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Real Madrid win Champions League; No Plans to Relocate Rio Games; Anti-Immigration Violence around the World. Aired 2-2:30a ET

Aired May 29, 2016 - 02:00   ET

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NATALIE ALLEN, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Real Madrid win the Champions League final with a dramatic penalty shootout.

Violence erupts in Melbourne, Australia, when rival protest groups clash over immigration.

And a tropical storm strengthens and takes aim at the southeastern coast of the U.S. on this, a holiday weekend.

Thank you for joining us. This is CNN NEWSROOM. We're live in Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen.

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ALLEN: Real Madrid and their fans are basking in glory of the team's 11th Champions League title. Still right now, and it's 8:00 in the morning in Madrid, the stars have been showing off the silverware in the heart at the city.

Look at that. Crowds partied and waved for the team bus all night in anticipation of this moment. Real beat crosstown rival, Atletico Madrid, on penalty kicks in Milan.

"WORLD SPORT's" Amanda Davies wraps up the action from there.

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AMANDA DAVIES, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): (INAUDIBLE) had said it was too close to call and so it proved to be. For Real's dominance in the first half, it was Atletico who had the better of the second. But ultimately after a battling, grueling 120 minutes of football, to the dreaded penalties it went.

It was Atletico's Juanfran, who will forever be remembered as the fall guy. And then more than a hint of dramatic scriptwriting irony, it was that man, Cristiano Ronaldo, who asked for, stepped up and then ultimately converted Real Madrid's fifth and winning penalty.

Quite something for a player, who had, I think, quite frankly, one of his poorer performances of the season. Quite obviously still struggling with his fitness. So much of the credit for Real's success needs to go to Zidane, who

stepped up to his first top job in coaching just six months ago. It was only six months ago that Real Madrid were written off and heading apparently for a trophyless season.

So a manager's winner's medal to add to the one he took home as a player in 2002.

For Diego Simeone and Atletico, it's another final, another heartbreaking failure and another feeling of what might have been.

So with Real Madrid celebrating an historic 11th European Crown, it's back home to Madrid for both sides, a city now not just divided by two football teams but with an even bigger gulf in European footballing pedigree -- Amanda Davies, CNN, Milan.

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ALLEN: Now to the upcoming Olympic sports. The World Health Organization says the Games should go on. The WHO was responding to an open letter from a group of doctors, who said the upcoming Rio Olympics should be moved or delayed because of the Zika virus, Brazil has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

The WHO says it has a good understanding of the virus at this point and the health risks it poses.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: WHO's response to the concern about the timing of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro is that, based on a very careful risk assessment and all the information we have gathered so far about this disease, these games should go ahead as planned. And we should continue to work to make sure they're as safe as possible.

Now if there should be something spectacularly new in terms of the kind of disease it causes in the adult population and the consequences, then you would have to do a reassessment of the overall risks.

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ALLEN: Olympic officials in Brazil say they will continue to follow the World Health Organization's guidance and that there are no plans to postpone or relocate the games.

In Australia, tempers flared over the hot-button issue of immigration in Melbourne, as rival groups and demonstrators clashed in the streets. Dozens of police tried to keep anti-racism and anti- immigration protesters apart. But they kept trying to find ways to get at each other.

Sky News Australia reporter Jackson Williams has the story.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JACKSON WILLIAMS, SKY NEWS AUSTRALIA: Police knew rival protest groups would be gathering here, two groups with very differing views on multiculturalism. Police say the violence here today wasn't isolated to one group. They have condemned all involved.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I am really disappointed. I think that Coberg (ph) is a fantastic place to be. We worked really closely with the council. And I think that some of those arrangements made this not as bad as it could have been.

Unfortunately, we are starting to see more and more of these protests --

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- in the street.

WILLIAMS: Seven people were arrested here, five for their behavior while two others were arrested for possessing weapons. Police say only three people received minor injuries. And they say that is a reflection of their preparation.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We did have a large number of resources today and that was as a result of the planning. So as predicted, we were able to deal with the violence as it occurred. And more importantly, we were flexible enough in our deployment.

WILLIAMS: The local Greens (ph) candidate was due to speak at the (INAUDIBLE) rally. She pulled out, citing safety fears. Her party's leader, Richard Dinatale (ph), says the violence is unacceptable.

Police will set up a task force to investigate today's event. They say the violence is simply unacceptable. And all those responsible will be brought to justice.

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ALLEN: Sky News with that report for us.

In Germany, a politician known for speaking out against immigration is facing a backlash from anti-fascists. An angry activist threw a chocolate cake at the chairwoman of an opposition group during a party meeting on Saturday.

The politician has been criticized for her anti-migrant comments in the past, saying Germany should limit the number of refugees it lets into the country.

At least 14 people were injured by lightning strikes in France and Germany. Eight children, three adults were hurt here when lightning hit a park in Paris. Three of the children suffered life-threatening injuries. Two others are listed in critical condition.

And in Western Germany, lightning hit a youth football match. Three adults were severely injured; 29 children were sent to the hospital as a precaution.

What's going on here?

Let's find out from Karen Maginnis. She's in the International Weather Center -- Karen.

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ALLEN: I know, going right up the coast there.

KAREN MAGINNIS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Exactly.

ALLEN: Bonnie, how dare you?

All right, Karen, thank you.

Well, the U.S. presidential race is shaping up to be quite divisive and the Libertarian Party is hoping to take advantage of that and make major inroads with voters disenchanted with both Republicans and Democrats.

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ALLEN: It is holding its convention, national convention in Florida to select the presidential candidate and vice presidential nominees.

Debating his rival Saturday, White House hopeful Gary Johnson made it clear how he felt about the Republican presidential nominee.

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GARY JOHNSON, U.S. LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: You know, I really don't even want to comment on Donald Trump. I really don't. I really think that when Donald Trump talks about deporting 11 million illegal immigrants, that's just wrong.

When he talks about building a fence across the border, that is just wrong. When he talks about killing the families of Muslim terrorists, that is just wrong. When he talks about free market but he's going to force Apple to make their iPads and their iPhones in the United States, that's just wrong.

When he talks about a 35 percent tariff, that's just wrong. When he says he's going to bring back waterboarding or torture or whatever is taken, that's just wrong.

He's just wrong.

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ALLEN: But Trump is getting more support from a former Republican presidential nominee; former senator Bob Dole, who ran for president in 1996, is urging other Republicans to support Trump.

Dole told CNN he has been a lifelong Republican and it's an easy call for him to back the party's presumptive nominee, regardless of who it is. And he had a suggestion for Trump's vice president pick: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Astronauts on board the International Space Station are creating a brand new room. They're working on inflating this section known as -- stay with me here -- the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. If it works, this type of module could someday be used as a habitat on Mars.

It's about the size of a camping tent. NASA scientists had tried to blow it up on Thursday but there were glitches with the fabric. Certainly they will try again.

Getting a supersized dragon boat to the water can't be easy. Never tried it.

This, a sliver you see in the middle of the screen, there it's 78 meters long. It took 1,600 men an hour to walk it one kilometer to an river in Southwest China.

Local officials say the Guinness Book of World Records (sic) is considering it as the world's largest wooden dragon boat. You would think so. It will be rowed by 180 female paddlers at the Dragon Boat Festival next month.

And that is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen. "MARKETPLACE AFRICA" is next.