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Strait of Hormuz to Be Discussed During Rubio's Gulf Tour; Rubio to Discuss U.S.-Iran Agreement During Gulf Tour; Next Round of Israel-Lebanon Talks to Begin in Washington; Europeans Find Ways to Cope with Record-high Temperatures; Messi Makes History as World Cup's All-time Top Soccer. Aired 9-9:45a ET

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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, the U.S. will mediate another round of talks today and ending the fighting in Lebanon. It's 09:00

a.m. in Washington, it's 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi. From our Middle East programming headquarters, you're watching "Connect the World".

Also coming up, America's top diplomat arriving in the UAE in the next couple of hours. Marco Rubio is the first White House official to do so

after the signing of the U.S.-Iran MOU. And Europe is sweltering under a growing heat wave with record temperatures across the continent.

We will be live in Spain for you. Well, the stock market in New York opens in about 30 minutes from now, and hold on to your seats, because if the

futures are anything to go by. We are looking at a significant sell off on the open after investors dumped tech stocks on Monday, and in the Asian

session.

So, do stay with us. More on that at 09:30 local time, half an hour from now. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives here in Abu Dhabi today,

tasked with convincing skeptical Gulf states that the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the U.S. and Iran won't leave them in a weaker

position than before the war, he will visit the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

All three of those nations attacked, of course, by Iran over the past couple of months. Well, the Strait of Hormuz expected to be a main topic

during Rubio's visit. The agreement, in principle, grants Iran a formal role in overseeing shipping through the strait. Also happening, a U.S.

official says that a monitoring mechanism has been set up for the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon.

Repeated violations by Israel and Hezbollah have threatened to derail peace negotiations. We are covering all of these angles with Jennifer Hansler,

who is in Washington today. Jeremy Diamond, who is in Jerusalem, and Eleni Giokos, who is live in Dubai. Jenni, let's start with you. Marco Rubio, due

to land here in Abu Dhabi today, his first stop in what is a three-country visit.

What can we expect from him on the ground here in region?

JENNIFER HANSLER, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY REPORTER: Well, Becky, it's exactly what you described. Rubio is going to try to sell this deal to

these allies that the U.S. is clearly going to be relying on moving forward with its implementation.

What we have heard from Vice President J.D. Vance and other U.S. officials is that they anticipate the Gulf playing a significant role in this deal.

We have heard from him, for example, when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz, they foresee not only Iran and Oman working out some sort of mechanism to

ensure that there is freedom of navigation and toll-free navigation through that critical waterway, but they also want the broader region involved.

Now, Rubio is going to three of the countries that were the hard -- some of the hardest hit during not only the war but the nominal ceasefire period.

We saw Iran continuing to attack these three countries, hitting critical infrastructure, causing casualties. We also know that the U.S. is looking

to the Gulf region to contribute to that $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran, which has raised a lot of eyebrows, understandably, as they are

also looking to do reconstruction in their own countries.

Another notable meeting that we expect from Rubio is a meeting with the GCC in Bahrain at the end of this trip. We have heard from regional sources

that the U.S. foresees the GCC playing a role not only when it comes to what's written in the MOU, but what is also not written in, that is the

missile and proxy issue that does not come up at all in that 14-point plan.

But of course, that is a key priority for the region, more so than Iran's nuclear program is its missiles and proxies, because that poses a much more

direct threat, as we saw with the use of missiles and drones throughout the course of this war. It is notable, Becky, that Rubio is the one making this

first trip to the region, because he has been largely silent since the signing of this MOU.

We have not seen him going out in public to sell this to the American public. He has left that to J.D. Vance, but now he is taking on this sort

of salesman role as the top diplomat with these key allies, Becky.

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ANDERSON: Jenni, it's good to have you. Thank you. Look, the threat clear and present here of that ballistics and drone missiles programs. Regional

security, of course, is tantamount. And Jeremy, we've seen that, I mean, there are different views, perspectives, positions around this Gulf region

when it comes to what should happen next, but what is -- they are in agreement on is about regional security, that is a GCC story here.

Meantime, talks between Israel and Lebanon resuming today. What are you hearing from Israeli officials?

JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, privately, we've heard reports that Israeli officials are considering some kind of symbolic

partial withdrawal from the Israeli security zone in southern Lebanon, where there are thousands of Israeli troops that are still positioned, and

at times firing when they deem it necessary inside of Lebanon.

But publicly Israeli officials are adamant that there is no withdrawal in sight, and that Israel is going to continue to maintain its freedom of

action to strike Hezbollah targets as they deem necessary, so long as Hezbollah continues to pose a threat inside of Lebanese territory.

And what we have seen so far in the last 24 hours has been a marked drop in any air strikes or Hezbollah rocket fire, you know, in the last two days,

really, I should say, but we have seen several reports today of Israeli military fire, not air strikes, it would seem, but rather gunfire from

troops on the ground in some parts of southern Lebanon.

In at least one of those incidents, the Israeli military has confirmed that Israeli troops opened fire. They say that they opened fire against quote,

unquote, armed terrorists that were operating in proximity to Israeli soldiers near that security zone in southern Lebanon.

And every time we see one of these instances of fire, as we have today, Hezbollah is now saying that they view this as a violation of the

ceasefire, and once again you have the prospects of renewed rocket fire from Hezbollah, renewed attacks between these two sides, which Iran has

made clear poses a threat in its view to the broader ceasefire agreement altogether.

And so, this meeting between Israel and the Lebanese government today in Washington will once again be key to seeing whether or not these two sides

can actually come up with solutions to address Hezbollah's presence and active militant role in southern Lebanon, and the ways in which that could

potentially help calm tensions overall and allow this broader ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran to maintain itself.

But again, for now, the rhetoric from Israeli officials remains quite heated in terms of, you know, digging in on this notion of not withdrawing

from that security zone, maintaining their freedom of operation, particularly as we are now headed into an election season in Israel, where

the fight in Lebanon against Hezbollah is one that many Israelis would like to see continue, would not like to see the Israeli government and its

military handcuffed by the United States, and so all of those dynamics now playing into these discussions.

ANDERSON: It's good to have you, Jeremy. Let me bring in Eleni. These diplomatic moves, of course, coming as disruption in the Strait of Hormuz

continues -- get us up to speed on what we understand to be happening there.

ELENI GIOKOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, there's a lot that is going on, and it has been since the start of the war. And look, the industry is telling

me that the Strait of Hormuz is both open and closed simultaneously, because there is just so much confusion around the process.

And importantly, today Iranian Foreign Minister, as well as the Omani Foreign Minister, met in Muscat to discuss a joint working group in order

to secure the free navigation of transit in the Strait of Hormuz. They've come out with this press release, and I want to read you some of this,

because it's very telling in terms of what comes next.

They say they're trying to reach an agreement on the future administration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the services that will be

provided in this regard, and the costs associated with them in accordance with international standards. And I spoke to Richard Mead from Lloyds List,

as we got our hands on this press release.

And he basically says that the Omanis and the Iranians are trying to formalize the navigation within the Strait of Hormuz, and basically leaving

the door open for some kind of fee. Now, whether they call it an insurance fee or a toll remains to be seen, but this comes after sort of the 60-day

agreement, or this window of further discussions.

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This directly contradicts what we hear from the United States, that the Strait of Hormuz is going to go back to pre-war levels of being an

international waterway. This is very different messaging. And Becky, you and I have been discussing how Iran and Oman have been sort of working on

creating some kind of mechanism, this could be the beginning of that.

What is interesting in terms of the data, and I've been looking at the numbers. According to Kpler, over Saturday and Sunday, there were 71

transits. Now, what's interesting, if you look at those numbers, 34 of those vessels use the northern route, the Iranian route, eight of those use

the IMO routes for the international water way.

And then the rest of those, interestingly, went dark, and what is fascinating here is that before we saw this MOU sign, that a lot of the

vessels that were using the Iranian -- route were going dark. Now there's been a switch. And what is also very important to note that Iran is not

interfering with any vessels that are transiting through the U.S.-approved route at this point, so it seems there's some kind of confidence that is

building up.

We are seeing movement right now, but the Iranians say, through the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, that posted this on their X account, and they said

this is the form you've got to fill this in. We will give you approval, but you are not allowed to transit without that approval again, an effort to

try and formalize the process.

And when we see the numbers yesterday with 39 vessels that transited, that is still a shadow in terms of what we saw pre-war levels, which were about

80 vessels per day, Becky. So, encouraging in some way, but still a long way to go.

ANDERSON: Yeah, absolutely, Eleni. Thank you. And thank you all for getting us up to speed on the angles on this story. Appreciate it. Well, Europe

facing a brutal heat wave with sweltering conditions expected to grip much of the continent for the rest of the week.

Authorities in 26 countries, stretching from Ireland to Greece, issuing heat warnings on Monday. A large area of high pressure, known as the heat

dome, is delivering one of Western Europe's worst June heat waves on record. Forecasters expect temperatures to rise above 40 degrees Celsius in

some places.

CNN's Pau Mosquera following this story for us from a very warm Madrid today. Just get us up to speed on how things are where you are and around

the region, and how the forecast is shaping up for the rest of this week, Pau?

PAU MOSQUERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Becky, right now we are just a few minutes past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, local time, and here the mercury

has already peaked at 37 degrees Celsius, which is around 99 degrees Fahrenheit. This is one extreme temperature for the Spanish capital.

And it's not this common, bearing in mind that we are just in June. And this is why many have decided to seek shelter from this heat coming to

places like this one, this pool. There are 25 poles like this one all spread around the city. We just decided to come here to see how people are

coping with this situation, because it's important to say, Becky, that this heat wave will last in Spain until Thursday.

But in the case of other countries, like France, it can last a few more days. Now, if you don't mind, I will sit here by the pool to try to cool a

little bit down, because, yeah, the heat is feeling a little bit extreme in here. It is important to say that in Spain, most of the regions are today

under heat alerts, as the mercury is expected to soar to 40 degrees Celsius.

Same situation in France. Most of the country today is under red heat wave alert, and there the heat can even be worse, as they say the authorities

that temperatures can rise up to 42 degrees Celsius. So, bearing in mind this situation, how are people coping with this heat?

Well, we just asked a few of the people that are around me, and that's what they told me. Take a listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not very well, that's why we're at the pool to try and cool down a little, but yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot for me. Yeah.

MOSQUERA: Have you ever experienced a hit like this before?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah, I think in previous summers here, yeah, but I feel this year it's come earlier than normal.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's definitely tough, but I feel like I've just been following the lead of the Madrilenos. They, you know, have lived with this

for a long time, and they have found ways of enjoying it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm actually really loving the heat, as you can see. I'm in the sun, and I'm lucky because I have air conditioning. I don't have to

worry too much about the night time, so I'm enjoying the sun in the day.

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ANDERSON: And that is the story in Spain, and I've left power to keep his toes in that swimming pool to keep cool. Bless him, it is sweltering there.

Well, new details today in a fatal shooting that has shaken the City of Montreal in Canada. A police officer and a member of the public were killed

after a gunman opened fire on Monday, and what sources say does appear to be a targeted attack.

The fallen officer has been identified as 34-year-old Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, who has served with the department since 2021. Meanwhile,

investigators are also examining a so-called manifesto they believe was written by the suspect, who also died in a shootout with police.

More on that as we get it of course. It's been more than 20 weeks since Nancy Guthrie went missing. Now we are getting new updates in her case.

More on that is after this.

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ANDERSON: Well, an update now in the heartbreaking disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Investigators confirm that a note sent to CNN and another media

outlet in February said that Guthrie had died soon after she was abducted from her Arizona home. Now her daughter and "Today" show Anchor Savannah

Guthrie have said she is not going to comment on the reporting, which NBC also had, but she did say this.

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SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, NBC NEWS ANCHOR: I can't pretend I'm not here, and so since I am, I wanted to just take the opportunity to ask people to really

to beg people to come forward, somebody knows something, and this is a new story today that is on your radar, but this is the life that my sister

lives, that I live, that my brother lives, that our extended families live, that our children live every day, and we are in agony. We cannot be at

peace.

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ANDERSON: Well CNN's Ed Lavandera has more.

ED LAVANDERA, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They clearly believe that there are a number of people out there who know exactly what happened to

Nancy Guthrie and where she might be, but this is significant in the sense that you know we are nearly five months into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

And at this point even the Guthrie family has said they understand that the likelihood of her coming home alive is very minimal, so they are in the

process of trying to accept that fact, but we do have confirmation from several law enforcement sources that do say that in the flurry of ransom

letters that were sent to the family in the days after Nancy Guthrie went missing that there were a number of letters that law enforcement

investigators deemed to be credible?

One of those was demanding millions of dollars very early on, and then a second note from what investigators believe to be the same person said that

Nancy Guthrie had died shortly after being kidnapped, that it was not something that they meant to happen, but it happened so clearly very early

on the family was getting indication that this was not going to end well.

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And if you remember, one of the first videos that the family released was in direct response to those ransom letters, where Savannah Guthrie said,

"we got your letter, we understand, clearly a direct reference to the information, the horrible information that was included in that second

letter.

CNN and a Tucson station were aware of the contents of the letter at the time. We were asked by law enforcement authorities not to reveal those

exact details, because they were trying to be able to ensure confirmation and confirmation of whoever might be sending those letters.

So that is the kind of information that investigators were hoping to hold back, so that they could continue being able to confirm the identity of

whoever was sending these letters, because there were so many letters that were simply just trying to take advantage of the situation.

But the Guthrie's remember there's still a reward out there, and Savannah Guthrie continued this morning, saying desperately hoping that someone will

come forward.

ANDERSON: Well, it's been 10 years since a slim majority of British voters chose to leave the European Union. Some who backed the vote to leave now

say they regret it. CNN's Anna Cooban visits one seaside town.

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LUCY PHILIPS, DECKHAND: I'm probably one of the few remainers on this beach, if not the only one.

ANNA COOBAN, CNN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REPORTER (voice-over): In Britain, a decade of division. Back in 2016, nearly 34 million people answered a

deceptively simple question, to leave or remain in the European Union. The answer was to go. The UK's fishing industry, small though once mighty,

became a flash point in the big Brexit debate, one that is still raging today in coastal towns like Hastings.

PHILIPS: Personally, my heart was never a Leave lever, and it seems to bring nothing but complications, Brexit to a lot of people, whether that's

your job or import, export, or your right to travel and study.

COOBAN (voice-over): Many fishermen, like Roland, voted leave to get more control over British waters.

ROLAND KELLY, FISHERMAN: I voted for Brexit. I believe most of us beach voted for Brexit. We all wanted to be independent. The big problem was at

the time the fishing industry was actually a big bargaining tool.

COOBAN: Your concerns around the fishing industry, that was the main reason, the way you voted, the way you did.

KELLY: I just know I would like to have seen Great Britain great again.

COOBAN: If you could describe Brexit in one word, what would it be?

KELLY: Failure for a fisherman, definitely, our paperwork has gone threefold. It's more difficult now exporting fish.

COOBAN: Everyone in the UK has a story to tell about Brexit, where they were, how they felt, and quite frankly, the arguments they had with family

and friends. It's an economic issue, it's a political issue, but it's also about identity. It's highly emotional, and it's about the way that Britain

sees itself in the world, and it seems in 2026 that those divisions are still very much in place.

COOBAN (voice-over): The Brexit vote catapulted the UK into years of political turmoil, with six prime ministers in just the past decade. Olafs

has owned his fish and chip shop for about the same length of time.

COOBAN: And you're Latvian.

OLAFS MEZPAPNS, OWNER OF NEPTUNE FISH & CHIPS: Yes, I'm Latvian. Yes.

COOBAN: How did you feel as a European when --

MEZPAPNS: I never have any racism for me, you know? So, I'm follow the English rules, you know, and then try to integrate all the fish and chip

shops have a little bit more struggle now. Yeah.

COOBAN: So, Hastings is really an in-between kind of place. It's actually closer to France than it is to London. And 10 years ago, you had 55 percent

of voters saying they wanted to leave the EU and 45 percent saying they wanted to stay. And just by going around here today and talking to people,

it's quite clear that the feelings about Brexit, about the wisdom of it, whether or not they voted stay or to leave, and whether or not it really

delivered what people thought it would.

Those emotions are still running quite high.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What better thing to talk about on a nice sunny day 10 years later?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe it was the right thing to do to leave, in my opinion.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I felt powerless because I wasn't able to vote. Now I speak to my older family members, and they do regret a lot of the things

that they were led to believe at that time.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just having to grow up in a kind of post-Brexit economy, everything's a little bit more expensive now. Everything's harder.

COOBAN: You could describe Brexit in one word, what would it be?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mistake.

COOBAN: Did you vote to leave?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I vote to leave. Yeah. I think I would have voted differently if I'd have known what it is today.

COOBAN (voice-over): Before I left, there was one question I needed answering, and I knew just the person to ask.

COOBAN: Salter (ph), I need to know, are we ever going to stop talking about Brixton?

COOBAN (voice-over): Anna Cooban, CNN, Hastings.

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ANDERSON: Well, Colombia has yet to certify official results from Sunday's presidential runoff, where the margin between the two candidates was less

than 250,000 votes, but the far-right candidate Abelardo De La Espriella is already claiming victory after news that he had won the preliminary vote.

His opponent, government-backed candidate Ivan Cepeda is challenging that counts. CNN Contributor Stefano Pozzebon has more.

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STEFANO POZZEBON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR (voice-over): This is when MAGA politics meets Latin American soccer. Soccer Abelardo De La Espriella narrowly edged

ahead in Colombia's presidential election on Sunday. Thanks in part to a campaign that leaned into spectacle, flashy AI-generated content, and the

Tiger imagery.

ABELARDO DE LA ESPRIELLS, COLUMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Petro and Cepeda, by disregarding the verdict of the ballot boxes, you are not

challenging the Tiger, you are challenging millions of citizens who freely gave victory to Jose Manuel and me.

POZZEBON (voice-over): The Tiger is his self-appointed nickname to signify his uncompromising approach to crime, while casting Colombia's

establishment as a swamp. If it sounds familiar, it is. De La Espriella is a U.S. citizen who used to work in Miami and has close ties to the Florida

Republican Party.

President Donald Trump endorsed him ahead of the vote and has already congratulated him as president elect, even though Colombia's electoral

authorities are still counting the ballots. This vote follows the ascent of other right-wing leaders across Latin America, from El Salvador's Nayib

Bukele to Argentina's Javier Milei, both Trump allies who promised the radical new image of their countries.

De La Espriella has no experience in office, and he cultivated an image of a successful entrepreneur with a personal brand of RAM and a passionate

singer of Italian lyrics. His supporters all too happy to vote for a Trump look-alike.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I have the U.S. flag because I love this country, its order, its culture, everything about it. When I heard that Trump, our

President Trump was going to support Abelardo. I said he is the one, that's it. Why? Because there's no progress without order.

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ANDERSON: Well, you're watching "Connect the World". There is a lot more ahead, stay with us.

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ANDERSON: Right, the U.S. markets just about to open, bringing in the trading day today, representatives from Twilio, and they are ringing in the

Tuesday trading session. I have to say, this session marked by a real downturn in stocks in Asia. European markets also in the red, and we are

expecting to see at least the NASDAQ and the S&P lower on the open.

DOW may just survive this, although at this point it hasn't, down by about a half of 1 percent but that is a pretty good performance, because I want

to get you the NASDAQ and the S&P momentarily, and that is the picture on those two markets, of course, the NASDAQ, tech-laden, the S&P full of tech

stocks as well.

The NASDAQ down to nearly 2.5 percent, the S&P down over 1.5 percent again, taking a cue from European markets from a sell-off in tech stocks in Asia

overnight Monday. And also, we saw a similar picture on these markets in the U.S. yesterday. I'm going to do more on what we are seeing in the U.S.

with my next guest.

I also want to spotlight the UK and Europe today. It is 10 years since the Brexit vote, the vote that meant that the UK left the European Union. The

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, of course, is out. UK politics and somewhat of a turmoil, that is to say the least. Mid-afternoon in Europe,

and this is the picture.

France, Germany, Italy, and on the UK markets, things are in the red, and the British pound, no exception. Sterling buying $1.32 or thereabouts

today, no real impact from the Starmer resignation news yesterday. It was pretty baked into investors' thinking, to be honest.

But a reminder, when we're talking about Brexit a decade ago, the pound back then bought over $1.70. So, when you look at what it's buying today at

$1.32 you've seen a significant hit on the British pound since then the pound on the euro hardly changed. Right, I promised you a guess, and I've

got a very good one for you.

Joining me now from Greenwich, Connecticut, is Mohamed El-Erian. He is the Chief Economic Adviser at Allianz, and, of course, a very good friend of

this show, always provides really intelligent insight and analysis for us. And, Mohamed, today we've got a lot to unpack.

Let's start with what I've just been talking about. 10 years ago today, Britain chose to abandon what many saw as its lucrative membership of the

world's largest single market. Do you believe it's been paying a price or the price ever since?

MOHAMED EL-ERIAN, CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER AT ALLIANZ: I think it's virtually an agreement everywhere that they've been paying a price. Becky, what the

UK has learned is when you come to your major trading relationship, you should not replace something with nothing, and that's exactly what

happened.

This notion of regaining control was so powerful that the country was willing to dismantle its most important trading relationship without

replacing it with anything, and I think that the consequences are being felt 10 years later.

ANDERSON: The question is, how big a price has it paid? And I have seen some estimates as high as, sort of, you know, 8 percent of GDP. I mean, I'm

not sure that either you nor I would go that high, but the question is, you know, does the UK have a path towards growth, either, you know, as things

stand at present outside the EU, or indeed, do you expect to see a push to reenter at sometime soon?

EL-ERIAN: I don't know if it's going to be to re-enter Becky, but it certainly is going to be to establish deeper relationship. I think the UK

has three major issues, and trade is a part of an answer, but not the only answer. The first one it has is very weak growth and productivity dynamics,

and that really has hurt the UK.

The second issue it has is fiscal. It has very little fiscal space, and because it has limited fiscal space, it is continuously in this debate

where the whole of economic policy gets reduced simply to the budget, and that's really bad news. And the third element is innovation.

The UK innovates well, but doesn't scale up well, and because it doesn't scale up well, the innovation goes elsewhere.

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So, Europe can be part of the solution. But the most important portion of the solution will come from domestic policy reforms.

ANDERSON: Well, let's just talk about those very briefly, or perhaps what most people are talking about is UK politics. We're not hearing enough

about policy, quite frankly, and we should be. I'm not sure that the man to replace Keir Starmer, who, of course, resigned yesterday, has a mandate for

change.

One must hope that we hear about policy going forward. We're not hearing enough of that. What do you think of the revolving door at number 10 at

this point?

EL-ERIAN: So, first, I think we will hear about Andy Burnham's policies, economic policies this week, for exactly the reason you just covered, which

is people are asking, what are your policies? So, we will hear, he has some really good advisors in Jim O'Neill, in Andy Haldane.

So, we are all looking forward to that, the reality is he inherits a really difficult situation, and it's going to take a few years, and you don't get

out of the UK situation without sustained productivity gains and economic growth, and that's where the focus should be, and hopefully that's where

the focus will be.

ANDERSON: Yeah. Yeah, one has to hope. I want to have a look at the stock markets. We have seen a sea of red in Europe. We are seeing a downturn,

particularly on the NASDAQ and the S&P today, after a significant global tech sell-off. I mean, SpaceX getting caught up in this on Monday after a

record IPO, of course.

I just wonder, how vulnerable you see this sector. We can talk about Musk's company very specifically. I mean, we could look -- we could be looking at

interest rates moving higher this year at some point, Mohamed, what's your view?

EL-ERIAN: So, many have been expecting the sell off because it had gotten a little bit ridiculous. Frothy, I think, is a word that most use. Take

SpaceX. SpaceX comes in an IPO. Next thing you know, it is the fourth most valued company in the U.S., more highly valued than Amazon, and guess what,

that's no longer the case.

I'm in numbers. If you are lucky enough to get SpaceX at the IPO, today, you still have 15 percent so you're doing fine. If, however, you bought it

at the high, you're down 30 percent and we're talking, Becky, less than two weeks of trading, less than two weeks, and it shows you how crazy the tech

part of the market has gotten.

ANDERSON: Yeah. Before I let you go -- on Egypt's first win in a World Cup match, an historic moment for Egyptians. I know everyone in this region

where I am supporting them. I have to just ask you, how you feeling?

EL-ERIAN: Pure joy. Pure joy. I mean, I don't think I felt this for a very, very long time.

ANDERSON: Good.

EL-ERIAN: You know, not only did we finally win a World Cup game, but it's the way they won. They came back.

ANDERSON: Good.

EL-ERIAN: It is -- shared it.

ANDERSON: It was a -- Yeah.

EL-ERIAN: I mean, it was a -- Mohamed Salah.

ANDERSON: Absolutely. Yeah.

EL-ERIAN: Coming off the coach and jumping around with fans, pure joy, Becky.

ANDERSON: Yeah. Good. Well, I'm glad you're feeling it, I guess you would be -- As I say, thank you.

EL-ERIAN: Thank you.

ANDERSON: We are back after this quick break. Thank you Mohamed.

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ANDERSON: Well Lionel Messi has tore up the record books, becoming the World Cup's all-time top scorer during Argentina's two-nil victory over

Austria. The forward got his 17th and 18th goals at the tournament, taking the overall lead spot for both men and women.

Argentina's win means they are now through to the last 32 of the World Cup. It wasn't just Lionel Messi, though, lighting up the score sheep. France's

Kylian Mbappe netted two again. Norway's Erling Haaland had a brace of his own as well. Amanda Davies joining me now.

And you know, I just -- I've just got one thing to say. I'm just, I'm loving this. I love this.

AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yeah.

ANDERSON: Just brilliant --

DAVIES: As someone famously said, yeah, it's -- I mean, it's amazing, isn't it?

ANDERSON: It just --

DAVIES: In the spaces just a few hours, how -- I mean, how lucky are we to be able to witness it? This is the biggest stage, and you want the

superstars to put on a show to live up to the expectation, and they are drinking it all in, and very much thriving off it, aren't they?

Messi setting that new milestone for World Cup goals ever scored, but Kylian Mbappe is hot on his heels.

He equals Miroslav Klose's16 with those two goals last night, this just his third World Cup. So, it will be fascinating to see how far Argentina go

compared to how far France go in this tournament, and what that does to this record-breaking list that we're seeing. We've got to throw Harry Kane

into the mix, though he's coming up later on Tuesday, and of course all eyes are on Cristiano Ronaldo.

Will he or won't he be starting for Portugal? We've got more on that coming up in just a couple of minutes.

ANDERSON: Amazing. Stick with us. Amanda's back after the break with "World Sport". I am back in 15 minutes time with more "Connect the World".

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