the the in the headlines of presidential welcome back to 10 russians land and moscow, and a woman agreed he buys that improved him off to an historic prisoner exchange of western states. so meantime, across the pond and joe biden took all the credit 5 minutes that he brought him over. 70 americans, if you had not had your mind sitting in the oval office, i don't think this would have happened. and honestly, guys, i can just say this was vintage joe, by pensions boarding over in the middle east and we are on standby as a round balance, revenge the assassination of some of the politburo lee that is male. and the entire ron, as israel is blamed, and the us is accused of keeping the green light also by his way of those enact portal counsel reconfirm nicholas. my daughter was victory in the presidential

election. that's. that's washington. crown speed opposition leader. as the so called real when the top story adult the week and all right. now, welcome to the weekly here or not the incident. so is letting me put you on a welcome home at 10 russians, including 2 children as they arrive to moscow in on historic prisoners swap with western states. the president had to file was to an adult separately and had told her after they lined it. also at present for the homecoming with the chiefs of both the russian entail and security services. also along with the nations defense minister and one of the exchange start denise it. so less than you have describe that experience behind the american bar. this is the only, well good luck to when i was in the land. so they brought me there to suppress my wheels and everything so that i would confess for multiple things. then that's why

the west prison is of course to be. and they came with knives to try to kill me every day and was just health. i bring the mountains, the trauma doesn't sound much better. every day has been like a year for me because i prayed this somehow, i would get out of that to another prison as soon as possible as if i'm the just to make friends sideboards and that's my experience. and so we didn't talk about any exchange. well, they started us to the boss where they were ready and loss of prisoners from different countries. and we wasted after that, but we waited a long time, probably an hour to do it every wellness. and none of us that i had to the american side set, the crest of calls had not been released yet, which they were running late. and we were waiting for waiting chris to come for the path boomers. and then he was brought in by very tough guys about 10 people got a was wearing a mosque tape. tell me ever chuckled alive. i would then the whole you to bring for me to come when i cut off the play? no, i didn't know just someone was meeting us back. and then it turned out that our president

was meeting us personally. my hand was squeezed and she almost fainted me from. i still did not believe that i was released so that i was released with such on this i just called to match it on my family. didn't know any statements they found out about, you know, many used to, they didn't know why these things changed or that is true or not already landed. and it was shown on tv. but then they found out that it was me who was exchanging love that i was also included in the exchange. and then they took me to my home because of my father to my relatives. everyone hugs me and crying through the 1st bill. what am i? those are arriving back in moscow was pablo gonzalez, the russian spanish journalist, arrested, imposed in 2 years ago on charges of collaborating with russian security services. we spoke with his lawyer who told us that the spanish government did nothing to help pablo and actually ended up doing more harm than good. this was an interesting,

as an example. if the spanish government have participated in the process, pablo would be in spain right now. not russia, obviously, they did not participate in the process and found out about his release at the very last moment. and 2 and a half years, they have done nothing or heard what his wife is saying now. and she is right. the spanish government not only took no action to help pablo in his release, but spread misleading information about his work. i know exactly what he was doing, and i assure you his work was no different from that of any other journalist. i would like to express my support to all journalists, because i believe the journalist and lawyers take great risk in situations like this. it has become very dangerous for us to carry out our professional activities . i would like to try your attention to the fact that the most significant fact the played against pablo was that i was his defense lawyer. this information was passed on by spanish intelligence to my polish colleagues. they started rumors from the

media that i was involved with the so called russian trail in the catalogue of independence process. in other words, it was nonsense after nonsense. and from that, they made a story out of it, which in the end, in 2 and a half years, never led to any concrete accusation. pablo was free now. his case never went to trial. it was always in the hands of the poets, security services and the prosecutor's office. and now they've closed his case and that's it. so in essence, they said, since he has been exchanged, there is no point in continuing all of this. important as part of the deal with russia release to 16 prisoners, some of them have dual citizenship. among those will convicted spies, evident brokovich and poll. we learned from america another prisoner was a german citizen rico creek who had been found guilty of terror challenges and by the rules and commenting on them of the national exchange. i do as president joe

biden, and his whitehouse stop as well. it's a cool the credit. as of today, my business is brought him over. 70 americans were wrongfully detained. how hockey's abroad, the president was himself, personally engaged in the diplomacy? the prophets about many since before i took office, i would say that if you had not had your mind sitting in the oval office, i don't think this would have happened edition, i should have the executive order in 2020 to authorize the penalties like sanctions and travel vans and those who hold americans against their will. and honestly, guys, i can just say this was the vintage job items, rallying america rally and american allies, to save american citizens and russian freedom fighters and doing it with intricate state craft, pulling his whole team together to strive this across the finish line was drawing by a member of the russian state do more international affairs committee, a maria boat, and to herself spent a year and a half in us jails for conviction. she insists was based on trumped up charges or i

was there and they said uh in that conspiracy with myself of being uh and formation, which is a nonsense. well nobody can conspire with schumacher. so that's a nonsense land. um anyway, so i was, i served the one i have here in the medical tourism actual in 6 different prisons. so then i returned and there was no software to solve them. so my team and glad to be home. and i'm just happy for those people who return because there are different ways of coming back. let's say it could be an exchange, like we have seen a historical one this interest them. because in these cards, that must be a russian diplomacy is to figure out the way to discuss and to succeed in negotiation. so all the people that have turned how hard is it being,

do you think to get the russian prisoners, rita, from the west. we haven't been trying for years and some people just think it happens on instance. it's not true. i take sometimes years because when you talk about the exchange, it means 2 sides and 2 sides must agree what is surprising for me and this has changed. this actually i'm usual that the united states to increase the guys for i wouldn't call them opposition, but anyway, so people hort against the cure and government and they to them, they chose them instead of let's say michael fargo microphone goes he, us citizen the, he's still in russian prism. so, but you had, it stays prefer to choose just political speakers that do not have even citizenship over united states and they prefer them to or a us citizen. is it possible? do you have any optimism, maria? that we could be moving toward some code of some sort of closure with the ongoing

conflict in ukraine. i would call it often as i would call this whole i always got whole, but now especially because typically when you're half the should be fans like various, there are just particle prisoners swaps. it means that this, the sides are kind of making the make a 1st step on a long road. and there, this is very important. a loan drove is a hat, which means step on the 1st step is make now. so i do believe that this is a good sign and, but i also should remember and everybody should to that it's a time of us selections. this is live time when the 5 and you are a candidate who just jumped in the race and she needs an income or how does. and she is a lot of boy and i think they're playing the game and it's a political purely political game related to cromwell cartridge. that's why i am more than likely optimistic on multiple for them. i wouldn't be so, so much for,

for, but this is there that this is the sign that everything has been changed. may be maybe by this just maybe from now or it is right now it's 10 minutes past the out of here and most go, old eyes are all in the middle east right now. it's where a barrel, which are about 50 rockers, was launch from 11 east territories south to israel. the item was once again working overtime as tensions flare after israel killed that has black come on during a root earlier this week. as the air raid sirens, blad or israel is missile defense system reportedly intercepted the incoming salvo from the no no casualties reported by tyler a report say some of the rockets go through and off to is ready for it. has killed has was top commander on tuesday. there are reports of the high ranking up for it. here of them has been a southern front, was also killed in lebanon by the idea for this saturday morning strike the

well, it's an event that many say will kick off a broad, middle east conflict. the political leader of hamas is male honey. i was assassinated and tyrone around revolutionary god. say he was killed at his residence by a short range projectile packed with a 7 kilogram warhead. tyronica is, is relative conducting the attack and of the us green lighting it and to around is vowing revenge. is odd to use that use of generally and alex back. it was still in the early hours of wednesday morning as here's was it. and since i want shortly after attending the, not the ration of it was new president muscle position on how well is warehouse and neither confirmed nor denied involvement. many places on the plane square up the squarely on as well signing the country's history of targeting resistance meters leaders, which took a surge in the wake of the gaza war. now as concerns grow,

okay, scale escalation, the one security council contains on wednesday to address the intentions, sions between as well and live in august, as well as well as this assassination of tiny a i that meeting it was and for it to the way i do now she is us the nation most as a violation of international law, i don't manifestation for to which as well stars to turn down these act could not be a can we taught the authorization and intelligence support of the us, the summit, people because we don't visit over this, in the 100 on flight to self defense, in accordance with the international low to the spawning decisively to these territories and criminal act, when it deems necessity an appropriate there was an invoice for the when also condemned the killing of the homeless meter liberally. it's a political assassination that undermines peace efforts and pushes the regions on the rings of war. not clear on the streets of the wrong mourners are demanding a harsh revenge. the site as well as

a guest. anyone has lost all red lines by breach a sharon's sovereignty. not only how mazda and his beloved on these moments with public itself has vowed a serious rivera and supreme leader i for a law firm. and a quickly issued a statement following and guardian said, as saying his ralph chose, quote, our dear, he asked me into our country and made us as the one has we actually put west on boulders on high alert. one is the also reported we're preparing for an attack against as well. we also heard that there was and orange now cartridge, i guess opening the air space way potential is really counsellor attack after your was which on your insurance. otherwise those countries would be a legitimate target for error on your times also published a report sign was a cleaning that there was 2 free leader of ice off. i'm in a has ordered a direct switch salvatore. so i guess as well as the report side as we anonymous, they want you to control the direction before it became during an emergency needing

officer. why should we national security council on wednesday? i shortly after honey, i was targeted to nipple while it wants to talk to transfers. and you can select yourself as well. washer hundreds of missiles and rose in response. one is whether josh slice on his embassy comes home, says peel several, say one young military commanders in syria, new york times the last guy that this fine to say one is likely to use a mix of missiles and was points on some of these and play for people i saw foot here, sorry job if you're not a long to respond to that in the past for vengeance, a lot of fun. yeah, i know is your friend unfortunately, the loud fill out the crowd on high ranking officials allowed to see stuff the assassination of as far as how dea has ignited it. for carol, your situation was woochie consequences for the entire week. we spoke exclusively to a master representative in toronto, highland come to me in a couple of the recent events in the region, the field about politics. so can external actors and

a whole range of other issues. have a blessed a the opposite of the visit to america by then minister administration. they were telling us that they up school directly to the new york for stopping the genocide missing. jo has taken the green line and the signature of. busy the assassination and feelings of the leaders in the all positions movements. and the reason from the us administration event is coming from everywhere in the was from everybody. a heart was loving, is my money and loving, but a student, anderson, the book is, has a book, but it's really a big crime and they have to be punished for that. these sentiments cannot be too bye. so for the american intelligence is really intelligence we, we went over them because we are just and we are the right and they are the wrong

word. the american of the station, it's happens that they all was hep upgrade. i mean lincoln, i'm fucking boss. so because the, the national security advisor of the white house, who was say something and then we end with something else even blinking himself for all was an odd stuff. he's going to discuss the ceasefire with the as riley administration of the times. why lee is present in front of the board. we it top us up is righty. perpetrated, couples of mass that goes against innocent people. they always send some money to have for them and budgets so. but to give them more weapons, more distractions, a towards against humanity of the been, this is the, the american administration. they say something, but they do something you all know is really appealing when the green light um,

the blessing of america today again is really itself, as you might think, the senior and the among themselves in a way that there today, nobody is save on mind the philistine is right, is attacking the so called peace process is rate is attacking over westbank over the guys over for our thoughts and deals of them. they are attacking the scene and people outside f as seen and borders the international community, not us. and that must be to implement the democratic norms of, of that as any people in the world as any fees for the nation. and the was, it's, and it didn't get a ride in the, in the new millennium or any nation. well, hobbies own election, but his own with this right is impeding such processes. we are expecting that we will go united all with again so on. and i mean the point is it can program in the administrative body. do i lived in the sufferings of all the people,

boys and girls, on whom was back? all right, and another story the shape the week here or not, the venezuela. the national electoral council has recounted 96 percent of the ballots from the presidential election. reconfirming, the wind of incumbent nicholas, my daughter of this, comes off of washington, anointed his new south american darling, crowning of the opposition, candid as the so called real wind up. however, it has failed to disclose any concrete evidence to support the suggestion that the opposition guy one is given the overwhelming evidence it is clear to the united states. and most importantly, to the venezuelan people that edmondo gonzalez, or d, o one, the most votes and ben as well as july 28 presidential election. we congratulate edmondo gonzalez or dia on the successful campaign. now is the time for the venezuelan parties to begin discussions on a respectful, peaceful transition in accordance with ben as well and electoral law and the wishes

of the venezuelan people. the us now is dismissing the results of the vin as well in the elections. and as recognize the opposition candidate to be the winner of the selection. that's edmondo gonzales. according to your secretary of state. there's over. well, i'm in evidence the deal. position one at the event as well. and it looks all authority declared that my that my door. oh is the winner would 51 percent of the votes on his side. and when the door celebrated the results, he made sure that everybody would know that they are foreign entities that are trying to hatch the vote in system. he also stressed that this is not the 1st time that they're trying to do it in event as well. i know none. the less to us officials seem to be outraged with the results because that's not what they've been hoping for. clearly us is saying that it has based, overwhelming evidence that actually the physician can do that one the election. do we know what washington is talking about? they're talking about evidence that nothing has been put out to the public. and

this is a familiar pattern from the west. i mean, just recently, canada, excuse china, if you know syrians, but no evidence was provided to pass that up. a back in 2016 obama also was confident that russia hacked into e mails for the us elections. but no evidence was provided back then either. so it's about what the west sees fit, uh who they see as their favorites uh to use as some sort of puppets. western media is not really item, they're biased either. i mean, the bbc has the headlines and headlines the when and been as well as choreographed celebrations as mid doro claims. when. and even when you read through articles, you would see things such as the door controls, the electronic authorities, or same things like the government faces pressure from the international community . because we know that the international community to them is, of course, the united states and its allies. now,

madura on the other hand did have some interesting points to make well, if he was addressing the wisdom media for kayla combined deputies, he brought the main campaign against venezuela is in the international media. they want to justify a military intervention. again in venezuela. i don't think they want to justify sanctions again against venezuela. they want to justify violence. we've also had, i think, some comments from the venezuelan defense, minnesota. now they're actually wanting that they could be a western crew that could be attempted. you are right, the vin, as well as it has been a cert, essentially accused of some sort of western backed up position of attempted immediate school. he has also condemned the widespread rise after mentor's victory . inventory himself has said it has won before. 1 potential cool, the fellow will need the government of the united states together with the law in mosque emulates fascist international are at the forefront of a process of

d stabilization and included ta at this moment. against the venezuelan people and against the venezuelan democracy, the u. s. has been trying to undermine uh the, the silver and t event as well. and the stability of the country for a while, i mean, was seen as a defense, that equipment, sanction sanctions that were put to deliberately crash the economy. and on top of that, he was successful. we're not really hiding their plans to try the top of the venezuelan government. first. we thought that getting why go to declare and so present would be enough to topple of using. then we thought putting aid on the border would be enough. then we tried to sort of construct a kind of cool in april of last year and it blew up in our face. when all the generals that were supposed to break with madero decided to stick with him in the end, we're hearing that about the toppling of the government on one quieter. could you just don't mind is who he is and what his role is. a 2019

a similar scenario to what's happened and now happened back then the us decided to renounce the legitimacy of madura o as no longer president back then. and they chose once again an opposition leader . in this case, it was one. why the, who, the pleasure yourself in terms president of venice? well, i know mind do this is old on this fight people's boats back then be was even threat and military intervention in venice. well, a and the was simply did not care about the results that mean they chose a going to is the vanesso on president. they were inviting him to be the official representative of venice. well, then the actual president, and somehow when their plan didn't work with why though they start forgetting about him, the person that you recognize as a leader democratic leader in minnesota is not here. what do you think about themselves for one way, little here? by whom one way though the, the injury and president of venezuela,

the do recognize. but i want to tell us about who is here, who is, here is the president of the united states and has been said 4 years ago. the president did not attend. so now they have new people to try to push their interests in venezuela or south america. and in this case, it would be edmondo gonzalez. but we have seen this time and time again from the united states where they try to diminish other countries over into so this whole situation is not really surprising. i don't know if you saw it, but you either liked it, but were horrified by it as much the well tried to shake the memory of such a twist. stayed a limpid opening ceremony. powers has been in damage control ever since. while officials have admitted that it's trans jen, the version of jesus christ and the last stop. i may have offended an entire religion around the globe. that's still not heading to confession as a contributor, rachel mazda and picks up this story. french president, the menu,

and my call said after the opening ceremony for the paris olympic games that in 100 years, people will still be talking about it. not sure about that. but one week later, the controversy continues particularly over the scene depicting what appeared to be the last supper with drag queens in various states of corpulent on dress and gender ambiguity in the place of jesus and the disciples. a bunch of folks pitched a fit about it and decided that they were going to complain about the fact that it bended christian. so let's make organizes went into damage control in an attempt to set things straight about. the creative vision of the opening shows director to immeasurably thomas jolly, took inspiration from leonardo da vinci's famous painting to create the setting and olympic spokes person admitted to the post in a statement on saturday. referring to the opening ceremony creative director, nice hair splitting. there it wasn't satirizing the actual dinner,

just the painting of it. yeah guys come on now. it's not like jody was roofing on jesus version of the last supper. the actual self fee of the event found in the bible, which is everyone knows, is full of color. photography, you know, the image that doesn't actually exist with the only widespread one being of the last supper coming from when they solve painter dinardo davinci version of it. so it's not like they're 2 different things. they're really wanting the same. but they argue that love the simpsons and andy warhol did the same thing. they also worked on it. yeah. nice arguments there. that puts the most prestigious and storing global sporting events in the world on the level of a tv cartoon. and a pop artist, assets. not helping their cases, the fact that some of the performers themselves have been trying in one explicitly saying on social media that it was the quote new gay testament. but even the games organizes themselves can't seem to coordinate their talking points with the

official olympics account on the x platform on social media. arguing that it was actually the picture of a totally different dinner. the interpretation of the greek god diane nicest, makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. next to be saying that it was just the same from that whole and basically slash dinner party at the say. not surprisingly, those things very job is to defend the interest of christianity, have taken full advantage of this prime opportunity for a global pile on. it is very regrettable that in paris we witnessed an insult to christianity in the holy gospel, which is also insulting to all civilized people who recognize the right to face and respect, religious symbols. if the international sports games, the olympic games were supposed to be about promoting harmony and peace between societies, they have now become a minority tool to humiliate and denigrate a religion of more than $2000000000.00 believers. more importantly,

the issue of defiant, discriminatory and defensive attitudes towards christian believers remains. europe has no future without a real and living faith in enduring christian values across the atlantic. the us republican party in full campaign mode at home and had of the november elections took note of all the really low hanging fruit being served up here in europe around this issue. and seized the opportunity to do some virtue signaling off their own. and also to do what the us does best tell the rest of the world what to do, in this case, the global institution in question being the international olympic committee. these hardcore g o. p, proponents of free speech except in this case apparently sent an official letter to the i o. c. president thomas bock, referring to a quote folder, mockery of the christian faith and demanding the changes be made to the olympic charter to prevent the games from basically becoming a platform for any further attempts at religious satire by guys who may be

interested in treating the olympic stage like in our house of vanity projects, of the international olympic committee should formerly condemn the mockery that occurred in paris of one of the most sacred moments of the christian faith. there is no place for anti christian bigotry and an event designed to bring the world together. the game should celebrate the athlete, not integrate anyone's face. another prominent component of free expression, italian deputy prime minister mateo said v who's been in hot water himself under italy's restrictive speech lies seems to be cool with censorship. here though, qualifying the scene as offensive, dirty and insulting to christians around the world. games organizers have been pulling down images and clips of the ceremony with right claims on social media. i personally was hit with one for even posting a short clip of sending deals performance in a private post before they released that claim. many are still really jacked up

right now over the show even a week later. and the last software scene is not the only controversial one. social media users have been going nuts over a white mechanical horse written by a figure in medieval battle armor draped in the olympic flag, which they are convinced is a biblical side of the apocalypse. the depiction of desk writing on a pale horse. personally, i thought it looked exactly like the legendary french warrior jonah barker's on desk in french. but hey, what do i know? guess the jokes on me if the world ends sometime soon? in any case, there's really nothing more french than the performance that still has people world wide shattering and debating days later. exactly like parisian is due in the local cafe for hours. right after a french film. yeah. so according to the power of civic ceremony, jesus christ was a morbidly obese.