this is deja vu news live from berlin a prisoner swap and a possible step toward resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine. there was a hero's welcome in the capital kiev for those 76 men and women released by separatists in the country's east in return ukrainian government released all the prisoners that it had been holding will go to camp for the latest also coming up. a gunman opens fire in a church in the u.s. state of texas killing one parishioner and churchgoers returned fire and killed.

nick spicer welcome to the program the ukrainian government and russian backed separatists have completed a major prisoner exchange among those released captives held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the swap follows an agreement russia and ukraine reached earlier this month in talks brokered by germany and france. home for the new year dozens of joyful reunion splayed out on the quay of airports tamaki many of the captives hadn't same friends or family for years on hand a visibly moved president flow to me is a lengthy hey great to the exchange during talks with russia's vladimir putin earlier this month. as we deliver on our promises to each so these

people will celebrate new year with their loved ones with their parents and children at home just each night. and this is the moment prisoners were frayed earlier on sunday russian backed separatists late ukrainian prisoners go at a checkpoint in the country's aist the men were lined up to be collected by the red cross for some it was a chance to voice their anger over their treatment here you know i spent 5 years in a basement how can this happen in the 21st century in a european country where for example they are. heading home to dozens of separatists many of them have also faced harsh conditions in captivity in this conflict volunteer militias have often ignored the rules of war conditions in captivity and the tourists n.g.o.s say the ukrainian government to has violated detainees rights. you know they tortured me 5 times in jail on

a good movie i did my they said he's dead take away his body but i survived despite them. many of those have been released to the new year will bring horrifying stories with them. but whatever they've enjoyed now is still a moment to celebrate. for the families and others in a war torn country. and correspondent david stern was at the airport in kent for the homecoming of the ukrainian prisoners president lot of his alecky is following through on one of his main promises that is to bring people back from with captivity in the east and as we saw this evening in the airport here this creates a great deal of joy a great deal of emotion within those who are on the tarmac but also among average ukrainians the question now is however how this will influence the peace process

this is a step perhaps a big step but it's not the end of the conflict the conflict continues close to $14000.00 people have been killed so far and what's going to be important is how they build on this what we saw this evening and whether this will eventually lead to a general peace a resolution in the conflict with russia and the russian backed separatists in the east. churchgoers in the u.s. state of texas have shot dead a gunman who opened fire at a sunday service police said the gunman killed one parishioner and wounded another but the attack ended quickly after 2 church members used their own weapons to shoot the assailant dead. the attack took place in the west freeway church of christ in the texas town of white settlement one victim remains in critical condition in hospital investigators said they were working to find

a motive is what local authorities had to say about the attack and the response of the churchgoers. but to day evil walked boldly among us but let me remind you good people raised and stopped it before it got worse this country has seen so many of these that we've actually. gotten used to it to this point and it's tragic and it's this is terrible situation especially during the holiday season i would like to point out that we have a couple of heroic parishioners who stopped short of. just anything that you could even imagine and saved countless lives and our hearts are going out to them and their families as well. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. a german rescue ship has docked in sicily after rescuing more than 30 migrants in the mediterranean the alan kurdi vessel reached the southern florida salo on sunday the

migrants were picked up off the libyan coast last week. at least 10 people were killed when a missile hit a military parade in a town in southern yemen a ceremony for new recruits was being held by a southern yemen separatist group allied with a government spokesman blamed hooty rebels for the attack. the united states says it has bombed 5 locations in iraq and syria controlled by a paramilitary group with suspected ties to iran secretary of state mike from peo said the strikes were in response to earlier attacks that threatened american forces in iraq it's not clear if there were any dictums in the middle east over the course of the last. it's estimated that a government led assaults has caused nearly a quarter of a 1000000 syrians to flee their homes recently neighboring turkey is warning that they could end up in europe if that happens one crossing point for migrants is the

border between turkey and european union member bowl garia. correspondent drugstore it's traveled there and talk to both guards and a refugee who's started a new life in europe. mohammed jamal a professional syrian hairdresser fled his war torn hometown of aleppo 6 years ago . he made it as far as bulgaria and opened a salon in the capital sofia. like it is here in bulgaria women one can work here and i can build a future but you know but it's. like other refugees in bulgaria he was allowed to start working 3 months after his arrival mohammed has 7 children to support along with his ailing parents who live in turkey says he's not a bulgarian he can't send for them yet he's applied for citizenship but it's still

pending. on the german. i am muslim. the most important thing is to be a good person. whatever your religion is. was the only. the turkish bulgarian border is over 200 kilometers long. but because some areas like fences or other barriers officials were powerless to keep tens of thousands of refugees from syria and iraq from crossing over last year . the situation is different now police say only about $3000.00 people have tried to cross the border illegally this year. it was. started up creating border security and the technical infrastructure on the bulgarian turkish border. if someone tries to cross the border illegally we can be

there in 10 minutes in the but this is that the pigs. and fewer refugees means less of a burden for bulgarian reception centers. like this one at her monthly near the border not many refugees are housed here now but until a few years ago overcrowding led to frequent fights. migration increases again we'll have a bigger problems but at the moment we only have 120 refugees so there is no problem. but this is of little concern to mohamed all he wants to do is leave the past behind him and look ahead towards a brighter future in bulgaria. in afghanistan playing music can be an act of courage for years the taliban tightly controlled culture and musicians today still fear of persecution but the students from afghanistan's only music school are

putting their fears behind them forming an orchestra to revive the country's musical traditions. that been practicing relentlessly for this concert for over a month there is a place the 1st violin in the oak a store of afghanistan's only music school. the performance of couple's most prestigious hotel is being held for the school's donors things like these are extremely rare in afghanistan with years the taliban forbid all music. that i know of this era live advantage that it was an amazing journey for me and it's great when we get the chance to play in front of an audience i was nervous but i think we played well and people have really liked hits with stuff which i think it was a job that many of them over 100 students study of couples music school every practice room sounds different. traditional music from afghanistan

right next door music from the west. and it's not just boys here almost half the students a female something which is quite a sensation in afghanistan's. races practice room is the last one down the back of the building. there is a live together with other female students in this dormitory she comes from a remote region in the north of the country that it was a long hard battle before her father finally agreed to let her study alone in kabul 9 girls live here in this crowded room sometimes the homesickness is overwhelming. so to some for me one day i would love to play with one of the biggest and most

famous symphony orchestra's in the berlin or london what a mess that's my dream and then the instruments at the school a 2nd hand donated by germany in sweden even today it's not exactly safe to make music in afghanistan especially for girls. were there many problem minded people who are seeing young musicians on the streets of kabul especially a goat they might be called by different names each look pleasing but at the same time. it does not prevent kids from north enjoying the music. afghanistan has a long musical history nevertheless the taliban have threatened to pour melted lead into the ears of anyone who loves music and turn all musical instruments into ashes . bringing afghanistan's musical traditions back to life it is an ambitious project

but one that offers hope and optimism. now a world champion who is virtually unknown in his homeland germany is look as call as a master of the admittedly needs or artistic cycling but rather than extending his run of the top cole is eager to pass on his secrets to potential rivals on the other side of the world. lucas cole is in a spin normally that might sound like a bad thing but in artistic cycling it can be very positive he's unbeaten in the last full world championships but now he's helping athletes from macau to learn his tricks even if they end up being title challenges. side in this but have to think long term it doesn't help our sport if only people from germany keep on winning that's my motivation it's all mine and what you've got so in the transfer of knowledge happens via video called produces 5 all 6 training videos

a year he sends them to building artistic cyclists in macau he uses what's up which still works in the special administrative region of china. and practice you know when their best artistic cyclists are looking to try out a new trick and refine it they ask me what they have to be careful about what's most important and stick goal is very happy to give away such tips in 2018 he visited macau and this year the macau coach and 2 athletes came to germany to learn more. the exchange of information is already beginning to pay dividends. and phones include 700 point that's you can see quite easily in artistic cycling how much progress you're making your day after day and as we've seen with one of the macau athletes that they have made a big improvement between tournaments this notion a psycho. hopes that by training up his own future opponents competition

intensifies and he can push himself to even great so glory. and you are of course watching good of you news live from berlin on a spice or more news at the top yeah. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. juice in the brain clicks on the phone while its 250th birthday remarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage.