just as the terrible match old as that's the story that needed to be told from the hall of the affected area to be then to tell the people story. it was very important at the time the a ron transfers 5 american citizens from prison to house arrest as part of a deal with the united states. the washington assist sections will remain the hello. i'm kimberly help it. this is al jazeera life from delta. also coming on, west african leaders activate a stand by military force which could be sent to co hit new share. but they say they'll also try more diplomacy. flames and smoke still rise in hawaii,

where evacuation efforts are continuing. at least 53 people are dead in wildfire. the russian launches its 1st commission to the moon in almost 50 years. it's habit for the lunar south pole . the 5 us citizens have been moved from an iranian prison to house arrest. as part of a deal between the united states and a ron. they include, arrives the longest serving american prisoner, say american democracy, who was charged in 2015 for having quote relations with a hostile state and quote, 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,

roslyn jordan has been following the white house response from washington. 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 russian with drones 1st, for regression. yes. do you think 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 for family objectives. what we know is 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, which we know the names of 3 of the people who were detained. laura baba's, m a shashi and c, and uh, c, a martin, m i z 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 suggested by anthony blinking into other us officials, they're still more steps that need to be negotiated. ross jordan, they're meantime dosage of r a is in the running capital t ron and says many see this as a promising for staff. the reigning for ministry has issued a statement in forming the reports that 5 americans have been released from evan present here in the waiting capital on thursday evening. now, these 5 dual nationals have not lost iran, and they won't be leaving at any time soon. that that is because that the iranians are still waiting for their money, which is going to be transferred 1st to a swiss bank account. and then from there they will be transferred to the atari national bank. at the faith of these 5 americans is that they are going to be held

in a hotel and the capital was around the clock supervision, so they are under basically house arrest until the time for them to the parts iran . in the meantime, we've also heard from the deputy, you formed it ringing for administer the bowery, connie, who were in a tweet set that they've received as the assurances that they need, that this money will be released, as well as the fate of 4 radians that are being held in us prisons, they are going to be released as well. we don't have the identity of those arrangements at the moment. what is clear is the radians are now looking for a way out of this a deadlock that has been ongoing for the past 2 years. then you go, she ations that they've been having. and of course, at this shows a willingness from both sides that they want to de escalate tensions, as well as the important role of the other countries plate is facilitating these negotiations that are still ongoing. those countries include amman, guitar and switzerland for now many hope that this will be seen as

a 1st step towards the escalating, the ongoing tension between the united states and the wrong door. such a part ultra 0 to her on and staying with the story christmas lemay has more for us from the united nations headquarters in new york. she says the steel is a rare point of agreement between the 2 countries. or on submission to the united nations confirmed the prisoner exchange with the united states. this is seen as a rare point of agreement between the 2 countries. ever since the us pulled out of the j. c. p. o, a, the nuclear deal. in 2018 under then president donald trump, the nuclear deal was signed by the permanent 5 members of the security council, the you and germany. and it was seen as a way to constrain or ron's nuclear program and also offered around the chance to see international sanctions lifted sanctions, which i'm so hobbled or ron's economy under president jo bite in the united states

has accused iran of attacking ships in the persian gulf and sent its troops to the area. uh, the united states is also accused a ron of supplying drones to russia to be used against you, praying and not for a continuation of tense relations if you will. so this latest agreement, this prisoner exchange is seen as a bright spot and a sign of hope that the 2 countries could continue to work together going forward. especially considering that joe biden has said he would like to see the country's return to the nuclear deal. preston salumi al jazeera, the united nations will turn into new share, the west african block known as echo oss has activated a stand by military force after holding an emergency meeting to discuss the crew in the share that leaders emphasize diplomacy is the preferred way to restore the

civilian government that condemn the detention of president mohammed resume who was asked to 2 weeks ago. i had address has more now from the boucher, the flood original luck fighting for relevance. it's a moment of decision for a cause and good by any just quality doesn't resist as the group is now beating the drums of war, it is activated. it's done by force, the committee of the chief of defense stuff, to activate the equity done 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. it's nice to comment what's to stabilize, getting to be solves political crisis. of course is back where i started 2 weeks ago. the threat of force and diplomacy, menissi resolving is just for me to go to crisis. that's important to the survival of the reading. a book. i need to run it, runs diploma and say failure to resolve the situation. misspelled danger, not only to west africa, but the entire continent. the announcement of a trench, one member cabinet by the just june to maybe the final blow to resolve in the process peacefully. the cletus have turned away all admission send by echoes to negotiate and to the crisis ivery cost less than what to is a bulk of critic on the cool that

a good at keeping president as long as that hostage. i personally can see that this is a total of this and we cannot let this continue. we have to act echo says it's committed to diplomacy to resolve the crisis. but officials say time is running out. i, sol, involved in mediation efforts to in the crisis says, is just cool. need is one concessions to begin talks, diploma. seating grounds to the june to go for the we can do organization. i mean cottage partition. the cool part is in the region. how many degrees i would just need i would just wildfires on the hawaiian island of malli have killed at least 53 people. us president joe biden has approved a disaster declaration for the state. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed. the fires were fueled by dr agitation and found by the outer winds of hurricane. dora is alta 0 is how to jo, castro reports,

many fear the death told arise after 2 endless days of battling flames from the ground and the sky. the wildfires ravaging the island of maui are now largely contained but what they leave behind are scenes of a community raised to the ground. the beach side town of the high, no one's the royal capital of the hawaiian kingdom, and the keeper of his store treasurers is now unrecognizable. evacuated residents who took shelter at highschools and parking lots fear what they'll find when they return home. woke up this morning and got our phones, 2 pictures of our house down close. we got on and a guy last year president joe biden approved a hawaii disaster declaration on thursdays. people desperately, desperately need help. they've lost anyone who's lost a loved one,

whose home has been damaged or destroyed, is going to get help. immediately. the sun, the dog, the u. s. coast guard rescued, 14 people who turned to the ocean to escape the flames. now members of the hawaiian national guard and the us army comb through the wreckage for survivors, the primary focus is to save lives and the to prevent human suffering. and it mitigate great property loss. there's also the loss to the tourism industry now is may economic driver, at least $11000.00 tourist for evacuated. this evacuated couple from canada says it seems impossible to escape wildfires wherever you are in the world. categories because of the wildfire we were closer to them. here are

the exact causes of hawaii as wildfires are still unclear the few down the plan it's warming. climate was an enabler. heidi jo castro alger 0 as well. for more on this story, katherine cruz is joining us. she's host of the conversation program on hawaii, public radio. she's joining us from honolulu. thank you so much ms. cruz. wanna talk to a little bit about the situation is it is right now. i know we are waiting an update from officials. but to describe to us like what exactly we're expecting to hear in terms of an update. well, you know, our studio is here in honolulu, we're just about a block away from the way convention center. they've set up a staging area. you know, the whole focus is to get the visitors and you know, residents who are at these emergency shelters, they are on the island to get them out, you know, into hotel rooms or, or off the island just, you know, a to a, a better situation. so, you know,

that's just happening a short way from our studios. you know, some people, uh, you know, flocked to those emergency shelters. we are, i think an excess of 2000 people. that number has dropped now down to 600. you know, we again heard the update on the fatalities. it went from $6.00 to $36.00 now from the $53.00. as far as the buildings and structures that were damaged of you know, initially yesterday it was more than 200 close to 300. now we're hearing it more, more like be $1700.00, i mean a closer to 2000. so we hope to get an update. you know so many different agencies working together to just try and keep people safe. give us a sense. we're looking at some aerial pictures while you're talking to us, give us a sense of just how vast the devastation is in terms of the damage. well, you know, we talked to one law maker who represents that ery who's from la hina. and he told

us that, you know, he just got out with the clothes on his back a he believes his condo is, you know, destroyed. he spent the night in a, in a car. he was able to get up in a helicopter yesterday. and he said, as he went over the harbor, he said there were explosions. you said the fuel doc exploded, and then, you know, they're just showering a flames everywhere. and that burned up a lot of the boats that were there in that harbor. so he, it pretty devastating uh, you know, thing for him to see. he had to go up to a couple of the airport, a smaller airport. oh, in just to get cell phone service uh, power its still a problem there. again, cellphone service, very spicer communications. you said our real problem on that island and you know, he's asking that the spring and supplies of fuel. so that little airport there is kind of a of an entry way they're, they're bringing and supplies. but at this point, they're asking of, you know, visitors who are planning to go to west valley to please stay away. book other

islands, hotels and other other islands just to kind of keep, you know, lead that of area. that community gives them some time to kind of recover from this disaster. and we know valley is a real tourist destination, but ordinary folks also live there as well. give us a sense of who's really been hit by this is a real cross section, isn't it? of society. yes. and you know, i was watching tv the other night and saw the headlines about, you know, the evacuation orders that were going for so many neighborhoods and we thought, oh, this is not good news. and then now just to see things unfold over the, you know, the, the last couple of days, you know, the problem with those high winds we were expecting wins, you know, 50 to 60 miles an hour. we got more like 60 to 80. and you can't, you know, put up helicopters to fight those fires in winds that high and so that, unfortunately, you know, lead to a lot of these of fires just spreading into that town. all right, catherine cruise from hawaii,

public radio. we appreciate you giving us the very latest on that devastation there . good luck and thank you. all right, the are. all right, we're going to take a short break, but still ahead on al jazeera, many are calling it a new era, a football. we'll look ahead to a new pro league season in the middle of the we generation cat people. but very i'm, this is very, very persistent and very good to talk soon. you may be comfortable right now, but you will soon feel the same kids. we feel every day from 2 days i'm calling, then you've gone the 3 women group who would be in fact of the front line after this. do you future children on

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the welcome back. you're watching else 0 reminder of our top stories at this hour. 5 us citizens have been moved from the ronnie and prison to house arrest as part of an agreement deal between the united states and iran. it is part of an initial deal that involves the release of millions of dollars of variety and funds frozen and held in south korea. the desktop from wild fires on the hawaiian island of maui has increased now 36 to at least 53. thousands has been displaced from their homes, hotels and vacation resorts rescue operations. continuous firefighters battled wild fires or rushes just launched its 1st lunar mission. in nearly a half century, the space craft will reach the moon's orbit and about 5 days in land. on the lunar

south pole on august 23rd. the luna $25.00 craft is to take samples of moon rock and dust. daniel hawkins is in moscow with the latest. this is proof for russ costs most. the russian space agency found it back in 1992 was the successive associate space program that russia is back with a bang on the international staves of space exploration, of course, the reform or competitors now in the market to early days of the 1st space race that was the us versus the soviet union bull bicycle audiology of capitalism versus socialism. now you've got states, china, india, japan, south korea in launching various satellites, various rockets in the space planned to loops through space stations as well. uh, perhaps in the future. the road, luna, bases, and the other interplanetary opens it. so for russia it is very much is

a method of proving that it can rely on its own brain power to lock on it. so russian, modern 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 of the site that it can lots, major space projects on its own using its own capacity and technology. a, daniel hawkins there, ukraine's army says it is making advances and it's offensive. near the eastern city, a fact moved. this video released by ukrainian troops appears to show them approaching russian positions and urging russian soldiers just render. but the exact location of date, the video was shot, cannot be verified that russian forces took back move in may. after months of fighting. in time natal member poland is sending about 10000 soldiers to his border

with bella. ruth, tensions between warsaw and minsk, which is an ally of russia, has been rising recently. poland says to bela ruthie and helicopters briefly entered it's aerospace last week. the government. it's also concerned about the border area since hundreds of wagner mercenaries arrived in bella roof. 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 board on the polish border, which we have been seeing for the past 2 years. russia and by the roots are increasing. the pressure on our board is the increasing the number of publications, and we have to be aware that a number of these publications will increase. ok. meantime the kremlin says poland is becoming increasingly hostile 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 instrument of the united states. and the russian policy was or announced its intention to build according to the polls. the most powerful on the, on the continental, 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 calling about the car off to more than 4000 people have an order to leave their homes in norway, a strong winds and heavy rain batter. scandinavia the rivers have broken their backs after swelling to the highest level. in decades, most of the vacuum agents were in an area of 40 kilometers north west of the capitol. oslo power lines are down and at a hydro electric down has collapsed after its floodgates failed to open. the government of india and prime minister now render emoji has survived

a no confidence vote in parliament. his party and its allies hold the majority of seats. the opposition brought the motion, accusing body of failing to end months of ethnic violence in the northeastern state of money. for thousands of opposition, politicians walked out during the prime minister. speech mode has promised to restore peace in 94 and says quote, the entire country stands behind the states. the people of the country have sworn immense expressed in our government again. and again. i am here to thank every citizen and so my direct to to, to the people of the country. yeah. at least 22 people have been arrested in sri lanka at during the latest anti government protests led by university students there condemning the international monetary fund bailout deal. and the sturdy measures in post. since fridays, the start of what many are calling a new era in football,

the saudi pro league kicks off with clubs in the gulf kingdom having spent hundreds of millions, attracting players from some of europe's top teams. joanna gathers gather oscar reports as to form a little pul, teammates reunited on new ground. jordan henderson instead of money are among the top players to have swept your top legs for the saudi pro, leak with henderson. now at out to fuck and man a signing for christiana, rinaldo is l messa this week they'll get the 1st taste of saudi football. as the new season begins, excitement is definitely valuable. in this football, mad country, right, where football is in the dna for us really. this is a moment when the strategy actually comes together and comes to life. that strategy started with the rinaldo is arrival at l. mess. so late last year. since then, the government has back to the saudi pro league investing billions to make comes

more professional aimed at making the league one of the best and wealth of the sorts of the transfer window bottom door. when occurring, benjamin assigned for our it's a had from rail madrid. and since then there's been an influx of foreign players. the clubs have shelled out close to half a $1000000000.00 and football website transfer mocks ranks the saudi league as the 5th biggest spend in the window behind leaks in italy from germany and england. this is definitely a journey. this is now to just to have one weekend we've set off to, to achieve this objective to, to be one of the top endings in the world. saudi arabia has made big investments across sports, including gulf boxing. and for we, the one who the critics such as i'm, seems national are choosing the kingdom of sports, washing the human rights records. but that hasn't put a full cost as buying up the rights to show sound. the football in more than

a $170.00 countries, well, funds in the capital re at also preparing for bigger and better season. a heads means i wasn't in the pulse. we got used to the competition big machine who alan, alaska. wow. hill allen out if you had, but this she had the presence of international plays like benjamin christiano, nevis in the south, really will get more excitement in competition between clubs. that'd be now let me let be in the international players one or 2 years back. we're in the biggest clubs and were considered among the greatest players in the world. so i'm extremely happy to see our national league and an arabic leap with these names. this is a beautiful thing out of the season kicks off on friday, but the transfer window is open until the 1st week of september. and the feeling is that the saudi pro leak may still attract another big name before it closes. joanna goes raska l g 0 and that is all for me. kimberly how could and the team here and your house. and a reminder, you can find more on our website,

the address algae 0 dot com and stay with us here in algiers 0. the weather is next and then inside story will have how ukraine's warble fact colin's relationship with his neighbors. the a tele that we've got some very active weather affecting east asia at the moment. thanks to 2 systems. one of those is could noon. it's breaking apart is that we've moved across the korean peninsula, bringing flooding, rain to south and north korea. as we got into saturday, it falls apart even further the remnants of that system working their way through to the north east of china. now we've got a band of heavy rain that's gonna bring sundry down ports of the likes of beijing friday into saturday. behind that however, the sunshine will be coming back in. we will put k as kyle because most central

areas of china, where the heat continues down in the south. however, some very heavy rain with thunderstorms are full hong kong and we could see the return of the wet and windy weather as we go into next week. thanks to tie from lag, that's working its way towards japan. the predictive pos, meaning it will make 9 for next week is somewhere in horseshoe. now as you move across the south agent, rain is the story the monkey rains. however, have we can to cause large areas of india and pockets done, but still bundle with dish, as well as net pool and boot time seeing some of that very heavy rain over the next few days. heavy rain as well for southern parts of india. much wire across the pakistan. the legacy of southern africa is colonial history. from a, a blend of traditional music with western instrument, the super to now it goes in apartheid to disuse.

mine's where a new illegal gold rush has taken home as organized crime, guns, battle for control of this lucrative industry feuds that started in some too often and didn't bloodshed. the accordion morris on a jersey to poland sentence troops to the fellers pulled offending files from russia virus neva, also spin central and a single crane side. but this the intention to at times, just as we're thinking new, how will that ukraine affects colin's future? this is inside story, the .