going to give you. a prisoner swap between russia and ukraine is hailed by the 2 country's leaders as a vital step in restoring relations russian journalist and. release was widely called for by liberty groups he was among the 35 to arrive in moscow the same number were returned to kill. us. trying to bribe but the captain of and bronnie an oil tanker at the center of a diplomatic route so they could seize the vessel. and the foreign owned businesses are looted in the south african city of johannesburg and a wave of anti migrant. i think one family. called.

thank. you for your schools. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our to international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right 70 prisoners have been exchanged between russia and ukraine after months of talks of the swap took place on saturday morning and the 2 countries' leaders spoke by phone saying the move will help to normalize relations president of. welcomed the 35 returning ukrainian prisoners as their plane landed in kiev some of their relatives were also on hand to welcome them while in moscow a plane carrying the other 35 newly freed prisoners touched down at the airport artie's urged all of was there for us. 2 buses part of a special motorcade have left this terminal for governmental flights carrying $35.00 people $35.00 people that ukraine swapped for an equal amount over but their

role now among those people is 2 real machines he was head of the ukrainian branch of the news agency and he was accused by key of state cheese and without a guilty verdict he spent more than 400 days in ukrainian jail just awaiting his trial just during the trial and for all those more than 400 days russia has been adamant that until the court is guilty and declares his guilt the man should not be staying behind bars and in fact just weeks before this swap. was released on on bail that was seen as a very positive sign so this another very positive sign comes out on the heels of that one and in fact thrilled the shinseki had a chance to talk to journalists to the to the russian journalists who were allowed behind these gates yes you know i know how all of you worried about that and thanks

a lot for that i feel that i was not alone but i feel that i have people who are member me to try to do something for me now because of. you and because i'm a journalist who was unfairly arrested now together with drill the shins get on that plane and on and on those 2 buses was legitimate so much he was one of the field commanders in the dinette screeching over one of the from what we understand one of the defense but tally and the dutch led investigation into the mh $72.00 tragedy believed to be one of the key witness says that could shed light as to what happened back in 2014 this what has been a very very long time coming back i've been false reports false alarms finally has happened and the russian foreign ministry has already praised this saying that this show was key. it's reading this for compromise we see the agreed mutual release of people detained in russia and ukraine as

a positive signal which should see another important step to breaking the deadlock in the current russian ukrainian relations unlike its predecessors selenski new administration has shown a sensible approach and a readiness for compromise some experts say that this is the salafis that have signed for the implementation of the minsk remains which are effectively the only viable option for you as viewed by russia and ukraine 2 and the bloodshed to the civil war in the east of ukraine earlier you know neal discussed of the developments with artie's donald quarter. this prisoner exchange was a very significant moment for the young political administration of ukraine's president vladimir selenski and he actually went there early to the airport to visit the prisoners as they were coming down from the air from the airplane to greet them and he even gave a small speech talking about the significance of this exchange for the future relations between russia and ukraine. ukrainian president voted dimmer zelinsky and

russian president vladimir putin have done everything we have promised and did not change over agreements that. will ship and we heard this kind of sentiment echoed pretty much all over the world actually we heard the council of europe say that this was a really important step in normalizing relations between russia and ukraine we also heard from russia's human rights commissioner who said this was a historic step she said and even donald trump commented on twitter he gave his congratulations to both parties involved give us a sense. while at the beginning it was all speculation you know there were it was unknown who the prisoners were there were blacked out windows on the buses but now we have identified them and let's go over the main ones one of the primary prisoners that was there were exchanged was ukrainian filmmaker all legs sense of now he was sentenced to 20 years in prison in russia on terrorism charges during

the crimean referendum of 2014 he was accused of being part of a terrorist organization that plotted bombings of civilian installations during that time now he already served 5 years of that sentence and we saw him and identified him as he was stepping out of the airplane in kiev today reuniting with his family and moving on to other people we saw were some sailors that were involved in the current strait incident that took place in november of last year and now those were 24 ukrainian sailors that were identified that were traded the current straight incident was when 3 ukrainian. vessels were trying to enter the sea of oz of and they were met with the russian coastguard that warned them to turn back that they were perhaps and going to be in violation of russia's territory on the high seas they gave no response and so the ukrainian vessels were fired on and see so now that they have been returned this is a really historical moment for both russia and ukraine and perhaps a great leap forward for their future relations that have been tense to say the

least we spoke by phone with harlem desir a representative of the organization for security and cooperation in europe he sees the president swap as a political breakthrough. what doesn't represent steve on freedom of the media i closely followed this story and sighed with relief when the exchange was complete this prisoner exchange is an exceptional case of its kind it's a political move which can hardly be underestimated now when the 2 presidents their own skin putin can improve their relations between them we should support further steps on larger scale. it's a very very important 1st step president linsky said it was one of his birthdays in fact the top priority was to get the prisoners back until you could from the very beginning even before he became president that i'm good improve relations with russia and that's not that's a perfectly and in fact he's done it so therefore changing president in ukraine has

actually improved environment and who he from old words they can start ordering work to do lives can do hundreds republics and make progress there russia going to rule of law in the west especially in the united states saying you can renegotiate with russia. because they have their position and they don't give it up and they don't really go this is a demonstration that russia can negotiate it wishes to improve relations with ukraine and hopefully this will spread throughout europe this is the 1st step russia russia has made concessions. cringes made concessions and that's very important for the international burn and. u.s. state department has admitted it to trying to bribe the captain of an iranian oil tanker which is at the center of a diplomatic route in order to detain it the vessel named adrian dialed one was seized by the u.k. in july neared it was released in august despite protests from the united states

has been heading east since then and was last detected in the eastern mediterranean but it's tracking device has now been switched off artist and you hawkins has more . if at 1st you don't succeed try and try again so keen with u.s. authorities to get their hands on a rainy and. they used everything at their disposal 1st came the stick accusing the tiger of moving the world to syria in breach of sanctions they went to the u.k. for help the british marines impounded the ship but it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the spanish foreign minister said the arrest came after a demand from the u.s. to the u.k. . but on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel its sail into the mediterranean

a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot we've all had one of those emails i'm writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise not true when perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal family member in africa well that's exactly the email that the ship's captain received but this wasn't the regular spam for the junk folder this came direct from the state department. this is brian hook i work for secretary of state mike pump a.o. and serve as the u.s. representative for iran the offer millions of dollars for captain kumar to dock his own tanker in a us friendly port that would allow it seizure by washington after the possibly confused captain failed to reply a 2nd email hit his inbox the tone now less friendly with this money you can have any life you wish and be well off in old age if you choose not to take this easy

path life would be much harder for you what lay behind this thinly veiled threats was left to his imagination to ron was understandably roiled having failed at piracy the us resorts to outright blackmail deliver us iran's oil and receive several $1000000.00 or we sanctions yourself sounds very similar to the oval office invitation i received a few weeks back it is becoming a pattern incredibly the state department confirmed to this unusual strategy even adding this was no one off we have conducted extensive outreach to several ship captains as well as shipping companies taps and kumar meanwhile is on the us naughty list how differently this story would have ended if only captain kumar had cashed in and just that good news email meanwhile u.s. national security advisor john bolton has tweeted that the tanker has now been seen entering a syrian port iran previously denied that it had made any definitive statement

about the ship's final destination anyone who said the a.g.m. daria one wasn't headed to syria is in denial terror and thinks it's more important to fund the murderous assad regime than provide for its own people we can talk pretty runs not getting any sanctions relief until it stops lying and spreading terror. the fact that they try to bribe a captain of the tank earth and then subsequently threaten them is extraordinary and it should be something that people in the united states. would be kept talking about day and night but there are also out there issues as well bolton wants to intimidate iran and the very fact that he has failed and the supertanker is alongside the syrian shore reveals that failure so he's outraged at another level he wants to make the syrian people suffer as much

as possible because that's been u.s. policy for many years now and on the other hand he wants to. prevent iran from carrying out trade with other countries to bullying and threats and illegal behavior so there are multiple reasons for the u.s. behavior towards iran towards syria and towards all independent countries but i think it's only harming the united states in the long run because the united states is increasingly seen as a rogue regime. a british cabinet minister has quit in protest against the prime minister's bragg's it strategy and the sacking of 21 colleagues in her resignation letter amber rudd accuse the government of political vandalism the shortsighted kind of my colleagues has tipped the party of broad minded and educators conservative in peace i cannot support the sets of political events in these in

this war it is with regret the time also surrender in the conservative whip. all right a former home secretary has repeatedly warned that crashing out of the european union with no deal in place would be disastrous for the u.k. and her resignation piles further pressure on prime minister boys johnson after his recent defeat in. 3 crucial pro problem entry votes a bill passed by both houses will legally require him to seek a braggart extension from the e.u. if you fails to secure a new withdrawal agreement johnson has vowed to defy that resolution and some of the u.k.'s leading lawyers have warned that failure to comply good won't land him in jail and sparked a full blown constitutional crisis as things stand of the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. less than 6 weeks from now at the end of october. in south africa's biggest city of johannesburg foreign owned businesses are being looted amid

a wave of anti migrant crime across the country on monday the country's a police minister describe the situation as a national emergency artie's policy or reports. him in johannesburg which. has seen some of the worst violence against foreigners south africa as you can see here let's take kids what they can to stop that was over by not because not where are you that it wouldn't be any moment now but the entire building can come tumbling down because really hammering out the structure now the mood on the ground is better but it gee we don't feel under the same comfortable filming we've been told about ono is nowhere to be seen and no doubt he is trying to stay as far away from these kind of scenes as possible because one still gets missed is that b. situation has not returned to complete calm i know it's hard to believe but this was a bottle store one of the questioners working there was who comes from zimbabwe what actually happens make up one son being made to add on to its old world being the

great vision of the day north up was that you said monday night the big gone by then the been. implementing a lot from a global moment the big dig the big thing the thames to schools. across the road here is alan who owns a hardware store and when did you ever think that you would see these kind of scenes happening so close to a business own force you don't bring through before in groups of them. that someone moves through the instant chemistry can become anything remotely. or most of last and wonderful in the end what do we do with it in the large blue dog world for families with roots from. do you think showing your south african identity pretext to you is going to give you this week or the why what happened are you going to go look close the emotional gun law deal little are the police and the government doing enough given that we're not doing enough i don't know if you can blame it

would be lonely government the government won't work will remove all the ones we both would lose all the legal problems it's not just foreign owned stores that were targeted here you can. a 2nd hand car dealership that was broken into and the cars say to life's not a result has been offered by the nigerian foreign ministry for any nigerians living in this country who feel unsafe to be able to fly back home for free this is the worst spate of the violence that south africa has witnessed since 2008 police is to most suggests that some 8 people have been killed and more than 300 have been detained as we say the violence a sad reflection on what where he is and and tenable situation. where you're from the world i do pray just to be in south africa for you of course the girls the people thought the good will last sunday and no good news for of middle drones you're given to be given the blows and how many years even some of the years to say you stop after your school. and now you have no business no

move this finish it is finished how you can handle the cost of family all the look over now this shop here which has been completely boarded up was owned by nigerians and there is no way here to be seen of course they are very afraid the shop is completely solid but this shop too has been looted also owned by nigerians lock on the door completely sealed up so people hear differently afraid that the violence will continue you welded up the shops why they've been there for the whole week and they take everything that would go. and where all the nigerian owners and the foreign owners all got underway i think and to leave the country they wrote your book or do you talk to other great britain would. ever quest went out today for nigerians in the country who want to be free of charge i'm able to do so and there is at least one flight today leaving at this stage the situation is extremely

untenable unstable and i continue being on the streets there's a lot of uncertainty so when we what what will happen remains to be seen in our team johannesburg the head of the province where johannesburg is located insists the situation is now under control. i am confident that the party saw on top of this situation. i have said but if the police are not coping i would have asked that the south african defense must enforce the parties but so far they are dealing with the situation in all. provinces calm. us it is securing its new embassy compound in jerusalem with a 6 metre high wall originally the embassy received a permit to build a barrier 3.2 meters high but recently permission was given to almost double that height and people living in the neighborhood are outraged i'm upset.

very upset i come out my house and i want to be able to see the view over the desert i don't want to look at it be stone world you know imodium it i go to one morning and saw them doing demolition and construction work so i asked what was happening and they said they were making the wall higher why would they do that was an existing will high enough what was the problem the will now from his entire view from my house. were very upset we were part of a group of neighbors were trying to see what can be done to stop this. minimal like consulting with us it's going to block our view it's going to blow up and it's going on i think the way i'm comfortable kori door and we don't want to live with that. of the diplomatic mission was officially relocated to jerusalem from tel aviv in may last year after the trumpet ministration recognized the holy city as the

capital of israel the owner of a jerusalem based construction company says the new compound is ruining the skyline . i understand that the american embassy has requested to build a wall 5.8 meters high but the maximum height of a wall in jerusalem according to the authorities is 3.2 meters 5.8 meters is too much and they disregarding the neighbors there are many beautiful houses here in the center of jerusalem and the wall like that would be an eyesore we ask the authorities in jerusalem to comment on the story and are waiting to hear back from . the fight against edition from ation is at the core of an upcoming book by former us state department official in the obama administration richard stengel xah message is that america is losing the information war against russia and struggling to contain and counter act also. it's not enough to bustle falshood because truth the truth does not always win the scale of dessen formation was beyond what we were

capable of responding to or thora tarrying governments have gone from fearing the flow of information to exploiting it they understand that the same tools that spread democracy can engineer isn't doing let's face it democracies are not very good at combating this information richard stengel was managing editor at time magazine between 20062013 before moving on to government work he served as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs for 2 years his views on propaganda have evolved last year he openly supported it describing himself as chief propagandist. basically every country creates their own narrative story i'm not against propaganda every country does it and they have to do it to their own population and i don't necessarily think it's that awful it's. i would say there's a difference between propaganda and us telling people what our policy is so i don't

think i've job is propaganda. you know my old job at the state department was what people used to joke as the chief propagandist job. journalist and author daniel lazhar thinks of that washington has a selective approach to dealing with the truth americans never law and even when they law. it's not a lie because somehow it's a it's in pursuit of a higher truth and so on so stengel would never admit to admit to deceit to to painting a false portrait remember though the worse the us does terms of foreign policy the greater the distance from ation that that emanates out of washington the u.s. never changes the u.s. is always consistent always honest always forthright and that anybody who says anything to the contrary must have it must be spreading disinformation in behalf of russia on one hand yes the us is fears being more openly propagandist thick on the

other hand when the us does it it's not propaganda it's simply the truth and anything to the contrary is fake information that does it for me i will be back with headlines in about 36 minutes. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics spore lessness i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. well you know the hard thing we've kind of adopted because we were called pirates for so long. i mean they're in this small ball it's next to the hard pool of ships and it's getting. a lot done to. the limo

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own welcome to worlds apart with a centuries long chinese history 2 years is nothing unless perhaps it's 2 years of donald trump but yet the another south of terrorists being added to the u.s. side the trade war this past week is the chinese strategy of waiting the adamy out likely to work in the case of the current american president to discuss that i'm now joined by odds are in their west a professor of history and global affairs at yale university professor west and it's good to talk to you and thank you very much for taking time to talk to us it's a great pleasure to meet you now i know that you've long been preoccupied with china's relationship with the world a few years back you had the grade book on the twists and turns of chinese history over the last 250 years placed on that he story canvas how big of a new sense is the trump presidency to china is that just

a bump in the road or is it something that may indeed change the trajectory of this great nation it's a little bit like what premier joe in law used to say about the french revolution but it's much too early to tell i think it is a severe challenge in many ways to what is happening in china at the moment but if you compare it to the media of parts to a century of wars and civil wars and invasions i don't think most chinese food see this as a major challenge now one of the most quoted chinese philosophers in the west this sounds who who is sad that if you see it by the river long enough you will eventually see the bodies of your enemies floating by do you think that's what the chinese are trying to do with the. trump to some extent i think that's what they're trying to do doe i think the current leadership in beijing is aware that they don't have endless amounts of time and they have to look after their own economy 1st and foremost on it there is no doubt that what is happening now is very damaging to the

chinese economy mainly for the reason that it comes together with a slowing for other reasons that had already been taken place before the trade wars with you know it's begun so i think what they're trying to do at the moment is to wait to see and to get better conditions in terms of some kind of deal with you know the states but there is no doubt in my mind that they all seeking such a deal that's what they want to achieve i'm not sure if that has had a chance to read sun tzu but i think he also tends to believe that the chinese perhaps playing the waiting game with him in fact just this past week on twitter he wanted them against waiting for a new administration off to 2020 perhaps because he wants to stay in the white house but even if he has to leave do you think things will average go back. where they used to be trade wise between the united states and china no i don't think they will i don't think they will go back to where they were trade wise i don't think they will go back to where there were security wise i think on the whole of

specter of us china relations there has been a profound change and only a post of doubt has to do with donald trump and his star ifs it also has to do which china's policy within the eastern nation region i did has to do with developments in saudi you not the states. as the basis of this whole development in my view is 1st and foremost the fact that the world is moving from having been off to the end of the cold war predominantly uni polar meeting dominated by you know the states and towards a much more multi-polar system in which china is an increasingly important country but one among many powers that are going to have great influence so it's dot change that is at the bottom of what's now happening in the u.s. china relationship now i think it also has something to do with a new generation of thinkers who gained a lot of influence in and around the white house.