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LYNDA KINKADE, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: This is the scene in Washington where senators are engaged in a marathon debate session as the clock ticks
down to the president's deadline to get his so called, big, beautiful bill passed. It is 09:00 a.m. in D.C. right now. 09:00 a.m. also here in
Atlanta. I'm Lynda Kinkade. This is "Connect the World". Good to have you with us.
Also coming up a week on from the ceasefire, Tehran sends a warning to Israel, as officials there hold top level meetings on ending the war in
Gaza. Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush voice rare public criticism of President Trump as the U.S. Agency for International
Development marked its final day as an independent organization.
And jury deliberations in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial resume for a second day. Well, the stock market in New
York opens in about 30 minutes from now, and as you can see, the futures of all three major indices are down slightly this morning, you can see the
NASDAQ down almost half a point half percent.
And we know that Tesla stock is down in pre-market trading as well, so we will keep an eye on all of that for you. Well, the hours are ticking down
to Donald Trump's self-imposed deadline to get his big, beautiful bill passed. Senators right now are engaged in a marathon debate session that
continued overnight and is extending into a second day, passing several amendments to the bill.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says they're nearing a final vote, but it's still unclear exactly when that will happen. Here's what the president
had to say about it before heading to Florida for the opening of the controversial migrant detention center the White House is calling Alligator
Alcatraz.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Think we're going to get there. It's tough. We're trying to bring it down, break it down, so
it's really good for the country, trying to get a lot for everybody. And it's a big bill, and smaller bills would have been easy, but they wouldn't
have been as good. I think it's going to do OK.
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KINKADE: Well, Democrats, unanimously opposed the bill, which would maintain the president's first term tax cuts while dramatically shrinking
Medicaid and other social safety net programs and hiking the federal deficit by trillions of dollars. And that aspect of the bill is sparking
anger from Elon Musk.
After leaving the political spotlight, he threw himself back in it overnight with a post on X, saying every member of Congress who votes for
the bill should hang their head in shame. He also vowed that they would lose their primaries next year if it's the last thing he does on Earth.
Senior White House Reporter Kevin Liptak is following all the developments joins us from outside the White House. Good to have you with us, Kevin. So,
24 hours into this marathon voting session to get this bill through three days before Trump's self-imposed deadline, how's it looking right now?
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, I think when you talk to White House officials, they still feel like the odds are good that this
bill will ultimately pass, but the real question for them is when it will do that? And we just heard President Trump, as he was leaving the White
House here say he wasn't necessarily committed to that July 4 deadline that he had originally set to get this on his desk.
He wants it somewhere in this in that vicinity, but I think acknowledging that he still has some tough going ahead of him as he works to get every
Republican in line to support this bill. What they have been doing in the Senate is trying to pass some of these amendments.
On the Democratic side, they have been offering an amendment to essentially slow down the process, but you also have Republicans who are offering
amendments to either bolster some of the cuts that have been made to the social security net, trying to cut even further, you also have Republicans
who are trying to stem some of the effects of those cuts.
And I think in that dynamic, you see the challenges that the president is still facing in this bill. He has two distinct subsets of Republicans that
he's trying to bring along. On the one hand, you have some members of his party who are concerned about how deeply this is cutting.
For example, Thom Tillis, the Republican from North Carolina who voted against a procedural motion over the weekend, the president threatened to
primary him eventually, Tillis said he would just retire and not sort of engage in this loyalty test that the president has set.
But he is not alone. There are other Republicans who are concerned about the effect that this bill would have, for example, on rural hospitals in
their state or on Medicaid program, which is the health insurance program for low-income Americans this bill, according to the Congressional Budget
Office, would leave more than 11 million Americans without health insurance.
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So that's one subset of Republicans who have concerns about this bill. There's a whole other subset who are concerned that it doesn't cut enough
that it would explode the federal deficit, and that it would just cost too much. So, you have, for example, Rand Paul, the Senator from Kentucky who
has said that he can't support this because of its effect on the deficit.
There are other Republicans who are trying to add provisions to this bill, as we speak on the Senate floor that would alter some of the way that
Medicaid is paid for. That would essentially cause some savings. And so, you see in those two sides the bridge that the president will have to gap
as he tries to get all Republicans on board.
You know, I asked him as he was leaving the White House today about these warnings that he's been conveying to Republicans not to cut too much. He
seems to be concerned about the political fallout of depriving Americans of programs that they have become accustomed to.
And the president affirmed, he says he doesn't like cutting. He doesn't like cutting too much, and he said not to go too crazy on the cutting. And
so, it's clear that the president, I think, is still working through some of these different items that the Senate and then the House will have to
vote on, but still very confident in the end that this will ultimately make it to his desk.
KINKADE: Yeah, these senators must be getting pretty weary right now, and as you say, Kevin, in terms of some of the cuts, especially to programs
like Medicaid, it could push millions of Americans of health insurance. Some Republicans say it's too much. Some say it doesn't go far enough. But
in terms of some of the amendments already being discussed, what has been adopted?
LIPTAK: Well, they've rejected a large number of democratic proposed amendments so far. Those were expected to fail, and those had been kind of
put in place to delay this process, and delay this process. They have voted on artificial intelligence related amendment that passed sort of
overwhelmingly.
That's a topic that senators on Capitol Hill are still sort of grappling to get their arms around so, that amendment made it into the bill. The one
amendment that I think people seem to be waiting for and holding their breath for is one that has been proposed by the Republican Senator from
Florida, Rick Scott that would alter how much of Medicaid is paid for by the federal government versus how much is paid for by the states.
That's a proposal that, in his view, would add some cost savings to this bill. It's been co-sponsored by a few other Republican Senators, but that,
I think, is one of the big proposals that could potentially affect other Republicans support, and so they're still waiting for that to materialize
on the Senate floor, but that will be interesting to see how that particular vote goes once it comes up for a vote.
KINKADE: Kevin Liptak outside the White House, good to have you saying across it all for us, thank you. Well, the giant engine of foreign aid is
essentially going idle today. After six decades, the U.S. Agency for International Development has officially lost its independent status.
It's now part of the State Department under an administration that slashed its funding by 80 percent and brand-new research into us today shows the
human cost. A study published in "The Lancet" report estimates the dismantling of this agency could lead to 14 million additional deaths
globally by the year 2030.
Well Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush sent a farewell video to the USAID staffers today along with U2's Bono and they voiced rare
criticism of the Trump Administration, Obama calling the decision to sideline the agency a colossal mistake.
One week into a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, Tehran is sending a clear message, renewed air strikes will not be tolerated. An Iranian
official telling CNN that if Israel attacks again, Iran will respond with, quote, extremely lethal strikes within minutes.
Well, the 12-day war in June and the flurry of diplomacy that followed have generated hope for a diplomatic solution in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure from President Trump to end the Gaza war. And he's been holding top level meetings in Israel for the past two
days, but his senior ministers and advisors are split on how to proceed.
Well CNN's Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond joins me now and is following all these developments. Good to have you with us, Jeremy. So,
we'll start with Iran's threats saying, it will issue a crushing and devastating response to any attack by Israeli forces. Is there any
indication at this point in time that Israel will attack again?
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: You know, there's no indication of that at the moment.
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I think what is clear is that, first of all, the Israeli government is kind of basking in the success of its military accomplishments in Iran over the
course of that 12-day conflict, they are still trying to assess, you know, the exact nature of the devastation to Iran's nuclear facilities amid that
debate about the intelligence on the nature, you know how devastating those U.S. strikes were on the Fordow facility in particular.
And also, amid questions about how much stockpile of enriched uranium Iran still possesses. There's no indication right now that Israel plans to renew
its attacks in Iran, but there is a clear understanding among Israeli officials that should they determine that Iran is once again aiming to
restart or, you know, put back together components of its nuclear program looking to enrich further uranium, then Israel will maintain the option of
being able to carry out additional strikes.
But for the moment, at least, it seems like all eyes are on the diplomatic process with the U.S. and Iran set to hold talks on the matter in the
coming week.
KINKADE: All right, Jeremy Diamond, we'll leave it there for now. Good to have you there in Jerusalem. Thanks so much. Well, still to come, jury
deliberations are underway in the Sean Diddy Combs trial, but the panel of jurors still have questions they want answered. We'll have details after
the break.
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KINKADE: Welcome back, the second day of jury deliberations in the Sean Diddy Combs trial began just a short time ago. The jurors deliberated for
more than five hours on Monday and sent several notes back to the judge to be answered. The judge then ordered the defense and prosecution to meet
about how to answer these questions.
Well, CNN's Kara Scannell is in New York and joins us now live outside the court. Good to have you with us, Kara, so the jury is back in court
deliberating. What are we expecting today?
KARA SCANNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a stage two of jury deliberations. Right now, the judge is on the bench, and he's talking to both the
prosecution and the defense about how to respond to the jury's latest note that came in late yesterday. At that point, the jury had asked for more
information about drug distribution.
That's an element of the RICO conspiracy charge. So, looking for some clarification there, the once the parties decide what the right answer is,
a note will be sent back to the jury, and they can continue their deliberations. As you say, they've been deliberating for more than five
hours yesterday, and once all 12 are here today, they'll kick it off again.
Yesterday morning, there was an interesting note from the jury foreman, who said that one of the jurors, juror number 25 they said that they were
concerned that he could not follow the judge's instructions. That was little confusing. It happened so early during deliberations.
But then, of course, several hours later, there was the second note of substance, where they asked for the details on the drug distribution
charge.
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So, you know, now, as far as we know, they will be back at work this morning once all 12 are here, and then deliberations will continue. The
judge will send in this note to give them some instruction on this question they had related to the racketeering conspiracy, and deliberations will
continue until they reach a verdict or there's some other issue.
But as for now, you know, a jury, once they're back in session, they will continue to work through this indictment again, there's five criminal
counts, racketeering conspiracies, the first one on the list, and then there's sex trafficking of Cassie Ventura, sex trafficking of Combs former
girlfriend known as Jane, and also transportation for prostitution involving both of those women.
The stakes here are high. If Combs is convicted of one of the sex trafficking charges, that's a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, his
lawyer spent a lot of time trying to undercut the credibility of those witnesses, but it's in the hands of the jury now, 12 jurors, eight men,
four women, and they will decide Sean Combs fate, Lynda.
KINKADE: And Sean Combs didn't testify during this trial. What was the reasons behind that?
SCANNELL: So, there's no obligation for a defendant to ever testify in their own defense. There's the presumption of innocence. And what the
defense strategy? They didn't call any witnesses. It wasn't even just Combs, but their strategy had been to try to make their case through the
cross examination of the prosecution's witnesses to try to elicit testimony that either undermine the credibility or help their defense.
In the case of the two former girlfriends, their questions for them were trying to focus on the fact that at times they did want to participate in
the sex acts with the male prostitutes, and saying that at other times, they may have been telling themselves that they didn't want to do it, but
their text messages to Combs indicated that they were willing to participate.
So, trying to make the case to the jury that the women were willing participants, this was not coercion to engage in these sex sets. That's the
key element of the sex trafficking charge. So, trying to make it that way through the witness testimony instead of calling their own witnesses, of
course, have shown Sean Combs had taken the witness stand.
It would allow prosecutions to ask him about almost anything, and that is always a risky strategy for the defense, Lynda.
KINKADE: All right. Kara Scannell, good to have you across it for us from New York. Thanks so much. Well, we want to get you up to speed on some
other stories that are on our radar right now. Turkish police have detained at least four cartoonists on Monday, accused of drawing and distributing a
cartoon that authorities say and protesters say is a depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.
The weekly political satire magazine "Le Mans" released a statement saying their cartoon was not depicting the Islamic prophet, but they did offer an
apology to any readers who were offended. In Australia, jury deliberations are underway in the so-called mushroom murder trial that offended Erin
Patterson is accused of feeding poisonous mushrooms to her ex-husband and in laws in their beef Wellington lunch.
Three of them died. One person survived. Patterson denies any wrongdoing. Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended the country's embattled prime
minister, setting off a fresh bout of political turbulence in the Southeast Asian Kingdom. It follows a scandal involving a leaked phone call between
Cambodia's powerful Former Leader Hun Sen and Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Well, Paetongtarn has defended her actions but accepted the court's decision and now faces dismissal pending an ethics investigation. CNN's
Ivan Watson explains.
IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Thailand's Prime Minister has been suspended over a leaked phone call she had with a Former
Cambodian Leader. The country's constitutional court on Tuesday, accepted a petition accusing Paetongtarn Shinawatra of violating the Constitution, for
breaching ethical standards in the leaked call, which has been confirmed as authentic by both sides.
The court voted to suspend her from her duties until a verdict is reached. Paetongtarn only assumed the prime minister's post 10 months ago. She
replaced her predecessor, who had been removed from office by the same constitutional court. She faced mounting calls to resign following last
month's leaked call with Cambodia's Hun Sen over an escalating border dispute.
During the call, Paetongtarn could be heard calling the Former Cambodian Leader, uncle, and she appeared to criticize her own army's actions after
border clashes led to the death of a Cambodian soldier last month. In the audio, she was also heard saying, if Hun Sen quote, wants anything, he can
just tell me and I will take care of it.
Over the weekend, anti-government protesters took to the streets of the capital Bangkok on Saturday. The scandal has also resulted in a major
partner of the prime minister's government to withdraw from the coalition last week.
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Paetongtarn has repeatedly apologized for the scandal, saying she was trying to act for the good of the country.
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PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA, PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND: The decision from the Constitutional Court is out. I respectfully accept the court's decision,
and from this moment, I will cease performing my duties.
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WATSON: The prime minister's suspension brings fresh political uncertainty to Thailand. The Southeast Asian nation has suffered from political crises,
coups and street protests. Ivan Watson, CNN, Hong Kong.
KINKADE: Authorities in Idaho have identified the suspect in a deadly ambush on firefighters who were responding to a brush fire in the City of
Coeur d'Alene on Sunday. 20-year-old Wess Roley is believed to have opened fire before turning the gun on himself.
CNN's Nick Watt has more details about the shooting and the firefighters killed in that attack.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's an active shooter zone. They're shot. BC3s is down, BC1 is down. Everybody shot up here.
NICK WATT, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): On a routine brush fire call on a Sunday afternoon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got two unresponsive battalion chiefs, gunshot wounds, multiple gunshot wounds. It's clear to me that this fire was
intentionally to draw us in.
WATT (voice-over): Let authorities say by 20-year-old Wess Roley, who we're told, talked to firefighters when they first arrived on scene.
SHERIFF BOB NORRIS, KOOTENAI COUNTY OF IDAHO: Here's some of his social media postings that were recently removed.
WATT (voice-over): An Instagram story of the suspect, apparently armed and camouflaged, set to a song called Hunter.
NORRIS: This was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance. We did have reports that he was shooting at first responders via a tree.
WATT (voice-over): Two firefighters killed, a third injured, fighting for his life.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're friends and coworkers, and he's a great guy. We haven't lost a member in the line of duty for a very long time.
WATT (voice-over): For hours, around 300 law enforcement personnel hunted the gunmen or gun man. They didn't know which shots were fired.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We had a cell phone activation. We honed in on that cell phone, and we saw that there was a male appeared to be deceased, with a
weapon nearby. We believe that there was only the one shooter.
WATT (voice-over): Authorities now believe the suspect died by suicide. His grandfather told CNN, he wanted to be a fireman. He was doing tree work,
and he wanted to be a fireman in the forest.
NORRIS: We don't know if there's a nexus to that desire and what happened.
WATT (voice-over): Coeur d'Alene now in mourning, paying tribute to two of their own killed in what city leaders are calling a senseless tragedy.
WATT: And we now have the names of the men killed Frank Harwood, 42 years old, married with a couple of kids. He was the Fire and Rescue Chief for
Kootenai County. Also killed John Morrison, who was a Battalion Chief with the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department. Injured an engineer with that same
department, Dave Tysdal.
Tysdal has undergone two surgeries, and we're told is still in critical condition. Now the suspect's family is now cooperating with officials. They
send their heartfelt condolences to all impacted and say, quote, we do not understand why this happened. Nick Watt, CNN, Los Angeles.
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KINKADE: Well, still ahead, we are connecting you to the Wall Street open after Monday's record high finishes for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. These
are live futures right now. Investors are keeping a close watch on that marathon debate in Washington over Donald Trump's mega bill. We'll have all
that and much more in just a moment.
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KINKADE: Welcome back. I'm Lynda Kinkade in Atlanta. You're watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines. The U.S. Senate is still
debating amendments ahead of a final vote on President Trump's domestic policy bill. Senators have approved several amendments during a marathon
session that is now in its second day.
A final vote on the bill is expected in the coming hours. The president says he does expect it to pass. It would then be sent back to the House for
a vote on the Senate changes. President Trump is set to visit a new makeshift migrant detention facility dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.
-- quickly transformed a 3000-meter runway in Florida Everglades into a temporary tent city. It will house up to 5000 migrants awaiting
deportation. A week into it, ceasefire with Israel-Iran is warning against renewed conflict. An Iranian official tells CNN that if Israel attacks
again, the response will be swift and, quote, extremely lethal.
The official also warned the U.S. and Israel against threatening top Iranian officials. Jury deliberations in the Sean Diddy Combs sex
trafficking and racketeering trial have resumed for a second day. The panel sent a series of notes back to the judge on Monday, one of which expressed
concerns over one of the juror's abilities to follow the court's instructions.
More now in our top story, we are hearing the U.S. Senate could be inching towards a final vote on President Donald Trump's mega bill, after a day and
night, the marathon Vote-a-Rama on Capitol Hill is dragging on. As it stands right now, Trump's so called big, beautiful bill would lower federal
taxes and pour more money into the Pentagon.
But it would also downsize safety net programs, causing millions to lose health insurance, and it will slash clean energy incentives, potentially
increasing energy bills. Officials also estimate that it will add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Well, the president weighing
in a short time ago, saying he expects it to pass.
CNN's Arlette Saenz joins us now from Capitol Hill. So, Donald Trump confident that it will pass, but maybe not up when he set his self-imposed
deadline of July 4th, he now thinks it might extend beyond that. What's he saying?
ARLETTE SAENZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, President Trump acknowledged that this July 4 deadline could it potentially slide as that bill is still
currently stuck over in the Senate side. Senators are about to hit the 24- hour mark for this marathon voting session on amendments to the president's bill.
Vice President JD Vance has actually been up here on the Hill this morning since about 06:30 a.m. Eastern Time. He was asked by reporters whether he
thought they could get it across the finish line today. And he said, we're going to find out. And here is how President Trump described it, as he was
leaving the White House a bit earlier today.
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TRUMP: I'd love to do July 4, but I think it's very hard to do July 4. It was two months ago. I would think maybe July 4, but somewhere around --
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SAENZ: Now the Senate is operating with very tight margins. They've had this so-called Vote-a-Rama to vote on amendments introduced by both
Democrats and Republicans, and there are a few that we have been tracking in recent hours.
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One that was expected to focus on the federal payments to states for Medicaid to reduce those payments. We've just learned that that will no
longer receive a vote. There had been four conservatives in the Senate who had wanted a vote on that. There is also Senator Susan Collins, who just a
short while ago said that she was not ready to say where exactly she will land on final passage, but she does have concerns about this.
And another senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, some provisions that were included or attempted to try to include in this bill that would have
benefit her state can no longer be included. Senate leaders have been working Murkowski on the Senate floor, huddling with her overnight and
early this morning to try to get her to the yes column.
So, there's still a lot of big questions about whether the Senate can advance this bill over to the House. Senators have found various ways to
occupy their time since they spent the night on the Senate floor. We saw senators walking around with coffee and energy drinks, doing laps around
the Senate floor when they weren't in the chamber.
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, one of those Republicans who voted no on advancing the measure over the weekend, he actually played this game
of hide and seek with his grandkids who were watching at home blowing kisses to the camera at them at one point.
So that's a bit of what senators have been doing, but they're very focused on these votes on the amendments, and are hoping at some point that they'll
get to that final passage vote. It still remains unclear whether Senate Republicans will have enough Republicans on board with this, and if it does
pass the Senate, it still has to go over to the House, where it also faces a very complicated path.
KINKADE: So, in terms of numbers, no Democrat is going to vote for this bill.
SAENZ: No.
KINKADE: Already, two Republicans have voted and said they're going to vote against it, and it will only take four defectors to kill the bill, right?
SAENZ: Yes. So, it will take four people to kill the bill. If there's three Republicans who vote no, then J.D. Vance, the Vice President, would come in
and break that tie. And really, I think in this final stretch, the two to watch will be Senator Susan Collins and Senator Lisa Murkowski.
They have been known to buck their party, and so we will see where they land when they get to final passage. But of course, this is a top priority
for President Trump. It's a top priority for Senate Majority Leader John Thune as well. And so, they are really working overtime and trying to make
sure that they have enough senators or Republican senators on board with this plan.
KINKADE: All right. Good to have you on the story for us. Arlette Saenz some long hours there. Good to have you with us. Thanks. And of course, we
are keeping a close eye on the markets. The futures were certainly down at the outset today, you can see right now they've all, well, the DOW has just
popped back up.
It is up slightly 1.6 percent, the NASDAQ and S&P 500 both down. We will continue to keep an eye on the markets for you. Well, the White House says
it rejects the notion that it's using tariffs as a quote, instrument of blackmail. On Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt fired back at
comments made by Emmanuel Macron.
The French President, suggested that tariffs levied by powerful countries were often used to blackmail rather than rebalance trade. Leavitt called
tariffs a, quote, effective use of presidential power to bring back the middle class. Well, meanwhile, President Trump complained about Japan
closing its market to U.S. rice, saying that he'll send Tokyo a letter implying that he'll impose higher tariffs on the nation.
However, this claim isn't true. According to census data, Japan brought close to $300 million worth of American rice just last year. Europe's
extreme heat wave is expected to peak in the days ahead. And in London, players and fans alike are sweating at Wimbledon as the famed tennis
tournament began on Monday with the hottest opening day ever.
In parts of France, Spain and Portugal, the temperature is topping 40 degrees Celsius, which is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. And those hot, dry
conditions have triggered wildfires. Fires have broken out in France and Italy, and forest fires have forced the evacuation of 50,000 people in
Turkey, which straddles Europe and Asia.
Well, CNN's Melissa Bell breaks down why the heat hitting the continent this year is different from what's come before.
MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It is another scorching day here in Paris, as the European heat wave continues to
intensify, these huge parts of the European continent that are currently experiencing this heat dome trapping really hot temperatures that are
already bringing consequences wild fires in the Izmir province of Turkey.
Wildfires also now not far from Athens and some have been declared here in France as well. Several parts of Italy, Spain and France now on high alert
because of these soaring temperatures more than 100, 104 degrees in parts and at certain times of the day.
What we seen over the course of the last few years is Europe becoming the fastest warming continent in the world, with summer after summer striking
new record temperatures.
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What's changed this year in 2025 is that that started sooner. Normally, those very hot temperatures, the wildfires that we started to see summer
after summer, started to hit in July and August. This year, it is June that is seeing these soaring temperatures. With Spain, we believe, about to
declare the hottest June on record.
Many European cities now trying to encourage people to do what they can to stay cool. More than 1000 schools here in France have had to close today as
a result of that extreme heat, with experts warning that there could be a few more days still left of it. Melissa Bell, CNN, Paris.
KINKADE: Well, still to come, a Saudi Arabia team put off a stunning upset in the FIFA Club World Cup play. The team ousted a powerhouse European club
in extra time in Orlando. We'll have the details in "World Sport" coming up.
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KINKADE: Welcome back. France is ending its long-time love affair with cigarettes. The country's ban on smoking goes into effect Tuesday and
applies to many public spaces, including beaches, parks and sporting venues. CNN's Saskya Vandoorne has more on the country's historic move on
public health.
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SASKYA VANDOORNE, CNN SENIOR PRODUCER (voice-over): This is the country that turned cigarette into high art.
VANDOORNE: But lighting up under the Eiffel Tower or in the Jardin des Tuileries is now illegal.
VANDOORNE (voice-over): And it could cost you 135 euros. The government's aim, a tobacco free generation by 2032.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I feel like it's a big Liberty torn away from us, from French people, because we smoke a lot, and it's just because we like it.
And I feel like it'd be pretty hard to enforce, too.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I find the forbidden boring.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why they smoke?
VANDOORNE: Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For the stress, maybe the stress, or the ritual with the aperitif and so on. Let's go together.
VANDOORNE: Can we have a smoke free generation?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's never going to happen.
VANDOORNE (voice-over): And now France is making history, the first European country to ban cigarettes on all beaches nationwide. Starting July
1, smoking will also be banned in public gardens and anywhere near schools. A lofty goal for a country that a generation ago, had children staging
tributes to -- cigarettes and all.
Jean-Paul Belmondo made it look cool in "A bout de souffle", a cigarette hanging from his lips in nearly every scene. Coco Chanel smoked 50 a day,
and Brigitte Bardot -- But tobacco use in France has actually been on the decline in recent years, smoking is at its lowest level in more than two
decades, with 23 percent of the adult population lighting up daily.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Think about the freedom of those next to you. For example, there are children who don't want to smoke.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Actually, I can understand for the children and for health reasons.
VANDOORNE: Still, there's one sacred space the law won't touch -- And French people, especially Parisians, are breathing a smoky sigh of relief,
because banning cigarettes there that would be a step too far, even for a change in France. Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, Paris.
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KINKADE: Well, in the FIFA Club World Cup, Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal has knocked out the powerhouse Manchester City with a four to three win. The
Saudi team advanced to the quarter finals by squeaking out the victory in extra time, just adding more to the overall disappointment for Man City.
More on the victory, Amanda Davies joins us now from London. Good to see you, Amanda. So, this is arguably the biggest shock of the Club World Cup
so far.
AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah, Lynda, it's interesting. Simone Inzaghi is the new Al-Hilal Manager. If people recognize his name, it might
be because they remember he was the man in charge of Inter Milan at the Champions League final. They were beaten in the Champions League final last
month.
Then -- moved to Al-Hilal, and he said, he described it as knowing his side needed something extraordinary, like climbing Mount Everest without oxygen
if they were to get past the might of Manchester City, who have been so much at the top of their game, although, of course, not winning the Premier
League title this season, but they are the defending Club World Cup champions.
And I think it's fair to say, not many people predicted that the Saudi side would take the victory. But we know we've talked about it so often in
recent times here on CNN, haven't we? Saudi Arabia trying everything they can to make an impact in the world of sport.
We know they're hosting the World Cup in 2034 but for a club side like Al- Hilal to have taken this victory, to have so many people talking about them beating the might of Manchester City this morning, should not be
underestimated. We've got plenty more in terms of what it means for the tournament. And of course, an update on day two of Wimbledon coming your
way in just a couple of minutes on "World Sport".
KINKADE: Yeah, hot on the court in Wimbledon. We will catch you after the break. Amanda Davies, good to have you with us. I'm Lynda Kinkade. I'll be
back at the top of the hour with much more news as well. Stay with us. "World Sport" next.
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