prizes investigator says they collect evidence of what they described as eco side. ukraine ground 0 on the jersey to diverse range of stories from across the globe. from the perspective of and networks john and analogies era. the iran transfers 5 american citizens from president to house arrest is part of a deal with the united states of washington. and 5th sections will remain we will continue to push back resolutely against iran, stabilizing activities in the region and beyond the

hello. i'm kimberly how good this is al jazeera live from de. also coming up the west african leaders activate a stand by military force which could be set to co hit new share. but they say they'll also try more diplomacy. china is government is accused of allowing homes and businesses to be flooded in have a province to prevent damage in the capital. and russia prepares to launch its 1st moon mission since 1976 headed for the lunar south pole. the . we begin with breaking news. 5 us citizens are, has been moved from an iranian prison to house arrest as part of the deal between the us and ron. they include are ones longer serving american prisoner see

a maximize the he was charged in 2015 for having relations with a hostile state. is the initial part of an agreement involving the eventual release of billions of dollars of a ronnie and funds frozen in south korea. divorce of jabari joins us on skype with the latest from the a, ronnie and capital t, ron and doors. so tell us a little bit about the latest situation there as well. kimberly, as far as we understand, based on statements issued by the foreign ministry and various local media outlets, your recording sources within the establishment and security apparatus says these 5 us citizens have been transferred to the hotel in the capital to iran, from admin prison. earlier on thursday evening, and that's where they are under uh, 24 hour security uh surveillance until they will,

they are released and leave the country now, how long that will take some approximate between 4 to 6 weeks, but it's not clear at the moment and what is the main sticking point and the reason that they haven't actually left their own for the united states is that iran has secured guarantees from the united states that the funds that they are waiting for will be released to us with spent and then from the switzerland the funds will be transferred to protects national bank. and one step fund is in tar $6000000000.00. then iran will have access to it. and of course they won't have access to the direct cash. they will be able to use that money to per just certain goods that they need and side the country. and that is when these 5 americans will be making their way home. we have heard from the deputy foreign minister of the buffer economy, who said in a tweet just a short while ago that the process of releasing billions of dollars are for reading

assets, weekly, seized by the united states for several years, has commenced. so strong has received the guarantees of washington's commitments and the release of several reigns who were recently detained in america is in this context. so we also understand there, there are uh for iranians that will be released as well when the funds have been transferred and the exchange to, to take place. for now, this has been seeing as it's a, it's a can stop in iran, us relations. not only because these talks have been ongoing for 2 yours, but this is the 1st significant step that we've seen. the rating officials take in releasing these us citizens that have been in a evan prison for many, many years, but also the mediating role that a katara, oman, and switzerland have played, has been very significant as well. they have been a numerous trips made by rainy and officials to those countries to continue as these discussions, of course, they're not done yet. right. a lot can happen and change within the next few weeks

. all right door, so dry. we're going to leave it there door search right into ron for us. okay, we're going to cross now to rosalind jordan. she is live in washington, d. c. for us with another aspect of the story. rosalind, what is the united states saying about this? well, obviously the us is welcoming what it considers a major step forward in securing the release of people with whom they consider wrong, fully detained inside a run. but they are not celebrating just yet. we heard just a short while ago from antony, blinking the secretary of state holding a press conference. we will continue to enforce all of our sanctions. we will continue to push back resolutely against iran, stabilizing activities in the region and beyond, including now supplying russian with drones, 1st, for regression against ukraine. and none of these efforts take away from,

from that these are entirely separate tracks. we focused on getting, getting our people home, but we continue to take strong action against ron's other activities that we had so many other countries for family objectives and ross, what more is known about these prisoners? well, we know the names of 3 of the 5 people who have been transferred to a hotel somewhere in a row, into hon, where they are being kept under armed guard. we know of more taba, as we know of, and much shocking, and perhaps the best known in this country is c. my num ozzie he has been held on s being all his charges out, have been the other for he's been in prison. however, for 8 years, people may recall that in recent months, his father bought here and the mazda, who was also detained by

a ronnie and officials and accused of spying, was let go on humanitarian uh parole because of his uh, worsening health condition. uh, but this is what we know uh the us state department does indicate that it has had contact with all 5 americans and that they are relieved to be out of, of, in prison. but officials are cautioning not just that state, but over at the white house as well, that this still could be up ended. and so negotiations continue. and they want to be very, very precise and how they handle the coming weeks of talks in direct talk with the iranian government about this prisoner swap, which is almost almost complete. all right, indeed, thank you so much there. rosalind jordan reporting live for us from washington. okay, we're going to stay with this story. we're going to cross now to new york. we're christian salumi standing by for us at the united nations headquarters in new york

. kristen via ronnie admission to the united nations has also been speaking. we understand what has the message been there as well around submission to the united nations has confirmed that a prisoner exchange has been agreed upon. they haven't said too much more, but we can tell you that this is a rare point of agreement between or ron and the united states since the united states pulled out of the j. c. p. o, a nuclear deal back in 2018 under then president donald trump, that deal had been agreed upon by the permanent 5 members of the security council in germany and the european union. it was designed to constrain or ron, from obtaining a nuclear weapon. but also it was supposed to lead to a ron losing international sanctions, which i've so heard it's economy under president joe biden. the united states has

continued to accuse a rod of bad deeds like attacking ships and boarding ships in the persian gulf. the united states has promised to send more troops to that area. this, of course, is where 20 percent of global oil supplies travel through the united states has also choose a ron of supplying drones to russia to use in the war against ukraine. all of this adding to tensions with the country, even as president joe biden has said that he does want to return the united states and a ron to that nuclear deal. so this is being seen this latest agreement, this prisoner swap as a bright spot, and a point of hope in the hopes that it will lead to more agreements between these 2 countries down the road. all right, christmas allow me reporting for us live there in new york. thank you.

the attorney to share the west african block if it was, has activated a stand by military force after holding an emergency meeting to discuss the who in the share. but leaders emphasize the diplomacy is the preferred way to restore the civilian government. they condemned the detention of president mohammed wazoo who was asked to 2 weeks ago. i've met its race, has more now from the bush. for original block fighting for relevance. it's a moment of decision for a cause and good by any just quality display, just as the group is now beating the drums of war, it is activated. it's done by force, direct the committee of the chief of defense stuff to activate the aqua gun by

force with all its elements immediately order the deployment of the equity stand by force to restore constitutional order. in the republic of news, you know, i did as president, which is the organization is urging a united front. and we don't know why as we do it for us. echo stand by force made up of the military, police and civilians. number between 30026000, depending on the crisis, it was deployed to the gun being 2017. when former president j a jeremy lost the election and refused to hand over its loss, deployment was to stabilize, getting to be solves political crisis. echoes is back quite started 2 weeks ago. the threat of force and diplomacy, menissi resolving to just political crisis that's important to the survival of the regional book. and it's one that one's going to say failure to resolve the

situation. misspelled danger, not only to west africa, but the entire continent. the announcement of a train to one member cabinet by new just doing to maybe the final blow to resolving the cross as peacefully. the coordinators have turned away all mission send by echoes to negotiate and to the crisis. ivory coast less than what to is a bulk of critic on the cool that a good at keeping president as long as that hostage i best. and you can see that this is a total of this us, and we cannot let this continue. we have to act eco says it's committed to diplomacy to resolve the crisis. but if we should say time is running out ourselves involved in mediation efforts to in the crisis says it's just cool. need is when concessions to begin talks diploma. seating grounds to the june to go farther, we can do organization, i mean, college particular cool waters in the region. how many degrees i would use,

either of which i will use presidential by then has declared wild fires in hawaii, a major disaster. that designation means more funds can be handed out for the recovery efforts. at least 36 people have been killed on the island of malley. miguel miguel has sent us this report from malley. i made that sobering and staggering death toll, which now stands at $36.00. we know upwards of 4000 people. at one point were evacuated from this wildfire. hundreds of people are at the shelter behind me here in now we it's, i'm clear when anyone will be able to return home. those images of this while fires . there are now 3 separate wildfires burning across this area are just dramatic. it shows how quickly the scope of this fire really exploded, official se entire neighborhoods are decimated, upwards of 300 homes and businesses have been destroy. busy wide and officials say that number will likely climb later on today at 1st live officials stay. they'll

also be able to scour the bern zone, hoping to find more of the missing. and of course, they're looking for survivors. but it's quite possible that the death toll which again stands at 36, could continue to rise. officials say these while fires were fanned by incredibly strong winds upwards of 80 miles per hour. the weather is getting better, but officials say they're going to have a long firefight on their hands in the days ahead. the people living inside as northern, have a province have criticize the government's response to type boondocks, sorry, in july saying their homes and businesses were deliberately flooded in order to prevent damage and the capital which is in the neighboring province. katrina, you reports now from july show in northern china. it's been nearly 2 weeks since type look, sewer east west through north and china. but it's like it's the remains the roads of to, to a covered and stick sludge as a furniture, belongings,

and merchandise jungle wren estimates. he lost stone with $1000000.00 when his electronics factory was flooded. something he says could have been prevented. no one gave with an early warning letter in the factory in the evening before the front of life. if you have given more information, you could have easily moved these items, the 2nd floor and save them this area board brunt of the storm doors to hit the region in the living memory. provincial rain caused a nearby river to overflow, but the situation worse and when authorities decided to use the city as a flood storage area diverting water away from neighboring badging. most of the capital was spared the people living here say they paid the price. the government should pay us some compensation because it wasn't just a natural, the mazda. it was also my main. the government puts the cost of the damage at more

than $2000000000.00. but the full scale of the disaster is still being assessed. as is the final death toll driving to to, to you find the same scene repeated debris and vehicles covered in mud. people trying to clean up, salvaging what say can. and the strong smell of sewage in the city leaders say they're focusing on clean up operations, disinfection and disease control. the government says it could take up to a year to restore repair and build but those living here say they may never fully recover. what this is, katrina, you all to 0, total china. sorry for a short break, but still had analysis era. the doors president promises to get elections back on track after the assassination of one of the main candidates. stay with us, the

as hello there. it's a pretty clear picture across australia at the moment. if you look at the satellite images barely a cloud in the sky across the northern area. so lots of fine dry and sunny weather to be found here, just a few showers, keeping into the north territory and coastal areas of queens and now it's a lot west. down in the south, we had a cold front sweep across southern areas of western australia. they'll be more in the way of sunshine in path on saturday into sunday that rain edging its way into the southeast corner. it's going to not the temperature down in her box has mania to the early teens, but sydney still seems to sunshine at 21 degrees. celsius and temperatures are going to be picking up in new zealand over the weekend. we've had one weather system pulled away from the north island. we'll have one starting to edge into the south of the south island friday into such a day. it's going to have

a wintry edge and drop some snow on the mountains, but elsewhere are largely settled. story. christ church coming up to 15 degrees celsius. by the time we get to sunday and a 0 to southeast asia, it's been a very dry, dry season for indonesia, but we're seeing more in way of rain start to come back into the picture. certainly for places like borneo and some heavier rain for the philippines on friday of the, for 30 years friends here. we don't nuclear tests in the pacific, exposing locals as such workers to high levels of radiation. 11 east investigate the ongoing for a lot of nuclear tests in french polynesia, the pacific's forgotten nuclear victims. no just 0. the

knowledge is with the the welcome back. you're watching algebra 0 or one of our top stories at this hour. 5 us students citizens have been moved from an iranian prison to house arrest, including a ron's longest serving american prisoner. it's the initial part of a deal involving the eventual release of billions of dollars of iranian funds, frozen, held in south korea. the west african block, known as eco, was activated a stand by military force after an emergency summit to discuss the queue and to

share. but leaders emphasize diplomacy is the preferred way to restore the civilian government. us president joe biden has declared wildfires in hawaii. a major disaster that allows more funds to aid recovery efforts. at least 36 people have been killed on the island of maui. or russia's 1st lunar mission in nearly 50 years is scheduled to take off in just about one hours time. the mission was originally a joint project with the european space agency. the agency broke ties with moscow after it began its military operation and ukraine. last february. and since then, russia has strengthened this space cooperation with china. well, so far, only the united states, russia, as well as china, has managed to land the space across successfully on the moon all through government sponsored programs. moscow's last letter mission was in august of

1976 when rush it was part of the soviet union. but now there's more competition. india has sent an unmanned space probe to the moon last month to carry out chemical analysis of the lunar self. pull the united arab emirates, which opened it space agency 8 years ago, plans to send a probus early as november. and to us companies, astra bostic, as well as another company, known as intuitive machines, also are scheduled to attempt to move landings later this year. well, we are going to go to daniel hawkins, who joins us live for more on this. and daniel wanted to talk to you a little bit about this. what does this mean for russia in terms of a prestige? and i mean, is this as significant in terms of uh, prestige project? i think it's safe to say prestige

has always been very close to links to the topic called space research space exploration has always been the luxury of the most developed, wealthy states global superpowers. and ever since the 1st 30 days of that space race between the us, the soviet union, 2 competing on the use of communism capitalism. it has been very much and so all the national prestige. who can prove that technology? the science, the brain power is best and it's cheap, low scientific for us. and the space rent quotes, i think for most scope this mission is particularly important because it shows firstly, but more than the rush it can be worthy successor to the great. so the legacy of the household names of the going to the school, the come model for the warranty will leads of already famous names and russia and beyond and myspace industry. and for rest of its important, this project is made as last for all the under the made in russia, brand know, west and technology corporation components in this pro, bit, say, probus,

dependent, purely on the components itself, technologies you developed it more than rush or excuse me, important for us to, to prove that it can make that emotions, that we motions all needs an actual stage of space exploration and do that on its own and build on those blocks also for further emissions in the future. but as we were sharing with our viewers there, it's been almost a half century, i believe, since we've seen russia do anything like this. i mean, how, how's the space industry evolved for russia since the collapse of the soviet union? this is a pretty significant moment. this is usually the significance of the soviet union, of course, had a great history, a list of exploring the mood. i had. the 1st slide by a photo is at the far side of the moving. the 1st pro sol solved was the comebacks . russia, more than russia has tried several studies findings and is more than history and

19962011. those failed. those probes fell into the pacific ocean and roast coast. most the agency found its uh, the successive associate space program in 1992. so many years survives on a shoestring budget, pretty much on live support throughout the 19 ninety's of very tub. but at the time in russia, despite keeping the live near to be a soviet russian space station, it went through the resurgence off the 2005 when it started cool probably to more closely with the i assess launching, it's new found really of real kids various probes and satellites, but it also stuff with difficulties post 20 vote team with sanctions. so for russia, of course, it's important as a site to build that cooperation with other countries like showing in india to build in those foundations and to continue that. so the legacy, daniel hawkins reporting live there from moscow for us. thank you so much for that . as well. attorney to ecuador,

now 10 days before general elections in that country. the presidential candidate fernando via v sense. you has been assassinated jermel law. so has declared 3 days of national morning, but the country is under a wave of violence. marietta sanchez reports the presidential candidates and we can see what's gone down to acting up political rallies just 10 days before general elections. maybe as i'm indicated, as soon as he got out it took him around 30 seconds to get to the door and shooting started. come in. i think it was more than 30 shots. we tried to find where fernando was, and at that point we realized he had been taken to the hospital. he was shot several times. and in the had the sensor was surrounded by his body guards and political allies. authority say at least 9 people were injured. the president has

announced 3 days of national mourning and declared a state of exception. i bought a peer to base the more main. so from this moment, the armed forces have been mobilized country wide to ensure the safety of citizens, peace, and the free and democratic elections of august 20 police detained one of the suspects in the attack. he died apparently as a result of his injuries. the attorney general says, another 6 people have been arrest the drug trafficking, gang, known as those nobles has claimed responsibility. you have the senses. party members say he had received death threats you left behind me in the southern who knows that he received death threats many times. not just once, he said, i'm not afraid. i'm not afraid of members of the movement told him he needed to r a flak jacket, but he said nothing will happen. i mean, the, the 59 year old lived the build. it was the movement of former journalist. he

exposed political corruption of the highest level, including former president of fine cordelia who was convicted and is in hiding opinion polls suggested the since you would have made it to the front of the election, but i think it probably won't come out. everything seems to indicate it was a plot, it appears to have been planned, and today we're picking the consequences. weird is this kid, it's in this country. if a man who has fought for more than 20 years was the best candidate to win. is this the where you live in is a one in ecuador? is it a part of my there cannot love it because you'll notice it whether it is experiencing some of its worst violence in recent history cost by organized crime and drug trafficking. it spilled over into the electoral process 3 weeks ago, a congressional and the mayoral candidate were also killed. welcome painting. despite the security, the national electoral council says the vote will go ahead as planned on august the 20th my dentist, dentist, i just need to south american leaders say they are looking for economic

alternatives to stop the wave of deforestation across the amazon 11000000 families in the brazilian amazon are suffering from poverty and hunger, making them vulnerable to crime. but now a fruit is proving to be part of the solution, or latin america editor, lucy and newman reports from the amazon river delta. along the amazon river and the brazilian state of buff farmers to live boats with a site that has to be prepared to take their harvest to market. at the 14 berlin, the capitals i say, is sold to the highest bidder, probably look like blueberries, but are in fact a nutritious m, a zone in fruit that in the last few years has become all the rage and the rest of brazil and abroad. we are selling much more. there's a factory nearby. now a site is worth a lot. 6 years ago,

the price was terrible in the rain forest michael city, but takes us to see how he harvest stuff, say, which grows on his type of palm trees. with a palm leaf rope around his feet, he climbs up to get the fruit after ensuring it's right, he slides down with his prize harvesting these giant branches of the site is extraordinarily hard work. to meet here, there are side spiders and ants and snakes, but the people of this community this has turned into their black goals. today it has allowed the community standard of living to improve and interested in what's the use of a size. our principal source of nutrition and now income before our community lived up making coal and destroying the vegetation to make cold we would todd but had nothing to show for it. i say you can be grown online because it has already been

cleared and degraded by cattle farming, making an important deacon on the golf tournament to further deforestation. families that can make a decent living will also be less easily recruited in this region over run by organized crime. but it's not a silver bullet. it's pitch one, technology, innovation and investment to produce value added products such as a site. oil is essential to keep the boom for this amazonian delicacy alive to see a new and algae sierra on the amazon river delta. but the, you're watching out 0. these are the top stores in this, our 5 you assistance has been moved from an iranian prison to house arrest. they include ron's longest serving american prisoner stomach intimacy. it is the initial .