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[08:00:15] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong and welcome to News Stream.

Another attack in Germany leaves the nation in shock after a suicide bomber wounds 12 outside a music festival.

Hours before the Democratic convention begins, the party is embroiled in controversy after revelations from leaked emails.

And less than two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games, we'll tell you why Australia's delegation moved out of the Olympic Village saying

it is not fit for athletes.

The southern German city of Ansbach is in shock after a suicide attack on Sunday night. Police say a 27-year-old Syrian asylum seeker blew

himself up outside a music festival. 12 people were wounded and police are now searching the attacker's home, which is inside a hotel being used as

refugee housing.

Officials say the man entered Germany two years ago and was slated to be deported to

Bulgaria. They say the backpack he wore was filled with screws and nails, indicating that he meant

to hurt or kill others, not just himself.

Now the bombing in Ansbach is just the fourth attack in of Germany in the last few days. One week ago, authorities say a 17-year-old from

Pakistan or Afghanistan carried out a stabbing attack on a train in Wurzburg. It appeared to be motivated by ISIS propaganda. Four people are

still in hospital.

And then on Friday, an 18-year-old shot and killed nine people in a busy shopping district in Munich. Now police say that he was mentally

troubled and had an obsession with mass shootings.

And hours before the Ansbach suicide bombing, police say a 21-year-old Syrian asylum seeker

killed a 45-year-old woman with a machete in the neighboring state of Baden-Wurttemberg.

Now, our senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen is in Ansbach. He joins us now live. And Fred, new details about this horrific

suicide attack that rocked the community there, what more have you learned?

FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, there certainly are a lot of details that the police are giving us, Kristie.

Some of it pertains to the way that this attack was carried out, others to the attacker himself. And the attacker himself, as you mentioned, a

27-year-old Syrian refugee. And apparently he's been in Germany for about two years.

But it was a year ago that the authorities here in Germany rejected his application for asylum. We have learned that he was slated to be

deported to Bulgaria. However, that deportation was never carried out. And we're hearing from federal authorities here in Germany is that they are

not sure why that deportation order wasn't carried out. They say that is something that needs to be decided on the state level, which in this case

would be the state of Bavaria where the city of Ansbach lies.

Now, it also seems as though this man was known to police that he had a track record of criminal offenses, some of them drug related, other also

related to petty crime as well. And that he apparently had also tried to commit suicide twice.

Now, it's unclear whether or not that had anything to do with him blowing himself up in front of

this concert. But it certainly is one of the leads that the police are following, the other lead that they're, of course, following is whether or

not there might have been some sort of Islamist backdrop to all of this.

But as you can imagine, as all of this was unfolding last night as this man tried to get into that concert, then blew himself up, there was a

lot of concern here in the city. The police was very quick to shut down the central part of this town, to launch their investigation.

Still, people here described the fear that many of them had, as they were here in the center of town. I want to listen to just one eyewitness and

what he had to say.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): People were definitely panicking. The rumor that we were hearing immediately were that it had

been a gas explosion. But then people came past and said it was a rucksack that exploded, definitely a rucksack that exploded.

Someone blew themselves up. And after what just happened in Munich, and today in (inaudible), what you hear about, it is very disturbing.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

PLEITGEN: But as you can see in the early time as this was going on there was a lot of conflicting information that was out there, however,

again, the authorities acted veryquickly to shut down the center of town here to launch this investigation. And there is forensic work that is

still actually going on at the scene of where all this took place and also of course the crews there working in this man's apartment as well.

One of the things that the authorities are also looking at is they're also looking at residue from this improvised explosive device to see

whether or not it might have been some sort of military-grade explosive or whether it was something that could have been homemade.

In any case, they hope that that's something that could give them more clues as to whether or

not this man acted alone or whether there might be some larger network that either inspired this or may have been part of this as well, Kristie.

[08:05:16] LU STOUT: And Fred, the eyewitness in that clip mentioned the attack in Munich, the shooting that took place on Friday which killed

nine people, wounded 35 people. An arrest has been made. Can you tell us more. Who?

PLEITGEN: Well, the arrest that was made in Munich was someone that the perpetrator of the Munich attack actually knew, it was a 16-year-old

afghan. And the thing that he's accused of is having known about the attack that was apparently being plotted.

One of the things that the authorities told us throughout the course of the weekend, one of the

conclusions that they came to, is that the Munich attacker plotted this attack and planned this attack a lot longer than people had initially

thought. The planning apparently was going on for over a year. He researched rampages online. He acquired the weapons. So this was

something that seemed far more premeditated than people had originally thought.

And now the authorities believe that the 16-year-old Afghan boy who was a friend, apparently, of the Munich attacker, that he might have known

about the planning that was taking place, that he also might have been involved in creating a fake Facebook site, which was then used to lure

people into that McDonald's restaurant in Munich where that shooting started.

So, certainly the police apparently making a lot of headway in that investigation there, as well. And I can tell you one thing, we were at the

site of that attack, just yesterday, basically the whole day, and there are still a lot of people who are very upset by what happened there, people

laying down flowers, people lighting candles, people breaking out in tears, wanting to know why and how something like that could happen in a German

city that otherwise is very, very safe, Kristie?

LU STOUT: Germany is reeling after this outbreak of violence there. Fred Pleitgen reporting live for us. Thank you, Fred.

And now to the United States where at least two people were killed in a shooting outside a

nightclub in Florida. As many as 16 people were wounded. Now police say that they have detained three people for questioning.

Our Boris Sanchez is in Fort Myers. He joins us now live. And Boris, another nightclub shooting there in Florida. How did this terrible attack

unfold?

BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We don't know exactly how everything went down here, Kristie. What we do know so far is that this

was a Club Blu. It's in southwest Florida in Fort Myers And apparently it was a club, or rather a party night for young teenagers, a middle school

and high school event where young kids were partying up until about midnight.

At about midnight the party ended, the kids poured into the parking lot, and that's where the

shooting happened.

I'm going to get out of the way to give you an idea of what we're seeing right now. This evidence is still being processed. You see

evidence markers in the parking lot where there are bullet casings. Obviously, you see officials in the distance as well.

They've detained three people so far from what we understand. These - - this is not the only scene that they're processing, though. We know that there are two other

scenes, one a nearby home where shots were fired at the home and at a vehicle at the home. One person was injured there.

We also know that at a nearby intersection, one person was detained. That evidence -- that scene is now being processed for evidence, as well.

Overall, I should tell you, what's really startling about this story are the ages of the victims involved in this. We know the youngest one was

12, the oldest was 27. And they're in varying degrees of health. Hopefully we hear they make it through.

LU STOUT: Wow, Boris Sanchez reporting on the aftermath of the latest shooting in the U.S. state of Florida. The youngest victim just 12 years

old. Boris, thank you for your reporting.

Now, there is relief in Moscow, but there is outrage from the world's major anti-doping agency. It is all in reaction to the International

Olympic Committee's decision not to ban the entire Russian team from the Rio games over allegations of Russian state-sponsored doping.

The IOC says it will be left up to the federations that oversee each sport to decide if Russian athletes are clean and should be allowed to

compete.

Now, Russian track and field athletes have been banned, but the International Tennis Federation receive and the World Archery Board

confirmed that Russian will be allowed to compete.

Those games, now, just 11 days away.

Now let's get the view from Moscow. Former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty joins us live. And Jill, there must be tremendous relief in

Moscow. How is the Kremlin weighing in on this?

JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, there is. And you were just talking , Kristie, a couple seconds ago that the sport federations, and at

this hour, the executive committee of the Russian Olympic Committee is meeting and they have been looking at the IOC decision, and they're also

these individual Russian sport federations are putting together lists of Russian athletes, and they will then give those lists to the international

sport federations, because time is running out here. And they have to very quickly go through those athletes, decide whether or not they're clean, and

whether or not they can participate in the games.

So that's very important.

Now, in terms of the Kremlin, we did lists of Russian athletes, and they will then give those to the international sport federations, because

time is running out here. And they have to very quickly go through those athletes, decide whether or not they're clean, and whether or not they can participate in the games. So that's very important.

Now in terms of the Kremlin, we did get some comments by President Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov. He said that Russia welcomes the

decision by the IOC, it thinks that it was a positive decision. No surprise there. He also said that President Putin will not be going to Rio

for the opening ceremony, and I think that's probably predictable because just right now we're saying we don't know,

the Russians certainly don't know at this point, how many of their athletes will be allowed to participate, and also having President Putin there, the

optics would not be very good, as they say, because it would remind people of this big controversy.

And then finally, Russia is saying that it is totally willing to cooperate with international bodies, like the World Anti-Doping Agency and

others to revamp its anti-doping programs that they have.

So those are steps that the Russian government says that it's taking. It's trying to look very serious about reacting to all of these

allegations, and the report that did have the information, and data about this state-sponsored doping alleged. And they want to show that

they're doing something seriously.

LU STOUT: All right, Jill Dougherty with word from Moscow. Thank you, Jill.

Now, let's bring in our guest, Ellen Zavian is a sports attorney and professor at George Washington University. And she joins us now from our

Washington bureau.

Thank you for joining us here on the program. As you know, the IOC will not ban all Russian athletes after all. What's your reaction to this

decision?

ELLEN ZAVIAN, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: This decision is not being received well by the entire community. And part of it is, if the

Russians are happy about this decision, you can imagine that the rest of the other countries involved in the Olympics are not happy.

The inconsistency compared to the report that was done by an independent individual out of

Canada, and the inconsistency of WADA, which is the World Doping Association, which is supposed

to be an independent association, gave a report and said we want the country to be banned. But the IOC refused to pull that trigger.

LU STOUT; Now the IOC president talked about the need for collective responsibility versus the right to individual justice. So is this a case

when individual justice, the chance for innocent, drug-free athletes to compete, should outweigh collective punishment?

ZAVIAN: Well, one of the issues is the IOC has not put together a really good rule stating when should an entire country be banned? But I

will tell you, the Olympic athletes have come out and said, what would a country have to do that Russia didn't do to have an entire ban? So it's

actually a flip argument.

So if you don't have a rule on what bases an entire country to be banned, the individuals that

weren't part of the drug, you know, urine test swapping, you have to ask, if they knew of such issue, are they then culpable, as well?

So I agree individuals need the opportunity for due process. But if you have knowledge of the

situation, you are then culpable, as well.

LU STOUT: And there's such an overwhelming evidence, reports and allegations from WADA, and elsewhere, reports of widespread, state-backed

doping in Russia. Some western observers have said that only a total ban could work -- the nuclear option, a total ban on Russian athletes could

solve it.

What are your thoughts on that?

ZAVIAN: Well, the international federations that your other reporter mentioned, they don't have the funding or the resources to carry out the

request of the IOC in this request, which is, look through all your athletes, decide which ones have a clean history, decide which ones got

tested at a good facility that's reliable, and then let us know.

Within seven hours of the report from the IOC, the tennis federation in Russia decided that all their athletes were clean, and therefore they

were sending them.

The international federations do not have the funding or the resources to carry out this process. And the IOC knows that. So the IOC said we're

going to have final authority once we receive these lists. We're very -- we're twelve days out from the games, so this is a critical timing.

But in the end, the woman that was the whistle-blower, Stepanova, a Russian athlete, who

only came to the forefront because she decided to take that risk, well the IOC said that's very kind of you, but you only came forward as a whistle-

blower because you were tested positive, and therefore, you are also cannot compete in the games.

And that's really sending a message to the rest of the athletes that it's not worth coming forward as a whistle-blower.

LU STOUT: Ellen Zavian sports attorney joining us live from Washington, D.C. Thank you very much indeed for weighing in on the issue.

Thank you.

ZAVIAN: Thank you.

LU STOUT: Now, there is widespread flooding across parts of northern China after nearly a week of heavy rain. At least 135 people are dead, and

more than 100 are missing.

Now the downpours triggered flooding and landslides across three provinces. A staggering 52,000 homes were destroyed.

Now the Xinhua news agency says four government officials in Hubei Province have been suspended over their response to the floods.

Now, you're watching News Stream. And after the break, with just hours to go until Democrats kick off their national convention, we take a

look at the controversial resignation that is threatening to overshadow the day's events.

Also ahead, a new report raises more questions for the families of those missing from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

And later this hour, a rape case in India sheds new light on the country's most oppressed rung in the ancient Hindu caste system. We'll

explain.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream. Now, it was once the Internet's most powerful search engine,

but now Yahoo's days as an independent company are over. It is officially been bought by the U.S. telecom giant Verizon, the price tag: $4.8 billion.

Now, part of the deal will allow Yahoo's shareholders to keep their lucrative investment in

Chinese ecommerce giant Ali Baba as well as Yahoo Japan. The big question now is what will happen to Yahoo chief executive Marissa Meyer. Now she

promised to revitalize the company during her four years there. It is now expected that she will stand down.

Democrats are in Philadelphia this hour to rally behind Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, her choice for vice president. But the party has to

get past what's been a weekend of controversy involving a major email leak, and its collateral damage: the resignation of the chairwoman of the

Democratic National Committee.

Now also threatening to dampen the enthusiasm, a new CNN/ORC poll that shows Republican rival Donald Trump with a five-point lead over Clinton in

a nationwide match-up. Your CNN senior political senior political reporter Manu Raju.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, (R) FLORIDA: I'm with her! I'm with her!

MANU RAJU, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz forced to resign amid a massive email

leak, showing DNC staffers favoring Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary.

CROWD: Hell no, DNC, we won't vote for Hillary.

RAJU: More than 1,000 sanders supporters marching in Philadelphia in protest.

CROWD: Feel the Bern. Feel the Bern.

RAJU: Sanders himself, who has been calling for Wasserman Schultz's resignation for months, telling CNN that he's not surprised that the DNC

was working against him.

SANDERS: It is an outrage, and sad, that you would have people in important positions in the DNC trying to undermine my campaign.

RAJU: Clinton's campaign manager pointing his finger at Russian hackers, suggesting they had a hand in the leaks.

ROBBY MOOK, CAMPAIGN MANAGER HILLARY FOR AMERICA: Experts are now saying that they are -- the Russians are releasing these emails for the

purpose of actually helping Donald Trump.

RAJU: Trump's campaign chairman flatly denying the suggestion.

PAUL MANAFORT, DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER: It's just absurd. I don't even know what you're talking about. It's crazy.

RAJU: On Capitol Hill, Wasserman Schultz had few defenders. Sources tell CNN that senate

minority leader Harry Reid was pushing for weeks to replace her, including at one point floating his number two, Dick Durbin, as a replacement.

The interim chair will now be Donna Brazile, Al Gore's former campaign manager, and a CNN political analyst. Brazile, who has ties with both

Clinton and Sanders, warned Democrats last night that Friday's leak may just be the tip of the iceberg.

DONNA BRAZILE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: More emails are coming. I don't know the substance, but I do know there's lots of stuff that we might

have to apologize for.

RAJU: Trump quick to pounce on the political turmoil, posting this tweet, "the Democrats are in a total meltdown but the biased media will say

how great they are doing. E-ails say the rigged system is alive and well."

This scandal, threatening to shatter the uneasy truce between Sanders' progressive base and

the party establishment ahead of today's convention themed United Together where Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Michelle Obama will headline the

first night.

The controversy also overshadowing Clinton's big introduction of her vice presidential pick: Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

The newly minted Democratic ticket sitting down for their first interview together, keeping their focus squarely on the Republicans.

HILLARY CLINTON, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I don't know what their convention was about, other than criticizing me. I seem to be the

only unifying theme that they had.

RAJU: Kaine showing he's ready to defend his running mate on the campaign trail.

KAINE: When I see this, you know, Crooked Hillary or I see the lock her up, it's just ridiculous, it is ridiculous. And, look, most of us

stopped the name calling thing about the fifth grade.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was CNN's Manu Raju reporting. Now it has been an agonizing two-year wait for answers for the families of those on board

Malaysia Airlines flight 370. And we still don't know how or why the plane vanished, but a magazine report is raising new questions about the captain.

It cites an FBI analysis of a flight simulator belonging to the captain of MH-370. It shows the captain conducted a simulation that

matched the suspected route in the southern Indian Ocean.

Now, Andrew Stevens has more on how the families are reacting.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ANDREW STEVENS, CNN MONEY: The last time I saw Jacquita Gonzales was almost 18 months ago. Her pain at the disappearance of her husband Patrick

Gomez, a lead steward on MH-370, was still raw.

When we meet again at her home in Kuala Lumpur, she's still waiting for answers. Instead, she's dealing with more questions.

There's new information coming out that the pilot may have plotted the course into the deep

southern Indian Ocean on his simulator. It's been described as evidence that this could have been a

suicide flight.

JACQUITA GONZALES, HUSBAND ON BOARD MH370: Why now? Because we -- it was investigated earlier on, and they said he was OK. Why now are they

saying that, you know, he had plotted a flight to the Indian Ocean, and then, you know, that's what his intention was, and then bringing politics

into play?

STEVENS: So you don't believe it?

GONZALES: No, because we were all questioned, the crew family, you know, and from what I gathered from that investigation that was done on the

families, and everybody, we were told that we were all cleared. Why now are you saying that the captain, you know, if it is true, then show us the

proof.

[08:25:03] STEVENS: Grace Nathan's mother was also on Flight 370. She's now an advocate for the families. She's also struggling with the

new developments.

GRACE NATHAN, MOTHER ON BOARD MH370: I don't know what to believe. And until there is, for example, the Malaysian authorities and the

investigation team in Australia have said that they already dismissed that it was possibly like pilot suicide or a controlled ditching. So -- or at

least they have dismissed the pilot suicide portion of it.

So I mean I can just feel like I'm back to where I always am like in the middle just floating

around not knowing what to believe. And this is all very stressful, really.

STEVENS: For Jacquita it's not just an emotional toll she's now dealing with, since Patrick's disappearance, she's been diagnosed with

cancer.

But she draws strength from her family and together they keep Patrick's memory alive. This Saturday was his 57th birthday. Every year

he and her daughter Michelle would celebrate their birthdays together, along with the rest of the family. This year was no different.

GONZALES: Patrick is not a thing of the past. I can't let Patrick go just like that. He still means a lot to us, and constantly every day we

talk about Patrick. He still is a very big part of my life.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: It's just heartbreaking the wait for answers. That was Andrew Stevens reporting.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, we will have a live report from New Delhi. A brutal sexual attack in India has cast new light

on one of the country's most oppressed.

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[08:30:28] LU STOUT: Now in India, police say that they have arrested a fourth man who they believe was part of a repeated gang rape. Now, the

victim was a college student from India's lowest caste. CNN Correspondent Sumnima Udas joins us now from the capital New Delhi. And Sumnima, just

how vulnerable are Dalit women in India today?

SUMNIMA UDAS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Even in general, Kristie, getting justice in this country is hard enough. This is a

country where there's only 13 judges per million people. So one of the lowest judges per population ratios in the world, which means cases, court

cases can linger on for years, five to ten to 15 years.

But for Dalit, in particular, the lowest caste in this country, it's that much harder, because they are poorer, generally, because they don't

have the authorities or the -- at least that's what they say, and also a lot of activists will tell you the authorities aren't behind them.

In general, they have a much harder time.

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UDAS: A typical village in northern India. There may be no physical barriers, no walls, no fences, but this is segregation nonetheless -- not

on race or religion, but caste, an ancient Hindu social hierarchy where status is determined by birth.

In many villages across India the differences are clearly visible. So on the right-hand side, for

instance, is where the lower caste of this village live, and you can see the condition of their homes. And over here, on the left side, is where

the upper caste live. And you can see the condition of their homes.

So this is where the lower caste territory ends, and this is where the upper caste territory begins. There is very little interaction between the

two.

Those from the lowest caste are called Dalits. Seen as impure, they're considered untouchables by upper caste. And in the state of

Haryana, widely considered one of India's most conservative and patriarchal, if you're Dalit and female, you're doomed.

"First, you're a woman so you're already seen as a second class citizen. Then you're a Dalit, so you're considered worthless. Dalit women

are the biggest victims of rape and sexual assault. They are treated as if they're sole purpose is to serve upper caste men," women's rights activists

Demple (ph) says.

This woman's daughter was gang raped four years ago. She killed herself soon after from shame.

"They rape Dalit girls because they want to show their power and suppress us. They know our voices are never heard and we can't fight

back," she says.

Those who have the power and should be helping, the police and judiciary, are usually from upper caste families, so activists say they

protect their own.

"The upper castes have money and can easily bribe and influence authorities, so we just have to

stay quiet," she says.

Discrimination based on caste was banned in India decades ago, but the prejudice is still deep

rooted.

Some call it modern-day apartheid, segregation on such a subtle level you can feel the tension in the air between the communities. You can feel

how oppressed the lower castes are, so much so that they won't even dare walk to the other side not because they can't, but because they actually

believe they're not supposed to.

Dalits say they only go to the other side if they have to pick up government subsidies, otherwise even the men are too scared.

"Even if we go, we're constantly reminded that we're below them. If they're sitting on the cot or

chair, we have to sit on the floor facing their feet. When they give us water, we can't touch their utensils so they pour water into our palms, and

at the water pump if we have used it, then they will rinse the tap twice before they use it," she says.

Even just to fetch water they travel in groups so the upper caste men can't harass them. Behind the smiling faces, though, years of oppression

and despair, tolerating injustice because they've lost the heart to fight, because this is their Karma they say.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

UDAS: And Dalits make up some 17 percent of the country's population, Kristie, so we're talking about 200 million people affected in this country

having to live like this every single day -- Kristie.

LU STOUT: So many people affected by this, and a new shocking case involving a 14-year-old girl, a Dalit girl, who was raped by an upper caste

man. What happened to her?

UDAS: Yeah, and this is only coming to light today, because the victim actually ended up dying

yesterday. She's a 14-year-old Dalit woman who was raped back in December of 2015. She registered a case in court, but then she changed her

statement because she was being threatened by the upper caste boy, so as a result he ended up getting bail, and then he kidnapped her

just a day before the next hearing, and then he locked her up for twelve days, ended up raping her continuously -- this is according to the women'sr

ights activist group here that represents -- that's part of the Delhi government actually. And then he ended up feeding her some kind of poison

and because of that, she died, her organs were completely disintegrated.

So just another case, Kristie, of upper caste people being able to influence, being able to threaten the lower caste, and being able to

influence justice in this country. And if this is happening in the capital of India in Delhi, then you can just imagine what other people have to go

through in the rest of India.

[08:36:30] LU STOUT: Yeah, just another sickening crime of torture, and sexual abuse, this time involving a 14-year-old girl. And this happens

again and again Sumnima. So what needs to happen next to make India a safer place for all women of all social backgrounds?

UDAS: Kristie, I feel like we've got to keep talking about this over and over again sadly because these rape cases don't seem to end. I mean,

the ones the media ends up picking on are the ones picking up on are the ones that are most outrageous. But you have to remember, rape happens in

this country every 22 minutes, that's according to government data. And most of the cases aren't even reported because of the social stigma around

rape, just today more cases of rape reported. A 4-year-old raped by her neighbor and an Israeli woman also gang raped just yesterday in an isolated

part of this country.

And you know, sadly, I mean after the 2012 high profile gang rape case that we talked about a

lot did change -- security was stepped up, laws were strengthened, people in general, women in general kept talking about how they felt like they

could come out and report these cases of rape. But then as we keep saying, it's the question of mind-sets.

For the most part in this country, most societies are patriarchal, so daughters are raised differently than their sons. Sons need to be -- a lot

of analysts and activists will tell you -- sons need to be educated and taught that they're not different, or they're not superior to their

daughters. So that when they grow up they don't do this to other women.

Poverty is another issue. Caste is another issue. So it's just so many things. And of course you have a system, you know, the laws in India

are some of the strongest anti-rape laws in the country but you have a system that in many parts of India is still so broken because of all these

factors, Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yeah, there certainly needs to be a change of mind-set and action, meaningful action for these women and girls in India. Sumnima Udas

reporting. Thank you very much for your reports.

And we have more on this on our website. Rav Jala (ph), she says that she wishes she wasn't born a Dalit because they're the easiest target for

sexual abuse and physical abuse. Each of these women we profile here they have a different story to tell. And you can go to CNN.com for a photo

essay profiling these women as they tell us about the problems they're facing in today's India.

Now with less than two weeks to go until Rio 2016 athletes from all over the world are heading

to the Olympic games, but it seems that the new Olympic Village is already creating another headache for the Rio organizers.

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LU STOUT: More problems ahead for Rio ahead of the Olympic games. It seems that the Olympic Village isn't the most welcoming place for visiting

athletes. Shasta Darlington reports.

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SHASTA DARLINGTON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Blocked toilets, leaky pipes, and exposed wires: just a few of the reasons Australia's

Olympic delegation says it won't move in here to the athletes village.

The 31 towers have been decorated with team signs, but as the village opens its doors to many of the 17,000 athletes and coaches slated to sleep

here, controversy on the very first day.

KITTY CHILLER, AUSTRALIAN CHIEF OF MISSION: We felt the building was not

safe because of the combination of plumbing, and electrical issues. When we did our stress test

yesterday afternoon, there was significant leakages from plumbing pipes.

DARLINGTON: Organizers said hundreds of athletes moved in on Sunday and they were working quickly to resolve problems.

"Every Olympic Village, because of their magnitude, needs some adjustments, until it becomes

perfect. The important thing is that everything will be resolved before the games without disturbing athletes."

We toured some of the spartan apartments before inauguration.

There was this discussion about whether or not there would be air conditioning. They didn't want to pay for it, but with the Zika scare they

had to put it in the rooms, is that right?

PAUL RAMLER, CEO, RSG EVENTS: They put air conditioning in all the bedrooms, fans in nonbedrooms, but no television.

DARLINGTON: The outdoor space helps compensate -- swimming pools, tennis courts, and bike trails.

The U.S. delegation, which expects to have 500 athletes and staff staying at the Olympic

Village, said, "as is the case with every games, they're working to resolve, quote/unquote, minor issues."

For the Australian delegation, the problems are far from minor.

CHILLER: Every village has teething problems. It's very difficult to suddenly have 20,000 people in a confined space such as an Olympic Village.

I have never experienced -- this is my fifth Olympic games -- a village in this state or lack of state of readiness at this point in time.

DARLINGTON: The latest snafu less than two weeks before the start of these very controversial games.

Shasta Darlington, CNN, Rio de Janeiro.

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LU STOUT: OK. Now we want to take you to Moscow where Russia's Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov is speaking a day after the IOC said it

won't ban the entire Russian team from the games. Let's listen in.

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