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Aid Trickles In For Gazans; Trump And The EU Finally Agree On A Trade Deal; England's Lionesses Win UEFA Euro 2025 Cup; Thailand And Cambodia Agree To Unconditional Ceasefire; Trump Gives Putin 10 To 12 Days To Reach A Deal; U.S. And E.U. Agree To New Trade Framework; England's Lionesses Wins Euro 2025. Aired 2-3p ET

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ISA SOARES, HOST, ISA SOARES TONIGHT: A very warm welcome to the show, everyone, I'm Isa Soares. Tonight, too little, too late. Aid trickles into

Gaza's men, women and children starved to death as Israeli human rights groups accuse their country of committing genocide. This hour, I speak to

Spain's Foreign Minister.

Plus, President Trump sits down with the British Prime Minister in Scotland as the EU secures a trade deal and Russia's Vladimir Putin gets put on

notice. And it is coming home. England's Lionesses successfully defend their Euro title. We'll have all the details on their win as well as their

celebrations, which are continuing quite rightly.

But first, for the first time since the war began, two major Israeli human rights groups are joining accusations that Israel is committing genocide in

Gaza. One of those groups, B'Tselem says the world also shares blame, especially Europe and the United States, accusing them of enabling Israel's

actions.

Israel has repeatedly denied committing genocide, saying it's fighting to eliminate Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's -- Netanyahu, pardon

me, also denies there is any starvation in Gaza. Despite disturbing images like the ones we're showing, you're seeing on your screen there, broadcast

on TV screens right around the world for weeks now.

And just today, Gaza's Health Ministry reported 14 more people have starved to death just in the past 24 hours. Donald Trump apparently doesn't agree

with Mr. Netanyahu's characterization of the hunger crisis. The U.S. President met today with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Scotland.

This is what he said.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We can save a lot of people. I mean, some of those kids are -- that's real starvation stuff, I see it.

And you can't fake that. So, we're going to be even more involved.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SOARES: Well, the U --

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KEIR STARMER, PRIME MINISTER, UNITED KINGDOM: Those images of starving children in particular are revolting. And there's a sense of revulsion in

the British public at what they're seeing. They know and we know that humanitarian aid needs to get in at speed, at volume.

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SOARES: Well, the U.N. aid chief says the next few days will be make or break for aid efforts in Gaza. Tom Fletcher says Israel's pauses in

fighting are a good step toward allowing more aid distribution, but says a ceasefire is needed for sustained delivery. The IDF says 28 packages have

been airdropped into Gaza in recent hours.

Those drops set off a mad scramble on the ground among people desperate, of course, to bring home food for their families. Listen to how one

Palestinian describes the operation.

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AHMAD FALZ FAYYAD, GAZA RESIDENT (through translator): This aid is disgraceful. We are not dogs to be made to run after aid. People fought

over it. We'd rather die of hunger with dignity than die in humiliation and filth.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

SOARES: And with starvation, an ever present threat, staying home isn't an option with parents with hungry children. As our Paula Hancocks now

reports, some women in Gaza are now banding together to brave the dangerous search for food, hoping there is safety in numbers.

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PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Umar Alabad(ph) walks into the unknown. Danger is everywhere in this darkness. A

woman alone surrounded by men all with the same desperate purpose, to find food to survive. Alabad's(ph) husband was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

She's now the sole provider for a family of eight, and can only leave them while they sleep to find food.

"The children tell me, don't go, mama", she says. "Don't go to the aid centers. We don't want you to die, mama. Who will take care of us if

something happens to you?" The alternative is they starve. This group of women from one displacement camp make the night time search together for

protection, but even then, they are targets.

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This woman says "yesterday, I waited from 6:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m., I got a bag of flour, but then a young man with a knife said, drop the flour or

I'll kill you. This is the value of Gaza now, my homeland." "Everything around us is a risk to our lives", Imqatar(ph) says. Whether it's thieves,

Israeli soldiers, rockets or drones, everything."

The friend says she's come every day for a week and receive nothing. She just gave birth to her youngest child three weeks earlier. The women go

back to their families at day-break empty-handed. More than 1,000 people have been killed by Israeli fire waiting for food since late May, according

to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The Israeli military says it has fired warning shots when it feels threatened, but denies responsibility for the heavy death toll. These

displaced women from Beit Lahiya have a long walk ahead of them. This woman says either I return with food and my children shout with joy or they will

scream in grief because I didn't return.

The crack of gunfire nearby sends them diving for cover, unsure of where is safe, a casualty being rushed past them to hospital, a reminder that safety

is a concept that left Gaza long ago. When she returns to her tent, her children start crying when they see the bag is empty. United Nations says

the trickle of aid being allowed in the breakdown of law and order, and the dismantling of the U.N.-led delivery systems has created new levels of

desperation.

Gaza is now a place where the fittest survive, and the most vulnerable are left with nothing. Back from their nightly trips to aid points, Imqatar(ph)

and Umbilal(ph) share what little food they managed to get. A friendship formed in displacement camps. "I've seen death many times", Umbilal(ph)

says, "but I will keep going until I get my children something to eat."

CNN tracked down the two women weeks later, as food got scarcer and their bodies weaker, their journey has become even more perilous. Desperation

pushed them to try their luck at the American-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Imqatar(ph) says the American aid points are death zones. "I

reached one and spent the night there. A sniper fired above my head, the bullet missed me by mere centimeters." She hasn't gone back since.

Her three children live on salen(ph) she makes at home, and food from charity kitchens. They always go to sleep hungry, she says. Her friend and

tent neighbor, Umbilal(ph) hasn't given up on the long, tiring treks to find food for her five children. "I was just at Zikim", she says. "I left

at sunset yesterday and returned this morning. There was gunfire and martyrs lying in front of us. I couldn't bring anything."

Without organized aid deliveries reaching the most vulnerable, it remains an endless and usually futile pursuit. Paula Hancocks, CNN, Abu Dhabi.

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SOARES: Our thanks to Paula for that report. Where Israel's Defense Minister is warning that the IDF will do -- his words, whatever it takes to

get the remaining hostages out of Gaza. Listen to the very stark language of Israel Katz.

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ISRAEL KATZ, DEFENSE MINISTER, ISRAEL (through translator): If Hamas does not release the hostages, the gates of hell will open in Gaza. Beyond what

is being done with great force, we will do, and we will do much more. We will protect the hostages and hit everything related to Hamas until they

release the hostages.

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SOARES: Let's get more now from our Jeremy Diamond who joins us this hour from Jerusalem. And Jeremy, you know, I'm going to leave Katz there for

just a moment, because I really do want to focus on what I think it's fair to say we're seeing kind of notable shift. In terms of that language, at

least, from President Trump saying there is starvation breaking away with Prime Minister Netanyahu's assertion just over the weekend that there is no

starvation.

He also promised those food centers, I think is what he called them. What are you hearing on that? And bring us up to date on the delivery of this

aid around this ten-hour tactical pause that we are seeing here?

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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, Isa, I think it's clear that President Trump's comments reflect the fact that these images that we

are seeing out of Gaza are simply undeniable. They point to clear evidence of starvation inside the Gaza Strip, starvation that according to dozens of

western nations, hundreds of human rights organizations and many others, have been driven directly by Israeli policies in Gaza.

And frankly, Isa, perhaps, the clearest evidence that Israel has been restricting the distribution of aid in the Gaza Strip comes in the fact

that now they have reversed many of those policies, and they are taking steps to facilitate the entry of aid in Gaza. Many of these are steps that

human rights organizations have been calling on for months.

We're talking about, you know, ceasing fire in parts of the Gaza Strip for ten hours per day, opening these safe distribution routes for aid trucks to

be able to flow throughout the Gaza Strip. I mean, for months we've been hearing from humanitarian aid organizations, including the United Nations,

saying, we are asking the Israeli government to allow us to have safe, deconflicted routes in order to be able to bring this aid not only into

Gaza, but once it's in Gaza, to be able to pick it up and then to be able to distribute it to population centers inside the Gaza Strip.

Now, as we are seeing these steps take place, we don't know how long they will last. The Israeli government hasn't put a period of time on these

steps that they are taking, but human rights officials are making clear that this will need to continue for a prolonged and sustained period of

time in order to even begin to alleviate the starvation that is currently happening in Gaza.

And that, of course, is a reminder that even as we are starting to see slightly more aid getting into Gaza, and hopefully, that trickle will soon

become a surge. We are also seeing Palestinians continuing to die of starvation. Fourteen have died of starvation in just the last 24 hours,

according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, meaning that just this month, we've seen about 77 Palestinians who have died of malnutrition in that

period of time.

And so, you know, a lot more is going to be needed in order to quell those conditions. And that is evident in the scenes that we are seeing of so many

thousands of Palestinians, you know, rushing to scramble onto these trucks to try and grab what they can. And that also, of course, is a reminder,

Isa, that the most vulnerable in Gaza are the most impacted by this. And as --

SOARES: Yes --

DIAMOND: These trucks are being looted by desperate, hungry Palestinians, that will also leave many who are still without food in Gaza.

SOARES: And while I have you here, I wonder what the response has been to these two leading, Jeremy, Israeli human rights groups who have accused

Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Just tell us what they're saying and what the response has been from the Prime

Minister's office to this.

DIAMOND: Well, it's important to note first, Isa, that these are the first Israeli human rights organizations to make this determination. It follows

determinations made by other organizations like Amnesty International, which last year said Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. But it is --

it is something else altogether, of course, when the call is coming from inside the house, which is exactly what's happening here.

A 79-page report from B'Tselem. Later, its conclusions joined as well by Physicians for Human Rights, and it says here that Israel has carried out

genocide through mass killings, the large scale destruction of infrastructure, mass arrests of Palestinians as well as the abuse of

detainees combined with the statements of senior Israeli government officials and military leaders, which they say proves genocidal intent on

the part of the Israeli government in carrying out these actions in Gaza.

Now, the Israeli government, of course, rejects this conclusion outright with Israeli government spokesman David Mencer saying we have free speech

in this country, but we strongly reject this claim. Israel, of course, has in the past also addressed this accusation of genocide, including at the

International Court of Justice maintaining that its actions in Gaza are lawful. But of course, we are seeing, you know, more and more organizations

reaching this conclusion. Isa?

SOARES: Jeremy Diamond for us in Jerusalem this hour, good to see you, Jeremy, thank you very much indeed. Well, as international pressure mounts

on Israel to end the war in Gaza, Spain has consistently advocated for the recognition of a Palestinian state. The country halted its weapons sales to

Israel in 2023, and has called on the EU to do the same.

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Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares joins me now live from New York, where he spoke earlier at a U.N. conference on a two-state solution

for Israel and Palestinians. Foreign Minister, good to have you back on the show. I heard you speak today at the U.N. -- and Spain's position, I think

it's fair to say, has been a pretty consistent one, calling for an end to forced displacement, an end to settler violence, calling for a two-state

solution. Do you feel, Minister, that -- like you're speaking to an abyss?

JOSE MANUEL ALBARES, FOREIGN MINISTER, SPAIN: Sorry, I missed the end of the question --

SOARES: I was asking whether you feel --

ALBARES: Can you repeat?

SOARES: Yes, of course, Minister, I was wondering whether you feel that you are speaking into an abyss.

ALBARES: No. More and more countries are gathering around the position of Spain, both in Europe and in the world. France just announced that the

recognition is very near, and that they will do it in September. In the European Union, the voices of the countries like Spain that are asking for

action to stop the war, to break the blockade of Gaza, to put in place a Palestinian state, to make real the two-state solution are more and more

heard and more and more unified and united.

It's very clear that we all know what's the solution for peace, stability and security for everyone in the Middle East, including Israel is the two-

state solution. Who doesn't want the two-state solution? The violence, the violence settlers. The terrorist organization like Hamas. Those people

don't want the two-state solution.

That's why we are today here in the U.N., in New York, together with many countries from all the continents in the world, to call for the end of the

violence, for the reconstruction of Gaza, and for the implementation of the two-state solution, not only talking about the two-state solution, but the

real implementation of the two-state solution.

SOARES: And of course, for our viewers who may have missed the news on this, France, of course, said last week, I think it was last Friday, that

it would recognize a Palestinian state, Spain, Norway, Ireland, among many others already, of course, recognize it. I wonder whether you feel, Foreign

Minister, whether this has moved the needle at all, because President Trump, reacting to this, said, and I'm quoting him here, what he says,

talking about the French side doesn't matter. It's not going to change anything. How do you respond to that?

ALBARES: First, the two-state solution and the recognition of Palestine is justice for the Palestinian people. Secondly, is the best way to work for

peace. The only diplomatic tool that we have right now to protect the two- state solution is the recognition of the state of Palestine and its mere humanity.

We cannot accept this level of violence against the Palestinians. We cannot accept that the normal way in which Palestinians and Israelis relate to

each other is through violence, or that the Middle East, like if it was a curse, they must accept violence and instability for all the people in the

Middle East.

So, if we all know what's the only solution that will bring justice for the Palestinian people, security for the Israeli people, and peace and

stability for everyone in the Middle East, why we wouldn't put it in place? It was not Spain or the United Nations that decide about the two-state

solution. It was Israel and Palestine that negotiated and put the parameters together.

Either we accept that we will always see violence in the Middle East or we move to the two-state solution. Spain has made a clear bet for peace and

for stability for everyone in the Middle East with the recognition of the state of Palestine.

SOARES: I want to get your thoughts, Foreign Minister, on what we heard today from President Trump, who said there is real starvation, you can't

fake that, those were his words, promising then to set up, I'm sure you saw food centers. How effective do you think this will be, given of course,

what we have seen with this Israeli-U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Just your reaction to what he said.

ALBARES: For me, it's very clear that there is an induced, a provoke hunger in Gaza, and we cannot accept this induced hunger. We must break it. I

mean, we cannot allow that Israel has a sort of right of veto on the two- state solution or not, a right of veto on who has access to food and staff in Gaza, or doesn't have it.

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This is a shame. A shame for the whole humanity what is going on in Gaza, and we are ready to join the effort on humanitarian assistance. But this

humanitarian assistance must be distributed by the principles of neutrality and impartiality that we all want for any humanitarian assistance to be

distributed in the world. We know that there are U.N. organizations that do it, and I --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Don't see why it should be the Israeli army that decides who and when people from Gaza get --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Food stuff. Why the people in Gaza, the Palestinians in Gaza would be the only people in the world that cannot decide when they have access to

food, to medicine, to fuel. Why Israel should decide on that? That I will always oppose to it.

SOARES: And you've said it's induced, provoked hunger. We've heard from Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is how he describes it, Foreign Minister,

have a listen.

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BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, PRIME MINISTER, ISRAEL: There is no starvation in Gaza. We enabled humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the war to enter

Gaza otherwise there would be no Gazans.

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SOARES: So, I mean, there's no starvation, he says there, Foreign Minister. In case you can't hear. There's no starvation in Gaza. What more can be

done, Foreign Minister, to exert pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu?

ALBARES: At the European level, I've been very clear, we should be suspending the council of association between European Union and Israel. We

should impose an arms embargo of selling weapons to Israel. Israel and the Middle East don't need any more weapons. What is needed is peace. And the

third thing we should increase the list of people that are being sanctioned.

There are already violent settlers that are being sanctioned to include everyone that is imposing and trying to prevent the two-state solution, to

be a spoiler of the two-state solution. Of course, there is a starvation in Gaza, massive starvation. We see people every day being dead because of

hunger. Even worse, we see people being killed while they are queuing up to get some food.

We have 100,000 kids, 40,000 of them babies that will die in the next few days if we don't provide with sufficient food staff to Gaza. That's why

Spain is going to launch in the next few days from the air, some airdrops with food stuff, but that's just a drop of water in the ocean. What I ask

to the Israeli army is to open all the land crossings with Gaza to allow massive humanitarian assistance to enter. Humanitarian assistance, by the

way, that is waiting right there at the border --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Of the frontier, including humanitarian assistance from --

SOARES: Prime Minister --

ALBARES: Spain, and that, that humanitarian assistance must be distributed by the U.N. --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Bodies.

SOARES: You mentioned very briefly that you mentioned airdrops that Spain is going to conduct. What more can you tell us on this, about this? When

was this going to happen? When is this going to take place?

ALBARES: As soon -- it will start between the 1st and the 2nd of August. Our agency of development has already gathered all the food stuff. We are

talking about food for around 5,000 people that will be launched from Spanish aeroplanes from our army. We are waiting for the Minister of

Defense to tell us when we can pack all these in the aeroplanes.

We are in contact with the Jordanian Air Forces to do this joint operation, and will do it as soon as possible. It will be towards the end of the -- of

the week. But once again, this is not what we want. We don't want just a drop here and a drop there --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Why? We have enough humanitarian assistance. They should enter by truck through the land crossings and in a permanent flow, unimpeded,

without --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Any obstacle, and being distributed directly by the U.N. agencies, not through the Israeli --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Army.

SOARES: Yes.

ALBARES: Anything else --

SOARES: Yes --

ALBARES: Anything different goes against international law.

SOARES: Yes, then there needs to be a more dignified and safe way, of course, to distribute this aid. Foreign Minister Albares, appreciate it,

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE). Thank you.

ALBARES: Thank you very much, (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) --

SOARES: You're very welcome. Gracias. And on tomorrow's show, British surgeon Nick Maynard joins me live to discuss what he saw while

volunteering in Gaza. He's just returned from treating patients at Nasser Hospital, you may remember that we spoke two weeks ago while he was there.

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Tune in for our conversation -- to our conversation tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. right here in London, that's 2:00 p.m. if you're watching us in New York.

And still to come tonight, an agreement to peace. We are tracking the new ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia after last week's flare up along

the border.

Plus, President Trump is dialing up the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. He says he's making a big change to the deadline for Russia

to talk peace with Ukraine.

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SOARES: A ceasefire is now in effect along the border between Thailand and Cambodia. The sounds of gunfire have even fallen silent after days of

deadly clashes, killing at least 38 people. Earlier, the Thai and Cambodian Prime Ministers met in Malaysia as you can see there, which mediated the

talks, the peace talks.

Will Ripley walks us through the moments that led up to the latest border flare up, and what was critically comes next.

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WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): With smoke still rising on the border from Thailand, military drones dropping bombs on

Cambodian military positions. Both nations leaders flew to nearby Malaysia, hoping diplomacy can succeed where fighting has failed.

ANWAR IBRAHIM, PRIME MINISTER, MALAYSIA: For immediate ceasefire. Immediate ceasefire.

RIPLEY: In Putrajaya, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stepped in to break the deadlock, announcing an immediate and unconditional ceasefire

from midnight local time. He's also bringing in field commanders from both sides for face-to-face talks. On the ground, cautious hope. So many

families forced to flee, abandoning their livelihoods.

"We should take precautions no matter what", this Thai farmer says. "If there's a ceasefire, that's great. It would be better so my family can come

back to keep farming." Dozens are dead, hundreds hurt. Both governments say more than 200,000 people displaced. This is one of the region's worst flare

ups in years. Even U.S. President Donald Trump is getting involved, speaking during a summit in Scotland.

TRUMP: Then I spoke to both of the prime ministers, I think by the time I got off, I think they want to settle now.

RIPLEY: If they did not settle, he said, trade deals would be at risk. But even warnings from the U.S. President won't easily erase decades of

distrust, tensions growing since May. First, a Cambodian soldier died in a border skirmish, then a leaked phone call led to bitter fallout between

Thailand and Cambodia's powerful elder statesman, deepening the diplomatic crisis, plunging both sides into deadly violence.

Now, Malaysia's playing peacemaker, but with trust in short supply, nobody knows how long this truce will last.

Will Ripley, CNN, Taipei.

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SOARES: And still to come tonight, President Trump talks trade with the British prime minister and celebrates the new deal with the E.U. We'll

break down the potential impact of that agreement. That is next.

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SOARES: Welcome back, everyone. U.S. President Donald Trump is on the third day of his trip to Scotland, where he's mixing personal business with

presidential duties. During talks with the British prime minister at the president's golf club in Turnberry earlier, Mr. Trump called the framework

trade agreement between the U.S. and the E.U. the biggest deal ever made. That pact however is non-binding and very thin on details. We'll have more

on that in just a moment.

At that same meeting though, the president indicated his patience with Vladimir Putin is running out, by moving up his deadline for Russia to

agree to a peace deal with Ukraine. Have a listen.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 10 or 12 days from today. There's no reason in waiting. There's no reason

in waiting. It's 50 days. I want to be generous, but we just don't see any progress being made.

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SOARES: Now, President Trump's original 50-day deadline was set to expire in mid-September. Mr. Trump also promised the U.S. will set up what he's

called food centers, that we talked at the top of the show, to address this starvation crisis in Gaza without providing specifics, as we discussed with

our Jeremy Diamond at the top of the hour from Jerusalem.

The president also acknowledged that Israel has a lot of responsibility for limiting the flow of much needed aid. But he didn't respond to a question

on what the U.S. might do to actually put pressure on Israel. Also, on the president's agenda today, a visit to another one of his golf resorts. And

then, tomorrow, he's going to attend the opening of his second golf course in Aberdeen, once again, raising questions over conflict of interest.

Our Jeff Zeleny is with us this hour from Edinburgh. Jeff, great to see you. Let me see stick with -- if I could for the moment, with this growing

impatient, I think it's fair to say, that we are seeing from President Trump vis-a-vis President Putin, the war in Ukraine. The shift -- the date

now has shifted from 50 days to 10 to 12 days. And now, we are hearing from President Zelenskyy who his hailing what he calls President Trump's

determination to this deadline announcement. Just bring us up to date with the very latest here.

JEFF ZELENY, CNN CHIEF U.S. NATIONAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Look, you almost get the sense that this was one of the objectives that British Prime

Minister Keir Starmer had in mind coming here to Scotland to meet President Trump at his golf resort, talking about Ukraine, obviously talking about

Gaza as well. The whole idea was to kind of bring President Trump along.

And it is on Russia that President Trump is expressing in pretty uncertain terms, just a disappointment. He almost looked for Lauren as he was talking

about the fact that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has not done what he hoped had not lived up to Trump's expectations. So, he did do an

about-face that his aids had not sort of signaled to us in advance, have not talked about going from that 50-day window to a 10- or 12-day window.

Now, it's unclear why there really needs to be a window at all because Vladimir Putin has made clear that he has not been deterred by threats of

sanctions or tariffs. We will see if this time is different. But if there - - the bombing does not stop in 10 or 12 days, President Trump said he would explore secondary sanctions, which of course could have deep impact on

businesses and countries that do business and have relationships with Russia.

But just the sense of sort of disappointment that really lingered in President Trump's words was quite notable. Because you'll remember, Isa,

when he ran for president, he said his strong relationship with Vladimir Putin, that would be enough to end the war on day one. Well, we are more

than six months into this administration. The war obviously not ending. But clearly, President Zelenskyy is praising President Trump, as most leaders

do, because they know he likes to be praised in this way. And using the word determination was certainly a word of choice.

SOARES: Indeed. Jeff, good to see you. Thank you very much indeed. Jeff Zeleny there for us in Edinburgh.

Well, the new trade deals, as we were saying, has been announced between the U.S. and the E.U. on Sunday, President Donald Trump and European

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the terms of the agreement. There will be a new 15 percent tariff for most European goods

entering the United States. This is higher than Mr. Trump's 10 percent universal baseline from April, but much less, of course, than the 50

percent tariff, if you remember, he threatened back in May. Before President Trump returned to the Oval Office, the average tariff on European

goods was only 1.2 percent, just for context. And context is important here.

Joining us now to break down the details, the details that we have at least, Matt, is Matt Egan. And this, as we outline there, Matt, is this

half of what the president had promised. Not many people on this side of the pond, I have to say, are celebrating. France's prime minister called it

quote, "a dark day for Europe." Belgium's, a prime minister called it a moment of relief, but not of celebration. So, who wins and loses here?

Break it down for us. I know we're very short or on detail here in terms of this framework.

MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Well, Isa, the fact that there is a framework is, of course, a relief because it means that the U.S. and the

E.U. have averted disaster, which would've been a transatlantic trade war that would've damaged the world economy.

But to your point though, a lot of the details here, they're vague. This is not a legally binding agreement and we only got a fact sheet from the White

House just a few hours ago. But one thing we are clear on is the tariff rate. The U.S. and the E.U. say that the framework calls for a 15 percent

tariff on imports from the E.U. And to your point, that is lower than some of these threats, including the August 1st threat of a 30 percent tariff.

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But what's also notable is we're not talking about a cut to tariffs, right? This is a trade agreement that calls for an increase in tariffs, right?

This is up from the current level of 10 percent and miles away from last year's average tariff rate from the U.S. on the E.U. of 1.2 percent. And

there is so much at stake here because the E.U. is the biggest source of the United States imports. The U.S. imported more than $600 billion of

goods from the E.U. last year alone. Everything from pharmaceuticals and cars and car parts to aircraft and machinery and alcohol.

And look, economists and trade experts, they tell me that the cost of these tariffs, it's not going to fall primarily on the Europeans, it's going to

fall primarily on Americans, right? That U.S. consumers and businesses are going to face higher prices because of these tariffs.

Now, looking at some of the other details in this agreement of E.U. agreeing to buy $750 billion of U.S. energy, it's hard to say how much of

that wouldn't have been purchased without this agreement, but this is part of it. They're also going to be investing another $600 billion in the U.S.

and U.S. businesses. In a win for European consumers and U.S. businesses there's a 0 percent tariff on U.S. exports to the E.U.

And what's notable is there's this 15 percent tariff on the E.U. It does include autos. And I don't think that's something that's going to sit very

well with Detroit automakers because they're paying a 25 percent tariff on cars that are made in Mexico and in Canada, but one's in Europe are at just

15 percent.

So, look, this does seem like another example of a trade agreement that cements in place higher tariffs, not lower tariffs, right? We've seen that

from the other trade agreements, right, including the ones with Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and U.K. All of them reached agreements

and they avoided the worst-case tariffs, but they all have higher tariffs as part of their agreements than they did when the year started.

And, Isa, one last thing we are looking at is the situation between the U.S. and China, because we do know that officials, they met today in

Stockholm, they're trying to hammer out an extension to this 90-day truce that expires on August 12th. These are the two biggest economies in the

world, and there's so much at stake when it comes to whether or not they can continue this trade truce that began back in May. Back to you.

SOARES: Yes. And that is the third round of talks. I know you're keeping an eye on that. Matt Egan, thanks for laying it all down for us. Appreciate

it.

EGAN: Thanks.

SOARES: And still to come tonight, a historic win for England's Lionesses. We'll discuss the remarkable victory and what it could mean for women's

football going forward. That is next.

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SOARES: There we go. She's very excited, Christina. England's Lionesses are back on the home ground, but that doesn't mean the celebrations are over.

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Christina is just as excited as they were. That was the moment on Sunday night when England's women's football team beat Spain and defended their

title. Fans were treated to a nail-biting match, an extra time before England finally took victory in a gripping penalty shootout. The Lionesses

have just made it to Downing Street to meet the deputy British prime minister, Angela Rayner. Looking there at images.

Can someone tell me if these are live? Are these live images coming to us or not? It's the last few minutes. CNN's Christina Macfarlane is with me

now. And this was expected. I mean, they were supposed to meet with the deputy prime minister earlier on today. I think there were delays, traffic.

But this is huge for the girls. And what a match it was.

CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, CNN SENIOR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Slight delay I think due to the partying that went on last night. But yes, I mean, the

comeback queens of Europe. I mean, they've put us through, what, four times this tournament. They came back to win. And it's almost become their

trademark now, quite frankly.

The stat that really stood out to me from that -- the entire tournament really was that England played 360 minutes of knockout football at Euro

2025, and we're ahead for only one minute and behind for 173, which just tells you it was scrappy, it was rough, but quite honestly, the mentality

of the England team was what --

SOARES: And the composure for those penalties, it was -- I was so nervous watching them.

MACFARLANE: Yes.

SOARES: It is really quite something in terms of their achieve. And I hope that people -- we are seeing some images from Sunday, of course, but I

really hope that people do show up for them today.

MACFARLANE: I'm sure they will. I mean, this is the highest attended Euros in history. And we know, you know, that tomorrow there's a raft of things

planned as well. They're due to have an open top parade. They're starting on the Mal at midday. But there is a real love for these Lionesses now.

Their second consecutive European championship victory.

In some ways, it was sad not to see Spain get their moment. Because as you remember, the 2023 World Cup Final was overshadowed by the sexual assault

of Rubiales and they had a fantastic tournament themselves.

But hats off to Sarina Wiegman, who now I think it's her third consecutive Euros title with two different teams, the Netherlands and England. Where

she goes from here? World Cup is coming up, of course. That's the next step.

SOARES: The pressure on her. It was quite interesting because two of the England players, I think is Leah Williamson had met with the prime minister

-- the previous prime minister in back in 2022 to discuss equal access for football to -- for girls. I wonder how much does a sport -- do you have a

sense of how much a sport has grown?

MACFARLANE: Well, even in the few years since the Euros, the amount of like grassroots investment that has gone into, you know, women's football, not

just women's football, actually all women's sport has been remarkable. And we're expecting again to see an upturn after these European championships.

But it was the sort of personal stories of the women on the field that really stood out. And I didn't realize, I was reading this earlier today,

that Hannah Hampton, of course, England fabulous goalkeeper, her grandpa died two days before the European championship started, and she actually

had grandpa sewn into the back of her shirt. And when she won, she put out a tweet earlier today saying, two days before the biggest tournament of my

life you left. You taught me so much, not just about football, but about life. I hope I made you p proud, Grandpa. I carried you through every

minute, and I always will. We did it. We did it. So, it's a collection.

SOARES: These are live pictures. These are life pictures from Downing Street there. As you can see. It is in incredibly be beautiful. A moment

for the women -- for the Lionesses in the spotlight and truly well deserved.

MACFARLANE: I know. Downing Street, no plans for a bank holiday yet though for The Lionesses.

SOARES: Oh, he's trying to get a bank holiday there.

MACFARLANE: Pressure campaign.

SOARES: Christy, appreciate it. Thank you very much indeed. And still to come tonight, a rare zoo birth is being celebrated. We'll tell you where

and why this is so significant for the species. That's next.

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SOARES: Welcome back. It's an annual competition highlighting the importance of one of the planet's most vital ecosystems. And the winner for

this year's Mangrove Photography Awards have been announced. This beautiful image of a flock of Roseate Spoonbills, as you can see, above a shark

hunting in the Florida Everglades. And Mark Ian Cook, the award for Mangrove Photographer of the year. Photo of a young proboscis monkey eating

fruit in a Mangrove Forest in Indonesia took home, as you saw there, that wildlife mammals category. And the Mangrove Forest, you're looking at with

the backdrop of Dubai, won the landscape from the air category.

Beyonce completed a "Cowboy Carter" tour with the reunion many music fans had been hoping for. At her final show in Las Vegas, Beyonce brought out

her former Destiny Child's band mates, Kelly Ronan, Michelle Williams. The moment was called by many fans on social media. The trio sang a medley of

their hits. The last time the tree reunited was for Coachella in 2018. They're known for hits such as "Bootylicious," "Survivor" and "Lose My

Breat."

And a very happy first for the Chester Zoo in the U.K. A Rare snow leopard cub was born for the first time in the zoo's 94-year history. According to

the international Union for Conservation of Nature, snow leopards are listed as a vulnerable species. No name though has been announced yet for

the cub.

And finally, this hour, there's a new evidence of the power of a daily walk. A 10-year study shows it can significantly reduce the risk of

cognitive decline, especially for those with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's disease. Our Jacqueline Howard has more for you.

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JACQUELINE HOWARD, CNN HEALTH REPORTER: Walking has long been connected with health benefits, including cognitive benefits. And now, this new

research that being presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, it includes data on nearly 3,000 adults, it found that walking

has a protective benefit against cognitive decline, especially in people with an APOE E4 genetic variant. That's a variant that's associated with an

increased risk of Alzheimer's.

So, greater walking was tied to slower decline in people carrying this genetic variant. And this association, it was slightly greater among black

adults compared with white adults. So, it may have a slightly greater benefit for the black community. But overall, this is an important message

for people who have a genetic risk factor tied to Alzheimer's disease. And it's estimated that at least one in five people are carrying a genetic

variant that is associated with an increased risk.

But even if you have this genetic variant, new research tells us staying physically active is one thing you can do to reduce your risk. Some other

things to consider, prevent diabetes or manage it, if you've been diagnosed, watch your blood pressure, prevent or correct hearing loss,

limit your alcohol intake, don't smoke. These are all ways to help keep your brain healthy as you age.

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SOARES: Thank you very much. Well, I love walking, walk every day with my dog. So, that is a very good study to read.

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Thank you very much for tonight. Thanks for your company. Do stay right here though. "What We Know" with Christina Macfarlane is up next. I shall

see you tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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