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U.S. & Iran Launch New Strikes After 3 American Service Members Killed; Spain Beat Argentina 1-0 to Win Second World Cup Title; Liverpool Giant Kevin Keegan Has Passed Away at Age 75; Andy Burnham Becomes New UK PM, Replacing Keir Starmer; Oil Briefly Tops $90 a Barrel Amid Escalating Iran Conflict; Yemen's Houthi Declare a Maritime Blockade on Saudi Shipping. Aired 11a-12p ET
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: All right, Andy Burnham becomes the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade. "One World" starts right now. Britain's
new PM vowing to bring down the cost of living and create a new sense of unity. We are live view from Downing Street with the very latest.
Plus, Spain with a new chapter in football history, snatching the World Cup from defending champs Argentina. And the Tate brothers are expected in
court soon after being arrested in Miami. Will the Trump Administration hand them over to the UK to face rape and sex trafficking charges?
All right, coming to you live from New York. I'm Zain Asher. Bianna is off today. You are watching "One World". We will make this moment a circuit
breaker. Those are the words from Andy Burnman as he is promising to bring about the biggest change in Britain for 40 years as he takes office as the
UK's seventh prime minister in a decade.
A short while ago he made his first speech outside his new official residence at Number 10 Downing Street, speaking without a lectern and
without notes. As he works on forming his cabinet, he faces major challenges. Burnham says he's acutely conscious that the last few years
have seen a revolving door of prime ministers.
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ANDY BURNHAM, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: It requires my generation of politicians to raise our game and rise to the new challenge, Britain needs
to show the world that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge, to make politics work, to make it work better.
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ASHER: Earlier, King Charles invited Burnham to form a government following traditional and protocol, following tradition rather and protocol. Burnham
succeeds Keir Starmer, who took office in a landslide election victory two years ago, but stepped down after his own Labor Party essentially deserted
him.
Starmer says Burnham has his full support. Let's begin our coverage with CNN's Max Foster, who's outside the prime minister's residence at Number 10
Downing Street. So, Max, Andy Burnham has a lot going for him, just in terms of popularity, momentum. He's certainly someone who people consider
to be a man of the people.
He has that common touch, but there are a lot of challenges facing the UK at this present time. Just walk us through what sort of prime minister he's
expected to be.
MAX FOSTER, CNN LONDON CORRESPONDENT: Well, you noted the lack of a lectern. That was his first symbolic move, I think, because it is a
tradition for the lectern to come out for moments of national importance, and you know a new prime minister is that Keir Starmer stood behind the
lectern, and then it was taken away for Andy Burnham, and he went to it.
And that is about you know trying to reduce the barriers between government and the public. I think, but also with it comes a skill, of course, you
can't don't have a script with you. You can't place it on the lectern, and he ad-libbed it absolutely perfectly, which speaks to his confidence as
well and his ability to perform in front of any audience.
And he had that very relaxed sense to him, which Keir Starmer didn't have. So that's the first big contrast. Then we had the very first announcement,
and it was that he was going to end rough sleeping in the UK. That's the first direction that he's given his office. And now we're waiting to hear
about the calls to other world leaders and, crucially, what sort of cabinet he's going to form.
That is going to be defining for him because he's talking about unifying the country and his party, all of which is very divided, and he has to
reflect the top jobs, foreign, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Home Office, amongst the different factions within Labor to their satisfaction,
to show that he can unify the party.
So, we're waiting to see what he does there, because inevitably, one of those appointments is going to upset one side of the party. So that's the
first element of it. And then in terms of our international audience, you know what is his foreign policy? We don't know anything about it whatsoever
because he's never spoken to it.
He's not even spoken about national policy, actually, just regional policy. But it is interesting that Keir Starmer always had the Ukrainian flag
flying above Downing Street.
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Andy Burnham is left it there as well. And there's some word, Zain, that one of the first calls he's going to make is to President Zelenskyy of
Ukraine. And then it's probably going to be President Trump because there's a reality here that the U.S. is still the UK's main ally.
ASHER: Yeah, and I'm just being told by my producers that Trump, President Trump, has actually spoken to the new prime minister, the new British Prime
Minister Andy Burnham, essentially congratulating him on becoming prime minister and also praising his stance on North Sea oil.
Max Foster outside Number 10 Downing Street. Thank you so much. We'll leave it there. Appreciate it. All right, let's bring in Martin Farr, who joins
me now. He's a Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History at Newcastle University. Martin, to be a good prime minister, you need to have-I mean,
several things really-but you need to have a clear vision.
You need to have a strategy behind that vision. You need to -- the role does involve some. You know, you have to be a bit of a salesperson, right?
You've got to be able to sell that vision to the British public. You have to have integrity. You've got to be able to give speeches.
You've got to have great communication skills. You've got to be able to be just as comfortable speaking to the king as you would, you know, the
florist on the local high street, right? You have to have a lot of emotional intelligence, so much so that even people who don't necessarily
like you still respect you.
I mean, I look at Andy Burnham, and honestly, I think that he does have, maybe not all, but a lot of those trades. I mean, just walk us through your
assessment in terms of whether he does have what it takes to be a good, if not great, Prime Minister of the UK.
MARTIN FARR, SENIOR LECTURER IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH HISTORY AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY: Well, I mean, I don't want to make the afternoon about a piece
of furniture because you have been discussing the lectern, but the lectern has become the most profound visual cliche of the last 10 years of British
government. Because not only is it brought out every half an hour for the next prime minister, but each prime minister can have their own lectern.
So, the lecterns are discussed in relation to the previous lectern, and it's all very tedious and it's all quite embarrassing. And I think it's
very significant that he chose not to have one, both in terms of the fact that it shows that he is confident in himself, comfortable in himself, able
to speak to the public without having a script in front of him.
The contrast with his predecessor, who was described by some as being more wooden than the lectern, is quite profound. That he trusts himself to be
able to give a clear message, and also, I think perhaps I'm over imagining, but it's almost like he doesn't want anything in between him and the
public.
That there's a kind of openness which wouldn't be there were there this large piece of wood. And I wonder whether at his press conference he might
be better served sitting press rather than standing rather sternly, as his predecessors have as well. It also helps that he has a clear message.
And it's interesting to me that many commentators and critics have been saying that this is the least tested least question prime minister in
history. He's been a politic figure for 30 years. We know what he thinks about things. We know the importance of place for him, the politics of
place.
We know the importance of devolution and so on. And therefore, we have much clearer sense in a way, even though he wasn't elected by his party or by
the country. And if he veers too far from the manifesto of 2024 there will be concerns about the legitimacy and about his mandate.
But as things stand, he's given one clear policy already on rough sleeping, which I suspect will be enormously popular, and is something which is so
clearly measurable he will be able to say in three years' time whether he's delivered. And that I think is quite an effective way to begin your tenure.
And as I'm speaking to you, I can see on my phone notifications of the cabinet that he's constructing. It's remarkable how quiet, how silent his
team have been about this. And that's the last thing I would say is that he wants to be different from previous prime ministers in terms of not having
a briefing and leaking culture, that they've kept it really tight.
No one knows what to expect in the appointments, and that's something he wants to continue. The undermining of colleagues, many of them women in the
past, it's something he wants to put behind him.
ASHER: And then, just in terms of the notifications as it pertains to cabinet, we know that Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is out,
as is Deputy PM David Lammy as well. But just in terms of Rachel Reeves and who he's going to pick for Chancellor of the Exchequer.
I mean, this is really important when you think about the fact that the national economy in the UK is going to be a key priority for him.
Obviously, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is in charge of national spending. It's in charge of borrowing. I mean, that sort of thing. I mean,
you know, we talk about the cost of living.
This is a major test. The UK economy is a major test for this new prime minister.
FARR: This is the most important appointment of any prime minister, actually, and it matters when they get on well. Cameron Osborne got on very
well. Blair and Brown didn't get on well, and it undermined the government.
It's hugely important, and particularly so for this prime minister because he is the most avowedly domestic prime minister that I can recall since
Atle, possibly in 45, his concern is cost of living, beginning and end. And although you mentioned just now the first call with President Trump.
And he will be dragged into foreign affairs more than is natural for him, more than is comfortable for him, in a way that Keir Starmer was very happy
to be taken from domestic affairs into the realm of summatory and international meetings.
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Burnham's concern is the bread-and-butter issues of voters. Hence, the make a field tests, his so-called test about his constituency. What will work in
his constituency in the north of England is what will work for the country at large. And so, Rachel Reeves had to go. I'm afraid because he needs to
make a distinction between this government and the previous government.
And Lammy and Reeves were integral to the Starmer government, and therefore there has to be a change in these positions. We think the rumors of the
last few days is that Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, will get the post, which is significant for two reasons.
One, I think she's been an effective but a controversial Home Secretary in the Labor Party because of her tough stance on immigration. And secondly,
she has no clear economic profile, as it were, but she's known to be an extremely efficient and capable cabinet minister who can drive her
department to the ends that she deems politically necessary.
So, not an economics expert, but arguably somebody who can get the biggest department of government under control and be the motor for the economic
revival that he wants for the country.
ASHER: The fact that the UK has had seven prime ministers now in a decade that tells me tells me a lot. But it tells me especially that British
voters. I mean, they're a tough crowd, right? They're relatively, I would say, unforgiving. You know, it almost feels as though whether it's the MPs
behind him, whether it's the sort of Labor Party as a whole, whether it's you know the electorate.
It's almost like they have their finger on the button, ready to eject you if you make a series of blunders. Someone like Andy Burnham, you know,
somebody who has this, everyone talks about this need to be liked that he sort of appears to have, and you know maybe perhaps some people say maybe
an inability to make tough decisions.
Just walk us through how he's going to fare in that kind of adversarial environment.
FARR: Well, I mean, we don't know in one sense, but that's the case for any new prime minister. He has been a cabinet minister before. He's run
departments. He's been, as I mentioned, a public figure for 30 years, he's well used to being questioned, being interrogated, justifying his actions,
trying to create a story as to why he's doing what he's doing, and defending himself and presenting a necessarily selective record to the
public for re-election.
And he was re-elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester two years ago with an enormous majority, and that is in an age when, as you imply, voters are
increasingly impatient, when they expect there to be almost a switch that can be clicked for there to be change. I was very struck by the vox pops in
Clacton when Nigel Farage is called a by-election on grounds of his honor essentially.
How many voters in Clacton were unhappy with him because things hadn't changed for them, which betrays, I would suggest, a profound lack of
understanding about the role of an MP and also what change can be affected in two years. But that's where the public is, to a large extent.
There is impatience. There has been over 10 years of stagnant growth. There's been 10 years of under investment in potholes and in local
facilities and local services, and the public are impatient, perhaps for a reason, and that makes it much harder for any prime minister.
But it does require a prime minister who is able to communicate, and we haven't had one, arguably, since David Cameron has an effective
communicator in the House of Commons, on television, in private meetings, in public meetings. I think Burnham will have a slightly longer honeymoon
than the recent past, for that reason.
But it still will only be a honeymoon. He needs to be able to demonstrate demonstrable change, certainly before the next election, for there to be
any hope of Labor retaining power. He now has just over three years of a solid majority to effect change. He may think that two years have been
wasted, but now there are three years of, as he sees, a genuinely Labor Prime Minister with genuine Labor priorities, who can hopefully bring back
those voters who are bound with Labor so conspicuously in the May 2026 local elections.
ASHER: Yeah, I mean you're right about this the importance of, you know, the ability to communicate for a prime minister. It's one of those soft
skills that you cannot overstate the importance of it, the ability to actually sell your ideas, persuade the public, convince them that the
country is on the right trajectory.
Many of whom, of course, will have doubts. But it is difficult in this environment to leave this job with your reputation still intact. That that
sort of appears to be the name of the game over the past decade or so. Martin Farr, I'm sure we'll have you on again as we learn a little bit more
about Andy Burnham and his priorities.
Thank you so much. Appreciate it. All right. With the U.S. and Iran inching closer to an all-out regional war, concerns are growing. The conflict may
be entering a dangerous new phase, one that can't be easily contained. Both sides carried out a ninth straight night of escalatory strikes, and they
are expanding their attack targets, including civilian infrastructure relied on by millions of people.
It comes as the Pentagon reveals the identities of two soldiers killed during Iranian strikes in Jordan on Friday.
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Those repeated attacks on the more distant regional U.S. allies, perhaps proving Iran still maintains offensive capabilities despite months of
American strikes. Meantime, on Sunday, we learned of another American soldier that had been killed this time in northern Iraq.
We're also learning additional American firepower is headed to the region as well. CNN's Kevin Liptak joins us live now from the White House. I think
it's fair to say that this administration really underestimated the resilience of Iran and their sort of staying power through this war.
Just walk us through that. Why was this a nation that was so underestimated back on February 28th?
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, I think President Trump was convinced by advisers as well as the Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu of Israel that perhaps this war would be much more decisive than it was when it, as it has turned out to be.
You know, I think the president thought, as his own video the day the war began suggested, that the Iranian regime would fall relatively quickly,
that the U.S. would be able to seriously degrade the missile and drone capabilities, including along the Strait of Hormuz. But what that the thing
that they didn't seem to factor in was that Iran would close the strait and view it as leverage going forward.
And you have seen ever since the war move away from its original strategic objectives, which was to degrade Iran's nuclear ambitions and move much
more towards the strait and trying to reopen it. And now you see, as the president considers widening the conflict again, that, that remains the
area of focus.
And you've seen the Central Command over the last nine nights go after facilities along the strait to try and wear down Iran's ability to launch
those missiles and drones towards not only commercial vessels in the strait but also towards American military installations in the region.
And you're right. I think it's just clearly a lack of awareness of what Iran might be willing to do in order to wait the U.S. out in terms of the
conflict and the president's own plans for how long this would take. He originally said it would be maximum six weeks, and now we're well past the
four-month mark.
And the deaths of these Americans will provide, I think, another moment for the president to consider what he's going to do now. You know, it does seem
to suggest, based on where these attacks happened, that Iran not only retains its missile and drone capabilities, but also seems more able to
evade American anti-missile defenses than it was earlier on in the conflict, suggesting that they have used the four months of war to learn
about how the United States is trying to defend its installations in the region.
Now, the U.S. at this point does seem like it's preparing for something more escalatory, I'm told that F-16 and F-35 fighter jets from bases in
Europe are now heading to the region, along with aerial refueling tankers, which I think gives an indication that the president is preparing for some
sort of wider option.
But at the same time, you hear the diplomats involved in all of this suggest that there could be still the opportunity to resolve this around
the negotiating table. The Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying that the U.S. is getting indications from Iran that it wants to get back to
negotiations.
Although at this point, it's hard to detect exactly where those discussions actually are.
ASHER: All right, Kevin Liptak, live for us there. Thank you. All right, still ahead on "One World". Soccer fans in Spain are celebrating. For the
second time ever, the team took home World Cup trophy. We've got all the excitement from the final coming up. Plus, Ted Lasso and Justin Bieber were
two of the big stars in the first ever World Cup final halftime show.
We've got reaction after the break.
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ASHER: Right, Viva Espana, a single goal in extra time made the difference, giving Spain their second World Cup title after beating defending champs
Argentina in Sunday's final. They had started the tournament slowly with a nil-nil draw against Cape Verde all those weeks ago.
Then 19-year-old Lamine Yamal helped the team hold on, or hold its own rather, against the legendary Leo Messi and three-time winners Argentina.
Don Riddell joins us live now from Atlanta with more on Sunday's final. You know what's really interesting? About a month or so ago, maybe two months
ago now, Goldman Sachs predicted that Spain would meet Argentina in the World Cup finals, and they predicted that Spain would actually win.
So much of this is down to a little bit of luck, but there is something that, according to them, was inevitable about these two teams meeting on
Sunday. Just walk us through how they both played and what was it that made this almost destiny, given how good both teams have played so far.
DON RIDDELL, CNN WORLD SPORT: Well, I'll tell you something that made it a bit easier for Goldman Sachs, and that was that before the draw was made.
FIFA, the tournament's organizers, kept apart the top four teams. So that was the two that made the final, and England and France.
And the idea was, if they won their groups, then none of them could meet until the semi-final. And that is exactly how it played out. And of course,
we had Spain and Argentina meeting in the final. The difference in the end, well, I guess there were multiple differences. But I mean, one thing is
about this Spain team is that they play as a team.
They're very, very well organized and they give absolutely nothing away. They love keeping control of the ball and the possession. And so, if the
opponent doesn't have the ball, there's not much they can do without it. Spain only conceded one goal in the whole tournament.
That's remarkable. They played eight matches and kept seven clean sheets. And I suspect, just in the end, it was a bridge too far for Argentina.
Remember, they were riding their luck in the knockout stage. They gave us those thrilling comebacks against Egypt and then against England.
And so you went into the final thinking, well, perhaps they're just going to do it again, but they met their match in Spain, and in the end, the
Spanish team was just too good for them, and they deserve the win.
ASHER: And just in terms of some sad news that we got moments ago, Kevin Keegan, another sort of legendary UK sort of football icon, passed away. I
think today at the age of 75. Just walk us through what you know.
RIDDELL: Yeah, very sad news. We -- I mean, we knew that Kevin Keegan had been battling cancer from earlier this year, but the confirmation of his
passing came today at the age of 75, as you say. A legendary player, most famously for Liverpool and then Hamburg, he was a two-time Ballon d'Or
winner when he was playing at Hamburg.
He won the European Cup with Liverpool, multiple league championships with Liverpool. Then he became a manager, most notably managing Newcastle
United, took them to within a whisker of the Premier League title.
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He also managed England. In fact, he managed England's last game at the old Wembley Stadium, and then because they had lost that match, he immediately
resigned his position while still inside the stadium. But yeah, a very, very popular man, very, very much loved within the game in England, of
course, and in Europe, and he'll be very, very sadly missed. It's really sad news today.
ASHER: Don Riddell, live for us. Thank you. Thank you for bringing that to us. All right, and turning now back to the World Cup. While the Argentina
squad contemplate their loss, Spain's players got a hero's welcome when they touched down in Madrid. The Falcons ecstatic about La Roja's second
World Cup win. Our Pau Mosquera spoke to some of them.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is incredible. This is the best part of my life. The best moment of my life.
PAU MOSQUERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was very, very tense, and actually the anxiety under. nervousness was very palpable all through the match. And I
can tell that many of them are going to get back home with no fingernails left after biting all of them, because it has really been a lot of
suffering through all these 120 minutes of match, but I bet that it has been worth it.
Where are you now heading to? How are you going to celebrate this?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don't know.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: With a lot of joy in every street, everywhere.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: With our friends, everything, everything.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is incredible. This is the best part of my life, the best moment of my life. Now the second star, the second star today, the
second star. Let's go. Let's go. This is a historic moment. In 100 years, we will remember this. It's like painting the Mona Lisa --
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ASHER: Thanks to CNN's Paul Mascara for that report. Right, this year's World Cup final featured its first ever halftime show, bringing a Super
Bowl style spectacle to the biggest stage in soccer. Madonna kicked off the star stud a production, entering the stadium in a dune buggy driven by
Brazilian soccer legends Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, as well.
K-pop stars BTS then took to the stage to perform their hit dynamite, and the stars of the feel-good soccer comedy Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis, and
Brendan Hunt made an appearance in character to introduce Justin Bieber and delivered one of their most famous pep talks.
After that, Shakira and Nigerian musician Burna Boy performed the official World Cup anthem. The show also featured the Muppets as part of an
orchestral arrangement of "The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army".
And then Cold Play frontman Chris Martin joined Shakira along with an elementary school chorus and the Sesame Street gang for the grand finale.
All right, still to come from mayor to MP, the Labor Party Leader and now prime minister. More on the UK's new PM Andy Burnham and the Premier, a
primer rather, on British politics ahead.
Plus, the U.S. is sending more firepower to the Middle East as the war with Iran escalates. What it could mean, next.
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ASHER: All right, welcome back to "One World". I'm Zain Asher in New York. Here are some of the headlines we are watching for you today. Britain's New
Prime Minister says one of his first calls as leader will be to the Ukrainian President. Andy Burnham is promising continuing support for Kyiv.
He's also setting out his domestic agenda, vowing to tackle the high cost of living and to end homelessness in the UK. The U.S. and Iran unleashed
another wave of punishing attacks following the deaths of three American service members over the weekend. It marked the ninth consecutive night of
bombing.
Meantime, we've learned the U.S. is sending more firepower to the region. Russia hit Ukraine early Sunday with one of its biggest ballistic missile
attacks since the start of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the attack involved more than 40 missiles of various types, most of
them against the capital Kyiv and 120 attack drones.
Russia says it was targeting defense industry facilities and logistics centers. Self-described misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan
Tate, who were arrested in Miami this weekend, are set to appear in a Florida court today. British authorities have filed new sex trafficking and
rape charges against them and are seeking their extradition to the UK.
The two have built a social media empire, championing female submission. All right, let's get back to our top story this hour. Andy Burnham is
Britain's new prime minister. In a short speech outside at 10 Downing Street, he said he would get to work right away on his agenda.
Kier Starmer resigned earlier today. King Charles then appointed Burnham as leader of the government. Burnham is promising to make politics work
better. CNN's Nic Robertson takes a closer look at Burnham's plan and some of the challenges waiting for him as prime minister.
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KEIR STARMER, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: This is the end of my political journey.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR (voice-over): Keir Starmer's last moments in Parliament.
STARMER: I will give my whole-hearted support to my successor.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): A rather British end to a bruising battle to hold on to his job.
STARMER: To my wife and children, I love you. Goodbye.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): The irony he rarely got as much applause as prime minister.
ANDY BURNHAM, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: I see this as a last chance to change, particularly for the Labor Party.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): His replacement, the charismatic Northerner, Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, arrives pumped from electoral success. His
mayor to prime minister metamorphosis is a work in progress.
BURNHAM: I am going to do things differently.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): Still wearing the T-shirt he calls his Manchester uniform. Yet in the month since his local election victory, allowing him to
oust Starmer, is offered little detail on his plans, other than opening a Number 10 office in Manchester and pushing power from London to regional
mayors.
BURNHAM: Place first, not party first. Problem solving, not point scoring. Long term, not short term.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): Before any of that, though, the problem his party expects him to fix the rise of populist right-wing reform under Nigel
Farage. Burnham rolled back reforms gains in his recent victory, but Farage, facing allegations he denies of failing to disclose financial
donations, seems to be laying a trap for Burnham. Another test of popularity.
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NIGEL FARAGE, REFORM UK LEADER: I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions. This will be a people versus the
establishment by-election.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): All parties are treating Farage's re-election as a political stunt. Only the satirical candidate Count Binface will run
against him. On foreign policy, where the UK faces the most consequential challenges, Burnham has offered only a few clues, significantly saying he's
not afraid to disagree with President Trump.
BURNHAM: I'll just meet him where he's at. It's about respecting the office, the relationship, the UK-U.S. relationship, but you know where you
disagree, do it. But do it in a way that is kind of meeting him where he's at.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): On the Mideast too, hinting at diverging from U.S. alignment.
BURNHAM: I know many people feel that at the start of Israel's military action in Gaza, my party didn't get it right, and I am sorry about that.
ROBERTSON (voice-over): With wars impacting allies in the Mid East and Europe, and the UK's defense budget facing a more than 6.3-billion-dollar
hole, Burnham's domestic agenda of change will struggle for his undivided attention. In his last days in office, Starmer still trying to make that
balance work.
His third overseas trip in nine days, NATO in Ankara, Paris, for the coalition of the willing, and his last one as prime minister to Kyiv. A
farewell to President Zelenskyy, and the problems of high office. Nic Robertson, CNN.
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ASHER: Right, we are keeping a close watch on oil after prices briefly climbed over $90 a barrel for the first time since mid-June. Let's take a
look at the numbers right now. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, is trading at 87 or so dollars a barrel. We've got WTI, that's the U.S.
benchmark, is at 82 a barrel, and it's a new trading week.
And just in terms of the U.S. stock markets, here's where the three indices stand, the Dow is down ever so slightly. The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ are up.
Global energy prices have risen as the U.S. Iran conflict escalated over the past week, including a strike on a tanker Monday in the Strait of
Hormuz.
A decision by Yemen's Houthi rebels, meantime, might exacerbate the situation by disrupting the global oil supply even further. The Iranian-
backed group has declared a maritime blockade on Saudi shipping, putting Riyadh's crude exports at risk. The U.S. war with Iran, meantime, may be
taking a dangerous new turn as more American firepower is headed to the region.
Washington and Iran engaged in a ninth night of consecutive escalatory strikes, with the U.S. expanding its attacks inside of Iran and civilian
infrastructure is increasingly becoming a target for both sides. In his latest CNN analysis, Stephen Collinson writes the new U.S. escalation in
Iran makes Trump's end game vacuum more urgent.
CNN's Stephen Collinson knows us live now from Washington. So, Stephen, there are some countries in a war where you can continue sort of bombarding
them militarily, and eventually they will surrender and capitulate. Iran is obviously not one of those countries, and part of the region.
There are several factors to that. Part of it is the sort of asymmetrical nature of their ability to retaliate. They retaliate against Gulf nations.
They also have control over the Strait of Hormuz. And on top of that, their leadership, their sort of political leadership, is built for survival.
There's also an ideological element to this as well, where just the very nature, the very idea of capitulating, goes against everything this
leadership in Iran, the sort of systems that they've put in place, stands for. So, President Trump and the administration here obviously, knows this.
So, the idea of thinking that something's going to be different this time, just because they continue bombing for nine consecutive days and they're
sending more firepower to the region. Why do they think that's going to make a difference this time?
STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: It's a good point, and if you put everything you just said about Iran against the fact that Trump
sees things in life, in business, and in politics in a rather binary fashion, you're either winning or you're losing. You have the ingredients
for the current stalemate that we're at.
If you look at his interactions with Iran over the last year or so during his second term, the initial negotiations on the nuclear program before the
raids last year on Iranian nuclear sites, then again earlier this year before the war, and now after the memorandum of understanding has
collapsed.
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It seems like Trump believes that by increasing military force, he can improve the U.S. negotiating position. The problem with that is, it
repeatedly seems to be the case that it doesn't work. He got what he declared was one of the greatest deals in the history of the Middle East in
the memorandum of understanding, and it collapsed within a few days.
But all through this conflict, it doesn't seem that the administration had a very strong sense of history of exactly what motivates the Iranians. The
memorandum of understanding was, after all, based on the idea that runs through the Trump foreign policy that at some point everybody can be bought
off with financial riches.
And as you say, there are ideological and historical and political reasons where that clearly isn't the case with Iran. The administration doesn't
seem to be seeing that, and I think the question is now, is how long Trump sticks with this escalation, having failed to explain to Americans and the
rest of the world why this tactic of aerial bombardment will be any more successful than it was in the earlier stages of this war.
ASHER: And just in terms of, you know, I think there are key lessons that the Americans are going to walk away from this war with when it eventually
ends. I mean, at the beginning, I was speaking to Kevin Liptak about this at the beginning of this war on February 28.
They clearly underestimated Iran's sort of staying power, just the sheer level of resilience. This is a country that has a different level of
tolerance for casualties, different level of tolerance for, you know, widespread destruction in their country. And so, when this war is said and
done, and obviously President Trump has talked about how difficult, from his perspective, the Iranians are to negotiate with.
Obviously, the Iranians would say the same thing, of course, about the Americans. But when this war is said and done, what do you think is going
to be the biggest takeaway for the Americans? What would be the biggest lesson that they, I guess, should have learned?
COLLINSON: Well, it would seem to be the same lesson of Vietnam, of Afghanistan, of Iraq is that what the assumptions are about an adversary in
Washington, their staying power, their motivations, their political desires are often completely out of step with what the force on the ground, which
the opponent opposing government, you know, actually the characteristics of that opposing government.
That seems to be a lesson that was pretty well drummed into Washington with the failure of the Iraq and Afghan wars, which only, let's face it, ended a
few years ago after massive long military engagements, Trump has seemed to believe that he can get around all that by a vigorous aerial bombardment
without ground troops, without being sucked into a quagmire.
But that has failed here. I think ultimately politically, the way this will probably shape out, as it often does, is in more isolationism in the United
States, more concern by American voters about getting sucked into foreign wars, which is rather ironic since that was at the center of Trump's
platform in 2016 and even in 2020.
And that's still something that reticence about foreign adventures that sits very deeply, I think, in the American political DNA in the 21st
century. Yet at the same time, there is this constant temptation for presidents to demonstrate power and to try to implement what they see as
U.S. interests by the use of force. They're constantly being dragged into conflict.
ASHER: All right, Stephen Collinson, live for us there. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. All right, remember the Tate brothers, the social media
influencers known for their outrageous content, are fighting extradition to the UK. The serious charges that they face there, are coming up.
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ASHER: Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are due in a Miami court room today to face a request for their extradition. U.S. marshals arrested them on
Saturday after a request from the U.K. where prosecutors have charged them with dozens of offenses, including rape and sex trafficking.
The Tates, big supporters of President Trump, gained notoriety with their misogynistic online content, racking up followers, but also criminal
charges as well. In Romania, they also face charges related to trafficking and sexual exploitation. Their lawyer says that they will fight the
extradition.
Let's go to CNN's Carolina Peguero, standing by for us in Miami. Carolina, what's the latest?
CAROLINA PEGUERO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we were able to speak to the Tate brothers' lawyer earlier today, as there's already reactions and this
controversial case that they're now having to face in this federal court here in Miami. They were arrested over the weekend while they were on their
way to a boxing event, when they were approached by U.S. marshals.
And now they are going to face a judge on their charges that have been already formally accused by the UK and UK officials, where they have been
saying they have been following a very extensive and complex investigation with sexual offenses involving the brothers, with seven victims reported
with their testimonies, and as well as charges that include sexual assault, rape, and human trafficking.
Andrew Tate faces 42 charges, while his brother Tristan Tate faces 17 charges. And while the Department of Justice is saying that they are
already in their current extradition proceedings, their lawyer Joseph McBride says this is a political witch hunt, this is a political
kidnapping, and that they are in their right to express their free speech.
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JOSEPH D. MCBRIDE, ATTORNEY FOR ANDREW & TRISTAN TATE: They need to have their day in court. If we win that case and we feel great, we feel very
positive that we will. If we win that case, we're going to destroy every allegation that was made against them.
And if that happens, then everybody who's called them traffickers or rapists or whatever it is, all the allegations will blow up. The narrative
will collapse. United Kingdom knows that, so it's pulling out all the stops to politically kidnap them, to lock them up in a cell somewhere in the
United Kingdom, so they can't have their day in court here.
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PEGUERO: And while the UK is hoping to expedite this process, their lawyer is saying that it should take several hearings before there is even an
expected transfer of the Tate brothers to the UK. They are facing several cases here in the U.S. in the U.K. and in Romania.
While later today, just in a few hours at 02:00 p.m. Eastern Time, they are expected to be seen in court, Zain.
ASHER: All right, Carolina Peguero in Miami. Thank you so much. Right, now to a developing story in New York. A source tells CNN that police took a
man into custody after an incendiary device was thrown at a federal building used by the FBI and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
Here's a video obtained by CNN showing the moment that the man throws the device towards the building. You can actually see, obviously, thick smoke
there.
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This is a scene earlier today. A separate source says the device. It appears the device rather consisted of fireworks and a flammable liquid.
We're told the suspect was carrying pellet gun and anti-ICE material. The New York Fire Department says that three civilians and the man accused of
throwing the device suffered minor injuries.
The FBI says a federal employee was also hurt as well. We are obviously watching the story closely. We will find out. We will update you as soon as
we find out more. I want to turn now to Seattle, where a walking ball of fur has become a viral sensation.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Kind of like a local celebrity in Ballard, so I would love to see him. You know, IRL, but --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- almost a little supernatural.
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ASHER: What you need to know about Jimothy the raccoon and why he's become a celebrity. All that and more ahead on "One World".
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ASHER: All right, he's the talk of Seattle raccoon named Jimothy is taking the city by storm for a very unique reason. Zane Heinlein has this
raccoon's story.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What am I looking at?
ZANE HEINLEIN, PRODUCTION ASSISTANT, CNN DIGITAL VIDEO (voice-over): A mysterious raccoon named Jimothy is stalking Seattle. Known for his
unusually short and spherical body, the raccoon has become a local legend.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Kind of like a local celebrity in Ballard, so I would love to see him, you know, IRL.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Kind of -- almost a little supernatural.
HEINLEIN (voice-over): Resident Kiana Hall says it all started when she was on a walk with her husband, and she captured video of an animal scurrying
across their path.
KIABA HALL, RESIDENT OF SEATTLE: I thought that it was a cat, and I love cats, so I decided to take a video.
HEINLEIN (voice-over): Hall posted the video to social media, where the mysterious creature racked up millions of views, and the legendary Jimothy
was born.
HALL: Me and my husband saw him, and just he looked like a Jimothy to us.
HEINLEIN (voice-over): Now others online are sharing their own Jimothy sightings, as well as fan art of the odd-looking raccoon.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It appears that this raccoon has a congenital spine shortening disease, so it does look quite unusual, but it is a condition
that happens in other mammals as well.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think Jimothy is going viral because he's a silly little guy. Times are hard for everyone, and I think everyone needs a
little bit of joy and silliness in their life right now.
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ASHER: Right, dog lovers take note, if you own corgis, you might want to enter them into corgi summer games. A short leg of swimming race took place
on Saturday in Jilin Province, China. Organizers say the fun-filled activities are meant to help pets beat the heat in a healthy way.
While all of the corgis looked like winners, the spectators also appeared to be having a great time as well. And before we go.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one could stand between me and home. Not even the gods.
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ASHER: Christopher Nolan's latest work is proving that all roads lead to the box office. His adaptation of "The Odyssey" sailed to a massive $264
million opening weekend. The movie is based on the ancient Greek poem by Homer. It stars Matt Damon as the Greek hero Odyssey's and follow his
journey home after the Trojan War.
Universal Pictures says that younger audience says especially, turned out in force. With IMAX theaters even adding late night and early morning
screenings to meet demand. Right, stay with CNN. I'll have much more "One World" after this short break.
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