the, the, you're watching the, the unit was coming to live from berlin. the u. s. boost this military presence in the middle east of protecting us personnel and defend israel, a mid soaring tensions in the region. this comes out for iran and it's regional allies, valid retaliation for the killings of a hamas leader into ron, and a has the lock commander in a route fueling spears of a broader conflict. also coming up on our show today, one of the 3 russians dissidence freed and an international prisoner swap between the west, russia and germany. tell her porters that he refused to beg vladimir putin to be released. i considered him to be a dictator. are you surprised at the matter?

and i'm not going to sign any positions from ashley to him. you'll us a prize winning rider vladimir car morsa and his fellow regime opponents say failed keep fighting for freedom in russia. and several people, including a police officer, are killed and clashes in nigeria as mass demonstrations takes place over the economic crisis. that has sense the currency limited. the i'm clear, richardson, thank you so much for joining us on. is riley air strike on a vehicle in the occupied west of bank has killed a hamas commander that is, according to a media outlet link to the group. the israeli military has confirmed the attack. say it targeted a militant sell around the city of the tool con. it is the latest in a series of stripes against how mazda is leadership raising concerns about the

potential spillover of the home of israel war. this comes a day after the group's leader is maya han, yet was buried in the guitar, a capital, doha, with thousands attending the funeral service. he was assassinated in an alleged is railey attack intact. run on wednesday. i'm off and iran have bound to retaliate. the us says it will send additional fido dress and worship for the region. so now that we are a few days after the death of india and a prominent has block mander for actual car and 11 on, i asked each of these bear with the bureau, chief of mohammed tray to what kind of response we, why see from, has the law, so let's understand the overall situation. we have to see this from has been lost perspective. this attack on beta with suburbs early this week is according to hezbollah and his radio offensive on living and not a retaliation whatsoever. since hes belies denying any responsibility for last week, so talk on march the shawn cindy occupied a lot. and this is

a very important details because this determines the nature of his beloved response on the talk at all. and it's a strong called in data with a has the law. and the has been clearly saying that the tele ation is indivisible. on the basis of that, this is an offensive on the been on that this was a carried out, an, a civilian residential complex. it goes the death of innocent civilians and a target and a senior has the luck military figure. and therefore we have to perfectly read into the throttle of the speech. and in that sense, especially that in the event of the coming office might need you in to francis the left side of the region entered a new phase of the escalation. and i would say that this indicates that we are far beyond just a supporting funds, but less than in the world toward. but then in such moments of high tension, it would be really ridiculous to dalton all for. so what kind of diplomatic efforts have we seen to try to prevent this from becoming

a much wider war in the region as well. you know, we've been following on on the very active and intense political end to kinetic efforts to de escalate. the situation to pressure has beloved to exercise restraint and avoid a big retaliation. but we need the sounds far fetched the heavily on group that rejected all calls and actively been rejecting or goals to reach a deal that would stop the confrontation with the is why the based on the you and resolution? 1701 would stop. the war between the ban on end is waiting in 2006 at 2006 as well . i've been constantly cleared about that that that would only be interested in, in stopping to fire and suckling for negotiations. and that one's a ceasefire and gaza is inactive. but thank you so much as always, that is indeed at least beverage or of chief mohammed a straight to turning out some other news,

3 russian opposition activists freed as part of a major prisoner swap on thursday. have spoken about their shock at suddenly being released and about their misgivings about the terms of the deal. during a press conference, the data of these headquarters in germany, they spoke about their experiences in russian prison, free again and ready to tell their stories, brushing dissidents, flooding mere car more. so la shien and andre prove offer of spoke publicly for the 1st time since being released from russian prisons. the moment now plain was taken off. uh, he told me, look out the window to the last time you seeing him on the line. and i turned to this guy and i laughed once again. my said, look, i didn't know his name, i didn't know his rank. obviously, i didn't feel the need to inform us of all those things. i told him, look, man, i'm a historian by education. i don't only feel,

i don't only believe i know that i'll be back in my home country us and it will be much quicker than you think. car moore's. i was charged with treason and sentence to 25 years in prison, for speaking out against russia's invasion of ukraine. now he's free, and so is the only i have seen who was sentenced for reporting and brushing military atrocities. despite the ordeal and russian prisons, the message they sent was one of the determination to make russia a better place even from abroad. video. my goal is to return to russia. i'm a russian citizen, i'm a russian politician. and i'm a russian patriot to. my goal is a free and happy russian. all my efforts will be direct to the guessing my home on the bottom and to achieve a peaceful, prosperous, free, and happy russia. still with that, i have dedicated my life to this level that i will continue to dedicate my life to this. yep. was with you looking, so i was reading,

you happen to those people who judge of them andre football for of had been do since 2021. again and again he tried to run an elections while he is now also a free man. he reminded the public that others are less fortunate for the people. it is still in russian prison. i may have to suffer terrible conditions. yep. i think there will be happy to hear that is possible to be saved on your list, but it didn't show you a bit while the men's release is a when for diplomacy, it is also fueling a debate over whether it is justified, the trade convicted criminals for the unlawfully detained deed, at least for moscow, bureau chief in your shadow, has assessment on what the release of important opposition figures could mean for russia's opposition. in general, wallclear's direction to position such as we know it seems or less than sense does not exist. it has been systematically destroyed by monday, may uprooted,

over the last quarter of a century. that is effect, but is also effect as it is. they're all individual courageous, political, active russians who, despite of this destruction, are still fighting against voting against the ruling political system. in the restaurant and yeah, they do so despite risking everything as they are freedom, enter their lives. and these people are no doubt including body because what does that, if you actually just sort them into a lot of who have now been freed from prisons and they are fighting spirit as an example for thousands and perhaps millions uh critical of critical mines attractions abroad. and even russia, internationally as prisoners, bob has been seen as a major diplomatic crew has the reactions been the same and side russia well, in russia, this is also the number one topic. but unlike here is the best that the freed this dense and not celebrate of us here was but as traitors who should have died in

prison. and that is what for my president very upset and it was a clear death threats at the signal to everyone else. hello you, i'm not safe anywhere. i'm on the other side. the russians who have returned to rush and from the rest i've treated quite differently, of course spies and the employees over the intelligence services. and even if he suckled them out there off to you about the crossing gulf, because they are all celebrated as heroes and will be sort of all that state prizes vibe, letting me put him in the kremlin. i was able to hear a shadow speaking to us earlier and a quick look at some other stories making world news headlines. carmella harris has officially secured enough support from democratic delegates in the us to win the parties. presidential nomination to receive sufficient votes from party, delegates just 2 days and $25.00 day virtual roll call for nominations will be finalized. next week. the us and argentina have recognized the venezuelan

opposition candidate at the window gonzales as the winner of last weekend presidential elections. incumbents, nicholas, my daughter, was declared the winner without clear evidence sparking widespread protests. venezuela's election authority is under pressure to release a detailed vote count to prove its claims. c, u. s. secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has over written a plea, deal with the alleged mastermind of 911 khalid shaikh mohammed and 2 others. the 3 had agreed to a guilty plea to avoid a possible death sentence. austin's decision now means they could there be held at the us military base in guantanamo bay and to by several people, including a police officer have been killed in protests and nigeria as capital boucher rights groups. amnesty international has a q security forces of targeting demonstrators during nationwide raleigh's over the countries cost of living crisis. curfews are in place across several northern

states, and there is a heavy security presence. more than 400 people have been arrested since the unrest again on thursday. and we have our correspondent to lease a truck with my following developments for us from lagos and nigeria. elisa, give us an update on the latest developments. if you could a well clay, it's this thoughts of what many might describe of day 3 of the cost of living crisis protests that caused by so many see what society of groups also led by, you know, use groups in which sam turned to quote on social media, i this other day 3. so things might be picking up a bit slow. uh, just like you said the is they want me to set it up. so say it was quite peaceful in some areas, but also so some bullets i'll uh, you know, actions that between police and put this as a place of like a bu jeff, i kind of will. and some of the states into north day to so smaller numbers due to

the level of balance that we did see in. and also a co fee was called in space like kind of can be uh cats. and um, but where you look at lagos. uh, which is the biggest take the in, in uh, in nigeria. lots of population. uh they won't be, they started out. uh, quite recently people came out to really hear that voices heard. but there was also bits of uh, hesitancy from lots of like, uh, people coming out they would, they would to ensure they're going to come out or not. because it was so much heavy police presence. but to describe the situation so far it is relatively peaceful. courtney to day 3. and can you give us a little bit of context here for what has been happening? i'd your a suffering off was worst economic crisis in decades here. can you give us an idea of what that feels like? what that looks like in day to day life for people to walk, like uh, the inflation is about 40 percent, which is uh, almost uh more than a generational high that's a to, to put it lightly, food costs as triple skyrocket,

that the since the subsidy, the move of done by presenting the bow. any took office i lost it. that has gone into uh, issues uh about buying uh a little item. just like you know, tomatoes bread did people kind of really afford the basic food they threw? did i just retired from when it comes to the fuel, the fuel costs of quadruple, even as we speak today, people are buying fields. uh, it's very, very high cost and they what they, why used to, so all of that as really puts into a bicycle directly on the average nigerian and, but that's why they're coming out to say enough is enough. they want to change in policies that put in place by this government across the continents in kenya. protests have have been somewhat successful in pressuring the governments there to, to drop a controversial tax bill that we saw demonstrations over. do you think protestors and nigeria are being encouraged by the successes that they've seen coming out of kenya? well, it clearly drews, i mean it's the ration you have to put it in that way. i'm glad because uh many

nigeria. so what's going on in kenya, and the results where these young people, they go to magenta generation, one of the able to a forced to handle present to over there. and they took inspection to say, look, they have been going through the cost of living crisis, which they've never seen before, but young and old and everyone's reading it so that they feel that if can you, i can, you know, kind of get results from that. they have to make that by his head somehow because they carry operating the bronze of the high expenses of food and fuel. thank you so much as always for your reporting. that is database correspondent, all these extra for my this just before we go, we can bring you a quick recap of our top story on is riley airs. price on a vehicle in the occupied west bank has killed a mouse commander, according to a media outlet link to the group is coming just a day after the homeless leader is my i me at was buried in tars capital news update f as our we have a documentary coming up next about how construction is a revolutionized for

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