Diplomats Press Syrian Regime; Taliban Executes Woman in Public; Diplomat's Press Syrian Regime; Ernest Borgnine Dies
DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Don Lemon. Top of the hour, you're in the CNN NEWSROOM. Let's get you up to speed. In Afghanistan today, six NATO troops were killed in a roadside bombing and we just learned in the past hour that all of those troops were Americans. It happened in the eastern part of Afghanistan. A total of eight NATO troops died yesterday and today in three separate incidents. The attacks come as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with diplomats in Tokyo and they're discussing Afghanistan's future and the shape of the international force going forward. Also in Afghanistan, a woman was shot to death, executed in public. Someone recorded this public killing of a woman. She's wearing a burka and we won't show you the moment of her death, but a man with an automatic rifle shoots her at least nine times while men gather around and cheer. Afghan officials believe the woman was part of a love triangle involving two Taliban commanders who accused her of adultery. U.S. officials have responded calling it a cold-blooded murder. Kofi Annan is back in Syria pleading with the ruling regime to sign on to a new peace plan; even as the special envoy touched down in Damascus, the death toll was creeping up. Activists say at least 43 people were killed today. Secretary of State Clinton had her own message for Syria's president.</s>HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: The future to me should be abundantly clear to those who support the Assad regime. The days are numbered.</s>LEMON: Egypt's newly elected President is defying the military in a power struggle that could decide the country's fate. President Mohamed Morsi is calling Parliament back into session, overriding the military's decision to dissolve it. Military officials are planning an emergency meeting to discuss the move. The death toll from the flash floods in southern Russia is still rising as the waters recede in areas. Officials now say at least 150 people are confirmed dead. Some survivors are venting their anger at authorities saying they never had any warning of the floods. We have a tiny bit of optimism from a part of the world where a mystery disease has killed dozens of children. Health officials working around the clock in Cambodia may have an explanation for the deadly outbreak. They're seeing evidence of a virus known to cause neurological attacks. It's not definite, but it's something to go on. A Hollywood legend, Ernest Borgnine died today. He was an Oscar winner, a movie actor and veteran of a million TV shows like "Air Wolf" and "McHale's Navy". Ernest Borgnine did in -- died in a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 95 years old. At Wimbledon, Roger Federer's victory today stole the spotlight from Andy Murray's run at tennis history. Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title at Murray's expense. Murray was the first British player to reach a Wimbledon final in 74 years. Federer now has 17 grand slam trophies. The weather went from wicked to deadly in Cuba, Missouri overnight. A new mother riding out the storm in her car in a food store parking lot was killed when debris crashed through her windshield and hit her in the chest. The powerful storm also collapsed buildings and upended cars around the small town. You're about to see a very brutal and frightening piece of video. It's shaky and blurry, but it shows a woman being shot to death while a crowd of men stand by and watched and they cheer. And we're told it's a public execution carried out by the Taliban. U.S. military commanders have now seen the video. Here's CNN Pentagon correspondent, Barbara Starr.</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Don, an Afghan woman killed -- executed by the Taliban it's believed because two Taliban men had a dispute over her according to the governor of the Afghan province where the killing took place. Amateur video is very difficult to watch. We of course will not show the moment of death, but look, this is the ongoing brutality of the Taliban. The local governor says the men involved accused her of adultery and then have her killed. That official says the men quote "Faked a court to decide about the fate of the woman and in one hour, they executed the woman." The two men involved were then killed by a third Taliban commander. Afghan officials say they are still looking for the others involved. There was a very strong and swift statement from the top U.S. military commander, General John Allen, who said quote "Let's be clear. This wasn't justice. This was murder and an atrocity of unspeakable cruelty. The Taliban's continued brutality towards innocent civilians, particularly women, must be condemned in the strongest terms. There has been too much progress made by too many brave Afghans, especially on the part of women for this kind of criminal behavior to be tolerated." Look Don, the deeper issue, of course, is the growing concern that women's rights in Afghanistan will be set back. The Human Rights Watch says nine out of ten women in that country suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage -- Don.</s>LEMON: Barbara, thank you very much. The connection between slavery and some of the world's best athletes: controversial comments from one Olympic gold medalist. But first, weather to the extreme record temperatures across the country. Deadly storms as well and in one area, wildfires followed by dangerous floods.