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South Korea: North Korea Says It's Open To Talks With U.S.; China Moves To Drop Presidential Term Limits; China Preparing For Next Winter Olympics; ZTE CEO on Earning And Keeping U.S. Trust; Samsung Unveils New Flagship Galaxy S9; Sexual Misconduct Discussed At Aid Conference. Aired at 8-8:30a ET

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Kristie Lu Stout live from the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona and welcome to News Stream.

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LU STOUT: We are live to world's biggest mobile tech show. We have a wrap-up of the latest devices and special insight from industry leaders.

Also ahead, ultimate talks, North Korea now says it is willing to have a dialogue with the U.S., but will it meet the preconditions? And extending

power -- China may end the president's term limit, meaning the that Xi Jinping would stay in charge even longer.

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LU STOUT: We're here. We are live at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and more than 108,000 people are set to walk through these halls

behind me to try out all the new devices and to visualize what is next in mobile technology.

One of the big reveals here is Samsung's latest smartphone and we're going to be checking in with our, Samuel Burke, for the latest on that.

We will also be looking at the impact of the Me Too movement in the industry which is widely criticized. We know leadership is also an

opportunity. But I'll be talking to the female CEO of Norway. They're response about women in tech later in the program.

But first, let's get a look at the news coming out at the Korean Peninsula. Now, South Korea's so-called Peace Olympics are over, but it appears that

the diplomacy may go on. Now a North Korean senior official and former spy master Kim Yong-chol now says the doors are open for dialogue with the

United States.

That's according to the presidential office. Now Kim was standing behind President Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump at the closing ceremony on Sunday.

She is the one wearing the furry hat there. Now, there was no physical interaction between them.

Let's get the latest now from CNN's Paula Hancocks. She joins us live from Pyeongchang. And, Paula, the Olympics may be over but what about

diplomacy?

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kristie, suddenly there is a strong hope in this country that supporting diplomacy becomes actual

diplomacy that the momentum can carry on. And the North and South Korea talks can continue.

And also, U.S.-North Korean can start. We are heating positive signs from the North Korean side, saying the door is wide open. From the U.S. side

though they appear a little more coy.

They have said to a statement from the White House that if infact, Pyongyang is ready to talk, then they want to see the first steps towards

denuclearization.

Now it's interesting, because they actually had a quote from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, as well, telling the U.S. that they need to lower

the threshold, in order to be able to start these talks, highlighting the pattern.

The talks themselves are very important, and also saying that North Korea has to show willing to start denuclearization. Now Ivanka Trump, the U.S.

president's daughter, the senior adviser that has left South Korea this Monday, saying she enjoyed herself a lot, and she also mention North Korea

in an NBC interview.

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IVANKA TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER: We are 50 miles away from North Korea. So affirming the U.S. and our joint position of maximum pressure

with our South Korean partners, that's very important.

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HANCOCKS: Now have been protests around the country because of the North Korean delegation being here. Certainly, with Kim Yong-chol, a former spy

master believed to have been attacks on South Korea. That has played into those protests.

So there are also some who were once from North Korea, here now in South Korea, who don't appreciate North Korea's engagements in the games.

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HANCOCKS: Kwon Moon-kook, who was just 19 when the Korean War broke out in 1950. He deserted the North Korean military, hating the ideology and

walked 14 days to get home, hiding in his mother's attic. He then joined the U.N. forces led by the United States.

"I thought it would be a matter of days," he said, "for our forces to take over the North. I told my parents I'd be back in a week and ran away in

the middle of the night."

Kwon said he wouldn't have left if he had known he would never see his parents or two brothers again. He's heard nothing in almost 70 years. He

doesn't know if any of them are still alive.

One of millions of families destroyed by the Korean War, one of thousands of North Koreans that settled here in Abai village on the east coast near

the DMZ so they could move back home easily when the time came. But it never did. Kwon married in South Korea and has four children and nine

grandchildren.

[08:05:02] But still misses his North Korean family every day. He checks Google Earth once a week to see satellite images of his hometown near

Wonsan in the north, the closest he can get to seeing it again.

HANCOCKS (on-camera): Ah, so there. That's where you used to live?

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HANCOCKS: "No, this is my school," he says. "My mother and father live there." Some see the Olympic sporting diplomacy between North and South

Korea as a positive development.

But Kwon says he's not happy to see a joint Korean team. He says they're wearing masks and he doesn't think it will change his situation.

He has not applied to be part of official family reunions between North and South, fearing any family still alive would be punished for his military

desertion a lifetime ago.

"I was almost 20 when I left home," he says. "I'm now almost 90. There's no joy of life for me. I'm waiting to die. "I don't know why," he says.

"But the older I become, the more I miss my brothers."

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HANCOCKS: Now there also going to be more North-South Korean high-level talks on Tuesday. There was an expectation that North Korea will be

sending some athletes to the Paralympics, which start in the middle of March, and probably end on March 18th.

And the next thing you have to look for beyond that is the U.S.-South Korean military drills. There were postponed so the Olympics could go

smoothly. But, of course, they will be starting soon. And it's how to keep that momentum of diplomacy going when drills that anger Pyongyang

every year are carrying on. Kristie.

LU STOUT: Yes, there's a bad feeling that the tension will just return. Paula Hancocks reporting live from Pyeongchang, thank you so much for your

reporting. Now, China's Communist Party is clearing the way for President Xi Jinping to remain in power indefinitely.

It's announced a proposal to abolish presidential term limits, A bold break from established policy. Let's go straight to CNN's Matt Rivers in Beijing

for more. And, Matt, for years you've been reporting about how Xi Jinping has been consolidating his power. And it seem now is set to run China

indefinitely.

MATT RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, I mean, as head of state, absolutely. I mean, the way this is going to work, Kristie, is that the central

committee puts forward this proposal but it's a proposal in name only.

Because the way it actually plays out is that any proposal like this coming from top Communist Party leadership gets voted on, quote-unquote, by the

National People's Congress that is set to convene in just a week or two from now.

And it's going to pass. So this term limits are as good as abolished at this point. And so, then, what that does is pave the way for Xi Jinping to

stay on as head of state. But don't forget, as you mentioned right off the top, Xi Jinping -- this is happening in a broader context, right?

So in late year, he was re-elected as general secretary in the Communist Party and he had his name enshrined in the Communist Pty constitution.

That is even more important than staying on as president. That's where the real power lies. But, when you combine those two things, the table is set,

Kristie, for Xi Jinping to remain in power for years or even decades to come.

LU STOUT: And as Xi Jinping makes this power play, we know that China is gearing up to host the next Winter Games. What should we expect?

RIVERS: You know, Kristie, in a lot of ways, or I guess in one way, being an authoritarian dictator type ruler as Xi Jinping is becoming, there's one

thing that comes out of that and you can do what you want.

So, you have seen him. He is a big fan of soccer, he's put a ton of investment there. And ahead of these games, he's directed his government

to invest in Winter Sports because here in China, there really isn't a Winter Sports tradition.

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RIVERS: Twelve million Chinese people skied in 2017, so says a widely cited ski industry report. It might sound like a lot, but that's less than

one percent of the country's total population.

Like most winter sports here, skiing is growing fast, but so far lacks mass appeal, which is why this might seem surprising. Beijing will host the

next Winter Olympics in 2022 in a country with little Winter Sports tradition, but lots of Olympic experience.

In 2008, China put on a show at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Come 2022, you'll see some of those same venues retrofitted for the cold events.

Three different areas host it all, not without their problems. Start in mountainous Jiankou (ph) where the freestyle stuff kicks off; ski half-

pipe, ski moguls.

To do all that though, you need snow. And nearly all of it on this mountain is made by machines. But organizers say there is plenty of fake

snow to go around. And so the focus is on building out competition sites.

BENNO NAGER, COO, GENTING RESORT SECRET GARDEN: We have to have everything ready by 2020.

RIVERS: Right. And you're on pace for that?

NAGER: We're absolutely on pace for that, yes.

RIVERS (voice-over): Speaking of pace, a lot of hotels and Olympic villages still need to be built. Chinese officials say they're on target,

too, not to mention this $9.2 billion railway designed to cut travel time between venues.

(on camera): Even though it might not look like it at the moment, officials are promising that it will be done on time.

[08:10:02] (voice-over): A tougher task, getting ordinary Chinese people to truly care about the games.

MARK DREYER, CHINA SPORTS EXPERT: So the challenge has to be to expand that Winter Sports base.

RIVERS (voice-over): The government is trying, though. According to state media, a series of state-run initiatives will try to create a $160 billion

winter sports industry by 2025 by getting 300 million people on skis and skates. The sense that the games will be a hit here, though, faces

legitimate skepticism.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because China is a very beginner ski market.

RIVERS (voice-over): The skiers and skaters, and (Inaudible) and curlers will be here in just four years. Whether lots of Chinese people are

engaged in the same sports by then is an open question.

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RIVERS: And, Kristie, you heard that conference in Barcelona right now. How do people get people interested? How do they get them toe booth? How

do they get them excited about a product, merchandise, right?

They give out merchandize, well, we can tell you, Beijing also does that. Beijing 2022 thermos brought it with us to the mountain. It's cold. It

might now snow that much but we needed the hot liquids, I guess, from this.

LU STOUT: It makes sense. You've got some sweet swag there. Also, I also -- I wish I could pick it out for you, but I got a fidget spinner at this

Mobile World Congress. We're going to have to exchange the swag next time we see each other.

There's going to be a lot more to come, right? Because these games are just a couple of years away. Matt Rivers reporting live for us from

Beijing. Thank you so much. Take care.

Now here in Barcelona, Chinese company ZTE is introducing the world to its latest Blade smartphone, the mid-range V9 features a full screen and the

ability to take pretty good photos with low light.

Now this launch comes just days after top U.S. intelligence officials warned Americans not to use the Chinese company's equipment because of

security concerns. Now, earlier, I talked to Lixin Cheng, the CEO of ZTE. I began by asking about how he feels about that U.S. government warning.

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LIXIN CHENG, CEO, ZTE: It's about the trust. That's my feeling. ZTE started investing in U.S., 20 years ago in 1998, ZTE, the first of their

heart to own the trust of the U.S. technology companies.

LU STOUT: You say that the trust is still there for ZTE. But probably recently lost its deal with AT&T, does that affect you?

CHENG: I don't to comment about our competitors. But if you're looking back -- back in 2012, so we were investigated by the House Intelligence

Committee, and together.

So we didn't give up. We are confident to continue to invest in the United States, continued work with our trustworthy partners Hugo, Qualcomm, and

many other, more than 300 U.S. suppliers. And we continue workers' carriers, and (Inaudible) in the U.S. communities.

And also for me, personally, I have living in the states for 17 years. I have two lovely daughters. They view U.S. as home. So, we believe, you

know, a positive force to facilitate the understanding between the China and the U.S. And ZTE is actively contributing to U.S. economy and also the

worldwide goodwill.

LU STOUT: You have invested so much in the United States to earn the trust of the United States. And yet, the political winds are changing, right?

Donald Trump has been in power for more than a year now. There's talk of a U.S.-China trade war. Does that concern you?

CHENG: So we have spent 20 years clouding to the U.S. ecosystem, and working with U.S. technology partner, U.S. technology combining with

competitive Chinese engineering and supply chain resources, and we sell those technology products worldwide.

It was win-win. It is win-win for everybody. And we believe, you know, now we can also take more effort to feel the trust among the people in the

Washington, D.C. So I think that is effort we need to do more.

And I think we understand the concerns and respect the concerns of different agencies of the United States' government. And we promised we're

going to work very openly as we did before, transparently, to address their needs and their concerns, and I'm confident we can earn their trust also as

we did in the past.

LU STOUT: And let's talk about ZTE's global brand in comparison to other made-in China mobile tech brands, like Huawei or Xiaomi. Do you fell that

you are being overshadowed? Do you fell ZTE deserves more respect?

CHENG: I have two good friends, Lang Lang and Yao Ming. So probably you know them also.

LU STOUT: Famous pianists and a basketball legend.

[08:15:00] CHENG: Yes. So we became good friends, because we have traveled globally. We have a political view, and one thing is I admire

them, also.

In the public and the private, I always say them and about them is that -- you know, so they are also become -- they are Chinese. They are very proud

to be Chinese. And they now also become the global icon successfully on a global stage.

Why they can be so successful. Number one, it's because in their large space of area, whether Lang Lang for piano or Yao Ming for basketball, they

can compete. They are winning the competition and the respect from the competitors in their respective fields.

LU STOUT: So you're telling me you want the Yao Ming of smartphones?

CHENG: That's correct.

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LU STOUT: He can be the Yao Ming of smartphones but also acknowledges more work needs to be done to show up trust in the key U.S. market. That was my

interview with ZTE CEO, Lixin Cheng. And the team takes in with the western market.

Samsung has its sights trained on its biggest rival Apple who has unveiled its answer to the iPhone X, its brand new Galaxy S9. And Samuel Burke, he

is going to find a (Inaudible) in Barcelona.

He joins us now with more in the story. Samuel, another year, another Mobile World Congress, and another Samsung launch. Tell us about this and

how it compare versus the Apple.

SAMUEL BURKE, CNN TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Well, we can just compare the S9 plus to S9 right here. A little bigger than the one you are

holding in your hand. But I think the thing that has really caught a lot of people's attention is to use augmented reality in the cameras.

So you can make the selfie emoji. Now this is something you could do with Apple, but your face turns into an animal. This time, it looks more human.

And while people, might be watching this is thinking, how did this change humanity, well, it doesn't, but it is a big step augmented reality.

Remember, your virtual reality works all day but this takes something real. And I actually tried it out and converted my face, my body into an emoji.

So people have told me, I chose a darker skin tone than I actually have. I think I've been having out in the sun more than you guys have been. I

think this is a big step for augmented reality. Do you think it looks like me, Kristie?

LU STOUT: You know, as you were just testing this. You look like a younger brother of Max Foster. That's what you look like.

BURKE: That's a compliment. And you see an evolvement. I think that this is just the beginning of what we're going to see for augmented reality.

These are the first steps in a world. In a world that's really growing very fast.

LU STOUT: And it's interesting, because what a difference a year makes. Because this year, with a launch of this emoji, as it tops real talking

point, people are excited about the news. Samsung has been going through really difficult times, prison for a short period of time, the entire

exploding batteries debacle. Has Samsung turned a corner now?

BURKE: Absolutely. Samsung turned the corner much quicker than people -- everyone have thought that they would they were able to recoup all --

recruit all their market share rather, even move ahead of Apple at one point, even though they're not quite there now.

And I think at this point in Samsung's history, even though the telephones are doing quite well, we are being just a market hsare there. Apple, right

now is at 19.2 percent, Samsung 18.4. Huawei, the Chinese home maker, 10 percent and definitely, Samsung wants to recoup that.

And I think any attention on a product now, (Inaudible) of course, we had the de facto leader of Samsung get out of jail after spending less than a

year there, anti-corruption in South Korea.

We are hoping that this would be change for South Korea that he might actually serve his poll, if posing the five-year sentence. He didn't do

that. So I think at this point, a attention on a Samsung product that is not on fire, is very good news for them.

LU STOUT: And finally, trends in the greater industry. Has the smartphone finally peaked?

BURKE: Absolutely. People are actually -- these companies are selling less smartphones in 2017 than they did in 2015. So what really gets my

attention here are the prices. This phone is $720, it is the smaller one, $840 for the larger S9 plus, it is less than a $1,000 price tag than the

iPhone X have.

So mix signals again, they have know the market is shrinking, so they are hoping to get more market share by taming down that price. Good news for us

consumers.

LU STOUT: Samuel Burke on the Samsung beat for us. Thank you so much. I hand this back to you.

BURKE: Thank you, ma'am.

LU STOUT: Thank you. talk you with a little bit later. You're watching News Streaming. Coming to you live from Barcelona. And still ahead here

on the program, the Oxfam scandal, we're going to give you the latest on that and the fact that Oxfam, that charity is not alone.

More and more aid agencies reveal sexual misconduct or abuse by their staff. We will look at how they are dealing with it. Also ahead, the

violence continues in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta. Now there are claims that the military is using chemical weapons. The latest from Syria, coming up.

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LU STOUT: Welcome back to this special edition of News Stream, coming to you live from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona -- the biggest mobile

tech show in the world. Now, ahead, we are going to see how the Me Too movement is playing in the tech sector.

But first, the latest on the sexual misconduct that has hit charities organizations around the world. That is the focus in the conference

underway in London. Charities are discussing how they can prevent such misconduct, that has recently embroiled aid agencies.

Now for more on the conference, we are joined now by CNN's Arwa Damon. And, Arwa, at this conference, how are global leaders addressing the sex

abuse scandal not just in Oxfam but across the aid sector.

ARWA DAMON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, this is going to be one of the key issues is to be discussed. There are number of sessions that will be

underway over the course of the next two days.

They will addressing especially how to safeguard, how to create a system, how to create a culture that would prevent this from happening. Of course

the bond conference in and off itself focuses on so many key, critical aspects when it comes to humanitarian aide.

But as we know, only too well, the reality right now that is facing a lot of these organizations really does center around these various different

allegations of sexual misconduct, whether it is allegations of things that have transpired internally or whether externally when it comes to the

sexual abuse of vulnerable people of beneficiaries.

And the key issues that are being underlined here are really those of zero tolerance. The sector cannot afford this. The humanitarian sector cannot

afford to have its reputation further tarnished, cannot afford to not take concrete action to quote, the deputy director general of the ICRC, Yves

Daccord.

And of course, the ICRC also has had around 21 members of its staff removed from their positions over various allegations of sexual misconduct.

He said that it is so important that the silence that has surrounded this issue has been shattered. Of course, one of the things moving forward is

that perhaps what we are hearing right now is just the tip of the iceberg.

That as more and more people come forward, we're going to be hearing a lot more stories. The other key thing that to a certain degree just goes hand

in hand with this, is that the people that the humanitarian sectors deal with are among the most vulnerable.

And there are great concerns as sort of an impact, this could possibly have on key issues like funding on a trust between this various different

international or local NGOs, and the various different communities that they are trying to service.

That's also something that we heard from the chide executive of Save the Children, who so far as to say that this is a structural, sector-wide

problem.

[08:25:03] It is a systemic, large-scale but again, at the end of the day, one the key things that is being underscored is that what is very important

is that, not only is it talked about but that concrete solutions are found.

LU STOUT: Absolutely. After news of the scandal breaking, solutions need to be found at the end of the day, Arwa Damon reporting live for us in the

site of the Bond Conference. Thank you for joining us.

Now, the governor of the U.S. State of Florida has ordered an investigation into the law enforcement response to the high school shooting that saw 17

people killed. At least one armed deputy stayed outside the school while the gunman was inside, firing up the students.

And meanwhile, pressure is building on Congress to address gun control when it reconvenes. President Donald Trump says he will discuss school

shootings at a meeting with governor. He's indicating that he is open to gun law reform and as proposed even having some teachers cry weapons.

Now to Syria now the rebel-held are of Eastern Ghouta has been facing continues air strikes, even after the U.N. Security Council passed a

resolution calling for a cease-fire. The Syrian government says it is targeting terrorists, which is still allowed under the terms of the

temporary truce.

The Syrian-American Medical Society say several patients in Eastern Ghouta have been exposed to chemical compounds, and the Damascus help directorate,

run by the opposition, says there evidence who suggest chlorine gas is being used.

Now CNN has been unable to independently verify the claims. Now Syrian government says it does not use chlorine to knock civilians. More than 520

people have been killed in Eastern Ghouta in just over a week.

You are watching News Stream. Still ahead in the program, a national disaster, Nigeria's president vows his forces will find more than 100

school girls abducted by Boko Haram.

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LU STOUT: I'm Kristie Lu Stout, coming to you live from Barcelona. You are watching News Stream and these are your world headlines.

Now a senior North Korea official says the doors are opened for dialogue with the United States, that is according to the South Korea presidential

official, South Korea's president is calling on the U.S. to lower the threshold for talks with the north, and is urging Pyongyang to show

willingness to denuclearize.

China's Communist Party has proposed removing the president's term limit that will pave the way for President Xi Jinping to serve a third term.

And potentially, hold office indefinitely. The Chinese social media discussion and criticism of the constitutional change has been censored.

Israel's prime minister faces more pressure after another arrest in (Inaudible). Police arrested and questioned eight suspect on Sunday.

Investigators have said earlier this month that there was sufficient evidence to indict Mr. Netanyahu in two separate cases. He maintained that

he is innocent.

A protest broke out in Barcelona after the Spanish monarch arrived here. Demonstrators who support (INAUDIBLE) refused the king of Spain to promote

talks with the central government. The king is in the city for Mobile World Congress where we are. It's his first visit to the region since last year's

independence (INAUDIBLE).

This is a special edition of "News Stream," coming to you live from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We will continue to monitor the future

of wireless technology here as major companies from around the world (INAUDIBLE) to get a head start in adapting 5G. It has been a big scene at

the conference over the years.

Last year, it was (INAUDIBLE). Now, we are seeing more (INAUDIBLE) applications on what 5G could look like. As we get closer to that

(INAUDIBLE) to be around 2020 in different markets around the world.

But first, a look at some other news stories that we are following this hour. The president of Nigeria has promised his forces, we will find more

than 100 girls who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants. The girls were taken from their school in Nigeria's northeast last week.

Stephanie Busari has more.

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STEPHANIE BUSARI, CNN PRODUCER: Nigeria once again in the global spotlight for missing girls. This time, Dapchi schoolgirls taken from a school in

northeast Nigeria by gunmen who stormed their school and casted away around 105 girls.

Phone (ph) numbers are still being confirmed, but what we are learning is that around 900 schoolgirls were in that school on the -- last Monday when

the gunmen stormed the school. And just to give you the sense of the chaos, many of them ran, jumped over walls, and hid in bushes to escape the

gunmen.

But, sadly, these 100 plus girls were taken away and devastated parents are telling us that they -- since that happened, they have been given

conflicting and contradictory information. They are angry.

First, they were told that their daughters were not missing, then they were told that they have been rescued, only for (INAUDIBLE) retraction to be

made by the government, who told them that they actually were not rescued after all.

President Buhari for his part has issued an apology and called the incident a national disaster. Frankly, many are saying it is a disgrace and saying

that lessons from the Chibok girls kidnapped four years ago have not been learned. And he has vowed to do all he can to find these girls and bring

them back to their parents.

But they are telling that they are receiving very little information and waiting to be told exactly what is going on. This also puts in jeopardy

decades of campaign to get girls from this region (ph) to go to school. And many parents now will think twice, they tell us, about sending their

daughter to school.

Stephanie Busari, CNN, Lagos.

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LU STOUT: Imagine signing up for a journey (ph) in which you are warned up front that you might be raped. That's what our Nima Elbagir faced in follow

up to her undercover report on slave auctions in Libya. She went undercover to Nigeria to learn how people are being smuggled to Libya trying to get to

Europe.

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NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): To prove just how brazen these criminals are, we are trying to see if someone

will agree to traffic us to Europe.

He calls himself (INAUDIBLE), one of an army of (INAUDIBLE), the brokers who work alongside smugglers on the Nigerian end of the Africa to Europe

migrant (INAUDIBLE). Taking me aside, (INAUDIBLE) repeats gain, condoms, don't struggle if you're raped and ultimately trust in God.

From here begins the journey to Europe, the journey into the unknown. Many who undertake this journey are still unaccounted for.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: Tune in Tuesday for Nima Elbagir's exclusive report on the business of smuggling people through Africa (ph).

You're watching "News Stream." Just ahead, the wireless industry promises to take your phone speed from fast to super fast, how 5G may changing

manufacturing, robotics, surveillance. We are going to be live from the Mobile World Congress so do stay with us.

[08:35:00] (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

LU STOUT: All right. Welcome back. We are live at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for a special edition of "News Stream."

We are going to talk about women's issues. Now, not a lot of women are walking past there. In the past two months, there has been a global

reckoning of course of women's right about sexual harassment, discrimination, the so-called "Me Too" movement. And these are issues that

the tech industry has long struggled with. So let's get a closer look at how the "Me Too" movement is playing out here at the world's biggest mobile

show.

Berit Svendsen is the CEO of Telenor Norway. She joins us now. Just now, we showed a live shot of just the attendees going around and there is

statistic that about 24 percent of the more than 100,000 people who come to the show are women. Is that a problem?

BERIT SVENDSEN, CEO, TELENOR NORWAY: Yes, I think it's a problem. If we will look around here, it's a lot of men. The majority around here is men.

And in addition to that, there are very few women on stage, you know, coming into the light and telling about new opportunities.

LU STOUT: Yes, very few women at the top, so why is this an issue, especially for the (INAUDIBLE)?

SVENDSEN: I think we haven't been good enough to recruit women into leadership positions, into exciting technical positions, because you need

to start recruiting from the operation of the company.

So, recruitment is one issue. The other issue is we haven't been good enough to talk about the opportunities in the industry. You know, the tech

industry is one of the most dynamic industries in the world. We can solve a lot of the problems we are facing today.

And I think if you start to talk about that, like the conference is doing these days, it will be easier to recruit women because, you know, we like

to talk about what can be solved using the technology, not only inside the technology itself.

LU STOUT: Absolutely. (INAUDIBLE) on board. More women to the tech sector. You need to inspire them, you need to recruit them, train them and promote

them from inside. There is also the "Me Too" movement which really put the spotlight on gender-based discrimination and harassment.

And last year, you, as a CEO of Telenor Norway, you put your name on an online petition, taking a stand on for the "Me Too" movement. Why is that

important for you?

SVENDSEN: I think "Me Too" is a campaign that we need to support and stand up for, because, you know, harassment of people are not accepted in any

form. And I think we should be aware if there are male or more male in the industry than women. We need to be aware.

So I think it is so important to say that everybody should have the equal opportunity to get into leadership, you know, to do career at work. And,

you know, to be treated fair. I think it's, you know, like a human being.

LU STOUT: Everyone agrees with that. And then there is issue of (INAUDIBLE) practices. How do you do it? For example, how do you create

that (INAUDIBLE) inside the company so woman feels confident enough, they are empowered that they can speak up. How do you that at Telenor?

SVENDSEN: I think, you know, we have been very, very good at recruiting women into the ship for some years now. We have 36 percent women in Telenor

Group (ph). It's a global company in Europe and Asia. In (INAUDIBLE), we have 45 percent women.

So we have recruited women in. And I think that helps because then women can see that you can reach to the top if you are willing to do so. And, you

know, we have also if there are things that are going on that work, you need a place to go to and tell them about the things that are going on.

So we have done that for many, many years, have opened channels about how to solve problems, you have to talk about it. So, I think, you know, that's

a good thing to do.

LU STOUT: Final question for you.

[08:40:00] What is at stake? If the industry doesn't own up to this as being an issue, doesn't embrace the "Me Too" movement, doesn't boost the

members of female (INAUDIBLE) or CEOs to tech conferences, what does it mean for the industry?

SVENDSEN: You know, I think if you look at our customers to the mobile industry, it is equally between the genders. You know, it is equally women

and men. And if you only have men executives and men (INAUDIBLE) working for company, you are not mirroring the population. And you are --

LU STOUT: Not mirroring your customers.

SVENDSEN: That's right. You are not mirroring your customers. And (INAUDIBLE), because, you know, we can say that maybe women are using the

technology in the little bits of the way than men and if you (INAUDIBLE), you are out of business. So that is so important.

LU STOUT: Berit Svendsen, CEO of Telenor, thank you so much for joining us here in the program.

SVENDSEN: Thank you.

LU STOUT: Take Care. More than a hundred thousand people, yes, mostly men, are expected to walk to these halls to try out the new devices, to dream

and visualize what is next in the world of wireless. If there is one thing that is getting a lot of us is the big promises from the new generation of

wireless technology.

Welcome to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Once again, 5G is taking center stage. Now, 5G is the next generation mobile network that will take

your data from OK fast to insanely fast. At least, that is what the industry is promising.

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MATS GRANRYD, DIRECTOR GENERAL, GSMA: I think if we go back in time, 2G and 3G was sort of more you and me communication. Now with 5G, we are going

to see sensors. We are going to see high-speed real time interaction in industries, in manufacturing, in surveillance, in artificial intelligence

with Avatars and holograms. It is a little bit futuristic but it is around the corner.

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LU STOUT: But don't get too excited just yet. It is going to take a few years before the proper roll out of 5G. The industry still needs to iron

out a few things as well as filled up entirely new infrastructure and devices.

And by devices, it also included the so-called internet of things like this. Internet-connected punching bag which can measure using existing

infrastructure the power of each punch and transmitted data in real time. The real magic happens when 5G comes on board and scores of connected

devices can be able to react and respond to each other immediately like this robot.

This is an example of a factory floor. This robotic arms are busy manufacturing colored pens. When controlled over a 5G network, they will be

able to work in concert and also adapt to new directions instantaneously.

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ROGER CHENG, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, CNET NEWS: I don't think that 5G is going to change your life right away. This is still at early days. Even when

these networks have deployed next year, there are going to be limited areas, there are going to be limited devices.

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LU STOUT: So for now 5G is (INAUDIBLE) that tantalizes us with a promise of super fast speed and reliability. So, I can go ahead, activate the

sensor and kick this ball. And a robot in a completely different hall will mimic my kick. The 5G is a work in progress for now, but at least the goal

is in sight.

I am getting kind of a workout here at the Mobile World Congress. And that is it for this special edition of "News Stream." We got more from the World

Mobile Congress, same time tomorrow, see you then. I am Kristie Lu Stout. We got "World Sport" with Rhiannon Jones coming up next.

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