the, the breaking news on archie, israel release is 200 prisoners following the return of 4 female idea of soldiers held by come us as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement. i fried palestinian spoke to r t about his time in captivity. i was sentenced to 25 years and served 13 god willing. i want to focus on my home, my mother and my children. i want to make up for the years. they've lost the difficult days. they lived through in the tough circumstances they endured me. god gives me the strength to make it up. there's nothing more to say, but thank god, who has blessed us with freedom. these really military confirms the soldiers released by him off are in good condition country to earlier claims by west

tellers. finalize preparations for sundays presidential vote is foreign ministry. warnings of the west has already tried to meddle in the electronic process, the around the clock across the world. this is our to you. welcome to the news our my names you know neil. we begin with breaking news, a 2nd prisoner on hosted swap between israel and from us has been completed as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement. 200 paula standing and kept this have been released from is really jails. the majority who were allowed to return to the west button, kind of being serving life sentences according to the palestinian prisoners office . although 70 convicted of the most serious crimes. how about really being deported to egypt? ortiz, middle east correspondence riff and arched as being following. for now in ramallah

evans drop off location where a palestinian prisoners were brought tough to their release and ways you can see the crowd has gathered to welcome them. now ex prisoners, the motions are running high. people are whistling. the recent news they've heard somewhere. some people are dancing manual cemetery and palestinian flags. most of our relatives anticipating the return of their loved ones and friends of those really. but also just ordinary people. that is, they say is celebration moment for the entire palace. seen a nation theories charged with imagination, but joyful freedom of the forest makes with sadness. so we're 46000 gallons were killed in 15 months of the war. and this is one big deal. okay. now i think there is another reason or now the main, the recreation center in

a 2nd way of return release the 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for soldiers who are afraid of earlier on the 2nd day. most of them are $120.00 individuals convicted of killing. these really is many ser, multiple long sentences, some 22 sentences and the tier 2 di, 70. all these 200 labels heavy weighs. what is real calls with a blog on the hands will be deported to foreign countries and we heard from turkey, l drew range and new to the they all confirming their reading to welcome them. 16 roll returned to gaza roll. the rest will be sent home parent to the pod was banging, also is true so that we have been able to speak to some of the newly please listen,

listen to what they have to say about the experience and watch they feel right now . i was sentenced to 28 years with some use suspended. it's an indescribable feeling beyond words. it's something great beyond expression. may god bless you. when they drag this out and told us that we were about to be released, they said, go, go home, go home. i was sentenced to 25 years and served 13 god willing. i want to focus on my home, my mother and my children. i want to make up for the years. they've lost the difficult days. they lived through and the tough circumstances they endured me. god gave me the strength to make it up to them. oh, there's nothing more to say. but thank god, who has blessed us with freedom, how mass actually was supposed to release all civilian hostages. first followed by military personnel and several of non comb with tons still remain and consuming to how, wherever, how mass has reportedly spread out the release of soldiers. that was really sort of just like when, because basic your how your prisoner say is rash,

your face to probably assuming prisoners for age is really sold or another possible reason. some civilian hostages may be in the hands or family student is wanting to add another guy. so base milton grove, mazda parts, simply don't know. the exact location is all these victories. a lot of strong dolls have math and p i. j. fighters gather that the exchange location name, the guy, the street earlier and stuff like that. you would miss the release several. my name is still a super weights idea of the complaints we drove from the eventually used by the military move as a victory, a force, a very important moment. and so these really army was supposed to open the net sarina cory door. this is a line that divides all the into 2, but the army now controls to allow displaced return to the homes in the north, but only after all the civilian hostages are really, which is not sure which was supposed to happen on the 2nd day. but since it's not

suitcase, the idea of has worn dazzling residents against moving no sizing, extreme danger, so that that's are in florida is not open yet. this is likely israel's way haul from the laws of sanctioning him are not sticking to the terms of the agreement. this related has always far significant backlash, or one is really is we're complaining that it's fleet. and bolden 0 is that the attacks against israelis, jesus a see where is security threats to israel. this exchange is just the beginning. in the 1st page, i'm asked who really spoke to 3 hostages wiley's room rate, 1904 palestinian detainees including 1200 gallons detains during the war. notably, those involved in the 4 were 7 mastercard, and also included. the 1st phase will last $42.00 days, and during this stage, negotiations will start about the 2nd phase, but it is still several weeks to go. so we have to wait to see how it plays out.

very from ocean. i'm seeing reporting from ramallah. well, in exchange from us, how sounds it over for is really hostages to the red cross. the women arrive back in israel, where they were reunited with their families and emotional scenes a short time ago. here's our 2 countries that are rubbing berman with more as we are in tell of it, hoster square, which is the epicenter for his really protest to free the hostages. they've been in a hostage for more than 470 days. i think is that 476 and this morning this place was filled with thousands of people clapping cheer and stinging dancing. just ecstatic step to our house and be as far as really sold is where are these mary all about 19 years old. carina re a 20 years old and be able to go bow a 20 years old, and nama levy 20 years old. they were released in pretty good health. they have now land. they are just moments ago at dylan's and hospital in tell of it. now it's go

to some quotes from matthew miller, former american diplomat, as well as the prime minister and a foreign minister because there were many accusations made that a lot of the hostages had been sexually abuse. before i'll see you as i came out of captivity today seems to be relatively ok. we don't know if what our past experience has been. but let's see what these officials have to say. we've obviously seen the reports that i'm off has committed sexual violence. they've committed rape. we have no reason at all to doubt. those reports from us is not speaking on behalf of the move, slim word, and we are asking you to condemn the sexual violence. crimes. the volumes committed in the name of the most of them were origin. the hostages were not held in reasonable conditions, as some have cleared cynically claimed children were seriously abused. so it seemed

to see the goal. she ation did not go without a hick off and natural ality are bill you who would a 29 year old woman who is a civilian who was kidnapped was supposed to be released today and she was and, and as a result his role is not letting the palestinians cross and it, it started him car door to go back north. it's almost as promised to try to release or during the course of the week to the palestinians can go back north. and they claimed that she was being held by another, as long as the military agreed, who had refused the tool now to release. or let's see what the idea of spokesperson has to say about that. how mos failed to meet its obligations to 1st release is really female civilian hostages. as part of the agreement. we appreciate and thank the efforts of all the international mediators, united states guitar in egypt. and we expect them to make sure come on stands in accordance with the agreement. but the that it was made, people are just happy that for female soldiers have been released and the bids for

nightmares ended for them. and people here are singing and rejoicing. this is robbie berman from television will be rude faced independent journalist. david's a waiter is on the view. the par and health of the freed is really hostages. calls into question the claims of mistreatment in captivity. a look at the bell as soon as were released from his rarely prisoners. their situation is far worse than you just by looking at them to see that the hours often when they entered. and these are people who been living under occupation and under c sold. their situation was bad when they entered to begin with. and then some visits took 1st. even a few days ago, another video sneaked up the config, filling up under the prison laws and. and then these are the prison. this just shows you the difference between the occupation of the occupied even the videos today, when you saw the release of the for is really captive from gaza. there were smiley,

there was some sort of facilities you saw that hadn't beauty bags with them. and a none of the claims of israel has made a book true. so it is what i've been called a lie over and over and over and over again. okay, and anyone in the world still trust a word that comes out of israel? delight about the babies. they lied about the children and women being raped, the light about the prison, those tall thin condition, what speed you have, what's happening to these, the prisoners. and if you hadn't noticed previous prisoners who or hostages, who has been released, do not allow it to be on the media until days and weeks and months after just because days. so they could agree on a story to tell. because their story and their narrative was very different from the official may seem as rarely narrative. now i, slovak prime minister, robert faith, so has double done on his son's that ukraine will never become part of nato. or

there's just, you know, it is not, but your opinion is convinced that if the us president in his administration and stop supporting ukraine, it should be the youth that takes full responsibility for leading the war. and the extra time i was there at the european council, when i asked president zelinski whether there could be a peace deal with that school. he said that the agreement is for the week. and we need to continue in the war. it's going to be and this is supported by the vast majority of the member states of the european union, not to able to escape. but how does president put in, agree with president trump, that school and what will happen to ukraine's and ukraine will never ever be in nato visit in between 2. and when i listen to the statements of many politicians, i see that we will also have huge problems with it entering the european union when i was considered as well. the neutral states itself, ukraine has long being one of the security guarantees. russia has sought and most of the western promise is to key of about a session to the block were forthcoming done the years. mir zalinski even recently

admitted that it's clear his allies had been line. sure. it was not a very transparent policy at 1st. he had them in some countries, did not support our entry into nato. simple, and these were simply lies that yes, ukraine will be a nato a decade has passed. what i mean ukraine is not in nato and therefore it was dishonest towards you cranes and ukrainians. and it was also dishonest from our leaders when some of our leaders said, we were promised that we would be a nato if they need. this was also dishonest, and i believe that germany in the united states had a weak position because they had a dialogue with the russian is ok, you need. okay. well, indeed, ortho, and we're corresponding, thomas roper told us it's was obvious from the beginning that nato wouldn't be bringing ukraine into the lines anytime soon. i the greatest stuff of so much a things to the decision of c lensky, to continue fighting for a membership of nato. this was the official goal. this was the reason or the main

reason why at the conference started. this was the narrative for 2 and a half years. for this narrative crate has to join nato. hundreds of thousands to craig and died. when he is, you know, comes out said at, sorry, no natural, we will be a neutral care states. then the people, what as kate, this is something you could have have a, have received already in 22. and the beginning obviously not to nato officials when they, whoever had was, and they told them all in their governments for missed. and congress promised a lot and didn't keep the word. and this is what some of us know repeated, of course key if will not be part of financial. this is a rush as against and nobody in the near to once a while with russia. and there are some companies that have gary and also back here saying this openly. but um, as far as i see from, from use agencies, we'll look at germany and, and usa, they also against business,

what we see in the messages and using the rotors. and so on, it's unrealistic that this was the main goal was to, we could restaurant didn't work out, but the narrative to officially narrative what's in that was another one. now, washington has reported the frozen almost all foreign aid for the next 90 days, excluding only israel and egypt, the newly installed secretary of state. marco rubio is said to avoided a review of organizations such as the agency for international development or us 8, while the measure, primarily suspends humanitarian development assistance. it could include military funding, but a lot of years lensky and says keeps a legal aid. it's secure. yes, i see, i know that there are some restriction. i see. you have to look at it in detail. a 90 day limit on humanitarian program was i can only say what ukraine may not receive and i am focused on military 8 and it is not stopped. well as you had that

5. so wednesday, saying that this doesn't affect military a to tools ukraine and not confirms what we've been hearing from other bodies in the last few days. this relates to the executive orders that donald trump signed just a few days ago when he became at the new president again, no fees usa, where he said that he was stopping funding for or for an agencies essentially. but that executive order was quite specific. this was to do with international assistance to developmental programs. an age military, a few crane doesn't come through those programs. wilson and the job i didn't do quite a few things before leaving at the white test to try to secure that military. if you claim at least for the next few months, so this seems to firm up that we understand is for the next 90 days, any programs through us military of a us a's and funding list in hastings with the exceptions. as mentioned of caesar out, i'm egypt, and this is going to have a huge impact on we look at ukraine itself, just in the last few months,

few years. it's received something like $485000000.00 us dollars to do some quotes to monetary and programs for assistance on the grant after the full of the soviet union back in 1998. between then i'm just off to the mind and coach took place in 2013, something like $5000000.00 us dollars was pumped in. some quaint from the us. some quotes, humanitarian programs f one including investing in people which is forty's a, some $400000000.00 invested in got a load. now, present pension of russia has said many times means that there is a link between this kind of funding, the money that those and, and use in certain countries. and then the crew that happened in ukraine in 2014 and known as my dad. and of course, we've also now go, you know, us officials being closed on tape essentially saying that the money that was being

spent in countries like u. k was being used to a sub exist the country. let's just take it and listen to that. have invested over 5000000000 dollars to assist you crane and these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic some friends. today, there are a senior officials in the ukrainian government in the business community, as well as in the opposition civil society and the religious community believe in this democratic and european future for their country. yeah, us admitting is that and see that isn't how this thing is in the pies all over the place when it comes to a country like ukraine and many foreign politicians have accused usaid of funding groups involved in stirring up trouble in their country is a recent claim involved efforts to undermine the government of georgia. so what other examples do, do we know of? yeah, well, we'll start with georgia cuz that's obviously a very recent example. i was into pc just back in december and november. let me see

what the process is. an authorization process that the children. ready had said were being funded would be focused rated by actors in the west. this is all over the web of the elections and on the table will object to much on know what it is. despite the fact that the constitutional quotes in georgia said that they were legitimate. now, we have now heard from a former minister in georgia who's going to send the georgia employment saying essentially there was a direct link between the money that comes from us age. and what is happening in countries like georgia, whether it's the, again, it's simple to attempt to choose take place. we have repeatedly said that organizations such as us a id and any d with the former being a state agency. and the latter, supposedly a non governmental organization, but are both financed from the us budget. play a very bad role in our country. they issue grants, used to teach george and youth how to carry out

a to teach them how to use weapons and teach them how to deal legitimize law enforcement agencies and the government. but we also have similar accusations coming out from so it'd be as precedent as saying again uh the protests that they've seen in say that this was in uh, lithium batteries, factory. i seen them think of that was related to n jews who stood in trouble. again, these enjoys being funded by money coming from the usa. i thought being linked to an attempted to that and just fucking twins and 23. we had some mexico's prizes and begging them us to present, to invite him to stop funding in his country to usaa because he said they were funding opposition groups and the lives was this is in convention this, at the end of this country international. the us government, specifically through us a id, as for some time being financing organizations openly against the legal and legitimate government i represent. this is clearly an interventionist act,

contrary to international law and relations, which should prevail between free and silver in states. something would say this is just the type of the iceberg, rachel, lab, usa, what's a look? they say? so our, this is, if i was promoting democracy in other countries, others would point out, didn't say no. this is a white raging change to face, but we'll see us won't have any time. let's trust alive now to international affairs. um security analysts marks the boat for his pick and want may on full market to see you. yeah, the us has proposed, we believe a temporary bond on foreign, a grounds which could apply to military assistance for ukraine, but not the mirrors. the landscape claims nothing has changed on weapons. will continue to flow to key if it's not hopeful, thinking or easy right to right now, i would say that we don't know everything is still very murky. we have heard

contradictory, journalistic and government reports out on this matter. in, in the last 24 hours, we have heard a statement from the pentagon. however, through voice of america, ukraine say that us military aid to ukraine is not affected. that this is a ace internal state department. and then affects development a but doesn't affect military assistance. we've had an article from political quoting anonymous state, department officials, who contradict that, referring to a mark rubio, the new us. uh, secretary of state, a memo that went out that does talk about a stock work order on existing uh for,

for an a going out which, which appears to go above and beyond trump, executive board or order. but it's not clear at all what the supplies to and, and this will not them, as official says, it appears to apply to ukraine a safe. and so i think we all need to take a step back from this and, and really get some clarity from the white house on this issue uh, from the new state department, from the white house itself. and from the pentagon, because we're getting contradictory statements from different branches of the us government. if the media is to be trusted on the reporting on there, there may a very well be both battles going on inside the new administration right now on this issue. so we don't know, it is the bottom line. so wednesday seems to think he's still getting military shipments and um, but uh, you know, he, he says lots of can i just get your thinking on if it does go ahead though i'm for

90 days it's proposed what consequences would cutting off us assistance have on the ukraine army owns and lensky government. i don't think it would actually have uh, any type of a mediator effect. we know that the buying administration was shoveling arms munitions, equipment into the key every theme as fast as it could shovel them in the last months of the administration. now, it might affect plans. it might affect the flow of arms for several months from now. again, well, we'll have to wait till till we we get that. and then there is an open question because a lot of the military assistance that has been provided to ukraine is not in the media the shipment of arms, but is essentially a u. s. government authorized orders with us defense contractors,

right? which means that they are producing monthly amounts that are then sent onto ukraine on demand. we don't know how that might be affected as well. would. would it reverse existing contracts? so i don't think so, but, but we really don't know. sure we, we don't know enough at this point. you can come to any firm conclusions, but i suspect if it ever game has enough on again to continue the conflict for the next 90 days, more could i just get your thoughts as well on usaid itself that a number of countries have cleaned the agency as metals in their internal 1st, how would use for my user activities abroad or? yeah, i, i think it our fax openly. i mean, i don't think there's a, there's a whole lot of, um, you know, um, affective propaganda saying other ways it acts as an arm of us political

interference in other countries promoting politics in those countries which suit us, foreign policy interest, cities, the weapon ization of other countries, portions of other countries, civil society, it is an unfair advantage. when money comes from another government, it is not a legitimate representation of, of a country civil society. it is a representation of that foreign governments in mark griffith senior thank you for taking us through that as well today. international refers on security analysts. mark slip over to our presidential elections in belarus. get on the way on sunday, but as people are prepared to head to the polls, there are concerns over interference from the broad, the foreign ministry in minutes because accused brussels of wading into it. solving the 1st of all ready, in fact, relating the grinds to discredit the results if the wrong account of it went as one

of the hot topics of recent days is the participation of the international observers and the assessments made by the you. in the face of the european parliament and the u. x. darnell relation service and by the individual parliaments of our neighbors, latvia, and poland. the tax of the relevant decisions on non recognition of the elections have already been published. this is of course, a direct interference in our internal issues and attempt to put pressure on our voters and the distortion of the electoral processes that are currently underway fall. it's not very big secret that the european union has prepared the statements on the elections in billers, how well in advance so well before the process even began happening. now the statements condemns, and that does not recognize the results of the votes of just like it's been happening for many, many years here in this country. denouncing the ongoing, longstanding, great violations of human rights and democratic principles. inbound

a ruse which have further intensified in the run up to the so called presidential election on january 26 parliament of the e u. it's member states and the international community not to recognize the legitimacy of incumbent dictate to exxon de lucas shen co as president of to the vote. meanwhile, members of the election commission of villa rose began to receive threats. and this is obviously a violation of electrical solver and z, and that's according to the chairman of the central election. the commission here and deliver sags theme is to read information about the private lives, then personal data, or for more than 10000 locals who work as observers and the commission members during this presidential election. so one uh, big question here is uh, where is the white house, where is washington the don't as well? washington has made a march here as well by denouncing the elections and build routes which are shipped

to have and the funds back here though. uh, the united states, the state department, the lease, it's blinking. so statements on non recognition of the presidential election and deliveries from the official website is no longer there. check it out. the rooms has certainly reacted very sharply to the european and us statements, according to both the central election committee and the countries foreign ministry as well would be the presidential elections in bella. rou, saw taking place in the interests of our people in the interest of our country, and no one will be allowed to interfere with our sovereign right to hold elections in accordance with our legislation for the inside, seated group at the initiative of a group of engaged deputies a debate on the draft resolution of the european parliament regarding the elections and the republic of bela roost is planned already at this stage. it is obvious that

the project is a gross interference in the electoral process of a sovereign state has nothing to do with the real state of affairs and is designed to put pressure on the free expression of the will of bella, rouge, and citizens. what do you see of elections and bella roost have just begun and everything has already been condemned and not recognized by europe. this is unacceptable to sovereign bella roost. go easy. now in addition to the elections, uh, the west also wanted to undermine a sack. some of those 5 minutes remains. alexandra voltage, who is the secretary of republics? the security council said that's a military sabotage. training for radicals is currently underway in ukraine, and a special sensor has also been set up in poland in order to free minutes and sell their task to capture boarder regence of the ruse with the help of the russian x phoebus. now this show for that, so the forces of a european union are focused on weakening the russian for.