a with business man, victor booth is handed over by washington after more than a decade in american custody. exchange the u. s. the basketball started dealing with making milestone for the multi polar world with the saudi crown. prince co signed his president for a key summit. mid waiting us influence in the middle east, we report on re upped bluff time magazine named ukraine's president. lengthy as it is. yeah, by to previously warning that yes. all right. as of movement as inspired a global ideology. this led to more terrorist attacks in the us and he's like, streaming with

most of the world. this is our internet line. peter's got the, the top stories. this are welcome to the program. moscow and washington have carried out a high profile prisoner swap russian business. one big boots, convicted on arms, dealing charges in the u. s. has been handed over to moscow and exchange for american basketball star. brittany griner was sentenced to 9 years in a russian prison for drug trafficking is what boots, wife and mother had to say about his release. forgotten, i just of course we always held out hope that victor would return home all these years, especially in the last 6 months when information began to surface that his release was possible. obviously i was following all the publications and statements of our top officials saying that russia was negotiating the slug and that work was ongoing through special channels. and of course, this is this moment when we'll finally meet as constantly going through my head. when maria bettina called me today and said hanging there, i realized in

a heartbeat that the exchange has been carried out. i immediately got the shakes and my heart was beating so with that, the ally and the new york shipper. if i miss sherman, i cannot look at your advice and have his fighting for his foot on he should think about all the kid locked up to me. what was done in connection with praying for some of the things in america who was very grateful. tell a president and as a mother, i sincerely think, foreign ministry or say a lot for off the that diplomats, their employees visit him no matter what. if during a bizarre in new york, they make sure people do not lose hope and know that their mother then get them both to boots and brittany greiner. i received a presidential pardons from bloody me. putin and joe biden, respectively, before they were set free boots was initially rested in thailand, back in 2008. as a result of the u. s. sting operation of the years behind bars and illegal limbo boots was expedited to america where he was convicted in 2011. moscow had been

fighting for his release for more than a decade. washington category can rejected any cooperation with russia and the exchange came. nevertheless, we continued active efforts to rescue our citizen. as a result is became possible to organize the exchange with the american side, victor boot has returned to his homeland. well, we understand that the prisoner swap happened in our dobby. in the united arab emirates, the u. a. e. the individuals were exchanged and victor boot has returned home to russia after being held since 2008, 2008. he was in thailand. he was set up in some kind of sting operation conducted by us officials, us individuals operating and thailand. he was then taken to the united states. he stood trial in 2011 and was found guilty on conspiracy charges. he described the

interview. the trial is essentially a sham trial where he wasn't really able to adequately defend himself. all the charges were conspiracy charges, no actual crime had been committed. it was all based on allegations that in some conversation, he hinted he might do something or something to that effect. and he'd been held in the united states in federal prison that time. now brittany griner was detained in russia in february and convicted of having a candidates based substance in her bag. and she was convicted of drug trafficking, drug charges. she's been, she'd been held in russia and we heard from biden, he spoke and he did not reference any points and remarks that gave brassy simply reference written greiner had relatives of brittany greiner with him. while he spoke to the press, he refused to answer any questions from the media about what exchanges had been made. but we understand at this point that victor booth is returned to russia and

it was a prisoner swap. this place in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates. now i had the opportunity to interview victor booth from u. s. federal prison when he was being held. and he described to me the conditions in which he was being held, how he wasn't able to visit his family until donald trump was elected president. and the trump administration made arrangements so he could even visit is relatives described being held in solitary confinement and conditions that the united nation has described. his torture. he highlighted different cases of political prisoners in the united states. it was really a great opportunity to speak to victor booth when he was being held in the us prison on trumped up charges. basically being held, describe out he was forced and not forced but, but pressured rather to try and say negative things about the russian government to exchange for a better deal or exchange for release or the ability to see his family. all kinds

of pressure was put on him to help feed into anti russian narratives and how he was held. but yet he refused to make any deals. and now we understand that after years and years of being held in us federal facilities on trumped up charges that now victor boot is back home in russia. so this is from my interview with victor. bu, while he was being held in a u. s. federal prison based in colorado. this is the conversation that we had a lord of war and a merchant of death. and that's how western media describes victor boot. for moscow, he's a political prisoner, rejecting his case as unfounded and biased from the start. at his trial, he pled not guilty, and he called the accusations against him, a bunch of wise the court decided otherwise and jailed him for 25 years. he's now served a 3rd of that sentence, and he's agreed to talk to me from prison. because your case is highly political,

are you being treated differently? well, of course i've been treated differently because my family then be open to deciding that time is special or is group or whatever. i'm a general population, but on the other very strict supervision and control, victor boot describes himself as a political prisoner. i asked him what that means. this is a 100 percent qualify as a political prisoner because i'm healed off my nationality and i was denied to call a twin size and i'm standing up. they didn't do anything else. i know we'll fight for my innocence. i misstated bachmann, couple years ago. we have met gonna keep him, as example, as a model was a boy for weeping. father rations would be more polite, the corporate with us when they go off, there are up through z me. i asked him about deals that had been offered to him in the past and currently, well, they've been during pre trial and during the trial,

were there been through the public defender and they approach and said, well, we're going to get you and all your primary green car and subtle you there, if you know, tell us some dirt about food turn and how car off this regime time. so i said, no, you can't do the person for all the deal. that's why i went to the trial. pick your boot offered up a pretty strong and consistent critique of the us legal system and how he says it has been used against russian citizens boot points to what he calls conspiracy laws as a method of imprisoning people. not for actually committing crimes, but for offhand comments made 2 undercover officers boot says he's not the only political prisoner being held and that the efforts of the russian embassy have definitely improved as circumstances a lot. mauppin r t new york. i spoke with russian lawmaker, maria boots in her, who, herself was released from american custody back in 2019. thus after spending time

in prison, there on charges of working as a russian agents. she should take on victor boots return, as well as these treatments in u. s. prison. i can see how difficult it was now in their geopolitical situation and their how the united states treats russia today in russian citizens. what i would has suffered through is unbelievable for so many years. however, he is why i just talked to her. she has been at the wonderful wine all these years. she has stayed next to her husband despite of his imprisonment. be corey's ortho, the russian position. ah, that we never give up our people and we will all this i for every russian here is now kind of home brushing was pushing and pushing hard all these days and years. and finally, are they negotiated a deal? and it's a great big thing for a russian to policy,

despite relations between russia and the u. s. been at the lowest, they've been for decades that the 2 countries can still agree even, you know, in a prison supply this i wish i would say, but it's because both countries just are they just value human life. but i do believe it's russian positions that the united states was the rest in saying that we don't want that one them just to show as is which is that we have the russians and look at them is horrible. it's look wish. well, joe biden, intern says grind, had been wrongfully detained in russia. thus, despite the fact she actually admitted bringing drugs into the country, albeit mistakenly which landed her 9 year prison term is relieved to finally be heading home. and the fact remains that she's lost months of her life experience. and needless trauma,

she deserve space privacy in time with their loved ones recovering. he'll from her time being wrong through detained crime was detained by moscow. airport customs officials back in february this year after police dog found cannabis oil and luggage. in july, she pleaded guilty in court to smuggling charges, despite saying it was an honest mistake, a defend team said the grind it made the mission to show her bravery and set a positive example for this. she was sentenced to 9 years and later found an appeal that was rejected by a russian court legal, immediate list line, or says that the us media would have reacted very differently if the deal had been made under former republican president trump. the 1st thing which i find interesting is the notion of parity. you are having somebody here who cnn has described as being called the merchant of death, the merchant of death, right off the bat. this is what story after story has called and considered mister

booth find. the merchant of death has been re, i guess, swapped for a woman, a basketball player who was caught with cannabis vate, being devices, allegedly, or what have you. no, the 1st question people have is, is that any sense of parity? they have to add this and this is what i think is most interesting as well. if we took exactly the same situation as we have right and changed it, is that our president biden, we had president trump same fax, same everything, merging of death, basketball star, swamp. what do you thing cnn would then have said about, and i, you see in an, as an example, not that they're the target of us, but what would they have said to this swap? they would have said, this is proof positive of some kind of collusion or some type of something, illegal, same facts. but depending upon who the actors are, the media will skew with differently. liberal media will now elevate her to some

type of a hero status, which nobody will question. so again, looking at this, if, if you had you go to miss greiner and say, you were exchange who for somebody else who was charged with a drug offense, no, you are exchange for the merchant of death. it just, it, it, it, it, it, it begs analysis at best and moving on. now the chinese president, seizing thing is in riyadh, 1st summits aimed at 14 stronger ties between beijing and gulf countries. saudi crown prince had been sold on, welcomed the chinese presidents, and according to on confirmed reports, 34 investments agreements were signed shortly before she's the rival. this continues an upturn in china, saudi trade, which has amounted more than $300000000000.00 in 2017 unceasing paying visits,

has already been compared to the us presence trip to earlier this year, despite joe biden trying to friendly and even doing a 5th bump with the saudi crown prince, they did fail to reach any significance agreements. just months later, the opec plus group of oil exports is including saudi arabia, agreed to flush the oil outputs with the move sparking criticism from washington. earlier we spoke to c g t, n correspondence, young shinji, who told us about the many areas where cooperation is improving between the 2 countries. now tony, present it in writing on wednesday on his birthday here in the 1000 capital. she was topsail, the official building thing monday and grounding mamma since i'm on an important operation document with the kingdom. now president, she is also said to attend our summit with leaders of golf and why the, why the world after the bilateral meeting with the leader. let's look at some of

the results so far. as you said, 1000 and chinese companies. i'm 30 for investment agreement covering a wide range of specter look green energy information technology, transportation, health care, housing, and factory construction. there's yet to be solid evidence to support the claimed that a middle eastern country operating with its largest trading partner on economic and tech development. it's not to do so to international order. officials from both countries reiterated unprecedented opportunity, brought by the synergy between the 2 countries strategic initiative named the china belt and wrote initiative and the vision 2030. the radio is on track to become you know, technology and innovation up and chinese peters have made it very clear that the company is looking forward to working with them on the golf reaction from dr. mohammed al sabah. and who's a former senior adviser to saudi arabia. as energy minister, and he says that the middle east and china are benefiting greatly from their mutual

ties. only way out of trying long time, and jag by our economic partners we know better than china. so corporate little cooperation, wisdom, especially that china is expanding worldwide. and the ambitious this one, when they, when they, when different confidence i think the middle east would be huge. is there not what i mean is the best laid china, the national economy. so i don't think that this is a expense of anybody. we get off quickly that

we cannot make lee our economy. we please to, to was going be our, what does it mean that would not be would be nice, but we cannot limit our one when, when i live on the execute that we are in the united states, ukraine's president vladimir de lensky has been named time magazines person of the year on another western outlet politico has called him the most powerful person in europe for 2023. now this comes just a year after some of the same media warned, the kids neo nazi of movement poses a huge threat to the western world. then even helps inspire more terrorist attacks in the u. s. than islamic extremism. i discussed the story early enough today with

our correspondent rachel blevins. all time has made it official there, calling him knowing that the person of the year, but also the most influential person in europe. and it's notable because there have been a number of people who have been quick to rush to social media, calling out this decision saying that they don't agree with it. and also referring to the hypocrisy surrounding it. and that includes fox news host, tucker carlson. take a listen to it, he had to say about it. zalinski has no interest in freedom and democracy. in fact, zalinski is far closer to lenin than to george washington. he is a dictator. he is a dangerous authoritarian who has used a $100000000000.00 in us tax dollars to erect a one party police state in ukraine. and that's not an overstatement. over the past year, zalinski has band opposition parties. he shut down critical media by force. he's arrested his political opponents. he has sent soldiers into churches. zelinski

secret police have rated monasteries across ukraine. even a convent full of nuns. and in the face of this, the bite administration has said nothing, not one word. so time magazine's glowing praise of zelinski in this article is really trying to overshadow the fact that the western media has openly acknowledged the ways in which he is targeted. anyone, he views as a threat and not includes everyone from officials within his own government to churches to entire media organizations. so there's a lot that is going on, sad with that title that he is now getting when spoken about time magazine last year they published an article wanting about the apparent threat that's posed by the far as old battalion to, to european security. and that was under zelinski, so 10 years president, i was changed since then array. and you know, it's interesting, that's another one of those things that they kind of quietly leave out, which is the ways in which those white nationalist extremists have really gain.

even more power under zalinski is watch. now, speaking of that article, that time magazine did publish back in 2021. let's take a look at what they had to say about the threat that was posed there. afore recruit is increasingly been linked to violence around the world. at the agency, he suppressed a desire to travel to craig, to fight with military group at american. he also treated ukraine off with now that article was especially notable because it brought up the ways in which there were some figures at the time calling on the rest government to be aware of who it was funding within the as of italian and also to pay attention to the fact that this militia has brought in around $17000.00 foreign fighters in 6 years from 50 countries. so that threat they were warning of appears to be no more,

was still staying with the same topic. google's publishes list of most search for names and searches in ukraine itself and wasn't zelinski is been named time person of yeah, it appears that within ukraine itself, he's not one of the most bob search for people on google. can we read anything for that? well, it certainly is a reminder of the ways in which time is basing this off, right? they're not going off of the most popular person necessarily. and they're also clearly not going on the streets of ukraine and asking them who they believe is their person of the year. instead, they are saying this is the person of the, or based on how the western media views it. and this is very much an indicator as we see, that title handed down back is done is poise to buy oil from russia at the discount, according to pakistan's petroleum minister, he's just been in moscow for talks versus also reportedly in the final stages on negotiating the construction of to just pipelines to the country. what's the mileage? we? many countries are trading by following a legal framework. they have

a mutually worked out. so we should also adopt innovative methods and legal measures which must be above board, russian, oil and gas is being export in through pipelines to europe. so why would this be an issue for pakistan? if europe as buying it, then why shouldn't pakistan bite to get them up? but i'm, according to the pakistani minister, a delegation from moscow is due to visit islam about next month to discuss the terms of an oil deal versus reportedly said, it can supply up to $100000.00 barrels per day to the country. was the big molig also said he's warned the u. s. against trying to sanction pakistan for buying russian oil international law firm and geopolitical unless on a slum shod, those washington has no leverage to talk about from dealing with moscow. so this is something that has been in the news for quite some time, focused on intense to trade with russia and purchase, or is because pakistan has been facing a severe energy crisis. like many other countries in the was the present news that

is coming out that pockets on is not going to be sanctioned by the us appears to be correct. but the u. s. was just the to impose sanctions than india would have been sanctioned for purchasing one from russia, which hasn't happened. sparks done would be under political pressure, unlike india, which is taken from standard and some europe in countries which have come out in the open and said that we have energy needs and these needs have to be met. and russia is the only country where russia solution is something that the west has aggressively. ready working on and in my view, it has succeeded to quite an extent. however, one of the verticals on very show russia has been banking is the fact that it given filled the energy needs countries all over the world. and it is playing cards quite smartly. very good bill of expanding your footprint in the, in the region. and over to go the now where a group of palestinian seas have put the disability behind them to form

a football team. another aiming even higher, hoping to join in our oblique and compete internationally. ah, la saw paul, i said i was injured in the 2014 war before the injury. i was a soccer player in gaza, them, but because of the israeli occupation in its brutality, i lost all my dreams at once, especially since i lost my left foot. after the 2014 war, i completely despaired of life just because i started thinking about how i will die and how i will get out of this life fee. with

aliana that i've got, i have been playing football since childhood with normal people. but as soon as i heard about the idea of establishing a football team for the disabled in 2019, and i decided to join al jazeera sports club, and i am currently playing the alley. my message is clear. let me know. i always say that disability is not the end of and a person can reach what he wants using their will, determination and persistence in mm ah, with a little i want to tell how we aspire to participate internationally. for example, to travel to the arab republic of egypt and jordan, and to any country where football for disabled as president went on to participate and enhance the players. steadfastness in matches with some players,

participated in international clubs in france and iran. and they achieved results. but what we hope that they will be able to do the same here. well, those are the main stories this our do head. oh it's all websites are t dot com, all social media pages for more. i'm peter scott's and it's been great. have you with us, thanks for watching. ah ah, ah ah.

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