the, the, you're watching the of the news coming to live from berlin, one of the 3 russian dissidence fried in an international prisoner swap between the us, russia and germany tells reporters, but he refused to beg vladimir putin to be released. i considered him to be a dictator or you suffer and a murder, and i'm not going to sign any positions from isaac to him. feel a surprise when a rider of vladimir carl moors and his fellow regime opponents say they will keep fighting for freedom in russia. also coming up on our show today, connell, a harris officially secures enough delegates to become the democratic party presidential candidates. this offer a virtual roll call of delegates to the democratic national convention and the u. s

. roch's of pressure on venezuelan president and nicole, that's my do it all after his presidential election, victory is certified in caracas. secretary of state anthony blinking calls opposition leaders to congratulate them or winning the most about the inquiry. richardson, thank you very much for joining us. 3 russian opposition activists freed as part of a major prisoner swap on thursday. have spoken about their shock at suddenly being released and about their misgivings about the terms of the deal. during a press conference at dw is headquarters in germany, they spoke about their experiences in russian prison is free again and ready to tell their stories, brushing dissidents, flooding mere car, and more. so la sheen and andre. because offer of spoke publicly for the 1st time

since being released from russian prisons. i was inside the area just the week ago. so here's the day we were in the a, i look forward to the prison. and then we're here know the price conference on the wonderful ryan river. it's like cereal. that's actual thing that is happening to us or car moors. i was charged with treason and sentence to 25 years in prison for speaking out against russia's invasion of ukraine. now he's free, and so is the only i seen who was sentenced for reporting and brushing military atrocities. despite their ordeal and russian prisons, the message they sent was one of the determination to make russia a better place even from abroad. i am a citizen of russia. i am

a russian politician. i'm the rest of the patriot. my goal is to have a free, unhappy russian. this is what i dedicated my life for. and i'm going to continue to do that. dedicate my life for russia. andre football for of had been do since 2021 again and again, he tried to run in elections while he's now also free man. he reminded the public that others are less fortunate. those types of people that are still in russian prisons on the they have to suffer 10 of the conditions and i think they would be happy to hear that it's possible to be saved a wealth of men's release as a wind for diplomacy. it is also fueling a debate over whether it is justified, the trade convicted criminals for the unlawfully detained to w as former moscow bureau, if you're ever shadow drawings us from rios and dw has been banned from reporting

within russia. areas we just saw in that report, important opposition, figures were released as part of the swap. where does that leave russia's opposition? wallclear other option to position such as we know it seems are best and sense does not exist. um, it has been systematically destroyed, but i'm not even uprooted over the last quarter of a century that does affect. but it's also the effect that they're all individual courageous political, active russians who despite of this destruction, are still fighting against voting against the ruling political system. in the russia and um yeah, they do so despite risking everything as they are freedom, enter their lives. and these people, uh, no doubt includes a lot even kind of what does the y'all shouldn't be just sort them into a lot of who have now been freed from prisons and they are fighting spirit as an example for thousands and perhaps millions uh critical of critical mines attractions abroad,

and even russia internationally. this prisoners pop has been seen as a major diplomatic crew has the reactions been the same and side russia as well in russia is this is also the number one topic. but unlike here is the best of the freed. this dense and not celebrate at this heroes, but as tre doors who should have died in prison. and that is what pharma president admitted that it was a clear death threats at the signal to everyone else. hello you, i'm not safe anywhere. i'm on the other side, the russians who have returned to rush from the best i've treated quite differently, of course spies and the employees over the intelligence services. and even visual colton. the other off to you about the cross. it goes because they are all celebrated as heroes and will be soon avoided state prizes vive, letting me put him in the kremlin. indeed, we've seen here the 1st official admission from the kremlin at several of the imprisoned russians were working for the intelligence services. why do you think the government waited so long here?

well, to be honest, i don't know why is that i should have no official that committed this because it was already clear to everyone before. and i can't imagine that. yeah, many people in russia especially was simply surprised when the soul is that russian president with flowers at the local airport the day to day before yesterday. why should the president please afraid of being close to the people and hardly ever a p as in public? as i literally be so close to the people and even give hawks to complete strangers . as it was a signal is that the these will not complete strangers of perhaps about important members of the intelligence services who were working on behalf of the state. why wasn't this official known earlier? because a spies. i think that wall of course, under cover, we already thank you so much for bringing us up to speed on this story that is dw, your a rush at o reporting today from rica a match united states where kala harris has officially secured enough support

from democratic delegates to win the parties, presidential nomination. she will be formally nominated at the democratic national conventions later this month. let's take a look now at some of the highlights of her campaign so far. been slipping into the presidential race coming to harris has generated huge momentum. galvanizing voters has she's also raised more than $300000000.00 for her campaign. she paints a picture of stock differences between herself and donald trump. today, we face a choice between 2 very different visions for nation. one focused on the future and the other focused on the past. and we are fighting for the future. just a few weeks ago,

the democratic policy was in disarray with joe bite and refusing to step down in his bid for free election to despite the transformation distilled down to about with a harris can beat trump. so full time as vice president has been criticized some claim she was ineffective and failed to make the most of the role suppose is argued, she would sidelines and held to a highest standard because she was a woman and blink, you'll be doing a lot of talking to a former state prosecution, harris is a leading voice on abortion rights. a crucial issue on the domestic agenda. along with finding solutions for the migration crisis at the southern border. internationally harris will need to manage growing criticism of the conflict and gaza. and america is continued support for israel in the fighting

as well as it's backing of ukraine's defense against russia's invasion, describing himself as the on the dog and the election. personnel faces an uphill battle in the sprint to know the in the xbox. what do you guys use washington correspondent to, janelle, jim alone has more on how calmer harris was able to wrap up the selection process so quickly. it's far as noting that a lot of things when her way from really early on from clinching those key endorsements from joe biden himself to the clinton. so the fall buzz to nancy pelosi and so on. and also the part of the really did coalesce around, or anybody who could have challenged her. so it was not to and they chose to support her instead. also to, to kinda like carrots as credit being thrust into the presidential race the way she

was at such a short notice. so there was a huge spotlight on her. and it's worth noting that she has yet to really make any significant misstep. so ever since that debates between the trump invite and set off for this replacement discussion, she managed to walk that line very gracefully of supporting by then, but also appearing ready to step in if she had to until that decision from bite. and finally did come, and since then she generated some very strong campaign performances. she's generated a lot of enthusiasm polls, the national polls, the several of them put her ahead of trump anywhere from between $1.00 to $3.00 points. so really the key challenge for her now is to see whether she would be able to sustain that momentum until november with the understanding that of course there will be missteps. of course, there will be the setbacks for campaign in what is still a very tight race that we should not dom loan speaking to us earlier. and now

a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the worlds as estimated . how mos leader is my? hi, mia has been buried in the guitar a capital d o ha. thousands attended the funeral service which also paid respects to his slain body guard. nia had lived an exile in catawba for many years. he was assassinated in the alleged as really attack on wednesday. the pentagon has announced reinforcements of the us military presence in the middle east. it will deploy additional fighter jack, the engine navy war shifted to the region, as well as more land based anti ballistic missile systems. the us aims to protect israel from possible attacks by iran and its proxy, or of additional material is behind us, secretary of state, excuse me, us secretary of defense, lloyd austin has over turned a plea, deal with the alleged and 911 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed and 2 others, the 3 had agreed to a guilty plea to avoid a possible death sentence. austin's decision now means the court. they're being

held at the us military base at guantanamo bay in cuba. and us secretary of state anthony blinking has spoken on the phone with the venezuelan opposition leaders after their countries disputed presidential election blinking congratulated edmondo gonzalez for receiving the most votes and sundays. ballot gonzales has been recognized as the winner by some countries, including the united states on friday. venezuela's electoral office ratified the official results which gave victory to incumbent nicole last month to earl this is baton right on the outskirts of correct. yes. and the slider just 3 days ago, it was filled with them and state is protesting the country's dispute to the election results. but now there is com for the time being at least one opposition leader is quoting for fresh, clear tests, a think solid this set today. august that we missed a counselor with our families,

children, grandchildren, grand parents in plaza is all over venice. why the 10 am but we are going to make the choice come through. she says she's now in hiding favoring for her safety of to have and type in a sweat at a party headquarters, incorrect us the attacked. the posse claims who did demand subdued security guards damaged carpet to install documents and equipment. meanwhile, venezuela's election authority has not wrapped aside the re election. a president, nicholas majid, i in the face of international pressure, the president requested the country supreme court carry out an audit. depaul mean, it's the highest court in the land, but it's also controlled by the ruling party. and the, the full 10 presidential candidates were requested to attend to present the voting tallies, mature of every night. each other's complied,

that there was one notable absence of position later, edmondo gonzalez. we 2 seen him on the right. he's the man being hailed is the when i buy the old position and the grabbing list of countries including cars, antuna and the united states, president mcgee, of a voice to unhappiness with this external pressure. so they don't feel good to go over yet. i'm a little fellow will need i do now. it's the government of the united states that i'm not, they're not together with you on musk and the international fashion is helping them . and they, they are the forefront of the stabilisation process and included talk and 7 is wayland people. and again, it's been, is wayland, democracy. yeah, minnesota on other countries such as busio, mexico and columbia are taking a different approach that calling for an independent review. medea however, appears on moved by international tasha. and that is your news update at this hour

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