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At Least 10 Large Fires Burning Across Washington; Emergency Alerts Issued for Wildfire Risk Across Greece; Idaho Officials: "Multiple" People Killed in Shooting; U.S. Strikes in Iran Canceled for Now; Trump Democrats Face Split Between Progressives and Moderates; Gaza: Strike Near Hospital Destroyed Two Medical Warehouses. Aired 4-5a ET

Aired August 02, 2026 - 04:00   ET

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SALMA ABDELAZIZ, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us around the world and in the U.S. I'm Salma Abdelaziz in London.

Let's get into those headlines. President Trump says he is canceling planned strikes on Iran but there's a catch. We're going to have a live report for you with the details on those diplomatic efforts. And scenes like this are forcing residents in Washington State to flee their homes. We're going to have the latest on fast-moving wildfires. Plus, we'll look at a high-stakes Senate primary race and what it could say about the direction of the Democratic Party.

ANNOUNCER: Live from London, this is CNN Newsroom with Salma Abdelaziz.

ABDELAZIZ: New fires in Washington State have forced thousands of people to quickly evacuate from their homes. Firefighters are battling three fires in the county of Spokane with the largest being called the Old Trails fire. The Washington National Guard says it's sending units to help Spokane County.

As you can see here, numerous homes and entire neighborhoods have already been destroyed. About 3,000 acres have also burned in the region. That's about 1,200 hectares. Officials say about 4,000 buildings are currently threatened. However, aggressive measures are being taken to fight the fire.

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GUY GIFFORD, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: We do have a lot of air support coming in. We have over 13 aircraft up in the air helping support those on-the-ground firefighters.

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ABDELAZIZ: Just over 13,000 customers are without power now. The exact extent of damage won't be known until later this morning after the sun rises. There are at least 10 large fires that are burning across the State of Washington. Meteorologist Chris Warren explains how a powerful heat dome is increasing the risk of such wildfires while driving record-breaking temperatures.

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CHRIS WARREN, CNN METEOROLOGIST: The big story is in the West with the heat and the wildfire danger. See the hot temperatures well into the triple digits. Keep in mind, this is some of the hotter locations in the U.S. during the hottest time of the year. This is some significant, possibly record-breaking heat throughout parts of much of the West, especially in the Southwest and in Southern California.

We're watching some storms throughout the day across much of the East, but it's the fire risk and the heat we're keeping a close eye on associated here with this heat dome. Now, north of that, a system is moving through. That's the wind that can help fan and fuel wildfires. Well, this intense heat made that much worse by this persisted area of high pressure. So, throughout the weekend, several record-high temperatures may be tied or broken throughout the western United States.

Here's the fire threat for Sunday. This now extends into parts of the Northern Plains and still remains Oregon. Now, the smoke, you're getting a little bit of relief where it's been just east of the Cascade Mountain Range. Breaks not going to last too long. These are huge wildfires that are burning, and when things start to calm down a little bit or cool down a little bit, we'll see that smoke settle back in throughout parts of the Columbia Basin and a lot of the valleys here and much of the eastern Oregon, the high desert.

Temperatures throughout the day are going to be into the 70s to the west of the Cascade, 70s and even some 80s east, but much more yellow showing up in the Pacific Northwest by Monday, and still, you can see baking in the southwest and even warmer west of the Cascades now in the Pacific Northwest.

So, it is the heart of summer and certainly feeling the heat, and it does remain dangerous heat throughout much of the southwest, and we're starting to see more of that, some moderate heat risk throughout parts of western Washington and western Oregon.

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ABDELAZIZ: In Europe, the ongoing wildfire danger has now reached Greece. Trucks are battling the flames. Three firefighters have died, and evacuations have been ordered in parts of some cities. Now, emergency alerts have also been issued in the regions of Attica and Evia.

In some places, farmers are helping firefighters using their tractors to plow fields and create fire breaks. Residents describe what it's been like for them.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): It doesn't matter that my house wasn't burned, my neighbor's houses were. It's the same.

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THANASIS, ATHENS RESIDENT (through translator): We can't keep living every summer with the fear that our homes will burn down or that our forest will be destroyed.

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ABDELAZIZ: In France, farmers are also helping firefighters. They're using their tractors and water tanks to help refill fire trucks in the mountain regions. This fire reignited on Friday and has already burned an additional 1,500 hectares. That's about 3,700 acres. High heat and strong winds are also contributing to these fires. Here's a look at the European forecast. Firefighters are hoping for calmer winds and lower temperatures to help them get control of those flames.

Officials say multiple people were killed and others wounded in a shooting in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon. Videos capture people running away in panic after a gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out restaurant. The shooting took place in one of the city of Twin Falls' busiest commercial areas. Police say the apparent gunman is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot. They're investigating whether other individuals could have been involved to calm residents down and find answers.

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MATTHEW HICKS, TWIN FALLS, IDAHO POLICE CHIEF: I can also reassure the community right now we believe that the threat to the community is over. The suspected shooter in this incident is deceased. He was nearby on the scene there. We are working to try to ascertain his identity and the motivations behind that. And we'll be able to figure that out in the coming days.

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ABDELAZIZ: Now, to the Middle East where the eminent U.S. attacks on Iran have been cancelled for now. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social saying that based on a request from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries, quote, "I have agreed for the future benefit of the world and likewise the survival of successful and prosperous Iran to cancel the attack subject to being able to rapidly make a deal."

President Trump's announcement comes after CNN learned that he and the Saudi Crown Prince spoke on Saturday. Sources tell you tell us Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed de-escalation after he learned about the plans for those new U.S. strikes. We're going to have more for you on that developing story throughout this hour.

In Moscow, police are investigating a deadly bomb blast at an upscale restaurant where what is described as a homemade device killed two people as well as the woman who is believed to have been carrying it in a package. Reports say 21 others were injured. A Russian business newspaper says the bomb was set off remotely. It was apparently intended to target guests at a private event at the restaurant. Now, there's no official word yet about who she is or what the motive might be and it's unclear if the woman detonated the device herself. Preliminary accounts indicate she may not have known the device was inside the package she held.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington will make a new push to put talks between Russia and Ukraine back on track. This is what the top U.S. diplomat told Fox News in a pre-recorded interview that aired just a few hours ago.

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MARCO RUBIO, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: You're going to see some efforts over the next few weeks to see if we can't restart talks between the two sides and bring this war to an end but we also understand that both sides have some pretty strong red lines, and until we can bring those red lines a little closer together, we're not going to be there yet but we're ready to go.

And the president's told his team if you see an opportunity to be a force that brings about some momentum behind peace talks let's do it.

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ABDELAZIZ: President Donald Trump had promised to end the war on day one of his presidency but despite his repeated efforts there's very little to show for it. Kyiv is now recovering from a second back-to- back strike in two days which left at least nine people dead and 30 wounded on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said Moscow feels emboldened to carry out such strikes because Ukraine is facing a shortage of U.S. Patriot missile interceptors.

Now, to Michigan heads to the polls this week for primary elections two very different candidates are seeking the Democratic Senate nomination we're going to take a look at what that race indicates about the party's direction plus the latest chapter in the reflecting pool saga Trump rejects the DOJ's admission the repair was botched and criminal charges should be dropped.

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ABDELAZIZ: President Trump is doubling down on his push to get acting attorney general, Todd Blanche permanently confirmed by the Senate. As part of that effort, he's trying to revive $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund. The controversial program would offer taxpayer money to people claiming they were targeted by the federal government, including those involved in the January 6th riots at the U.S. Capitol.

Blanche himself has previously said the fund is dead, but the Justice Department has yet to put that into writing. Republican Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis opposed the possibility that the anti- weaponization fund would reward lawbreakers, and they've signaled they'll withhold their critical votes for Blanche's confirmation until there is written assurance that the fund won't be resurrected.

President Trump argues both lawmakers are upset because neither received his endorsement for re-election. Trump says he'll keep Blanche as acting AG while getting the bill passed. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a meeting Tuesday for a potential vote on Blanche's nomination.

There are less than 100 days before the U.S. midterm elections, and some states are still holding primary votes that will determine their choices in November. Five states will hold primaries this Tuesday, among them the swing state of Michigan, where Representative Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed are competing to be the Democratic Senate nominee. The contest is also factoring into an ongoing debate between moderates and progressives.

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CNN's Donie O'Sullivan got perspective from those two different sides.

DONIE O'SULLIVAN, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Hey. There's a major fight happening in the Democratic Party right now, really about how far left the party should go. We've been following this throughout the primaries, and of course there is a critical Democratic primary happening in Michigan on Tuesday.

But we spoke to two people, one Democratic Party veteran, a legend in the party, James Carville, who very much says that Democrats need to stick to the center, and Hassan Piker, who is a streamer and Democratic socialist activist, who says the party needs to move to the left. Here's what they had to say.

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HASAN PIKER, U.S. INTERNET PERSONALITY AND DSA ACTIVIST: I think these guys have failed so publicly and so spectacularly that it has caused people to seek out alternatives.

JAMES CARVILLE, U.S. POLITICAL CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR: I see challenges from the, quote, "progressive left," unquote, and these people are too hot-headed to know that they're not popular. People don't like them. They don't win elections. They never run against Republicans. They just run against other Democrats. And their only message is, we're going to blow everything up.

O'SULLIVAN: James Carville says, this is all going to implode at the general election.

PIKER: Yes, as opposed to previous neoliberal Democratic candidacies that have been spectacular successes so far. Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016 and Kamala Harris in 2024. There are a lot of people who are just like, this is not working. The cost-of-living crisis is completely out of control. Democrats haven't done anything about it. Republicans haven't done anything about it. There has to be a different alternative.

CARVILLE: I have one simple philosophy about politics. Winning is everything stupid.

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O'SULLIVAN: So, as you hear, there are two very different visions for the party. The debate, of course, being which strategy, what type of candidate will ultimately win a general election, both in November at the midterms, but also, of course, crucially, at the 2028 presidential election. Back to you.

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ABDELAZIZ: Donie's full report, "The Whole Story: The Left Insurgency," premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 5:00 p.m. Pacific. You can also find it the next day on the CNN app.

Joining me now is Natasha Lindstaedt. She is a professor of government at the University of Essex and comes to us from Colchester, England. Good morning to you, first of all, Natasha.

This is such a fascinating race. You have the progressive Abdul Sayed against the more moderate Haley Stevens, of course, and it's being seen as a referendum on who, what will define the future of the Democratic Party. What are we learning from this contest about that battle for the heart of the party?

NATASHA LINDSTAEDT, PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX: I mean, that's a really good question. I think we see these types of battles happening not just in the Democratic Party, but also in the Republican Party. And I think both reveal that there is a lot of angst.

And if the Democrats really want to have a good strategy, they shouldn't focus on the labels. They should focus on the core issues that really motivate voters. And this is affordability and this is a bugbear for Trump. He knows that this is not something that he's doing well on. And if they focus on affordable housing, affordable groceries, affordable health care, affordable gas, then that's going to be the topics that Americans care about. A recent CNN poll showed that 75 percent of Americans don't think that Trump is focusing on the right things.

And so, if the Democrats want a good strategy, they need to avoid the labels, avoid the infighting. The tent is big enough that where they can all be focusing on these issues that Americans care about, you know, and also, they need to, to some extent, meet their constituencies where they're at. So, there could be a more progressive candidate like Mamdani that's going to win in the mayor for New York.

At the state level, it's going to be more challenging for a really progressive candidate to win in Michigan. You could see that in the last election, Trump won that by one point four percent. Michigan tends to be the bellwether for the rest of the country.

And if you look at just Elissa Slotkin, the Democratic senator of Michigan, she won by only 22,000 votes. She's a moderate and she just barely beat out Mike Rogers, who's likely who's going to be the competition on the Republican side. So, it's challenging for the Democrats, but they have to focus on the issues, avoid the labels. And they do need to represent the constituencies that they're running for.

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ABDELAZIZ: I love the argument you made there because we are so often just hearing the labels, right, progressive, democratic, socialist, moderate, but you're saying they need to focus on the issues and they need to make voters feel like they're being hurt. You said affordability is number one, so give me the two alternative visions here, both in Michigan, but really across the country, as to what these sides are offering in terms of how they are addressing those issues to voters.

LINDSTAEDT: Well, so the more progressive side is focusing on things like Medicare for All, and so that would be a much more expansive healthcare system. They might be also focusing on some of the aspects of the Green New Deal that called for a more aggressive fight against climate change, lowering the cost of going to university, offering much more extensive daycare support, and just offering more affordable housing. So, that's going to require much tougher taxes, much higher taxes, and this vision is in line with those like Bernie Sanders, who was very, very popular when he was running for president with some of Trump voters as well. And the moderates are arguing for just more watered-down versions of that.

So, you see, these are two very different visions. What the moderates are going to say is that all these progressive visions are not going to have a chance of getting passed in Congress, that they have a better chance of working with Republicans, and that it's just not pragmatic. But I think in terms of the election that they are running for these elections, they can still, both the progressive camp and the more moderate camp, focus on all these same issues.

ABDELAZIZ: And I want to pull up this result from a new CNN poll, and it found that one-third, roughly one-third of Democrats now identify as democratic socialists. And when you're talking about those competing visions, it is clearly younger voters that are being persuaded by that vision from the democratic socialists from the more progressive side.

Does that number look to you, 33 percent, about a third of the party, is that actually going to shift the party, going to make a change, or are they still just a vocal minority right now?

LINDSTAEDT: I mean, I think it will draw the attention of the Democrats that they want the party, the younger people in particular, want the party to move more to the left. But the issue is the Democrats have to do a much better job of getting the vote out. And this is something that they could learn, at least from Trump, that he's able to mobilize his base and get them to vote, particularly when he's running for president, less so in the midterms.

And I would think that the Democrats are going to be much more fired up in the midterms. And if they have this progressive wing, they've got to ensure that they come out to vote. And we see just even in the Michigan primary, El-Sayed has most of his support from young voters who are really feeling disenfranchised and frustrated. But young voters typically don't vote as much as older voters do. As more experienced voters do, they tend to be more likely to protest.

So, Democrats have to do a much better job of getting people registered to vote and making sure they turn up at the polls.

ABDELAZIZ: Natasha Lindstaedt there with that perspective. Stop focusing on the labels, start focusing on the issues. Thank you so much.

President Trump is rejecting the Justice Department's abrupt U-turn, now finding that the renovation of the Washington Reflecting Pool was shoddy and not due. The Justice Department said that $14 million refit was, quote, "touched. District of Columbia attorney Jeanine Pirro also dropped vandalism charges against former Olympian David Hearn. But Trump blasted Pirro, saying he disagreed 100 percent, didn't know what she was thinking and that the damage was, quote, "a pure case of vandalism."

Hearn had pleaded not guilty to causing damage, saying he simply touched material that had already detached from the pool. He faced up to 10 years imprisonment if convicted. Now, the DOJ is laying the blame at the feet of the U.S. Interior Department, saying it withheld information that would have shown the repair was mishandled. But the Interior Department said it provided the U.S. attorney's office with every piece of evidence of vandalism it asked for.

More coverage and analysis of our top story just ahead. How Iranians are reacting to President Trump's latest announcement of U.S. negotiators will fare against government hardliners.

And the World Health Organization is tracking a historic surge in Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We're going to have the details for you after the break.

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ABDELAZIZ: Welcome back to CNN Newsroom. I'm Salma Abdelaziz in London.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is canceling a planned attack on Iran, quote, "subject to being able-bodied. To rapidly make a deal.

President Trump's announcement comes after he spoke with the Saudi Crown Prince on Saturday. Sources tell CNN Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed de-escalation efforts and expressed concerns about the plans for new U.S. strikes on Iran.

Joining us live now from Berlin is Ali Fathollah-Nejad. He is the founder and director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order. Good morning, first of all, to you. Thank you so much for joining us.

I think when we have these headlines about President Trump pulled back, of course, from this threat, we so rarely get an unfiltered view of how that is being perceived by the regime and its various factions. Can I begin by asking you that?

ALI FATHOLLAH-NEJAD, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST AND GLOBAL ORDER: Well, I think this back-paddling by Trump is seen by the Islamic Republic as a vindication that their massive counter- escalation threats to -- has been successful and has put the United States in a corner. I can just recall that Trump has threatened to escalate military action against Iran by massively targeting civilian and energy infrastructure.

And Tehran, in return, has also announced that it will target the oil, gas, and power plants of not only the GCC, but also potentially Israel.

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So, Trump announced that it will target the oil, gas, and power plants of not only the GCC, but also potentially Israel. And then maybe there were some limitations in terms of the United States' military capability to defend the GCC, but also Israel.

ABDELAZIZ: And when you say it's vindication, it is obviously a vindication of the more hardline voices in government. And this conflict has, of course, significantly weakened any moderate voices left in the Islamic Republic. Can you see any incentive right now to negotiate, to build a deal with Trump, or is the regime's thinking simply to wait it out?

FATHOLLAH-NEJAD: Well, first of all, the entire political elite in the Islamic Republic is basically different shades of hardliners. And we have competition and rivalry and infighting between two main camps within this broader hardline camp.

On one hand, the ultra-hardliners who want to see the continuation of confrontation and war with the United States, and who see this kind of Iranian escalatory and confrontational strategy to be very successful. And there are also pragmatic hardliners like Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who is the chief negotiator from the Iranian side, who is interested to codify what the entire elite views as Iran's victory in this war into some kind of a diplomatic settlement. And this latter camp also sees the economic costs from this confrontational strategy.

So, the bottom line is that there is no clear line within the Islamic Republic of Iran where things should go. When it comes to any kind of diplomatic solutions, I think two major issues here have to be discussed. One is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and there may be the possibility that there is some kind of recognition of some kind of Iranian authority, you know, that the Iranians would register, for instance, at least commercial vessels going through the Strait of Hormuz, and in return of the U.S. naval blockade against Iran to be lifted.

And the other major issue is the nuclear issue. And maybe, you know, a basis of a deal could be that some Iranian steps in terms of nuclear concessions are going to be reciprocated by the Americans in terms of releasing funds. So, this could be the outlines of a deal. But again, there is a lot of complications still ahead.

ABDELAZIZ: I love how you laid that out there. The two key points, of course, the Strait of Hormuz, the nuclear issue, a confrontational strategy until they're able to codify what Iran sees as a win. But we know that Arab mediators want to bring the temperature down, and they have continued to negotiate with Iran's mediators. What is their selling point? What do they sell to Tehran to get them to try to bring down that temperature?

FATHOLLAH-NEJAD: Well, there are different states within the GCC. We also have different strategies. So, some of them would be inclined to offer some kind of economic incentives or financial incentives to the Iranian side so that the Iranians do not attack them anymore. Others are assuming a mediating role between Iran and the United States.

But from the GCC's perspective, of course, this kind of war that I outlined at the outset would have been devastating. So, they know the costs of this war for their economic existence. But they're also very, you know, wary about these non-republics.

So, there are different -- and then we have also Saudi Arabia entering the picture now with the conflict against the Houthis in Yemen, who have been not only disrupting the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which is the other critical waterway in the Middle East, but they've also attacked Saudi shipping and also Saudi energy infrastructure. So, there is a lot of different calculations, you know, from within the GCC states as well.

ABDELAZIZ: Ali Fathollah-Nejad there on The View from the Islamic Republic after a major climb down from President Trump. Thank you so much.

The Israel Defense Forces says it destroyed several Hamas weapons depots in Gaza on Saturday. The attacks come just days after President Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire plan.

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The IDF alleges one storage target near a hospital was being used as a Hamas shelter. Gaza's health ministry says the strike destroyed two medical warehouses containing very vital supplies for local residents. The ministry's director general also says the attack devastated a nearby civilian displacement camp.

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FATIMA SHARAB, DISPLACED PALESTINIAN (through translator): The strike hit. Then we went back to the camp. There was no camp. This camp had safe tents with sick people and people in tragic conditions and so on, staying in the vicinity of the hospital and storage units for kidney dialysis patients.

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ABDELAZIZ: Spain has installed a floating barrier between Soweto, its North African territory, and Morocco. On Thursday and Friday, tens of thousands of migrants rushed to make the dangerous crossing, and at least 67 people died, most because of drowning. Spain now says the border crossing has stopped and that nearly all of the migrants have returned to Morocco. Many of those who left say they faced hunger and hostility from locals and no way to make a future in Europe.

But some hopeful migrants have remained in the tiny community. Some are reminding anti-immigration advocates in Europe that they are not seeking economic opportunities but fleeing deadly violence and war. One Sudanese refugee explains.

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MUJAHID AHMED, SUDANESE MIGRANT: I prefer to die here than to go back to my -- back step. I am not American. If they should return me, they should return me to my country. And this is the situation. Can you return the people to the country that which is having a conflict or crisis war? We are human.

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ABDELAZIZ: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has quickly grown to be the second largest in history. The World Health Organization is reporting over 3,500 confirmed cases since the surge was detected in mid-May. CNN's Jacqueline Howard has the details.

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JACQUELINE HOWARD, CNN HEALTH REPORTER (voice-over): The Ebola outbreak is taking a rapidly increasing toll on the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the past week, the number of deaths has risen from 1,000 to over 1,500, pushing the outbreak to the second largest ever recorded globally. And many officials are sounding alarms.

CARL SKAU, ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WFP: When it comes to response to Ebola, we really need a scale-up. We need to step up. I think all the strategies, all the lessons are here. All the elements are here in terms of the strategy. But it needs to be done four or five times more. And it needs to be done urgently.

HOWARD (voice-over): In May, the World Health Organization officially declared the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, marking the 17th significant outbreak in the country since the disease was first identified. According to the U.N., this year's outbreak is the fastest-growing ever. Cases have taken just weeks to reach high levels, when in previous outbreaks it took months or even years.

SKAU: To make a comparison, in the past two months, 1,000 people have died. That took eight months for 1,000 people to die in West Africa. So, that means that there is a fourfold in terms of the number of deaths in this short period of time. And I think that itself requires world attention.

HOWARD (voice-over): Officials say other crises in the area are hampering the response to the outbreak. There's widespread hunger and violence. The conflict in eastern DRC has displaced thousands of people. STEPHANE DUJARRIC, U.N. SPOKESPERSON: The fighting has disrupted supply routes, leading to a critical shortage of medical supplies needed to treat the injured. The renewed fighting is also having a negative impact on our operations, delaying planned humanitarian assessment in areas that are already hosting more than 200,000 displaced human beings.

HOWARD (voice-over): Most of the deaths are among people who never received care in a health care facility, driving up spread in the community when bodies are handled unsafely. It also leaves family caretakers most at risk of infection. To combat this, officials urge those with symptoms to seek professional medical care.

JULIEN HARENIS, U.N. SENIOR EBOLA COORDINATOR: So, there are ways to work on Ebola and for people to survive, but only if they come in quickly.

HOWARD (voice-over): Jacqueline Howard, CNN.

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ABDELAZIZ: Prediction markets are booming, allowing bets on anything from sports games to political outcomes ahead. We're going to take a look at a legal battle that may put the industry's future in jeopardy.

Plus, the fallout is mounting over the FIFA president's botched plan to bring private investment into the World Cup. That's next on CNN.

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ABDELAZIZ: The crash of a sightseeing plane in Peru has killed all 13 people aboard. Peruvian police say the plane was flying over the ancient Nazca Lines archaeological site when it crashed. The spot is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and very popular with tourists. Officials say they think the victims were Italian, but have not yet confirmed the nationalities of those on board. The plane crash happened one day after flights resumed, after having been temporarily suspended due to strong winds.

World-renowned mountain climber Nirmal Purja has been confirmed dead, following an avalanche in the Karakoram Range in Pakistan's northeast. The Nibelis mountaineer made history by setting records, traversing some of the world's tallest peaks. Purja was one of 10 climbers who were attempting to scale Broad Peak when an avalanche hit on Thursday, four others have been confirmed dead, including a U.S. citizen, an Omani climber and another Nepali mountaineer.

European football's governing body UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA president Gianni Infantino. It comes after the group spearheaded an open revolt against Infantino's disaster. A disastrous $20 billion proposal to sell private stakes in the World Cup and other tournaments. This challenge to his authority could not come at a worse time for Infantino. He's up for re-election in March of next year. CNN World Sports Patrick Snell has more for us. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PATRICK SNELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Well, on Saturday, European football's governing body, that's UEFA, declared it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino, heaping the pressure now on the embattled FIFA Supreme. Now it comes after FIFA, earlier in the day, announced it was dropping its hugely controversial plan to sell private stakes in the World Cup and other top tournaments as well.

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Now, in the early hours of Saturday morning, Infantino via a statement saying, having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objectives set out in the first place. Our purpose has always been, and will always be, to unite and improve. As a result, this proposal will not proceed.

And then, hours later, came the blistering response from UEFA, which remember, earlier in the week, had voted to boycott any future edition of the World Cup. The association saying, we cannot keep going on like this, with secret schemes on fast-track timescales, cooked up by faceless individuals, and of dubious benefit to the game. We must identify those responsible, and hold them to account. The shabby backroom, a big deal he hatched and tried to force through, was anything but transparent. This is a victory for the whole game. But it must not be the end of the story. The proposal has gone. The task of rebuilding trust in FIFA has only just begun.

And other confederations as well, namely CONCACAF and the AFC, have also welcomed FIFA's withdrawal to the proposal. We will, of course, stare across all the very latest for you on this. But for now, it's right back to you.

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ABDELAZIZ: New York has filed a lawsuit against the prediction market Kalshi. The state claims the company is running an unlicensed and illegal gambling operation. Kalshi denies any wrongdoing. The company is part of a very booming, but controversial industry that allows users to place bets on the outcomes of real-world events. CNN's Marshall Cohen has this report.

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MARSHALL COHEN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: We saw some major news from the state of New York, where officials there have filed a major lawsuit against the very popular prediction market Kalshi. They believe that Kalshi is operating illegally in the state as an unlicensed casino, and they want to shut it down. They are also asking for $36 billion in damages.

Let me read for you a quote from New York Attorney General Letitia James. She's the Democrat who filed this lawsuit. She said, quote, "New York's gambling laws protect children from underage betting and help combat gambling addiction. No matter what they call themselves, prediction markets like Kalshi are gambling platforms, plain and simple."

That's her view, and that's really the heart of this dispute. Are prediction sites like Polymarket and Kalshi and others gambling, or are they investing in financial markets? Currently, under federal law, they are classified as financial markets where you are trading derivatives like commodities that are regulated more like Wall Street as opposed to like casinos. And that's what Kalshi would like to see continue.

Here's how they responded to this lawsuit. This is from a spokesperson for the company. Quote, "It's sad to see this type of political theater from the leadership in our state. States can't just shut down a federally licensed exchange." They went on to say that, "this would just hurt New Yorkers who would be driven offshore."

Obviously, we will see how this litigation progresses, but this case in New York is just one of dozens of cases across the country about the future legality and the future of prediction markets.

There have been three states so far where judges have blocked prediction markets like Kalshi from operating. That would be Michigan, Nevada, and Washington State, but Kalshi has succeeded in other places just a few days ago. They defeated Minnesota's new statewide ban on prediction markets and convinced a federal judge to block that law from going into effect. A lot of thorny questions here, and a lot of the legal experts that I've spoken to said that they expect that this probably is a question that will have to be resolved by the Supreme Court, maybe next year.

One more thing for full disclosure, CNN has a partnership with Kalshi. We use its data to cover major events, but editorial employees at CNN are not permitted to trade on prediction markets.

Marshall Cohen, CNN, Washington.

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ABDELAZIZ: A court in Argentina has made a legal ruling that may have ripple effects. The plaintiffs, two goldfish rescued from a display in a sushi restaurant. We're going to have more on that very unusual story just ahead.

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ABDELAZIZ: Hamburg celebrated its annual Pride parade with a very clear message. Hate will not win. About 300,000 people attended the march on Saturday. This was just a week after a deadly extremist attack at Berlin's Pride event. Extra police were added in the German city, and there was a float from Berlin at the parade.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): The atmosphere is absolutely amazing. And why it's important for me to be here? Simply to show that we are louder, we are more beautiful, we are more colorful, and we are a community. We stick together no matter what happens.

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ABDELAZIZ: And in Amsterdam, hundreds of thousands of people watched a Pride-themed canal boat parade. The city was chosen for this year's World Pride event because it's marking 25 years since hosting the world's first legally recognized same-sex marriage.

A very unusual court ruling is making waves in Argentina. Two goldfish, Magui and Fede, have been recognized as sentient beings with legal rights. CNN's Cecilia Dominguez explains how the fish swam away from court with their victory.

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CECILIA DOMINGUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For Magui and Fede, life used to mean swimming in a small fish tank at a sushi restaurant. But a legal complaint changed their future, and now they have rights and a new place to call home.

MATIAS TRUFERO, LAWYER FOR JAULAS VACIAS SANCTUARY (through translator): Magui and Fede are two fish that we rescued following a legal complaint. They are two fish commonly known as goldfish.

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DOMINGUEZ (voice-over): Jaulas Vacias, in English, Empty Cages, a sanctuary that provides refuge to more than 200 rescued animals, filed the complaint, arguing that the fish's conditions violated Argentina's animal cruelty law. After an investigation, the court concluded that Magui and Fede are sentient beings with rights.

TRUFERO (through translator): Since I live near the place, I become aware of this display where the two fish were being kept in a storefront, inside a tiny vertical fish tank. After discussing it with fellow activists, we decided to file a complaint, joined the case as plaintiffs, obtained a search warrant, and ultimately a court ruling recognizing them as legal subject with rights. This put an end to the idea of treating them as ornamental objects. Instead, they are recognized as individuals with lives of their own to live.

The conditions the two fish were living were truly appalling. They were exposed to director sunlight, to people constantly walking by and tapping on the glass and apparently spent the entire day on display.

DOMINGUEZ (voice-over): The water has changed, so has the scenery. And for the first time in a long time, Magui and Fede have a home designed with their well-being in mind. Carlos welcomed them into his home, and into his aquarium.

CARLOS AGA, NEW OWNER OF MAGUI AND FEDE (through translator): I told them I had absolutely no problem taking them in because fish living under those conditions deserve a proper environment, one that respects the lives they have, not a cramped space where they're forced to exist almost like prisoners. They deserve enough room to swim freely, grow, and simply live in peace.

DOMINGUEZ (voice-over): Cecilia Dominguez, CNN, Buenos Aires.

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ABDELAZIZ: Thank you so much for watching. I'm Salma Abdelaziz. I'll be back with more news after a quick break.

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