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After three years in captivity. In sport, its the final day of the Premier League season, with Champions League places at stake. Manchester city, liverpool and arsenal will vie for the last two spots to join europes elite next season. And phil has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. There is a much improved started day compared to yesterday in scotland and the rest of the British Isles is not far behind. Details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In business, somet...

After three years in captivity. In sport, its the final day of the Premier League season, with Champions League places at stake. Manchester city, liverpool and arsenal will vie for the last two spots to join europes elite next season. And phil has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. There is a much improved started day compared to yesterday in scotland and the rest of the British Isles is not far behind. Details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In business, somet...

The cybercriminals behind the BlackMatter ransomware operation this week announced plans to close shop.

Loads and ransom the whole group. this is a new trend we have seen the last coup of months. they have wreaked havoc in the eastern edge of port-au-prince which connects haiti to the anyone can republic. . >> we know the fbi is involved here as well as the state department. what can you tell us? >> yes. because we are talking about american citizens, they contacted the embassy, which then contacted the fbi. they arrived yesterday in country. basically, their role is to assist in the negotiating p...

Caution in even reporting stories about people when they are kidnapped, when they are being held by gangs, because we dont want to somehow influence, you know, their fate. because you just dont know. >> that is just so frightening. is a police or military rescue possible? >> well, i have to tell you, ive been in touch with the haitian national police, and up until recently, they told me that they have no confirmation of this kidnapping. its not unusual. often, when these kidnappings happen, indi...

They kidnap the busload, the carload and issue a ransom amount. but ive been covering haiti for now almost two kdecades, and wht we have seen with these ki kidnappings is that the requests usually boil down to money. its up to the individual to bring this down. if you start paying these large amounts, the gang starts to believe that they can access or get this amount with the next victim and the next victim. theres also of headlines about these individuals, but we have to be clear is that up unt...

>> whens the last time that you saw jonbenet alive? >> probably in the car. tired. laying down. >> the morning after christmas the ramseys storybook life was shattered. >> police. 755 15th street. >> whats going on, maam? >> we have a kidnapping. hurry, please. >> the note said not to call 911, right? but you did anyway. >> we couldnt have waited. wed of gone mad. >> please, hurry, hurry, hurry. >> the ransom note said the ransom amount betweand would ca

>> whens the last time that you saw jonbenet alive? >> probably in the car. tired. laying down. >> the morning after christmas the ramseys storybook life was shattered. >> police. 755 15th street. >> whats going on, maam? >> we have a kidnapping. hurry, please. >> the note said not to call 911, right? but you did anyway. >> we couldnt have waited. wed of gone mad. >> please, hurry, hurry, hurry. >> the ransom note said the >> in the note, the kidnappers specified a ransom amount between $8 and $...

The ramseys storybook life was shattered. >> police. 755 15th street. >> whats going on, maam? >> we have a kidnapping. hurry, please. >> the note said not to call 911, right? but you did anyway. >> we couldnt have waited. wed of gone mad. >> please, hurry, hurry, hurry. >> in the note, the kidnappers specified a ransom amount of $118,000 and said theyd call between 8:00 and 10:00 with instructions on how to pay up. >> i called a friend of mine who was my banker, and he raised our credit limit o...