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Trump Deploys National Guard in L.A. Amid Protests over ICE Raids; New Armed Group Emerges in Southern Gaza; Germany Plans Rapid Expansion of Outdated Bunkers; New U.S.-China Trade Talks Kick Off in London; Coco Gauff Makes Thrilling Comeback to Win French Open Title. Aired 9-10a ET

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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, this is Israel's Ashdod port, where the aid ship that was heading to Gaza is now expected to

arrive. It is 04:00 p.m. there in Ashdod, it's 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. I'm Becky Anderson, you're watching "Connect the World" from our

Middle East Programming Headquarters.

Also coming up, dramatic pictures from Los Angeles this weekend. President Trump deploys the National Guard to stop L.A.'s immigration protests,

defying the California Governor. And hundreds of Colombians and political leaders march to protest an attack that left a senator in critical

condition.

Well stock market in New York opens about 30 minutes from now, futures indicating a positive, if not somewhat muted, start to the trading day.

Remember, these indices are near record highs at present, traders are waiting on any details out of these U.S.-China talks, which are being held

in London.

More on that as we get it. We start with the ongoing civil unrest in Los Angeles and the call from the U.S. President to bring in the troops. This

is how it looked in L.A. overnight, police have declared all of downtown an area of unlawful assembly. Demonstrations sparked by immigration raids

across the State of California.

Protesters set several self-driving cars on fire and blocked highways. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. They report more than

two dozen arrests. Well on Sunday, President Donald Trump activated some 2000 National Guard troops in defiance of state and local officials who

insist they can quell the unrest.

U.S. military says 500 active-duty marines are also ready to deploy. The Governor Gavin Newsom blasted the National Guard deployment and says

California will sue.

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GOV. GAVIN NEWSON (D-CA): You're seeing these authoritarian tendencies now are being acted out by this administration. And we're a case in point as it

relates to nationalizing, federalizing the National Guard, threatening now to put in Marines. So, I hope these people would pause and just consider.

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ANDERSON: Well, protests also happening in San Francisco. What started as a peaceful demonstration there escalated into confrontations with police.

Dozens of people are under arrest. Well, CNN's Marybel Gonzalez has more from Los Angeles.

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MARYBEL GONZALEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Tensions are rising in the Los Angeles area. Over the weekend, protesters clashed with federal and

local law enforcement agents. Sunday marking the third day of demonstrations in response to recent immigration rates across California,

where dozens of people were arrested as part of the White House's crackdown on unauthorized immigration.

MARTHA AREVALO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CARECEN LOS ANGELES: Our community is in terror. Is scared to just live, to just exist.

GONZALEZ (voice-over): Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department declared protests outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, an unlawful assembly

and authorized use of less lethal munitions. The unrest spilling over onto the 101 freeway with demonstrators temporarily halting traffic that

afternoon.

While the protests play out on the L.A. streets, the federal and state governments are at odds. A coalition of 22 Democratic governors condemned

President Donald Trump's deployment of 2000 National Guard calling the move an alarming abuse of power, but President Trump says it's to help restore

order.

Both California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are urging peace and denouncing this deployment of troops.

KAREN BASS, LOS ANGELES MAYOR: What we're seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is provoked by the administration and deploying federalized troops is

a dangerous escalation.

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ANDERSON: Well, Marybel Gonzalez joining me now live from Los Angeles. What is the story on the ground as we speak?

GONZALEZ: Yeah, good morning, Becky, well, here, things are much calmer, a very different scene than what we saw just hours ago, even early this

morning, as protesters were continuing to be on the ground. Here near the detention center, the crowds have dispersed.

This was a detention center where hundreds of people came to protest those ICE raids. However, law enforcement is still not letting up. We've seen Los

Angeles Police Department blocking the access to the federal building, and earlier this morning, a group of National Guards been helping reinforce

that security.

So, while things are calm here, we definitely know that the protests are anticipating to start back up today.

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However, it's difficult to say, Becky, how those protests will unfold if we'll see any more of those clashes that we saw over the weekend, but we

certainly know that law enforcement here is ready in case that does happen.

ANDERSON: Marybel, good to have you. Thank you. Let's bring in CNN's Senior National Security Analyst, Juliette Kayyem, who joins us now. Governor

Newsom, we heard earlier suggesting the state will sue the Trump Administration over this National Guard deployment.

JULIETTE KAYYEM, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: Yeah.

ANDERSON: What authority does the president have in all of this? Just explain what's going on here.

KAYYEM: Yeah. Yes. So, it's a little bit complicated for maybe non- Americans, but we have a National Guard, which almost under all circumstances, serves the governor directly. They work for that Governor.

California National Guard would work for Governor Newsom, who appoints the lead of the National Guard.

There is an ability for a -- under what's called Title 10. We call it federalization of the National Guard, in which a president can essentially

take those same people and put him under sort of his chain of command. They become federalized. This has been done in the past, during the

desegregation era, when governors refused to desegregate schools.

But in more recent history. It has been done in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and the L.A. riots before that, but in both of those

instances, the governors requested it of the president because they could not control what was going on in their cities. We have nothing like that in

Los Angeles, and that's the difference.

ANDERSON: Understood. The City of Los Angeles has, of course, a big immigrant community. So, what's your sense of how all of this will impact

them?

KAYYEM: Yeah. Yes, it's a very fine line in some ways, as you saw from the local and state officials. Not only does it have a big immigrant community,

but it has a diverse citizen community. I grew up in Los Angeles, Mexican Americans, Korean Americans, these are Americans.

They're not even immigrants, let alone unlawful immigrants. And so that is a challenge, because the entire community that is essentially not white is

very fearful of these ICE raids. The ICE raids are dramatic. They are filled with mistakes. We certainly know a lot of instances, and they can

get violent.

So, the challenge is, there have been lawful protests. And I think the mayor was discussing this, parts of those lawful protests, especially as

evening goes on, become unlawful. And we saw that, that happens and other people from the outside come in. But there is nothing in that, even that

violence or agitation that a local police department, let alone the LAPD, which is very sophisticated, couldn't handle.

We've seen cars burned. We've seen riots, even violent riots. We've seen highways taken over. But Donald Trump sees this on TV and he thinks, well,

I got to get the military in when it's not the way that generally, both operationally and constitutionally, this works in the United States.

It's a little disconcerting to throw in federal armed military into a situation where they haven't been trained. They have no specific mission,

and the rules of engagement are unknown.

ANDERSON: Including having Marines on standby, of course.

KAYYEM: Yeah.

ANDERSON: And finally, the L.A. police, as we've reported, have declared all of downtown an unlawful assembly area now. And how do you expect that

this might play out tomorrow?

KAYYEM: Yeah.

ANDERSON: It's bit of a crystal ball question but give it a go.

KAYYEM: Yes. Well, some of it isn't as much crystal ball, because these groups communicate online. They communicate through a public means to get

people together, the lawful groups, unfortunately, the ones that are protests, legitimate protests, will not be able to assemble for the time

being because of the actions of people outside that lawful protest.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

KAYYEM: It will probably be short term, but the police will be monitoring social media, congregations of people, dispersion, and you'll see a heavy

police presence to ensure that large groups of people do not congregate. It is a Monday. It's a work day. These things tend to taper off on work days,

one would hope when people go back to sort of to their real lives, but we will see as the day unfolds.

ANDERSON: It's good to have you. Juliette, thank you. We will continue to monitor what is going on in Los Angeles, of course.

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Well, the Israeli military has intercepted a ship carrying a cargo of aid for Gaza and has detained Greta Thunberg and her fellow activists on board.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, as it is known, was trying to deliver humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The organization posted this live stream of the Israeli military approaching. CNN's Jeremy Diamond tracking developments from Tel Aviv, and

we are just showing that video. Now, what's the latest on the flotilla, Jeremy?

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, some uncertainty about exactly where these activists are at the moment. What we do know is that in

the early hours of this morning, the Israeli military boarded this ship, detained Greta Thunberg, as well as a dozen or so activists who were on

board attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The Freedom Flotilla coalition, the umbrella organization, which was responsible for this voyage, accused the Israeli military of unlawfully

boarding this ship in international waters, before Israeli commandos boarded the ship, the activists on board said that drones were circling

overhead and then they dropped some kind of white paint, like substance before Israeli commandos boarded the ship.

The Israeli Navy also broadcast some kind of a message to the crew telling them that the Gaza coastline was off limits. We also know that the

communications on board, including the radios, were jams prior to the Israeli military boarding the ship. But altogether, this unfolded obviously

very differently than that notorious incident in 2010 when the Mavi Marmara, another ship that was attempting to break Israel's naval blockade

of Gaza in 2010 was boarded by Israeli commandos.

Those commandos killed nine people on board when they said that they came under attack with clubs and knives from the people who were on board. This

incident unfolded very differently, with the crew on board, putting their hands up, the Israeli military boarding, and then removing the activists

and the crew of this ship from there putting them onto an Israeli Navy ship.

And then we're still not quite sure exactly where they are. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has said, however, that they intend to return the

passengers on board to their home countries. We're not sure how quickly that will happen. We know that the French Foreign Ministry, for example,

because several French citizens were on board.

They have already reached out to Israeli authorities to ensure the safe return of their citizens as quickly as possible. But certainly, what this

crew succeeded in doing, and what they were aiming to do, was to draw attention to Israel's ongoing blockade of Gaza, and we know that even

though Israel has, you know, lifted that blockade to a certain extent, allowing limited quantities of humanitarian aid into Gaza over the course

of the last couple of weeks.

The desperation in Gaza is still there with the United Nations Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Office, saying that the people in Gaza are

starving, and they are saying that the situation is only worsening in Gaza right now due to the limited quantities of aid and the limited safe routes

that the Israelis are providing to those aid organizations to be able to get those aid trucks from the southern part of the strip throughout the

rest of Gaza, Becky.

ANDERSON: And the Israeli military now arming a Palestinian militia in Gaza. What more do we know about that group, Jeremy?

DIAMOND: Yeah, this militia is led by a man named Yasser Abu Shabab. He leads hundreds of armed men in Gaza, and he has been accused of a variety

of things, most recently, of being funded and armed by the Israeli government, something that the Israeli government actually acknowledged

last week, with the Israeli Prime Minister saying that it was a good thing to be arming a militia in Gaza that could pose problems to Hamas.

Although that's faced significant criticism from Israeli opposition leaders, who say that this could turn into a disaster with those weapons

eventually being turned against Israel. Hamas is also speaking out against this, because they say this is Israel's way of sowing insecurity in the

Gaza Strip.

What we now know is that this group appears to be having a role in some of the aid distribution inside of Gaza. They control an area in the southern

part of the Gaza Strip. They clearly have not been targeted by the Israeli military, which indicates some level of cooperation.

And we've also seen images of them around aid trucks, including trucks from the United Nations. It seems that they are controlling some checkpoints.

The leader of the group, Yasser Abu Shabab said that he is indeed offering his services effectively to protect these aid convoys which have been

repeatedly looted in the past.

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Interestingly, though, Yasser Abu Shabab himself has been accused of looting aid trucks in the past in the Gaza Strip as well. So, a very, very

murky situation, which only speaks to the chaos that is and the breakdown of civil order that is happening in Gaza following that very lengthy total

siege of the Gaza Strip, with absolutely no aid getting in.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

DIAMOND: And now, as limited quantities get in, we are still seeing that loading unfolding and the desperation of so many people trying to get their

hands on this aid and feed their families.

ANDERSON: Jeremy Diamond is in Tel Aviv -- those pictures that you are looking at on your screen are from Gaza on Saturday. Well, still to come on

CNN, a Colombian Presidential hopeful, is fighting for his life after being shot at a campaign event. That is coming up. Plus, Russia launches a record

number of drones at Ukraine overnight. More on that is after this.

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INGRID BETANCOURT, FORMER COLOMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Colombians need to unite. This idea of polarizing the country between left and right so

that we end up killing each other must stop. There was a real division here between the Democrats, those of us defending freedom and justice, and those

who want the tyranny.

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ANDERSON: Well, the Former Colombian Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt there. Her remarks come as Colombian Senator and presidential

hopeful Miguel Uribe fights for his life in a Bogota hospital. That was after being shot in the head at a campaign event on Saturday.

Well 39-year-old is a member of Colombia's democratic center party, the nation's largest political opposition group. Colombian police have arrested

a teenage boy suspected in the shooting. Well, Stefano Pozzebon is following this story for us from Bogota, he joins us now. Let's start with

Uribe. What do we know about his health status at this point?

STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: Yes, Becky, unfortunately, the latest news from the clinic, the Santa Fe clinic here in Bogota, where Uribe is

still receiving treatment in the intensive care unit. As I was saying, this news is not positive. We are hearing out of a statement less than two hours

ago that Uribe's condition remains extremely critical and serious.

And that, and I quote, he has had limited response to the treatment that he has received. Of course, he received at least two bullets in the area

surrounding his head. So, you can imagine that the recovery is extremely complicated. Yesterday, receiving supporters from that march that we saw in

the introduction, his wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, called on his supporters and made a plea to pray for a miracle, as her husband's

condition, as we were saying, remain extremely serious.

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Meanwhile, investigators are working around the clock trying to answer the many questions surrounding this attack.

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GEN. CARLOS FERNANDO TRIANA, NATIONAL POLICE OF COLOMBIA: I want to let you know we've deployed more than 188 investigative policemen across our

branches, political investigation police, Bogota police detectives, forensic police all joining together in an enormous effort to push forward

with this investigation.

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POZZEBON: That was General Triana, the Head of the Colombian police, speaking to reporters yesterday, late at night. In the same press

conference, the Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez told us that investigators are coming through three hypotheses, Becky. The first one is that the

motive has to do personally with Miguel Uribe, with his career as a right- wing politician, and the positions that he has come to represent.

The second one hypothesis is that this is an attack to the whole to the political campaign that is about to begin. We're still less than a year --

more than a year away from the presidential election. However, you can see that the tensions are already rising. The third hypothesis that the defense

minister spoke about is the possibility of a simple attack to destabilize the country.

The President of Columbia, Gustavo Petro, told -- spoke of a defeat for the national government that this attack represented, because it was their

responsibility to guarantee the free exchange of ideas, the Democratic exchange of ideas. And of course, when a presidential candidate is shot

while holding a rally, well that is, of course, a defeat for the national government.

So, they're still trying to understand what is the main motive? They're still going through the belongings of these teenagers, less than 15 years

old, who has been detained at the moment of the attack his telephone. We know that he was carrying a nine-millimeter Glock a person. The main

question is, who gave this teenager that Glock for that fateful attack, Becky.

ANDERSON: OK, it's good to have you. Thank you. Well, Ukraine says Russia launched its largest ever drone attack overnight, striking 10 locations

across the country. Ukrainian officials say Moscow fired 479 drones as well as 20 other missiles. Well, on Sunday, Russia claimed its forces had pushed

into a central Ukrainian region for the first time.

Meantime, Kyiv says its forces struck a military airfield in Russia overnight, destroying two aircraft. Well CNN's Clare Sebastian following

this for us. Take us through what we've seen overnight and are we watching Russia's response to this so-called Spider Web operation launched by

Ukraine late last week.

CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky on that, I think an important piece of context is that, yes, this was a record drone attack,

479 drones. But the previous record was set the night before operation Spider Web. So, this is a picture, a bigger picture of escalation that is

entirely Russia's own doing, Russia's own decision, though, of course, it fits their broader narrative around this war.

That it's a war of necessity, a defensive war, to claim that this is retaliation. And of course, we've seen them throughout this war regularly

claim to be retaliating against Ukrainian efforts. So that is one thing. Having said that they are, I think, targeting in part Ukrainian airfields,

or at least claiming to target them.

So, there is a sort of effort at symmetry there. But this comes, as I said, off the back of months of escalation, certainly in the air war. We saw that

start towards the end of the summer last year, and it's been ramping up exponentially, even as we see this push by the Trump Administration to some

kind of peace process.

It's very likely part of a strategy by Russia to try to weaken Ukraine as it goes into those talks, to try to exact concessions. And it comes with,

as you noted, an increased push on the ground as well. We've seen in the past few weeks, Russia putting pressure on the northern Sumy region, just

across the border from Kursk where Ukraine had launched that invasion last year.

We now see that the Russian Ministry of Defense, on Sunday, claims to have pushed into another region, which it hasn't yet pushed into Dnipropetrovsk

in central Ukraine. Although Ukraine has denied that, whether or not this is part of a picture of a sort of the beginnings or a prelude to a Russian

summer offensive, we don't know yet.

Certainly, the experience for Ukraine is that the violence is constant. But also, as you noted, Ukraine is not taking this lying down. They continue to

demonstrate, as they did with operation Spider Web, that they have quote, unquote, cards to play here by attacking another they claim Russian

airfield, this time in a region just east of Moscow, and claiming to have hit two Russian aircraft. So, the air war continues on both sides, Becky.

ANDERSON: Amid fears of Russian aggression, we're hearing that Germany is planning rapid expansion of its outdated bunkers. Just how significant is

that?

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SEBASTIAN: So, this is part of a broader picture. I think we see in Europe, as we hear the commentary certainly coming, we hear regularly from the NATO

Secretary General, Mark Rutte, that this is not a time of war, but also not a time of peace. We see that European countries and the EU as well are

increasingly trying to prepare their citizens, to try to sort of infuse this culture of preparedness, to make sure that military readiness it's

part of a whole of society affair.

But I think certainly it is a major shift to see in Germany, a country that has had this sort of pacifist culture ingrained for obvious reasons since

then of the Second World War, to talk about investing some 40 billion over the next 14 years in upgrading this bunker system.

They're looking at underground garages. They're looking at tunnels, metro tunnels, things like that. This comes from an interview with the head of

the agency responsible for this Suddeutsche Zeitung, one of the main German newspapers, over the weekend, and that newspaper reported that at current

levels of preparedness, only 5 percent of the German population would be able to seek shelter in an emergency.

So, I think, look, the cost that they're talking about is a reflection of just how little has been done over the past years and decades as they have

lived in this culture of not worrying about threats. And I think this is something that a lot of European countries are looking at, at this point.

ANDERSON: Yeah, interesting. Clare, it's good to have you. Thank you. You are watching "Connect the World" with me Becky Anderson, from our Middle

East programming, headquarters here in Abu Dhabi. Coming up, the world's two biggest economies are back at the bargaining table trying to resolve a

trade dispute that has gripped world markets.

The question now, will China's President ever give up his rare earth card or cards? More on that is coming up. And a quick reminder of our top story

this hour, with this live look at the streets of Los Angeles, you can see the National Guard hardware on the ground there in front of what is a

federal building.

And the graffiti left behind after a volatile weekend of protests and clashes. We're keeping a keen eye on this, and we'll bring you any updates

from L.A. as we get them --

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ANDERSON: All right, that is the opening bell on well on Wall Street. Lionsgate, the team from that organization ringing in the trading day Wall

Street watching today's trade talks in London between the U.S. and China. Trump Administration officials are aiming to diffuse a high stakes dispute

between the world's two largest economies.

One of those Trump aids says that the U.S. is looking to restore trade in rare earth minerals, a resource that is frankly dominated by China, and

which is vital to not just the tech industry, vital to the tech industry, but to many others as well. The stage for these talks was set last week

when President Trump and China's Xi Jinping spoke on the phone.

Well back in May, Washington and Beijing agreed to roll back tariffs on each other's goods for 90 days. It brought us tariffs on Chinese products

down to 30 percent while Beijing slashed levies on U.S. imports to 10 percent. But the upbeat mood created by that agreement somewhat souring, as

Washington continued to allege, China was holding back supplies of these rare earths.

Well, CNN's Matt Egan is in New York for us. So, let's head to London, where Anna Stewart is standing by. I mean literally, these markets have

just opened, and we've got the DOW JONES flat. These trade talks between the world's two largest economies are a big deal, not only for Washington

and Beijing, but for global growth, of course.

What are you hearing and how could today's outcome impact this wider economic picture? Let's do that before Matt picks up on where we are at

with these markets.

ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we have the two biggest economies, and obviously trade has significantly reduced since all of the tariffs and

the various parts of this trade war began a few months ago. But also, the export controls actually from both sides have had huge implications for

supply chains all around the world for a number of sectors.

So, these are talks that will be watched very, very keenly. And the difference, I think, with these talks this time around is really the focus

has very much shifted from the deficit and from talks about tariffs, and the focus today is likely to be about those export controls. From the U.S.

side, it's all about the rare earth metals.

These are critical for a number of sectors, whether it is electric vehicle manufacturing or defense. And frankly, China absolutely dominates in that

space, not just the mining, but very much the processing. Around 90 percent of the world's rare earth metals are actually processed in China.

Now, in return, China will want to see an easing of restrictions around other critical technologies coming from the U.S., particularly around

semiconductors, for instance. And it's interesting actually that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is a part of these talks, because he for that.

I mean, export control is very much in his wheelhouse, so he is a part of this set of talks. So perhaps we'll see some movement there. There was

already a little movement on Friday, Becky, the American Chamber of Commerce in China said that a number of Chinese suppliers to U.S. companies

that actually just receive a six-month export license.

So perhaps it's already easing export licenses for certain materials. So, it's looking pretty good. President Trump teas, this is, you know, almost

being done. They've straightened out all the hard stuff, but we'll wait to see what we get out of the meeting.

ANDERSON: It's not done until it's done, of course, Matt, you speak to many traders, and many I know that I speak to say they're keeping a very keen

eye, of course, on today's trade talks. And these talks have been sort of overshadowing market movements now since Donald Trump effectively took

office on January the 20th.

So just remind us why it is that -- what it is that traders are really keen to get the details on at this point?

MATT EGAN, CNN REPORTER: Becky, tariffs are arguably the biggest risk to the U.S. economy and to the world economy, and the trade war is ground the

U.S.-China trade war really is ground zero in this trade battle. And so, I mean, it's easy to forget, but it wasn't that long ago that the world's two

biggest economies were in this full-blown trade war where essentially, trade had kind of ground to a halt, right?

There was effectively an embargo, because tariffs were over 100 percent on both sides. And so, the fact that there has been this de-escalation with

U.S. and China that has been massive, right? I mean, that is one of the reasons why U.S. markets and world markets have raced back to life.

In fact, the S&P, the DOW, the NASDAQ, all back in the black on the year. The S&P 500, you see on that chart, it was way down back in April. That's

when investors were starting to price in a potential recession here.

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But racing back to life, the S&P is only around 2, 2.5 percent away from all-time high. So yes, investors are paying very, very close attention to

what happens in London with these trade negotiations. And as Anna, alluded to, I mean rare earths, that is one of the big, big focus is here, right?

Those are the minerals that China effectively has a stranglehold over, and they are critical in making cars and defense systems renewable energy,

without those minerals, that's going to cause real supply chain problems, and this is a point of leverage, and Beijing knows that.

Economists over at Morgan Stanley, they put out a note saying that China's control over rare earth supply has become a calibrated yet assertive tool

for strategic influence. Its near monopoly of the supply chain means rare earths will remain a significant bargaining chip in trade negotiations.

And so, we have to see what comes out of today's meeting on that front. But look, the end of the day, if these talks end up producing further de-

escalation, I think that's going to renew confidence among investors, right? It could potentially propel stocks to all-time highs.

It could ease some concerns among business leaders. However, if the talks blow up and there's a further escalation and talk of higher tariffs, I

think all bets are off when it comes to a market that has really started to price in a lot of positive news, Becky.

ANDERSON: It's good to have you, sir. Thank you. Well, we are looking at the wider markets. Let's drill down and take a look at one stock,

specifically Wall Street seems to like the look of Warner Brothers Discovery today. It's the parent company this network, of course, and its

shares are pushing higher today after announcing it is splitting into two separate publicly traded companies.

One will be centered around the HBO Max streaming service and Warner Brothers studio, and the other around CNN and other television networks.

The announcement is seen as the company's answer to investor pressure and fast-moving change in the media industry, is an understatement when they

say fast moving change.

Still ahead, did you see it? Well, an epic comeback by Carlos Alcaraz, the young Spaniard, teeters on the brink of defeat before making it back-to-

back singles titles in Paris. More on what was an absolute thriller in "World Sport."

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ANDERSON: Top ranked American tennis player Coco Gauff rallied to win her second Grand Slam title over the weekend at the French Open. Just 21 years

old, she mounted a comeback to our top seed Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling three set final. I got a chance to meet and knock some balls with Gauff in

2022 in Dubai.

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She shared then what's been her consistent message to young athletes around the world. Have a listen.

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COCO GAUFF, AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYER: If you're not doing it for yourself, then don't waste your time doing it every day is a chance to improve. The

sun goes up and down every day, and you want to make sure you spend make the time that matters in between the most.

ANDERSON: Let's have a bit of a knock. Shall we?

GAUFF: Yeah sure.

ANDERSON: OK, any tips?

GAUFF: I would say you do pretty good at the --

ANDERSON: Sorry, I know it's probably the sun, but you know, getting in your eyes.

GAUFF: -- Better than me guys.

ANDERSON: What can I do. What can I do.

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ANDERSON: Yeah, right. Congratulations to Coco. Next stop, of course, Wimbledon, those grand slam trophies do look good on, I don't think. Well

in the men's singles in Paris on Sunday, defending champ Carlos Alcaraz saved three championship points in the fourth set to win the title in five

sets against top seed Jannik Sinner.

It ended up as the longest final in the tournament history, and tennis fans are eyeing up the Alcaraz versus Sinner match up as the next great rivalry

in the men's game. Well, that level of tennis for more than five hours. Amanda, I was on a flight coming back from a family holiday, and the entire

plane, it felt was watching that match live. I mean, the play was sort of bouncing around. It was unbelievable. What a game.

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah. I mean, you know those people who were worried about the future of tennis in that post Nadal, Federer,

Djokovic era. I mean, I think that absolutely yesterday, put all of that concern to bed.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

DAVIES: This was the first time, we knew these two guys had split the four grand slams to a piece last year, but they'd never faced off in a Grand

Slam final, and it was everything people had hoped for, expected and more. It's really, really, definitely going to be one of those matches that was

talked about from years to come.

ANDERSON: Right.

DAVIES: It was brilliant watching the likes of the Dutch football team and the Spanish football team crowded round, watching these consummate epic

athletes go toe to toe.

ANDERSON: Yeah.

DAVIES: And we've got plenty of reaction, and we're hearing from the man himself, the ultimate winner. It was sad somebody had to lose, but Alcaraz

the winner in just a couple of minutes in "World Sport".

ANDERSON: Yeah, good stuff. All right. Well, we'll stick around for that. Please do. Amanda is back after this break. I'm back top of the hour. Or if

you're watching somewhere, it will be the bottom of the other bottom of the hour. But anyway, it's in 15 minutes time. See you then.

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