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Iran has released five detained US citizens. In return, five Iranians will be released from U.S. prisons. The released were on board a plane en route from Tehran to Qatar. Two family members of those previously detained in Iran, who had been banned from traveling by Iran, were also on board the plane. Iran will have access to around six billion US dollars (around 5.6 billion euros) from its own assets – the money had been frozen in South Korea due to international sanctions. The exchange comes ahead of the meeting of world leaders at this week's UN General Assembly.

Jens Stoltenberg is increasing the pressure on the German government in the debate on defense spending. After a suspected drone attack, a Russian oil depot is on fire. And: Volodymyr Zelensky thanks Germany.. Zoom ImageA Ukrainian soldier walks past a burning house. On Sunday night, there were apparently again drone attacks on Russia and the territories occupied by the country in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram that a Ukrainian drone had been intercepted in the capital region of Moscow.

Two ships have reached the Black Sea port of Chernomorsk for the first time since Russia pulled out of the grain deal. The two bulk carriers are expected to load almost 20,000 tonnes of wheat for Africa and Asia. In the opposite direction, five ships have so far left the port of Odessa, using the corridor that includes the western Black Sea coast near Romania and Bulgaria. Russia suspended the agreement in July, which guaranteed the safe passage of such freighters with Ukrainian grain.

Ovidio Guzmán, 33, is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and other violent crimes. U.S. authorities believe he and his brothers took command of the Sinaloa drug cartel after their father was arrested a few years ago. His arrest sparked a wave of violence in Culiacán, the capital of the Mexican state of Sinalsoa. For information leading to his arrest, the United States had offered a reward of up to five million dollars. "El Chapo" was at times one of the most wanted criminals in the world.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards are stationing units on the border with Iraq. The neighboring country was apparently given an ultimatum. The leadership in Tehran accuses Kurdish parties and groups in northern Iraq of supporting the nationwide protests in Iran in the fall of 2022. The young woman, an Iranian Kurdish, had been taken into police custody on September 13, 2022, for inappropriate clothing. She died there three days later, presumably from blows to the head. The death triggered massive protests across the country, in which more than 500 people were killed by the security forces.