the name or the emission way, if we have a faded, you get a bright green on that. there's almost a i'm still shocked. i can't believe this is really happening. the main thing is that we've finally returned home. thank god, an emotional return loss guarantee at conduct another prisoner swapped this time. exchanging $170.00 captured soldiers from each side of the russian troops described the views they witnessed in captivity. those 3 months were living help, forest disabled soldiers, no legs to do, sit ups. i saw some guys, children, live wolf show their legs. they were swollen from beatings. hundreds of people

gather outside a hospital in pakistan to show support for former prime minister in brand kron who was wounded in assassination attempts and community and nato. as members state church, it says it won't allow sweden and finland into the block until they fulfill certain demand, despite pressure from the alliances leadership with lost out of the world. this is our to international. i'm rachel blevins and these are the top stories this hour. we began with the latest in the ukraine conflict. moscow and kiev conducted a prisoner swap on thursday with each side exchanging $107.00 captured soldiers. those russian troops had now returned to their home land. this footage was filmed right after the plane carrying the russian soldiers landed at the military air base

and the moscow region. 6 russians defense ministry earlier warned that armed service personnel could face mortal danger and ukrainian captivity. all of those free soldiers will now undergo a rehabilitation period and the hospital. in the deal, russia has also released 107 ukrainian soldiers loose events surrendered back in may as the as hostile still plant and mario, poland, and on that score public. upon returning home. so the russian prisoners of war described the horse, they experienced falling captivity in miss lou will eliminate those 3 months. we're living hell, i don't want any one else to go through. this one is, oh, the horrible 30 that he she daily, and gladly the be the forest disabled soldiers, but no legs to do sit up. so there was a gym and key if used by the ukranian secured to service men, russian soldiers were kept them, but not every one managed to leave it alive. they were interrogated under torture, where they were lying there blindfolded. some were been beaten to death was avoided

. those particular building was learning as we were waiting for this moment. for a long time. we didn't know what would happen to us while we were there. we were made to walk into cold for about 16 hours with only shirts like trousers and flip flops on. i saw some guys jailed and leave off show their legs. they were swollen from beatings. they could be beaten for any move scene is wrong. we were told that we would be jailed once we get home that russia had forgotten us and wouldn't help us, that we were just scum. we were forced to learn and sing their nationalist songs and anthem's their prayers. they wouldn't let us eat until we agree to sing, but anyway, you can hear from the clinic on the way. this was a 2nd such swap between russia, ukraine in the last 5 days, are t sophia nunez. and as this report, as the freed russian soldiers arrived back in their homeland, at an air base in the moscow region, russia and ukraine carried out another prisoner. it's change 107,

the russian military personnel, 65 of whom are from de logan's and donate peoples republics, have been released to day. and some of them just landed at the airport near moscow from where they will be transported to the capital and given all necessary psychological and medical help. ukrainian officials have already confirmed that they received the same number of soldiers in return. to be honest emotions, kara overwhelming. she'll go a good. i'm still shocked. i can't believe this is really happening. it's hard for me to talk about it now. did you? well, in those little voted, the more the main thing is that we finally returned home. thank god, with my nephew is still being held captive though. he's wounded there. i've come to the airport to meet my son. i'm here with my daughter and long we were very worried and scared for him. i still feel that fear today's feel w exchange is the latest in the series of prisoner swaps. the last one came at the end of october and involved the release of thief to russian and $52.00 ukrainian

soldiers, including regular soldiers, national guardsmen and navy personnel, and border guards. and even though this prisoner swaps are sometimes very difficult to achieve its old worth, it in that meeting, insulted and humiliated, that's how either captured don bass soldiers have described. 7 months of captivity in ukraine has moscow and t at increase their prisoner exchanges. more and more harrowing stories have come to light. r. t is roman kosar up for reports. some of the generic republic soldiers has spent at least 7 months in ukrainian captivity. there, there were tortured physically and mentally. finally, they have made their way back home to the nest. i've spoken to some of them, and they told me horrific stories of their activity in ukraine. here they are. lou negotiable napoleon you. we were near harker in the village of alpha,

and suddenly ukraine's forces fired a massive artillery barrage. then we saw that we were surrounded, but 1st they put us in a hanger. they struck one of us naked when it was freezing outside willow. a chance thrash them. it was 1st carried. we didn't know what would happen to us when we were in the hangar near harkell were constantly beaten until their commander came. the relentless dom bullet and insulted us. they bid me on the soles of my feet was combat boots, baton rouge, la says she jane, but he then we were tied up and taken to kiev, ukraine's main intelligence directorate, where we spent a month and a half in the basement songs. the officers beat us during interrogations, and just because they felt like it, oh, they really beat me up when the asked me who's didn't ask, is it? and i replied that it is of course, russian tongue. then there was a briefing. they told us where we need to say as they wanted to use us for propaganda purposes. and they told us that we should say that we were young students taken to the front lines,

but we were volunteers. we went to defend our mother landscape. then we were transported to pull tava to a pre trial detention center and like rusnick, it has to be did in that. and i get we saw the red cross for the 1st time and pull tower. it was impossible to dark, confidentially because ukrainians were sitting behind the wall. he could hear everything. and before that the administration approached us and told us not to tell much, otherwise we would pay for it. so all of ukraine's defeats on the frontlines and the political front affected us and they would threaten us in a heartbeat. they said we're garbage that the world doesn't need us. and they could just shoot all of us. they even intended to car was set in to us. one of our soldiers had his teeth knocked out the we and on the one wanted them to simply kill him because there were tormenting him so much. authorities and then don us republic say to civilians were wounded on thursday in ukrainian artillery attacks that use nato. caliber shells the regional capital as well as 2 other major cities were targeted. several explosions were also reported in russia. zach brochure region and

across the border in ukraine. air raid alerts were also declared in central and eastern ukraine, including the national capital of kiev. ah, hundreds of supporters of pakistan's, former prime minister and ran con, have gathered outside hospital to show support for him. after he survived, an assassination attend con was transferred to the facility in pakistan's 2nd largest city of law, or after being shot twice during a protest. march, the former pm who was ousted earlier this year in which he describes as a us back who has been rallying supporters throughout the country as he tries to return to power cons effort to gunshot wounds in the leg during the attack in the northeastern city of was 0 bad. the following footage shows that exact moment and a warning it does contain disturbing images.

ah, this inspected gunman has reportedly confess saying he acted alone. however, it's unclear whether his statement was forced. con had been leading a protest march to the capital of islam about with the demand for new elections, local media, foot it has shown the 7 year old with a bandage leg as he was moved to a vehicle with the help of his security team. in the aftermath of the attacks, thousands of con supporters have taken to the streets in cities throughout the country. flames and smoke could be seen as protesters burn, tires and other objects was speaking out against the current government. supporters say they are fully behind emron khan and are even ready to sacrifice their lives to support him or to leather lessons up with them. we prefer him. wrong cons healthy, john, we can sacrifice our lives for him. our blood is for him wrong. can you let me say

that a tough time for this government has begun. we will overthrow them ada longabaugh user. don't know, elena, we are not afraid of these cheat tactics. we are ready to die for ali to him. run con and our country, the home sub, or mac, look as a, as a nation. so we all standing with him run con, we appreciate the way him run. con is leading the nation and giving awareness crazed to him. we are standing in front of the ciocca promise memorial hospital. this is a cancer hospital, hemlock con. but this hospital for the poor, people with donations for the day now to day. his insight in their dorm taking the rest. he says dave are successful and we have seen tears. we have seen flowers. we have seen anger. and we have st paper that he be from be at heart and dead, praying for him. and i will hope the next morning it relies, again, as a father of the nation. like been many people say, he's just like

a father of these young generation of pakistan. turkey yeah, has doubled down on its demands, it's sweden and finland must extradited, suspected terrorists, and those nordic nations want to join nato. that's the message from the top turkish diplomat and assemble. despite attempts by the alliance is chief to secure those countries, accession to the block. it is clear that finland and sweden have delivered on the memorandum and are committed to the long term partnership with sir kia wu memorandum hold on to it cannot be said that all points of the memorandum were fully implemented by these 2 countries. our goal is not to prevent nato expansion. our goal is for these 2 countries to take important steps in the fight against terrorism, because one of the biggest threats nato faces today is precisely terrorism in on car one, spend linen sweden, to comply with the turkish extradition requests,

as well as just a legal definition of terrorism and reverse of ban on the exporting certain military equipment, if sweden and finland during nato, it would comprise $32.00 countries mosque out how long spoken out against the expansion of the alliance as a direct threat to russia. national security saying the block has broken its promises not to expand further east, but while nato has long denied posing a danger to moscow, the alliance is chief young, stolen burke now and says it's all about sending a clear message to russia. these dangerous times, it is even more important to finalize the accession to prevent any misunderstanding or miscalculation in moscow and to send a clear message or to show that need to door remains open. sarah flounder, co director of the international action center says the native chiefs demand show

the alliance is not some kind of democratic organization. stalson berg is making demands on turkey, which hurts it's inappropriate in every way. every country must agree to the expansion, who is a member of nato, now must agree to its expansion and turkey a. i'm hungry, neither want this expansion and they realize that it is a danger that the, that the alliance becomes ever more aggressive. and ever more, it expands the pressure put on every member of nato, of to follow through on plans that they have no part in making. this is the u. s. commanded military alliance. it's not a democratic association by any means at all. the u. s. has shown that whether you're an official member or not,

you can be entirely ensnared within nato. and this is ukraine is the best example of that. south korea says it's northern rival has failed that an attempt to launch a powerful intercontinental ballistic missile that's after north korea test fired about 2 dozen short range missiles. i'm in mounting tension on the peninsula. one of those missiles cross the maritime border between the u. korea for the 1st time in 7 decades since the devastating korean war in the early 1950 north korea. those tensions have escalated to an alarming extent. the situation in the korean peninsula in its vicinity has entered the serious confrontation phase of power for power again, due to the ceaseless and reckless military moves of the u. s. and south korea. north korea has expressed concerns about the south conducting large scale military

exercises with us forces. washington and c o have shrugged off those statements. thing materials will be extended until saturday. we heard from former u. s. army officer scott bennett. speculate about the true purpose of the american military presence on the korean peninsula. the purposes of the south korean drills is simply to psychologically pressure north korea into backing away and being in a state of fear against the united states. so no doubt the united states has ordered south korea to engage in these drills as a demonstration of muscle flexing and power in the hopes that north korea will tremble and back down. so it's more political posturing. the i didn't presidency has become much more militant and i would say mentally on the hinge because donald trump and his presidency had developed very positive ties. but north korea. and

indeed, it was seeking to create an arrangement where north korea in the united states would at last pull out of the 30 parallel, perhaps reunite the korea's that was the hope of the american people. and donald trump, joe biden is shattered that with his reckless war mongering and his attempt to bully north korea and bully china into submission, which shows a very poor understanding of the asian mind. but again, we also see the poor understanding of the by did administration by waging a similar proxy work to contain russia. so this is the administration that is out of control, mentally unhinged and sorely inexperienced when it comes to foreign policy. ah, my com pair who previously served as the head of the cia and the top us diplomat under then president donald trump,

is being sued on claims that he spied on several journalists as a visitor julian, a sorry, as ecuador, in embassy in london as honors organization week a week's has released this video. ah, we have 2 lawyers and 2 journalists who have filed a lawsuit claiming that their 4th amendment rights were violated. that their private information was surveilled by the us government, along with dozens of others when they went to visit julian sanchez, he was hold up in the aqua. dorian embassy in london. essentially, they are arguing they were spied on without proper justification, had their rights violated, had their personal information, not access by the government without due process. this is what they put forward in their lawsuit. prior to their visits, each visitor was required to surrender his or her electronic devices,

smartphones and laptops to the employees of u. c. global. unbeknownst to each of these visitors and without their consent employees of u. c. global, acting without the knowledge of the ecuadorian government. copied the information stored on the devices. you see global then provided that information to the defendant, united states, central intelligence agency, the cia then headed by defendant, michael palm pale. now they are calling for damages as a result of distress and anxiety. they suffered from having their personal information violated their privacy, essentially violated by american intelligence and the cia. now it's important to note that you see global, the firm that is mentioned in the last 2. this is not the 1st time they've been investigated for these activities. and former employees of u. c. global have come forward and confirm that they were indeed bugging and spying on julius and, and his associates. there is testimony from former

u. c. global employees. they were investigated in spain. now it's interesting to note the lawsuit specifically talks about mike pompei up and his role is the director according to reports. he was obsessed with julian. a sorry you had sketches made about possible methods of assassinating doing it's on the civil rights attorney who is representing the, the plaintiffs in this lawsuit. she gave specific comments regarding the former, the director mike pale. if a foreign journalist can be prosecuted for publishing factual documents, then no journalist is safe. and apparently mike pompeo believes that attorneys representing journalists, should not be safe either. these actions are outrageous. now the irony is that this lawsuit was served to my pay on the very same day that the current us secretary of state was tweeting out about support for journalists. then freedom of the press. now it's important to know that currently juliana is being held in del mar prison

in the united kingdom has been fighting extradition, is currently appealing the possibility of being extradited, united states, if he ends up going to the united states, he would fade over, possibly a 175 years in prison, and prosecuted in the united states standing trial in the united day. meanwhile, we now see my tale. the former, the director and former us secretary of state, served with a lawsuit over violations of the rights and individuals who met with you in violating their privacy is yet to be seen. if this. busy will ultimately result in my com pay. oh, actually having a day. and course we heard from independent journalist, jo, laurie, who says the outcome of this lawsuit will determine the future of freedom of the press in the united states would be a very grave matter if this loss it was defeated if it was somehow thrown out motions by the defendants beforehand,

or if it did go all the way that they lost because they would validate the behavior of the government of united states. but principally, particularly to ca. it's a very, very serious matter because it shows that they can get away that they impunity, that u. s. government is enjoying when it comes to a san so far it would extend to even these journalists and that would make very hollow the statements by anthony blinking the secretary of state about. and he's made these statements repeatedly press freedom days and what not. that us stands with journalists and they decry the arrest of journalists around the world and the imprisonment of journals. i mean, it's breathtaking hypocrisy to the point where you wonder whether they think twice, whether blinking thinks twice before he says these things, or is he so diluted his self righteousness that he cannot see that the united states has arrested in jail. they journalist, for exposing their rom, doing the british central bank has raised alarms of the country could be

facing at the longest recession in history. when asked how close the u. k is to quote, financial armageddon. the central banks chief did not have an optimistic view. we're seeing some huge shocks to the economy for the momentum, and that is afraid feature of the last 2 and a half years or so. now, how close did we come to financial home again? well, we suddenly reached a point where markets with our own stable that is a coma, because this is the government bond market, which is in many ways that the most core of all, if you like a warning came as the british central bank has raised interest rates, to their highest level in more than 3 decades, the regulators cheap, so the nation faces a quote how fro to had. as many people find it more difficult to get a job. at the same time, u. s. markets are also facing new challenges during a press conference by the chief of the u. s. federal reserve in which he announced

another rate hike. us stocks began to humble today via pharmacy, raised our policy interest rate by $75.00 basis points. and we continue to anticipated ongoing increases will be appropriate in the recent inflation. did it again have come in higher than expected despite elevated inflation, longer term inflation expectations appear to remain well anchored as reflected in a broad range of surveys of households, businesses and forecasters. as well as measures from financial markets, but that is not grounds for complacency. the longer the current belt of high inflation continues the greater the chance that expectations of higher inflation will become entrenched. continuing hiking rates are expected to rise according to the u. s. fed chief, the u. s. price inflation is also surging. having reached 8.2 percent in september, as the national cost of living has also climbed past 6 percent. at the same time,

the housing market has declined as 30 year. mortgage rates have shot up to over 7 percent. you as political and market analyst, tom longo says america is doing what it can to save its own economy no matter the consequences for its european allies. there is no way to get around the inflation. so i think there's a very definite disconnect between what the europeans wants and what the bank of england wants or what the reserve was. i don't think they're on the same page. i think jerome pals made this abundantly clear that christine in the garden, e. c. b are all in for climate change are all in for ending the hydrocarbon economy . and jerome pals made it abundantly fair that he's not interested in that at all. he told me, christina, regard this last last year and nothing has changed and nothing has changed from his policy. same as he gives lip service to climate change every once in a while, just to satisfy some. this is satisfy the, the harpies on capital hill. but for the most part, there's a fundamental disconnect going on and the power. busy doing what he thinks is best

for the united states, and he's going to let the chips fall where they may around the rest of the world, and that includes quote, unquote, our allies in europe. you as president joe biden says, americans are overwhelmingly concerned about the state of us democracy seemingly shows no regard for the ongoing economic turbulence, or he encourages people to go out and vote something else to stake democracy itself. i'm not the only one who sees the recent polls have shown that overwhelming majority of americans believe our democracy. it really is at risk that a marker sees under trek. they to see that democracy is on the ballot this year and they're deeply concerned about it. so today, i appeal to all americans, regardless of party, to meet this moment of national and generational importance. we must vote. knowing

what to stake and not just the policy of the moment. poll suggests an american voters are more concerned about other issues with the majority expressing a need to address the economy and surgeon price inflation. 15 percent that abortion rights have been a major issue with voting rights. immigration and climate change also noted. we heard from political analyst, garlen nixon who says divine and ministration is not properly addressing the concerns of american voters as the biden administration, or i'll use the words that they use as the biden regime does everything they can to squash democracy in the united states. they're arguing that democracy is at stake. i would argue it isn't state, but it's not at stake in the mid terms. it has been taken over by a handful of oligarchy that are actual puppet teeters that controlled by the administration by the military industrial complex by the banks in america. so as

joe biden argues that democracy is at stake, he is one of the people that is steering this monstrous machine. biden has 4 years pushed policies that created an economic disaster in this country. and he dare not speak of the economic disaster because people will recognize quickly that he is one of the authors of this particular horrific chapter in american history. when we talk about joe biden promises, we have to understand that it's nothing but prattle is nothing but air. joe biden and his administration does not in any way connect the things that they say the arguments are the promises they make to the reality in the practical application of their policies. one, the only one need only look at the iran nuclear agreement to understand that very quickly. and that's all for now. we sure check out our t back on to keep up with all the light is breaking news and updates. we'll see right back here at the top of the hour. ah,

with only days before america's midterm elections, everything seems to be breaking in the direction of the republicans. this would seem to confirm this will truly be a change election and a solid defeat for joe biden. and the democrats, the country is deeply divided. these elections make things worse. ah ah, most people, i know they laid their 8 hour job and go home and relax. but i

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a bank. and now here's my grand great grandmother and great grandfather. here it's peaceful. i really like it up here and hen since my family's buried here, i just feel like i need to come up here and take care of the same material. mm hm. i disliked volunteer and i do thanks for my community in try to make a difference. no one ever dies and says, and i wish i had a better job. they say i wish had more time spent with my family. i wish i could have explored some of my interests of music or ard, or church or being a baseball coach. and so i just think we're at a moment where we're going to have machines and artificial intelligence produce a lot of things much more cheaply than we've ever seen before.