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Iran Says Talks With Oman On Strait of Hormuz Shipping Route "Progressing"; Mexican TikTok Influencer Shot Dead During Livestream; Russian "Black Widows" Allegedly Marrying Soldiers For Money; Police Fire Tear Gas at Imran Khan Supporters, Dozens Arrested; Ousted Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, Vows to Return and Seek Office Again; Oil Companies Report Record Profits Amid U.S.-Iran War; Pope Leo Returns to Assisi, Italy for Meeting at Youth Event; FIFA President Infantino Holds Crisis Talks Amid Calls to Resign; Garbage Piles Up in Havana Amid Fuel Shortages. Aired 2-3a ET
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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. I'm Rosemary Church.
Just ahead here on CNN NEWSROOM, the U.S. and Iran remain on different pages, but Gulf nations say they're close to reaching a deal on the Strait of Hormuz, we'll go live to Doha.
Plus, an investigation is underway in Mexico after a TikTok influencer was shot dead during a live stream.
And the world's biggest oil companies are making billions in profits despite the war. Why experts say it's time for them to pay up for fueling a global climate crisis.
ANNOUNCER: Live from Atlanta. This is CNN NEWSROOM with Rosemary Church.
CHURCH: Good to have you with us. Iran is pushing back on President Trump's claim that negotiations are underway. A senior Iranian official says there are no talks with the U.S. over the Strait of Hormuz and calls the claim false. Here's what the U.S. president is saying.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We were all set for the biggest attack since World War II, and they called me, and they said, please don't do it, let's talk. And then they don't. They said, we never said that. We are talking. Let's see what happens. But they respect us.
(END VIDEO CLIP) CHURCH: Iran is talking with Oman, and their ongoing negotiations have led to progress over the Strait of Hormuz. A senior Gulf official says there is a 50-50 chance Iran and Oman will reach a deal by Friday.
Iran says the two countries are close to finalizing a proposed framework. Iran's foreign ministry says they have now agreed on the geographical coordinates of a proposed safe shipping route for commercial vessels.
Meanwhile, inside Iran, the country's president says it is facing mounting pressure from the war and from sanctions, and describes the current period as the most difficult since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In an interview Wednesday, Masoud Pezeshkian said, "Sanctions existed and they increased. Then they sanctioned our banks and our financial operations. Not satisfied with this, they launched a war. Still dissatisfied, they tried to corner us."
The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are claiming they struck a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a ballistic missile. The militant group said the attack Wednesday was carried out successfully and it forced the vessel to change course and turn back. The claim could not be independently verified.
The Houthis say the operation was conducted as part of efforts to enforce a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia. There's been no comment yet from Saudi authorities.
Joining me now from Doha is Mehran Kamrava, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar. Appreciate you being with us.
MEHRAN KAMRAVA, PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IN QATAR: Thank you, Rosemary.
CHURCH: Of course. So, while Tehran rejects President Trump's claim that talks are underway with the U.S. Iran says progress is being made in negotiations with Oman over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz with a proposed framework apparently near completion. What's your reaction to this, and what do you expect that deal will look like?
KAMRAVA: Well, whatever deal is reached certainly will be in coordination with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The Omanis cannot afford to act alone, and there are reports that Qatar has been involved in the negotiations, at least in facilitating them. And so, this implies that the GCC countries are somehow on board.
Now, if there is an equitable deal, in the sense that the GCC countries don't feel that traffic through the Strait is unnecessarily hindered, or that if there is a fee or some sort of levy, it's not prohibitive. Then I think they are keen. The GCC countries are keen to ensure that tensions are reduced, and as you just mentioned, the Bab- el-Mandeb and the Red Sea are not necessarily alternative routes for the Saudis or for global shipping.
[##:05:10] So, there is keen determination to see that the Strait of Hormuz returns to some sort of normal traffic again.
CHURCH: Of course, I mean that is the critical waterway. But I did want to ask about the complication of the Houthis in Yemen. They say they targeted the Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden with a ballistic missile Wednesday, claiming they struck that vessel and forced it to turn back. So, that claim couldn't be independently verified, as we reported. But what's the role -- their role, in all of this?
KAMRAVA: Well, the Houthis can easily harass shipping, either in the Gulf of Aden or in the Red Sea and through the Bab-el-Mandeb, this does not necessarily take technological sophistication. You can certainly send speedboats or skiffs and harass ships, and that pushes up insurance rates and makes shipping companies or captains reluctant to go through the Strait of Hormuz.
So, the Houthis have played a very disruptive, but significant role in putting pressure on countries like Saudi Arabia and indirectly on the rest of the GCC.
CHURCH: The other part of this story is that Iran is also saying it has received messages from the United States expressing interest in renewing previous commitments, but Tehran says it hasn't decided whether to move forward with that. So, what do you make of that?
KAMRAVA: Well, the Iranians have a hard time trusting the United States because of what's happened in the past, and so what they want is some sort of tangible leverage on the United States. That if the U.S. renegs on any future agreement, they can use that leverage again.
Therefore, for example, they want to ensure that they have some sort of administrative control over the Strait of Hormuz, and so what we see is Iranians, as you just mentioned, Iranian economic predicament requires that this war end. But at the same time, they want to make sure that in a couple of months, or in a couple of weeks, the United States or Israel would not attack again.
CHURCH: And is it better that the United States isn't involved in those negotiations? That it is seen to be Iran and Oman that are that are doing this.
KAMRAVA: Well, it certainly makes it politically more palatable in Tehran and makes it easier for the Iranian negotiating team to sell this back to their constituents.
Nonetheless, I think it's reasonable to assume that the Omanis, certainly the Qataris, have been in close consultation with the United States, so that when the president says we're negotiating with Iran indirectly, perhaps what he is saying, he's not far off the mark.
CHURCH: Mehran Kamrava live in Doha, many thanks for joining us and sharing your perspective and analysis. Appreciate it.
KAMRAVA: Thank you, Rosemary. CHURCH: Of course. Well, sources say the talks between Israel and
Lebanon are expected to resume in the coming hours in Rome. But a Lebanese source says significant developments on the ground could still derail negotiations.
The talks ended early on Wednesday after Israel launched new strikes across the border. Lebanon says the strikes left one person dead and 12 others injured. The two countries are trying to advance their framework deal that aims to end hostilities in Lebanon, but Hezbollah opposes those talks.
The political clock is ticking here in the United States as Democrats are scrambling to get behind their new U.S. Senate nominee from Michigan ahead of the November midterms. Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed stunned the Democratic establishment, beating his more moderate opponent, Congresswoman Haley Stevens, in Tuesday's hotly contested primary.
More than 1.5 million votes were cast, and El-Sayed won by less than 15,000. He will face former House Republican Mike Rogers in November's Senate race. The big challenge now for El-Sayed is trying to get as much Democratic support as he can and mend the growing rift within the party.
President Trump was quick to attack El-Sayed after his win, posting on Truth Social, "Great news for the Republican Party." The president accused El-Sayed of hating Jews and Israel and mocked his party, saying the Dumocrats' crazy policies will only get worse. He made even bolder remarks in a speech in Las Vegas.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: And the polls were wrong again last night when they thought it would be a landslide victory for a hater of Jews and a hater of Israel, this guy hates Jews. Somebody said, oh, that's a little strong. No, he hates Jews and he hates Israel. Abdul El-Sayed, can you believe this? This could only happen to me.
Abdul El-Sayed, lovely gentleman, he's a man of hate, and now he's going around saying, no, I love everybody, I love. He doesn't love everybody. Put him in office. You're going to find out what he loves.
When I watch Abdul, he's full of (EXPLETIVES DELETED).
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CHURCH: Our Kevin Corke spoke with Abdul El-Sayed about his narrow win on Tuesday and how he plans to ensure a victory in November.
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KAITLAN COLLINS, CNN HOST: This seat is so critical for your party to win control of the Senate in Washington. We've heard some Democrats who are worried that you cannot defeat Mike Rogers come November. How do you plan to address those concerns from people in your own party?
ABDUL EL-SAYED (D), SENATORIAL NOMINEE OF MICHIGAN: We don't need worry, we need work. You know, we took on $70 million of outside spending and 11 to one funding gap, spending gap on the airwaves, and we took it on because we did the work. 12,000 people knocking nearly 10,000 doors a day. We started this campaign 15 months ago, having conversations in rooms of five or 50 people at a time.
And so, that's how we're going to beat Mike Rogers the old-fashioned way, brick by brick.
So, if you're worried right now, get to work. That's the work that we need to do. And I can tell you, on our campaign, we're going to be out there knocking doors, having those conversations that are what our democracy is about. But worrying and Democrats worrying is not going to solve the problem.
You heard Donald Trump at the top of this show. This is a guy who can't even focus on our affordability. He's more interested in saying my name in an interesting way or calling me a lovely gentleman than he is interested in actually solving our problems. We have to stand up to that, which means let's go get to work, let's go talk to our fellow Michiganders about who we are and who we want to be and what it takes to take on the most corrupt president in American history, and his lackey who licks every boot he possibly can of that man, Mike Rogers.
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CHURCH: Kaitlan also asked El-Sayed about his stance on U.S. funding for Israel, a topic he was candid about on the campaign trail. Here's more of their conversation.
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COLLINS: Can you clarify for us what your position is on funding for Israel if you do become a U.S. senator? Are you opposed to all funding for Israel, period, military funding?
EL-SAYED: I'm opposed to unconditional military aid for any country. That is Israel, yes, but that's also Egypt, where my family immigrated from. That's Pakistan. That's Saudi Arabia, that's UAE, and that's not because of a focus on what's happening anywhere, except for a focus what's happening here.
We've got communities in my state where the median income is $14,000, and I believe they have a right to their tax dollars.
I also believe in international law and upholding international law, and there are Leahy Laws against dealing arms to countries who are engaged in human rights abuses, and I don't want to fund a foreign military that does genocide, apartheid, or has taken us to a war we don't need to fight.
I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination for Jewish Israelis and Palestinians alike. I believe our responsibility, though more than anything else, is to use our tax money here in Michigan to provide healthcare in Michigan, in schools in Michigan, and roads in Michigan, rather than to send it to a foreign government that might use it in the form of bombs and tanks to destroy infrastructure in schools and hospitals there.
COLLINS: Some people might hear that and say, well, does he support, you know, funding defensive systems like the Iron Dome in Israel? Do you?
EL-SAYED: I don't believe that there's really a difference between offensive or defensive weapons, and I also don't believe it's my responsibility to buy defensive weapons for a foreign government when our kids are defenseless against schools that have been underfunded for a very, very long time.
My responsibility as the next senator from Michigan is children in Michigan, rather than thinking about what's in the interest of a foreign government.
COLLINS: OK, so that's a yes that you are against funding to things like the Iron Dome?
EL-SAYED: I am against it in large part because I just don't understand why anybody thinks it's the right thing to do to send our tax dollars abroad to fund foreign militaries when our own kids barely get to go to schools that are functional.
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CHURCH: A major security operation is underway in Mexico after a social media influencer was shot dead during a live stream. Cesar Gastelum was streaming outside a fast food restaurant on Tuesday when authorities say he was shot by two people on a motorcycle. Investigators are trying to figure out if the attack is related to social media posts referencing a criminal group. Mexico's president called it a tragic homicide and is demanding those responsible be arrested. CNN's Isabel Rosales reports.
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ISABEL ROSALES, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is 23- year-old Cesar Gastelum streaming live on the social media platform TikTok with two friends. They're all dressed as delivery drivers outside a fast food chain for what seems like a benign prank. Seconds later, this motorcycle stops near the group.
The shooting took place in Culiacan, the capital of Mexico's Sinaloa State. Authorities there say Gastelum was killed in the incident and that a large police operation is underway. Gastelum had nearly 600,000 followers on TikTok and was known mostly for his comedy videos. Fellow social media star Alejandro Fierro was one of the two friends with Gastelum when he was shot. He'd been posting on his own Instagram ahead of the live stream and was among the first to pay tribute to Gastelum. In a powerful message, he said he couldn't make sense of it and was heartbroken. Gastelum's case is not unique in Mexico. Little over a year ago, another influencer, Valeria Marquez, was also live streaming when a man entered her beauty salon, shooting and killing her live on social media moments later.
Authorities said at a press conference they believe her murder was possibly linked to Ramon Angel Alvarez, known as El R-1, who was arrested last week in an unrelated drug case. He's the leader of Los Rs, a criminal group linked to the Jalisco New Generation cartel. Mexico's attorney general's office said he has an attorney and has not been charged in connection with the murder.
It's unknown if the cartels are behind Gastelum's assassination. Multiple groups are extremely active in Sinaloa. The actual perpetrators and, if applicable, the mastermind must be arrested and the reason behind this tragic homicide must be uncovered.
Isabel Rosales, CNN.
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CHURCH: London's Metropolitan Police say a 47-year-old woman is in custody, suspected of stabbing four men in the city's famous Covent Garden shopping district on Wednesday. Investigators say they believe the stabbings were part of a mental health-related incident. Two victims were released from hospital. The other two remain under care with apparently non-life-threatening wounds.
Access to guns and other weapons is strictly controlled in the U.K., but knife crimes are a problem. U.K. officials recorded more than 48,000 such offenses in the 12 months leading up to this past March. Fewer than one percent of those were homicides.
Russia has lost an estimated 450,000 troops in Ukraine. Now there are allegations that some women are taking advantage of the situation, betting that soldiers won't return home. Our investigation into Russia's alleged black widows is just ahead.
Plus, the Greek government is offering to help residents rebuild after a devastating wildfire ripped through a coastal town and destroys homes. We'll have that and more in just a moment.
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CHURCH: Residents in the Greek town of Porto Germeno are returning to find their homes destroyed by a wildfire. Authorities ordered evacuations as the fast-moving blaze approached. Once a lush coastal paradise, the village is now described by one resident as hell, charred walls, collapsed roofs, and debris are all that remain of many of the homes there. The government announced it would provide funding for the rebuilding efforts. Residents are picking up the pieces.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KATERINIA EFTHIMIOU, RESIDENT OF PORTO GERMENO, GREECE: I feel very very sad. It's the house that I grew up as a child. All my summers here with my grandmother, my aunt, and my parents, and I feel very, very angry. I feel those two things. I feel very, very sad and very, very angry because the life as we knew it in this beautiful, beautiful place, it's not going to be the same.
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CHURCH: Officials say hundreds of unaccompanied minors who arrived during last week's flood of migrants to Ceuta are still there, and local leaders now say the Spanish territory is seeking to transfer them to mainland Spain. Most of the 70,000 migrants who stormed across the border with Morocco last week have returned home.
But officials say unaccompanied migrants cannot be summarily deported. At least 72 of them died during the crossing, and some are still unaccounted for.
Ukraine's president is pleading with allies for more air defenses or at least new sanctions against Moscow. He spoke after more than two dozen Russian missiles hit the Kyiv region, but Ukraine was unable to shoot down a single one. At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded overnight into Wednesday.
Ukraine is facing a shortage of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors, which can shoot down some of Russia's most advanced missiles.
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Across the border, Russia's oil industry is facing more attacks from Ukrainian drones. You're looking at video of a new strike on a refinery about 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The regional governor called it the largest drone attack the area has ever seen, claiming that Russia shot down all 88 Ukrainian drones.
And in Russia, controversy is growing around so-called black widow scams. Women allegedly entering sham marriages with soldiers to claim death benefits if they're killed. CNN's Matthew Chance has that story.
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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The mass wedding of Russian soldiers before they're packed off to the front lines.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I want to shake your hand and thank you for not running away, for not being scared.
CHANCE (voice-over): But not all marriages offer love.
Russian military wives get thousands of dollars compensation if their husbands are killed in action. And officials say ruthless scammers dubbed Black Widows now tricking vulnerable recruits into wedlock.
The father of Maria from St. Petersburg died after being shot in Ukraine last year. She told me she only found out her dad had joined the army after he was killed, and only then did he had a new wife.
CHANCE: How did you feel when you found out that your dad had got married just days before he went off to war?
MARIA, DAUGHTER OF RUSSIAN SOLDIER (through translator): It felt unreal. When I was being issued the death certificate, they asked if he was married. I said no, but they told me he was. I never even managed to contact the woman. I simply didn't know what to say to her because I suspected it was a scam.
CHANCE (voice-over): It's just one suspected case in a growing number scandalizing Russia.
CHANCE: With the war in Ukraine now in its fifth year, and casualty rates at catastrophic highs, it's hard to imagine there are people out there marrying vulnerable men and encouraging them to join the military just so they might financially benefit if they're killed on the front lines. No wonder there's outrage across Russia at the spread of these Black Widow scams.
CHANCE (voice-over): There are numerous allegations of recruits honey trapped before dying on the front lines, even marrying on their deathbeds in hospital. This woman who married a soldier 10 days after meeting him, then posted images of herself with other men, was branded a black widow in the Russian media and denied compensation when her husband was killed before their divorce went through.
She denied any wrongdoing, saying the allegations had blackened her name.
But there's growing public anger at how cynical some Russians have become about the war, which the Kremlin calls its special military operation.
"If I want an apartment, where am I supposed to get the money?" the host of this podcast asks. "It's simple," the guest, who's a real estate agent, responds. "Find a man serving in the special military operation, and when he's killed, you get eight million rubles," she laughs.
The podcasters were prosecuted and forced to apologize, a rare intervention by the Russian courts.
Back in St. Petersburg, Maria takes us to the block where her dad's old apartment has now been sold off, convinced he was also scammed out of his home.
CHANCE: Do you know who the new owner is? How long, how many years did your dad live here? Five years. This is it. It's open.
CHANCE (voice-over): Behind the broken door.
MARIA: What's your name?
CHANCE (voice-over): The new occupants insist it was a legitimate sale and that they never even met the seller. It means the money and the widow, just like Maria's dad, are now long gone.
Matthew Chance, CNN, in St. Petersburg.
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CHURCH: The sons of jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan say they fear for their father's health. They claim authorities are preventing them, his doctors and his lawyers, from seeing him. Dozens of protesters were arrested in Pakistan as they rallied to mark the third anniversary of Khan's detention. Riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of activists gathered in the port city of Karachi on Wednesday. Some protesters threw stones at police. Others held banners featuring Khan's image and chanted anti-government slogans.
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Imran Khan is serving a 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges, which he denies. He's been in custody since August 5, 2023.
Well, two years after the mass uprising that led to her exile, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina is calling for a ban on her political party to be lifted, so she can return to her country and run for office again. She made the call on the second anniversary of her ouster. The country's war crimes court sentenced Hasina to death in absentia for allegedly ordering a deadly crackdown on student-led protests that ended her two decades as prime minister. Hasina denies the charges.
The world's largest oil companies are raking in billions of dollars. Just ahead, we will show you what they've made this year as the war with Iran drives oil prices higher.
Bruised but not beaten, FIFA's beleaguered president gets some powerful backing. We'll have details on that when we return.
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CHURCH: This is a live look at the shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and Oman close in on a deal to try to fully reopen the critical waterway. Marine traffic data shows at least 10 commercial ships passed through the Strait on Wednesday. Now, before the war, about 100 ships would cross the Strait of Hormuz on a daily basis.
Well, that shipping disruption has been pushing gas prices higher for consumers and oil companies are cashing in big-time. Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil exporter, reported a 33 percent surge in profit during the second quarter. And take a look at Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell, they're all raking in billions.
The Guardian reports major oil firms made more than $90 billion in three months as the war continued and the climate crisis fueled deadly heat waves. Now, for the first time a study published last September found that carbon emissions from the world's largest fossil fuel companies were directly linked to deadly periods of extreme heat. Joining me now from London is Patrick Galey, Fossil Fuels Lead Investigator at Global Witness. Thank you so much for joining us.
PATRICK GALEY, FOSSIL FUELS LEAD INVESTIGATOR, GLOBAL WITNESS: Thanks having me.
CHURCH: Of course. So eight of the world's biggest oil companies are making these massive profits off the U.S. war in Iran with data suggesting they amassed profits of more than $90 billion in just three months of the war. That is more than $700,000 every minute over the spring quarter as the Strait of Hormuz remained closed. So what is going on here?
GALEY: Well, apart from a brief period in 2022, which was the last fossil fuel crisis when Russia invaded Ukraine, and the E.U. and the U.S. had to try and rapidly work out ways of fueling their economy This is the most profitable period ever for the oil and gas giants. This is in 2026.
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, which everyone agreed, said we needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to attain a liberal future. This is basically because of surging prices due to instability from a war that was launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran. As most of your viewers will know, a lot of oil and gas goes through the Strait of Hormuz. Your graphic there just said that maritime traffic through the Strait is about one-tenth of the pre-war rate.
And so what we are seeing is oil is more scarce as a commodity and therefore, governments and buyers are willing to pay more for it. Now, this is a very good thing for the oil and gas sellers. It's not a great thing for everyone else in the world, literally, so this is wealth transfer. What we are seeing is high oil and gas prices that translates to higher energy costs for consumers across the U.K., the E.U. and the U.S.
And for people in the global minority, rich developed nations, that means a bit more fuel price pain, a little bit more each time they go to the pump to fill up on gas. It means they may have to provision more of their incomes to set aside some money to heat their homes in the winter. It's very, very uncomfortable.
For the rest of the world, it is disastrous.
CHURCH: Right.
GALEY: It means power cuts. It means rationing food shortages. It means malnutrition. And so we are seeing the money of people who can least afford it going to executives, oil firms. That is what's happening. It is wealth transfer.
CHURCH: And of course, the world's eight biggest oil companies are making these massive profits while fueling a climate crisis as well with many countries facing heat waves and deadly fires. We've been reporting on them. And that that is reigniting calls for these companies to pay for environmental damages and fund a transition to renewable energy. Is that what needs to happen?
GALEY: We believe so. We are constantly told that reaching Net Zero or de-carbonizing our economy, what science says is needed for us to sustain the global economy beyond 2050 in a way that is equitable, healthy and yeah, sustainable. We need to get off oil and gas.
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The science could not be clearer. There's no longer much debate among policymakers in the U.S. and also in the U.K. where I currently am. There is a sort of nascent resurgence of denial. But look at the pictures you're seeing on your screen right here. You may not believe in climate change, but you're still bound by its laws. If your house burns down, does it really matter whether you think it's real or not?
We're in the teeth of a climate collapse, and we're constantly told that it's too expensive to reach Net Zero, that the infrastructure we need to electrify everything, to get off oil and gas and go to more renewables, is going to cost trillions. I'm not going to sit here and say that it's easy and can happen overnight. But what I will say is, look how much money the oil and gas companies are making, $700,000 every minute or hour, $90 billion in three months.
This is pure profit. This is after they've paid tax, remember. So there is a magic money tree, and it exists in the fossil fuel organizations and industry's profits. It's up to lawmakers to tap into that because, ultimately, we can have a short-term profit bonanza to the oil and gas companies. I'm sure they're all saying on their investors' calls how great it's been, how they've been resilient and managed to weather this very tricky period.
Well, it's been a very tricky period for people who've lost their homes. It's been a tricky period for people who are going to starve because of crop failures. This is a global crisis. It is not going to be confined to the sanctities of a board meeting. It's coming for everyone. And either we tax the fossil fuel industry and make them pay for the damage that they are accelerating, or we all lose, all of us, including them.
Because if people think it's too costly to react to the climate crisis, I am here to say you haven't seen anything yet when it comes to doing nothing.
CHURCH: So on that, who's going to make this happen with so many nations making big profits along with these big oil companies?
GALEY: It is an international concern. You're quite right. And therefore, it is a little bit difficult. We've seen multilateral processes such as the U.N.-led Climate Change Convention achieve certain goals over the years. As I started by saying, we're 10 years on from the Paris Agreement, which was a landmark at its time. All the countries in the world came together and said, yes, this is an emergency. This requires a kind of wartime footing for everyone to pull together. It needs the funding, the organization, the attention, and the sustained intervention to face off what is humanity's greatest crisis. In the years since, and this is led by a number of nations, including the U.S. and the current Trump administration, we've seen a concerted effort to try and dismantle, to row back, to delay, to pretend that it's something that we can kick down the road, that we can intervene in, in a few years.
We're in 2026 and the world is on fire. It is going to be really, really hard to get countries to agree to tax international corporations fairly. And they are extremely good. And they have a lot of very highly paid people who can move their profits around, and they avoid tax. There is various multilateral regimes that seek to redress that. There's a U.N.-led international taxation regime that's trying to get established.
But really, it comes down to lawmakers, and therefore, it comes down to voters. We need to insist that there is money here. It's going to the pockets of fossil fuel executives. It can be redistributed, and it can be made to help.
CHURCH: All right, let's see if that happens. Patrick Galey in London, many thanks for joining us.
GALEY: Thank you.
CHURCH: All right, I want to go to these live pictures now of Pope Leo as he returns to Assisi, Italy for the second time. The Pontiff is there to meet with young people, taking part in the closing of the international " Go! Franciscan Youth Meeting." Great pictures there.
Well, FIFA's president is fighting to stay in power after scrapping that massively controversial plan to sell private stakes in future World Cups. Well, on Wednesday, Gianni Infantino got a huge show of support from other FIFA leaders during crisis meetings, and they issued a statement saying they intend to restore trust in the organization and proceed in a more transparent manner.
Many on the outside remain furious. In an op-ed published in "The Daily Mail" and obtained by CNN, Portuguese football legend, Luis Figo called Infantino's conduct "the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behavior I have ever witnessed," adding he should go now.
Here's World Sports Don Riddell.
DON RIDDELL, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR & CORRESPONDENT: Infantino is presenting this as a win despite this growing chorus of calls for him to step down.
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It sounds like he doesn't plan on going anywhere, and he will now continue through until this election in March. I mean, the last couple of weeks have just been quite extraordinary. Remember, going into the World Cup tournament, it was widely assumed that he would stroll this election in seven months time, giving him a fourth term as FIFA president.
But everything just turned on its head with that proposal, which was quickly scuppered when he realized just how opposition there was to it. And a statement or a part of the statement from FIFA certainly acknowledges that the whole thing was handled rather badly. This is an excerpt.
"It was agreed that it was not the intention for the FIFA Council and FIFA member associations to feel excluded from the process and that the process should have been handled differently." It was further acknowledged that errors were also made after the proposal was leaked to the media.
So an acknowledgement of sorts that this was not the way it should have gone. But when you remember what Figo said, which you've acknowledged and what many others feel within the game, I'm not sure they're going to be thrilled with this outcome of this meeting. I mean, Figo didn't pull any punches at all in that op-ed.
He referred to Infantino as a relic of the game. And he said, I could write 10,000 words about Gianni Infantino, but only three are the solution, "Infantino must go."
CHURCH: Much more coming up here on CNN. Do stay with us.
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CHURCH: Intense heat, power shortages, and routine blackouts were already making life unbearable for many in Cuba. Well, now the lack of fuel is causing yet another crisis. Streets piled high with garbage and not enough trucks to take it away.
Juan Carlos Lopez has more from Havana.
JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ, CNN EN ESPANOL U.S. POLITICAL DIRECTOR & ANCHOR: This is a regular street scene in the Miramar neighborhood in Havana. The beach is right over there, at least the ocean. But now, I'm going to show you what it's really like, and this is one of the consequences of the lack of fuel. The city of about two million people has to deal with this. Since there's not enough fuel to go around, trash accumulates on many corners.
It's not only the historic old Havana, it's neighborhoods like this one, and we've seen the trucks picking up the trash. We've seen the workers at night and at day trying to clean this up. But there's just so much that you'll find this anywhere you go in Havana.
This is one of the consequences of the lack of fuel. This is what the residents of the city have to put up with in the middle of this crisis. It's not only the rolling blackouts which bring a lack of water, but then also, the smell on the side of trash on many of the corners of the city. CHURCH: With the mercury soaring across parts of Europe this summer, some professionals are wondering, can I possibly wear shorts to the office? A check on the modern rules of fashion. We'll take a look at that after the break.
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CHURCH: Well, the United Kingdom is expected to see a return to daytime highs of around 30-degrees plus Celsius next week and that's raising the question, is it appropriate to wear shorts to the office? Our Anna Stewart hit the streets of London to find out.
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ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Something's got the city hot and bothered.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I feel strongly that that should be allowed.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That just feels a bit odd, a bit unprofessional.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Absolutely.
STEWART: Yeah?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, why not?
STEWART (voice-over): In a heat wave, is it appropriate to wear shorts in the office? There's one way to find out.
Welcome to the CNN Catwalk where the commuters are the models and the judging is ruthless.
STEWART: Tailored shorts, I think this works for the office.
DANIEL JOHNSON, PERSONAL STYLIST: We're going to disagree all day.
STEWART (voice-over): Daniel Johnson is a stylist specializing in menswear. Next up, we have Hayden (ph), thankfully only sightseeing today.
JOHNSON: A little too short for the office.
STEWART: Hayden (ph), not for the office. STEWART (voice-over): Hubert (ph) gets a big thumbs up for his Gordon Gekko style, but is he suffering in trousers and socks?
STEWART: Hubert (ph) says he is too hot.
JOHNSON: It's going to be the case for anyone in this heat, is it not?
STEWART: But you'd rather he suffered.
STEWART (voice-over): For this stylist the rules are quite simple.
JOHNSON: No shorts whatsoever. Hundred percent.
STEWART: What if they're tailored?
JOHNSON: Not even if they're tailored, I'm afraid. Legs are not for the office.
STEWART: OK, how about should you show your toes, or not?
JOHNSON: Not at all.
STEWART: Never show your toes?
JOHNSON: Never show your toes.
STEWART (voice-over): Fashion is subjective and on London's famous Savile Row, hemlines are rising.
DOMINIC GARNER, STORE MANAGER, CAD & THE DANDY: Something like this. This is sort of a mid-thigh kind of short, slightly higher waisted with a pleat.
STEWART (voice-over): At Cad & Dandy, short sales are up 200 percent compared to last year.
STEWART: Does it matter how short the shorts are in terms of the workplace?
GARNER: I think so, yes. I think there comes a point you don't want something that looks like, you know, your dad would wear, you know, on a weekend, sort of below the knee, but at the same time too short is too short.
STEWART: What are the rules for women?
GARNER: I think the general sort of rule of thumb is something elegant, something discreet, something tailored. I'd say as much so for women as for men, something that doesn't come up too, too high in the leg.
STEWART (voice-over): But even here a line is drawn for feet.
STEWART: Should you ever show your toes?
GARNER: I'd probably saying no.
STEWART: Well, the verdict is in. It is a yes for tailored shorts, but no for toes. With temperatures like these, more and more city workers are taking short positions.
Anna Stewart, CNN, Savile Row, London.
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CHURCH: Big no for toes.
Thanks so much for your company this hour. I'm Rosemary Church. "CNN Newsroom" with Polo Sandoval is next, after a short break. Stay with us
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