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What's up, sunshine? Rise up. Happy
Friday, Friday. We made it to the end of
the week. I'm Koi Wire. This is CNN 10.
We have a lot to get to. Not a lot of
time to do it. So, let's get to it. We
begin with an update on Tropical Storm
Melissa, the latest named storm of this
year's Atlantic hurricane season. As of
this taping, the storm is about 240 mi
southeast of Jamaica and is expected to
strengthen into at least a category 3
hurricane in the coming days. The storm
is already drenching parts of the
Caribbean as it slowly makes its way
west at about 3 m hour. Now, that's
slower than your average afternoon
stroll, right? Well, it has
meteorologists concerned. The storm is
stalled over a record hot stretch of
ocean. perfect fuel to help it possibly
explode in strength. And while
hurricanes are powerful storms, they
usually rely on other weather systems
like the jetream to dictate their path.
When those conditions are weak or
absent, you get slower moving storms
which bring record amounts of rainfall
and potentially more storm surge. That
was the case in 2017 when Hurricane
Harvey dumped more than 60 inches of
rain in southeastern Texas, the highest
rainfall total from a hurricane in US
history. Turning now to an update on
Russia's war in Ukraine. The Trump
administration has imposed new sanctions
or economic penalties on Russia's two
largest oil companies as the US called
for Russia to reach an immediate
ceasefire deal. The sanctions come just
one day after President Donald Trump
cancelled a planned face-to-face meeting
with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The latest sign Trump may be losing
patience with his Russian counterpart to
end his war in Ukraine.
>> I just felt it was time. These are
tremendous sanctions. These are very
big. Those are against their two big oil
companies. And we hope that they won't
be on for long. We hope that uh the war
will be settled. The United Kingdom
targeted the same two oil companies with
sanctions last week and EU leaders just
voted to apply another round of
secondary sanctions on Russia. I think
that of course it's more tough sanctions
on Russia. 19th package is very
important and uh of European leaders of
EU but American sanctions are also very
important and this is a good signal to
other countries in the world to join the
sanctions
>> and it appears they may already be
having an effect. India one of Russia's
largest energy importers has announced
they plan to cut back on imports of
Russian oil but so far the moves do not
appear to have phased President Putin. A
Russian strike hit the Ukrainian capital
of Kev this week and Putin oversaw also
what he said were planned nuclear
missile drills.
Pop quiz hot shot. Where did ballet
originate? France, Italy, Austria, or
Germany?
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If you said Italy, you are so on point.
While ballet has a long history in
France, it actually originated in Italy
during the Renaissance. Talk about
setting the bar. One of ballet's biggest
trailblazers, Misty Copeland has taken
her final bow. Copeland officially
retired from the American Ballet Theater
this week following an historic career
that redefined ballet. She performed one
final routine at a star-studded sendoff,
receiving a massive ovation from
friends, family, and colleagues. But the
barrier-breaking ballerina says she's
far from finished. Copelan, who's known
just as much for her advocacy off the
stage as she is for her grace on it,
says she's going to be ensuring that
ballet remains a place where everyone
belongs. Our Anderson Cooper caught up
with her to see how she's opening doors
for the next generation of ballerinas.
>> With ballet, the reason I got into it
was because of the joy that it brought
me. This beautiful escape. Ballet star
Misty Copelan broke barriers as the
first black female principal dancer with
American Ballet Theater.
Now she's working to make the art form
more accessible for the next generation.
>> I started the Misty Copeland Foundation
in 20121
really with the idea of bringing dance
to underresourced, underserved
communities. I wouldn't be who I am if I
hadn't been introduced to this
incredible art form at a Boys and Girls
Club. I just felt like we have to keep
this going and give other children the
same opportunity.
>> Be bold is a free afterchool ballet
program offered at community centers in
the Bronx and Harlem serving more than
500 children of color ages 5 to 12. It's
really with the idea of introducing them
to moving their bodies, the vocabulary
of basic ballet technique and live
music.
Eventually, I want to have this program
in community sites all over the United
States and maybe beyond. You know, we
say we want to take over the world one
PA at a time.
Now to Asia, where a rapidly growing
demand for energy in the world's most
populated region is driving some serious
innovation, sometimes in the most
unlikely places. That includes floating
solar farms, which are being paired with
hydro power to help supply energy to
tens of thousands of homes. Talk about
bright idea. Our Christyl Stout got the
chance to visit one of these floating
farms to see how they're helping reshape
the future of clean energy. We're here
to visit a solar panel farm, but not
just anyone. This one floats. This is
the Batang Eye floating solar farm,
Malaysia's largest of its kind. The 50
megawatt facility spans over 190
hectares on the Batangai Hydropower Dam.
>> Solar and hydro is a very good
combination. So when the sun is shining,
we can keep the water behind the dam and
dispatch uh power from the solar farm.
When the sun set, then we can use the
water from the reservoir to generate
powers.
>> There are 100,000 solar panels here and
Sarawak Energy says that's enough to
power 20,000 households.
But why go floating with solar
technology?
>> One of the benefits is that it doesn't
compete with uh land uses on the ground.
So you basically just utilize the
surface area of the existing reservoir.
>> Analysts say it's an innovative and
coste effective solution for densely
populated regions such as Southeast
Asia. Large scale projects like this
must also weigh their social and
environmental impacts.
>> Whether it's on a lake or land, uh if it
is on the lake, we got to look at the
aquatic life and then livelihood of the
people and the community nearby. So we
have to make a a good assessment of
that. If there's an impact, we got to
offset this biodiversity uh impact.
According to a report by President's
Research, the Asia-Pacific region leads
the global floating solar industry with
a 49% market share in 2024.
Floating solar farms are being installed
worldwide in Germany, Thailand, and the
largest one in China. By combining solar
and hydro, floating panels could be the
future of clean energy in Asia,
providing a reliable power source for
the region. Rain or shine.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
photo competition supporting animal
conservation, providing some muchneeded
laughs along the way. The Nikon Comedy
Wildlife Awards just announced their
2025 finalist for this year's funniest
photograph. And you have to see them to
believe them. We've got an elephant
playing peekaboo. Uh definitely see you,
bro. Here is a shot of an airborne
squirrel coming in hot. This is CNN 10.
There's a lemur. Apparently had
something that was fingerlicking good.
And some of these titles the
photographers chose, well, they say it
all. Like this one titled Now, which
direction was my nest? This one is
called Bad Hair Day. Yes, very fitting.
And you know, I personally love this
one. It's called Great Hair Day. And if
you've heard of Kung Fu Panda, maybe you
could call this one Taekwondo Reilla.
Hiya. Oh my goodness. There were nearly
9,000 entries from 98 countries. There's
also a People's Choice Award. So, if
you'd like to play along, you can go to
comedy wildlifephoto.com.
All right, it is Friday shoutout time.
Now, our first shout out goes to the
lead center in Hopewell, Virginia. Thank
you for watching us on YouTube and go
Lions. And this shout out goes to Mrs.
Ruth at Summit Academy, Akran Middle
School in Akran, Ohio. They sent us this
mascot. Uh, and they also sent a birth
certificate. Apparently, this is Dr.
Pickles, born on September 17th. Uh,
welcome to the CNN 10 family. Make like
Misty Copeland and PA that Friday music
there. Hope you have an awesome day and
promise me something. Go out, make
someone smile this weekend. You never
know when or how, but you just may be
the spark of joy that someone needs.
You're more powerful than you know. I'm
Koi Wire. This is CNN 10. It's been a
blessing to spend this week with you.
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