the the, the headline story this, our donald trump confirms he's freezing us for in a previous report suggested the move will last for the next 3 months with 2 countries. israel on the ship exempt from the measures israel releases 200 prisoners following the return of for a female idea of soldiers held by some us as part of the ongoing ceasefire agreement policy. denise, no up liberty spoke to r. t about his time in the cafeteria. 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 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 by western failing to keep the peace, the united nations withdrawals military personnel from the democratic republic of congo. due to what it calls a worsening security situation. that says images emerged showing an arm and un vehicle attacked by m. 23 in search of the this is our to international. my name's you to know neil of 30 minutes of use and use start smaller the us 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 suggested the pause would be for 90 days of excluded israel in egypt. i impose a federal hiring,

freezes federal regulation, freezer, foreign aid, res. oh, that's a nice and i created to do department 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 a to tools ukraine and not concerns. we've been hearing from other bodies in the

last few days. this will relates to the executive orders that donald trump signed just a few days ago when he became avenue president, again, no fees usa, where he said that he was stopping funding for all of for an agencies essentially. but that executive order was quite specific. this was to do with international assistance to develop them programs, an age ministry, a few crane doesn't come through those programs. we also have the job, i did. i did quite a few things before leaving at the white test to try to secure the administrative view cleaned, 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 ministry of a us age 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 2014, something like $5000000.00 us dollars was pumped into cranes. and of course we've

also now got, you know, us officials being quote 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 it and 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 crane. 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 usa, the 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 authorization 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 the table will legitimate to know what it is, despite the fact that the constitutional court in georgia says to favor legitimate . now we've now heard from a former minister in georgia who's going to the georgia and prime minister saying essentially there was of 2 racks, little 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 lab usa, what's a look they say? so our, this is if i was promoting democracy in other countries, others with putting doesn't say no. this is a wide regime change to phase or what the us wants it any time. but a great, yes. now i live on the program, former director of inter governmental affairs for the us trade representative, steve, gail and steve, great. the c u m u, the 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, terms, 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, as well as 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, zaleski regime. 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 u. s. is doing. and then either the western europeans are gonna have to step up, or it's kind of put additional pressure on zelinski to come to the reality that the, that the open checkbook has come to an end. and it's time to end the carnage that is taking place. and then as president trump has pointed out, what has 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 staff thing up, they being very vocal in their support. but know when things are hitting, the proverbial, do you think they will, a lot of money talks, but it also streams and it streams loudly. and i think you're going to see 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 taxpayers 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 nato 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 been excluded from the foreign aid halls. the news and also comes and made claims president trump lifted the poles on heavy balm supplies to his real. 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 a saudi arabia at the table looking to make his story progress towards bringing

real and lasting peace to the middle east. when he left office device administration took a different tact. obviously the, the atrocities committed by a mouse and then the other terrorist organization that region region has made it difficult to, to reach a long as the piece. so i think the top administration is in the middle east as pragmatic. we different from the ukraine, russia situation and i think not pausing be a to is real not causing 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 inter governmental 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 sides. let's

go through what we know here. 200 policy need and kept it so being 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 a brief panache that was already developed were now in ramallah, as in trouble for cation were apparently seen. prisoners were brought tough to their release. and ways you can see a mass of 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 and 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 with joyful freedom of the forest makes

blue cabinets. 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 there. now the. 2 the main, the inside recreational center in the 2nd way of return release the 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for soldiers who were afraid of earlier on the south into a month of 120 individuals convicted of killing these really as many certain most for life sentences from 20 to 2 life sentences with all of them. here to die. 70 all these 200 labeled heavy waves. what israel calls with

blood on the hands will be deported to foreign countries. and we heard already from turkey, l. durant and new to the they all confirm and they are ready to welcome them. 16 roll returned to gauze. all the rest will be sent home parent to the will. few pod westbank and 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

gives 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 relieve all civilian hostages. first followed by military personnel and several of non converts on still remain and continuing to 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 prisoner seems 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 families, student is wanting to add another guy as a base mills and brought him off. might simply not know the exact location is all these upside victories. a lot of ground off her mouth and p i. j folly through his gathers at the exchange location in the guy the steve earlier and stuff a day to witness the release. everyone is still a super weights, idea of complaints we're all from jobs, eventually is viewed by the military move as a victory, a force,

a very important moment. and so these are in the army was supposed to open the net sarina cory door. this is a line that divides into 2 and that the army now controls to allow displays piaza to return to their homes in the north, but only after all the civilian hostages, a release, which is not sure which was supposed to happen on several day. but as soon as it's not the case, the idea of has warren g as a residents, a gains 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 really is, has always far significant backlash, or one is really is we're complaining thirds fleet enrolled in series that the attacks against israelis hayes is a serious security threat to israel is exchange is just the beginning. in the 1st page i'm asked who really spoke to 3 hostages wiley's room, raised 1904 palestinian detainees,

including 1200 gallons detains during the war. notably those involved in the for were 7 mastercard, and also include at 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 protests are 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, cheering, 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, 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 and 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 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 okay, we don't know of what our past experience has been, but let's see what these officials have to say. we've obviously seen the reports. the mouse 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 were not held 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 hiccup or an actuality. are bill you who did 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, to the pell as soon as can go back north. and they claimed that she was being held by another as logic. milton agreed, who had to refuse the tool. now to release or let's see what the idea of spokesperson has to say about that. the mos failed to meet. it's the obligations to

1st release is really female civilian hostages. as part of 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 us stands in accordance with the agreement. but the that it was 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, what excitement and relief is running the return of some of the house just didn't dump an enthusiasm for the weekly empty government protest in tel aviv hundreds to the streets of the city, demanding the authorities fully implement the ceasefire dealing with him off to get back the remaining 90 hostages is now being held for almost $500.00 days. protesters range pictures of those still captive along with founders calling

further, safe return home would be route based independent journalist. david is a way to resolve the view. the apartment good health of the freed this really hostages calls into question claims of mistreatment in captivity. to 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 the hours often when they entered and these are people who live in under occupation, the number of seats. so their situation was bad when they entered to begin with. and they had been some visits to cruise even a few days ago. another video sneaked up the config, filling up under the prison. the significant was in the prison. and this just shows you the difference between the occupation of the occupied even the videos today, when you saw the release of the 4 is really kept this from gaza. there were smiley,

there was some sort of a stick with teens. you saw that hadn't goody bags with them. and, and none of the chains that israel has made work true. so it is, we're letting me call a 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 prison. i will stop and 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 meeting, was really narrative. to know the 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 personnel 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 because the enemy, who is attacking us on the aggressor must be hunted down to that last entrenchment . pushed back fall from goma and pursued them until they leave the entire national territory. they occupy you. if it is a duty, it is a pantry. i'll take obligation. the police well am $23.00 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 m 23 and allegedly with the support of ro one that in government forces galli. however, it denies the claim, admit that deteriorating relations to 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. he took up, we left our villages to seek refuge here in goma and i do not. and yet your 2 men, we cannot escape the sound of bombs. we had to flee again, walking through for us to find another sanctuary. the situation is tearing us apart . i mean that 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, no gun, and we keep walking, hoping to escape the danger. i talked to the one of a journalist from the english language for london newspaper, the new times,

albert ru, december of sais. that after a quarter of a century in the d. r. c, u n. peacekeepers of clearly failed. and then we for the last 25 years ever since 1999, the u. n. decided to send a peacekeeping mission. and it was the biggest global. the only thing the whole world is the biggest mission that being there for 25 years. ready when the municipal, because as i mean most of this uh uh, ration arrived in 1999 that we're so good group in that region. 2 days, 25 years later we have 218. so there is a sofa, an incredible failure from the un and entities as been just moving up phone own and taking moultrie as mode that we're getting attacked to do the same thing. so i don't even see after all of these years. well we can see that gives us a cheap being beaten by the enter the 3. so i don't think we,

we have anything to expect that keeps us out turning the tie right down the slovak prime minister roberts feet, so has double done and on his thumbs, but you crane will never become part of nato. this just came to it is 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 next to them. i was there at the european council, which is 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 and award 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 trump to school? and what will happen to ukraine's that ukraine will never ever be in nato because he didn't put keen to. and when i listen to the statements of many politicians, i see that we will also have huge problems with at entering the your opinion. well, just to reiterate,

the neutral status of the crate has long been one on base security guarantees. russia has sold western promises. the key of about a session to the block of being until recently a constant member zalinski recently admitted it's clear his allies had strong him along all not from show. 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, you crane is not a nato, and therefore it was just honest 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 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 russians. ok, you need to clean, well german officer and war correspondents, thomas roper, sees western leaders dangling nato membership for t of has led to much of the destruction seen since 2022,

the due process stuff. it's so much a things to the decision of c. lensky to pick, continue fighting for a membership of natal. this, most of the official goal of this was the reason, or the main reason why at the config started. this was the narrative for 2 and a half years. for this narrative, you create has to join nato, a hundreds of thousands to craig and died when he is, 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 received already in 22 in the beginning, obviously not to nato officials where they have had, was, ne, told them, or from their governments from us. and congress promised a lot and didn't keep the word. and this is what some of us know repeated. of course keith will not be part of natal. i'm. this is a rush as against and, 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 news agencies will look at germany 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 mass protest in the country are being directly influenced on final, in spite outside forces robert feet, so also states a significant proportion of the demonstrators are ukrainians calling for his overthrow. the hello dusty. this who these protests are not a 100 percent organized by the opposition to come in because this mass, as they say, is celebrated by someone else in chicago. so it is celebrated by n g o's, funded from abroad, such as the piece for ukraine, which is of course,

automatically connected to progressive slovak yeah, in terms of personality. and we have a group of instructors from several countries who are instructing you to make up a story. we just put the new call. people together, create fear that the government wants to leave the usb ukrainian television is running around. rally is what i do, where you craniums are a 3rd of the demonstrated real estate with me and protesting against the slovak government key. and i don't understand why you craniums have anything to say about the slovak government to suggest you. and then they show on tv and we crane honeymoon, how dissatisfied ukrainians are in slovakia, any which i maybe on emergent doesn't involve any type of demonstrators team. the prime minister is acting in moscow was impressed when it comes to the ukraine conflict that was rallying or demanding his resignation and want an immediate boost than military and financial support to get ahead of the the in a base. so for off institute thing for election there markovich say's i'd side players have their own interest in rest. and so if i can you can see this um

us style um color revolution um taking place in slovakia because of course black rock here in union don't wants to warn ukraine to end spots. they wants to continue it until the last 2 gradient. i don't think that's the european union. we'll jump in since 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 robots feed, so it has to come, besides some big, tall auto problem, the repeating statesman who is viewed um, as the devil himself, in the eyes of the global list of people because both it so and all the bond juanza multiple that was on the one hand, and i mean, i find you were also, you're a little bit more suffering from the united states of america. i'm not forced to follow every, all of us to globally on the one hand. and um, the 2nd period. they also piece and in the times because when the west is.