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See, the u.s. has also agreed to unfreeze nearly $6 billion of irans assets currently in south korea transferring the funds into an account into the central bank of cutter. >> im also not going to get not any of the details about what were doing or engaged on because i dont want to jeopardize the completion of this process of the return home of our fellow citizens. in any event, in any respect, iran will not be receiving any sanctions relief. >> reporter: but thats a bit of slight of hand argues...

Being spies. its a serious of steps that they have been negotiating for months. the first step apparently has happened this week. that first step was iran has released these five people with dual citizenship. iranian americans to safe houses or, you know, a couple are in hotels. a couple are in other places. and then in four to six weeks, because it is -- there are so many sanctions slapped on iran and the financial community, its going to take four to six weeks to get the money into a bank in c...

Has announced a pick—up in sales, the first since 2020 when it became the first since 2020 when it became the focus of us sanctions in a spat between washington and beijing. a net profit of over $6 billion in the first six months of the year. america said huaweis equipment could be used for chinese state espionage, allegations the company denies. here in the uk, motorists are paying more than ever to insure their vehicles, with the industry claiming inflation and a massive rise in vehicle repa...

None of us want to be on strike. all we are asking for from the government as a credible offer. to put this into context, full pay restoration over the course of a year would cost £1 billion net. that is what we are after, £1 billion. these strikes have cost well over that. so they are put in party politics over common sense and logic right now. we can speak now to adam, who represents many of the trusts. in terms of the impact of these strikes, give me your assessment. it strikes, give me you...

Regarding migrants is -- in new york city demanding billions to combat the crisis. president biden has promised health. yesterday top white house aides were in new york to meet with the citys mayor. >> we have a number of important issues to discuss. >> bret: does the help promised by the white house match the reality? grady trimble is live at the white house today. good morning, grady. >> good morning. president biden is asking congress for an additional $4 billion to help deal with the surge i...

Were the united states of america. >> so he says the united states should do everything it can but that $4 billion request pales in comparison to what new york mayor eric adams says his city needs to handle the influx of migrants. adams says new york alone will face a $12 billion bill to cover the surge. republicans blame the biden administrations border policies. but some say the federal government already has enough money. >> in my view, we should be able to find these goals he has for fightin...

>> steve: he said, the court said i had to do it. >> ainsley: when joe biden was vice president, he went to ukraine and bragged about firing the prosecutor, i will not give you $1 billion in tax dollars ukraine, unless you fire this person who sits on the burisma board with my son. there is a picture surfaced and house republicans are really slamming joe biden for they are saying this is proof he was over there to conduct business with burisma. the guy to the right, right? his name is amos hochs...

This is her first test before the media, before the lawyers and this is going to definitely be likely the biggest case of her career. >> it will set the tone today for what we will likely see in the weeks and months ahead. paula reid, great to have you there. you will be giving us updates as quickly as we can get them from inside the courtroom. also this morning, five americans all wrongfully detained in iran are a big step closer to freedom. siamak namazi, emad shargi and morad tahbaz and ano...

Iran are now under house arrest as the biden administration is taking steps toward a planned prisoner swap. the u.s. will allow the release of $6 billion in iranian assets that were previously blocked by u.s. sanctions, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. also part of the deal, an unknown number of iranians detained in the u.s. will be transferred from u.s. custody to iran. joining us now is an iranian journalist who was herself targeted in an assassination plot by a grou...

Obviously happy to get americans released. they never should have been detained by iranian authorities in the first place. really civilised nations dont do that. we dont know really much about what the terms of the release are and that, i think, terms of the release are and that, ithink, is potentially troubling, because at least some reports indicate that in exchange for therapy —— release of five americans, the ultimate result, that the us will unfreeze $6 billion of iranian funds, which w...