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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, protesters are back on the streets in Paris, calling for more funding and better conditions for

schools. These demonstrations turned violent this week as the students clashed with riot police. It's 03:00 p.m. there, 05:00 p.m. here in Abu

Dhabi from our Middle East Programming Headquarters. I'm Becky Anderson. You're watching "Connect the World".

Also coming up for you on this show, as U.S. midterm elections draw closer, new polling shows a shift in some of the battleground states. Exclusive new

CNN reporting says sources say that I.C.E. agents have been told to ramp up their daily immigration arrests.

We're just about 30 minutes away from the start of trade on Wall Street. Indications, as far as the futures are concerned, are that we will be

looking at a weaker open. That's 30 minutes from now. More on the bell at the bottom of the hour.

Well, with just 26 days to go until the U.S. midterm elections, new CNN polling reveals chances are increasing for Democratic pickups, as they are

known in what have been two deep red states, as voters express deep satisfaction with President Trump.

The latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows that in Ohio, a state the president won by double digits just two years ago. His approval rating

stands at just 36 percent in Iowa, where he won by 13 points in 2024. That number stands at 41 percent. Well, the biggest issue for likely voters in

those states, the economy.

About three quarters of respondents in each say the president's policies have increased their cost of living. Well, these latest polls boosting

optimism for Democrats in states previously thought unreachable for them. CNN's Senior White House Reporter Kevin Lipack here to discuss this.

And let's remind ourselves the president, of course, is not on the ballot, but he looms large when it comes to how people feel about this presidency

and about the Republican Party. Just tell us more.

KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, and it is a very rough poll for President Trump, and I think these two states are so

illustrative of the shift we've seen on the president, on the economy in particular. You know, this is an issue that he really won on two years ago.

But now, even in these states where he won by significant margins, you see voters now by almost two thirds' margins saying that his policies have made

the economy worse. And it is now dragging down the Republican candidates in each of these very red states. And so, in Ohio, that's a state that the

president won by a significant margin in 2024.

You have the Democratic candidate for Senate, Sherrod Brown, at 49 percent among likely voters, compared to Jon Husted, who is the incumbent

Republican, who's now at 43 percent. So, this would be a flip if Brown were to win, and the approval rating I think tells the story of what's happening

there.

The president upside down by 28 points in Ohio, again a state that has become more and more red over the years, but now I think voters showing

their dissatisfaction with how the president has been handling the job in Ohio.

In Iowa, which is in even more red state, has been more of a reliably Republican state for much longer than Ohio. You see a significant, I think,

gap between the president's approval ratings and what he did two years ago as well. Trump won by 13 points. Now his approval is just at 41 percent,

and that too seems to be having an effect on the Senate race there.

So, it's a margin of error race. Ashley Hinson, she's a Republican Congresswoman from that state. She's now at 45 percent of likely voters.

She's the Republican. Josh Turek, who's the Democrat, is at 43 percent, and so it is a margin of error race, essentially too close to call, which is

significant in a state that has sent Republicans to the Senate and to Washington for the last many, many decades.

Now it seems to be more of a toss-up. And I think the most eye-popping number that you see in this poll, is the economy figures? You know, the

president overwhelmingly underwater on his approval there. But it's not just that voters don't feel like the economy is doing well; it's that they

specifically blame the president's policies for that.

So, in Ohio, 76 percent say that Trump's policies have increased the costs in the state. Similar number in Iowa, 74 percent, and that I think is just

going to be a very difficult hill for Republicans to try and surmount as they try and win in these very close places.

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Now, at this point, only 26 days left in the midterm elections in this campaign. It's not very much time for the perceptions about the economy to

turn around, they are in a lot of ways just baked in. And for a president who came into office pledging to do better on the economy to bring down

costs, that is just going to be an enormous problem for him and for his party.

ANDERSON: Good to have you. Thank you, and more as we get it. With those midterms looming, CNN is exclusively learning that I.C.E. agents are being

told to ramp up daily immigration arrests. Sources say I.C.E. leadership has told agents to arrest 1000 more people daily, taking the total to 3,000

people.

That was a number the agency previously struggled to meet. The Department of Homeland Security denies any quotas on arrests. It is, though, a sign

that the Trump Administration is doubling down on its key pledge of mass deportations, despite unease from some Republicans. Priscilla Alvarez is in

Washington. And Priscilla, you broke this story for CNN. So just explain what it is that you have here.

PRISCILLA ALVAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I.C.E. has already been arresting more people on a monthly basis, particularly over the summer.

However, I.C.E. leadership told their agents this week that they should ramp that up and shoot for more arrests on a daily basis. So, what does

that mean?

On average, I.C.E. was arresting around 2,000 people. Now the goal that they're setting is 3,000 people a day and 19,000 people weekly. Now if

you're doing the math, there you may notice that 19,000 weekly is slightly lower if there's 3,000 a day, and the reason for that is it's accounting

for weekends.

Weekends tend to be a lot slower when it comes to arrests, and there are less officers out on the field. But what this tells us is that the

administration is not backing down from its mass deportation campaign. And in fact, they want to arrest more and more people, even as Republicans,

both privately and publicly, raise concern over the way the administration is doing so, be it their tactics or the population of people they're going

after.

Because, of course, Becky, as they increase the number of arrests, that also means that they're going to cast a wider net of people that can be

eligible for arrest beyond the public safety and national security threats. That's something we've been seeing for the last several months. But

certainly, when they're trying to ramp that up, that could become more of a concern, particularly within the president's own party.

Again, Florida Representative, who's also Republican, Maria Salazar, raised the fact in her campaign ad that around 50 percent of those that were

arrested did not have a criminal record. Now, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that, there are no quotas on arrest, and under

President Trump and Secretary Mullen's leadership, I.C.E. has been supercharged to find, arrest, and deport illegal aliens from the United

States using every lawful tool available.

Now, the nuance there is that officials tell me that this is a goal that they want I.C.E. agents to arrest more people, and they've set out these

numbers as goals, not quotas, meaning that they wouldn't be punished if they don't meet these numbers. But all the same, Becky, it tells us that

again, this administration is not going to let up on its immigration crackdown.

ANDERSON: Good to have you, Priscilla. Thank you. Just over three years ago, on October 7th, 2023, Israel, of course, face its deadliest day in

history. More than 1200 people were killed in the Hamas terror attack, and 251 hostages were taken into Gaza by militants.

Well, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is taking credit for bringing back every last hostage, but 40 of them did not survive. CNN's

Jeremy Diamond has their stories and a warning. Some of the images that you are about to see are disturbing.

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They were kidnapped from a musk festival, dragged from their homes, forced at

gunpoint into trucks. The Hamas-led October 7th attack was the deadliest day in Israel's history, with more than 1,200 killed. And by the end of the

day, 251 people were hostages in Gaza.

It took more than two years before they were all released, most in ceasefire deals. Israel's Prime Minister, who was facing elections this

month, has repeatedly taken credit for that outcome.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: We bought back every last one of them.

DIAMOND (voice-over): But his statements don't account for this brutal reality. Of the hostages who were taken into Gaza alive, one in five died

or were killed in captivity.

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Hostages like Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American Israeli.

RACHEL GOLDBERG-POLIN, MOTHER OF HOSTAGE KILLED IN GAZA: We hear some leaders, some leaders saying we got all the hostages' home. And I just came

from my home. Hersh never came back to my home. Like, please don't say that you brought him home. Anyone?

DIAMOND (voice-over): We spoke to dozens of hostage families and Israeli military and government officials to piece together what happened to these

40 hostages. Five died in captivity from their wounds or due to a lack of care, including Oded Lifshitz, an 83-year-old journalist and peace

activist.

11 were killed by Israeli strikes or ground operations, including these three young men who were shot dead by Israeli ground troops who mistook

them for Palestinians. Nearly half of the hostages were killed by their captors, according to the Israeli military and forensic evidence reviewed

by their families.

Nine-month-old Kfir and four-year-old Ariel were killed by their captors' quote bare hands. The cause of death of eight others is still unconfirmed,

including these six hostages who were killed in a tunnel in Khan Yunis following an Israeli strike nearby.

They are among 24, more than half whose deaths we traced back to Israeli military actions, including Israeli strikes and ground maneuvers that

prompted captors to kill their hostages. The Israeli military's hostage task force worked to keep the hostages alive and secure their release.

BRIG GEN. OREN SETTER (RET.), FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ISRAELI MILITARY HOSTAGE TASK FORCE: Each and every operation was carried out only after

people from the hostage's unit have assessed the risk to hostages, operations got canceled. Operations were changed because of that.

DIAMOND (voice-over): Israel had laid out two main war objectives, releasing the hostages, but first and foremost destroying Hamas's military

and governing capabilities.

DIAMOND: Do you see those two objectives as having been in conflict with one another?

SETTER: They have been in, I'd say, very strong tension. Military pressure is necessary, and it entails risks. We could see very vividly how, when

Hamas felt under pressure, it was more flexible in the negotiations, and vice versa.

DIAMOND (voice-over): But Setter said it was clear which goal was a priority.

NETANYAHU: Tonight, I want to speak to you about total victory. Total victory. There is no substitute for it.

DIAMOND (voice-over): Alexander Dancyg, a Polish-born Holocaust historian, was one of six hostages killed in that Khan Yunis tunnel in February 2024,

bullet wounds suggest they were shot by their captors after Israel struck a nearby tunnel, but they may have also been killed by the bomb's toxic

gasses, like their captors.

YUVAL DANCYG, SON OF HOSTAGE KILLED IN GAZA: They told us no one can, you know, can survive from this airstrike.

DIAMOND: Who do you hold responsible for your father's death?

DANCYG: My government, the one that's responsible for what happened to them, first of all is Hamas, but for what happened later, my government.

DIAMOND (voice-over): The Israeli military's chief of staff at the time, Herzi Halevi, told Yuval the strike was a mistake and took responsibility.

DANCYG: But when you have a war with citizens underground and you decide that the war is the most important things, it's possible that hostages will

get killed.

DIAMOND: Amid protests here at Hostage Square, Israel and Hamas were on the verge of an agreement in July 2024 when suddenly the Israeli Prime Minister

issued a new demand that Israeli troops remain along the Gaza-Egypt border.

SETTER: We knew that the price could be the life of hostages, and the fact that it materialized in such a painful and almost immediate way after the

crisis negotiations is just made it more even more tragic.

DIAMOND (voice-over): In late August, Hamas executed six hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, after Israeli troops operating in that

tunnel system unknowingly closed in on their location. Hersh and four others from that tunnel would have been released as part of that July

framework agreement, according to Israeli officials, but that deal wasn't signed until January. The terms nearly identical.

DIAMOND: Was that delay worth it?

SETTER: In my personal judgment, it was not worth it. Given that the current situation is that Hamas has not been fully defeated and is still

governing at least a part of Gaza, realistically, I think the war could have ended the beginning of 2025.

GOLDBERG-POLIN: For me, pointing fingers and blaming doesn't bring Hersh back, and doesn't ease my pain. And so, I think of it as I live in a cage

of suffering, and I'm trapped in this cage, and it's where I live. So that's how I am.

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DIAMOND (voice-over): Jeremy Diamond, CNN, Jerusalem.

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ANDERSON: Well, at least 33 people are dead after a Russian strike hit Eastern Ukraine, setting two public busses alight. Ukrainian officials say

another 18 were injured. Authorities have now suspended public transport in the impacted regions and are urging civilians to evacuate to safer areas.

Thursday's attack marks the highest death toll this year from a single Russian strike in Ukraine.

Well, you are watching "Connect the World" with me, Becky Anderson. Still to come, we will discuss the Cornell University investigations that are

prompting protests as pressure there builds, and why the accuser is facing death threats. Plus, questions surround the failed attempts to execute

death row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee. Why a judge is now ordering the state to preserve key evidence?

And just a reminder that we are keeping an eye on what is happening in Paris. These protest scenes have become more energetic in recent moments,

and you can see many people on the streets, and we will be speaking later this hour to an economist about the underlying social and economic issues

fueling this anger on the streets of France. Stay with CNN.

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ANDERSON: Well, officials in Ithaca, New York, approved a pause on new event permits at Cornell University to reduce gatherings, where sexual

violence and gender-based harassment proliferate. Well, this comes after a former student known as Jane Doe alleged seven fraternity brothers were

involved in sexually assaulting her in 2024.

This case gaining national and international attention, prompting scrutiny on Cornell and investigations into how it handles or handled sexual

assault. And on campus, students staged a seven-hour sit-in yesterday in solidarity with Jane Doe.

Well, CNN's Jason Carroll has been on this story from the outset. He joins us now from New York with the latest. Let's start with those pockets of

protests all over the university's grounds. Jason, what's the mood on campus?

JASON CARROLL, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, look, you know, all throughout all last week, Becky, and continuing into this week, there has

been, you know, a great deal of folks there who are on the campus. Many of them who feel as though this investigation was not handled correctly.

They are calling for more transparency in terms of how the investigation is conducted going forward. They've been very critical, as you know, of the

school's administration specifically pointed at Cornell's President Michael Kotlikoff, saying that he has done not done enough to get out and get in

front of this.

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So, you've got that happening. Meanwhile, on the other side of this, you've got the attorney representing Jane Doe that has been saying that there's

been a great deal of hate across the board on this hate directed not only at his client but at himself, and directed at her family.

And just for example, Becky, he brought up an incident that happened recently, a so-called swatting incident in the states. A swatting incident

is when someone calls in a fake emergency call to then trigger a response from police, sometimes a response from SWAT to get them there on this fake

emergency call, and apparently something very similar to that happened to Jane Doe's parents. Listen to what her attorney said about what happened

just recently.

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THOMAS GIUFFRA, DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR JANE DOE: This person had called the police, said there was a shooting in progress, people were being

slaughtered, and in Jane Doe's parents' house, the house she grew up in. And a crew of SWAT team with auto mat -- well with assault rifles, heavily

armed tactical gear, drew guns.

Her friend, her brother, her father, who's an older man like me, all machine you know automatic weapons, and my client was there screaming,

stop, stop. And somebody could have been killed, and this has gone too far.

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CARROLL: So, Becky, it's just a sense of what's happening off campus. But again, on campus, you've got the sit-ins taking place. You've got folks

calling for some of the those in the administration to resign. Want you to listen to just a little bit of sound from what happened there at Cornell

just yesterday.

So again, you can hear the chanting for justice now coming from some of the students there in Ithaca, New York, at Cornell University. Cornell's

President, you know, has released some statements on this, and actually released a video, taped statement where he said, in part, this is obviously

an absolutely horrendous and inexcusable situation that occurred at a fraternity.

He's gone on to call for more transparency in this investigation. And at this point, Becky, we're just going to have to see what happens next now

that it's in the hands of a special prosecutor.

ANDERSON: Jason, thank you. Well, the State of Texas has carried out the first execution in the United States since the failed lethal injection of

Christa Pike in Tennessee. A 46-year-old Jamaal Howard was put to death on Wednesday after a court denied attempts by his attorneys to stop the lethal

injection with the same drugs used in Pike's failed execution.

Howard was convicted of fatally shooting a convenience store clerk during a robbery in the year 2000. When asked if he had a final statement, Howard

apologized to the victim's family who watched the execution? Texas has now carried out six executions this year, with more than two-sorry, with two

more scheduled before the end of 2026.

Well, as for the Christa Pike case, the judge has ruled the State of Tennessee must preserve all evidence related to the failed attempts to

execute her. That includes physical evidence, 9/11 calls, and communications between state officials. CNN's Ryan Young has more from

Nashville.

RYAN YOUNG, CNN SENIOR U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, all eyes were on this courthouse behind me on the fourth floor. The judge spoke very clearly

about what she wanted the next steps to be. Christa Pike's attorneys heard what they wanted to hear. They'll be able to get the state to preserve all

the evidence that's left in this case, so they can go forward with their investigation into exactly what happened.

They're going to be checking the protocols from the state to see exactly what went wrong when it comes to the execution of Christa Pike. Of course,

that didn't happen. It was a botched execution. She was given two doses and still survived. On Monday, they thought she might have to be cut off from

life support, but somehow, she still survived, and she woke up. Listen to her attorney talk about that astonishment.

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RANDY SPIVEY, ATTORNEY FOR CHRISTA PIKE: I was not in the room when she woke up, so I don't want to speculate too much. Our understanding was the

first thing she said was, where am I? And who are you? There's still a lot of cognitive confusion, and so I will say that.

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YOUNG: And that's not all the judge granted. In fact, she moved fort with giving the lawyers an opportunity to see their client more often, just like

if she was at the prison. So far, we don't know what her long-term aspects of health is going to be. But if you believe that everybody is in Christa

Pike's corner, that would be wrong.

In fact, we heard from several different people who showed up to court to say they were upset that the state wasn't able to execute Chista Pike.

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MICHELLE NOWELL, TENNESSEE RESIDENT: And the worst part is that Colleen has been forgotten. All we hear about is Christa, Christa, Christa. Today in

that court room, as I sat in there and listened, and then on the steps just a few minutes ago, the attorney talk about cruel and unusual punishment,

and when is enough is enough? I would say she doesn't know cruel and unusual punishment.

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YOUNG: As far as next steps go in this case, it's still unclear whether or not the government will ever come forward with an explanation about what

may have failed here. We know one state official has stepped down. The governor has suspended executions for the rest of the year, but no one

knows what will happen to Christa Pike in the long run.

Her lawyers hope that the governor commutes her sentence, but that's unclear whether or not that will happen. As the international eyes still

pay attention to this story, and everyone tries to figure out how will Tennessee move forward with executions in the future. Ryan Young, CNN,

Nashville, Tennessee.

ANDERSON: Well, up next on "Connect the World", the start of trade on Wall Street, and your global business headlines, including France's growing debt

crisis as students take to the streets and borrowing costs soar. Why economists warn the fallout could spread across Europe?

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ANDERSON: Welcome back. I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi, and you are watching "Connect the World". These are your headlines this hour. New CNN

polling shows voters in the heavily Republican states of Iowa and Ohio expressing deep dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump. The economy

and the higher cost of living are the main issues Democrats running in key races in both states are leading or are competitive less than a month out

from the midterms.

Well, a Tennessee judge is ordering the state to preserve all evidence tied to the failed attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Pike. That

includes physical evidence, 911 calls, and communications among state officials. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995, murder of 19-year-old

Colleen Slemmer.

Well, as Hurricane Isaias approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, shoppers are rushing to stock up on last minute supplies. Grocery stores seeing shelves

cleared of water, food, and other essentials. Forecasters say landfall could come as early as tomorrow night local time.

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And following it a massive $10 billion merger with Warner Brothers Discovery, Paramount rebranded as Skydance, moving its listing to the New

York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SKYD. David Ellison, the Chairman and Co-CEO, ringing in the trading day, CNN's parent company, of

course. Big day there on Wall Street then for David Ellison and his board.

We are looking at the DOW Jones Industrial average down by about four tenths of 1 percent that is in line with what we expected. Futures were

indicating a weaker open on Wall Street today. Let's have a look and see what the NASDAQ and the S&P are up to, both lower by around about the same

amount.

And it is the bond markets which are having quite the impact on these markets, and let me explain. I'm going to start in Europe for you actually.

France's wave of student protests exposing, excuse me, a bigger problem, a deepening debt crisis. The country owes more than $4 trillion as borrowing

costs continue to rise, and with investors growing increasingly nervous, economists warn the fallout could spread across Europe.

Paul Donovan is Chief Economist at UBS Global Wealth Management. He joins us live from London. And I think you know. Let's just start. We started on

Wall Street. We are seeing a weaker start to the trading day, and I do think these higher bond yields certainly worrying investors somewhat.

Paul, I do though want to start with France very specifically, because we're seeing some pretty dramatic scenes. We've seen them over this past

week, and again now in these protests, students calling for better funding of education. There are, though, so many pressures on the French economy.

The welfare system is extensive. Borrowing is high, and this is a picture across Europe. But I want to be very specific about what's happening here

as we look at these live pictures out of Paris. Paul, how sustainable is the economic situation as people call four more resources from the

government?

PAUL DONOVAN, CHIEF ECONOMIST, UBS GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT: Well, the situation at the moment is perfectly sustainable. We've got to remember

that yes, France does have government debt levels which are elevated, and they're higher than the European average.

But France is also an extraordinarily wealthy country. Private wealth in France could pay off the entire government debt four times over. So that's

something which is worth bearing in mind. What's got to happen, I think, is some of that private wealth will be mobilized.

You will start to see pressure from the government, perhaps, to encourage investors into government bonds, tax breaks on owning bonds, possibly, or

pushing life insurers and other institutional investors to buy. So, there isn't a crisis in the sense that they can't afford to borrow, but the

rising bond yield is putting some strain on the French government finances.

ANDERSON: What you've just described not necessarily going to help the students out who are calling for more resources, and that is, you know,

that is a big issue in France. And we are seeing this ballooning day. It's good to get your perspective on how it might, you know, be impacting the

kind of wider picture.

I mean, Europe has a similar story in other countries. How concerned should the rest of Europe be about a potential fallout? You're suggesting that the

government may have plans up its sleeve, but there is the potential for sort of a domino effect, a flight by investors, you're watching that.

DONOVAN: Well, it's less about a domino effect, and it's about common cause, and we're seeing this in the U.S. as well. What we have had, of

course, is yet another one-off inflation shock in the form of the oil price, and it's a genuine one-off shock. This is not something central

banks can control.

But central banks, I think, are concerned about their reputations, and they've been sounding like they were going to try and do something about

oil-induced inflation. Now, the only way the only way a central bank can offset oil price inflation is to create recession-like conditions in the

non-oil economy, and that means raising rates so that they are actually restrictive.

Now, I don't think central banks are actually going to do this, but if they are talking more about controlling the oil price, the inflation, then

that's going to be what markets are going to start to expect.

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And what that has, of course, is a double negative. That for the bond market you're expecting higher interest rates, and for the equity market

you start to worry about. Well, you know, are central banks really going to be pushing aggressively down on non-oil growth? That then becomes a common

problem for Europe and, of course, for the Anglo-Saxon countries as well.

ANDERSON: To date, what do you make of Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary's sort of rhetoric and efforts to try and bend the curve when it

comes to U.S. treasuries.

DONOVAN: Well, I mean, I think one of the problems in declaring that you are the House is that you actually have to back it up. And Bessent hasn't

really done that. He's failed to back it up with foreign exchange intervention. It's not really convincing as far as the bond market is

concerned.

You know, go big or go home. Well, you know he went home. So that is, I think, something which is problematic. The market's confidence in Bessent,

I think, demonstrably has been weakening. And whilst I think fiddling around with the yield curve, issuing a little bit less here and having to

issue a little bit more there may make some difference.

The wider narrative that we've got at the moment is not really going to be affected by what Bessent is saying, I suspect.

ANDERSON: News you can use from Paul Donovan, who is Chief Economist at UBS Global Wealth Management. It's good to have you, Paul as ever, thank you.

DONOVAN: Thank you.

ANDERSON: You're watching "Connect the World". We'll be back with more news after this.

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ANDERSON: While AI could help solve some of humanity's biggest problems, billionaire investor and OceanX Co-Founder Ray Dalio says it could also

become a weapon. He tells CNN the real test isn't the technology; it's human nature. CNN Senior International Correspondent Will Ripley reports on

who or what may shape our future.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: So, do you think AI will be a net positive in your efforts to improve humanity? Do you think

the benefits of this technology will outweigh all of the risks that have been discussed?

RAY DALIO, CO-FOUNDER, OCEANX: OK, for me and what we're doing, AI is going to be great. OK, no doubt. For humanity, you know what the greatest force

is, is human nature. So, it's a human nature question. So, I think there are two questions regarding AI.

First, how will man deal with man, mankind, in terms of using this? Will it be a weapon that is used to do damage to people, or can they work together

to make a better humanity? That's a big question. And then the interesting question, of course, about it. Is it versus us?

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What will our relationship be with AI, as it has an independent mind? OK, it's practically a new species. So that new species, we don't know. This is

a very interesting question. We don't know, but at the end of the day, it's going to be human nature that's going to be most valuable because what we

do right now, for example, to deal with AI, do we slow down?

Do we study it? Or are we in a competitive race that doesn't allow us to slow down? Because if the other side gets ahead of it quicker than we get

ahead of it. That we are going so fast that we may cause great problems. That's a human nature question. So, I think AI, most importantly, will be

really a test of human nature. And to answer your question of what the future holds, it's really in humans' hands.

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ANDERSON: Ray Dalio speaking to Will. And before we go, one more quick look at what is happening on the streets of Paris at this hour. Many more people

attending today's protests, standing in solidarity with those students who have been demonstrating for days. In some instances, events like these have

become violent, with some people saying police response has been heavy- handed.

We will keep a keen eye on these live pictures throughout the second hour of "Connect the World", which is coming up in about 15 minutes' time.

"World Sport" up after this.

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