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Colombians Vote Down Peace Deal with FARC; Kim Kardashian Robbed at Gunpoint in Paris; Donald Trump's Tax Trouble; Indian Military Base Attacked by Militants. Aired. 8:00a-9:00a ET
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[08:00:16] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.
No to a peace deal: Colombians vote against a plan to formally end a decade world with FARC rebels.
Donald Trump's tax trouble. We look at how the Republican is playing down a New York Times report that shows a near billion dollar write off.
And robbed at gunpoint: robbers in Paris steal jewelry worth millions of dollars from Kim Kardashian West.
The Colombians are not sure what's next for the country as voters reject a peace deal between the government and FARC rebels. The deal ended more
than 50 years of conflict and the decision has left the nation, as the president put it, without a plan B.
And now the rebels and the government have to go back to the drawing board. And many of
those who were against the deal say it didn't provide jail time for an armed group that committed murder and rape. It's estimated some 220,000
people were killed and as many as 5 million were displaced.
And for just over half of those who voted, FARC's past crimes were just too much to forgive.
Now, CNN's Sasha Darlington is in neighboring Brazil. She joins me now live from Rio. And, Shasta, this result was so shocking, It's been
called Colombia's Brexit. I mean, what led to this outcome?
SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's exactly right, Kristie. I mean, this comes as a complete surprise, even to those
Colombians who voted against this peace deal, and that's because as in the Brexit vote that we saw in
Europe, the polls ahead of the referendum had been showing the supporters of the peace deal really
winning by a comfortable majority.
After all, this was going to bring an end to a 52-year civil war, the longest running war in
the Americas.
In the end, again, everyone was taken by surprise. Colombians rejected the deal by this major razor thin margin, we're talking about 50.22 percent
versus 49.78 percent, a few tens of thousands of votes.
This is, of course, as you mentioned, because so many people just haven't gotten over the decades of violence that saw 220,000 people killed, some 5
million displaced. It's a major blow to the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos. This comes after almost six years
of negotiations and just a week after this very high profile signing of the deal that was kind of assumed that it would go ahead.
The deal was with Santos, with the FARC rebel leader who is known as Timochenko,. The UN
secretary-general was there, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and presidents from across the region.
Now that it has been rejected, this is what we heard from President Santos.
LU STOUT: OK, unfortunately we don't have that sound available, but just to figure out what's next. We have this no vote to this landmark peace
deal, right. President Santos has made these remarks. This was a deal that took years to make. Is there still going to be a truce here? What's
next for Colombia?
DARLINGTON: Basically, as President Santos himself said, there isn't a plan "b." However, both Santos and the FARC leader, Timochenko, said they
are committed to peace, so the first step is Santos is sending his chief negotiator back to Havana, Cuba, where the original deal was hammered out,
where Timochenko is standing by.
The problem is, they had this whole timeline of events that were supposed to follow this vote with the rebels coming out of the jungle, trading in
their arms, really beginning to get integrated into normal Colombian life. And, of course, the FARC creating a political presence.
Well, the big question is, will they go ahead with that, it's very unlikely that the rebels will be
handing over their weapons if Colombians just voted no against the peace deal. So they have to
sit down and see if they can come up with terms that are more digestible to Colombians.
The main stumbling block has been this provision that basically rebels won't see jail time, that they will so quickly get this fast tracked to a
political presence, so what will they be willing to give up? They have been pretty defined on those points. We'll have to see going forward,
Kristie.
LU STOUT: All right. CNN's Shasta Darlington reporting on what's next after that shocking vote and result there in Colombia. Thank you, Shasta.
Now a battle is under way in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. The Taliban claimed that they launched an attack from four different
directions. The Afghan military is defending the city and western forces are ready to help as this tweet shows on your screen, saying update U.S.
enablers, including air power, are in position and prepared to assist in Kunduz as needed.
Now, the Taliban captured Kunduz for a brief time last year.
Our senior international correspondent Ivan Watson is following developments in Afghanistan from here in Hong Kong. He joins us now. And
Ivan, I understand fighting is still underway. What's the latest?
IVAN WATSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right. The battle has been raging throughout the day since this predawn offensive, this
coordinated offensive carried out by Taliban militants who have taken to publishing videos purportedly filmed of their militants in the streets of
Kunduz. They've been distributing these videos to show some of the gains they've made into the city.
Now, Afghan government officials told us, yes, they are, in fact, fighting back against the Taliban, against this offensive, fighting both on the
ground and in the air, Kristie, using some of the new helicopters from this fleet of MD530 Cayuse Warrior helicopters that have been supplied over the
course of the last year to the western-backed Afghan military. A spokesman for the Afghan police in Kunduz vowing to us by phone that Kunduz will not
fall as it did just a little bit more than a year ago when the Taliban mounted a similar offensive on this strategic northern city -- Kristie.
LU STOUT: That's right. This attack, it comes one year after the Taliban briefly captured Kunduz. So one year on, have they changed, are they now
better able to launch attacks?
WATSON: Well, some of the arguments -- I've heard from at least one western official is that this time around the Afghan security forces are
more prepared, whereas they were routed in the assault that took place a little bit more than a year ago. This time they are fighting back.
But there are real concerns here, Kristie, that the civilian population will and is being caught in the middle. We've been getting eyewitness
accounts of large numbers of people trying to flee the fighting in Kunduz. We're also getting and accounts from an Afghan lawmaker from that city who
is monitoring the turmoil from Kabul and she's raising the alarm there are many people trapped inside between the warring factions that cannot escape,
she says, because the exit routes have been cut off by the Taliban militants themselves and that raises a specter of people very much being
caught in the middle not able to escape.
We've been supplied a few photos showing the deserted streets, people terrified of setting foot outside of their homes for fear of being caught
in the crossfire as this battle continues to rage, Kristie.
LU STOUT: Many, many civilian lives are at stake here. So, this is yet another test for Afghan forces. Can they fend off the Taliban from Kunduz?
Can they keep the city secure?
WATSON: Well, that's a big question here. And certainly when Kunduz fell, albeit for just a few days, almost exactly a year ago, that was seen as a
big blow to the Afghan government, to the entire western project in Afghanistan to prop up this government, because it showed that the
government couldn't hold on to a city.
Now, in the statement where the Taliban claimed responsibility for this offensive, Kristie, they also claimed that they were encircling the
capitals of two turbulent southern Afghan provinces, Uruzgan (ph) and Helmand Province, indicators of the advances they have made over the course
of the last year.
The U.S. military has told me that the Afghan security forces are suffering 20 percent more casualties at this time this year than they were suffering
last year. And if this city falls again, it will be a blow not just to the Afghan government, Kristie, but also to the U.S., which has invested
billions and billions of dollars in propping up the Afghan government, the Afghan security forces, and has invested U.S. lives on the ground, as well,
in what has been without question the longest U.S. foreign war in American history -- Kristie.
LU STOUT: Ivan Watson reporting there on the Taliban attack on Kunduz and the counteroffensive which are still under way. Thank you, Ivan.
Now, in Syria, medical care is already something in desperate need and now violence has hit two locations: a hospital inside a cave in the Syrian city
of Hamaa has been forced to close after being attacked.
And in the past hour, a suicide bomber targeted the city causing injuries.
In Aleppo, Syrian media report that troops control the area around the bombed al-Kindi (ph) hospital and now one of the largest rebel groups in
the city says it will not surrender.
Nic Robertson is in Istanbul. He's been monitoring the situation. He joins us now.
And Nic, the Syrian army on Sunday issued that report saying that it would leave the eastern part of Aleppo, it would guarantee safe passage to rebel
fighters and rebel fighters have responded to that. What are they saying?
[08:10:10] NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: At the moment, the main rebel group, or the one that says it's the largest rebel group in
that eastern rebel-controlled part of Aleppo, is saying, no, they are not going to put down their weapons, they're not going to buy into this offer
from the Syrian government. We've been through this before.
A month or so ago, the Syrian government, backed by the Russians, said that they would create
humanitarian corridors in and out of the city that would allow the civilians to go out on a number of routes and the armed rebels to leave.
Well, the rebels would put down their weapons, but they would be able to leave.
Now, this seems to be a rehash of that again and they are saying absolutely not. The UN says the situation in Aleppo is utterly desperate in the
rebel-controlled area. 275,000 people short of fuel, that means they can't cook bread, a staple, short of water, because the water pumping
station that supplies has been damaged, short of electricity, as well.
The government has made gains in the northern part of that rebel-controlled area around a hospital, called the al-Kindi (ph) hospital, that is
strategically important for the government. It's also cost the rebels ammunition, military equipment in terms of defending that area, and that's
equipment that they can't replace because they are now surrounded and cut off.
So the UN says the situation there is deeply worrying, deeply troubling, and that the health
care system in that eastern rebel-held area of Aleppo is close to collapse -- only one hospital functioning. And that in part, according to the UN
and others, is because Syria, backed by the Russian air force, is targeting, or appears to be targeting, is hitting on multiple occasions,
hospitals, sometimes the same hospital again and again, as we saw over the weekend, Kristie.
LU STOUT: As the fighting rages on and the human suffering continues in Aleppo.
Nic Robertson reporting for us. Thank you, Nic.
Now, the UN's aid chief says that the violence in Syria has reached a level of savagery that no human should have to endure. So, you might be shocked
to learn that the government has recently released a tourism video bizarrely set to the music from Game of Thrones.
Becky Anderson has more. And a warning, you might find some of the images here graphic.
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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A city in ruins. This is what we've come to associate with Aleppo. Entire city blocks destroyed.
Graphic images of survivors of barrel bombs. The all too familiar images of Syria's second largest city after five years of civil war. But from Syria's
tourism ministry, a totally different narrative of the city.
This video appeared on its Facebook page showcasing the green boulevards, swimming pools and century old architecture of western Aleppo. All set to
the familiar soundtrack of a popular American TV show.
The regime controlled Western Aleppo is home to about 1.5 million. While life for the more than 250,000 living in the rebel-held east seems a world
apart with devastation on almost every corner. It's a divide seen throughout many parts of Syria.
This video was tweeted out by Sana showing another side of the same city which has been at the center of the country's civil war. Mocking the
perception of Aleppo as one of the world's most dangerous cities. The disconnect between the horror on the ground and the rhetoric put forward by
the Syrian government in supporters like Russia is so glaring that for some, it's becoming absurd.
A sentiment perhaps best captured by U.S. secretary of state John Kerry. Expressing his frustration over the broken cease-fire deal at the U.N.
general assembly.
JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: I listened to my colleague from Russia, and I sort of felt a little bit like they're sort of in a parallel universe
here.
ANDERSON: But it's not the first time the Syrian government has been accused of misrepresenting life in the war-torn country.
This video from the tourism ministry showing the Mediterranean resort of Tartus, made headlines in August with its sleek productions and techno
soundtrack.
One of their latest videos shows a Christian festival in the city of Maaloula, recaptured from rebels just last year. Echoing the constant line
that government-held Syria is a safe place for minorities.
Damascus says it's not trying to lure foreign visitors with these glossy productions. Rather, they say they're targeting Syrian tourists.
But for international onlookers, these scenes might seem tasteless from a regime accused of killing hundreds of thousands of its own citizens. But
Syria remains a country of contrast, where lives for some citizens seem night and day from the reality for others.
Becky Anderson, CNN, Abu Dhabi.
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[08:15:18] LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And still ahead, Donald Trump's campaign hits back against some leaked tax records. Why his camp
says a multimillion dollar loss shows his business genius.
Plus, a category 4 hurricane is barreling through the Caribbean. Our meteorologists, they are tracking this very dangerous storm and we'll tell
you who is in its path.
And one of the world's most famous reality stars robbed at gunpoint in Paris, where celebrities are gathered for fashion week. We'll have a live
report later this hour.
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LU STOUT: A sparkling night here in Hong Kong. Coming to you live from the city, you're back watching News Stream."
Now, the president of The Philippines says he is sorry for comparing his war on drugs to the holocaust. Rodrigo Duterte drew outrage and
condemnation last week when said that he would be happy to kill millions of drug addicts just as Hitler massacred millions of Jews.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
RODRIGO DUTERTE, PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT: I would like to make it known here and now that there was never an intention on my part to denigrate the
memory of the 6 million Jews murdered by the Germans.
But anyhow, if you -- it's not really actually that I said something wrong, but rather they do not really want to -- you to think (inaudible) memory
(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
So, I apologize profoundly and deeply to the Jews.
(END VIDEO CLPI)
LU STOUT: OK. So that was his apology. Now, Duterte has been leading an aggressive crackdown on crime since he took office. Hundreds of suspected
drug users have been killed by police, thousands have been arrested. A senate committee has been investigating alleged vigilante killings
reportedly linked to his anti-drug campaign.
Now, Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to release his federal tax returns. The New York Times reports that the Republican presidential
candidate claimed a nearly $1 billion loss back in 1995, and that could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income tax for 18 years. Manu
Raju has more.
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HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: He didn't pay any federal income tax. So...
DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: That makes me smart.
RAJU (voice-over): After refusing to release his tax returns for months, Donald Trump and his campaign defending revelations in "The New York Times"
that Trump once claimed a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax return, which legally could have allowed Trump to pay nothing in federal income
taxes for nearly two decades.
[08:20:08] GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE (R-NJ), HEAD OF TRUMP TRANSITION TEAM: There's no one who has shown more genius in their way to maneuver around
the tax code.
RAJU: Trump's high-profile advisors responding by praising the GOP candidate's business savvy.
RUDY GIULIANI (R), FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY: He's a genius. What he did was he took advantage...
JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: OK.
GIULIANI: ... of something that could save his enterprise.
RAJU: Trump himself tweeting that he knows the tax laws better than anyone, and he's the only one who can fix them.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Trump goes around and says, "Hey, I'm worth billions. I'm a successful businessman,
but I don't pay any taxes. But you, you make 15 bucks an hour, you pay the taxes, not me."
RAJU: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani defending the practice in a contentious exchange on CNN Sunday.
GIULIANI: Most Americans take advantage of every deduction available to them.
TAPPER: Most Americans pay federal income taxes, though, sir, and Donald Trump apparently did not.
RAJU: Trump campaigning in Pennsylvania over the weekend, lobbing unfounded attacks Clinton despite warnings from GOP leaders to stay away from
personal attacks.
TRUMP: Hillary Clinton's only loyalty is to her financial contributors and to herself. I don't even think she's loyal to Bill, if you want to know the
truth.
RAJU: And again, attempting to raise doubts over Clinton's health.
TRUMP: Here's a woman, she's supposed to fight all of these different things, and she can't make it 15 feet to her car.
RAJU: Mocking her recent bout of pneumonia.
TRUMP: Give me a break.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Manu Raju reporting. Now, for more I want to bring in CNN
money's Brian Stelter, who spoke with "the times" reporter who received the tax records. He joins us now from CNN New York.
So, Brian, this is such an incredible story. We have someone -- we don't know who yet -- mailed a few pages of Trump's old tax returns to The New
York Times. You spoke to the reporter who broke the story. What did she tell you?
BRIAN STELTER, CNN MEDIA CORRESPONDENT: And she received them by going to her mailbox at The New York Times, checking her mail. It's funny, her colleagues say sometimes
they don't check their mail often enough. But thankfully Suzanne Craig does check her mailbox every day and on September 23rd there was a manila
envelope with these pages from Trump's 1995 tax return.
Now, the envelope was post marked in New York City, so we know it was mailed from here, and it had a return address listed as Trump Tower.
Now, maybe whoever was sending this information to Suzanne Craig was trying to troll
Trump by listing Trump Tower as a return address, or maybe it actually means someone in Trump's inner circle decided to leak these documents to
The New York Times.
And Brian, since the story broke, The New York Times has been taking a lot of heat for trying to, quote, "take down Trump." How does the reporter,
Suzanne Craig, how does she respond to that.
STELTER: This has been the narrative from conservative media, including from Fox News, saying this is all a part an attempt to intimidate Trump and
to take him down.
We're hearing a lot of that from Trump supporters, but I believe it's mostly unfounded.
Yes, a lot of journalists are very skeptical of Trump, but what The Times is doing here is
good old fashioned investigative reporting, getting ahold of documents, lucky, perhaps getting lucky
in getting the documents, but then finding his old accountant, Trump's old accountant, verifying the documents were real, and then hiring tax experts
to figure out the implications.
And as Manu Raju was explained there, it means that Trump could have potentially not paid federal income taxes for more than 15 years.
LU STOUT: An incredible revelation due to what Suzanne Craig told you, just good old fashioned reporting.
And the impact of this story, are voters going to care? I mean, what does this mean for the race?
STELTER: What poll data shows in the U.S. is that many Americans are concerned about the fact that Trump has not shared his tax returns. It's
not ranked as a top priority. It's not a top issue among voters, but a majority of Americans do care that he hasn't released his returns.
This goes to the heart of the transparency argument in this race, questions about health
transparency and financial transparency. Hillary Clinton overall has shared more information than
Trump has. So, will Trump feel he has to share more as a result of this story, I'm guessing no, but Suzanne Craig does say she may have other
documents.
I asked her, do you have more than these three pages, and she said no comment, which I took to mean she may well have more stories in the works.
LU STOUT: All right, so watch this space. Brian Stelter reporting for us. Thank you, Brian.
Now, Caribbean island nations, they are bracing now for a monster storm. Hurricane Matthew is suspected to hit Jamaica and Haiti in the coming hours
and then blaze a path to Cuba. Now, many areas are already seeing heavy wind and rain. You can see here families being evacuated from Ggrandma
Island (ph) in Cuba.
A direct hit on Haiti, now that could be disastrous. The country's infrastructure is still weak after the 2010 earthquake that killed 200,000
people. And it's still recovering from a cholera outbreak that followed.
Now, Chad Myers is, of course, tracking this storm. He joins me now live from the CNN weather center. And Chad, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, they are all
bracing themselves for Hurricane Matthew. When are they going to feel the full force of the storm?
[08:25:11] CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Well, the closer we get to nightfall tonight, I think everyone's going to start to feel it, although I
have seen pictures on Twitter of water spouts already coming onshore on some of these island nations.
I think Haiti gets hit the hardest because it's on the wrong side of the eye, the right side of the eye, the wind is all going this way, the storm
surge going to slam into that peninsula there to the south and to the southwest of Port au Prince.
We have hurricane warnings all the way from Cuba to Jamaica, of course. But I think Jamaica is on the good side, if there is such a thing of a good
side of a 140 -- 230 kilometer per hour storm,. Jamaica will have the winds coming from the other way.
Now remember now, this is kind of the coastal area on the north side, Kingston down here not going to get it much other than wind, but we also
have those Ocho Rios areas here on the norther side of Jamaica that could get a lot of water pushed into that.
But the big story will be the peninsula of Haiti. The southern peninsula, at least for the start, because that's where it's going to hit first, and
it's going to be 195 kilometer to 215 kilometer per hour storm with significant storm surge.
We're going to see probably three or four meters of storm surge here as that's the salt water pushing onshore, but the bigger problem, I believe,
Kristie, is going to be there. Is going to be the flooding, the potential for a half a meter of rainfall coming down all at once before the storm
finally goes.
Everywhere that you see white right through here, that's where you'll see a half a meter of
rain or more.
LU STOUT: Yeah, flash flooding very, very dangerous conditions there. And meanwhile, Chad, here in the region all eyes on the Typhoon Chaba. It's
apparently zeroing in on Okinawa. what I mean, impact is it going to have on countries in east Asia especially Japan?
MYERS: Okinawa gets a very close near miss. I mean, it's going to be windy, 150 kilometers per hour, but not what you're going to see under the
middle of it. Under the middle here -- there's Okinawa right there, but the islands just to the south we'll see in southwest, we'll see 270
kilometer per hour winds.
Devastating winds, devastating storm surge and then eventually it does turn to the right, as you said.
This is Okinawa radar right through here. So you see it is still away. The eye is not on top of Okinawa and that is the best news. It is still in
the ocean. It is moving away from Okinawa right now and conditions will get a little bit better.
But look at this big turn it's going to make on the west side of Japan, not trying to make an approach here on the populated side or more populated
side, but across, especially South Korea, and then back here into Japan. And that's still 150 kilometer per hour as it approaches there later this
week.
LU STOUT: All right, Chad Myers reporting, thank you. And to everyone watching from affected areas, please, stay safe.
Now, police in Paris, they are on the hunt for armed robbers who stole millions of dollars worth
of jewelry from Kim Kardashian West. We have got the details right after the break.
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[08:41:57] LU STOUT: Now, police in Paris are looking for five men who robbed reality
TV star Kim Kardashian West at gunpoint. Now, it happened in this rented luxury apartment. Authorities say that the thieves forced their way in
during the early morning hours and got away with jewelry worth millions of dollars.
Kardashian West was there for Paris Fashion Week. She was not hurt, and she is now left the country.
Now, let's go straight to Paris. Jim Bittermann joins us now live from outside the apartment where Kardashian West was staying.
And Jim, I mean, no matter -- there are certain opinions out there about the reality TV star, what she experienced was very scary. Tell us what
happened.
JIM BITTERMANN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely, Kristie.
The fact is that last night or actually early this morning around about 2:30, 3:00, five gunmen broke in here masked. They overpowered the
concierge, demanded to be taken to her suite on the upper floor of this apartment hotel, very luxurious apartment hotel, and on entering into the
suite they tied her up at gunpoint and then stole her jewelry.
One ring alone was worth $4 million, according to some reports, and $5 million in jewelry from her jewelry box.
So they got away with it all and managed to make their escape on bicycles, if you can believe
that, at that hour in the morning.
Now all of this calls into question the whole security question, the security question not only in Paris, but the security question here at this
supposed safe house for rock stars and what not, the very luxurious place where people come thinking that they'll be safe. And clearly that was not
the case last night -- Kristie.
LU STOUT: Now, this was a frightening and major security breach for a star who has usually her own security detail. So how did this happen?
BITTERMANN: Good question. And I'm sure that there's going to be a lot of people that ask that very same question, particularly about her own body
guard, who supposedly was with her but may have been overpowered. We still haven't got clarification on that.
But also the police, as well. This is a high profile target, I would think, and clearly this was not protected as well as it might have been
last night when all this took place. So good questions that I think are going to be asked right now.
Also we don't know whether there was any security camera video. We're assuming there is. But that's another question that will come up --
Kristie.
LU STOUT: And can you tell us a little bit more about the area, the district where this robbery took place there in Paris?
BITTERMANN: It's in the heart of Paris. We're just a few paces away just behind the camera here is the Madeleine, the very famous Madeleine Church.
If you know Paris, it's right in the heart of Paris. And this particular location very discreet. It's unknown to a lot of people. The apartments
in here, there are nine apartments in here that have been rented by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and other stars, and people come here because
they hope to be protected.
The website is so secure, in fact, you need a password to even see the website for this place. But at this point in time it may be finished in
terms of discretion and safety -- Kristie.
LU STOUT: All right, Jim Bittermann reporting live for us from Paris. Thank you, Jim.
Now, an officer was killed in an attack on an army base in Indian administered Kashmir. This happened late on Sunday. And according to this
senior police superintendent, militants threw grenades and fired automatic weapons at border security force officers. Ravi Agrawal has more on the
rising tensions in Kashmir.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
RAVI AGRAWAL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Indian soldiers run to take position and take aim in the dark by militants. In the background, gunfire to repel any more enemies hidden from sight.
As day broke Monday, India assessed the damage at its Bara Mullah (ph) military base in Indian administered Kashmir. The attack was not the first
in recent days. Just two weeks ago 19 Indian soldiers died in another shootout at an Indian military base. At the time, India said it found,
quote, Pakistani markings on the gear of the attackers, a claim Pakistan denied.
Then on Thursday, India retaliated. It launched what it's calling surgical strikes across its disputed Kashmiri border with Pakistan. New Delhi
argues it acted on intelligence showing terrorists across the border planning attacks on Indian cities.
Pakistan not only disputed the allegations, it took CNN on a tour of its side of the disputed
line of control. Officials there told us and other journalists that New Delhi's claims of a surgical
strike were false. They said India fired indiscriminately across the border, killing two Pakistani
soldiers.
Meanwhile, amidst the rising tensions, an exodus is under way. Here a boatful of Indians evacuate the border areas. Some 10,000 Indian
Kashmiris are being taken to centers like this, a sign of precaution from New Delhi amid concerns of more violence to come between the two nuclear
powers.
One of the remarkable aspects of this conflict is how two governments have been presenting
the world, very different pictures of what's going on. And because access to the line of control is limited, it's difficult to verify the diplomatic
he says, she says.
So, where is this heading? New Delhi maintains that Pakistan has militants on its soil that are launching attacks across the border. The question is,
how far will India go to act on its theory and what will Pakistan do in response? After all, both countries have been to war before.
Ravi Agrawal, CNN, New Delhi.
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LU STOUT: You're watching News Stream. And up next, China is tuning out western influences. And that is having a big impact on some popular TV
shows. We'll tell you what's on the blacklist and why when we come back.
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LU STOUT: Welcome back.
Now, what do a time lord, a Korean pop star, and a bottle of beer have in common? Well, they are all banned from China's TV screens.
Now, Beijing recently issued new guidelines forcing TV shows to censor content that promotes so-called western lifestyles.
Matt Rivers has more on the blacklist.
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MATT RIVERS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: When the popular Chinese drama "Of the Saga of Wu Zutien (ph)" was abruptly pulled from the air in
January of last year, the government says it was for technical reasons, but when the show was broadcast again, millions of fans immediately noticed
something a bit different.
Maybe you did, too: the ever present cleavage of female characters was gone, fallen victim to digital zooms and closeups.
Such is life in the world of Chinese media where strict government censorship controls many things beyond just clevage.
new regulations say shows that promote western lifestyles are no good. Quote, foreign inspired shows are also a problem.
Media reports say Chinese TV stations were warned to put South Korean projects on hold after a U.S.-backed missile defense system was announced
there, a move Beijing doesn't like.
No shows featuring the children of celebrities are allowed either. This show, "Dad, Where are we Going," did that. Now it's canceled.
Plus, any displays of homosexuality are forbidden. An internet show about a relationship between two teenaged boys was quickly pulled in February,
despite getting 10 million views in just one day after its release.
The following things are also banned: joking about Chinese traditions or, quote, classic material, sensationalizing private affairs, relationships,
or family disputes, or putting stars, internet celebrities, or billionaires on a pedestal.
You also can't show anyone drinking a beer, although to be fair I can't do that on CNN either. You can't show anyone lighting up a cigarette. And
finally, you can't show anyone traveling through time. Yes, even time travel can't escape Chinese censors.
Some of these restrictions might seem odd and you can spend all day speculating why they are in place, but don't expect an official explanation
of the logic behind them. The government here rarely shares its motivations. So for now, no western influence, no time travel,
no cleavage, and no stated reason why.
Matt Rivers, CNN, Beijing.
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