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World Headlines; India Rape Crisis; Smart Creativity; Jack Ma Backs Down On Million U.S. Jobs Pledge; Historic summit in the Koreas, denuclearization, economic development and diplomacy; Deadline set for Kavanaugh's accuser; E.U. leaders meet in Austria; New corruption charges for former PM of Malaysia; Former Pakistan prime minister released from prison; Puerto Rico one year later after Hurricane Maria. Aired 8-9a ET

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[08:00:00] KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to "News Stream."

A fitting end, Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un wrap up a three-day summit by visiting one of the most important sites on the Korean Peninsula.

The partisan lines deepen. U.S. Republicans set a deadline for the accuser of Supreme Court nominee of Brett Kavanaugh to decide if she will testify.

And Maria one year on. CNN looks at the day in day out struggle of people in Puerto Rico still face in the aftermath of that deadly hurricane.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is offering some encouraging words following that three-day summit with his North Korean counterpart. Speaking

at a press conference in Seoul earlier in the day, Mr. Moon said that Kim Jong-un gave specific details regarding the denuclearization of North Korea

and said he wants to focus on economic development. Mr. Moon said he hopes for further diplomacy.

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MOON JAE-IN, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA (through translator): Chairman Kim, in order to expedite the process of denuclearization, will pursue the visit

of Secretary of State Pompeo, and he has expressed his desire to meet with President Trump to hold a second U.S./North Korea summit.

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LU STOTU: Joining me now is CNN's Will Ripley. And Will, you know, the latest inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang in North Korea, it literally

reached a peak today at this Mount Paektu. What is the significance of that site and what is the significance of this moment for North and South Korea?

WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, there really couldn't be a more apt place to end a three-day summit that many called a breakthrough

than the most important summit for the Korean people, North and South. Mount Paektu is near the border with China and it is revered by all Koreans

as a place of deep spiritual significance.

I have spoken with so many South Koreans who haves said they would love to go visit there but they have not been able to for a number of years. It is

illegal currently for them to travel there. Perhaps that may be changing as a result of what unfolded on the Korean Peninsula.

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RIPLEY (voice-over): When South Koreans sing their national anthem, they sing about Mount Paektu. It's the very first line, until the mountain

crumbles, the song goes, God will protect their country. But Mount Paektu isn't in their country, it's in North Korea. A place illegal to visit for

most South Koreans who can only hope to see it from the Chinese border. That may be about to change.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, standing together at a place deeply symbolic to both North and South Korea,

countries technically at war since before either leader was born. The symbolic value of ending three days of peace meetings here cannot be

understated. This active volcano is Korea's spiritual home. If the North and South were still fighting over any place, it would likely be this

place.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): Mount Paektu is the soul of Korea's revolution, the spirit of our people and our pride. We are members

of the great country of Paektu.

RIPLEY (voice-over): I learned what Mount Paektu means to Koreans when I traveled there last year. All around me were pilgrims. Kim Jong-un's people

are told the water is holy. Its caldera is Heaven Lake, the centerpiece of a spectacular summit, a symbol of the nation's spirit and strength.

In April, Moon Jae-in took one small step over the military demarcation line, hand in hand with Kim Jong-un. Now, Moon found himself standing in a

place that would have been impossible to visit just months ago, adding a new moment to the mythology of Mount Paektu.

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(on camera): Just remarkable how much has changed and so quickly, Kristie. But the U.S. and the North and South Koreans know that in order for all of

this to really move forward, well, the Americans need to be onboard and be supportive of this process. And that means that there needs to be some

resolution to this issue of denuclearization.

And what President Moon did not say in his pres conference when asked, is how far apart right now are the North Koreans and Americans in terms of

what steps North Korea wants the U.S. to take simultaneously with them if they move forward with these plans to begin the denuclearization process

and including the permanent closure of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor.

[08:05:03] President Moon will presumably tell President Trump everything he learned when meeting with Kim Jong-un when he flies to Washington on

Monday, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, and that meeting could pave the way to more talks, but you've got to say, wow. Just the mood, the tone struck as a result of the

three-day summit, a world apart from the tensions of last year. Will Ripley reporting live for us. As always, thank you.

Turning now to Washington, and Republicans, they have set a Friday deadline for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to decide if she will testify against the

Supreme Court nominee. So far, the Senate Judiciary Committee has received no communication from Christine Blasey Ford or her attorney about that

deadline.

The Democrats say the committee is rushing the entire process. CNN's Abby Phillip joins me now from the White House. An Abby, the Democrats, we know

they want to put a delay on this. You know, the Republicans, they're trying to push this hearing through. Where do we stand right now?

ABBY PHILLIP, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Kristie. Chairman Chuck Grassley is refusing to budge on his timeline and he is

upping the pressure on Ford saying that she has until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow to make up her mind about whether or not she's willing to testify. He is

also saying that Democrats are not helping with the investigation into the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh.

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PHILLIP (voice-over): Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley setting an ultimatum for Judge Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Professor

Christine Blasey Ford, telling Democrats that Ford and her lawyer have until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow to let the committee know whether she will

testify at a hearing Monday about her sexual assault allegations, claims Kavanaugh denies.

SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY, CHAIRMAN, SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: I'm not worried about anything other than just focusing for the next few days on

encouraging her to come.

PHILLIP: Grassley rejecting ford's call for an FBI investigation, but giving her the option of a public or private hearing and offering to send

his staff to California to speak with her directly. Ford's attorneys' responding in a statement to the media, writing, "The Committee's stated

plan to move forward with a hearing that has only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. The rush to a hearing is unnecessary, and

contrary to the Committee discovering the truth." Ford's lawyers also reiterating that ford needs time to deal with ongoing threats.

LISA BANKS, ATTORNEY FOR CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD: She has been dealing with hate mail, harassment, death threats. So she's been spending her time

trying to figure out how to put her life back together, how to protect herself and her family.

PHILLIP: Sources tell CNN that if Professor Ford chooses not to testify, the hearing will likely be scrapped. And a confirmation vote could occur

next week. President Trump growing more vocal in his defense of Kavanaugh.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESDINT OF THE UNITED STATES: He is such an outstanding man. Very hard for me to imagine that anything happened.

PHILLIP: But also encouraging Ford to testify.

TRUMP: If she shows up, that would be wonderful. If she doesn't show up, that would be unfortunate.

PHILLIP: Ford's resistance prompting skepticism from some Republicans who had initially called for a hearing.

SEN. SUSAN COLLINS (R), MAINE: I don't think she can reject having made all of these serious allegations, I don't think that she can reject all

those options. I think it's not fair to Judge Kavanaugh for her not to come forward and testify. Both of them need to testify under oath.

PHILLIP: Democrats accusing Republicans of trying to rush Kavanaugh's confirmation before the midterm elections.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER, SENATE MINORITY LEADER: Leader McConnell delayed the filling of Justice Scalia's seat for 10 months and now they're saying we

can't take an additional few weeks to get to the truth at a very serious allegation. What hypocrisy.

PHILLIP: And throwing their support behind Ford's request for an investigation.

SEN. DOUG JONES (D), ALABAMA: Dr. Ford is being reasonable. I think she needs to have the respect of the committee to let this play out.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She's being bullied by this committee. It's outrageous.

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PHILLIP (on camera): And there has been a lot of talk in recent days about whether the FBI should investigate these claims. People have cited the fact

that the FBI did investigate Anita Hill's accusations against Clarence Thomas back in 1991. But Republicans are saying that this is a different

circumstance.

That FBI investigation happened before Anita Hill's name was made public and that investigation was carried out in a confidential manner. They say

now that these allegations are public the Senate should take the lead.

LU STOUT: And Abby, I just want to get your thoughts on those, you know, interesting comments from Donald Trump earlier about the Kavanaugh accuser.

Donald trump saying, you know, if she shows up and makes a credible showing and we'll have to make a decision, you know. Abby, I want to get your

thoughts on that. Is President Trump hedging here on Kavanaugh's future?

PHILLIP: Well, I don't necessarily think we should read this as the president hedging, but more that he's leading into what the White House

believes is their advantage in this case. They think that if they can put the two individuals side by side in front of the Senate Judiciary

Committee, they can make this into a he said/she said case that will make it easier for Republicans to vote in Kavanaugh's favor.

[08:10:12] Now, the president has been reiterating he wants to hear Kavanaugh's accuser testify. He wants to see if she is credible, but I

think it's because the White House believes that at the end of the day it's not going to change many people's minds and it's not going to make a

definitive case either for or against her allegations. The White House and the president want to move this forward as quickly as possible and they

actually think that this is the best way to do it.

LU STOTU: Got it. Abby Phillip, reporting live from the White House. Thank you.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on European leaders to stay united ahead of crunch Brexit talks. E.U. leaders, they are in Salzburg,

Austria where the British Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to raise support for her withdrawal proposals.

There are several big obstacles thrown in the way of a divorce agreement, how to manage the border between Ireland and the U.K. That is proving to be

one of the toughest to overcome. Now, let's break down this issue for you.

A key part of the Good Friday Agreement was an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It's also the only land bordered

between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Both sides have agreed to avoid a hard border, which would breach the Good Friday Agreement and

could become a target for militants.

But, there has been no agreement on what should take its place. Now, leaders have just 190 days to come up with a solution. CNN's Hadas Gold

joins us live from Salzburg with more. And Hadas, let's talk about the border issue. Now, we know that's a major sticking point in these talks.

How can European leaders cross this hurdle?

HADAS GOLD, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, that's exactly right. That is the major sticking point and one that's been really the top theme

of the last 24 hours since the leaders arrived here in Salzburg yesterday.

Last night at dinner, Theresa May, the prime minister of the U.K. tried to make the case to her fellow leaders saying that her plan, the checkers

plan, was the only way forward because she says it's the only plan that avoids the hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of

Ireland.

But it's very clear that on the other side, there is also a feeling that there needs to be more work done. The European Council President Donald

Tusk said yesterday that the U.K.'s plan for the Irish border needs to be reworked. Just this morning though, Irish officials were saying that they

are willing to look at new ways to sort of work this out.

A lot of this goes down to the details of what exactly that border will look like and who will do the border checks? How would it all work out? But

we haven't really heard any specifics coming out of this summit so far and it's very clear that there is still a huge difference.

I mean, just a few minutes ago, Donald Tusk, the European Council president posted on Instagram a picture of Theresa May and himself going for some

cake and the comments said something along the lines would you like some cake but no cherries. That's going along with the phrase of that Theresa

May has been accused of cherry picking what she wants out of this deal.

But right now the leaders have just wrapped up a meeting, all the leaders except for Theresa May. And in a few minutes we should be hearing from

Donald Tusk and some of the other European leaders on what came out of that meeting, if anything, but to be clear, this is an informal summit. We're

not going to get any official declaration. That probably won't come until October when the next formal summit takes place.

LU STOUT: Got it. An informal summit, a lot of discussions underway. Is anyone just floating the idea in talking about, you know, the U.K. holding

a second Brexit referendum? Is this something a number of E.U. leaders would actually like to see?

GOLD: We heard from two prime ministers today, for example, Malta saying that they would like and they would hope for a second referendum. But

Theresa May last night speaking to reporters outside of that dinner, she shut that down. She said that they are under her watch. There would never

be a second referendum.

She said that it would cast doubt into the political process of the U.K. and it would take them back to square one in this entire process. And she

urged the leaders, labor leaders in the U.K. and the other politicians who are pushing for this to let it go. She said it's not helpful.

So it seems unlikely that as long as Theresa May is in power that there will be another referendum. It seems sort of wishful thinking. A lot of the

leaders here are just pushing forward on Brexit as it stands, but the hard thing is that we just don't know, we don't have a deal yet.

LU STOUT: Yes. Hadas Gold, reporting live from Salzburg, Austria. Thank you.

Now in Malaysia, former prime minister, Najib Razak, has been hit with 25 more corruption and money laundering charges. Officials say more than $600

million linked to the country's 1MDB state fund were transferred into Najib's personal accounts. Najib pleaded not guilty to each of the offenses

in court earlier.

The former prime minister was arrested again on Wednesday in connection with the 1MDB scandal, allegations that Najib and others looted the fund

that was a major contributor to his election loss in May.

Turning to another embattled former head of state.

[08:15:02] The former Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif is a free man for now. A high court in the country ordered Sharif's release from prison,

suspending a 10-year prison sentence for corruption that had been handed down in July. His supporters celebrated by showering his car with flower

petals.

Mr. Sharif's daughter and son-in-law were also released. They were each ordered to pay $5,000 bail. The three were arrested on corruption charges

related to some properties the family bought overseas. You're watching "News Stream."

Still ahead, millions left in the dark for months. A death toll that dwarfed initial estimates and some communities still cutoff from

desperately needed services. How Puerto Rico has struggled to rebuild in the year since hurricane Maria.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, welcome back. You're watching "News Stream."

One year ago today, a monster storm slammed into Puerto Rico, devastating everything in its path and eventually killing nearly 3,000 people. We're

talking about hurricane Maria of course. MIt was the strongest storm to hit the island in 85 years. More than three million people lost power. The

largest blackout in modern American history.

And while local officials say power restoration is complete, some communities are still on generators. But a lack of electricity is just one

of the many challenges faced by residents who are struggling to rebuild. CNN is covering this from all angles.

Leyla Santiago is in New York. She's been reporting on Maria and its aftermath from the very beginning. She spent 177 days in Puerto Rico

covering the story. We're also joined by and we will start with Raphael Romo who is in the town in Puerto Rico where Maria made landfall as that

Category 4 hurricane. And Raphael, you were there at the very place where Maria touched down and made landfall one year on. What does it look like

around you?

RAPHAEL ROM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, this is the exact location where hurricane Maria made landfall exactly a year ago, September 20, 2017. It

looks like a normal beach right now, but officials tell me that here at the very same spot where I'm standing, last year we would have had a mound of

rocks, sand, and mud about my height, about nearly two meters high.

And take a look at the sea, at the ocean and the beach. They tell me that the beach has -- they lost about 200 meters of coast here. So they're in

the process of trying to restore part of that beach and trying to rebuild everything. But now let me show you on this side, the community this

morning gathered at about the exact same time, 6:15 a.m. local time, where the hurricane made landfall here.

[08:20:09] And as you can see behind me, they're still in the middle of a gathering here from the community where people have come to remember the

victims of the hurricane. There was a woman whose mother died during the hurricane. There was also another woman whose sister took her own life

after the hurricane, the number of suicides has increased here in Puerto Rico after the hurricane.

And, also, they're operating with a generator I hear because there are still many pockets around the island where people still don't have power.

Authorities say that they have restored power to the entire island of Puerto Rico. They said that a month ago, but the reality is that there are

many pockets without power.

The roads are in much better condition, Kristie, but they still have many bridges that need to be rebuilt and roads that are in really bad shape.

Again, 2,975 people died during the hurricane and in its aftermath. So, it's a very, very -- it was a very difficult blow for the island. Kristie,

back to you.

LU STOUT: Yes, one year on, still many, many reminders of the devastation and what hurricane Maria caused there in Puerto Rico. Raphael Romo,

reporting live from the island. Raphael, thank you. Now let's go straight to Leyla Santiago who joins us from New York. And Leyla, there has been and

of course you've been following this and reporting on this closely. So much controversy about how President Donald Trump responded to hurricane Maria.

One year on, how do people in Puerto Rico feel about the U.S. government's response?

LEYLA SANTIAGO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Listen, I think it depends on what part of the island that you're on. I was really happy to see that Raphael was in

(inaudible) southeastern part of the island where he mentions people there are still on generators. If you visit Puerto Rico and you go to San Juan

you will see that there are tourists, that there are shops, that they have power.

But you've got to think about Puerto Rico almost like two islands. You drive out just 20, 30 minutes outside of the capital, and you will find a

very different reality. So we went back to some of the people we met a year ago and e asked them what changed and what hasn't.

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SANTIAGO (voice-over): Clarissa Ramos has to do this. Every time it rains, neighbors in (inaudible) fill holes in the road to make what little Maria

left passable, even if narrowly.

CLARISSA RAMOSE, RESIDENT: This is the little road that we got. We just put dirt here. Look.

SANTIAGO: After Maria, Puerto Rico says only 2 percent of the island's roads were passable because of debris and landslides. But of course, for

Clarissa, hurricane Maria took away much more than a road. The storm stole her way of life.

You can't talk about Maria without shedding a tear, why?

RAMOS: It's my first time I lived through something like that.

SANTIAGO: It would take nine months for hundreds of families here to have power restored, 11 months for the entire power grid. And some communities

are still on generators. Ricardo Ramos was the CEO of Puerto Rico's power authority, PREPA, when Maria struck the island.

RICARDO RAMOS, FORMER CEO, PREPA: The storm was just too big.

SANTIAGO: You knew what was coming. I remember specifically you said our system is too weak to handle this. Why wasn't PREPA more prepared if they

knew how vulnerable this is to (inaudible)?

RAMOS: You don't fix on one day. You don't fix in one week. It takes 10 years to fix the vulnerabilities that the PREPA system had.

SANTIAGO: Now in charge of PREPA, Jose Ortiz.

JOSE ORTIZ, CEO, PREPA: It's going to take four to five months more to stabilize the system.

SANTIAGO: And if a storm comes tomorrow, he says they're ready. There are 32 contracts in place to bring people in. Why didn't Puerto Rico do that

for Maria?

ORTIZ: They did too late.

SANTIAGO: Too late for people like Natalio Rodriguez. His generator ran out of diesel in the middle of the night. The breathing machine he used

shut down. He died.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If he had electricity, normal electricity at that time, he could have been alive.

SANTIAGO: Nearly a year after the hurricane, Puerto Rico changed its official death toll, jumping from 64 to 2,975. A number President Trump

takes issue with, tweeting "3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico."

The change in death toll came months after CNN's investigation revealed the death toll was likely nine times what the government of Puerto Rico was

reporting. The latest statistics are showing reasons for yet another concern.

[08:25:07] This is Puerto Rico's 24-hour suicide hotline. Twenty minutes after our arrival, a call comes in, a mother of two struggling with

anxiety. She tells the operator tropical storm Isaac is looming too close.

So he says in one eight hour shift, he will take a call like that 30, 40 times. Callers reaching out for help with the trauma that lingers. A loss

of a job, loss of a loved one, loss of a roof over their heads. Luz Colon (ph) is one of at least 45,000 still depending on tarps in Puerto Rico.

So we are in her room and I hear thunder.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (Speaking in foreign language)

SANTIAGO: It's tough because she thinks about what could be coming.

We last saw Luz (ph) in the days after Maria. One year later, she acknowledges progress. But says she and the island have a long way to go.

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SANTIAGO (on camera): And Kristie, one of the things that sort of stuck with me when I went to go revisit Luz (ph), she says in the last year no

one else has come to check on her, only CNN. She feels forgotten. And I got to tell you, that is something that I've heard over and over again. A sense

of feeling forgotten on that island one year later.

LU STOUT: Yes, we thank you Leyla and your team for being there and for reporting on this story over the course of a year. Leyla Santiago,

reporting live for us from New York. Thank you.

And you can see our special report on hurricane Maria and its aftermath, it's happening this weekend, called "Storm of Controversy. What Really

Happened in Puerto Rico." It airs this Friday at 10:00 p.m. eastern in the U.S. That's 10:00 a.m. in the morning Saturday in Hong Kong, only on CNN.

Now, there have been protests and there have been penalties, but once again, a child rape case has shocked people in India and around the world.

We are on the ground in New Delhi with the latest.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You are watchin "News Stream" and these are the world's headlines.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is committed to denuclearization. He also said Kim was looking forward to

further talks with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.

[08:30:01] Moon made the remarks on his return from a historic three-day summit in Pyongyang.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on E.U. leaders to stay united ahead of France Brexit talks. Leaders are meeting in the Austrian city of

Salzburg to discuss the U.K.'s withdrawal from the block. Both sides agree the talks need to move faster. European Council President Donald Tusk says

time is running out.

Bobi Wine is back in Uganda where he is set to face treason charges. The lawmaker and pop start has been outspoken in his criticism of the current

Ugandan president. Wine, who was taken home by police vehicles, had been in the U.S. seeking medical treatment after an arrest last month. His family

alleges that he was tortured, a claim that the Ugandan military has denied.

A horrific story is triggering outrage across India. A 7-year-old girl is now fighting for her life after being raped with a water pipe. This is the

latest in a series of high profile sexual assault cases in India, many of which have involved minors.

Let's bring in CNN's Anna Coren. She joins us from New Delhi. And Anna, after this horrific attack, what is the latest you're hearing about this

little girl and her condition?

ANNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Kristie, our producer,(INAUDIBLE), he has spoken to the mother of this little girl in

the hospital here in New Delhi. And she says that her daughter is stable, but she has not stopped bleeding, nor has she stopped vomiting. She is

suffering tremendously. She is traumatized.

(INAUDIBLE), he said he saw her. She is tiny. She is frail. Even though she is seven years old, she looks so much younger, because this little girl,

she is very malnourished. She comes from a very poor family. But the mother maintains that her daughter was raped with a water pipe on Monday night.

Police have arrested a 21-year-old man. This took place not far from where they live. It happened in a park. A relative found her crying and bleeding,

and they raced her to a nearby hospital.

Now, we know that she underwent extensive surgery. She had severe vaginal tears, which, obviously, indicates rape. They're trying to ascertain

whether a foreign object was used as well. But this has just rocked the family.

You know, these are people who are just getting by. The mother, she is a single mother. She's got three children, two daughters and a son. She is a

rickshaw driver. She earns a few dollars a day, Kristie. These are the most vulnerable. And yet, this is happening time and time again.

According to the government, 100 rapes a day, at least 100 rapes a day. Sexual violence is definitely something that India needs to address and it

needs to address now.

LU STOUT: One hundred rapes a day, the latest rape of a 7-year-old girl, and she is still suffering right now. Why is it that young girls and women

are so vulnerable there in India?

COREN: Well, I think there are so many people here in India trying to search for that answer, because no one really knows. I mean, the government

is at a loss. They have, obviously, increased jail sentences for rapists, for men convicted of raping a child under the age of 12.

They are sentenced to the death penalty. So, I mean, it doesn't get any harsher than that. They've brought in these fast track courts to try and

speed up the process, but there are some six million rape cases pending before these courts.

That just gives you an idea of the bureaucracy and the dysfunction that is going on here. On top of tat, you have, you know, the lack of police

resources, the lack of policing. And then it's -- the police intimidation that is so often reported as well. Is it a socioeconomic problem? Is it a

patriarchal problem? Is it a cultural problem?

India is really trying to work out what it is. Certainly there is a movement of activists who are demanding answers and demanding that more is

done. But, Kristie, it's not just happening in poor uneducated communities. We know that there are lawmakers, powerful people, who have been charged

with rape and rape of children.

So, this is right across the spectrum. This is something that is affecting Indian society. You know, there are people out there who say, is rape more

prevalent in India than in other countries? Is India the rape country of the world?

[08:35:02] Well, look, the statistics certainly would speak otherwise, but then you have to take into consideration that there are so many rapes

unreported. A study this year, Kristie, showed that perhaps 99 percent of rapes go unreported.

So, that just gives you an idea. Obviously, there are women out there who are being brave and who are reporting what is happening to them, these

heinous crimes that are happening to them.

But then there are so many other women, Kristie, who are just too ashamed of what has happened to them. The shame that will come to their family. The

consequences of what will happen that they just don't report it.

LU STOUT: Yeah, that's why this is being called an epidemic of rape in the country. The latest victim is 7-year-old girl. Our hearts go out to her and

her family. Anna Coren, we thank you for your reporting. Take care.

You're watching "News Stream." We'll be right back.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back. Now, CNN's new series that is called Smart Creativity explores the intersection between high-concept design and

advanced technology. Now, in our first edition, we'll take a look at Dutch design duo Studio Drift who are discovering just how far technology can go

in capturing the wonders of nature.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice over): Technology can bring things to life that can mimic life.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): It's evolution from nature. It's just the canvas that we work with, the canvas and the paint. It helps us to express

what we want to achieve.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): We work a lot with movement, a lot with lights.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice over): Objects that we make, we bring them to life. We animate them by activating (ph) motors, springs, mechanical

systems, and they become a character.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): I'm very science fiction based. That's my youth, you know. I grew up, you know, during Star Wars. That's really my

inspiration. Lonneke, she comes from the natural side.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice over): Those elements that you see in nature that are endlessly interesting, it's an elementary thing you can always be

connected with.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): At project Franchise Freedom, we look closely at the swarming behavior of birds, and we try to come as close as

possible to their natural movement (INAUDIBLE) behavior.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice over): First of all, I thought it has to be done with lights. Because lights, we can make movement. We cannot really

make. So, I approached an engineer. He started to define autonomous behavior. There is a set of rules and every individual in the group behaves

with these rules. So, we first had the static insulation with glass tubes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): We thought how great would it be if we could extract that and have it free flying in the air. We talked to certain

parties like (INAUDIBLE) Electronics, and we started motivating them to create the research for this centralized steering of a group of drones that

can program them to do different kind of movements in the sky. And then at a certain point, intel got involved. The whole research. They developed the

hardware to create the sculpture.

[08:40:07] Of course when you see a piece of art on the floor, it doesn't do anything. But when you have 300 swarming before you, it really becomes a

living entity.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice over): It gives a bit of a feeling of the future. That's also something that is similar to us.

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LU STOUT: That was just breathtaking. Now, we got a twist in the tale of Alibaba and the million jobs. Jack Ma is backtracking on a pledge made last

year to boost employment in the U.S. You might remember Ma's high profile meeting with Donald Trump. Here's a reminder of what they said.

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: We had a great meeting. It's jobs. You just saw what happened with Fiat where they're

going to build a massive plant in the United States, in Michigan. And we're very happy. And Jack and I are going to do some small great things. Small

business, right?

JACK MA, CHINESE BUSINESS MAGNATE: Focus on small business.

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LU STOUT: Now, there may have been a million jobs in question, but there's only one reason why Ma is no saying no. He explained this, "this promise

was on the basis of friendly China-U.S. cooperation and reasonable bilateral trade relations, but the current situation has already destroyed

that basis. This promise can't be completed."

Now, as the world becomes accustomed to the typos, for example, in President Trump's tweets, on this side of the planet, this airline takes

its error (ph) to new altitudes. Jeanne Moos gives us a new spin on the story.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This is one way for an airline to increase its name recognition. Misspell your own name.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): At Cathay Pacific, the world is at your fingertips.

MOOS: But pagers apparently didn't have an "F" at their fingertips, resulting in Cathay Paciic instead of Pacific. Cathay Pacific itself

tweeted the mistake saying, oops, the special livery won't last long. She's going back to the shop.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): Celebrating the new colors of Cathay Pacific.

MOOS: The internet celebrated the mistake. Welcome to the new Cathay where we give no "F." Someone else inserted the "F" with the notation, fix it.

Another commentator concluded, if an airline is going to make a mistake, let it always be on the paint job.

The Hong Kong-based airline likes to explain who we are. You're the ones whose painters need to go back to school as it's been misspelled in various

school zones. Sure there are bungled traffic signs and even tattoos. "Else" with too many "E." And remember the time the Mitt Romney campaign spelled -

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: America.

MOOS: Wrong. Try pronouncing this.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Amercia.

MOOS: Amercia.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wow. Who was the genius?

MOOS: Probably not the same genius who turned --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice over): Cathay Pacific --

MOOS: To Cathay Paciic. Someone tweeted, I guess no one gives a flying "F" these days.

Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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LU STOUT: We all make mistakes now and then. And that is it for "News Stream." I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. We got "World Sport"

with Amanda Davies next.

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