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ELENI GIOKOS, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): I'm Eleni Giokos, live from Abu Dhabi. This is CONNECT THE WORLD.

Coming up this hour, thousands gather for a funeral in Jenin today after the Israeli military said its operation there has ended.

A wave of gun violence has shattered July 4th celebrations in the U.S.

The world has just set a new record for heat.

What does this mean for the future of the planet?

And King Charles is in Scotland to receive the crown jewels in a historical ceremony.

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GIOKOS: Well, the smoke has cleared and now the people of Jenin are burying their dead after Israel announced the end of its military operation

in the West Bank refugee camp. At least 12 people have been killed with scores more wounded.

Israel says it was targeting Palestinian terrorists and one of its soldiers was killed in this week's incursion. The U.N.'s expressing deep concern

over the violence. Just hours ago, the Israeli Defense Forces announced it had also conducted strikes in the Gaza Strip, in response to five rockets

launched toward Israeli territory today.

Now we have team coverage. CNN's Salma Abdelaziz is in Jenin and Hadas Gold is standing by in Jerusalem.

I would like to go to you, Salma, first. Tell me what you are seeing in Jenin. We understand the scale of destruction is quite significant.

SALMA ABDELAZIZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is massive, that is why I'm coming to my bird's-eye view, Eleni. First of all there is essentially no

infrastructure here, at no running water, no internet, no electricity. So my camera man's perched up on a balcony while I bring you this ground level

view of one of the main thoroughfares here in Jenin camp.

As you can see, it's completely torn up. Piles of rubble everywhere. The streets turned to mud and, for many families, many residents walking

around, this is the first glimpse they are getting of their own homes, that they are getting of their own neighborhoods.

Because they were forced to flee in the fighting. They were forced to flee when this massive incursion began. And I want you to get a sense of the

sheer force of that. Take a look at this vehicle, take a look at what has happened to this car.

You see those kinds of images, these vehicles, seems repeated all across this camp. We understand from the Palestinian Red Cross that some several

thousand people have now been made homeless by this Israeli raid.

What's even more extraordinary Eleni, I know you have those pictures to show our viewers, is that people still feel this is a place of defiance and

resistance. The streets earlier today were filled by thousands of people attending a funeral, a burial for those killed in Israel's raid.

Israel says that it was taking out a terror network, that it was dismantling weapon sites it was neutralizing terror sites, what they

called a terror hub here in Jenin. But the Palestinian armed factions you see, again, in that video, that you have seen marching through those

funerals saying they are resisting, fighting occupation.

And they will continue to do so, even though Israel says they reserve the right to come back anytime.

GIOKOS: Yes. Great to have you on the ground there, Salma. I would like to head to Hadas.

Hadas, we've seen some images coming through from Jenin. This incursion continued for more than 40 hours. This morning, we saw a strike on Gaza in

response to a missile attack, a rocket launch from that area. We saw what happened with the car ramming incident in Tel Aviv.

The IDF now saying that they conducted their objectives on the ground in Jenin. Take us through the big picture here.

HADAS GOLD, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I mean, the big picture is yes, this military operation, according to the IDF, is now over. They are

saying they have achieved that objective and they said that objective was to dismantle Jenin as what they called a safe haven for militants there.

They were saying they discovered dozens of weapons caches, hundreds of explosives, underground tunnels shafts and the like. And they cited Jenin

as a place where they said 50 shooting attacks --

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GOLD: -- against Israelis have taken place, just in the past year or so. The Israeli military said they had been planning this operation for some

time. This was something which was a last-minute decision.

And Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said yesterday this was not a one-off, saying, they will go back in if they feel that Jenin is once

again a safe haven for militants.

Regarding the casualty count, one Israeli soldier killed, 12 Palestinians killed, more than 100 injured. Now the Israeli military has told me that

they think all 12 of those killed are what they are calling combatants. They said no non-combatants were killed.

We are hearing from some of the militant groups claiming at least some of them as their fighters. Not all of them but some of them. I think what is

interesting -- also I should note the Israeli military is acknowledging civilians are among the more than 100 injured.

But what is interesting is what we are seeing from the funeral today. Two things I thought were interesting, from those images of the funerals. One

is the presence of the militants. The militants were out on the streets. They were masked but showing their flags. They had their weapons with them,

guns with them.

I think that is definitely a show of defiance, a message to the Israelis, saying, you tried to dismantle us but here we are, the day after, the day

that you guys withdrew from Jenin. Here we are, back out on the streets.

Another thing that was interesting from the funerals is that the Palestinian Authority officials were actually chased out of the funerals by

crowds, who were yelling at them, "out, out."

That is an indication of the anger at the Palestinian Authority. It shows you the Palestinian Authority does not seem to have much authority in

Jenin. The Israeli military, of course, is now going on a regular basis.

It goes to show you how Palestinians on the street feel about the situation right now. And that, of course, contributes to the reason why you are

seeing these militant groups rising up.

I don't think this is now over, the Israeli military operation might be over but the story of this ongoing violence, this cycle of violence of the

Israeli military raids, attacks on Israeli spy Palestinians, this is just going to continue.

The question will be, will continue in Jenin, will it continue across the rest of the occupied West Bank?

There will be a continuation to it in some form. Eleni.

GIOKOS: Good point. We actually have seen this cycle continuing, particularly when it comes to Jenin. As you say, it could, of course, spill

over into other areas as well. I want to go back to Salma.

Salma, it is really great to have you on the ground, giving us that perspective. I think the images that are striking today, this is what we

have seen yesterday, during the incursion, was that the streets were very quiet.

We had thousands of people who had to leave. And as you say, people are now coming back and picking up the pieces. I want you to give me a sense of the

mood right now and, as Hadas says, defiance perhaps from militants, even attending the funeral, really interesting to see all of these different

perspectives here.

ABDELAZIZ: Yes. And we were in the middle of those funerals that my colleague Hadas was talking about. We could pull those images back up for

you. She is absolutely right. You saw several Palestinian factions, flags up, proudly shooting celebratory gunfire in the air.

Some have claimed some of their dead, particularly the Jenin brigade claimed several as their own. I spoke to one father of one of the young men

who was killed in this Israeli raid.

He made no secret of it. He said, my son was a fighter, a member of the armed resistance and I am proud of him for that. He told me his son was

just 19 years old but that he had vowed, ever since he was a young kid, that he would do nothing but fight for the rights of his people, in his

father's words, to fight against the occupation.

Again, in his father's words. In the wider context here, it is important. When you look at Jenin camp, when you look at this damage and destruction,

you have to understand, before this Israeli raid happened, this was already one of the poorest, one of the most marginalized communities in the West

Bank, which is already a very marginalized place.

There is little hope, little future here. So for many of the young people, growing up in areas like this, subject to raids like this, you can

understand that resentment and anger that we saw today on the streets is only fueled further by these Israeli raids.

I don't think anyone here has any doubt the Israeli military will come back, will carry out another incursion at some next point. But what is

extraordinary is hearing from other people.

They still believed that standing up, the form of resistance that they saw, the funerals today where those Palestinian factions were still out in

force, shows they are unbowed, unbroken by the Israeli military despite the damage and destruction and havoc that you see.

GIOKOS: Salma Abdelaziz in Jenin for, us Hadas Gold in Jerusalem, thank you for your perspective.

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GIOKOS: Right, the rhetoric is ramping up around a possible attack on Europe's biggest powerful nuclear power facility. Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant.

This, the Kremlin said, is to compensate potential for sabotage by the Kyiv regime. It is quite high and warned of catastrophic consequences. Both Kyiv

and Moscow frequently accusing each other of plotting attacks on the plant.

President Zelenskyy sat down for a wide ranging, exclusive interview with CNN's Erin Burnett recently in Kyiv. He says the Russian president's

response to the Wagner mutiny led by Yevgeny Prigozhin was weak. I want you to take a listen.

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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): Half of Russia supported Prigozhin, half of Russia supported Putin. We know from

our intelligence reports that Kremlin was conducting all of those surveys; 18 or 19 regions of Russia firmly supported Prigozhin's actions; 21 regions

of Russia firmly supported Putin.

Some of the Russian regions were in the balancing in the meantime, without knowing for sure who to support. We all see this process that shows how

much of the Russian population is in serious doubt. All those stories that he controls everything, these are feeble stories now.

ERIN BURNETT, CNN ANCHOR: But you're saying half of the Russian regions did not support Putin, would support Prigozhin.

So does that mean there will be another challenge to Putin's power?

I mean, that's a dramatic split.

ZELENSKYY (through translator): I think that Putin will make an attempt to consolidate his society. He will make everything in order to break and

nullify the Wagnerites' fame and everything they were doing. He will be distancing himself from all that and will be communicating extensively in

order to unify the society.

His society is ununified (sic). Pay attention to this interesting example.

After all these events, where did Putin go?

I can tell you, he rarely comes out to the street. We see him in his offices, et cetera, but we never see him out and about.

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GIOKOS: You can watch more of Erin Burnett's exclusive interview with President Zelenskyy tonight on "ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT." It airs at midnight

in London.

So 12 years after the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan plans to start releasing wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. The head of the

U.N.'s nuclear agency visited the plant, with a message that any environmental damage would be negligible.

But critics worry that there could be more repercussions for years to come. CNN's Marc Stewart explains.

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MARC STEWART, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Even though Japan is moving forward to release the treated wastewater for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear

power plant sometime this summer, there are still some critics.

The reservations come from here in Japan. For example, fishermen worried about their reputation that in addition to skepticism across Asia and other

parts of the world. CNN traveled to the plant in April. There, we saw some of the facilities used to filter and dilute the water.

While there will be remnants of a radioactive element, known as tritium, it falls under the international standards according to the International

Atomic Energy Agency. Japan wants to gradually release more than 1 million metric tons of filtered water in the Pacific, part of the process to slowly

decommission the plant.

Still, not everyone is convinced this is the right thing to do, including the Chinese government. It is a topic which came up at a recent briefing at

its ministry of foreign affairs.

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MAO NING, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON (through translator): The report cannot greenlight the discharge as it cannot prove that ocean

discharge is the only option or the safest and most reliable option.

China once again urges Japan to, in a responsible attitude for the whole humanity and our future generations, stop pushing through the discharge

plan.

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M. STEWART: The IAEA will establish an office here in Japan to monitor the process, a task that could take years to complete -- Marc Stewart, CNN,

Tokyo.

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GIOKOS: I want to take you now to Scotland. Edinburgh is celebrating the coronation of King Charles, who has just been presented with the honors of

Scotland at a service of thanksgiving in St. Giles' Cathedral.

As you can see, we can see the convoy there with King Charles passing through the streets of Edinburgh, during the celebratory moment. Anna

Stewart watching all of this pomp and circumstance from London.

Tell us the significance of what we are seeing today, Anna.

ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the actual ceremony itself has wrapped up.

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A. STEWART: You are looking at live pictures of him heading back to their Edinburgh home. This ceremony is an interesting one. It is not strictly

speaking a coronation, although it has been called the Scottish coronation by many. It did involve the crown jewels of Scotland, the honors of

Scotland.

And this is an interesting ceremony. It does mark the coronation of a new monarch. It does not have the historical precedent or significance that the

coronation we had in May had.

The last one by Queen Elizabeth II, in many ways, was the first of its kind. But it is worth remembering what we are seeing in this ceremony, the

crown jewels of Scotland, are the oldest crown jewels, much older than what we would have seen in the big coronation in Westminster in May.

That's because they were hidden from Oliver Cromwell during Britain's very short period of being a republic and they weren't destroyed as a result.

We are watching those cars pass; I believe there was a 21 gun salute that might have already been. It would've marked the end of the ceremony. And

now they return back.

But the significance of this, really, to emphasize the union of England and Scotland and the rich history of those two nations. Eleni.

GIOKOS: Absolutely. We also saw protests as well. Give us a sense of what we heard because they were not significant in size but definitely they

sent quite an interesting message here on this day.

A. STEWART: Certainly. And lining the route, you will see huge crowds of people, of course, thousands of supporters have come out for a glimpse of

the king and queen. But also protesters. They were very audible, particularly as King Charles and Queen Camilla got out of the car as they

arrived at St. Giles' Cathedral.

You could hear the chants of "Not my king," from various protest groups. There's the antimonarchy group Republic, which is a U.K. wide group.

There's also a Scottish one called Our Republic.

Those chants were audible even over the national anthem, which was played pretty loudly. So I imagine the king and queen would've heard that.

An interesting one particularly in Scotland of course, because the ruling party is the Scottish Nationalist Party. They have long maintained that an

independent Scotland, one day, they hope, will make a choice on whether they want to be a monarchy or have a republic. So there's an interesting

sort of political side to all of this as well.

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GIOKOS (voice-over): Yes, absolutely. As we are watching these live pictures, you can see the supporters of course, you can see the king and

queen arriving, a two gun salute as you mentioned earlier, Anna. The ceremony not as large as what we saw earlier but it is significant in size

and nature for Scotland.

A. STEWART: Indeed. Now we will see them, I suspect, get out of that car and go back into the palace at Holyrood House. You see many members of the

military, there, the Princess of Wales, known as the Duchess of Rothesay when she is in Scotland and the Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of

Rothesay.

There they are, it's a huge military presence, not is big as the coronation in May but still very much the royal regiment (ph) of Scotland leading the

charge and many other regiments involved.

There will be a flypast of the Red Arrows, a little later in the hour. That's the Royal Air Force aerobatic display team. You can expect to see

some beautiful plumes of colors across the sky for, that. But this is the royal party arriving back from that important ceremony, at St. Giles'

Cathedral.

GIOKOS: Let's listen in.

All right, we are just showing visuals from Edinburgh, Scotland, where the king has just arrived. And of course, we will be monitoring this as it

plays out.

We are going to a very short break. We will be right back with more CONNECT THE WORLD, right after this.

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GIOKOS: Another round of gun violence across the U.S., as the nation marks the 4th of July holiday. There have been mass shootings in at least 12

states over the past few days, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Police say nine people were wounded in the shooting in the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. The victims include a 9 year old and a 17-year-old.

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a suspect is under arrest, charged with killing five people. As CNN's Ed Lavandera reports, police are

calling the killings random.

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Police say a 40 -year old moved through a Philadelphia neighborhood, shooting randomly at people

Monday night.

ERNEST RANSOM, STAFF INSPECTOR, PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT: The suspect, while wearing body armor, a ski mask and holding an AR-15 assault

rifle, was observed at several locations.

The suspect then began shooting aimlessly at occupied vehicles and individuals on the street as they walked.

LAVANDERA (voice-over): The attack spanned several neighborhood blocks. Philadelphia authorities expressed outrage with the senseless violence on

the eve of the 4th of July holiday.

MAYOR JIM KENNEY, PHILADELPHIA: This country needs to reexamine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous people's hands.

LAVANDERA (voice-over): Hundreds of people took over Horn Street in southwest Ft. Worth for an impromptu and chaotic 4th of July street party

that turned deadly. Mike Valle says he heard 30 to 40 shots fired as he ran from the scene to take cover.

MIKE VALLE, SHOOTING WITNESS: Everybody was right here and there was a -- there was just popping up fireworks, like doing burnouts and stuff. And

then there's a lot of gunfire that just started ringing out and everybody just started running everywhere.

LAVANDERA (voice-over): Ft. Worth police say three people were killed and eight others wounded in the shooting after several unknown men started

firing indiscriminately into the crowd. No arrests have been made and it's not clear what caused the shooting to start.

CAPT. SHAWN MURRAY, FT. WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT: We don't know if this is domestic related. If it's gang related; it's too early to tell. At this

point, we just know somebody shot multiple times and bunch -- a bunch of people were injured in reference to that.

LAVANDERA (voice-over): A year after a 4th of July mass shooting in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park last year, the community returned. The city

sponsored a walk to reclaim the space where a gunman killed seven parade watchers and wounded nearly 50 others.

MAYOR NANCY ROTERING, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS: Nobody wanted a parade. It was inappropriate. But it was important for us to say that evil doesn't

win. And this is our parade route. And this is our community that we are taking back.

LAVANDERA (voice-over): Back on Horn Street families returned to enjoy the Como neighborhood 4th of July parade. The route cut through the very spot

where the deadly shooting kicked off this national holiday. And they watched balloons released into the sky honoring Monday night's victims.

LAVANDERA: What really stands out when you look at the mass shootings across the country in the last few days is the number of young people

impacted by this gun violence.

Here in Ft. Worth, an 18-year old with dreams of joining the U.S. Air Force was killed. In Philadelphia, 2-year-old twin boys were wounded. And in

Indianapolis, a 16-year-old girl was killed at a block party. For victims' families and survivors, these shootings inflict scars that will last a

lifetime -- Ed Lavandera, CNN, Ft. Worth, Texas.

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GIOKOS: There has been more than 350 mass shootings reported in the U.S. so far this year. That is according to the Gun Violence Archive, which,

like CNN, defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter. CNN security correspondent Josh Campbell

joins us now.

Thank you for joining us. We just saw Ed Lavandera's report. We are seeing so many young victims this weekend, basically. This week in the U.S. should

be one of celebration, the 4th of July.

The question then becomes, what sparked the sudden violence?

JOSH CAMPBELL, CNN SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Eleni, the throughline here are the guns, right?

The access to guns in this country. There are more guns in the United States than there are people and obviously that poses a significant

challenge to public safety.

As far as the wave of mass shootings we have seen over the last couple of days, there are different motivations.

For example, in Philadelphia, it appears, in that mass shooting, the suspect was shooting randomly but had multiple weapons, multiple rounds of

ammunition, was going on this shooting rampage, trying to kill as many people as possible. Eventually, that suspect was taken into custody.

But in other cases, like Ed Lavandera mentioned, in Ft. Worth, where you have shootings after these gatherings, obviously, 4th of July type

celebrations, supposed to be communities coming together but you also see time and time again people settling disputes with their guns and firing.

Oftentimes it is innocent bystanders who are obviously victimized by this.

So for our viewers around the country -- excuse me -- from around the world, this is why we have seen many nations issue travel advisories for

people when they come to the United States because we have seen time and time again, that no place appears to be safe, whether you are out in

public, business, restaurants.

We have seen these shootings happening time and time again, sadly, Eleni.

GIOKOS: Yes. It is absolutely scary to just watch, to think you are going to a celebration and then anything could transpire. I was looking at that

graphic in terms of how many mass shootings already this year. We're sitting at 350. I'm comparing that to what we have seen in previous years.

Is there going to be any intervention this year in terms of trying to bring down that number so that it does not supersede what we have seen in the

last two years, which were unbelievably high?

CAMPBELL: Well, look at that graphic. I want to focus on 2019. Look at that jump from 2019 to 2020. That was the big jump that has now stayed at

that high level in the 600s. You know, we are at 351 mass shootings, now only at the midpoint.

If we have as many in the remaining of the year as we have had in the start of the year, then we will have exceeded the previous years. So this comes

down to exactly what you mentioned there.

What are the solutions?

The sad state of affairs is we know what the solutions are. That is we have heard gun safety advocates calling for more background checks before

someone could buy a weapon in the United States.

There's no universal background check. You could go -- you have to take a test before you drive a vehicle. There is no test, there is no background

check to get a gun.

We have also seen-- this is more on the progressive side of the aisle -- a lot of progressive district attorneys coming under fire for not prosecuting

cases, where you have someone who illegally has a weapon.

A lot of prosecutors will prosecute after there is a shooting but we hear from police officers, who say, look, let's go after those at the so-called

lower level of the crime angle, because we have seen these escalate. So a lot to be done for politicians on both sides of the political aisle in this

country.

GIOKOS: Indeed. A lot to be gone. Josh Campbell, great to have you. On thank you.

The world has just set back-to-back records for the hottest days ever recorded. And global warming is not the only factor. We'll explain, that's

coming. Up

And later, a trip to China for social media influencers is coming under scrutiny. A look at where they went and why activists are calling them out.

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GIOKOS: Welcome back. I'm Eleni Giokos, you're watching CONNECT THE WORLD. Here are your headlines.

Israel says all of its forces have withdrawn from the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank.

Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of planning to attack the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

says Russia may be planting explosives on the roof. Russia says they are taking measures to counter a potential threat from Ukraine.

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says Japan's plan to release wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean

is safe. The water was used to cool fuel rods after the 2011 meltdown. Some of Japan's neighbors and local fisheries are condemning the release.

GIOKOS: Now if you thought Tuesday was the hottest day ever, you are not alone. Based on early data, July 4th saw the highest global average

temperature ever recorded, topping 17 degrees Celsius. That is almost 63 degrees Fahrenheit.

And it broke a record set just one day earlier. China's among part of the world enduring record heat waves this summer.

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GIOKOS: A group of fashion influencers is facing a wave of outrage online for taking part in a brand sponsor trip to promote Shein.

The internet shopping giant known for selling trendy clothing at really low prices has been under scrutiny for its labor practices and climate impact,

especially after a Bloomberg investigation found Shein products were made with cotton from China's Xinjiang region.

The U.S. has banned imports from the region, accusing China of horrific abuses of Uyghur people there, including forced labor. But there were no

signs of abuse in the rosy picture painted on TikTok.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think I went in there not expecting the best conditions for their workers. But I was pleasantly surprised how clean it

was. I saw the workers were waving at us and smiling.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was super organized. So it kind of like was on par with my hopeful expectations that I had.

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GIOKOS: Right, well Shein's spokesperson told CNN the company has no suppliers in the Xinjiang region and it has zero tolerance for forced

labor. Joining us to talk about the environmental impact of fast fashion, CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir.

If we look at what Shein stands for, very fast fashion, quick delivery as well as super cheap prices, it is fascinating to see, firstly, the issues

on the labor front, how they are able to source very cheap fabrics and textiles.

And then you look at the climate impact. It is unbelievable to look at the entire value chain here.

BILL WEIR, CNN CHIEF CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT: That is the thing. And Eleni, to me, it shines a light on how disconnected we are between how our clothes

are made, the hidden costs of what is hanging in our closet when it comes to extinction or polluted water or the energy cost of shipping.

Shein ships 600,000 packages a day to the United States. Factor in the returns, there's a footprint of that. But this is an industry writ large. I

think the critics really came from frustration over the entire industry. Even the most well-known, beloved brands normally do not own their supply

chains.

It is a byzantine network of hundreds of different suppliers, working with razor thin profit margins. The pressures of this new business model, where,

in the old days, a brand would put out a few dozen new objects, items every season or so.

Now Shein puts out thousands a day. And it is manufactured obsolescence, that this is a brief moment to share this with your Instagram followers and

then it never goes away. And here is a staggering statistic.

Something like 70 denim items are produced a second globally; 80 percent of those will end up in landfills or incinerators. And the cost of those

thousands of liters of water per item really adds up. And that is just denim. And the entire sector is exploding, expected to almost double in the

next seven years.

GIOKOS: It is. I mean, on the denim issue, I was just reading that one pair of jeans requires 10,000 liters of water. It is extraordinary.

This is also about consumption, right?

So the fast fashion is fueling this need to constantly have new products to wear for a very short period of time and then replace it very quickly. No

one thinks about where these clothes go.

What does it take to ship?

And then importantly, the footprint.

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GIOKOS: So what is the solution?

Do you think that consumers need to think about it differently or the producers?

WEIR: Well, it is both, right?

This also sheds light on how much power the consumers have. Designers like Stella McCartney have been very vocal about saying, one industry. You can

seek out really sustainable decorp (ph) registered brands and try to do the right thing.

But it's all these different supply chains. It has to happen, really on a scale. And unfortunately, we live in an age where we say, you should buy

less -- better things which are better made, a lot less of, them and use them longer. That does not get you elected to a board of directors for a

big company.

That does not get you elected to public office in a lot of Western countries as well. So it has to be a mind shift of the hidden cost of what

ultimately is a fleeting, almost like a meme but with a long tail attached to it when it comes to one item of clothing and where it goes, once we buy

it.

GIOKOS: Perhaps, exactly. I mean, just reminding everyone, we just experienced the hottest day on Earth, on record.

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GIOKOS: Scary times, Bill. Always great to see you, to speak to you.

Ahead in sports, we look at two tennis superstars, past, present and future. What Novak Djokovic hopes to accomplish at Wimbledon and only Roger

Federer has done that before. We will give you details after this.

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GIOKOS: The championships at Wimbledon are in full swing and this week we have been talking about Novak Djokovic's quest for an eighth men's single

title. And life after tennis for the man who is trying to catch up and tie a Wimbledon record in the process. Patrick Snell now joins us. He will

break it all down for us.

Exciting times.

PATRICK SNELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello, Eleni. Yes, absolutely. Djokovic, who takes to the courts, not too long from now, trying to emulate the great

Roger Federer's all-time men's record of eight at the All England club. What an achievement that would be.

But look, in just a few moments, we are bringing you our part 2, our exclusive chat with the Swiss icon (ph), a fascinating interview. Christina

Macfarlane has that just ahead, back to you.

GIOKOS: Looking forward to. That all right, I will be back at the top of the hour. Patrick Snell joins you after this with more sports.

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