for the brain wash, the water, and what, what those options look like. what is us strategy? when it comes to iran for almost 200 years, americans have generally been stuck with 2 political choices, but cannot ever change. because it comes to us politics developed in the ron transfers. 5 american citizens from prison to house arrest is part of a deal with the united states. but washington insist sanctions will remain the hello. i'm kimberly healthcare. this is alex 0 live from de, also coming up, west african leaders activate

a stand by military force which could be said to co hit new share. but they say they'll also try more diplomacy. russia is set to launch is 1st moon mission. in almost 50 years is headed for the lunar south pole. chinese government is accused of allowing homes of businesses to be flooded in have a province to prevent damage in the capital. the 5 us citizens have been moved from an a ronnie of prison to house arrest, as part of a deal between the united states and iran. they include a runs, longest serving american prisoner see a maximum, ozzie, he was charged in 2015 for having relations with a hostile state. it's the initial part of an agreement involving the eventual

release of billions of dollars of ronnie and funds frozen and held in south korea. well, for more on this, we're going to go to our correspond it in washington, dc, roslyn, jordan and rosalind talk to us a little bit about what the united states are saying about the very latest on this . as well. not surprisingly, us officials are welcoming the news that the 5 americans who are over ronnie and descent has been moved from evan prison, to a hotel in town hall and where they're being kept under armed guard. but that said, the us is trying to be very cautious, because this is just the 1st of many steps, the secretary of state antony blinking, spoke about this case earlier on thursday. 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 rushing with drones, 1st floor progression 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 in so many other countries profoundly objects. and we're also what more do we know about these 5 us citizens now in house arrest as well? what we know was that all 5 of them had been accused of espionage. and that the fact that they all had american passports didn't matter to iranian officials. they don't recognize dual citizenship. we. we know the names of 3 of the people who were detained. laura baba's, m. o shashi, and c and c, a mock num ozzy whom you spoke about earlier. he had been in prison for 8 years on

alleged uh espionage charges. his father bought here no miles, he had gone to iran to see if he could try to get him out. and authorities did detain him as well. he was released in the past year on humanitarian grounds because of his failing health. as far as us officials know, these are the only 5 american citizens who have been held in iranian detention who are now in the process of being released. but as we heard us suggested, why answer they blinking into other us officials, they're still more steps that need to be negotiated. perhaps this prisoner swap because that's ultimately what this is could happen in the next several weeks with several iranians who had been held here in the united states on charges of violating sanctions, imposed on the iranian government could be sent back to their country in exchange for the 5 americans, but again, this is just the 1st step. it's one americans are welcoming, but there's

a lot more work that needs to be done before this deal can be considered completed . all right, rosalind try to report in their life for us in washington. okay. i'm going to cross now to tell you, ron, where are doors of jabari standing by for us on skype with the very latest their door. so talk to us about what the ronnie inside is saying about the steel? well, we've seen a statement issued by the foreign ministry, which highlights the main points of this deal. and we've also heard from the uranium deputy foreign minister or the bowery connie, who in the tweet said that the radians have received the necessary guarantees that washington will uphold her. and that the deal having said that, it's clear that iran is holding these 5 americans in the country until the very last minutes until that $6000000000.00 is in the central bank of cuts are,

which is something that is the process in the process of happening as we speak, we understand that the funds that were frozen as a result of us sanctions in south korea will be sent to a bank account in switzerland and then from switzerland. they will be transferred to a charge. now this $6000000000.00 is not going to be transferred to iranian officials in cash. they're going to be able to use that money to buy certain goods that they need in the country, mainly medical equipment. this is another example of how these us sanctions have really deteriorated. the relationship between iran and the united states because the oil and gas sales that are on has been doing over the past few years since 2018 the money as the countries that have been purchasing at those goods. they haven't been able to pay around as a result of these sections. so they've been holding the money in their accounts until their agreements reach with the united states to release the funds. and many

believe that the faith of us citizens were as a result of those sanctions. so now we're gonna have to wait and see over the next few weeks for the old to be finalized. but it's certainly a step in the right direction to de escalate tensions between around the united states. and it's also a huge opportunity for the countries, the mediated disagreements, mainly online, and it's hard for them to approve on a world stage, the diplomat to influence that take up in mediating such a very strong disputes. no question about it. all right, we're going to leave it there. dorset jabari. thank you. all right, we're going to take a look at just exactly how this deal will tie into the bigger picture. the 2015 a ron nuclear deal was a landmark agreement lifting us sanctions in return for limits on ron's nuclear program. south korea became one of the biggest buyers of ronnie and oil in the world, but in 2018 the, the united states 100 then president donald trump of band and the deal. and after

a 6 month wave or the us threatened to impose sanctions on nations doing business with a ron. now this left billions of dollars tied up in backs across the world, including in south korea, but talks to revise the nuclear deal stalled last year. and then there has been months of indirect talks and issues such as sections waivers and the release of prisoners as well. treated partially as the co founder and executive vice president of the quincy. it's a institution. so foreign policy think tank and he says it's important for the bottom move ministration to finalize the steel before election season in the united states. this deal has been in the making for quite some time. and i think both sides probably preferred if it could have been reached earlier, but on both sides, various obstacles have emerged. sheets throughout this process. and it is now it's further ahead than it's ever been during the,

by the net and just ration. and i think from the, by the restrictions perspective, it is important to make sure that this is done before the united states really enters into the election season and the election campaigning. not only because of the negatives of having a 5, it isn't that america's held wrongfully in the wrong. but also because there is a certain political costs for dividing registration to winning the release because of the critiques that they will be facing for having struct session agreements. with the bar, there is the possibility to use the momentum that will be created by this prisoner's law in order to also achieve further de escalation, perhaps progress on the nuclear front. however, i'm not so certain that either side will be ready to take advantage of this momentum. if striking a prisoner swap is going to carry a political costs for the binary restriction in washington, striking

a new video lives going to carry a far, far greater cost. and again, given the proximity to the us election, caesar, i'm not entirely certain that the administration is willing to prioritize this issue of the russia is watching its 1st lunar mission. in nearly half century, the space craft will reach lunar orbit in 5 days and land on the moon's south pole on august 23rd. the mission was originally a joint project with the european space agency, but the agency broke ties with moscow after it began its military operation in ukraine. last february. well, we're going to go to daniel hawkins who is live with more on this for moscow. talk to us a little bit about just how important this very imminent launch is for russia.

the yeah, full goes according to plan with just around the 2 or 3 minutes away now from ms. lawrence and rushes far east, of course, around 6 hours, i believe ahead of time here in moscow. and this is a huge, really significant events for the russian space industry. of course ross has a very prestigious legacy of space expiration dating back to the soviet they use many household names got into this globally owned. you have come model full cost models which achieved record break and feeds in independent for a space. exploration off of the break with the soviet union know the last time russia send the prob, to space back in 1976, was pulled back soil samples from a set close to select. still body back to this planet, russian spacing is to when the decline, it was on a shoestring budget in the ninety's, pretty much on all of the visual live support or no major programs that we keep

a live. it's media space station up until like 1990 and for rest of this project is very important because this is go not put under the made in russian brands and scope, no western technology, no assistance. so i want to just, okay, where's the mecklenburg, daniel daniel rush, it's the there for 2nd. we're looking at some live pictures. i know you can't see it, but right now, if you're talking, we're looking at these live pictures, it seems to be taking off there. right now, and i just want to kind of share with our viewers what's happening as you're saying it's the 1st time in a and a half, the 3 the, and bear with us because as this is significant, we lost the picture for a 2nd. we do seem to have it back now. what we've seen there is it taking off a top of sawyer's rocket? this is the loo to $25.00 moves land or what we know is it's happening out with right on time. in fact,

uh to 10 am moscow time about 212 actually 2300 g m t. so 20 is your 112 g m t. and you were saying there, daniel, that this is really significant for russia because this is kind of a big moment that things are deteriorated and this is kind of a single russia is back. that, to me, is that what this is all about? absolutely, yes, this is a, this is proof for roles cost most the russian space agency founded back in 1992 was the success of a soviet space program that russia is back with a bang on the international stage of space exploration, of course, through a formal competitors now in the market to natalie days of the 1st space race. that was the us both as a so the union bull baseball, audiology of capitalism versus socialism. now you've got states, china, india,

japan, south korea, launching various satellites, various rockets in the space planning to launch the road space stations as well, perhaps in future, the roads, luna, bases, and the other interplanetary orbits is so the russian is very much, is a method of proven minute can rely on his own brain power if you lock on it. so russian more than russian technology is. so russian components without the assistance of wisdom counterparts, which of course has been difficult to do since the 2014, because russia has faced sanctions, certain sections. it has been particularly heavy section since 2022 for russia. this is a sign as a say that it can last may just space projects on it. certainly using its own capacity and technology. indeed. all right, daniel hawkins there from moscow. thank you. all right, well, so far only the united states, russia and china, has managed to land the spacecraft successfully on the moon all through government

sponsor programs. moscow's last lunar mission was in august of 1976 when russia was part of the soviet union. india has since sent in the unmanned space pro to the moon last month to carry out chemical analysis of the lunar south pole. the united arab emirates, which opened its space agency 8 years ago, plans to send a probe as early as november. and to us companies, astro bartuck, as well as intuitive machines, are also scheduled to attend moon landings later this year. okay, we've got another expert to help us understand all of this. it's amy lynn thompson . she is a science journalist at space dot com. she joins us by skype from orlando. all right. we know this is a 5 day journey, $5.00 to $7.00 days lunar orbit touching down at the south pole. but why now? why is russia doing this now as well? um,

this product has actually been under development for several years and was originally scheduled to launch in october of 2021. the technical delays pushed it back and then when they, when russia and the european space agency decided to part ways that delayed the spacecraft even more. so now there's a lot of um, competition i guess, to see who can get back to the moon. first. japan obviously had a failed attempt earlier this year is real, how to fail to times um a couple of years ago with their bare sheet lender. so really, it's kind of, um, you know, up in the air as to who's going to get their 1st and who's going to be successful, russia or india. and as i understand it's going to be almost like who's going to cross the finish line 1st because it seems that we may have the landing in the lunar south pole almost simultaneously between india and russia around august 23rd . is that correct? i mean, um, is that right?

okay, that seems a little yeah. interesting. okay. uh, in terms of the, the technology then help us understand because we have all these competing space programs in the united states. russia who really ahead right now the white house, india. so this will actually be india's 3rd attempt at the moon. they had a lender that crashed a couple of years ago. and this one is they also have a spacecraft in orbit around the moon. obviously russia has been to the moon before um, under the soviet union, so they're kind of um, foraging new territory here just under the sole banner of russia. so both of these, you know, countries are very neck and neck in the moon, even though multiple missions have landed on it. multiple assets have walked on the surface. it's still proves to be a difficult. busy place to land, so when each of these new countries attempts that it's like a 1st attempt, well,

it's going to be interesting to see what they discover when there's a lot of exploration and scientific experimentation to take place. we know that all right, we're going to leave it there. thank you so much. thank you. all right, time for short break still ahead on al jazeera will explain why tensions are escalating between poland and fellow roost along the border. the brought to you by visit capital as hello the devastating and deadly wild fires have affected hawaii with a town in weston, molly being decimated by those flames over night. now it wasn't helped putney

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welcome back here watching algae 0 reminder of our top stories at this hour 5 us citizens have been moved from that. are ronnie and present to house arrest as part of an agreement deal between the united states and a rod. it is part of an initial deal that involves the release of billions of dollars of variety and funds frozen and held in south korea. rushes lost its 1st lunar mission and nearly a half century. the space craft will reach the lunar orbit in 5 days. land of the powder southern pole is 13 days. the lunar $25.00 craft will try to extract oxygen from polar ice and fuel restaurant operations continue on. the hawaiian island of maui, firefighters are battling wildfires that kills at least 36 people. thousands have been displaced from their homes and vacation resorts meteorologist say strong winds from a hurricane south of the hawaiian islands is driving the flames. and grounding,

most firefighting helicopters the west african block, known as echo was, has directed the activation of a stand by force to restore democracy in the share following the qu, there the leaders have concluded their emergency meeting in a boucher, they have condemned the detention of president mohammed wazoo, say the regional block will enforce strict travel restrictions tend to share and freeze assets of individuals in the way of a return to civilian government. that'd become a t, a be chief of defense stuff to activate the equity done by force with all its elements immediately order the deployment, one of the cause stunned by force to restore constitutional order in the republic

of nature, underscore its continued commitment to restore the issue of constitutional order through peaceful means. but i've had adriece has more from boucher after 3 fail diplomatic missions. it causes back to why it started more than a week ago. the threat to force and mixed with diplomacy. this followed the refusal of the military leadership image of the public to negotiate a peaceful and to the political crisis in the country. now as done by force has been activated by the leaders of the region and look at course after there's somebody who does what this means is that troops from the region could now be ordered, internship public, to the store, caused confusion order. and that's according to the president of the commission of the economic community of west africa state is immediate. it's not clear how many number um, any number of course would be send that who would be funding the the troops or the

contingent separately deployed to india to accommodate me while the leadership image at the military leadership media. as a point to the print, one member cabinet, which is constituted by diploma as a defiance to the order. so if they could have a community of west african states to negotiate or to restore president, mom advised them to power. now people are watching closely when and how they can on the community of west africa stays with deployed based troops to news. yeah. the last time we did that successfully was in the company in 2017. when yeah, i mean most of the election, i refuse to handle the power to then elected president item a battle. it also send this force to the give me be. so i've got attempted to restore political stability in the country. how many degrees august data boucher nigeria, ukraine's army says it is making advances in it's offensive near the eastern city. a fact moved the this video released by ukranian troops allegedly shows them

approaching russian positions and urging russian soldiers to surrender the exact location of date. the video was shot, cannot be verified. russian forces took the coach in may after months of fighting its meantime, nato member, poland is sending $10000.00 soldiers to his border with bell roofs. tensions between warsaw immense, which is an ally of russia has been rising. recently. poland says to bela lucy and helicopters briefly entered its air space last week. the government is also concerned about the border area since hundreds of laws number scenarios arrived in belarus as part of a deal to end a mutiny in russia in june. washington, i'm not sure that i need to. there are all kinds of hybrid detox right now when i bought is on the left you a new border on the polish border, which we have been seeing for the past 2 years. i'm russia and bella. ruth, are increasing the pressure on our board is the increasing the number of

publications, and we have to be aware that the number of these publications will increase the kremlin, says poland is becoming increasingly hostile. meantime to russia. so just to assure you, just as you, as a man, there are existing risks associated with the militarization of poland to which has become the main instruments of the united states. and the russian policy was, are announced its intention to build according to the polls. the most powerful on the, on the continent. in this regard, large scale purchases of weapons has begun from the united states of america, great britain and the republic of korea, including tanks, artillery systems of defense, a missile defense systems. i'm coming by side across the government of indian prime minister. never enter. modi has survived a no confidence folks in parliament. his party and its allies hold the majority of seats while the opposition brought the motion accusing body of failing to end. the months of ethnic violence in the northeastern state of money for dozens of officers

and politicians walked out during the prime minister. speech modi has promised to restore peace in 94 and says, quote, the entire country stands quote, behind the state. all the people of the country have sworn in men's distrusting our government again and again, i am here to thank every citizen and so my direct to, to, to the people of the country of people living in china is northern. have a province have criticize the government's response to type boondocks, sorry, in july, seeing 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 a jewish sho in northern china. it's been nearly 2 weeks since typing up sewer east west through north in china. but it's like it remains the roads of to a to a covered and stick sludge as a furniture, belongings,

and merchandise jungle wren estimates. he lost stock 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 flooded light. 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 monster. 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 desktop 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 in time more than 4000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in norway, strong winds and heavy rain batter. scandinavia the rivers have broken their banks after swelling to the highest level in decades. most

of the evacuations were in an area of 40 kilometers north of the capital aust, low power lines are down and the hydro electric down has collapsed after its flood . gates failed to open tropical storm canoe and has made land fall finally and south korea. within 10000 people, mostly in southern coastal areas have been ordered to leave their homes. forecasters warren, the storm could bring winds of more than 100 kilometers an hour. the president's placed authorities on high alert after flooding, killed $47.00 people last month, the, the watching out 0. these are the top stores of this. our 5 us citizens have been moved from an iranian prison to house arrest as part of an agreement deal between the united states and iran. it's part of an initial deal that involves the release of bill.