[000:00:00;00] the headline story this, our donald trump confirms he's freezing us far in a previous report suggested the move last for the next 3 months with 2 countries. israel on the ship exempt from the measures israel released as 200 prisoners following the return of for a female idea of soldiers held by some us as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement policy. and you know, up, liberty spoke to warranty about his time and cafeteria 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 the tough circumstances they endured me. god gives me the strength to make it up to there's nothing more to say. but thank god, who has blessed us with freedom while idea of medics confirmed the soldiers released by hum us are in good condition country to earlier today. it was my west tourism failing to keep the peace, the united nations withdrawals military personnel from the democratic republic. i'll put con goats due to what it calls a worsening security situation. that says images emerged showing an arm or do un vehicle attacked by m 23 in search of the business r t international. my name's you to know legal of 30 minutes of use and use the start smaller. the u. s. is putting a freeze on foreign aid. the news has been confirmed by the new president, donald trump,

details so far our vague but earlier reports suggest that the pause would be for 90 days and excluded israel in egypt. i impose a federal hiring freeze that federal regulation, freezer, foreign aid, res. oh, that's a nice and i created to do the properties of government efficiency and have a lot of good people or review of key organizations is believed to be under way, including into the agency for international development or us aid. while the measure, primarily suspends you monitoring on development assistance, military funding could be hosted to not us for ukraine. vladimir zalinski and says key of legal aid is 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. the 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 lensky saying that this doesn't affect military aid, a tool, and quite a lot concerns. we've been hearing from other bodies in the last few days as it relates to the executive orders that donald trump signed just a few days ago. when he became avenue presidency, i know the 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 ministry, a few crime doesn't come through those programs. we also have the job, i did. i did quite a few things before leaving the white test to try to secure the administrative view claim, at least for the next few months. so this seems to firm that we understand is for the next 90 days, any programs through us military of a us a's debt and funding after the full of the soviet union back in 1990 between then i'm just off to the mind and coach took place in 2013,

something like $5000000.00 us dollars was pumped into crane. and of course we've also now got, 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 resist the country. let's just take a listen to that. have invested over 5000000000 dollars to assist you crane in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic prince. today, there are a senior officials in the ukranian 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 is missing essentially, 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, we'll, we'll start with georgia cuz that's obviously a very recent example. i was into pc just back in december and november with me through the process that these are optimization process that the children government had said were being funded. would be focused rated by actors in the west . this is all over the web of the elections, and i'll tell you, but we'll legitimate to know what it is, despite the fact that the constitutional court in georgia said that they were legitimate. now we've now heard from a former minister in georgia who's going to send the georgia employment instead of saying a sentence. and there was a to right length between the money that comes from us age. and what is happening in countries like georgia, whether it's being, again, is 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 our both finance 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 was what, say, this is just the type of the iceberg right? show view as a 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 phase or what the us wants at any time. but i, chris, yes. now i live on the program, former director of inter governmental affairs for the us trade representative, steve, gail and steve, great to see you m p b u. s. has a non sta, whole to on foreign, a grounds which seems to apply to military assistance as well. and possibly therefore, to ukraine. but if not the mirrors landscape teams, nothing's changed. weapons will continue to flow. do you think the key of will be included in this bond?

i think they're absolutely included in this band. i think donald trump is made it clear. we're going to stop flooding money to other countries. while we take a pause and look at exactly what we're getting for our money. and i think the donald trump's executive orders also calling for an audit of what we have sent to ukraine, which many have fought in the past. we need to know how much money has actually gone to where we were told it was going versus going into the pockets of the corrupted crafts in ukraine. so it's for an indefinite period. we believe possibly 90 days. if it goes, i had had, what consequences would that have steve on, on the ukrainian army lensky government, if u. s. assistance was cut off, or whether it's, 1st of all, going to put pressure if the, you know, western nations, if the, if the brits, if the others in western europe want to continue to fund this. uh uh, so that's the reason they will have to step up and put even more end to make up for

what the united states will stop putting in. i think the flow of weapons is going to come to a quick end, as well as the default, the so called for an aide. so i think it's got to put a cease to what the us is doing. and then either the western europeans are gonna have to step up, or it's got to put additional pressure on zalinski to come to the reality that the, that the open checkbook has come to an end. and it's time to end the cartridge that is taking place. and then as president trump has pointed out, would have been avoided all along. if he had been president the last 4 years instead of jo by a just on the aspect of the european countries staffing up, they've been very vocal in their support. but know when things are hitting, the proverbial, do you think they will of luck, money talks, but it also screams and it streams loudly. and i think your dos, the streams in house, from taxpayers in western europe, questing whether they want more of their money to continue to flow in ukraine. i

think us taxpayer spoke very clearly and the selection is donald trump was making it clear that the money flow was going to come to an end if he got elected. and i think you're going to see the same sort of voices coming out of western europe as well. particularly with donald trump is putting pressure on the western european nations to step up what they should be doing with nato. they are under funding with their obligations our top is already called for them to increase that. and i think the double whammy of having to increase their data obligations and give more to ukraine is going to put economic pressure on the countries that are already suffering economically. just another aspect of this israel has reportedly being excluded from the foreign aid halls. the news and also comes and made claims president trump lifted the poles on heavy balm supplies to israel. how do you see that changing the balance of power of the situation, at least in the middle east? a. i think a trump is looking at re initiating the abraham records,

that literally had saudi arabia at the table looking to make his store it progress towards bringing real and lasting peace to the middle east. you know, when he left office divided ministration took a different tax, obviously the, the atrocities committed by a mouse and then the other terrorist organization that region region have made it difficult to, to reach a long lasting piece. so i think the trumpet, ministration is in the middle east as pragmatic. we different from the ukraine, russia situation and i think not pause. i can be a to is real, not pausing the military support for as real as they are in the face of enemies all around them. i think shows that he and his administration see a very clear distinction between what they want in the middle east and how they want to bring peace to the ukrainian russian region. steve gulf, former director of intergovernmental affairs for us trade representative. your time is always much appreciated, sir. a thank you, my friend, get a 2nd prisoner on hosted swap between israel on from us

has taken place as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement between the sites. let's go through what we know here. 200 palestinian captains have been released from this really jails. the majority who were allowed to return to the westbank had been serving life sentences according to the palestinian prisoners office. although 70 of those convicted of the most serious crimes have already been deported to egypt. ortiz, middle east, correspond to re, if a national was following the developers were now in ramallah as a drop off location, where apparently spending prisoners were brought tough to the release in ways you can see a massive crowd has gathered to welcome them. now ex prisoners. the motions are running high, people are whistling to resubmit, they've heard somewhere, some people, and then sing manual cemetery and palace, the flags, most of our relatives dissipating, the return of their loved ones. and friends of those really would also interest 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 through the so we're 46000 gallons were killed in 15 months, all the war. and this is one big deal. okay. now i think there is another reason or now the. 2 the. c main, the recreation center, the in a 2nd way of return release, the 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for boys raised soldiers who were afraid of earlier on the 2nd time of the 120 individuals convicted of killing. these really as many certain, most of a lot of sentences from 20 to 10 large sentences,

but not all of them. here to die. 70 of these 200 labeled heavy weights. what is real calls with a blog on the hands will be deported to foreign countries and we heard already from turkey, yale drew into new to the they all confirming they are ready to welcome them. 16 roll returned to gauze of all the rest will be sent home parent to the okey pod rug bag it also is through so that we have been able to speak to some of the newly relays. let's listen to what they have to say about the experience and what they feel right now. i was sentenced to 28 years with some years 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 always. 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, 1st followed by military personnel and several of non converts on still remain in connectivity. wherever a mass has reportedly fed up the release of soldiers, that was really sort of just like when, because the secure, a high and prisoners say is rash to your face to palestinian prisoners for age is really sold or another possible reason. some civilian hostages may be in the hands of the only student is wanting to add another guy as a base. milton berle might simply not know. the exact location is all these a lot dictates. a lot of ground off her mass and p. i. j folly through his gathers at the exchange location in regardless steve earlier and stuff like that, you would miss the release. everyone is still a super weights,

idea of skin points where you draw from the eventually is viewed by the middle of the room as a victory or force a very important moment. and so these are in the army will suffice to open the necessary even for a door. this is a line that divides the into 2. and that the army now controls to allow displaced return to the homes in the north, but only after all the civilian hostages. are released, which is not sure which will suffice to happen on several day, but as soon as it's not the case, the idea of has worn g as a 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 law as a function, a how mouthful not sticking to the terms of the agreement. this relays has always far significant backlash, or one is really is we're complaining those fleet and bolden series that the attacks against israelis pays is a see where is security threats to israel is exchange is just simply gaining in the

1st page. i'm asked who released such a 3 hostages, wylie's room phrase 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 and see how it plays out. very soon, ocean i'm seeing reporting from ramallah linux change from us, found it over for is really hostages to the red cross. the women arrive back in israel on saturday where they were reunited with their families in the emotional scenes. here's our t country. peter roby berman with more a mirror and tell of it hoster square, which is the epicenter for his really protest to free the hostages. they've been in

the hostage for more than 470 days. i think is that 476. and this morning, this place was filled with thousands of people clapping, cheering, stinging, dancing, just ecstatic, step to our house and be as far as really sold is where are these very all bog, 19 years old, corinne, diarrhea, 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 in hospitals, in television. now let'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 so a lot of the hostages had been sexually abuse before officers. i came out of captivity today seems to be relatively okay. 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 volumes committed in the name of the most of them religion. the hostages will not health in reasonable conditions, as some have cleared cynically claimed children were seriously abused, so it seemed to seize the goal. she ation did not go without a hick off of an actuality. our bill, your hood a 29 year old woman who is a civilian who was kidnapped, was supposed to be released today and she was in. and as a result, she's real as not letting the palestinians cross and it, it started him car door to go back north from us has promised to try to release or during the course of the week. so the pell of savings can go back ours. and they claimed that she was being held by another, as lot of military greet who had to refuse the tool now to release. or let's see

what the idea of spokesperson has to say about that. come us failed to meet its obligations to 1st release is really female civilian hostages, sparks over the agreement. we appreciate and find the efforts of all the international mediators, united states, guitar and egypt. and we expect them to make sure come on stands in accordance with the agreement. but the that is made, people are just happy that for female soldiers have been released and that is a nightmare is ended for them. and people here are singing and rejoicing. this is robbie berman from television while excitement and relief is running the return of some of the house and just didn't dump in enthusiasm for the weekly empty government protest in tel aviv hundreds to the streets of the city demanding the authorities fully implemented the ceasefire dealing with him off to get back the

remaining 90 hostages is now being held for almost $500.00 days. protesters reigns pictures of those still captive along with banners calling further, safe return home will be route based independent journalist david's a way to resolve the view. the apartment good health of the freed is really hostages calls into question claims of mistreatment in captivity. still look at the bell as soon as were released from his early prisoners. their situation is far worse than you just by looking up. and you can see that there are worse off than when they entered. and these are people who be living under occupation and under siege. so their situation was bad when they entered to begin with. and then some visits to look for even a few days ago, another video sneaked up the config, filling up under the prison. the significant was in the prison. this just shows you the difference between the occupation and the occupied even the videos today,

when you saw the release of the for is really captive from gaza. they were smiling . there was some sort of facilities you saw that hadn't goody bags with them. and, and none of the trains that israel has made work true. so it is what i mean call lie over and over and over and over again. okay. and anyone it was still for us. the word comes out of israel delight about the babies. they lied about the children and women being raped, the light about the prisoners stop and condition what speed you have, what's happening to these 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 meeting, was really narrative to another headlines. stories today, tensions continue to sewer and the dra 01. the border,

the un peacekeeping mission in the democratic republic of congo has withdrawn some of its personal from goma in the east of the country due to what's being described as a worsening security situation. images from the area show us smoldering armor un vehicle after it's has been hit by m 23. it's a simple, bland. the supreme commander has given some instructions with the enemy who is attacking us on may the aggressor must be hunted down to that last infringement pushed back fall from goma and pursued them until they leave the entire national territory. they occupy. yeah, it is a duty. it is a pantry, i'll take obligation. the police well am 23 congolese fighters have been steadily advancing towards go my. they already occupied a large territory on the frontier with uganda and rolanda. the conflict has been raging since 2021. driven by the n 23 and allegedly with the support of ro one that in government forces galli. however, it denies the claim,

admit that deteriorating relation to the new york city is now recalled. it's diplomats and is the mumbling, the closure of rome. one of the embassy in contrast to within 48 hours, we heard reaction from locals about watson b here and goma situation is becoming more complex every day. as humanitarian we are trying to fulfill our mission. but how can we do so when bombs explode, and bullets whistle around every street corner? it makes our work almost impossible. to go, we left our villages to seek refuge here in goma and i do not. and yet here too, and we cannot escape the sound of bombs. we had to flee again, walking through for us to find another sanctuary. and what's in this situation is tearing us apart on end of our children no longer have the chance to continue their education because of the lack of resources they fall ill. and the women among us are still coming to disease now. and we keep walking,

hoping to escape the danger. i talked to the one who's a journalist from the english language for one the newspaper, the new times, albert roo, december of sais. that after a quarter of a century in the new york, the un peacekeepers of clearly failed. and then we met for the last 25 years ever since 1999. the u. n. decided to send a peacekeeping mission. and it was the because, globally only thing the whole world is the biggest mission that being there for 20 was the 5 year. ready when the motorcycle because that's the name of this uh uh, ration arrived in 1999 that we're so good group in that region today for the 5 years late that we have 218. so there is a super, an incredible stream it from the un and, and if it has been just moving up, phone phone and taking moultrie as mode that were getting attacked, it did the same thing. so i don't even see after all of these years. well,

we can see that gives us that cheap being beaten by the end of the 3. so i don't think we, we have anything to expect. ringback himself out turning the tie right down the still voc prime minister, robert faith so has double done and on his stubs that you crane will never become part of nato. is this just, you know, it is not, but your opinion is convinced that if the us president and 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 system, when i asked president zalinski whether there could be a piece deal with our 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 the president put in agree with president traveling school, and what will happen to ukraine's that ukraine will never, ever be in nato? is it 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. just to reiterate, the neutral status of the crate has long been one on the base security guarantees. russia has sold western promises, the key of about a session to the block of being until recently a constant number zalinski recently admitted it's clear his allies had strong him, alone on the from sure it was not a very transparent policy at 1st. and yet, some countries did not support our entry into nato. simple, and these were simply allies that yes, ukraine will be a nato, a decade has passed. what i mean ukraine is not a nato, and therefore it was dishonest towards ukraine and ukrainians. and it was also dishonest from our leaders, when some of our leaders said, we were promised that we would be in nato city. 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 and ok, you need to clean, well german arthur and more correspondence,

thomas roper sees western leaders dangling nato membership for t of has led to much of the destruction seen since 2022. the greatest stuff at so much a things to the decision of c lensky. to continue fighting for a membership of natal. this was the official goal. this was the reason, or the main reason why at the conflict started. this was the narrative for 2 and a half years. for this narrative, the crate has to join nato. hundreds of thousands to crate and died. when he was, is it just, you know, comes out said at, sorry, no natural, we will be a neutral state. and then repeat what as kate, this is something you could have haven't had received already in 22 in the beginning, obviously not to nato officials where they have had was and they told them all of their governments were 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 nato. this is a rush as against and the 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 news agencies will look at germany and, and usa, they also against this is 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 wasn't that wasn't level one. meanwhile, the slovak prime minister again stays most protests in the country, are being directly influenced and financed by outside forces. robert feet so also states a significant proportion of the demonstrators are ukrainians calling for his overthrow . the filters, the, this with these protests are not 100 percent organized by the opposition to come in . because of this mass, as they say, is celebrated by someone else can insure it. so it is celebrated by n g o's,

funded from abroad, such as the piece for ukraine, which is of course, automatically connective to progressive slovak yeah. in terms of personnel assume that, and we have a group of instructors from several countries who are instructing you to make up a story which just hoping to call people together to create fear that the government wants to leave the us. the ukrainian television is running around rally is what i do for you. craniums are a 3rd of the demonstrator will escape protesting against the slow back government key. and i don't understand why you craniums have anything to say about the slovak government to associate. and then they show on tv and the crane honeymoon, how dissatisfied ukrainians are in slovakia, any which i made the unimportant, there was an implementation of demonstrators team. the prime minister is acting in most goes on chris when it comes to the ukraine conflict. so was rallying or demanding his resignation and want an immediate boost in military and financial support to get ahead of the the in a base. so for off institute, think like some of the markets saves. i'd side players have their own interest in

rest and stuff. i can you can see this um us style um color revolution um taking place in slovakia because of course black rock and so here in union don't wants to warrant ukraine to end spots. they wants to continue it until the last to craig, and i don't think that's the european union. we'll jump in sims, these protests are in its very interest since. um, if you uh, follow ups, of course the news during the last month. so i'm, you could see that the robot seats, so it has to come, besides some big tall autobahn. could you repeat the statesman, hoarse viewed tom as the devil, himself, in the eyes of the global as the lead? because both it so as autobahn one. so multiple walls on the one hand. we're also europe and will be more sub a room from the united states of america. i'm not forced um to follow on every