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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world and everyone streaming us on CNN Max. I'm Rosemary Church. Just ahead.

Israel holds a national remembrance for the October 7th attacks as Israelis await the release of more hostages' remains.

President Trump escalates his fight against drug traffickers saying CIA agents can now operate inside Venezuela.

Plus, a landmark new law in Uruguay will allow for doctor-assisted suicide.

And later, a look at the haunting image that won this year's top wildlife photographer award.

UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from Atlanta, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Rosemary Church.

CHURCH: Thanks for joining us.

The Israeli government is set to hold state memorial ceremonies today for the victims of Hamas' October 7th attack amid increasing anger that more bodies of hostages have not been returned. The remains of two more hostages have been handed over by Hamas and now identified as Inbar Hayman and Sergeant Major Mohammed Al-Athresh. But so far, only nine of the 28 deceased hostages have returned to Israel since the ceasefire deal took effect.

Hamas says it has handed over all the bodies it can access and will need quote "significant efforts and special equipment to recover more remains."

Meantime, the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt remains closed to the delivery of humanitarian aid as the dispute over deceased hostages is ongoing. One Israeli official said aid trucks have entered Gaza through other crossings. But with Rafah closed, only 300 aid trucks have entered the enclave and not the 600 trucks agreed to in the ceasefire deal. Hamas is calling on Gaza residents to hand over collaborators working

with Israel or face the quote strict hand of justice. This comes as clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups as the militant group looks to reassert their dominance in the enclave.

CNN's Oren Liebermann has more now from Jerusalem and a warning, some of the images you're about to see are disturbing.

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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: In the immediate aftermath of the ceasefire in Gaza, Hamas has quickly reemerged and is reasserting its power in Gaza over parts of the decimated territory not occupied by Israel. Videos shared widely on social media and confirmed by CNN show Hamas members carrying out execution-style killings on the streets of Gaza City. We have to warn you these images are graphic and CNN is not showing the videos in full.

This is the moment the Hamas gunman opened fire with eight Palestinians on their knees. They appear to be blindfolded. Seconds later they are dead, their bodies lying on the ground.

The so-called Palestinians resistance factions which include Hamas praise the killings calling them a quote "security campaign" against mercenaries, bandits and anyone they see as cooperating with the quote "Zionist enemy." They called on Palestinians to report what they called wanted individuals and anyone helping them.

This is Hamas attempting to show its back in control in Gaza and eliminating any opposition. After the videos came to light a prominent family in Gaza, the Dormush family said Hamas had killed nearly 30 of their family members after they were told they'd be treated fairly if they surrendered. They say the fate of many other family members is unknown.

The Dormush family denied working with Israel and said Israeli forces had killed hundreds of relatives over the last two years.

During the war we saw several unprecedented protests against Hamas in Gaza. Now it appears they're working to quash any more acts of defiance. The Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank condemned the killings as heinous crimes which claim the lives of dozens of citizens outside the framework of the law and without fair trials.

A Palestinian rights group the Independent Commission for Human Rights said the wave of summary executions without trial cannot be justified under any circumstances. Such acts constitute grave legal and moral crimes that require urgent condemnation and accountability.

Oren Liebermann, CNN, in Jerusalem.

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CHURCH: Earlier I spoke with Shlomi Eldar, an Israeli journalist and filmmaker, about the current situation in Gaza and the violent actions by Hamas following the ceasefire.

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SHLOMI ELDAR, ISRAELI JOURNALIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER: Don't let us forget that Hamas took control in Gaza Strip in 2007 after a military coup and executed the P.A. soldiers who have been in Gaza Strip by the P.A.

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This is Hamas and we are seeing it again. This is Hamas executing Palestinians and just want to show them that they are still in control in Gaza Strip. But don't be confused, I suggest to all of us, because Hamas during the war -- the two years' war is defeated, 24 battalions of Hamas movement has executed.

So I think that what they want to show now that still on the ground but it's for a short time. They just want to show the Palestinians in Gaza Strip that they were not defeated by the Israelis. But until the agreement, due to the agreement, they have to fulfil the agreement to demilitarize Gaza and not control Gaza anymore.

CHURCH: So President Trump is threatening to disarm Hamas if they don't do it themselves and do that soon. How do you think he plans to do that and would it also mean Israel resuming its war in Gaza?

ELDAR: Yes, I think President Trump is hints so he will give the Israeli IDF a green light to start again the war until demilitarized Gaza from Hamas movement. But I think still Hamas understand the position of the organization today in Gaza Strip. They understand what the future plans for us if they do not fulfil the agreement.

So what I see now that Hamas is not threatening anymore Israel for several years but we have to take a look and open our eyes not to give them to rebuild this organization. We understand that there are difficulties to find all the bodies in Gaza between the rows in the north and in the south of Gaza. But still I have to see if Hamas still wanted to return back the bodies.

I think also that I've heard many sources in Gaza Strip prefer to ever last the process, to take the time to show the Palestinians again that they are ruling in the ground and they not took all the efforts to find the bodies. But still I think that Hamas leaders in Doha and in Gaza Strip understand the consequences if they will not return the Israeli's body who were kidnapped on October 7th.

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CHURCH: The U.S. President says Ukraine wants to quote "go offensive" on Russia. Donald Trump says he'll make a determination on that when he meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday. The Ukrainian President has been pressing European nations to buy powerful long-range Tomahawk missiles from the U.S. for Ukraine to use in the war.

Meanwhile, NATO says it will implement new measures to counter Russian drones. CNN's Fred Pleitgen has our report. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Both NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have praised NATO member states for increasing their defense spending and pledging to do that.

They say that this is important in two major ways. On the one hand, it obviously increases NATO member states capabilities and then allows them to contribute more to common defense.

But Pete Hegseth said it's also important in terms of helping Ukraine and trying to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. One of the things that he's talking about is an initiative called Pearl, which essentially has European and other NATO member states buying U.S. weapons and then giving those weapons to Ukraine.

Now, Pete Hegseth said that that spending also counts against defense spending of NATO member states, and he's calling for more of it. Here's what he had to say.

PETE HEGSETH, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: All countries need to translate goals into guns, commitments into capabilities, and pledges into power. That's all that matters, hard power. It's the only thing belligerents actually respect.

Your continued investment and leadership are vital to helping Ukraine defend itself and to bring an end to this conflict. Peace through strength.

PLEITGEN: Now, the NATO Secretary General also said that while initially six NATO member states had signed on to the Pearl Program, as of the summit on Wednesday, it was half of NATO member states who had made commitments.

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Now, another topic that was not officially on the agenda but still loomed large was Ukraine possibly receiving U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles from the Trump administration. There is, of course, set to be a meeting between President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House on Friday, where that could be a topic.

And asked about this, the NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, said that he couldn't really comment directly because this was a bilateral issue between the United States and Ukraine. Also, the NATO member states, of course, right now dealing with flaring tensions between NATO and Russia after several incursions by Russian aircraft and drones onto NATO territory.

Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Berlin.

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CHURCH: Russia could be on the verge of losing a key source of funding for its war machine. President Trump says the Indian Prime Minister has assured him that he will halt Russian oil imports, adding that he and Narendra Modi have a great relationship, but that India's oil purchases have allowed Russia to continue with this, quote, "ridiculous war." President Trump imposed another 25 percent tariff on India in August as a penalty for its Russian energy purchases.

India has long been reliant on Russia for crude oil to support its booming economy and growing population. India issued a statement earlier that addressed its energy challenges but did not reveal whether it would stop importing from Russia.

It says, and I'm quoting here, "Ensuring stable energy prices and secured supplies have been the twin goals of our energy policy. Where the U.S. is concerned, we have for many years sought to expand our energy procurement. This has steadily progressed in the last decade."

Well President Trump says he will attend the Supreme Court session on his landmark tariff case next month. The nation's highest court is set to decide whether the President can continue levy tariffs without approval from Congress and whether businesses are eligible for big refunds. A decision would normally be expected next June, but the court has agreed to expedite its review.

President Trump is expanding his crackdown on drug cartels. Just ahead, the new tactics to fight trafficking from Venezuela and possibly Colombia.

Plus, protests in Peru's capital turn violent. We'll explain why the demonstrators are angry with the government. That's next here on "CNN Newsroom," please stay with us.

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CHURCH: President Trump confirms he has authorized covert CIA operations inside Venezuela to fight the flow of drugs and migrants to the United States. He also says he is considering expanding aerial strikes on suspected drug boats to include military operations by land.

The U.S. has hit at least five boats off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks. The latest killed six people. President Trump stopped short of saying the CIA would have the authority to arrest Nicolas Maduro. The Venezuelan President called for an end to discriminatory and xenophobic statements about his country.

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NICOLAS MADURO, VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT (through translator): Tell the American people no to war. We do not want a war in the Caribbean or in South America.

MADURO: No. Not war, just peace.

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CHURCH: The Trump administration's fight against drug trafficking is not limited to only Venezuelan suspects. CNN's national security correspondent Natasha Bertrand explains.

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NATASHA BERTRAND, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: At least one of the five U.S. military strikes targeting suspected drug boats in the Caribbean targeted a boat full of Colombian nationals that had left Colombia and that suggests that the U.S. military is targeting a broad range of suspected narco terrorists and drug cartels beyond just leaving from Venezuela who are suspected of being part of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua.

Now this is also significant because the White House had previously vehemently denied any suggestions by the Colombian president that Colombian nationals may have been killed in some of these U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean. But now we're told that the third strike on September 19th that the U.S. military carried out there, that was targeting deliberately Colombian nationals because the U.S. military had reason to believe that they were affiliated with a terrorist organization.

Now it's unclear exactly who the U.S. military believed that they were targeting because according to our sources the U.S. did not have precise intelligence about exactly who was on that boat when it hit it. Only that these were people suspected of carrying drugs that were headed towards the United States. But legal experts broadly have raised serious questions about the legality of these U.S. strikes in the Caribbean and whether they are legal under international and domestic law.

That is not stopping the Trump administration however. The White House told me in a statement that these strikes are going to continue because the President has determined that drug cartels carrying drugs to the United States pose a direct and threat to the U.S. that the president is authorized to take action again. So for now this campaign is expected to continue.

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Natasha Bertrand, CNN, in Washington.

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CHURCH: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is calling on President Trump to stop what she calls Nicolas Maduro's war on her country. Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize last week and has been in hiding since last year's election. She calls the Maduro government a criminal narco-terrorism structure that traffics in drugs, gold, weapons and even people.

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MARIA CORINA MACHADO, VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER: Venezuela right now is a safe haven where Hezbollah, Hamas, the drug cartels, the Colombian guerrilla operate freely and they are part of this liaison with regime. And what we have done the Venezuelan people as I said is already mandated regime change. We won and we need help to enforce that decision and that help comes in terms of applying, enforcing the law, cutting those flows that come from these criminal activities.

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CHURCH: Some indigenous organizations in Ecuador have agreed to end the blockades and protests against the government's plan to remove diesel price subsidies. The protests started about three weeks ago.

The agreement came on Wednesday after a meeting between the indigenous groups and the government. Officials agreed to seek alternative proposals to avoid eliminating the diesel subsidies, both sides will also discuss the release of detained protesters and an investigation into the deaths of two residents during the demonstrations.

Protesters in Peru are demanding changes to their government. Scores of demonstrators faced off with police in the capital city Lima on Wednesday. Gen Z protesters say they're tired of rampant crime, theft and a government that doesn't represent them.

Demonstrators set off fireworks as police chased them down city streets. Peru's president was ousted last week with an approval rating between two and four percent. Protesters say they don't expect her replacement to make any difference.

French lawmakers are convening this hour to debate Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's future. A no-confidence vote is expected later today. Lecornu won a promise from the Socialist Party on Tuesday to not derail his government after he suspended plans to raise the retirement age.

French President Emmanuel Macron accepted Lecornu's resignation on Monday of last week, then reappointed him on Friday. Mr. Macron said if the no-confidence vote succeeds, France would likely face snap elections with a strong performance by the far-right party.

Still to come, a temporary ceasefire is in place after cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Details of the sudden escalation next.

Plus, lawmakers in Uruguay vote to make euthanasia legal. We'll bring you the story of a woman who closely followed the proceedings, now given the choice to decide how and when her life ends.

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CHURCH: Welcome back to "CNN Newsroom," I'm Rosemary Church. I want to check today's top stories for you. The U.S. President says Ukraine wants to go on the offensive in the war against Russia. Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. The Ukrainian President is expected to push for long-range U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles capable of striking Moscow.

Donald Trump is turning up the heat on Venezuela. The U.S. President says he has authorized covert CIA operations inside the South American country to stop the flow of migrants and drugs but Mr. Trump stopped short of saying the CIA could remove President Nicolas Maduro from power.

Israel will hold a National Day of Remembrance and memorial services for the victims killed in the October 7 Hamas attacks in the coming hours. State ceremonies are also set to commemorate the Israeli troops killed in the Gaza war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to attend.

The IDF says Israel has identified the remains of two more hostages returned by Hamas. The militant group says it has handed over all hostage bodies it can access and needs special equipment to retrieve the remaining bodies. With the dispute over deceased hostages ongoing, the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza remains closed to the delivery of humanitarian aid.

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Meantime, the U.N. Human Rights Office says the Israeli military continues to kill civilians around the areas it has redeployed to in Gaza since the ceasefire, with at least 15 Palestinians shot and killed since October 10.

A 48-hour ceasefire is in effect between Pakistan and Afghanistan following days of clashes along the border. Pakistan says both sides will try to solve the issues through constructive dialogue during this time. The clashes began last week when the Taliban said Pakistan conducted strikes in Kabul and a border province.

Pakistan has not acknowledged that claim, but it's accusing the Taliban of hosting Islamic militants blamed for a spike in violence in Pakistan. Experts warn these latest attacks could signal a new era of instability for the neighbors.

Uruguay's Senate has approved a bill legalizing euthanasia or doctor- assisted suicide. A local woman diagnosed with a neurological disorder, ALS, has been paying close attention to the proceedings, telling CNN's Dario Klein she's grateful she now has the power to control her fate and not surrender it to her disease.

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DARIO KLEIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Beatriz Giloz sits in a park with a close friend, drinking Uruguayan mate trying to enjoy what's left of her life. But her mind and her hope have long been elsewhere.

Fixed on the Uruguayan Parliament, where the Senate finally passed the law that could change her fate.

KLEIN: She says she's having a lot of peace in her, and that she's very thankful for the lawmakers that are voting this law.

KLEIN (voice-over): Beatriz has ALS, a degenerative disease that has gradually weakened and paralyzed her body.

KLEIN: Two decades ago, the doctors told her she wouldn't make it past 2010, but she's still here.

KLEIN (voice-over): She says her grandchildren are the most important thing to her, and that the worst thing about her illness is that she could never hold them.

KLEIN: She doesn't want to talk about her family or her two grandchildren she has, because she would cry.

KLEIN (voice-over): Also her family and friends are important.

KLEIN: She says that the friends, all the very important friends she has, like Eduardo, is what ties her up to life, but sometimes that's not enough.

KLEIN (voice-over): And that sometimes, her pain is unbearable.

That's why she has been present throughout the entire process of debate and legislative voting on the so-called dignified death law.

And now she says that her and her alone, with her conscience, will make the decision. A decision that Eduardo's mother could never make.

No, she didn't have that choice, and that's why I'm so in favor of the law, because she suffered so much, because she would have wanted it, I'm sure. Because there came a point when her life was truly unbearable, Eduardo says. Beatriz listens and nods, and that's all she's asking for, that her country and its law give her the right to choose her farewell.

She's not afraid of what comes after life, she says. Because she's more afraid of life before death.

Dario Klein, CNN, Montevideo.

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CHURCH: Canada is another country with laws concerning what medical experts call medical assistance in dying, or MAID for short. The already intricate process of receiving approval has been made even more strict, with changes to the legislation in recent years.

One of the most recent exclusions for eligibility is for "persons suffering solely from a mental illness," according to the Canadian government website. That exclusion is set to last until mid-March 2027 to allow more training.

[03:35:06] Laws have also been updated to add new safeguards in an effort to prevent abuse of the service.

Joining me now is Dr. Stephanie Green, president and co-founder of the Canadian Association of Medical Assistants in Dying Assessors and Providers. I appreciate you joining us.

DR. STEPHANIE GREEN, PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF MAID ASSESSORS AND PROVIDERS: Thanks for having me.

CHURCH: So, it has been nearly a decade since medically assisted dying was legalized in Canada. What were some of the major challenges faced by doctors and patients initially and how does that process work today when it comes to eligibility and access to the required drugs?

GREEN: Well, it's a pretty rigorous process that's involved. So, I think there was some concern originally about whether physicians would know exactly what to do and how to interpret the law.

There's a number of eligibility criteria that must be met. On top of that, there's a number of extra procedural safeguards that need to be satisfied. It's quite a rigorous model.

There was concern about how physicians would feel about doing the work. There was concern about whether we would have enough infrastructure in place to support the process as a whole. But I think we've had quite a bit of evolution in the past nine years and it's working quite well.

CHURCH: And how do doctors across Canada feel about providing this assistance to patients and what lessons have been learned in Canada that might be useful for Uruguay as that country implements a similar program?

GREEN: Well, as you mentioned, it's been almost a decade we've been doing this and obviously it's quite intense. The work is quite intense. It's quite emotional.

I think there was concern at the beginning about whether we would be comfortable doing this work. But the truth is, to be invited into this unique time with patients, to be invited into this time with patients, is really a time when they're suffering. It's a time when they're dying.

And what we've learned is that this is quite privileged work. There's little doubt that the most common sentiment that I come across while doing this work is gratitude. Gratitude to patients, gratitude from their families and loved ones, gratitude for having the possibility of an assisted death, gratitude for having an open and honest conversation about what the true end-of-life options are.

When I tell someone, after they've had a rigorous eligibility assessment, if I tell someone that they're eligible for care, what I see is this powerful transformation happens. Patients, they physically relax in front of me and they often smile and thank me for this opportunity. But they immediately stop worrying about how they're going to die, which is really all they've been worried about.

And they start thinking about how they're going to spend the time that they do have left. They literally start thinking about how they're going to live that time and that's very powerful for patients. We found the work to be very meaningful.

CHURCH: And Doctor, according to data, Canada is seeing a rising number of people receiving this assistance. What's driving up those numbers and what does that indicate to you?

GREEN: Well, I think that this is not really anything of great surprise to us. When something is new, when people don't know a lot about it, when there's few clinicians involved, when there's minimal infrastructure in place, we see small numbers of people taking advantage of this option.

Of course, that changes over time quite quickly. Over the first few years, we saw a steady increase in the number of people requesting and receiving aid, we're still seeing that.

But what we are seeing now is a decrease in the rate of rise of what's happening. So I think, you know, this is an expected rise that we're seeing.

When we compare ourselves to other countries where this has been legal for many other years, like our European colleagues, we're still not at that level. Last year, the most recent year we have data was 2023. And in that year, 4.7 percent of all deaths in Canada were attributed to an assisted death.

In the Netherlands, which is a very similar program to ours, they have 20 years of experience, and their most recent data shows 5.8 percent of their annual deaths. So I think nine years in, we're exactly where we thought we'd be, and there's really no surprise there.

CHURCH: And overall, Doctor, how do the people of Canada feel about legalized assisted dying?

GREEN: Well, I think it's fair to say that the strong majority of Canadians have embraced having this choice. The national polls we've conducted have consistently shown that over 80 percent of the Canadian public supports the opportunity to have made, are made laws, are strongly supported. These polls have been taken from before our law changed, when we had strong support, they were taken and showing the same results in the first few years after the law was changed.

And they've been showing the same strength every year since then, almost annually.

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What's interesting, I think, is that Canada is a fairly secular society, but we're seeing this level of support also found in people who self-identify as religious. So I'd say Canadians have embraced this opportunity.

CHURCH: Doctor Stephanie Green, thank you so much for joining us. I appreciate it.

GREEN: Thank you.

CHURCH: We turn now to India, where a police investigation is underway after a baby girl was found buried alive in a village in the northern part of the country. One of the possible motives under investigation, she was left to die because of her gender, making her another victim in a nation grappling with a deep-seated preference for sons. CNN's Hanako Montgomery reports.

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HANAKO MONTGOMERY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Her hand was the first thing farmer Shambabu saw poking through the dirt. A baby girl, around 15 days old, was buried alive here.

CNN has chosen not to show the mobile phone footage taken by locals the moment she was pulled from the ground. But this is the scene in north India's Shahjahanpur district of locals gathering to help.

It's a girl, they shout, after hearing her soft cries. They gently remove the soil and hand her to a policeman, who places her in a female villager's arms before she's rushed to hospital.

SHYAM BABU, MAN WHO FOUND PARI (through translator): When I saw the scarf, a child's hand sticking out of the dirt caught my eye. I went closer and saw its fingers were moving and could sense a heartbeat. Her head, some of which was visible, was also moving.

I was terrified, and thinking about how someone could bury a child alive, I felt very sad and began to cry.

MONTGOMERY (through translator): Babu says he ran for help, afraid he'd be falsely implicated if he touched the child himself. Police are investigating multiple theories for the motive, like her parents mistaking her for dead or far grimmer theories, rejecting her for syndactyly, a birth defect where two or more fingers or toes are joined together. There's another theory, too, that they didn't want a baby girl, a reality of female infanticide in India and a deep-rooted social preference for boys.

As a search began for her parents, doctors treating her found she had a severe infection, respiratory distress, injuries and sepsis.

But they were hopeful about her recovery, even giving her a name, Pari, or Angel in Hindi. But just a day after CNN's team left, Pari died.

India has one of the worst gender imbalances in the world. In rural communities like Shahjahanpur, daughters are often seen as a burden. A 1994 law looked to curb female infanticides and sex-selective abortions by banning the disclosure of a baby's sex during ultrasounds.

SAPNA SINGH, SHAJAHANPUR RESIDENT (through translator): Earlier people would openly say they want boys, now they don't. They don't share anything with others, they do whatever they need to do within their four walls, they will just buy the medicines after getting to know if it is a boy or a girl. Whether the woman lives or not, it doesn't matter to the family.

MONTGOMERY (through translator): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to address this issue with his campaign, Save the Girl Child, Educate the Girl Child. It's a central focus of his government.

But Sarita Singh, one of the nurses caring for Pari, is skeptical over the change it could bring.

SARTA SINGH, SPECIAL NEWBORN CARE UNIT, SHAHJANAHPUR MEDICAL COLLEGE (through translator): No one is following it. It's just a catchphrase. Humanusi has been killed by burying this child in the ground.

MONTGOMERY (through translator): For Shyam Babu, the farmer who found Pari, the discovery still haunts him. He has two daughters of his own, and he and his family even considered raising Pari themselves.

BABU (through translator): My wife was very worried. She kept saying I should bring the baby home so we can look after her, that there would be no problem. I would work harder and raise her. We would not cause any sorrow to our children.

MONTGOMERY (through translator): After the news of Pari's death, CNN spoke to Babu again.

BABU (translated): I took her out of the dirt, but now she has returned to the soil. What do I do now? I was hoping to meet her.

MONTGOMERY (through translator): Pari won't be the last baby girl in India whose life ended far too soon, pulled from the earth only to return, an angel before her life could begin.

Hanako Montgomery, CNN.

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CHURCH: Still to come, a Facebook parent Meta shuts down a group that was being used to track federal immigration agents. Details on that and more in the business headlines coming up.

Plus, U.S. investigators release their final report on what caused the deadly Titan submersible disaster in the North Atlantic.

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CHURCH: Welcome back to CNN, this is your Business Breakout. A look now at the Asia-Pacific markets, which are mostly in positive territory, but investors have been jittery this week due to the trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

And these are the business headlines.

President Trump's retreat on electric vehicle development in the U.S. is a huge win for China, his number one economic rival. American automakers have pulled back on E.V. production, with General Motors reporting a $1.6 billion loss related to the pullback. Meanwhile, Chinese E.V. makers are making a huge push into global markets.

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Meta has removed a Facebook page that was being used to track U.S. immigration agents at the request of the U.S. Justice Department. Meta says the page violated its policies against, quote, coordinated harm. But users of the app say it's their First Amendment right to record and share what federal agents are doing in their neighborhoods as a safety tool for residents.

Smucker is suing Trader Joe's over its Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, saying the grocery chain's version is too similar to their Uncrustables. In the lawsuit filed Monday, Smucker says both the design of Trader Joe's PB&Js and the packaging violate its trademarks.

U.S. transportation investigators are blaming faulty engineering for the deadly Titan submersible implosion in 2023. It was crushed by underwater pressure on a voyage to the Titanic wreckage site, killing all five people on board. The final report says the vessel was not designed strong enough for such a deep dive and that the Titan's owner, OceanGate, did not test it properly.

The company later suspended its operations and went out of business. The investigators have recommended setting up a panel to study submersibles.

There's more to come on CNN, including a closer look at the haunting image that won the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. That story and more straight ahead.

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CHURCH: One of Eddie Van Halen's trademark red and white striped guitars is headlining an auction at Sotheby's in New York. The late rock and roll legend played the 1982 Kramer electric guitar in live concerts during his band's tours in 1982 and 83.

Sotheby's experts think the guitar will fetch between two and $3 million, with bids already jumping in. The rock and pop auction will also feature guitars played by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton. The auction runs until October 24th.

A picture of a rare hyena in front of an abandoned building in Namibia has won the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. It beat out more than 60,000 other entries. CNN's Patrick Cornell has more on the competition, plus what happened when a curious canine in North Carolina bit off more than he could chew.

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PATRICK CORNELL, CNN PRODUCER (voice-over): Get a gander at this haunting image of a brown hyena standing in front of an abandoned building in a former diamond mining town in Namibia. The prize-winning pick beat out more than 60,000 entries to claim the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award.

The annual contest celebrates the world's best in nature photography and wildlife photojournalism. Brown hyenas are so rare, organizers say it took the South African photographer a full decade to capture one on camera. The eerie photo shows how wildlife is reclaiming a ghost town after being abandoned by people.

This photo, titled "After the Destruction," took home the title for Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year, open to photographers age 17 and under. It shows a long-horned beetle in central Italy posing in front of abandoned logging machinery.

Award organizers also highlighted this picture of an orphaned giant anteater trailing its caregiver at a rehab center for the Impact Award, which recognizes conservation success stories. All winning photographs will be on exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London.

Here's a wild video of a domesticated animal in a bit of a pickle. The Chapel Hill Fire Department says the dog, Colton, got hold of a lithium-ion battery and gnawed on the thing until it burst into flames.

UNKNOWN: He bit into it and you can see he's surprised by it and then he's like, uh-oh, what did I do?

CORNELL (voice-over): They posted the video online to highlight the dangers of leaving those batteries unsecured.

UNKNOWN: When you're done charging them, you have to really pay attention and unplug them. You have to make sure you store them where they can't get broken or cracked or chewed on by a dog.

CORNELL (voice-over): Other than a bit of a scare, Colton is perfectly okay. The house only suffered some smoke damage and a burned rug.

I'm Patrick Cornell.

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CHURCH: Contemporary artists from more than 40 countries are showcasing their work in London through the end of the week. The Friis Art Fair in Regent's Park is in its 23rd year, featuring pieces from more than 160 galleries.

The fair's director says the popular event helps to highlight some newer artists who may become the, quote, "leading voices of tomorrow." Experts say the global art market fell by more than $57 billion last year, so the fair could literally make or break the next big artist or gallery.

I want to thank you so much for your company, I'm Rosemary Church. Have yourselves a wonderful day. "Amanpour" is next, then stay tuned for "Early Start" with Brian Abel, coming up at 5:00 a.m. in New York, 10:00 a.m. in London.

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