this is the news live from berlin a widely anticipated prisoner exchange is under way between moscow and kiev among those being transferred is the jailed ukrainian filmmaker all they said self also coming up a blow to indian attempts to put a rover on the moon engineers at mission control have lost communication with their lunar lander the signal from the chandrayaan 2 spacecraft disappears after it and its final descent to the moon surface on more than 70000 people are in need of food

and water in the bahamas up to their homes and communities were completely destroyed by heart and dorian authorities say the final death toll will be staggering. mackinnon thanks so much for joining us a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine is under way now this could be a significant step towards easing relations between the countries and raising chances for results in the conflict in ukraine's east fighting there between troops and russia backed separatists has killed more than 13000 people since 2014 now the filmmaker all exempt souls and 24 sailors detained since last year in russia are currently being transferred from moscow to kiev. the 75 russians heading

in the opposite direction. and for more on this story we're joined by kiev post editor i'm correspondent matthew cup tie in kiev matthew tell us what's happening right now. well right now we're getting creasing information about preparations for the arrival of these prisoners we're hearing that family members have been have arrived at the accused airport to meet them we're seeing officials arriving at the airport there even been reports that the ukrainian president has announced he has gone there meanwhile in the russian side the editor in chief of russia today a news service in russia has published a tweet in which he showed a picture of people who are being returned from from ukraine to russia all the faces in the picture were blurred out except for one of. the editor of of. the russia in ukraine the russian news agency which is widely regarded as propaganda he was being charged with treason and he was released in the run up to this prisoner

exchange ok now we are seeing live pictures right now from the at we know a russian plane has landed in kiev the prisoner swap is now under way but you can you tell us more about the prisoners on both sides. will the craniums held in russia include people like of the film director who is sentenced to 20 years in prison in russia for terrorism he's the most famous political prisoner in this exchange but it also includes the 24 ukrainian sailors who were captured in november as they tried to cross from the black sea to the sea of absolve it includes people like. a ukrainian journalist for the input informed news agency who worked in paris he was arrested in russia while simply visiting family there and charged with espionage there is probably a by ukrainian. teenager who is basically kidnapped in delhi roost and illegally extradited to russia on the in terms of. russian prisoners held in ukraine being

returned to russia we don't know much about them most of them are less well known individuals we know about you know which is why i mentioned earlier and a day or 2 ago ukraine a ukrainian court released. a suspect or a witness to the downing of the mh 17 flight in 2014 which killed 298 people he was not included in this exchange as far as i can see but his release likely indicates that he will somehow make it either back to the russian backed militant controlled territories in eastern ukraine or even to russia at least that would be my prediction and i kind of just a reminder thought what it's again these are live pictures we just saw a plane landing that tell us matthew what's the significance of a swap like this between ukraine and russia. in terms of trying to free prisoners this is a hugely significant event it's the largest prisoner swap yet between russia and ukraine previously they have had only a few small prisoner swaps. in december 2700 there was

a large prisoner swap between ukraine and russian backed militants who control parts of eastern ukraine but that was not directly with russia so the directness with russia is significant here at the same time it doesn't change the overall relations between ukraine and russia it doesn't necessarily bring the conflict in eastern ukraine closer to conclusion but it is an important event right matthew cooke thought reporting for us in kiev thanks so much. thank you ok ok let's have a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world police in hong kong have tried to disperse protesters who gathered as a train station in an attempt to disrupt traffic to the apples pro-democracy activists have vowed to continue that protests despite him coldly to carry lab announcing the literal of a controversial extradition bill on wednesday. around 60 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach. in iceland the animals got trapped in the shallows of

a rocky seaweed covered part of the coast they were sponsored by hikers and a rescue group is now trying to push the whales back out to sea. now is an ambitious plan from the very start india wanted to be the 1st country to shed light on the dark side of the moon the 2 missions set out in july to explore the uncharted territory of the luna south pole but shortly before the scheduled touchdown the space center in bangalore lost contact with the land it's now now mission control is trying to figure out whether the spacecraft crashed or whether it landed while no one was watching. devastation at india's space agency as the scientists news contact to the chandrayaan 2 only seconds before its landing. the spacecraft was meant to become the 1st ever to touch down on the unexplored south pole of the moon indian prime minister narendra modi came to see the landing

from the control room later the phone come solitary worse as he addressed the nation. on earth few of us very proud of the nation by the way. the rhetoric any sort of art or 3 inserted into d.c. we've got a sign peace who hired embark. on one of the morse ambitious mission of over space program we came very close but. we really need to cover more ground on. the landing of the space craft was also broadcast life on television across the country tensions were running high ahead of the event the chandrayaan 2 was successfully launched in

july after a previous attempt was called off due to technical problems. chandrayaan which means moon craft an ancient sanskrit spent the last few weeks traveling to us the south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the full scan tree in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and with the space craft probe intentionally crashing into the moon. for now india's invasions to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened and we're joined now by the correspondent in me should gys while the mission of the loss of contact doesn't mean the mission has failed

does it do we have any more information. well that's right and now the loss of contact is with the landowner and the rover or the all bit or the 3rd part of the mission is still up and running it will continue all but in the morning for the next year and taking photographs of the doing the surface we've already seen of the fuel diesel but of course the land and global void important because it would have made india just the 4th country after the us russia and china not to successfully soft land on the surface of the moon and explore the southern ball of the lunar surface so this of course has been a disappointment scientists continue to try to establish contact and also to find out and analyze the data to find out what exactly happened right when the lander was supposed to touch the lunar surface as you said india was set to become only the 4th country in history to land on the moon just how significant would it be if

this mission indeed turns out to fail also from an emotional point of view say to india. well and it's definitely significant there was a lot of hopes pegged to this mission and i don't just speak of the scientific community it had also inspired just the billions in the country schoolchildren as well there were many projects the launch was who watched very closely but after the destroyed the space organization lost contact with the land there was also an outpouring of support not just by the prime minister but by many other people on social media as well india was of course trying to establish itself as an important player in the space tourist but critics off the current government have also said that this was simply another way to distract from the larger problems that india spacing with a struggling economy falling g.d.p. numbers job losses and of course the conflict in the den situation and so focus

will be brought back to these aspects now that the focus will shift from the more mission now if this does work out what will happen next because new render modi certainly has some ambitious plans doesn't mean. that's right on earth to if this mission is a failure or if it works out it will not dampen india's space ambitions in any way is through the space organization was originally mandated to make meter logical prediction to help agriculture out which it has done but now it wants to take the next big step forward there's already been a successful mars mission that's been a successful mission in the past and india and the prime minister are hoping to put a man on the moon by 2022 missions are also planned to venus as well as the sun so israel will continue striving on and it seems to have the full support of the government from the looks of it from the response it has had from the government today all right amy joyce well from delhi thanks so much.

now hearken dorian is speeding towards canada after making landfall in the us states of north and south carolina full cost is expected to bring harken force winds to parts of nova scotia late on saturday it's already left a trail of devastation in the bahamas thousands of people that have been fleeing the islands by boat plane on cruise ship to escape the catastrophic off to monster of the storm the death toll is now at 43 and it is expected to grow significantly. in shock and in pain people on the bahamas are desperately trying to leave the islands ravaged by hurricane dorian. for many the meager possessions they're carrying are all they have left. you know our no power over i doubt. it's by everything we have everything is i mean everyone trying to help it but it

seemed they were going to going to a good enough job to go after the people just to please the people so nobody any of them it's going to be. the people who once called this shanty town home are among the most desperate of dorian's victims. national and international aid organizations have begun moving in to airlift the injured to hospitals and bring food water and other staples to those who have no means to leave. but the widespread destruction poses for medical logistical challenges to teams scrambling to distribute supplies. in the u.s. dorian made landfall as a category one storm hitting the coast of north carolina with battering waves storm surge and heavy rain caused extensive flooding while powerful winds and a series of tornadoes ripped the roofs off houses and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people. dorian has lost a little steam as it barrels on toward eastern canada packing sustained winds of up

to 145 kilometers an hour it's forecast to touch down in nova scotia later on saturday. sports news now in germany stumbled to a heavy force who lost on home soil to the netherlands in qualifying for the european championships last night and that means the qualifying situation for germany has tightened the top 2 nations from each of the qualifying groups advance to next year's tournament automatically the netherlands are now back nipping at the heels of their fierce rivals as dutch superstar the jewel fund dyke told the early moody after the game and last night well you know it's always a special game but for us it was very important to get the 3 points that we were very confident that it was it could happen and you have to play almost a perfect game for it because they're very good but i think we did you know we especially the 2nd albeit with a more on the pressure put them in difficult situations. all right here's

a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine is under way now this could be a significant step towards easing relations between the countries and raising chances for resulting the conflict in ukraine's east. watching t.v. news life and then thanks so much for watching and we'll see you at the top of the hour. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers with official information as a journalist i have walked off the streets like many tantrums and their problems are almost the same.