this is deja vu news live from berlin a widely anticipated prisoner exchange has taken place between russia and ukraine there were emotional scenes and families were reunited at the airports in moscow and kiev also coming out conditions are deteriorating rapidly for thousands of displaced people in the bahamas there would need of food and water after hurricane dorian destroyed their homes and communities a storm that is now lashing canada as nova scotia knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. and then 10 is beyond condrey a school wins the u.s.

open title shooting to $23.00 times grand slam champion serena williams to clinch for the 1st ever slam. on the whole fairly shifts good to have you with us we begin the show with a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine the swap is being viewed as a step towards easing tensions between the neighboring countries and could also increase the chances of resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine 5 years of fighting between your cranium troops and russian backed separatists has left more than 13000 people dead. their 1st steps of freedom back on home soil 34 former prisoners arriving in kiev a handshake from the president is nothing. compared to the embrace of

a loved one. some had been separated for months others years never knowing what would come next. but most of the now it's possible yes that is kept on changing we heard that the prisoner swap was going to fall through . the end of august it was a difficult time i couldn't sleep for 5 days. they only told us today at 4 in the morning that we should pack and someone would pick us up at the time before the flight just crawled. ukraine's president law to me is the lenski looked on as his campaign promise became a reality. it's the 1st move he says towards ending the conflict with moscow. but all this is the 1st step to reopening dialogue the 1st day to ending the war to getting all our soldiers and sailors back and to reclaiming our territory not that well and that's not what it was it did it already this man received special

attention filmmaker sense of ukraine's most famous political prisoner he was captured in crimea in 2014 just as the territory was invaded in an expire russia. also released 24 sailors captured by russia last year in a naval pursuit. at the same time another plane carrying prisoners released by ukraine landed in moscow among them journalist kira vission ski head of russian state media in ukraine who kiev had accused of treason and. also transferred the timea sima a separatist commander accused of involvement in the downing of flight m.h. 175 years ago ukraine released him despite pleas from the netherlands which lost citizens in the aircraft attack. but for russia and. ukraine getting their

prisoners back to priority international observers including the european union the 2 warring countries to maintain the momentum towards peace. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world and another blow to the embattled british government work and pensions secretary amber rudd has stepped down tensions over breaks that remain high london for rival demonstrations on saturday is progress that marchers clashed with police earlier this week parliament voted to block a no deal exit from the e.u. . pope francis has joined 100000 young people and medic asked car for an evening vigil earlier he planted about bob tree in a symbolic move to support pro environmental efforts in the country francis has repeatedly touched on environmental themes and his 3 nation tour of east africa. hurricane dorian has been downgraded to a post tropical cyclone but it's still packing dangerously strong winds as it whips

canada's atlantic coast hurricane warnings remain in effect for parts of the promises of newfound wind and nova scotia where more than $300000.00 people have already lost power the storm left a trail of devastation in the bahamas thousands of people there are trying to flee dorian's catastrophic aftermath the death toll is now at $43.00 but is expected to rise sharply. a cruise ship full of evacuees from the bahamas people on board have survived an apocalypse and for now they're the lucky ones. desperation is setting in for those left behind who've lost everything. to know them bridges you know the even it was nobody. who will be over the poles who have nothing to go on no power over water oh. it's

their. the thing we have the same thing is sammy. as the scale of the destruction becomes clear international aid efforts are ramping up. but it's a complicated task the destruction is so widespread. we have 2 major islands in the bahamas grand bahama nabucco and oftentimes we will get above the many keys around the close and particular they themselves. have we have to put just focus on those keys because we have residents living on those he says well in the us dorian made landfall as a category one storm hitting the coast of north carolina with battering waves storm surges and heavy rains 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. and more on this i'm joined now on the line by journalist john hante he's in the bahamian capital nass out and living conditions are said to be rapidly deteriorating what can you tell us about the situation on the ground had to call we were in march however you say that because that's one of the places that were hit hardest by the hurricane and let me tell you that the space in there is absolutely clique there's not one building or that hasn't been that has been damaged or destroyed by the hurricane or one part of how it was completely leveled and a lot of people are feared that there are no people that we folks who were desperate for food or water they're going after the super market where outfits trying to find these things but they're rapidly running out of the pie and. and we've heard stories of people breaking into houses now we can't confirm that but we've also heard people say that if the situation doesn't improve soon and people are getting more hungry and more and more desperate nearing

a breaking point on the ground michael aid and rescue efforts are still under way what's being done to help those acutely in need right now well there are these these official aid and rescue operation underway there are being assisted by the u.s. coast guard by the navy by the british navy as well but there are also a lot of private initiative yesterday at the airstrip that we flew into in abaco there we saw a lot of targeted planes bringing in relief goods taking out people who wanted to leave the island now most of those planes were from here from nassau which is about a 30 minute flight from avatar but we also saw one plane from melbourne florida and the pilot told us they've been making the trip for the last few days bringing relief but is this extremely difficult to get the goods to the people on the ground and the people that we spoke to in march are for they told us that they hadn't received anything they had received a single fathers fall of water or any food or water or shelter or anything and they

told us that they're completely on their own nickel. devastating accounts from the bahamas 5 bustin heartache in the south thank you very much around says it can now and rich uranium to weapons grade material and yet another violation of the 2050 nuclear deal with world powers to iran announced it fired up and danced centrifuges for hit by the accord the move appears to be an attempt to put pressure on european powers to do more to salvage the nuclear deal that the u.s. unilaterally pulled out last year. centrifuges like these are needed to enrich uranium tehran now says it's cut its centrifuges back into operation making it possible to enrich more uranium at a higher concentration a breach of the nuclear agreement. more home bugger than before the other

signatories stick to their commitments so will we but until then we'll go our own way the europeans should know that there isn't much time left but if you want to act you should do so quickly. if your goal whom the us but the europeans are sticking to their demands we've been very clear and consistent that our commitment to the nuclear deal depends on food compliance by iran. on the streets of tehran many support the government's hard line on the nuclear deal. with industrial europeans and doing the bidding of the americans we have to do our own free and. it's a fine line for tehran to tread between its own conservative hardliners and its european partners. france has offered iran a $15000000000.00 credit line to compensate it for the economic sanctions in return tehran would be expected to return to the nuclear deal with. the tennis now where

bianca andrea has beaten serena williams in straight sets to win the u.s. open final in new york the 19 year old had the stronger start to the match taking the 1st set 63 and 3 ask and then stormed to a 51 lead in the 2nd and looked certain to grab the win but williams fought back to tie the set at 55 and re-ask held out to win the set and claim her 1st ever grand slam title. joining us for more on andre and goes u.s. open win is dave reneke from d.w. sports they've beyond gondry ask you not a household name even to the most avid tennis fans what can you tell us about her yeah i mean it really feels like she kind of flew out of nowhere in this tournament she's just 19 years old she was ranked 15th and this is actually the only time she's been past the 2nd round of a grand slam so for all the tennis nerds out there i don't blame you for maybe not

even knowing her but matched up against an icon in the games 3 and williams and she really showed what she was made of and just night she wasn't even born when serino won her 1st u.s. open back in 1909 so it's really highlights the kind of gap between them who's well known and what they've achieved but she showed on the court that she really she could handle it you had a great tremendous match so what's next for andrea who is this the beginning of a glittering career yeah i mean based purely on tonight it be hard to say no to that but of course it's hard to say and really i think especially with a player like williams getting older and venus her sister also getting older we've seen that there's kind of a lot of space opening up in the women's game and we've seen a lot of really exciting young players come in under a stews just one of them but she's so showed that she went toe to toe with serena

power and serene as one of the most powerful players in the game but she also has a lot of versatility if she can mix things up a bit and she showed a lot of mental strength she was playing in front of 20000 people in new york who really wanted serino to win but that didn't seem to slow it down too much actually apologized to the home fans for winning which was a pretty canadian move of her but she did great yeah she gave serino williams a tough time do you think she still has that enter into when 2 more slams and break the all time record yeah so a lot of the discuss. around serene it has been whether or not she'll be able to match or even beat margaret court's record. and it's tough i mean so this was the 4th straight final that serino has lost since coming back from having a child and 2017 but just like think about that for a 2nd she's been to 4 finals since having a kid she'll be $38.00 at the end of this month so the fact that she's even in this discussion still is crazy and i think she's proved that you know anyone that that's

against her or her doubts or. you'd be kind of crazy to do it so it's hard to see but i think she can pull it off. thank you very much. it's one of the biggest prizes in international sent the golden lion from the venice film festival this year's prize goes to the joker a movie directed by the american todd phillips the film is of dark origin story of the batman villain starring hawking phoenix in the title role as the 1st golden line for phillips as a director. here's a quick look at the top story we're following for you at this hour a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine has taken place the swap could be a significant step towards easing relations between the countries and race chances of resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine. are watching d.w.

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