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[08:00:50] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now, investigators work to learn why a Russian passenger jet broke apart over Egypt. And we'll tell you what the airline blames for the

crash.

Plus, thick smoke over Sinjar, Iraq, a city held by ISIS. CNN has an exclusive look at the fight.

And they've changed the way we see our world. Now all this week News Stream

is taking a closer look at consumer drones.

And we begin with the investigation into what caused a Russian passenger plane to break up and fall from the sky on Saturday, killing all

224 people on board. It happened in a remote area of Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

And at a news conference in Moscow today, Metrojet said, quote, "external influence is the only reasonable explanation for the crash of its

plane."

Now officials rejected the possibility that technical problems or human error could have caused the crash, saying that the company was

confident in the maintenance and safety of its planes.

Now officials say the flight broke apart just 23 minutes after it took off from Sharm el Sheikh, heading for St. Petersburg. And they say debris

was scattered over a 20 square kilometer area of the Sinai Peninsula in a region where there's a violent Islamic insurgency.

Now, we want to take a look at all angles of this tragedy this hour. Arwa Damon will be joining us shortly from Cairo. But first, Nic Robertson

is standing by with the latest from St. Petersburg. He joins us now.

And Nic, Metrojet says an external influence is the only explanation for the crash. What do they mean by that?

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They say that the aircraft mechanically was checked out, that there had been no complaints

from the staff. They say that the aircraft itself, this particular plane, a few years ago, before they purchased it had had what's known as a tail

strike, the tail of the aircraft hitting the ground on a landing.

But they say they had been repaired twice, that it had had a substantial repair and that there were no issues with that.

They say that the aircraft itself is mechanically made in such a way that it won't break apart in the air, that there's enough sort of controls

to sort of prevent it being overloaded in that way.

And for that reason they're saying the only thing that they can understand that would have made it come down and scatter in the way that it

has -- we've heard from other officials saying that it clearly broke apart in the air. They

say it must have been an external influence, although they cannot say what that external influence is.

All officials here say wait until the investigation is completed before a proper analysis can be made.

Here in St. Petersburg today, it has been a very tough day for the families of those victims. The first of the bodies arriving back here, 144

bodies, we've been told, arrived here in the early hours of this morning. Families that have been at a hotel close to the airport here with

government assistance, psychologists provided, they've been taken, some of those families, taken to a morgue today to begin to identify the dead --

Kristie.

LU STOUT: Now a very, very emotional day for the families there. From Nic in St. Petersburg, let's go to Arwa in Cairo.

And Arwa, many questions remain about this disaster, the debris field, that

is vast and needs to be examined. But the black boxes have already been recovered. So where are those black boxes and when will the data in those

black boxes be unlocked?

ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well that, Kristie, is a question that everyone really wants answered at this stage.

Now, as far as we are aware and are being told, it does not appear as if the black boxes have sustained that much damage, which is potentially

good news, because when they are damaged it can sometimes take weeks or months to try to extract information.

So a lot of optimism in the sense that perhaps we might have some answers. But these black boxes will not necessarily put all the pieces of

this very complicated puzzle together.

What's probably been very frustrating, and presumably difficult for the

families as well who really are the ones who want these answers the most, is that all of these statements that have been coming out from the various

different parties and governments involved have in some instances been very contradictory.

What all are agreeing on is that this plane did come apart in the skies. But the question is why. You have, as you were mentioning there,

Metrojet saying that it was cause by some sort of external influence. But you have the Russians and the Egyptians both saying that this plane was not

shot down. And an Egyptian militant source told us that the militant group that operate in the area, quite simply do not have the capabilities to

bring down a jet flying at that altitude of 31,000 feet.

They both, the Russians and the Egyptians, at this stage, seeming to be at least publicly downplaying the notion of foul play, continuing to

believe that it was, perhaps, some sort of malfunction.

We did speak to a medical source who had been helping processing the bodies. He said that he had seen around 175 of them and that 60 to 70

percent were intact and that none that he'd seen at least seemed to have sustained any sort of severe burn injuries.

So still at this stage, a lot of questions.

And, you know, this is so unspeakably difficult for the families who now have the difficult task of having to bury their loved ones who they

were expecting to receive back home with stories of their holidays only to have it end in this type of tragedy, Kristie.

[08:06:47] LU STOUT: Yeah, and these are the families that are waiting for answers. Arwa with the latest on the investigation there.

Let's go back to Nic. Nic, in St. Petersburg. And Nic, Russian authorities, they previously said they doubted that terrorism is behind the

crash. Can you tell us more about why that is a sensitive point for Russian authorities? And have they since re-evaluated that claim?

ROBERTSON: They say that it's just too soon to know until the investigation is done. From the Egyptian side, President el-Sisi spoke

with President Putin. He promised the broadest possible cooperation on the investigation.

The Russians are saying everything they're hearing from the Egyptians indicate that it wasn't shot down. The Metrojet executive who said it was

an external influence said that the video that had been put out by ISIS claiming to

be the plane shot down wasn't in fact, or didn't appear to be the plane being shot down.

But why this is sensitive is because over the past month Russia has begun a

military engagement in Syria. It's followed this up with a very quick diplomatic effort and push. Despite that, ISIS has said that it does want

to target Russia and Russian forces inside Syria.

So it would be a very sensitive thing for President Putin here if, as a consequence of Russia's actions in Syria, there was an incident like

this.

But all the information indications so far that we're told point away from this. But again, no conclusions we're told should be made until the

investigation is complete, Kristie.

LU STOUT: No conclusion yet for a tragedy that has touched so many people, in fact an entire nation as we watch the people behind you laying

down flowers in memory of the victims of this disaster.

Nic Robertson reporting live from St. Petersburg, and Arwa Damon earlier in Cairo, a big thank you to you both.

Now, we have complete coverage of the crash investigation on our website. And you can learn what experts say are the key questions to

answer and stay updated on what we've learned all along. It's all at CNN.com.

Now, preliminary election results out of Turkey indicate a major come back for the president's governing Justice and Development Party. It looks

as though Sunday's snap vote delivered the AKP enough seats for a single party rule, a coup for a party that lost its majority back in June.

Now, the win will likely help President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tighten his grip on power. Now, he bills the victory as a win for stability.

Now remember, it was just last month that a suicide bombing claimed more than 100 lives in the capital.

And with a solid electoral win under his belt, Turkey's president is now calling for unity.

Senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh has been tracking the vote from southern Turkey and what it means for the president's party.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NICK PATON WALSH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The AKP Party will be able to nominate the cabinet and presumably continue with the Prime

Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

Now that, as you said, is potentially a reaction by some of the electorate for the instability we've seen over the past five months that

has been pockmarked by economic issues, but also the threat of ISIS carrying out potentially the worst suicide attack in Turkey's history in

Ankara a number of weeks ago, but also the continued and renew clashes between the Turkish government, the military and the Kurdish group the PKK,

which they consider to be a terrorist organization.

The other important number you have to bear in mind here, apart from the 49.5 percent or so that the AKP got of the vote, is the fact that the

Kurdish party, the HDP, got just over 10 percent. Now, that of course is vital because it allows the fifth of the population here in Turkey that is

Kurdish to have representation of sorts inside of parliament. But it also had a measurable impact on the AKP's proportion of seats in parliament.

Had the Kurds, the HDP, not reached that 10 percent threshold they need to reach in order to be recognized as deserving of seats in the parliament,

then more seats would have proportionally gone to Erdogan's AKP party.

That could have allowed them a big enough majority to potentially call a referendum on constitutional change, or simply have constitutional change

by itself were they to get a super majority.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:10:55] LU STOUT; And that was senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reporting near the Turkish/Syrian border.

Now coalition air strikes hit an ISIS stronghold in the Kurdish town of Sinjar, Iraq. And CNN has exclusive access to that Kurdish front line.

We'll bring you that report this hour.

And for the first time in years, leaders from three Asian nations come together to resolve differences dating back 70 years. We'll have the

details of those trilateral talks.

Plus, a look at what's helping drive the revolution in consumer drone technology. We'll explain how your smartphone is helping the flying

machines in race to be a big consumer attraction.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News

Stream.

Now, the U.S. and South Korea have a message for Pyongyang, stop all nuclear activity immediately. Now the warning came as Washington and Seoul

conducted a review of their joint defense against North Korea.

Pyongyang has said it is preparing to launch a satellite into orbit and will conduct nuclear tests.

There appears to be remarkable progress in relations among China, Japan and South Korea.

Now, Tokyo and Seoul have agreed to resolve the issue of Comfort Women, those forced to work in in Japan's war time military brothels. And

over the weekend, leaders from the three Asian powers, they met for the first time in three years. they say relations have been completely restore.

For more, let's go straight to Paula Hancocks. She joins us live from Seoul, and Paula, let's talk more about Sunday's meeting. We have China,

Japan, South Korea claiming to have, quote, completely restored relations. I mean, giving the ongoing tension over the South China Sea and World War

II, how can that be right?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's right, Kristie, there were no concrete actions that were enacted after this

meeting. But the very fact the meeting took place is significant. As you say, it was the first time that these three leaders met in three years, so

the fact that they did sit down and they did talk about these very thorny issues.

There are still many historical issues and arguments to be ironed out. There are still those territorial disputes, nothing has changed there. But

the fact that these three do appear to be willing to talk is what many experts are saying is a

success.

And the very fact that the leaders of Japan and South Korea managed to have a one-on-one summit, an official summit, the first since both of them

took power is significant as well.

So really it was the fact that they turned up to the meetings, the fact they talked, the fact that they came out saying they are willing to

make changes.

But the actual changes themselves we don't have details on that at this point.

LU STOUT: Gotcha.

And meanwhile, North Korea. Now that we have the three main Asian powers, they've resumed talking and they've claimed progress and relations,

what does that mean for any attempt, any joint attempt to address and reign in North Korea and its

nuclear ambitions?

HANCOCKS: Well within it's vital to have China on board. China is really the only ally that North Korea has, maybe Russia as well. But in

northeast Asia, China is the key.

The fact that China as well is meeting with the leaders of Japan and South Korea before meeting with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, is

significant in itself. It shows where the allegiances lie with China. It's clear over recent years that they have not been happy with the way

things are going in Pyongyang with the decisions that the young leader has made, most notably

the most recent nuclear test which appear to take many of the Chinese leaders by surprise, as well as the rest of the world.

So, I think the fact that China is on board in wanting to denuclearize North

Korea is significant and the fact that they are willing to work with two other countries, its neighbors, which have not always been friends, South

Korea and Japan, means that potentially they could put more pressure on North Korea.

In that respect, something may change -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, many diplomatic developments in East Asia today. Paula Hancocks reporting live from Seoul. Thank you.

Now as we've mentioned, South Korea and Japan, they have agreed to accelerate talks to resolve the bitter controversy over so-called Comfort

Women, mostly Korean women forced into prostitution in Japanese brothels during World War II.

And Will Ripley has more on that.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Her body is weak, her memories are strong. Kim Bok-dong, nearly 90-years-old, says she's still haunted,

haunted by nightmares from five years as a sex slave of the Japanese army.

KIM BOK-DONG, FORMER SEX SLAVE (through translator): I can't put into words the scars it left me with. It still keeps me awake at night.

RIPLEY: Kim says she was only 14 when the Japanese came to her Korean village, forcing her to leave her home, her family.

So you thought you'd be working in a factory?

KIM (through translator): Yes. There was no option not to go.

RIPLEY: Instead of going to a sewing factory, Kim says she ended up in Japanese military brothels in half a dozen countries. She was told her

job was to revitalize the soldiers.

KIM (through translator): it went on for such a long time. by the time the sun went down, I couldn't use my lower body at all.

RIPLEY: Kim says years of physical abuse took a permanent toll.

KIM (through translator): In my old age I couldn't have a single person

who can call me mother, I couldn't never have a child.

RIPLEY: Her story matches testimony from other so-called Comfort Women. In Washington, this former Korean sex slave made a tearful plea to

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, demanding an official apology.

Critics say Abe has not been vocal enough. They fear his government is

trying to whitewash the past to appease conservatives who feel Comfort Women were paid prostitutes, not victims of official military policy.

KOICHI NAKANO, PROFESSOR: They have gone through tremendous trauma. And in a way, Japanese government risks committing second rape by

discrediting their testimonies and treating as if they were lies.

RIPLEY: Abe insists he and other prime ministers have made repeated apologies.

SHINZO ABE, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER (through translator): I am deeply pained to think of the comfort women who experienced immeasurable pain and

suffering.

RIPLEY: But since Abe first came to office, his government has succeed in removing references to Comfort Women from many Japanese school

textbooks.

KIM (through translator): my only wish is to set the record straight about

the past before I die.

RIPLEY: Will Ripley, CNN, Tokyo.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And these women are still waiting for an apology.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come on the program, Myanmar's election, it's a historic one, it's drawing near and some voters

they've have waited a generation for the opportunity to cast their ballot. We've got a preview of the scene, next.

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[08:22:42] LU STOUT: Welcome back. You're watching News Stream. And you're looking at a visual version of all the stories we've got in the show

today. Now we've already brought you the latest on the investigation into the crash of flight 9268. Now the airline blames what it calls external

influence for the tragedy of.

And later we'll tell you about a rare cyclone that's bearing down on Yemen and Oman.

But now let's turn to Myanmar. Now the country is less than one week away from what will surely be a closely watched vote. Opposition leader

Aung San Suu Kyi drew a massive crowd at a rally in Yangon over the weekend. And Ivan

Watson was there.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is part of a river of red shirts and flags, supporters of the National League for

Democracy, all streaming towards the last big campaign rally before elections, the last big rally, to be held here in Myanmar's largest city,

Yangon. The people look like they're in a really good mood right now. It's very festive. A lot of happy faces in the crowds. Because, for these

people, it's the first time in a generation that they will get the chance to vote in national elections for their party.

(MUSIC)

WATSON: There literally isn't room to walk here in this crowd that's seated in the heat, patiently waiting for the lady of the lady of the hour

--

(SHOUTING)

WATSON: ...Aung Sung Suu Kyi, the leader of the NLD.

(CHEERING)

(APPLAUSE)

AUNG SUNG SUU KYI, MYANMAR OPPOSITION LEADER (through translation): Some people say it is not time for us to achieve real democracy yet. I

think it is because they didn't want to give it to us. Everyone deserves democracy.

WATSON: Aung Sung Suu Kyi leads the biggest opposition party in Myanmar. Last time they competed in a national election was in 1990. By all

accounts, they won big time. But then the military annulled the results of the vote and placed her and many of her colleagues under arrest for

decades.

But the main rival will be the incumbent ruling party, which enjoys the support of the military. And the military is guaranteed to hold on to

at least 25 percent of the seats in the next parliament. Meaning, the generals are not going away any time soon.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Yangon.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:25:17] LU STOUT: Now China has just unveiled it's very first home grown large passenger jet. Now the C-919 is designed to compete directly

with Airbus and Boeing. It is a twin engine plane that can seat up to 174 passengers, and has a flight range of more than 5,500 kilometers.

Now, the jet made its debut in an elaborate ceremony in Shanghai. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or COMAC, says it's already

received more than 500 orders, but they are mostly from state-owned Chinese carriers and domestic aircraft leasing companies.

Now the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has not certified the plane, making global sales difficult.

Now, the C919's maiden flight that won't be for another year.

Now you're watching News Stream. And still ahead on the program, more than

a year after they were driven from their homeland, thousands of Yazidis are preparing to battle ISIS to take it back.

Also ahead, drones are not just for warfare as commercial drones gain in popularity there are growing privacy and safety concerns.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

Now, the Russian airline Metrojet says, quote, "external influence is the only reasonable explanation for the crash of its passenger plane in

Egypt over the weekend." It is rejecting the possibility that technical problems or

human error are to blame. All 224 people on board were killed and the plane went down in Sinai early on Saturday.

Now preliminary results indicate that the Turkish president's Justice and Development Party has won a parliamentary majority. Now, Sunday's snap

election marks a comeback for the AKP from the last general election in June when it lost its majority.

In the U.S., representatives from all the Republican presidential campaigns met to discuss overhauling the debates. Now they agreed to a

two-hour time limit and equal speaking time for all candidates. But they failed to agree on having all the candidates on the main debate stage.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says ISIS forces have seized a key town in southwestern Homs province. The takeover means the militants

are now just 20 kilometers from a highway connecting the capital Damascus with Homs and other

cities. Now the rights group says some 50 fighters on the government side were killed or wounded.

A U.S.-led coalition has unleashed a wave of air strikes on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. Military officials say five of those new strikes

targeted ISIS positions near the town of Sinjar.

Now CNN captured this exclusive footage of the aftermath. And our senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir was granted exclusive

access to Mt. Sinjar. She joins me live from the Iraqi/Syrian border.

And Nima just how prepared are Yazidi forces in their allies to weaken ISIS and its hold on Mt. Sinjar?

NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, you definitely get the sense that preparations are under way for a potential offensive

when that would be, of course, we don't know. But we have been asked to pull back from Mt. Sinjar. We're now a little bit further away. We're in

Tahooq (ph) and that area has been closed off as a militarized zone.

But for the Yazidis this time it can't come soon enough. They are joining up in their thousands, Kristie. They really want to be part of

this fight to take back their homeland.

Take a look at this.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ELBAGIR (voice-over): The Yazidi Peshmerga fighters -- volunteers, former soldiers and a handful of trained officers -- looking out over the

ISIS front line.

(on camera): He's pointing out to us all along here you can see the defensive ditches that have been dug. Said they come as close as that

valley just there. They mortar, they fire on us, they eventually retreat, but it's pretty never-ending.

(voice-over): This vantage point itself was in the not too distant past ISIS held.

(on camera): Just there he said you can see what they did to the Yazidis. The houses are completely destroyed. They slaughtered all the

families inside. It really drives home how visceral this was.

(voice-over): Deputy commander Marku Cidu (ph) is 66. He's a retired soldier, one of the few here with fighting experience.

(on camera): This is a fragment of skull that they found. This whole patch of ground is mass graves. He said they found about 150 bodies from

children as young as 1 year old all the way up to 80. It is, they say, just a reminder to them of what it is they're fighting for. They're fighting for

their very survival.

(voice-over): The massacre of thousands of Yazidi men, women, and children by ISIS last year resonated around the world. Here in the

foothills of the Sinjar mountain, thousands of Yazidi volunteers are joining up to fight.

Sinjar City and the mountain that looms over it is at the heart of the homeland of the Yazidi minority. It falls along a crucial supply route,

linking ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria. When ISIS took the city August last year, their intent was to drive the Yazidis to extinction. Those who

managed to escape the ensuing massacre now shelter in tents on barren slopes, overlooking their former homes.

These are the families of the fighters standing guard down below. This is what they're fighting for.

At the front, a poem is being recited. It speaks of lost honor, slaughtered wives and sisters, empty homes. It's meant to remind the

soldiers of what's at stake. They tell us they know only too well -- this is a battle for their very existence.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:35:04] ELBAGIR: And just after we left that front line position, Kristie, two ISIS suicide attackers attempted to hit it. Luckily, for

those out there, they were able to neutralize them, but it gives you a sense that even though the offensive hasn't officially begun, the fighting,

it doesn't stop out there -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: And I'm just haunted by that grim discovery in your report of that mass grave, a reminder to the Yazidi fighters there and to the

world of what's at stake. Nima Elbagir, we thank you for your reporting. And take care.

Now a rare and powerful cyclone is right now barreling toward Mainland Yemen and Oman. Strong wind and rain have already lashed one of Yemen's

islands near the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. And let's bring up this incredible video for you. It's said to have been taken in Oman over the

weekend. Just look, watch and listen to its power.

Wow.

Now the cyclone is expected to weaken slightly by the time it makes landfall in the coming hours. But flash flooding, landslides, those are

all big concerns. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers is tracking this powerful cyclone. He joins me now live from the world

weather center.

And Chad, this is a powerful storm system. This is also very dry terrain. So, what's going to happen when the cyclone hits?

CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: It is going to wash downhill in the desert like any flash flood you've ever seen, Kristie. This is a problem.

This is the second largest tropical cyclone to ever hit the Arabian peninsula, the Arabian sea. A very large storm. Gonu was 270 kilometers

per hour. At a time, this storm was 250 kilometers per hour. And right there

on that island right there is where you saw a lot of that damage coming through with that windy video.

Now it's going to move on land. And you think of, well, the desert out there. But in fact, there's a mountain range right inland of the sea.

Right of the Arabian Sea. Now, it's not 14,000 or 15,000 whatever meters, we're talking 2,000 meters. Still, enough when you take that rain, you put

it on top of the mountain, maybe a half meter of rain. And you push it back down toward the ocean it is all going to be a huge flash flood.

So, for now for al Maqoola (ph) that will be the area there that could see a storm surge of

salt water coming in, maybe a 10 meter storm surge. So people now are getting away from the shore, getting away from the ocean

But after we see two to three years of rainfall come down in 24 hours, people will be getting

away from the rivers because there will be a lot of rainfall there.

Here's how it shapes up. This is what it looks like. There's the water. There's the land. And we're going to see all of this water go up a

hill, up a 2,000-meter hill. And it's going to come onshore tonight. It will rain a lot of the day. And we're still going to have wind speeds here

of about 160 kilometers per hour, so not a category 3, not a super typhoon. Remember typhoon, cyclone, hurricane, all the same thing, just in different

oceans.

So, this one here is seeing that wind speeds of about 150 kilometers per hour, and then the rainfall. I've kind of taken this and I've made a

shore this way, so you can see the higher mountains here. And all that water is going to run back toward the ocean as soon as it falls on top of

that mountain, Kristie. And there's going to be problems with salt water coming in, and fresh water going out. And then you have the winds of 150

to 160 kilometers per hour and that's another problem as well -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, a lot of challenges ahead. Chad Myers there reporting on this rare and intensifying cyclone. Thank you, Chad.

Now still to come on the program, they have literally changed the way we see the world and now almost anyone can own one. I'm talking about

aerial drones. How the technology has evolved and taken off so quickly, next.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, all week News Stream is taking a look at a technology that is changing our world: drones.

Now consumer drones, like the Phantom are a common sight now. But just a few years ago, the term had a very different meeting. The U.S. had

used military drones to launch air strikes for more than a decade. And the Predator is just one type of unmanned aircraft used for war.

And over ten years on, we have reached the point where drones with cameras are now a common consumer product and on the verge of becoming a

staple for businesses as well.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: They've given us new perspectives on disaster zones and breathtaking shots of

tourist destinations. The rise of consumer drones is bringing us remarkable new ways to see the world.

How did drone technology take off so quickly? Well, it turns out the answer is in your pocket:

the smartphone.

CHRIS ANDERSON, CEO, SD ROBOTICS: Because smartphone technology is moving so fast, because the same sensors and chips and cameras that are in

smartphones drive drones, the drone industry was able too draft behind the smartphone industry and benefit from the fastest progression of Moore's Law

the world has ever seen.

LU STOUT: This is a global revolution. The market leader is a Chinese company, DJI, and the

uptake in consumer drones is driving commercial uses.

Amazon is one of a number of companies that want to use them to deliver packages. And CNN has joined a trial program to help U.S.

authorities form rules about how companies can use drones.

But as the potential uses grow, so do the worries. A drone carrying a message of protest landed on the Japanese prime minister's residence and

one crashed into the White House lawn, security concerns prompting authorities in the U.S. to call for a drone registry. Critics say it's not

enough.

JOERG LAMPRECHT, FOUNDER, DEDRONE: So, there's a first good point of getting to know where the pilot is and who the pilot is. But surely it's

not enough, it does not protect anything. For that you need a little bit more, because the bad guys certainly will not certify their drones and not

have them registered.

LU STOUT: Whether they're flown by bad guys, big companies or your next door neighbor, drones are an increasingly common site in our skies.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now on Tuesday we'll tell you more about the market leader DJI. Now the company is a global giant and it's based in China. And we'll

explore whether that could hurt its plans to expand.

Now, just in to CNN, there have been allegations of wrongdoing in Turkey's parliamentary election. Now the Organization for Security and

Cooperation in Europe has just released a report, the report alleges that the vote was plagued by a crackdown on the media.

Now, the group also says the election was marred by violence that led to fear, going into Sunday's vote. Now, we have not yet heard from the

Turkish president's office about those claims.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. World Sport with Amanda Davies is next.

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