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COY WIRE: Oh, yes, lovely people.
We made it.
The weekend is upon us.
And you already know, Friday's rock.
We've had a big week, learned and laughed a lot,
and I'm ready to finish this week strong with you.
We start today with the breaking news out of the UK,
where British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned after just
45 days in the role, making her the UK's
shortest-serving leader ever.
Truss's resignation, though, is shaking up
a country that has already had significant shifts
in power recently.
Just last month, Queen Elizabeth II passed away
after 70 years on the throne.
The queen was the longest-ruling queen or king for that matter
in Great Britain's history.
Now why did Truss step down?
In a press conference in London, Truss
said it's because she no longer believes
she can fulfill the promises that she'd originally made.
The now former prime minister's original plans were
to supercharge the economy and help get it on better footing
largely through tax cuts, but that plan made
many investors nervous, creating a lot of unrest
in the UK's economy.
So to the big question, who will replace the prime minister?
We'll likely have to wait about a week to find out.
Another conservative leadership election
is expected to take place within a week,
and a new prime minister should be announced then.
But for now, it's not really clear who will replace her.
In other news around the world, let's move over
to Iran in the Middle East, where protests in the country
have been ongoing for weeks.
Last month, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman,
was taken into custody by Iranian police for apparently
not wearing her hijab, or headscarf, properly.
Iranian law requires women to wear
this head covering in public.
While in custody, Amini died.
The government of Iran said Mahsa died from illness,
but many others in the country suspect she
was killed by law enforcement.
Since her death, scores of people, many of them women,
have taken to the streets to protest
the Iranian government for its strict laws and treatment
of women.
In response, the government has been cracking
down on protesters who they say have
made the streets dangerous.
For journalists, it's been extremely difficult
to report on these weeks of protests
from inside the country where the Iranian government
has been accused of suppressing free speech and the press.
I'll turn it over now to my colleague out of London,
Nada Bashir, who's reporting on the struggles journalists
are facing in this historic moment for Iran.
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NADA BASHIR: "Women, life, freedom," a rallying cry
that is only growing stronger as protests in Iran
enter their fifth week, sparked by the death of 22-year-old
Mahsa "Gina" Amini, who died in the custody
of Iran's notorious morality police in September.
But as the regime intensifies its brutal and deadly crackdown
on protesters, it's also scrambling
to control the narrative, jailing at least 40 journalists
since protests first began, according to the CPJ.
YEGANEH REZAIAN: These are just the estimation.
I'm sure the correct tally is over 400.
Several of the cases of these journalists that we have
covered, as soon as they reported
about those news on their Twitter channels, the next day,
they were arrested.
NADA BASHIR: And just walk me through the tactics being
used by the Iranian regime.
How are journalists in Iran being repressed?
YEGANEH REZAIAN: Security forces usually raid the homes
of journalists after midnight in order to create an environment
of scare and fear.
They usually transfer these journalists immediately
to solitary confinement.
In most cases, they don't let the journalists
have access to a lawyer.
NADA BASHIR: Much of Iran's media is under state control,
with journalists who reject the state's
narrative facing harsh penalties,
among them Niloofar Hamedi.
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NADA BASHIR: One of the first journalists
to break the story of Amini's death in Iranian media.
- We know that Niloofar Hamedi has been
held in solitary confinement.
NADA BASHIR: Here in London, journalists
at the pro-reform news outlet IranWire, which
has been working with CNN to cover the ongoing protests,
are meticulously documenting the detention
of journalists in Iran.
- One of them needs to be confirmed.
NADA BASHIR: It's a growing list, with a concerning
lack of clarity on where many of these journalists
are being held.
Among them are citizen journalists,
bravely documenting the regime's crackdown on their phones
and on social media.
MAZIAR BAHARI: So for us, citizen journalists
inside the country are the most important colleagues we have.
And without them, we would not be able to operate.
These are the peoples who risk their lives in order to report.
NADA BASHIR: With internet blackouts being used
by the Iranian authorities as a tool
to stem the spread of information,
the role of journalists on the ground,
bearing witness to atrocities perpetrated
by the Iranian regime, is growing more
important and more dangerous.
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COY WIRE: 10-second trivia, what sport
are you playing if your teammate says "pass
me the truncated icosahedron"?
Basketball, American football, soccer, or hockey.
In geometry, a soccer ball is considered
a truncated icosahedron because it consists of 20 hexagonal
and 12 pentagonal surfaces.
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For today's 10 out of 10, it's like breakdancing
but with a ball.
Erlend Fagerli is like the Jackson Pollock
or Vincent van Gogh of soccer.
The newly crowned world champion freestyle footballer
is redefining possibilities.
Already with nine world titles, the 25-year-old
is a beacon of inspiration for anyone
who has a dream to chase.
And he sat down with us to talk about his remarkable journey.
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ERLEND FAGERLI: I was together with Brynjar, my brother.
We were watching some freestyle videos on YouTube.
And when we saw that, it was as if something
clicked inside of us, so we started trying some tricks
we saw.
They gave us so good feelings, and just kept going.
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My biggest goal is always to try to improve in freestyle
and to explore how good we can become.
Of course, I'm very proud of it, but the most important
part is to evolve the sport.
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I have a habit to do it every day and over so many years
then.
I think you can create so many things.
And even though you don't come up with anything new
during those 10 minutes, you have activated your mind,
and maybe you can discover something during the session.
I think it really helps to look at different things.
For example, look at dancing or look at other freestylers.
But as you move along in your freestyle career,
I think it's very important to try to invent your own moves.
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Probably, I will stop competing one time.
I don't know when yet.
But freestyle will always be a part of my life, of course.
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COY WIRE: We have had a ball, kicking it with you this week.
Happy Friday, everyone.
And keep in touch over the weekend.
I'm @coywire on Insta, TikTok, and Snapchat.
Before we go, we're going to give
a special shout out to Canyon City High School
in Canyon City, Colorado.
I'm Coy.
And remember, you are more powerful than you know.
And it's been a blessing to spend this week with you
right here on "CNN 10."
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