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The ongoing riots. Foreign owned businesses are looted in the countrys largest city. Make up one Family Planning to. Bring this up they did. Speak. To the people. One minute past 5 pm here in moscow this september the 7th 30 minutes of news and views i had with me you know neil alone welcome. First breaking news being called a historic step forward 70 prisoners are swapped in a Major Exchange between russia and ukraine fall. When months of talks the ukrainian president met the plane which brought 35 released prisoners back to kiev on the left of your screen some of their relatives are also there to welcome them while in moscow a plane carrying the other 35 newly freed prisoners touched on a fake couple its the new airport he was there for us. 2 buses part of a special motorcade have left this terminal for governmental flights carrying 35. 00 people 35. 00 people that ukraine smoke for need for an equal amount over their role now among those people is to real machines he was head of the Ukrainian Branch of the news agency and he was accused by the of state cheese and without a guilty good to see he spent more than 400 days in ukrainian jail just awaiting his trial just during the trial and for all those mobile been for 100 days russia has been adamant that until the court is guilty and declares hes killed the man should not be staying behind bars and in fact just weeks before this. He was released on bail that was seen as a very positive sign so this another very positive sign comes out on the heels of that one and in fact thrilled that he had a chance to tool to journalists to the to the russian journalists who were allowed on these gates yes you know i know how all of you worried about me and thanks a lot for that i feel that i was not alone i feel that i have people who are member me who are trying to do something for me now because of i am. Because im a journalist who was unfairly arrested now together with drilled the plane and on and on those 2 buses was legitimate so much he was one of the field commanders in the dinette screechy an old one of the from what we understand one of the defense battalions. The dutch led investigation into the i make 72 tragedy believes to be one of the key witnesses that could shed light as to what happened back in 24 would see and from what we know according to the lenski the president of ukraine the dutch led investigators had a chance to question and they did question. Before he was released from prison and sent back here to russia this will pass been a very very Long Time Coming that have been forced to pools false alarms finally has happened and the Russian Foreign ministry has already raised this saying that this shows kievs read in this compromise we see the agreed mutual release of people detained in russia and ukraine as a positive signal we should see another important step to breaking the deadlock in the current russian ukrainian relations unlike his predecessors selenski new administration has shown a sensible approach and a readiness for compromise some experts say that this is so we have signed for the implementation of the minsk agreements which are effectively the only viable option you as viewed by russia and ukraine and the bloodshed and the civil war in the east of ukraine. With what was happening earlier ethnic of or a port just outside moscow lets now look at similar scenes that played it in ukraine double quarter he joins me now i was across at that for us a little while ago don like in moscow you have 35 prisoners arriving in kiev what kind of welcome was there for them while this Prisoner Exchange was a very significant moment for the Young Political administration of ukraines president. Zelinsky Vladimir Zelinsky and he actually went there early to the airport to visit the prisoners as they were coming down from the from the airplane to greet them and he even gave a small speech talking about the significance of this exchange for the future relation. Between russia and ukraine. For example you crane in president told him or zelinsky and russian president Vladimir Putin have done everything we have promised and did not change our agreements they can make. Things easy if youll step down. And we heard this kind of sentiment echoed pretty much all over the world actually we heard the council of europe say that this was a really important step in normalizing relations between russia and ukraine we also heard from russias human rights commissioner who said this was a historic step she said and even donald trump commented on twitter he gave his congratulations to both parties involved just on that weve been looking at the pictures all of the people who were coming there maybe some more well know and others give us a sense who has arrived. Well at the beginning it was all speculation you know there were it was unknown who the prisoners were there were blacked out windows on the buses but now we have identified them and lets go over the main one yes one of the primary prisoners that was there were exchanged was ukrainian filmmaker all legs sense of now he was sentenced to 20 years in prison in russia on terrorism charges during the crimean referendum of 2014 he was accused of being part of a terrorist organization that plotted bombings of civilian installations during that time now he already served 5 years of that sentence and we saw him and identified him as he was stepping out of the airplane in kiev today reuniting with his family it must have been quite an emotional moment for both him and his family but moving on to other people we saw were some sailors that were involved in the current strait incident that took place in november of last year and now those were 24. 00 ukrainian sailors that were identified that were traded and just to give our viewers a bit of a background of what happened the current strait incident was when 3 ukrainian vessels were trying to enter the sea of odds of and they were met with the russian coast guard that warned them to turn back that they were perhaps going to be in violation of russias territory on the high seas they gave no response and so the ukrainian vessels were fired on and so now that they have been returned this is a really historical moment for both russia and ukraine and perhaps. A great leap forward for their future relations that have been tense to say the least a lot of happy families today as well don thanks very much for bringing us up to date on not arties quarter we stay with the story now and get more reaction from europe with me now on the program is former senior belgian politician. To see you is the prisoner swap pivotal as the 2 countries see it is is it likely to herald a new chapter after years of froths relations. Well absolutely i would say that the potential at least the potential for the developments in the near future is there now with this is that this is well this is more than just symbolic oh there is much more at stake here but i mean lets not forget that the u. S. And the e. U. Have basically been sidelined in all this and that now we have a president in kiev who tries to hold in direct discussions with the russia the whole gauntlet that in itself is already progress so i would say yes indeed theyre not exaggerating yet the swappers being praised by the council of europe on by the g 7 and buster support group to ukraine might the effects be felt beyond moscow and kiev with this movement absolutely absolutely i have been a member of the Parliament Area somebody of the council of europe myself back in 98 beginning of 2000 and i know its not a body dont you hear a lot about what its about it is quite some good work not all with it but quite some good work and especially now this will open the possibility for these organisms to intervene and to try also like the old organizes microwave. Could now be how to construct if any in a in a shouldering of at least i mean i think what is at least possible is now to settle to a situation where you have like what you had pretty breezy agreement the good friday agreement in Northern Ireland that were basically you were quite well up until the problem tradin brooks and i would thats another matter but i think yes absolutely with this president you know who would not have been possible over the previous one yet why not why do you think that what it what be the case in your opinion. Well actually the 1st of all this president mr jones i have to admit does surprise me totally i did not have any expectation from listening what i heard was he was a former actor and so on so i say yes absolutely this is extremely positive and it will open up also within the European Union as you have to know already there is no note is agreement on the position to hold ukraine conflict that we did the European Union there are indeed voices that already have been searching for a solution light is going against by the way the will of the United States and that in itself is really opening up the windows or doors if you might say so we know that a 2nd row of exchanges are being promised by present how important you think it is the cape bad momentum going here just briefly if you will. Well the fact that its under the already said there is more to come means i mean the president is not going to say just like that it means that there is already something going on behind closed doors and i can only see for the moment that this is going to be positive whether that will really be to a final beautiful solution thats still hard to see but at least the book and its never been bigger than today yes thanks very much for taking the time on a solid speak to us former Belgian Parliament Deputy Speaker load eva newest always a pleasure. Lets crack on on more world news had is a busy saturday the u. S. State department has confirmed it attempted to bribe the captain of the Iranian Oil Tanker at the adrian daria wall which is at the center of a diplomatic route in order to detain it the vessel previously known as grace one was held by the u. K. In july off gibraltar waters it was released in august despite protests from the United States which is increasing pressure on iran its been heading east since then and was pinpointed in the Eastern Mediterranean region but its tracking device has now been switched off heres our tease daniel hawkins. If at 1st you dont succeed try and try again so keen with u. S. Authorities to get their hands on a rainy and. They used everything at their disposal 1st came the stick accusing the tiger of moving the world to syria in breach of sanctions they went to the u. K. For help the british marines impounded the ship but it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the Spanish Foreign minister said the arrest came after a demand from the u. S. To the u. K. But on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel its sail into the mediterranean a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot weve all had one of those emails im writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise not true when perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal Family Member in africa well thats exactly the email that the ships captain received but this wasnt the regular spam for the junk folder this came direct from the state department. This is bryan hook i work for secretary of state mike pump a 0 and serve as the u. S. Representative for iran the offer millions of dollars for captain kumar to dock his own tanker in a u. S. Friendly port that would allow it seizure by washington after the possibly confused captain failed to reply a 2nd email hit his inbox the tone now less friendly with this money you can have any life you wish and be well off in old age if you choose not to take this easy path life would be much harder for you what lay behind this thinly veiled threat was left to his imagination to ron was understandably roiled having failed at piracy the us resource to outright blackmail deliver us irans oil and receive several 1000000. 00 or be sanctioned yourself sounds very similar to the oval office invitation i received a few weeks back it is becoming a pattern incredibly the state department confirmed to this unusual strategy even adding this was no one off we have conducted extensive outreach to several ship captains as well as shipping companies taps and kumar meanwhile is on the us naughty list how differently this story would have ended if only captain kumar had cashed in and just arent that good news email what an email that was to receive meanwhile u. S. National security advisor john bolton has tweeted that the tanker has now been seen entering a syrian port we should point out here that iran previously denied it had made any definitive statement about the ships final destination anyone who said the adrian daria one wasnt headed to syria is in denial terror and thinks its more important to fund the murderous assad regime than provide for its own people we can talk pretty irans not getting any sanctions relief until it stops lying in spreading terror. Fact that they try to bribe a captain of the tanker and then subsequently threaten them is extraordinary and it should be something that people in the United States. Would be kept talking about day and night but there are also other issues as well bolton wants to intimidate iran and the very fact that he has failed and the supertanker is alongside the syrian shore reveals that failure so hes outraged at another level he wants to make that Syrian People suffer as much as possible because thats been u. S. Policy from many years now and on that their hand he wants to. Prevent iran from carrying out trade with other countries to bullying and threats and illegal behavior so there are multiple reasons for the u. S. Behavior towards iran towards syria and. All independent countries but i think its only harming the United States in the long run because the United States is increasingly seen as a rogue regime. This scene in south africas biggest city jealous burke where foreign owned businesses are being looted amid a wave of xenophobic tensions across the country on monday the countrys Police Minister described the situation as a National Emergency paullus leader now reports from a city where foreigners say theyre increasingly living in fear. Killing in johannesburg which you did has seen some of the worst violence against foreigners south africa as you can see here ill take kids what they can to stop that was over im not some chickens not where are you that you didnt see any moment now the entire building can come tumbling down because really hammering out the structure now the mood on the ground is little but if we dont feel 100 percent comfortable filming weve been told the photo is nowhere to be seen and no doubt he is trying to stay as far away from these kind of scenes as possible because one still gets to stay in that b. Situation thats not going to complete calm i know its hard to believe but this was a bottle store one of the questionnaires working there was you know who comes from zimbabwe what actually happens make up one stone being made to have an equal role being the great vision of the dead north up was that it was a monday night the big gone by then the been. Implementing a lot from a global moment the big dig between the dems to stand. Across the road here is alan who owns a Hardware Store and when did you ever think that you would see these kind of scenes happening so close to a business own for she will bring through it before in 2000. That someone moves through the ins to the chemist secret coming to your room. For most of last year wonderful going to what do we do with teaching the livelihood of work for families with from. Do you think showing your South African identity pretext to you is going to give you this week or the why what happened are you going to go look close though most of them are the only little other police in the government doing enough given that were not doing enough or the nose glomming would be lonely government a Government Employee good morning once you both would lose all the legal problems its not just foreign owned stores that were targeted here you can. See a 2nd hand car dealership that was broken into and the cars say to lice now the result has been an offer by the nigerian Foreign Ministry for any nigerians living in this country who feel unsafe to be able to fly back home for free this is the worst spate of them a phobia of violence that south africa has witnessed since 2008 police ista mr jay said some 8 people have been killed and more than 300 have been detained as we say the violence a sad reflection on what where he is and tenable situation. Where you from the world on your plate to be in south africa for you of course the go the people thought the good will last sunday in no good mood have milled the rounds youre given to be given the blows and how many years and even some of the good ideas to say you south africa your school. And now you have no business no move this finish it is feeling how you can handle the cost of family all the more know that now this shop here which has been completely boarded up was owned by nigerians and there is no way here to be seen of course they are very afraid the shop is completely solid but this shop too has been looted also owned by nigerians lock on the door completely sealed up so people have difficulty afraid that the violence will continue you welded up the shops why played me there. And did they take everything through the roof. And where all the nigerian owners in the foreign owners are always on the way they can come to be for country they wrote your book or do you talk to a great group would. Ever quest went out today for nigerians in the country who want to be free of charge i able to do so and there is at least one flight today leaving at this stage the situation is extremely untenable and stevo and i continue being on the streets theres a lot of uncertainty so when we what what will happen remains to be seen in our team johannesburg. Startling images there well ahead of the province where jobs berg is located insists the situation is now under control. I am confident that the police on top of the situation. I have said if the police. Are not coping i would have asked that the south African Defense must rainfalls the police but so far that dealing with the situation in all in the entire province is calm. Ahead in the program residence in jerusalem are furious with their new neighbors the incoming u. S. Embassy well tell you about that spot for the break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race in spearing Dramatic Development the only city im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. You know world of big partners. And conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. And shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. Start back with a neighborly spot over a wall residents of a jerusalem neighborhood are enraged by an almost 6 meter tall barrier thats being built around the new us embassy there they say it will block their view of the area originally the American Embassy received a permit to build a wall 3. 2 meters however they were also recently authorized to nearly double lout locals are urging the construction be halted. Im. Very upset i come out my house and i want to be able to see the view over the desert i dont want to look at the big stone wall here i am already the image i got at one morning and saw them doing demolition and construction work so i asked what was happening and they said they were making the wall higher why would they do that doesnt exist seymour high enough what was the problem the wall now flows entire view from my house. Were very upset we are part of a group of neighbors were trying to see what can be done to stop this i. Like was consulted with us its going to block our view its going to block and its going to happen i think i know how uncomfortable corey door and we dont want to live with that. Or in may last year the United States embassy was relocated to jerusalem after the trumpet ministration recognize the city as the capital of israel the owner of a jerusalem based Construction Company says the new wall is a blight on this. I understand that the American Embassy is requested to build a wall 5. 8 meters high but the maximum height of a wall in jerusalem according to the authorities is 3. 2 meters 5. 8 meters is too much and it disregarding the neighbors there are many beautiful houses here in the center of jerusalem and a wall like that would be an eyesore we have asked the authorities interest them for clarity on the issue and well let you know what they say as soon as we get a response. Ok a reminder all of our top story this sunday worked on for months as a historic step in both russia and ukraine the 2 nations finally went ahead with a major Prisoner Exchange earlier today it is the 1st swap of its kind since 2017 and the result of lengthy negotiations it involves 70 prisoners 35. 00 from each side the ukrainian president has described it as the 1st chapter in improving ties while moscow sees it will continue to promote constructive steps theres been reaction from further afield as well the council of europe welcomed a vital move towards the normalization of relations. Ok next gold versus bitcoin whats the better investment in a rapidly evolving world thats one of the questions marks on stacy are probing and the kaiser report. During the Great Depression which im old enough to remember there was most of my family were employed. There wasnt it was bad you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. 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The imax keyser this is the kaiser report and were going to get into some really important things here in paris france where we are now so lets bring stacey im going to quickly read the 3 have i and i have here because its all about politics geopolitics and geo economics here the 1st one because were in france ill start with the french headline because this was from macro and after trump leaves france microloan warns world is living the end of western hedging monye we also have a headline from the us that matches this to my mind and its from bill dudley former head of the new year