last mile, trying to figure out how do we get medicine, how do we get diagnostics and care to those people who are, you know, in remote regions.

ARAR: If a staff member or a guest asks for medical assistance, we contact OnCall, asking a doctor to call and consult.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hello.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi, this is Dr. Azadeh (ph) from OnCall. How can I help?

GIDEON MYBURGH, COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR, ONCALL: In Namibia's rural landscape, we solve the accessibility problem by providing telemedicine support and services on a 24/7 basis. We provide medication on site.

So lodges, mines across Namibia, they all have a small pharmacy set up on site, so that we again can close that loop.

ARAR: In the beginning, there was a bit of hesitation from the staff. But I think the more they get to use OnCall, they realize that guests can be assisted immediately and medication can be prescribed to guests immediately and to staff as well, rather than them having to wait or to travel further distance to get treated or to see a doctor.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe something just to rub on the muscles.

ARAR: And if a further test needs to be done or X-rays, then they get referral letters without having to go through the whole process again.

MYBURGH: It's changing that mindset of knowing that you can actually get things done quicker. It's more effective. As soon as we change people's minds, then all of a sudden that network grows and the word spreads and people get comfortable with the new ideas of health care.

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CHURCH: Welcome back, everyone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to a groundbreaking drug that offers new hope for patients with pancreatic cancer. The drug, which will be called Rasonque, is a pill taken once a day. It's been approved for patients whose pancreatic cancer has spread.

Without insurance, it will cost almost $40,000 for a 30-day supply, but insured patients could pay far less. The drug has doubled the survival rate of some patients in clinical trials. More than 67,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the U.S. this year alone. A royal relocation mystery is fuelling fresh speculation. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly back in the U.K. with their children and even their dogs, and that's raising new questions about where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex may be putting down roots.

CNN's Anna Stewart reports from London.

ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They are back. Where and why is anyone's guess, but the dogs are here too. According to British media, the Sussex family landed at Birmingham Airport on Wednesday, having flown in from California on a private jet.

Now, none of that is confirmed by the Sussex team. However, a spokesperson has confirmed to CNN that their dogs have joined them too. The chickens, though, they are being left behind.

No foul play. As we understand it, they will be looked after back in Montecito. Flying into Birmingham, not London, is fuelling further speculation about where the Sussexes will be living. There have been suggestions it could be the Cotswolds, an affluent rural area, home to celebrities like Kate Moss and the Beckhams.

The children are due to start new schools in England. And schools actually start early September, so they may not have much time to settle into British life. Prince Harry and his family do not have an automatic right to taxpayer-funded security. That was downgraded when they stepped down as working members of the royal family. And as far as we know, the situation hasn't changed on that.

It's an issue Prince Harry has previously said prevented his family from even visiting the U.K. The palace has made clear Prince Harry and Meghan will not be working members of the royal family. However, we will likely see plenty of them at charity engagements in the weeks ahead. And on social media, as Meghan continues to work on her lifestyle brand As Ever. And who knows, there are also talks she could return to acting, so perhaps one day we'll see her back on the big screen.

Anna Stewart, CNN, London.

CHURCH: And thanks for your company this hour. I'm Rosemary Church. "CNN Newsroom" with Polo Sandoval is next, after a short break. Stay with us.

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