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Italian Quake Death Toll Now Over 250; Another Barrel Bomb Attack Strikes Aleppo; Donald Trump's Shifting Immigration Policy; French Court to Rule on Legality of Burkini Ban. Aired 8:00a-9:00a ET

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[08:00:04] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Now, a critical window is rapidly closing. Rescuers fear that they are running out of time to find survivors of Italy's earthquake.

Aleppo's nightmare: activists say Syria's most besieged city has endured another deadly barrel bomb attack as the fight against ISIS

intensifies.

And hardening his stance, or softening: Donald Trump is sending mixed messages about his immigration policy.

The ground won't stop shaking in central Italy. Aftershocks, hundreds of them, are putting rescuers on edge for a third day as they scramble to

find any sign of life underneath the bricks and slabs of concrete.

Now, Wednesday's devastating 6.2 magnitude quake killed at least 267 people. And with each passing hour, it is becoming less and less likely

that more people will be found alive.

One of the survivors described how she managed to make it out.

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ELISA, EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR (through translator): I managed to get out alive because I found a hole in the wall and managed to make it bigger. I

made it out onto a roof and walked across until I got to a terrace and managed to get down from there.

We shared clothes. There were people going around with one slipper on, those who were basically naked until 11:00 a.m.

When dawn came, it was devastating, because then we really understood what the damage was and that there were people who couldn't be found, who

were missing, or dead.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

ANDERSON: Oh, another incredible story of survival there. Now, of the 267 people who are

confirmed dead, the majority were in Amatrice at the epicenter. And that is where CNN's Fred Pleitgen

is. He joins us now live.

And, Fred, first can you please describe where you are and the scene around you.

FRED PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Right in the center of

Amatrice, Kristie. And I want to give you a little view of what the scene is like here. You can see we're right next to this very large building

that just absolutely collapsed like a house of cards. And here you can really also see the full force of the rescue effort that's in play.

If we move over a little bit to here and then we pan down the street, you can see how many fire trucks are over there. And that's the way to the

center of town. You can see a little bit of the church tower over there, which miraculously was left standing even though the rest of the church

also absolutely collapsed.

And the rescue forces in the past couple of days have moved a lot of heavy equipment. Over there, into the center of town, they're obviously

still looking for survivors, still digging for survivors because they know that within that 72 hour window, there is still very much the chance that

people could still be alive under the rubble.

However, they also know that with every single minute that goes by the chance of finding

anybody does get a lot slimmer. And they say at this point in time their hopes really are fading to find anybody alive at this point in time, that's

why they keep moving more and more heavy equipment in there to dig very quickly.

But then also they'll have to at some point get through the rubble to also retrieve the bodies that they still believe are in there. They still

think people may be buried underneath. But at this point in time they don't know how many people that may be, because as we've been saying the

past couple of days, Kristie, this is very much a tourist region.

Here in Italy -- and a lot of people from the big cities like Rome -- they come over here in the summers to escape that nasty summer heat. And

so many of them visit their relatives here. And it really is unclear how many people were in Amatrice, but also a lot of the other villages in and

around here.

And so certainly, the Italian government fears that there could still be people dead, buried underneath here. And that's why you have this

massive rescue effort that's in full force and has been over the past couple of days, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, rescue workers there up against the clock. And they have an additional

challenge that they're working around: aftershocks. They continue to go on. And does each aftershock introduce new threats to the people there?

PLEITGEN: Yeah, absolutely. Each aftershock, first of all, causes a lot of panic when it happens. We were at a major aftershock that happened

here yesterday when the ground started shaking violently. What happened then there was a building that had already been

partially damaged that then collapsed as well. And of course, what you have here is you have these rescue crews that are in that rubble right now,

sifting through the rubble, looking to see if there's any dead bodies in there or potentially people who are still alive. And every time you have

an aftershock all of that rubble starts shifting again, making it very dangerous for those crews. They have to stop work.

First of all, they have to get out of there as fast as possible. So the aftershocks, they cause a lot of panic among the people here because

the people here they know that this is an earthquake prone area. They're used to this. They know that after earthquakes you will have aftershocks that can at times be almost as violent and even more

violent as the original earthquake.

And so people here are very much afraid. Many of them don't even want to go into any structures at this point in time. They spend the nights

outside. They take a couple of blankets and say they want to wait for this phase to be over.

Of course, no one knows when exactly the ground will stop shaking. But we have witnessed a lot of aftershocks over the past days that we've

been reporting this story, Kristie.

[08:05:16] LU STOUT: All right, CNN's Fred Pleitgen joining us live from the epicenter of the earthquake there in central Italy. Thank you,

Fred.

And you can see the organizations that are helping those affected by the quake, just go to CNN.com/impact and there you'll find a list of groups

that are working in the area.

Now, in a moment, we're going to take you to the front lines of the crisis in Syria. But first a

meeting is taking place in Switzerland that could help decide what world powers do next. The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are in Geneva and the devastating situation in Aleppo is likely topping the agenda of those

talks.

The UN now says Russia has agreed to a 48-hour cease-fire so that aid can be delivered

there, but other parties on the ground have yet to comply.

And just ahead of those talks in Geneva, a horrendous attack struck a rebel held area in

Aleppo. Activists say a barrel bomb killed at least 13 people including children and women. Now these two boys, they managed to survive the strike

but reports say their brother did not.

And this is just another reminder of the horrific violence faced by Syrians.

Now, for more on this story let's go straight to Jomana Karadsheh. She's reported extensively in Syria. She joins us now live from Amman,

Jordan. And Jomana, really, really difficult to watch that footage just now.

Tell us more about the toll these barrel bombs are exacting, these barrel bombs that are

killing the women and children of Aleppo.

JOMANA KARADSHEH, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And these barrel bombs, Kristie, that we've heard from human rights organizations in the

past, saying these are unguided munitions. They are just dropped from high altitude and they can hit

randomly in residential areas. And they have criticized, these human rights organizations, the regime for using them in the past.

Now this specific attack on Thursday, according to activists in a monitoring group we're told

hit an area in southeastern Aleppo in a rebel-held part of the city and more than a dozen people, most of them women and children, were killed.

And overnight we have seen so many images and videos, Kristie, emerging of this yet again

another tragedy that has struck Aleppo really heartbreaking images. And we have to warn our viewers

that some of these images are extremely, really extremely difficult to watch. And they're not suitable for all audiences, but at CNN we have

decided to show these images, because scenes like this play out every single day in Syria.

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KARADSHEH: This is my son, Hassan. He's gone, she says. She wants the last picture with her son.

What follows is pain and anguish that doesn't even need to be translated. Once again she tries to wake 12-year-old Hassan up.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

KARADSHEH: This is one mother.

More than 100 children have been killed in Aleppo this month alone, according to Syrian monitoring group. Reports say two barrel bombs dropped

by the regime on this besieged rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo killed women and children. There's been no comment from the regime.

As rescue workers search underneath the rubble for wounded and lifeless bodies, this distraught man sobs.

"Don't step on them," he says. "There are children underneath the rubble." These scenes a little over a week after this image surfaced of 5-

year-old Omran Daqneesh, a story that captured the world's attention and some hoped would pressure world powers to enforce a cease-fire in Aleppo

even if just for 48 hours to get desperately needed humanitarian aid in.

JAN EGELAND, UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN ADVISOR: Daesh has taken more time, frankly, than I thought was needed. I thought everybody would

help us make it happen. We're very hopeful that it will only be a very short time until we can roll, and we can help the people of long suffering

people of Aleppo.

KARADSHEH: The Syrian state news agency is reporting eight deaths on Thursday in the regime-held part of Aleppo. The people of Aleppo stuck in

this death trap where living through one day doesn't mean surviving the next.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:10:01] KARADSHEH: And, Kristie, those two boys at the end of the report are believed to be brothers. They're also believed to be the sons

of that woman we saw at the beginning of the report grieving for another son.

LU STOUT: So much loss, so much human suffering inside Aleppo. And Jomana, as the violence escalates there, we've learned that the UN says

Russia has agreed to a cease-fire that will last them two days. But I mean, that's no guarantee, is it, to end the violence?

KARADSHEH: Absolutely. And we've been hearing about Russia saying that they're open to

having a 48-hour humanitarian truce to allow the United Nations to roll in with these much-needed aid into Aleppo. But as we've also heard from the

UN, they need guarantees from other parties that are involved in this conflict that both sides will honor this 48-hour truce for them to bring in

the aid.

So all eyes will be on Geneva to see if the United States and Russia could agree on some sort

of a pause in the fighting that will be enforced on the ground to allow for this much-needed humanitarian aid, and just a pause in this carnage that we

see unfolding every single day right now in Aleppo, Kristie.

LU STOUT: That's right. All out pain, all out anguish just continues in Aleppo. Jomana Karadsheh reporting for us. Thank you, Jomana.

Now moving from Aleppo to the Syrian border with Turkey. And the Turkish military is

rolling in more tanks two days after it helped Syrian rebels kick ISIS out of the town of Jarablus. And there is unrest further east: a car bomb

struck a police checkpoint in the town of Cizre.

Now, a Turkish news agency reports 11 officers were killed, 70 others injured.

Now, let's bring in Ben Wedeman from the Syrian/Turkish border. And Ben, what more have you learned about this border attack?

BEN WEDEMAN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, it was a truck bomb outside a police headquarters in the town of Cizre which is in the

southeastern corner of Turkey near both Iraq and Syria. If you look at the images from the scene, the

destruction was absolute. It seems like every wall in that building, the police headquarters, was blown out.

Cizre is not a wealthy town, nor is it a large town. So apparently the hospital there, there's only one, is really struggling to deal with the

number of casualties from that explosion.

Now, Turkish officials are pointing the finger of blame at the PKK, the Kurdish Workers

Party, which has been fighting a war to separate, to cut out, a Turkish -- a Kurdish state since 1984.

And of course this also plays into the situation in Syria. The operation that Turkey launched day before yesterday in conjunction with

Syrian fighters is designed not only to drive ISIS out of Jarablus, this town in the distance behind me, but also to ensure that Kurdish forces,

particularly the YPG, which is affiliated to Turkey's PKK, does not gain more ground along the southern border of

Turkey.

So Turkey has multiple concerns internally, as well as to the south in Syria -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, a lot at stake for Turkey, and that's why its troops are inside Syria. And while that's under way, this operation, how much

coordination is there between coalition partners and Turkey during this Turkish offensive inside Syria?

WEDEMAN: Well, we heard day before yesterday when the operation was launched from the Pentagon, as well as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who

was visiting Ankara when the operation kicked off, and they stressed that the United States, as part of the coalition against ISIS, provided drone

cover, and also aircraft -- fighter aircraft were also hitting ISIS targets in and around Jarablus, as well.

And this is clearly a way for the United States to show its support for the Turkish operation.

American officials have long wanted Turkey to play a stronger role when it comes to the situation inside Turkey. In fact, interestingly, we

heard from a senior Turkish official yesterday speaking anonymously that apparently Turkey was planning this operation last year, but there were

problems because there were senior commanders in the Turkish army who were stalling, did not want to get more involved in Syria, and of course they

have been removed because they apparently were key players in the attempted coup d'etat on the 15th of July.

In addition to that, Turkey called off or just scrapped plans to go in to Syria after last November when a Turkish plane shot down a Russian

fighter over Syria -- Kristie.

[08:15:05] LU STOUT: Ben Wedeman reporting live for us. Thank you, Ben.

And from Turkey, we turn to northern Iraq where government forces are plotting their next

move in their quest to retake Mosul from ISIS. A commander says his forces have pushed ISIS out of the nearby town of Qayyara. And militants there

had been burning crude oil for days trying to provide to cover from coalition war planes.

Human Rights Watch says a 5-year-old girl was killed in The Philippines this week, the youngest reported victim of President Rodrigo

Duterte's relentless war on drugs.

Now in June, Mr. Duterte effectively said he supports vigilanteism in a nationally televised speech. Alexandra Field reports.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A kindergarten girl, Danica May, she was 5 years old, shot to death in her family's store by two men on

motorcycles, their likely target her grandfather, according to a local official.

Police confirm that days before the shooting her grandfather, Maximo Garcia (ph), a suspected drug pusher, turned himself in to police along

with about a dozen others in an effort to clear his name. Those involved in the illegal drug trade have become targets of a national war on drugs,

launched by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte who took office on July 1.

In the first seven weeks of his term, Human Rights Watch reports more than 1,000 Filipinos have been killed by unidentified gunmen. Since

Duterte took office, the national police chief says more than 700 drug users and pushers have been killed in police operations.

Duterte has publicly urged the police and even members of the public to use deadly force against drug dealers who threaten them, even putting a

bounty on the heads of drug lords. Police say they're still investigating the circumstances surrounding Danica May's (ph) death, including the

possibilities that it could have been carried out by vigilantes or people involved with the drug trade.

Maximo Garcia (ph) was shot and injured in the attack that took his granddaughter's life. He remains in the hospital under police supervision.

A funeral will be held next week for Danica May (ph).

In Hong Kong, Alexadra Field, CNN.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

Now, Philippines police spokesman tells CNN that he hopes people don't blame the current campaign on drugs for Danica's death and the deaths of

other minors. He called on everyone to work together to make those responsible answer for their crimes.

All right, you're watching News Stream. And still ahead in the program, Donald Trump, calls her a liar and a bigot. Hillary Clinton says

he is linked to racists. The latest back and forth in the U.S. election.

And we are getting close to a key moment in France's burkini ban debate as the top French court nears a decision. More on that next.

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

Now, Apple has an urgent message for all iPhone users: update your device now. Apple rolled out an important security update for the iPhone

after security researchers founds a new piece of malware that would give attackers control of your phone. Those researchers say it belongs to the

Israeli-based NSO Group, which openly sells its tracking software to governments.

Here's how it works: the attackers they send a text message with a link that looks legitimate and when the user clicks on the link malware is

secretly installed on your phone. NSO Group has denied any knowledge of the hack.

As Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hit the road to Las Vegas, he focused on

his political rival calling Hillary Clinton a bigot and a liar. But Clinton fired back, calling Trump a hate monger.

As Jason Carroll reports in an exclusive interview with Trump, CNN's Anderson Cooper first asked him about his immigration policy.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: There is no path to legalization unless people leaves the country and let-- well, when they

come back in, if they come back in, then they can start paying taxes.

JASON CARROLL, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump struggling to clarify his immigration stance, now telling CNN's Anderson Cooper he's

ruling out a pathway to legal status for undocumented immigrants in the United States.

TRUMP: There is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and come back.

CARROLL: This after indicating earlier this week that he was open to the idea.

TRUMP: They'll pay back taxes. They have to pay taxes. There's no amnesty as such. There's no amnesty, but we work with them.

CARROLL: Trump sending mixed messages.

TRUMP: There certainly can be a softening because we're not looking to hurt people.

Well, I don't think it's a softening. I think it's ...

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: But 11 million people are no longer going to be deported.

TRUMP: I may have people say it's a hardening, actually.

COOPER: But 11 million who have not committed crime ...

TRUMP: No, no we're then going to see ...

COOPER: ... there's going to be a path to legalization. Is that right?

TRUMP: You know it's a process. You can't take 11 at one time and just say, boom, you're gone.

CARROLL: Some Trump supporters insisting their candidate cannot flip- flop on his central campaign issue, Sarah Palin warning in The Wall Street

Journal there would be, "Massive disappointment if Trump were to go down a path of wishy washy positions." His reversal also provoking criticism from

former rivals.

JEB BUSH, (R) FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR: All the things that Donald Trump railed against he seems to be morphing into. It's kind of disturbing.

HILLARY CLINTON (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE: Thank you!

CARROLL: This as Hillary Clinton launches a blistering takedown of Trump.

CLINTON: From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. He is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a

radical fringe take over the Republican Party.

CARROLL: Clinton, accusing the Trump campaign of merging with the "Alt-right", a movement linked to white nationalists.

CLINTON: A man with a long history of racial discrimination who traffics in dark conspiracy theories drawn from the pages of supermarket

tabloids and the far dark reaches of the internet should never run our government or command our military.

CARROLL: Trump defending his campaign, accusing Democrats of what he calls their oldest play in their playbook.

TRUMP: When Democratic policies fail, they are left with only this one tired argument. You're racist. You're racist. You're racist.

CARROLL: Trump also disavowing support from hate groups.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you want white supremacists to vote for you?

TRUMP: No, I don't at all.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And the that was Jason Carroll reporting there.

Now insults aside, there is no arguing with the latest polls. The latest Quinnipiac University survey shows Clinton at 45 percent, Republican

Donald Trump has 38 percent, libertarian Gary Johnson is at 10 percent, both Green Party Candidate Jill Stein has 4 percent.

Now this photo of French police telling a woman to remove her burkini has sparked a global

debate on religious freedom. And now France's highest court is to decide if a ban on beach wear

designed for Muslim women is legal.

Opponents say the ban promotes Islamaphobia and infringes on religious rights, but supporters say the ban is due to concerns about terror and the

burkini infringes on women's rights.

Now, Jim Bittermann is following the story for us and joins us now live from Paris. And Jim, we are awaiting the decision. What kind of

arguments have been heard in court about the so-called burkini ban?

JIM BITTERMANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well I think the opponents to the ban -- and by the way, what this is, actually, it's not a

blanket ban nationwide. In fact, it's a ban by one mayor in one particular town that's been followed by another 30 mayors in 30 other towns, and what

the court is going to decide is whether the mayors have the right to pass these kind of decrees to stop people from going to the beaches in the kind

of swim gear that's been called the burkini, sometimes it's something quite different from that as we saw from that still photo that you showed.

In any case, the court is going to decide whether the mayors have a right to do that.

Those who argued against it said, look, the mayor said that this is a disturbance of public order, wearing these things on the beaches. Can they

prove that? Where has public order been disturbed by someone wearing something like this on the beach?

And the counter argument is that in fact it's a very sensitive time, especially after the attacks in Nice, during the July 14th celebrations

down there, when 86 people were killed, and blamed on Islamic radicals. And that, in fact, has skirted up feelings and emotions so high that when

someone appears in something that suggests religion on a beach, it's likely to cause arguments, and cause concerns, and that's the argument on the

other side.

So that's what the administrative court is going to decide, whether or not the mayors really

have a right to do this -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, the debate has caused arguments, concerns, fierce commentary there in France and around the world. When the ruling comes

out, will there be protests?

BITTERMANN: Well, it depends which way the ruling goes. Nobody's going to be happy with it. There are people on both sides of the issue,

who see it two different ways.

Of course, one of the things that a public opinion poll indicates is that something like 64 percent of the French are for the ban, a ban of the

burkini, so-called burkini on the beaches, that despite the outcry outside of France.

So, it's been picked up politically by the center-right and far right here, including former President Sarkozy who said yesterday if hat he gets

elected -- he's running again -- if he gets elected president, he will make sure that the burkini is banned all

over France, and the far right went even further, they said they're going to ban the Islamic veil everywhere in public places, on the streets, in

jobs, everywhere, across the country if their candidate, Marine Le Pen, gets elected -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: All right, Jim Bittermann reporting for us live from Paris. Thank you, Jim.

Now the Australian inventor of the burkini, the woman in the middle here of this photograph, says that she actually created it so that her

niece could play net ball while stir wearing hijab.

Aheda Zanetti points out Muslim women can go to public pools and beaches because of the

burkini and blasted the ban saying this, quote, this has given women freedom and they want to

take that freedom away. So who is better the Taliban or French politicians? They are as bad as each other.

You're watching News Stream. Still ahead on the program, targeting the most vulnerable in

society. How Canada's indigenous population is falling victim to an unspeakable crime.

And the efforts to bring those responsible to justice.

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[08:31:37] LU STOUT: Now, the prosecutor fighting to get a harsher sentence for the convicted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has lost in court.

Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013. He claimed he mistook her for an intruder. The

prosecution argued a six-year jail term is shockingly lenient. The defense argued the legal process has been thoroughly exhausted, but the prosecution

still could petition South Africa's Supreme Court of appeal .

Winnipeg, Canada is known for its fine art galleries, music festivals and sporting events. But if you'll discover, you will discover a dark

secret that's just hiding in plain sight: sex trafficking. When it comes to who's falling prey to this horrific crime, one group has the grim

distinction of standing out.

Paula Newton has more as part of CNN's Freedom Project.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is a startling statistic that plays out again and again on the streets of Winnipeg. More than half of all

women and girls trafficked for sex in Canada are indigenous, yet, indigenous people make up just 4 percent of the population.

Poverty, abuse, addiction, all play a role. But who are the people preying on them?

DANNY SMYTH, WINNEPEG DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF: There's no set profile.

NEWTON: Danny Smyth is Winnipeg's deputy police chief.

SMYTH: We see young people exploiting young people. We see older people exploiting young people. We see white people exploiting indigenous

people, and we certainly see an indigenous people exploiting it.

NEWTON: What the perpetrators have in common is a sense of impunity. History here tells them they are unlikely to get caught.

JENNIFER RICHARDSON, MANITOBA CHILD EXPLOITATION SPECIALIST: I think a lot of people who are involved in crime have figured out that this is a

much safer way to make money.

What was the address again?

NEWTON: Jennifer Richardson is working t change that. She leads Tracia's Trust, a government anti-trafficking program in Manitoba.

RICHARDSON: Copy. Stand by.

NEWTON: Together with law enforcement, they are using laws already on the books to gather evidence against those interfering with the

government's mandate to protect children.

RICHARDSON: And so we started utilizing that piece of legislation because we don't need the children's testimony, which is much different

from other types of legislation in this area.

NEWTON: Because victims are sometimes too fearful to testify, convictions for human trafficking have been few in Canada. Although the law

on trafficking provides for tougher sentences, the burden of proof rests with the prosecution to obtain victim testimony and prove they feared for

their safety.

JENNIFER MANN, CROWN ATTORNEY: There's no question that this is a different area to prosecute for a whole number of reasons.

NEWTON: Jennifer Mann is a Manitoba Crown prosecutor and she has been working these kinds of cases for years.

This year she successfully prosecuted 46-year-old Darrell Ackman, sentenced to 15 years for living off the avails of prostitution, making

child pornography and sexual assault. Seven victims came forward. Five of them children. Two committed suicide before a verdict was even reached.

[08:35:15] MANN: All of the victims were rape to be taken advantage of. And this accused did this with gusto. So, you have the judge's very

strong comments about the conduct and the vulnerability of the children involved in this case.

NEWTON: Mann says she simply did not have the evidence to prosecute for human trafficking. Still, she points out it's a strong verdict with a

long sentence.

Here in Manitoba, more arrests, prosecutions and convictions are working in tandem with outreach, prevention, rehabilitation.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How are you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did you sleep yesterday?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.

NEWTON: So that the trafficking of indigenous women and girls is no longer perceived as a crime without punishment.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Looks like they're wearing leg tops. One in leather pants...

NEWTON: Paula Newton, CNN, Winnipeg.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And I want to bring up a story that is still ongoing: the dangerous journey that thousands of migrants take for a better life.

Now this short film on our website, it shows shocking footage of migrants drifting in the

Mediterranean Sea all hoping to make it to Europe. You could also read the harrowing account by John

Hamilton. He is a search and rescue leader who witnesses the desperation of these migrants firsthand. You can find it on our website, CNN.com.

Now do stay with News Stream. We'll be back right after this short break.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now tucked away in an old Shanghai neighborhood is a restaurant like no other, in fact, it may be among the most innovative in the world. Now

for the latest CNN On China I paid a visit to Ultraviolet which promises this high tech, highly immersive dining experience hitting every one of

your senses.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We will send 22 courses. And each will be surrounded by an

atmosphere defined through the projection, the smell eventually but not always, the sound very

importantly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, ignition sequence...

LU STOUT: And as we're listening to mission control -- you have a mission control in the back that's controlling all of this.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.

LU STOUT: Yeah -- the video, the audio, and then the kitchen.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: everything is fairly simple to operate, a bit complicated to put together. Because one of the most important aspects for

us will be to have a very strong tempo to the dinner.

LU STOUT: Yeah.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And the tempo will be the key of the dinner.

LU STOUT: I have never felt suspense before during a meal, and there's an aroma in the air.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You have a first time here. You have a scent of a church. Very difficult to define a scent of a church.

LU STOUT: Incense...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's mixed with incense. You will have some scent of wet rock.

So this one will be eaten in one bite. Very simple. It's just refreshing. And then it will have AC/DC Hell's Bells. It's like the

awakening of the table, right. Freshness, Hell's Bell's, that's the way I envision it.

[08:40:14] LU STOUT: Priming the palette and the senses for what's to come.

(MUSIC)

LU STOUT: So Chef Paul we've reached the end of the meal. I feel like I went through an epic journey. That was ridiculous in parts, that

was romantic, that was funny, that was nostalgic. Is this what you're trying to achieve?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's what the food can sometimes produce is very much focused on the food. And you're asking for somebody that is very much

touched by food, but I think that's all of the things that we share universally. I see a lot of people at that moment relating to food,

they're expecting food to give them that little moment of happiness. I love that idea.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Now, the experience was unforgettable. The food was exceptional but the price tag here for 22 courses nearly $1,000.

Now, the latest On China episode is sure to tantalize your taste buds from high tech cuisine like

what you saw in up Ultraviolet to the perfect red braised pork belly all filmed in Shanghai. And you can catch it this Saturday 12:30 p.m. Hong

Kong time right here on CNN.

And finally an update on Gobi the Dog. And her story, if you don't know it, it is a roller coaster ride of emotions. Now, here's a reminder

of who Gobi is. She is the adorable little stray who followed the ultra marathoner Dion Leonard (ph) on his week-long runs through the Gobi Desert

back in June.

Now, after that Leonard was going to bring her home, back to Scotland. And first, Gobi had to spend a few months in quarantine in China.

But Gobi had apparently other plans and she escaped from quarantine last week.

Now Leonard, he flew back to China, and with the help of local volunteers, he spent the past several days searching for Gobi. And good

news, on Wednesday, success. As you can see there in the video Leonard and Gobi reunited. They are now happily back together.

And Leonard was overjoyed to be reunited with his faithful dog, and according to him, so is

Gobi.

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DION LEONARD, MARATHON RUNNER: I walked through the front door of their lounge room. And there was about eight to 10 people already in there

waiting for us to come. And Gobi sprinted across from the other side and straight up into my arms (inaudible) ran up my legs. She's screaming and

yelping and she was just delighted to see me and I hadn't said a word.

And you know, it took five seconds to realize it was her.

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LU STOUT: Oh, a beautiful reunion.

And that is News Stream.

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