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[08:00:23] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now the world's dominate desktop operating system gets an overhaul, but does Windows still matter in a world ruled by smartphones?

Another 1,500 people tried to enter the UK through the Channel Tunnel, another front in Europe's migrant crisis.

And a young boy can fulfill his dream of throwing a football after he receives two new hands in a transplant.

The British government is meeting to discuss what to do about thousands of migrants trying to enter the UK from France. EuroTunnel says it has

intercepted 37,000 so far this year. It claims about 1,500 migrants tried to cross on Tuesday night. At least one person was found dead.

Now a similar largescale attempt to get into the tunnel happened on Monday when more than 2,000 people tried to make the crossing.

Well, Calais police warn that they may not all be migrants.

Now the UK is reportedly offering $10 million to beef up security at the French entrance.

Now the British freight transport association says the migrant situation has become a national emergency. And CNN's Phil Black joins us now live

from CNN London. And Phil, I mean, just the scale of this new migrant crisis, thousands of migrants have tried to cross in the last two days

alone. So how can British authorities attempt to end this?

PHIL BLACK, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's the key question, Kristie. Really the situation is increasing the numbers are getting worse

and the attempts to solve this so far clearly haven't been working. The British Freight Transport Association, which you mentioned there, describes

this as a national security for Britain now and they are demanding action, even though they acknowledge that this situation is politically complex.

The infrastructure, the EuroTunnel itself, well both countries -- France and Britain -- are responsible for that. It is the point at which Britain

enforces its border controls. They're on the French side of the tunnel, bu it is French sovereign territory, which limits to a significant degree just

what Britain is able to do there.

Despite that, there is clearly a view among British politicians, especially those within the British prime minister's own conservative party, who

believe that the French are not doing enough from a police, from a security point of view, to actually secure that facility. If David Cameron is among

them, he is not saying so publicly, he's talking down the need to, as he says, point fingers of blame.

Here's a little bit more of what he said on this earlier.

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DAVID CAMERON, PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN: On the issue of Calais, this is very concerning, as you said. We're working very closely with the French.

The home secretary met yesterday with the French interior minister. We've invested money in the fencing around Calais. We're also putting fencing

around the entrance to the tunnel at (inaudible). So we're doing everything we can.

The home secretary will be chairing a ministerial COBRA meeting this morning to make sure that everything that can be done working with the

French is being done.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

BLACK: So, working with the French and more fencing, that has been the British response so far. The latest fencing perimeter is said to be -- or

should be ready to go by the end of the month. But the reality is that so far that response has failed to contain, or deal, with this escalating

problem, Kristie.

LU STOUT: That's right. And Britain and France, they may say that they're working together to address this crisis, but the problem extends far beyond

those two nations. So, will European leaders gather again to address this additional front in the European migrant crisis?

BLACK: You're right. This is just one front in a broader crisis resulting from immigration, primarily from Africa on to the European continent. And

in these numbers that we're talking about, the thousands, people who are prepared to try and go that extra step further into the United Kingdom

itself.

In the broader scale of the problem, it is relatively small, really, but it is clearly a crisis flashpoint. But important to put it in context, too, I

think we're talking now about thousands of attempted incursions and (inaudible) that the French police in Calais are describing them, attempted

intrusions into that EuroTunnel facility.

The French police are being very clear that this is not a storming of the facility by thousands of migrants at one time. So that's pretty clear.

But at the same time you have growing political pressure from affected parties like the transport association, the Freight Transport Association

here in Britain that are calling this a storming of the facility, talking about the threats, the risks to drivers, passengers and to the national

security of Britain as a whole.

So, in a political sense, this crisis is certainly escalating, and there is now greater pressure than ever before on the French and British governments

to try and fix this, even though the fundamental problems, the core causes, if you like, to this migrant, lie a long way away in the African nations

and the political economic crises and problems that many of these people are fleeing, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Well, the pressure is certainly on to somehow mitigate this crisis.

Phil Black reporting for us live from CNN London, thank you Phil.

Now, Syria has been mired in civil war for four years. And the UN says that more than four million people have fled the country during that time.

Many Syrians desperate to escape the violence see a better life for themselves across the Mediterranean Sea in Europe. As our Arwa Damon

reports, if they have the cash, smugglers will get them there by any means possible.

Here with her exclusive investigation on this lucrative trade.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's the illusion that lies beyond the waters of a better life in Europe that drives

many to make the treacherous journey, the vast majority of them Syrians. Their country is decimated and they are easy prey for the smuggling

vultures.

Earlier this year, we met this Syrian family that doesn't want to be identified. A barrel bomb hit the home next to theirs, covering them in

dust.

"We used to height underground for to four days," Mohamed said.

His children still have nightmares of the dead and shredded bodies.

12-year-old Abadine (ph) says he wanted to bring his English and math books; his younger sister, her toys. Mohamed sold everything to come up

with the $5,500 each the smuggler was charging.

It's an industry that has always thrived along these Turkish shores with their hidden, hard-to-reach coves, now made all the more lucrative.

Facebook pages, rapidly changing, opening advertising smuggling services. The names of known cafes where smugglers can be found spread by word of

mouth.

We call a number for one of them.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

The smuggler asks if I would like to travel by plane or boat. The boat would cost $5,700.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

He calls back later and says I can even fly to Europe from Turkey with a European passport that he can obtain. It would cost me around $10,000.

This man, Hilad (ph), is another smuggler who agrees to speak to us as long as we conceal his identity.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

DAMON: "The cost varies between Italy or Greece, between 4,000 to $7,000," Halid (ph) tell us. "I put you in a home, I get you food and drink," he

continues. "I call you to tell you that the trip is happening in an hour and to get ready."

From there, the small fishing boats take migrants out to larger cargo ships waiting in international waters. But in the last six months, the Turkish

Coast Guard tracked down along this shoreline on the Mediterranean.

Lieutenant Colonel Olespasec (ph) shows us the ships in the area. The yellow markers, none of them on this day, suspicious.

The success is forcing the smuggling operations for the north into the Aegean where opportunists continue to thrive on the misery and desperation

of others.

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LU STOUT: Now let's get more on that exclusive report from our senior international correspondent Arwa Damon. She joins us now live from

Istanbul. And Arwa, first an update on that Syrian family you met and you profiled. They were detained in Hungary. What happened to them? Where are

they now?

DAMON: Well, that family that is in that particular story actually, Kristie, they ended up being unable to make the journey. They simply

decided that it was too risky for them to take and that they could not afford it at the end of the day.

But so many other families that have attempted to make the crossing and do end up detained in various different centers along the way. Throughout

this entire investigative reporting, we'll have more of it in the next few days. We spoke to families who have been detained in Serbia for up to 40

days. We also spoke to other individuals that had been detained in Hungary.

Because Hungary has now become the gateway into Europe. Even though it is landlocked, so many of these migrants are making the journey over land that

Hungary is overwhelmed. And it has to under EU law detain these migrants when they do capture them and fingerprint them. And that is something that

they all really try to avoid.

Many of these migrants spend weeks, if not months, trying to reach their final destinations in Europe, crossing six, seven different countries.

Much of the journey is taking place on foot. And this is especially difficult for the children that are among them.

But at every step along the way, Kristie, you have these individuals that are making so much money off of the migrants' misery. This entire migrant

trail has really become a great opportunity for those who are trying to capitalize on the migrants' plight.

[08:10:59] LU STOUT: You know, this is such an important human story and very sad to hear about the exploitation involved here, exploitation of very

vulnerable individuals, vulnerable families that just want to escape war and conflict. Arwa Damon, thank you so much for your reporting.

And you can see more of Arwa's exclusive reporting on the desperate measures so many Syrians are taking to flee their country, all in hopes of

making it to Europe. What her special series migrant journeys all week right here on CNN.

Now the head of European football has officially announced that he will run for president of FIFA. Michel Platini was expected to enter the contest to

replace Sepp Blatter. The FIFA president announced his intention to step down last month as his organization became engulfed in a major corruption

scandal.

Now the election to replace Blatter will take place in February.

Platini has been president of UEFA since 2007, but he's also known for his remarkable playing career. He is considered one of the finest footballers

that France has ever produced.

Now Microsoft's Windows dominates on desktop PCs and laptops, but with more computing done on smartphones, how important is Windows today? Up next on

News Stream, we'll get a review of Windows 10.

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LU STOUT: Now hundreds of millions of computers are set for a major upgrade. Windows 10 is out today. It is the latest version of Microsoft's

flagship operating system. And Microsoft says that it the last version of Windows.

Now this release, it comes at a very critical time for Microsoft. Windows is still the dominant desktop operating system, but desktops and laptops

are not the dominant forms of computing anymore: these are.

Smartphones are fast becoming the primary way people interact with computers. And there are far more of them than PCs. In fact, IDC says

Samsung alone shipped more handsets in 2014 than all the PCs in the world combined.

Now Windows 10 is Microsoft's answer. It isn't just a PC operating system, but the foundation for developers to make apps that will run across a wide

variety of devices: desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, the Xbox, the HoloLens headset, even the tiny raspberry pie. Microsoft wants Windows

apps to run on all these devices.

But that will only work if Windows 10 is actually any good. So let's get an expert's take on the new operating system right now. Tom Warren is a

senior editor at The Verge and he joins me now live from London.

Tom, good to see you. Now I know that you have managed to test and review Windows 10. Is it any good?

[08:15:13] TOM WARREN, THE VERGE: Yeah, it's a pretty good upgrade. There's a few features in there that are cool. I know your story sort of

mentioned the mobile stuff in it. It's obviously only really for PCs now, but there's some interesting built-in apps. You've got like a new mail

app. There's a new Xbox app. And if you want to stream Xbox One games to your PC, that's pretty cool. So, if you've got a TV and you want to go and

play an Xbox One game in your bedroom and stuff you can do that.

The start menu has come back. That's probably the big thing. And also kind of a black, sort of dark theme to Windows 10. The start menu is

really the return. They took it away in Windows 8. It kind of annoyed people. It was a full screen, start screen. And they kind of moved it out

of the way and they brought back a little button in Windows 8, but it kind of wasn't enough. And people kind of didn't really like Windows 8 and

didn't necessarily want to upgrade to it.

LU STOUT: So, big upgrade to the user interface.

Let's talk about the new browser now. With Windows 10, Internet Explorer is gone. We now have something called Edge. How is it?

WARREN: Yes, it is good. Internet Explorer is still kind of there in the background. So, say you go to a browser page in Edge and it doesn't quite

work well then you can fire it up in Internet Explorer.

But Edge itself is still kind of clinging to Internet Explorer. The new task bar icon is pretty much like the Internet Explorer icon, not really a

big change.

In terms of features, you can -- if you've got like a stylus like a tablet with a pen, you can draw over web pages, share them with friends over mail

or over social networks, all that sort of stuff. And it's Cortana, which is the new digital assistant.

So say you start typing in the address bar -- if you normally type in Google.com. If you start typing weather then you'll get the weather

results just without even having to hit enter, so it'llj ust come up sort of in line. So that's kind of useful.

Other than that, it's still kind of early days for Edge. We're still waiting for like extension support and just other sort of basic features to

be added in there.

LU STOUT: Got it. It sounds like you also give a good review to Cortana, Microsoft's digital assistant.

Now, Tom, one of the most exciting features people are looking forward to is continuum on smartphones. What is that?

WARREN: Yeah, so continuum is basically the sort of key word for turning - - on the PC side at least, it's turning a device from like a PC keyboard and a tablet -- and a keyboard and a mouse into a tablet. So, stuff like

the Surface Pro 3, devices like that, and the Surface 3, those sort of devices will support continuum naturally.

And what that basically means is say you've got a keyboard attached to the tablet, you can pull it off and you'll get a little prompt in the bottom

right which will then say do you want to turn it int tablet mode? It's basically a better way of bridging the world of like the fullscreen touch

apps and the traditional desktop where you're using your keyboard and a mouse.

And it's also coming to the phones. And Micosoft are going to do a couple of phones later this year that will have this feature. And essentially that

will mean you'll be able to use your phone, connect it up to a monitor with a mouse and keyboard and just use it like a desktop PC.

You won't have all the sort of traditional apps, so you'll have to use these new sort of touch-based apps, but you will effectively be able to use

it as a PC on the go. And that's kind of interesting, kind of exciting. We'll see if that's the future of like phones and PCs, though.

LU STOUT: Yeah -- Windows 10 is multiplatform, meaning the same software can power PCs, mobile devices, wearables, game consules, et cetera. Do you

think this strategy, this Windows everywhere strategy is going to work out for Microsoft?

WARREN: Really, that's really hard to say right now. I mean, so -- we kind of heard this similar sort of story with Windows 8. And the big idea

was that they'd force the start screen down on everyone, on the PCs to try and convince developers to build apps. It didn't really pay off, because

people didn't really like Windows 8 being like full screen and no start menu and stuff.

And the sort of story this time is they've given it away free to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. And the idea is that they'll have a huge install

base. And then developers will have like -- will basically have to create apps for the operating system.

The only thing that's going to hold it back is I think a lot of developers right now are creating mobile apps before they create the sort of desktop

apps. So I think that's still erally going to continue. So I don't know that this is necessarily going to be like the key to solve that problem.

LU STOUT: And a final question for you, which is really an existential question about Microsoft, what does the release of Windows 10 say about

Microsoft especially Microsoft under Satya Nadella. Is Microsoft really out to innovate and to stay relevant in the mobile era?

WARREN: Yes. I think the mobile era is still a slight concern. We still haven't seen Windows 10 on phone s and how it's going work and exactly how

all these apps are going to interact and work across all these devices.

I think what Windows 10 itself says about Microsoft in particular on the PC side is that they're listening to customers. So they've been testing this

operating system over the last nine months with around about 5 million people. And they've been taking that feedback, tweaking things, and trying

to get it to a state where people are like using it.

So, I think Satya himself said that they want Microsoft -- sorry, they want users who are using Microsoft services and Windows itself to actually love

using Windows rather than like needing to use it at work.

So, I think that's kind of where they're heading with the feedback stuff. And to turn Windows into something that people love rather than they have

to use.

[11:20:31] LU STOUT: All right, Tom Warren of The Verge, many thanks indeed for sharing your thoughts on Microsoft and Windows 10 with us here

on News Stream. Thank you and take care.

WARREN: Thank you.

LU STOUT: Now, you're watching News Stream. Still ahead on the program, an outpouring of both grief and anger over the death of a Palestinian man.

The answers his family is demanding from the Israeli government.

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

Amnesty International says it has new evidence of Israeli war crimes during the 2014 Gaza conflict. Israel launched an operation against Hamas in July

last year. Amnesty specifically examined an assault on Rafa in August. And the group says it cross referenced eye witness accounts with photos and

videos to reconstruct what happened.

Amnesty says it had to use 3D modeling like what you see here, because Israel denied it access to Gaza.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

SALEH HIJAZI, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: We analyzed all this information, cross-referenced everything together, to corroborate the information that

we received, the testimonies we received to come at the conclusion here that in the wake of the capture of an Israeli soldier on the first of

August, Israel launched the Hannibal directive (ph), or Hannibal procedure (ph) where there was disproportionate indiscriminate fire targeting whole

areas and whole neighborhoods, especially in the east of Rafa without any regards to civilians or also any regard to medics who were attending to

those either casualties on the streets or those who were injured.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now that was Amnesty researcher Saleh Hijazi. Now previous reports from the group have highlighted violations by both sides, but this

time Amnesty is calling out Israel for failing to conduct what the group calls credible investigations.

Israel says the new Amnesty report is, quote, fundamentally flawed.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

EMMANUEL NAHSHON, ISRAEL FOREIGN MINISTER SPOKESMAN: We totally reject this report. This report does not reflect reality, and this has been

proven time and again by other reports which were written in the last months on the conflict in Gaza last summer.

Actually what Amnesty International did was first shoot the arrow and then drew the aim around it. And the purpose is very clear, the purpose is to

accuse Israel of war crimes regardless of whether it reflects reality or not.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Israel has declined to cooperate with investigations by the United Nations and the International Criminal Court.

Now, there is outrage in the West Bank after a 20-year-old Palestinian was shot by an Israeli soldier. The man died in the confrontation, but there

were conflicting accounts of what happened. And still, there is tremendous anger among Palestinians.

CNN's Erin McLaughlin has more.

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ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The body of 20-year-old Mohammad Abu Latifa taken for burial, gunfire for his funeral. About all his family and

Israeli forces agree on is that he died after running away.

The Israelis had come to his house at dawn to arrest him and another man. They had been suspected of planning an attack.

Abu Latifa ran to the roof. The border police say they fired at his legs and say he was critically injured after he fell fro ma rooftop.

His family denies he fell.

"They shot him. All the injuries were to the bottom of his body, then he was arrested," his uncle says. "After less than an hour, we were informed

he was dead."

Now his mother weeps over his grave. Beside her, the fresh tomb of 18- year-old Mohammed al Kasbah. Three weeks ago, a high ranking Israeli commander shot him dead. Video shows he was running away.

It shows al Kasbah throw a stone at an Israeli vehicle and then he runs. Colonel Yasser al Shomer (ph) and another soldier exit the car ready to

fire. The shooting happens out of frame.

The incident was recorded on a camera at this gas station. It took place just over that way. Palestinian medical report says he was shot three

times -- twice to the back and once to the side of his face.

The Israeli military says it's still investigating. It released photos of these shattered Israeli windshield and an undated photo of al Kasbah

holding a machine gun. The military put out a statement. The commander, fearing a lynch that would place his subordinates and himself in mortal

danger exited his vehicle and implemented standard procedure for the apprehension of suspects.

After its own investigation, the Israeli human rights group Bet Salam (ph) was skeptical of the military's explanation.

SARIT MICHAELI, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST: It's impossible to see how a youth who was running away from you can pose a mortal danger that would

justify you know shooting to kill at him.

MCLAUGHLIN: High ranking government officials expressed support for the Israeli commander. On his official Facebook page, education minister

Naftali Bennett posted, "the man comes to kill you, kill him first. I fully back the Binyamin Brigade Commander who acted against a terrorist to

protect himself and the lives of his soldiers. This is the conduct that we expect from IDF commanders."

MICHAELI: This is sending a very clear message to soldiers that this is acceptable and even desirable behavior.

MCLAUGHLIN: This is the third son al-Kasbah's mother has buried. Two other sons were killed about 15 years ago during the second intifada. She

says she has little hope for justice.

"Every time a new generation comes, they cut them off and kill them," she says.

Down the road from al-Kasbah's house, Palestinian youth throw more stones at Israeli soldiers, protests of the latest Palestinian deaths.

The soldiers fire back, both real and rubber bullets, and the cycle continues.

Erin McLaughlin, CNN, Kalandia (ph) refugee camp, The West Bank.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Still to come right here on News Stream, the killing of one Zimbabwe's most beloved lions is fueling outrage at home and abroad and

most of it is directed at American dentist.

Also ahead, a medical milstone. Hear from the little boy who got a double hand transplant in a groundbreaking operation.

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[08:32:13] LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. You're watching News Stream. And these are your world headlines.

Now the British government is meeting to discuss what to do about thousands of migrants trying to enter the UK from France. Now transport through the

Channel Tunnel is being disrupted by people trying to sneak onto trains and trucks. For the past two nights, crowds of migrants have tried to storm

the tunnel entrance in France.

Indian authorities say nine people are dead after a three story building collapsed in a Mumbai suburb. 11 people were rescued and everyone believed

to have been inside has now been accounted for. A local official says the building was scheduled for demolition and residents had been warned to

leave.

Windows 10 is out today. It's an overhaul of Microsoft's dominate desktop operating system, but Windows 10 is designed for apps that cross a range of

devices from smartphones to the Xbox.

NFL star Tom Brady says he is very disappointed that he league is upholding his four game suspension. The New England Patriots quarterback was

disciplined for allegedly telling team assistants to under inflate footballs to gain a competitive advantage. On Facebook he says he did

nothing wrong, but the NFL says that Brady had his cell phone destroyed after investigators asked for it. We'll have much more on this story a

little bit later this hour on World Sport.

Now a beloved lion was lured from safety, brutally killed and then beheaded. And now the American who shot Cecil the lion is finding himself

under fire from not only Zimbabwean authorities but also from people close to home through social media. And David McKenzie joins us now from the

Lion's Rock Sanctuary in neighboring South Africa. And David, a lot of anger, a lot of attention now focused on Walter Palmer, the American

dentist. What is he saying about the hunt? And why did he think it was legal?

DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, he's saying, in fact, that he thought this was all legal, above board.

Interestingly, though, he just put out a statement, he's effectively gone to ground, hasn't really granted any interviews, which means clearly he's

aware of this storm of anger that is spreading around the internet and elsewhere about what he did.

Now he admits that he killed Cecil the Lion, well known famous lion from Zimbabwe that the hunters he was working with -- well, had hired -- that

they lured this lion outside of a national park to a hunting conservancy on its border, and then he shot it with a compound bow.

But they didn't kill he lion, they had to track it for many, many hours.

Both the circumstances of this hunt, and just the issue of trophy hunting in general is causing a great deal of anger around the internet especially

because he didn't really say that he regretted doing this overall, just that regretted killing this specific lion, Cecil.

[11:35:07] LU STOUT: And David, what about the big picture?

MCKENZIE: Well, the big picture is quite alarming, because the lion populations throughout Africa have been decimated over the last few

decades, of course not just through hunting -- through population loss through human-animal conflict, poaching, and of course hunting. Because

the populations are almost nonexistent in West Africa and hunting has been banned in most of east Africa of big cats, southern Africa is really where

hunters come from all around the world, particularly the United States, to trophy hunt.

Now, from their perspective they say they bring in top dollar, tens of thousands of dollars in some cases to kill these animals, and that money

gets filtered back into conservation.

But, others like the people who run this facility here to rehabilitate lions who were slated to be killed by hunters, they say, well, it's not

worth it because in fact these are glorious animals that should be photographed or shot with a camera not with a bow -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: That's right. And this type of trophy hunting is being condemned online and around the world. David McKenzie, many thanks indeed

for your reporting.

Now wildlife protection is not limited to national parks. Today, is international Tiger Day. And conservationists are trying to raise

awareness about the dangers posed by private ownership of tigers. Believe it or not, activists say that there are more tigers being kept as pets in

the U.S. than there are tigers in the wild.

Now they want the U.S. congress to pass legislation ending private ownership and breeding of big cats. They say aside from the obvious

dangers that owners and others can get mauled by the big cats, adult tigers are often forced to live in tiny cages. And activists say declawed,

captive tigers cannot defend themselves when they relocated to sanctuaries.

They say some tigers are even bred for the illegal wildlife trade.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, this little boy, he dreamed of one day playing football. And now groundbreaking surgery is

making it possible. We've got the details just ahead.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back.

Now it is a Super Man like feat, it's getting a lot of attention online. Now video shows a very big guy moving a car with this bare hands, or did

he? Here's Jeanne Moos.

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's the kind of thing you see in movies...

UNIDETIFIED MALE: You got this, right?

MOOS: ...but instead of Vin Diesel in Furious 7, this is an allegedly furious bike-rider who single-handedly picks up a car, a car blocking a

bike path in Brazil and moves it foot by foot to the amazement of onlookers.

When he's done, he just pedals away. Is he truly "hulk in Brazil?" Or is this some marketing stunt?

We don't know, but the story has sure been a pick-me-up for commenters.

"This guy can move a car with ease, while it takes me 10 minutes to open a jar of salsa," said one.

The last time we saw something like this, it was a viral ad featuring a specially designed lightweight taxi, a fake traffic cop and a fake

cabdriver.

In real life, not so easy. After this biker ran into a car and got trapped underneath, it took Dallas police and firemen and civilians to lift the

vehicle and pull out the biker. It took many good Samaritans to lift a 4,000-pound BMW a few years back. That biker also survived, but could a

single strongman do this alone?

Fiat salesmen agree it looks like an old Fiat Uno.

Like, would that be hard to pick up for one guy?

UNIDENIFIED MALE: No.

MOOS: Now if he picked up a tank like this, it would be a big deal, but some are saying that a car like the Fiat Uno weighs only about 1,600 pounds

total, and since he picked up end where the engine isn't, it means only picking up a few hundred pounds.

"Only" a few hundred, that's probably what the Family Guy thought when he offered to serve as a human jack.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lift with your lower back in a jerking, twisting motion.

MOOS: Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

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LU STOUT: Quite a good stunt there.

And finally, all 8-year-old Zion Harvey dreamed of was being able to throw a football, but after a serious infection that resulted in the amputation

of both his hands and his feet, many thought his dream would never come true. That all changed earlier this month when he received two new hadns

in the world's first pediatric hand transplant.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

ZION HARVEY, HAND TRANSPLANT PATIENT: I want to thank you guys. Thank you for helping me through this bumpy road.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Now the groundbreaking operation at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia required a team of around 40 doctors and nurses and the little

boy Zion, he is now undergoing intense hand therapy several times a day to improve his hand function.

And yes, he is looking forward to returning home and tossing around that football.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout. But don't go anywhere. World Sport with Christina Macfarlane is next.

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