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russia released as hundreds of ukrainian soldiers in exchange for dozens of russian troops and a pro kremlin businessman, you ah, and i want money in sight. this is out there in life and death. roles are coming up . come buddy, as you and back travino rejects the former, come a rouge lead is appealed to genocide. convictions 3 more people are killed in iran on thursdays demonstrations. continue to the death of a young woman in police custody on the u. s. central bank raises interest rates to the highest level. mom was 15, is a fight to get inflation under control. russia has released 215 ukrainian prisoners of war in a deal negotiated by takia. ukraine says among them, ah,

108 members of the so called as of battalion, they had surrendered to russian forces in the city if matter, pull back in may off to putting up resistance while hold up inside the as of stoles steel wax along with their families in return, keith has freed pro russian ali gog. victor melva joke and 54 russian prisoners. i dial us, we'll landominium, congratulations on your return, our guys, our heroes. it's good to see everyone. it's nice. after all, the time we've been on the phone, we're proud of you what you've done for our nation and proud of each and every one of you. and i'm very glad that the team got you out of russia, and i'm glad we made the 1st step. you are safe and turkey. it was the 2nd step is of course, to get you home. and in a separate dale negotiated by saudi arabia, 10 foreigners who fought for ukraine up and fried by russia and sent to re add. among them is a didn't ass lynn, a british citizen sentenced to death by russian back separatists. dave de ross is

a senior fellow at the gulf international forum. he explains the significance of the president both side. so a lot of incentive to do this. to exchange prisoners, moscow clearly wants a situation where it's pres, soldiers taken prisoners are not tried for war crimes, even if they've committed. and what they've done to kind of put leverage on the ukrainian side is they generally announce that prisoners are held not by moscow, but by the 2 puppet states. they've set up in the don baths. that would also force other intermediaries to deal with these countries. with these provinces as if they were countries the same time, you know, the presence of foreign prisoners be released moscow and moscow to puppets have threatened to try them as war criminals just because you know, they're not ukrainians. so it's a very, very complicated issue, and i'm not sure if the timing is as significant as, as we might think of this. but of course you have the un general assembly going

together. saudi arabia and turkey seem to have a new era cooperation. there's discussion of joint production of charles, for example, but i think it's basically designed to get positive buzz in to enhance the status of both countries that have a feel that they're not getting the respect they deserve in the west at a time. when all the leaders of the world are together in new york, while russian president vladimir putin has called up thousands of reservists to base military operations in ukraine, the partial mil she mobilization, so large numbers of people rushing to buy one way. tickets i was of russia and triggered protests across the country. dozens were arrested demonstrations in the capital, moscow, and in saint petersburg. the motion group says it to where detention in at least 36 different cities are currently russian men age, 18 to 27, are obliged to do military service with exemptions on medical grounds and students

. this means in russia could draw on 25000000 people with military experience. at the beginning of the year, russia had 900000 active troops, ukraine's forces in comparison were much smaller numbers just over a 196000. the cave has since ordered. mass mobilization itself boosting its numbers . russia launched its invasion of ukraine with a 190000 troops back in february. wednesday's announcement means that another 300000 was service will be drafted to fight russian defense minister sag show grew says around $6000.00 soldiers have died in the conflict. so far. speaking of the un general assembly ukraine's president has told, well, lead is to punish russia for his invasion of ukraine law. to ms. lensky said that most guy wasn't serious about ending the war and official reports from the u. s. in

york. it's rare for a president to show up to the un general assembly and attack another world leader directly, but that's exactly what joe biden decided to do, but to speak plainly. a permanent member of the united nations security council invaded his neighbor, attempted to erase the sovereign state from the map. russia has shamelessly violated the court tenants of the united nations charter. his comments coming just hours after vladimir putin announced the biggest military mobilization in russia. since world war 2, an announcement which warned of a nuclear response to threats to russia is raul should see these outrageous zacks for what they are. tune claims he had to act, because russia was threatened, but no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia shot conflict biden's address set the scene for perhaps the most eagerly anticipated

speech of this general assembly from ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. it was prerecorded and that had to be approved by a separate vote. president zalinski demanded the un itself, do more to punish russia for what he called its aggression orange. yet the right to walled deprive delegation rat remove the right of veto eith. it is a member of the un security castle in order to banish den resar within that institutions. so lensky said the russian mobilization was a sign. it was not serious about peace, as he laid out his 5 point plan to end the war. what is true then the military am embolization in russia is true. sham referendums are also true. russia once war is true, but russia will be able to stop that course of history. mankind and international

law, a strong again. then one terry ski. the russian delegation listened to the speech, but sat unmoved at the end. as the ukrainian president received a lengthy standing ovation. no one in his 25 minute speech. did president zalinski mentioned vladimir putin's name, but he believes ukraine can win the war with increased international support both here at the united nations and in ukraine itself. alan fisher, i'll do you see that? i see you in new york. you and court has upheld the genocide convictions given to the last surviving commerce rouge leader 91 year old qu some pan was given a life sentence in 2018. the killings during his time is head of state under the communist regimes, brutal rule. 2000000 people killed by the come, a rouge from 1975 to 979, florence louise and calling them horse,

explains how these lengthy trials have played out and come bodya from the very thought there were concerns at the hybrid nature of the court where you have local can bowden judge sitting alongside foreign judges, that this would open the court to political interference over who would be put on trial. and those concerns were in a way validated when the prime minister, who incent said that this case case 002 would be the very last case heard by should be the very last case heard by this tribunal. now, who sent himself with a middle ranking to mere rouge lee come here rouge official before he defective and several other senior politicians in his ruling party share the same background. and later on, cambodian judges also said that these charles should not go on because they found that they proposed defendants like a mental competency. so, you know, because this is going to be the very last case heard by the court. and because there's been only very 3 convictions that there was one in 2010 against a prison chief who, who ran the notorious prison in pennell pen,

where 14000 people died after they were being held that, you know, ultimately there's a sense that for 15 years at a cost of more than 330000000, there ought to have been more to show than just 3 convictions. so yes, while this has provided some sense of accountability, and there is an argument that really it should have achieved more. that said that some people who argue that this court provided a space a some, some space for national reconciliation. now during the hearings, there were victims were allowed to give testimonies. and in a way what they've said is that way of memorializing the sufferings that cambodians have gone through the people in iran say they can't log in to whatsapp all instagram and are experiencing widespread internet disruptions of the anti government protest spread nationwide. on wednesday, rallies were held over the death of masa, meaning she died on friday of being detained by what's known as the morality police

. the 7 people have died in the unrest so far. a current court ah, demonstrates is an iran pushback against authorities in mesh heard her to sing the death of muster, meaning, ah, angry crowds confronted security forces and several cities in the capital to her on protesters of called for an end to discrimination against women. i mean, he had been visiting to her on with her brother fully say she was arrested for dressing improperly. she collapsed in custody and died several days later in hospital. her family say she was beaten and before the arrest she was fits and had no health issues. the morality police have denied reports of beating and miss treatment saying she died of natural causes. the un has called for an independent investigation, compulsory veiling laws remain of concern in iran,

where appearing in public without a head job is punishable by imprisonment. in recent months, the so called morality police have expanded st. petrol, subjecting women perceived to be wearing lose his job to verbal and physical harassment and the rest. iran law requiring women to wear had gone in public date from them. 1979 resolution fast and have been cool to make it voluntary. in the past few days, some have been burning their vail for many years. i think people have lost trust into the government as a maybe they have no. oh, that's what's gonna happen. what's gonna be done out? iran supreme leader didn't address the protest during a speech on wednesday, bought state media report that his aid visited a mean his family and promised to investigate fully. a meanie was from the province of kurdistan in western iran, where 3 people were allegedly killed on monday. during protests. the 22 year olds

funeral was held in her hometown a long way from where she died. now we ron's opposition wants to make her a symbol, the fight to women's rights. sorrow, height et al jazeera, still ahead on al jazeera and why the warn ukraine is proving to be good for business. but south gray is defense industry. and indigenous, assigning burns protests against monic. he is a national day of mourning, his health, the cleaning aah! it's human arrival with gulf states again, with providing breeze off the very warm water. so it's 40 degrees and she, but you can imagine how that feels, where the wind picks up. it has to pick up the dust. so q 8 am in iraq. the

atmosphere bit bo, hazy than usual. the wind direction sometimes changes. now me, when we get that, it tends to be a dryer and stronger with on its way, slowly sas, but it hasn't really set it about how we get to friday. rather more obvious changes what's coming out of east nerve across the black sea and southwards. so it shows for the north coast, turkey, as the result is going to be wet and slightly cooler, but not a huge drop in tempe, jack, and that's all moving east with actually towards the caucasus retentions are still well above where they should be. seasonally, for example, to please at 31, on average, it should be about 23. so i think we'll see a bit of a cooling at least next few days. dropping says into trump lasker and to the north, and the rains aren't quite as widespread as they were before. you tend to get the biggest res, further west. for example, they are still there. nigeria be particularly badly affected all way down towards anger and they're slowly going south. but the rain is now cleared away from the

east side of south africa, and the suns returned. ah, education is struggling to keep patient, often failing to prepare children for today's world. which some schools are changing. the room are good to have half the day in spanish and half the beginning with astonishing results. i did with rebel education early learning mexico on it. just lou. ah,

you watching al jazeera melinda. our top story is the seller. russia has released 215 ukranian prisoners when a deal negotiated by takia and return cape released a pro russian oligarch. i'm 54 russian prisoners. also 10 foreigners who fought alongside ukrainian forces have been released by russia and sent to saudi arabia earlier. the ukrainian president said russia needed to be punished and isolated over its invasion of he cried. laudermill polanski also as well latest district mo, scope. it's vito. the un security council is address came out is off to russian president vladimir putin cooled up thousands of reservists to boost ministry operations that are you in court is upheld the genocide convictions given to the last surviving committee rouge leda. 91 year old crew. somebody was given a life sentence in 2018. the killings during this time has had

a state the communist regimes, brutal rule that health care services and pakistan have been struggling to cope with outbreaks of water born disease. following that to rental rains that cause some of the countries was flooding in decades. the w h o says it's stepping up, monitoring for cholera and acute diarrhea. a warning to view this report by laura bed and manly contains and he, distressing images. for mia is 7 years old. he is weak and suffering from a skin disease. his family is from pakistan's sinned province, one of the regions worst affected by the flooding. they were trapped in their village shar, debt caught for one week in august, before they found temporary shelter, more than 300 kilometers away in a route site camp. one of semi his brothers did not survive his father to

grief stricken to speak on camera shelters. like these have become a mainstay. many people have similar elements held there for the floods have not only taken our homes, but also we are faced with acute diseases where everyone is suffering. the doctors just visit the camps, but we don't get proper treatment. it's very painful. some the found assistance in charity run comes, but even they are facing severe shortages. thought i'd be moto vi, but it don't it almost all of us including children. the elderly and women got hill because we don't get clean drinking water. and the government is not providing proper food. hits up, diarrhea may die if they don't get proper medical care. what be done, why? the world health organization is concerned about the spread of cholera and local authority, say, bacteria and parasites, a thriving in the stagnant water, causing an outbreak of waterborne diseases. barbara joe smoked back. the number of

patients from the flood effected areas are 550000 gastro, 650000 skin related 185000 or malaria cases, and almost 12000 dang gay related cases. so it's a huge challenge to rugs were bookcases. i hear these camps have become homes and clinics, but they lack basic food, clean water and medicine, stretching aid and health care workers to then limits laura, but manly alta theorem. hurricane fiona has claimed at least 6 lives in the caribbean category for storm as tracking to as the bahamas and bermuda. it's people in puerto rico begin the clean up. many say the storm caught them by surprise. money report reports from salinas in puerto rico. ah, as flood waters from hurricane fiona recede from families in southern puerto rico,

it's time to clean up category. why? like, we don't know how this happened. like how it got this bad. we just been category away. a lot of rain if a lot of rain. exactly. yeah, i don't know that he says the hurricane caught her off guard. they left the bathroom is horrible right now. her home was still being repaired after being damaged during hurricane maria in 2017. jehovah says she wasn't expecting the damage from fiona to be so severe. they wasn't worse than maria because maria, he was more air than water. like the wind that it was really strong, and in this wine, he wasn't more rain and less when a state of emergency remains, in effect in puerto rico, allowing the u. s. government to send assistance to tens of thousands of people. and this level of federal assistance is going to greatly assessed and our ability to continue to provide the efforts that are needed to support those who need it. most. the southern region of the island was the worst hit by fiona here. flood

waters are still on the doorsteps of many residents. up and down the neighbourhood streets here in the community of salinas, in southern puerto rico. it's the same scene playing out. people are clearing out the mud, throwing away their damaged personal belongings. the storm may have passed, but the suffering is still not over some half a 1000000 people in puerto rico or without running water and thousands more without electricity authorities war. and it could be several days before electricity returns to everyone on the u. s. island territory. manuel rap a low al jazeera salinas, puerto rico the central bank has raised interest straits to its highest level and almost 15 years as a fight to get inflation under control. and its hinted there may be at least 2 more hikes before the end of the year. hardy, j, castro, ports washington dc. you have central bankers announced the federal funds,

interest rate will increase buying another 3 quarters of a percent for the 3rd time in a row. it was an aggressive though widely expected move in an effort to bring down stubbornly, high inflation, still soaring and above a per cent. a 40 year high and the u. s. the price of gas is down across the country. but in nearly every other category, the cost of living like food, medical care and rent remains high. meanwhile, the job market is strong with the unemployment rate at just 3.7 percent. federal reserve chairman jerome powell signal that the central bank will continue to tighten its monetary policy despite the risk of economic pain in the form of job losses or even a recession down the road. no one knows whether this process will lead to a recession or if so, how significant that recession would be. that's going to depend on how quickly wage and price inflation, inflation pressures come down, whether expectations were made anchored. and whether you also do,

we get more labor supply, which would help as well. the u. s. federal reserve says it will likely raise interest rates at least another 2 times before it's done. that's while central banks around the world are taking similar measures. despite this week's warning from the world bank that these synchronized moves could trigger a global recession. new york's attorney general as announced a lawsuit against former you as president donald trump, i'm his company. patricia james is alleging business fraud involving some of trump organizations, most valuable assets, including properties in manhattan, chicago on washington, d. c. toms, 3 eldest children, women also among those named as defendants. seventies banks will remain shot indefinitely after at least 7 were held up last week. by people trying to access their frozen savings. a woman who held up a bank and by rouge with a toy gun has told journalist she isn't a criminal. sally huffy says she was trying to access

a family's money to pay for his sister's counts. the treatment commercial banks have imposed capital controls since 2019 due to lebanon spiraling economic crisis. a crowd funding campaign launched by the u. n. has raised enough money to begin emergency operations to transfer oil off a stricken tanka fitting off yemen coast affairs. a tonka could soon break apart or even explode, causing a catastrophic oil split. christensen amy reports from the un. it's been called a ticking time bomb. the aging safer oil tanker sits more as a floating oil storage vessel in the red sea off the coast of yemen. it holds more than a 1000000 barrels of oil. a lot has changed in yemen since the ship was constructed in 1976. thanks to civil war there. it's had no maintenance in 7 years. environmentalists are very worried. the main concern is for

a le catastrophic level, we get to either the ship sinking or a missile striking it either intentionally or accidentally they point to the long term devastation caused by the 1989 exxon valdez. oil spill just off the coast of alaska, and the fact that the sapir has 4 times as much oil on board, but in a world full of emergencies, raising the $113000000.00 needed to finally address the problem was no easy feat for the united nations, we agreed, well, the 1st phase of the contingency plan submitted by the united nation on wednesday, yelman's foreign minister announced they've raised enough money to begin the operation. an appeal to the general public raised $200000.00 past not international attention to begin the work. we can probably help prevent dealing us for because he wants to fulfill my fishing and i work for a country where more than 11000000 people rely on the un for food assistance. it's

not just an environmental disaster. the u. n. is trying to avert many people there rely on the ocean for their livelihoods. it would create its own, you monitoring catastrophe along the coast. communities that were self sufficient from fishing would no longer be so sufficient and they themselves dependent upon humanitarian assistance for a busy united nations. yemen provides a rare bit of good news. first, a truce to slow the fighting. and now finally enough money to begin to replace the aging anchor, but they'll have to move quickly and raise even more money to avert a catastrophe. kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. indigenous australians are protesting against the monarchy. organizers say they are taking a stand against crimes committed against marginalize fast nations, people in the process of being held in australia, st. capitals as the national day of mourning for queen elizabeth, the 2nd was held. sarah clark moved from camera. we had the national memorial

service behind me in parliament house. that was this morning that started with a minute sonnets. it was led by the stallion prime minister anthony albanese and was attended by a politician's dignitaries, diplomats, and some invited guests. now that was official proceedings to note that the national day of mourning is a public holiday here as well on thursday in australia, but outside and around the capital cities of estrada. we have these abolished the monarchy, a gatherings, and these are being led by indigenous australians and their calling for the past atrocities. to be acknowledged. the demonstration is against rice's colonial imperialism in the 1st nations. people are driving that movement. they sign the injustice of the path have not been dealt with, and at the time under the monarchy has represent a valid path about history. the cleans death has re ignited that debate about australia's future. under monarchy you might recall in 1999, the last referendum we had on whether or not the strategy should become or

a public. a stallion is voted overwhelmingly to keep the monarch at one poll, the most recent poll that was conducted nationwide suggested 46 percent of australia's population. i wanted to amend the constitution and abandon our links with a king charles and the monarchy. but certainly at the moment the support is still lay to maintain or to continue to be a constitutional monarchy in australia. that's certainly what the, the polls are indicating, but the conversation has definitely started about a strategy future. international buyers have gathered in south korea for an arm's fair, which organized as the billing as one of the biggest in the world. south careers emerged as a 2nd biggest weapons manufacturer in asia, thanks in part to the war in ukraine. rob mcbride reports it's an impressive show of fire power from a country that is cementing its position as a leaving arms manufacturer. in a mountainous valley turned into a battlefield. south korea's defense industry puts on display its latest weaponry,

in particular heavy armor for a gathering of international buyers and media. countries with the ability to buy weapons based, great importance on seeing them used in the field. they want to see them in action . south korea's defense exports this year have already reached an all time high with much of that growth driven by the war in ukraine. poland in particular, has signed a record deal to replace equipment that it has supplied to the ukrainians equipment manufactured to nato specifications makes it attractive to european nations wanting to bolster their defenses. ah, ah, nato member countries have a system of collective security, but there's an increasing feel in each country should be able to defend itself and korean weapons are cost effective and internationally proven. similarly, according to us intelligence, russia is looking to north korea to replenish its docs of soviet era,

shells and rockets. it seems decades old tensions on the peninsula have now involved both careers in a far away war. it's partly because of the threat from north korea, the south korea has been pushing the development of its own defense industries. it means with its industrial might its place to be the growing global demand for new sophisticated weaponry. does the number of visitors from developing asian countries seems to indicate growing regional tensions are also driving demand closer to home? not only russians worrying ukraine, but as you will note, there is a situation related to pie one. so countries feel the urgent need for security. and a world of growing confrontations, korean arms may cuz it seems we'll have no shortage of orders. rob mcbride al jazeera go young, south korea.