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coming up. it's the biggest prisoner exchange since hostilities erupted ukraine and progress in separatists swapped captives in an unusual break from their recent escalation and the ongoing conflict in ukraine's restive east and. we head to south africa where a group of retirees in johannesburg are in fighting shape. thank you very much for your company we start off in of gonna stand where officials now say at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured in the series of blasts in the capital kabul a suicide bomber is reported to have detonated a device at a gathering in a shiite cultural center witnesses say many of the victims were students in an

online statement so-called islamic state is claiming its supporters were behind the attacks. all right and now we can take you to the ob-gyn capital now where the blast took place to journalist martin who is there hans what's the situation on the ground right now where you are. while the situation on the ground where i am it is by far away from the well so this part of town was not at all affected by this huge tragedy. as you said because it's you know miss or city like a change. some place a little bit less some a little bit more. that tech was apparently a sweet side or member and then two subsequent explosion by mines that had been placed before hand so it wasn't that protracted teg meaning that often explosions went off and all those people were killed. there was a lot of like. a lot of work too late with. the wounded

to hospitals and so warm up all the wise the situation has gone back to normal so it was you'd like these attacks these explosions all right now a process you know i asked has claimed responsibility why that they target this then you are precisely what was going on at the time who was there. this is hard to tell about why the general why they targeted this venue is sectarian ideology of the so-called islamic state because it was a shi'ite center what was going on apparently at the time of the explosion was a gathering of the pen discussion that marked. off the soviet union's invasion into afghanistan. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine apparently a lot of. where attending this panel discussion so why exactly this gathering is

hard to tell it is but it is likely that it was just like because it was a shi'ite gathering and it was not like a specific reason why this gathering exactly what this attack does although i highlight is the fact that security challenges remain very precarious in afghanistan where you are and it goes beyond the taliban describe to us that the extent of i.a.s. presence in afghanistan how big are they there. yes it is important to know that. has a presence in afghanistan is like a very small fraction. compared to older he searches the biggest asserts the group is by far the valley bomb so i see its present but only digs malled pockets. clearly confirmed by his presence is in the east of the country so that for away from call there is like remote territory mountainous so it is hard to say say how much the cell that conducts attacks inside call is connected to this part in fake

about the cell that conducts attack you call nearly next to no information is available so it is unclear how exactly they operate. i mean then to set troops is it doesn't the death march to conduct conduct attacks even in a big city it's can be a group of several people and that's enough so it is not as complicated as some people might imagine to conduct such attacks france marty reporting from the afghan capital kabul thank you thank you. all right want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. russian president vladimir putin says an explosion in a st petersburg supermarket on wednesday was an act of terror at least ten people were injured in the blast the homemade device containing two hundred grams of

explosives was traced to a luggage locker. the man who let the campaign to oust zimbabwe's a long time ruler robert mugabe has been sworn in as the country's new vice president former army chief constantine recently retired in order to accept his new job but critics have accused president emerson ga ga over lying to have only on the military to fill posts in his administration. a court in myanmar has dropped additional charges against two foreign journalists arrested in october for illegally flying a drone over the country's parliament the pair were working for turkish broadcaster t.r.t. and are due to be released in january to reuters journalists remain in custody on accusations of breaching the country's national secrets act while covering the military crackdown there were keen state ukraine and a separatist rebels have exchanged hundreds of prisoners in the largest such swap

says hostilities broke out in the country's east three years ago the deal followed months of negotiation and is part of the minsk peace accord signed in two thousand and fifteen the hope now is that the exchange could help deescalate a conflict that so far claimed over ten thousand lives in the dark and the cold seventy four people came home ukrainian president petro poroshenko greeted former prisoners held by russian backed separatists. one former volunteer ukrainian fighter said he faced daily threats and beatings in captivity. in the beginning there was strong psychological pressure they threatened me and my relatives with them they told me they would send me my mother cut up in pieces a bit if that is. it some point the beatings began little look what's left of my

teeth but it's ok i'll buy new ones. earlier in the day ukrainian authorities send two hundred thirty three people back to the self-proclaimed separatist republics of the hanscom donetsk both of which are allied with russia. many of the prisoners have been held for more than a year. so of course it will be there when the critical. the most years it's emotional i talked with my wife on the phone. through a little what do you want most now just to see my son and my wife is a. prisoner exchanges like this one where envisioned back in two thousand and fifteen as part of the minsk agreement but the final details of the deal were only agreed last week authorities are still waiting

to see a full implementation aimed at resolving the conflict. and workers in syria have evacuated twenty nine critically ill people from rebel held areas in eastern guta near the capital damascus evacuations are part of an agreement between the rebels and the syrian government the u.n. called on government forces to allow around five hundred people in dire need of medical care to be evacuated east and go to is the site of syria's biggest remaining siege with its four hundred thousand people facing severe shortages of food fuel and medicine. for this little girl it's not just the end of a nightmare it's a chance to stay alive. she was one of the first of almost thirty critically ill people evacuated from eastern guta. for weeks international aid organizations have been calling on syrian president bashar al assad to allow hundreds of people in desperate need of medical attention to leave the besieged suburb. tuesday night saw

the first of them get into ambulances and leave. where they are and there has been no medical supplies for months children are dying. so it is an absolutely shocking state so a small glimmer of hope there are now twenty nine desperately children who should start receiving medical attention very soon. syrian government forces have laid siege to the eastern part of greater for the last four years now. not far from the capital damascus it's one of the last rebel strongholds in the country activists accuse government forces of trying to starve out any resistance by blocking deliveries of food fuel and medicine the united nations says dozens of people have died in the suburb after waiting months for medical evacuation. turkey claims it used its clout to organize the latest evacuation deal but president richard type other one still insists that asset should have no part in syria's post conflict

future. said you to make first of all it is impossible to continue with that sad why how can we embrace the future with the syrian president who was killed close to a million of his citizens. it looks like these evacuees have escaped death for now but the fate of hundreds of thousands of others in eastern guta hangs in the balance and there is still no sign of a breakthrough in talks to end syria's civil war. in sailing the final outcome of the sydney to hobart yacht race has been changed team comanche was awarded first place after a jury agreed to penalize the wild oats eleven team by one hour for failing to follow competition rules while during the race the two yachts almost collided missing each other by just one metre after the near miss comanche immediately

raised the red protest flag both yachts crushed the existing race record by more than four and a half hours. boxing is a high impact sport no matter what level you're competing at will it requires that we're best easy quit is why boxers tend to be young a group of retirees in south africa however are now showing that age and nothing but a number once you've decided to step into the ring seventy nine year old constant and seventy seven year old lad is on just best friends and neighbors there or so books and partners twice a week they come to the a.t.m. gym in johannesburg to hit the punching bags and keep fit constant used to suffer from high blood pressure but has already noticed improvements in a health. i enjoy boxing because it makes me fit and when i go to the clinic the doctors say i no longer have high blood pressure i feel stronger since i

started coming to the gym because. the development of obesity and noncommunicable diseases like high blood pressure high cholesterol and type two diabetes is on a critical rise in south africa which is why nutritionist cloud welcomes the pension is combined cardiovascular and resistance training routine. when you combine those two kind of ascertaining things like crunching runnings swimming i walking this is resistance training which is body weight exercises circuit training issue training exercise like that not only falls muscle mass but also proves unmissable is great which means you can control that development maybe city there's no disputing the importance of exercise but it would be ill advised for pensioners to receive in line punches to the head or body especially as preexisting conditions like aneurisms or high cholesterol could lead to fatality or strokes according to dr saudis cosigner a medical supervisor

a boxing matches in south africa extreme force being applied to that to the head or to any part of the board. would lead to some for eternity. bearing in mind that these people have not been chaired by dr us scott sun advises a full check up before anyone can box in the meantime these grandmothers are fighting their way to fitness. you know i watching the news on while iraq and berlin get heard elsewhere is up next with the business headlines but before that i want to leave you with a breathtaking glimpse of our planet the international space station's crew captured stunning shots they give us an astronaut's eye view of our world here are this year's highlights.

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