Germany Russia and Ukraine sit down to negotiate how to end the violence more more than 14000 people have been killed in the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine is Donbass region a conflict that rarely commands headlines anymore but remains a hot war French president a Manuma clone has taken the initiative to restart a dormant peace process called the Normandy format which brings the Russian and Ukrainian sides together along with Germany all eyes are on Ukrainian president billowed emirs Alinsky a novice politician will be negotiating with his experienced Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Reporting Asian markets are trading higher at this hour the Nikkei up nearly half percent this is n.p.r. To American business leaders were denied entry to the Chinese territory of how this weekend N.P.R. s Emily Fang reports the rejection from the island comes amid growing tensions between the u.s. And China over Beijing s handling of the anti-government protests in Hong Kong Tara Joseph and Robert Gra
Greets but demonstrators then started to head home a rare peaceful protest in recent times for n.p.r. News I m Ana Marie evidence in Hong Kong airstrikes and ground attacks in Syria s northern it live province are escalating. Allen reports the Syrian government with Russian air support is pushing further into rebel held area Saturday still more than 80 ass strikes targeting 31 villages across its countryside according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights 21 people were killed 8 of them children and $43.00 injured the escalation follows a period of relative calm in the area after Russia announced a cease fire at the end of August but since late November the Syrian government and its Russian allies have violated the cease fire repeatedly resuming ground and across the province Human Rights Watch released a statement last week calling for Russia to be held accountable for war crimes committed in Syria due to its own willful disregard for civilian life in the country for n.p.r. News
Prisoner swap Iran has released a Princeton University graduate student one of several Americans held in Iran as N.P.R. s Michele Kelemen reports the wife of a Wang says quote Our family is complete again and she and her son have waited in her words 3 long years for this day to be reunited wish you a an academic who went to Iran for research Iran s foreign minister tweeted a picture of himself on a plane going home with Professor must really money who is facing charges of violating trade sanctions for trying to have biological material brought to Iran u.s. Officials confirm his release and Thanks Wiz diplomats for arranging the prisoner swap there are still other Americans and other nationals being held in Iran in what some are now calling a hostage crisis Michele Kelemen n.p.r. News Washington the u.s. Resume peace talks with Afghanistan s Taliban in Kabul today the 1st official talks since President Trump declared a nearly completed peace deal with the insurgents dead in September u
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