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Frustration from officials because they felt they were offering russia something they really wanted. boot's name came up often between the us and russia but clearly the russians realized there was an incredibly high price on brittney griner. we should note she is a famous basketball player, an american star. she really galvanized the lgbtq community, the african-american community to pressure the biden administration to get her out and rest assured that russia was watching as that happened. of course, paul whalen was part of that conversation but she galvanized the public in a different way wh...

An immense amount of public pressure by the biden administration to secure her release. notably we're not hearing there is any news on paul whalen, another american who has been wrongfully detained in russia since 2018, going on four years in russian prison. and so that is notable because u.s. officials have been saying for quite some time now that they were pushing for both britney griner and paul whalen to be released. we can expect it will be an emotional day for paul whalen's family. and of course we're waiting to hear more as to how this all came to fruition. you'll remember that earlier ...

Evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani. in singapore. 0ur headlines us basketball star brittney griner has been released from a russian prison colony — exchanged for the russian arms dealer victor bout. prince harry says he sacrificed �*everything he knows' tojoin meghan �*in her world' — in the first episodes of a much—hyped new series. japan's lower house has passed a bill that will m...

Now, obviously viktor boot has been key for russia and all of this depends on the situation by president putin. and viktor boot, even though it been a while, he is an arms dealer and he is very much a prisoner that could be of more value in the time of war because he knows he presumably still has those connections for selling weapons, obtaining weapons, et cetera. i would think that might be useful. and then of course how does this help putin is the ultimate question. does it make him look more magnanimous? i don't think that's probably a major part of this. we'll see what immediately i don't ...

Deal with al qaeda. >> in a noisy, packed visiting area as he sat behind the glass, the bit i remember most was his mother interrupting. and that he admitted he had worked for the russian government. >> i just want to say now this already. >> have you ever worked for the russian government? >> in the end he was not superhuman and arrested in thailand after a sting operation and he was always just a pilot courier, he insiste, even as he was led into this courtroom. >> viktor boot begins to face american justice. >> the u.s. sting was complex over many months in countries, capturing him offering...