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Claims of Cyber Attack on South Korea; The Dark Side of Brazilian Beef Production; Provocations On Both Sides as U.S., North Korea Flex Military Muscle. Aired 8-9a ET

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[08:00:15] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong, and welcome to News Stream. A show of military might in both North and South

Korea as tensions prompt an unusual meeting in Washington. We'll have live reports from the Korean peninsula.

Also claims of a cyber attack as the THAAD system rolls into South Korea. We look at who could be behind it.

And slave trade beef. CNN's Freedom Project exposes the dark side of Brazil's prized meat industry.

It is a highly unusual day at the White House as U.S. senators, all 100 of them, are being called to a rare briefing. It's on North Korea. It comes

as the U.S. shows off what its military is capable of in joint drills with the south while the north puts on its own show of force.

Later, Kim Jong-un supervised what Pyongyang calls its largest artillery drill ever.

Now, let's bring you the latest from both sides of the Korean peninsula. Will Ripley is inside Pyongyang. Paula Hancocks is in Seoul. And let's go

to Will first.

And Will, there in Pyongyang you have witnessed a dramatic display of North Korean military might. What did you see?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, North Korea is claiming, Kristie, is this is their largest military drill ever and it was

presided over by North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un. You saw him there inspecting the long row of long range artillery, 300

pieces of long range artillery fired pretty much simultaneously. So, there was this barrage of long run

gunfire, the kind of weapons that are pointed directly at South Korea. Obviously, a threat and meant to

be a threat, also North Korean submarines and bombers conducting practice runs.

I asked a North Korean government official about the possibility of a sixth nuclear test. It hasn't happened yet. They say it could happen at any

time, but it hasn't happened. And we'll talk more about that after you see the other way that North Korea has been showing force by celebrating their

army day.

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RIPLEY: Army Day in North Korea, the 85th anniversary of the Korean People's Army, more than a million active duty soldiers, more than 6

million if you count reserves and paramilitary, one of the largest standing armies in the world.

We almost never see this side of North Korea's men and women in uniform. This is a public holiday here in North Korea, which means citizens are

enjoying a rare day off. And as you often see on days like this, lots of dancing in the street.

Carefully choreographed display of national pride. North Korea calls it single-hearted unity, outsiders say these men and women have no other

choice.

As Pyongyang residents dance, a very different kind of demonstration on North Korea's east coast. The nation's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un showing

force with what South Korea calls a large-scale artillery drill less than two weeks after this massive military parade and a failed missile launch.

Analysts say these new North Korean missiles could some day carry nuclear warheads to the

mainland U.S.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Our nation faces serious...

RIPLEY: A growing arsenal President Trump called a grave threat to the world. He's pushing the UN Security Council to punish North Korea for

developing weapons of mass destruction that violate UN resolutions.

In its own show of force, the U.S. deployed a nuclear submarine to South Korea as the U.S., South Korea and Japan conducted joint naval drills

Monday, all this as the USS Carl Vinson moves closer to the waters off the Korean peninsula.

The approaching U.S. warships conjure memories for this North Korean veteran, senior Lieutenant Colonel Ung Yong-il (ph) speaks to me in front

of the USS Pueblo, a U.S. navy spy ship North Korea captured in 1968.

"The Pueblo reminds me of another boat traveling near the Korean waters," he says, "the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. We are not afraid. Just like

we captured the Pueblo, we can sink that aircraft carrier. It's a threat made by North Korean state media, prompting the Pentagon to warn Pyongyang

to stop provoking the U.S.

Are North Koreans worried that you may be headed towards war with the United States?

"It's a grave situation," he says. "But we're ready to counter the American threat with an all-out war and nuclear attack."

In this militarized nation, even civilians are told they may some day have to pick up arms, even

on days of celebration, citizens say war with the U.S. is always looming on the horizon.

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[08:05:15] LU STOUT: And in that video report we can see quite vividly how North Korea is a militarized nation. Will Ripley again joining us live

from Pyongyang. And Will, the world is waiting and watching with great concern for any sign of another test, another nuclear test or even an ICBM

test by North Korea. Are there any signs it could happen at any moment?

RIPLEY: Well, we know that because North Korea is in possession of the solid fuel missiles, they really could roll out a missile and launch it

pretty much at any time. So, that's certainly something to watch for. In terms of the nuclear test, there's new some new U.S. intelligence that

indicates activity at the Ponge Rhee (ph) test site, but this activity presumed to be digging at the test site, has led U.S. officials to believe

that this sixth nuclear test that everybody has thought for several weeks now was imminent, that the test could go off at any moment, now they do not

believe that a nuclear test is imminent.

So, I mentioned I spoke on the record with a North Korea official here in Pyongyang a few

hours ago. And I asked is it because of the international pressure, the threats from the Trump administration, that Global Times editorial out

yesterday talking about grave consequences for Pyongyang if they move forward with such a provocative act as their sixth nuclear test. This

official told me absolutely not.

Now, North Korea relies on the (inaudible) idea of basically relying on themselves, self-development. And so they will deny that any external

forces are at play here. They say when they're ready, North Korea will conduct future nuclear tests and missile launches at the choosing of their

Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un.

But given the fact that there is so much tension right now, you saw this provocative show of force, dramatic images for sure, but far less

provocative than that nuclear test would be. What we don't know, Kristie, is what the north's next move is going to be and how the U.S. and the Trump

administration will respond.

LU STOUT: Absolutely. Will Ripley reporting live from Pyongyang. Thank you, Will.

Now, let's bring up Paula Hancocks who has been standing by in Seoul. And, Paula, as we saw those provocative actions, a provocative display of force

as North Korea had its annual army day. We know that South Korea has been showing the world what their military can do. What's been happening there?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. We're really seeing these massive military drills on both sides of the DMZ

at this point. Just last week and also again today, we saw a joint military drill between the U.S. and South Korea. It's part of their annual

drills, they say. And they were planned months in advance. So, it's not necessarily reacting to

any part of what is happening or increased tensions on the Korean peninsula at this point. At least that is the official line

But it certainly was a massive live fire drill. They showed it to us, knowing that we would show the rest of the world and knowing North Korea

would see it.

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HANCOCKS: Massive firepower destroys an imaginary enemy, a joint ground and aerial attack shown to the media so we can show the world the damage South

Korea and the United States military could do. Now, the U.S. and South Korea insist they have -- they have no specific enemy in mind when they're

carrying out these drills but it's simply not the way that North Korea sees it.Actions speak louder than words for Pyongyang. Washington says these

drills are routine, annual, defensive. Pyongyang says they're provocative and hostile.

North Korea holding its own massive military drills Tuesday to mark an important day, the 85th anniversary of the founding of its military, the

Korea People's Army. Spring is often tense in Korea. Annual wargames by the U.S. and South Korea interpreted in the North as practicing for an

invasion. But without training the U.S. military says it won't be ready to fight tonight, as their motto says.

KELSEY CASEY, U.S. MARINE CORPS: It's essential. The only way that we're ever going to be able to fight is to train like we fight.

HANCOCKS: The USS Michigan, the nuclear-powered submarine, docked at Busan port in South Korea Tuesday, described as both routine and a show of force

within the U.S. military. The USS Carl Vinson heading back to the region and the U.S. missile defense system THAAD is arriving in pieces to be fully

operational as soon as possible. An unmistakable build-up of U.S. military assets and no matter how routine this live fire drill may be, it's an image

that won't be lost on North Korea.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

[08:10:01] HANCOCKS: And one interesting part about that live fire drill is the fact that there was actually an audience watching as well - local

residents, military officials in the stands applauding every time there was a particularly large bout of fire, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, cheering for the drills but what about the THAAD anti- missile system that's been wheeled into place in one part of South korea? Is there still concern, even resistance among South Koreans about its

presence in the country?

HANCOCKS: There is, yes. It's not widespread, but there certainly is in the area it's going to be placed. In the early hours of this Wednesday

morning, we saw that the U.S. military was moving the parts of THAAD into the area where it's going to be located, where it will

be assembled, set up, according to South Korea, ready to be fully operational by the end of this year.

Now, the U.S. has also said they want it to be ready as soon as possible. There have been suggestions it could be ready earlier down at the end of

the year, but there is some resistance to it, the fact that also there's a presidential election about to happen on May 9.

The front-runner at this point, Moon Jae-in is a liberal candidate who says he doesn't believe it should have been agreed upon before it went to

parliament, so if he becomes the president on May 10, then what does that mean for the THAAD deployment?

Certainly there are some who are dead set against it. China certainly does not want more U.S.

military hardware in the region. And of course North Korea certainly doesn't want it. The U.S. military saying it is necessary to counter the

North Korean missile threat - Kristie.

LU STOUT: Paula Hancocks reporting live from Seoul. Thank you.

And as Paula said, parts of the U.S. anti-missile system being rolled out there in South Korea. And there are claims those putting it in place are

being hacked. An American cyber-security firm says it seems hackers from China recently targeted those involved in deploying the THAAD missile

system.

now, Seoul says that there was an attempt last month from China, but Beijing says it opposes any form of cyber attack.

Now, John Hullquist is a director of cyber espionage analysis at FireEye. He joins us now live

from Washington. John, good to see you. Thank you for joining us here on the program. What exactly happened with these cyberattacks?

JOHN HULLQUIST, FIREEYE: Well, we saw two types of actors carrying out intrusions and attack activity from China on South Korea. We saw

hacktivist actors who were carrying out kind of low level attacks, disruptions of websites, defacements. Most of that active was pretty

overt. They were self-organizing and picking names like Panda Intelligence Bureau to sort of advertise their activity.

We then we also saw cyber espionage actors who we've known for quite awhile. We have evidence that they targeted at least one party that has

been associated with the missile placements. We believe they're a state- sponsored group.

LU STOUT: OK, so just to confirm, you believe it was a Chinese state sponsored group behind this. You're saying that the THAAD system itself

was not targeted, but at least one organization linked to the deployment of THAAD was. And I have to ask you what would have happened if the hackers

succeeded, if they managed to get in?

HULLQUIST: Well, China uses cyber espionage pretty regularly when Chinese interests are at stake to better understand facts on the ground. A recent

example, 2014, when a Malaysian airliner went missing with several Chinese citizens, they deployed these same types of actors against the

investigative bodies that were working on the case.

We believe that at first they want to know what the facts are on the ground, what intentions may lie behind the placement of these missile

systems. After the fact, there is value in having more -- having access to these places. They may help in negotiations. They may help them gain the

upper hand in diplomacy. so, there's a lot of different reasons they may be there.

LU STOUT: Yeah, but fundamentally you're saying intelligence gathering seems to be the main motive here.

HULLQUIST: Absolutely.

LU STOUT: What more do we know about the state-sponsored actors believed to be from China, these groups behind these attacks. Who are these groups?

HULLQUIST: Well, one of them has been around for quite a long time. We call them, APT-10. APT-10 has actually been in the news recently because

they carried out a massive campaign against internet - I'm sorry, against IT service providers that they were targeting to actually leverage to gain

access to their customers. They've also been recently carrying out campaigns in Scandinavia where they targeted heavy industry.

But that group has been around for very long time. They've been carrying out economic espionage, military intelligence, political intelligence.

They really run the gamut.

LU STOUT: And the other group, Tonto Team, what can you tell us about them?

HULLQUIST: Tonto Team appears to be more focused on the immediate region surrounding China, particularly northeast China. They target Russia. They

target the Koreas and they target Japan. Most of their targeting -- the majority of their targeting appears to be military and diplomatic.

[08:15:17] LU STOUT: Yeah, Tonto Team believed to be based out of northeastern China. That's close to North Korea. And I have to ask, how

do we know for sure that these hackers were Chinese? Could they have been North Korean hackers pretending to stage a China-launched attack?

HULLQUIST: Well, we've - that could possibly have happened in a very short period of time if we had only known them for a very short period of time.

But we've known these actors for several years now. We've watched their activities. And we've gathered a lot of evidence that suggest they are

Chinese in origin, Chinese language artifacts. There's evidence linking them to the mainland. They use - we have actually linked them to specific

organizations in Xinjiang.

So - and beyond all that, they're targeting indicates that they are very interested in Chinese interests. Another example fairly recently they

targeted Japanese organizations that were tied to territorial disputes in the Shinjuku islands.

LU STOUT: These groups, you say they're invested in Chinese interests. So, could there be another motive at play here behind these cyberattacks?

Was it done in retaliation over the deployment of the THAAD missile system in South Korea.

HULLQUIST: If it were done in retaliation, we'd expect some sort of follow-on disruption or destructive event, it which we didn't see.

Typically, when we see cyber espionage actors, they prefer to stay quiet and remain on target where they can gather as much intelligence as possible.

LU STOUT: Got it. John Hullquist, director of cyberespionage analysis with FireEye joining us live from Washington, D.C. Many thanks indeed for

analysis and expertise here. You take care.

HULLQUIST: Thank you.

LU STOUT: Now, as tensions are rising in the region, China has just unveiled something unlikely to ease the tension. It took three years to

make it, now Beijing has launched its first made-in-China aircraft carrier. It is the first both designed and built in China. And the second carrier

that China has ever showcased.

You're watching News Stream. And coming up, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser under growing pressure as a House

committee says Michael Flynn may have broken the law. We have the details after the break.

Plus, Brazil is known for its grass-fed beef, but the cattle hands who produce it sometimes work in harsh conditions. How a friar is trying to

help them.

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LU STOUT: All right. Coming to you live from -- yes, that is Hong Kong outside. You're back watching News Stream.

Now, the White House is facing yet another legal setback, this time over an executive order that

threatened to cut federal funds to cities that don't cooperate with immigration enforcement.

Now meanwhile, congressional investigations into Russia appear to be heating up again with lawmakers saying a former administration official may

have broken the law. Joe Johns has more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

[08:20:22] JOE JOHNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The White House blasting a federal court ruling after a San Francisco judge blocked the

president's executive action that threatened to strip federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities, citing Trump's own words in the decision.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I don't want to defund anybody. I want to give them the money they need to properly operate as a

city or a state. If they're going to have sanctuary cities, we may have to do that. Certainly, that would be a weapon.

JOHNS: In a scathing statement, the White House calls Judge William Orrick's ruling "an egregious overreach by a single unelected district

judge who unilaterally rewrote immigration policy" and starkly accusing officials in sanctuary cities of having "the blood of dead Americans on

their hands."

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Unconstitutional political threats against our cities cannot take away our rights, and they certainly can't steal our tax

dollars.

JOHNS: Hours earlier, the White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, asserting that the 9th Circuit, which also blocked the administration's

first travel ban, is going bananas. A far cry from the Justice Department's subdued response. This isn't the first time President Trump has personally

attacked a federal judge.

TRUMP: Somebody said I should not criticize judges. OK, I'll criticize judges.

JOHNS: Earlier this year, he criticized federal Judge James Robart as a "so-called judge" for halting the administration's initial travel ban.

And during the campaign, then-candidate Trump repeatedly declared Judge Gonzalo Curiel of being unfit to handle a lawsuit against Trump University,

because he claimed the judge was Mexican. But Curiel was born in Indiana.

TRUMP: He is Hispanic, I believe, and he is a very hostile judge to me.

This judge is of Mexican heritage. I'm building a wall.

JOHNS: This legal setback comes as bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight Committee contend that President Trump's former national security

advisor, Michael Flynn, may have broken the law by not properly disclosing payments from Russia and Turkey.

REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD), OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE RANKING MEMBER: He was supposed to get permission. He was supposed to report it, and didn't report

it.

REP. JASON CHAFFETZ (R-UT), OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: It appears as if he did take that money. It was inappropriate. And there are repercussions

for the violation of law.

JOHNS: The White House pressed repeatedly about the vetting process for the president's first named adviser, who was always with him on the campaign

trail.

SPICER: There's always going to be a -- you know, in the case of people who had a prior clearance, that between the time that they filled it out and

had it adjudicated, they could have engaged in something, and whether or not they updated that or not is always -- the onus is on the individual.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Joe Johns reporting there.

As for General Flynn himself, he insists he has got nothing to hide. In a statement to CNN, Flynn's lawyer says it's calling it briefed the defense

intelligence agency on his trip to Russia. Now, CNN's Diana Mangay is monitoring reaction from Russia. She joins us now live. All eyes on

former Trump adviser Michael Flynn and how he may have violated the law by not disclosing his business dealings with Russia.

So, what's been the reaction there in Moscow?

DIANA MAGNAY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Russia has repeatedly said that they have nothing more to say on the Flynn story. And in this

situation, this latest development, whether or not Flynn did disclose what he was meant to under

U.S. regulations about his trip to Russia isn't really something that the Kremlin would have anything to comment on. In any case, this was a gala

event for the tenth anniversary of the Kremlin-backed TV station RT which Mike Flynn was asked to attend for a rich remuneration.

And he was asked to give a panel discussion with one of RT's top anchors, this was two months after Russia had gone into Syria and Mike Flynn was

asked to talk about the situation in the Middle East, radical Islam in the Middle East, Syria, Iran.

And, of course, there was immense propaganda value for President Putin to have him at his top table, such an important figure in the U.S.

intelligence community. And he was paid for it. But fundamentally this was all above board in terms of what RT was paying for him to do.

It's really -- the question is whether he followed U.S. regulations by disclosing the payments that were made to him, Kristie.

LU STOUT: And Russia says they have nothing more to add to this ongoing probe and the probe is not going away. In fact, it's heating up. We know

that the former acting attorney general Sally Yates as well as the former national intelligence director will both testify next month. So, is Khe

Kremlin still going to maintain this official line? There's nothing more to add about the probe, about Russian interference in the U.S. election?

[08:25:10] MAGNAY: Or non-interference, as the Kremlin would say. Yes, Russia maintains its line that it did not and does not interfere either in

the U.S. election or any other country elections. And furthermore, that it doesn't engage in any kind of hacking actives of other elections despite

the fact that over the last couple days we've had reports from a cyber security firm that there are allegations that the Russian-backed hacking

group (inaudible) was engaged, for example, in hacking Emmanuel Macron's campaign.

Russia consistently says on these kinds of allegations, well, show us the evidence and denies any kind of involvement. And I don't think we will -

we can expect that to change any time soon, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Certainly. Diana Magnay reporting live for us from Moscow. Many thanks indeed for that.

Now, it is one of the great spectacles of the British election calendar, the leader's debate. But Theresa May has indicated she won't take part in

the televised debates ahead of the June snap election. Instead, voters have to settle for the weekly prime minister's questions. So, in the last

hour, Mrs. May and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn faced off for the last time before MPs break for election campaigning. The prime minister used the

opportunity to paint Mr. Corbyn as a weak and unfit leader.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

THERESA MAY, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: And again at the weekend, we saw the right honorable gentleman refusing to say he would strike against

terrorism, refusing to commit to our nuclear deterrent and refusing to control our borders, keeping our country safe is the first duty of a prime

minister. The right honorable gentleman is simply not up to the job.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Still ahead right here on News Stream, the fight against labor exploitation in Brazil. How a friar is battling abusive practices on

Brazilian ranches.

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[08:31:43] LU STOUT: Now, when you buy meat, you might not consider how it's produced.

that meat could be the result of labor exploitation. In Brazil, some workers on cattle ranches toil for years with no way. Shasta Darlington

has a look at how a friar there is fighting back.

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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Here in northern Brazil cows feast on a rolling pasture carved out of the semi-Amazon jungle. The

famous grass-fed beef are stable at home and shift off to foreign markets from Hong Kong to the U.K.

Few consumers even think about the human cost. Xavier Plassat, however, has made it his life's mission. A French Dominican friar on the front line in

the battle against extreme labor exploitation, what Brazil defines as modern day slavery.

XAVIER PLASSAT, BRAZIL-BASED DOMINICAN FRIAR: The main point about slavery is that somebody wants to make profit with zero cost. And here more than

everywhere is easy. You want frontier of farming or wrenching.

DARLINGTON: Araguaina a typical frontier town where the mechanic shop looks like a triage center for tractors and the only markets are farmers markets.

PLASSAT: How are you?

DARLINGTON: Good to see you.

It's here that Plassat works with the Catholic Pastoral Land Commission or CPT. Coordinating the national campaign against exploitation. He says

roughly 25,000 Brazilians are lured into slave- like conditions every year.

PLASSAT: The roots is mainly the extreme vulnerability of the entire communities who are, have no access to the rights.

DARLINGTON: But he's fighting back with a network of agents and informants in those same communities who sent tips to federal authorities. This has

gotten some of the church activists killed.

PLASSAT: I don't say we want to be martyrs. It's not the -- we tried to be present to share the suffering and to help them.

DARLINGTON: With the help of the Pastoral Commission more than 50,000 workers have been rescued since 1995 when the government created it's anti-

exploitation mobile units.

Joao Luiz da Costa is one of them. He was rescued in a raid at the day before. He tells me he hadn't been paid for seven months but never wanted

to ask for help.

JOAO LUIZ DA COSTA, RANCH WORKER (through translator): If my family had found me in that situation I would have been so (Inaudible). I prayed to

God for help I've never been a burden on any.

DARLINGTON: Now Costa is staying at a safe house provided by the Pastoral Commission.

So, from what Joao is saying the commission really has reputation among real workers this is where they go when they need help.

PLASSAT: Yes, it seems to be.

[08:35:02] DARLINGTON: But Plassat warns that Brazil is in danger of sliding backwards as it cuts spending on the mobile units.

PLASSAT: Today they work with, I think four national teams. Eight years ago they had 10 national teams.

DARLINGTON: Government inspectors themselves say diminishing resources lead to huge delays in following up on those tips.

One of the main tools used to shame employers and to compliance has also been undermined. Every year, the labor men as republishes a dirty list of

companies cut exploiting workers. But recently, its publications has been repeatedly blocked. Then there's the increasingly powerful rural lobby in

the national Congress which has push to relax Brazil's very broad definition of slave labor.

Most important, Plassat says, Brazil has failed to tackle the root of exploitation.

PLASSAT: Impunity, greed, vulnerability, misery, if you don't address at the same time all of it, you will have probably the same persons coming

back to the same cycle of slavery.

DARLINGTON: The question for now remains, at what cost is our beef being produced?

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Araguaina, Brazil.

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LU STOUT: And coming up tomorrow, a story about modern-day slavery from Mexico. Rafael Romo meets a woman who spent three decades as a domestic

slave.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

RAFAEL ROMO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lupita (Ph) says she was forced to do house work and care for the other children. She was not paid. And she

remembers the lady of the house gave her only leftovers scraps to eat and not giving her a bed.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She would say that we indigenous people were used to sleeping on the floor like animals. She had a sofa but wouldn't let me use

it because she said I was going to ruin it.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: It's outrageous how this continues to exist today. We will have more on her story,

more on the victims of slavery in Mexico, it's happening tomorrow on the CNN Freedom Project.

Now, the U.S. is giving up on its hunt for notorious warlord Joe Kony. The Uganda military is also quitting the search and withdrawing its troops from

the Central African Republic.

Now, Kony has been on the run for 11 years. He is leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, a brutal rebel group. And he is wanted by the

International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

For more than 25 years, Kony has lead the LRA in a failed forward crimes and crimes against humanity. For more than 25 years Kony has led the LRA

in a failed campaign to overthrow the government of Uganda.

Now, this is News Stream. And coming up, it has been an uphill struggle for Netflix. But now it's finally found a way into China. Details next.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now, Netflix may have finally found its way into the Chinese market. It just signed a licensing deal with ITE, which is a popular video streaming

site owned by Baidu.

You won't be able to access the full Netflix library in China, but now ITE will have the latest seasons of popular original Netflix series like Black

Mirror as well as Stranger Things. Now, Netflix itself, like Google and Facebook, is blocked by Chinese regulators.

Now, Baidu, China's biggest search engine isn't just bringing foreign shows to China, but it's also working to attract foreign talent. In the upcoming

episode of Talk Asia, CEO Robin Li tells our Matt Rivers why it thinks China needs to change and welcome immigrants with open arms.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ROBIN LI, BAIDU CEO: I actually have been saying this for quite a few years, even in front of President Xi Jinping, I said that China needed to

attract global talents, not just Chinese talents. We need to open up more, we need to reform our visa policy, we need to nurture a culture that can

accommodate more foreigners,especially high-end talents.

2017 is special in the sense that at least from a perception point of view, U.S. is more anti-immigrant. This is a good time that China stands up and

says, hey, come to us, we like you, we welcome immigrants.

MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump, now the president of the United States. Good thing for U.S.-China relations or not so much?

LI: I don't know, because he is only been in office for a couple of months. But I think one thing for sure is that everybody knows that U.S.-

China relationship is very, very important. It's too important to take any kind of significant risk.

And fortunately, I think the communication channel between U.S. and China is quite open. Those on the private sector and on the public sector.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Interesting views on loosening visa restrictions to attract more international talent to China. Be sure to catch the rest of that interview

with the CEO of Baidu, Robin Li on Talk Asia. It will air 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in Hong Kong. That's 9:30 a.m. in the morning in London.

And before we go, there is a new celebrity on Tinder. He is tall, strong, he loves the outdoors, and if you swipe right, it might help save his

entire species.

Conservationists created a Tinder profile for Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino.

And people who swipe right on him will be asked to donate money so scientists can carry out a $9 million fertility treatment to save the

species.

Now, Sudan and two other females are the only ones alive. And time is running out. But luckily his Tinder profile it's been getting a lot of

action. it got so many hits the donation site crashed.

And that is news Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout, but don't go anywhere, World Sport with Alex Thomas is next.

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