the, the, the and breaking news and loss releases all 6 is really hostages from gaza with the final captive just handed over to the red cross under the terms of a fragile cease fire. hundreds of palestinian prisoners are also due to be freed from is really tells today the president, trump runs out of patience with someone's key. as a us leader says camp is back tracking on a mass of resource deal with washington. you get sick of it. you just get sick of it and i've had it the beleaguered economy and controversial no confidence vote on chancellor sold last year. set the stage for german general elections that kicked off on sunday. and the ones here to cancel adopt

a resolution calling for peace in the democratic republic of congo for m. 23 militants, are advancing to the east the year watching r t international. i'm rachel ruble live from our headquarters in moscow. well, we begin with breaking news from gaza warehouse has released 6 is running hostages in the latest, a swap of the shaky ceasefire. the last remaining captive has been handed over to the red cross according to the id f. in return, hundreds of palestinians are to be set free from is rarely jails or to middle east bureau chief maria from ocean. it brings us more on the ongoing exchange. i saw eyes and israel and gale force in the west bank and ramallah, families and friends hold their breath anxiously waiting to embrace their loved ones and ordinary citizens, also waiting, hoping for

a smooth return at hostages. squaring tel aviv crowns have been gathering since early morning watching the release of giants queens celebrating the freed hostages . hospitable. so there are 2 of course with those students of cvt and across the west bank, including peer and rom. * of mass celebrations are also expected and to prevent it, the idea has deployed additional forces all across the territories. in the past few hours really forces have broken off public gatherings in anticipation of potential and grass. but if you guys, exchangers are any indication, we can say that it's one stop people from coming together to celebrate, but also to we've full, the over $48000.00 lives lost in the gas after more than 500 days, inc. if typically is really, really a coin on that event fits on that of samples and todd showing the asset to return home. and also expected to be released all of them in these 2. and the strawman

said, who have been held in garza for over a decade for 16 months as we covered before we followed the story of on that event, kansas grandmother f. holocaust survivor told us that these months of waiting have been harder than anything she has. every yours, we also we painted on min b soon and is really with, after you will see in all regions who due to a mental disorder mistakenly crossed in 202013 and was never seen again and to him off. what is the video of him last year proving he was in life for the 1st on one of these locations is rough from me, the diction for the once a densely populated area that has been seen of intense fighting, and it's really been margins for months. the 2nd location is in this, a rock, a refugee camping central dog of where the idea of has for 10 doctor ron maneuvers tearing home to hostages. it was known that most of them could be held there. it was there last summer that the rescue operation by these re army took place. that's

freeform is really captives including one with russian citizenship. and drake has loved the slightest exchange. indeed comes on the extreme. tensions on says is you remember for the 1st time since the seas far began, israel received the remains of hostages. we did not survive the moving tools, devastated and then took an even darker turn. and when they were, the bodies of 2 young children, tragic symbols will do for over 7 attacks of to forensic examinations. these will accuse her mazda, of murdering them, with bare hands, a direct contradiction to her master's earlier claims, but they were killed by. it's really a surprise from us whole. so it was supposed to return the body of the mother, but israel announced the remains they received belonged to an unknown guys and woman. the response was yours and swift from and as for benjamin, can you, i hope you have mazda violating the deal, and vowed it would pay the highest price. and loss has no clue to all the possibility of

a mistake promising investigation while we are forming its commitments. to the agreement and for now we can see is really a form which is have chosen not to disrupt the exchange. and this is why we, we've seen, had the swamp now taking place. as in previous exchange is the freed hostages. a 1st handed over to the international red cross, then to the idea of which take them to is rating territory there they will be reunited with their families and ongoing medical evaluations in return is really set to relieve a 102 palestinian prisoners on such a day more than half were detained after october 7 and will be sent back to gaza where they're coming from. originally, 200 women and miners from the gather sweep released in exchange for the bodies on top of that is that this also includes 51 prisoners serving lives, sentences 59 with long prison terms, 108 of them will be deported to egypt as israel doesn't allow them to be released

to the west bank fighting security concerns with some also expected to be transferred to other countries. among the most high profile names, kindly speaking and names is made by who t, one of the longest serving college student prisoners. first convicted in 1978 for murdering, and his re bus driver. he was released during 2011 exchange deal with later rash to violate in his release conditions. also on the lease ballade. a move on in sentence 23 live turns for a dudley 2015 attack in jerusalem and highly exhibiting a book. i mean, convicted of the 2019 murder open is really american citizen. and the release of these present or is high profile as is ro calls them with blood on their hands as well when, if you pensions and these rel, security concerns are growing, of course. but was deli, give exchange on folding o. r, as in fact are what happens next. the 1st phase of agreement is set to ends next

week, and i'm starting to lose told a ready significantly delayed have review. finally, israel is demanding the immediate release of the 22 remaining leaving hostages, and the public pressure is wrong with the u. s. has set a 2 week deadline for a deal, but it's real repeatedly warns it is ready to review military operations if her mice does not comply. so this phase 4 and this piece is very fragile. will this agreement lay the groundwork for more hostages releases, and perhaps even an ends to the war will receive renewed hostilities take center stage. so early to say, of course, for now i'm turning to the west now. the u. s. has reported a threatened ukraine. is it shutting off access to eli and must this is darlene to satellite network unless you have signs of proposed resource extraction deal. donald trump has said he's literally sick. a lot of marriage. zalinski is attempts

to back out of the lucrative agreements according to the us president. he f o is america big time. so we're gonna either sign a deal or there's going to be a lot of problems with them. so we're going to sign a deal to get security because we have to do that. we're spending our treasure. i've been watching him negotiate with no card says no cards add, you get sick of it. you just get sick of it. and i've had it. and he then made a deal with us for rivers and things man who knows what rivers is worth. so you know, but at least it's something and who knows what else who is, who knows? they even have it. but we made a deal with the river and the secretary of treasury, a very good guy actually went there and they couldn't even come close to get a good deal done. and frankly, i wish he didn't go to the waste all of his time like that. but they couldn't get

close, they met. right. and then what he wanted to get as close as a was unable to meet him again. but uh so, so just on wasted trip in dangerous trip to i didn't like it that he was doing it because you know, he's a good man. i didn't want him to be put himself under danger because i had a feeling something like that would happen. but it looks like washington is late to the party since london don't. there 1st, the british government apparently managed to secure exclusive rights to ukraine's resources just days before donald trump took office ortiz and ran a cost. right. but dig deeper into the story. it is clear that the u. k. has become very passionate, it's about that you claim in causal of a sudden, especially the last couple of months, even as a piece deal seems within range. one of them is determined for you. crazy to keep going by using lies, brain washing floods and even tiers of support from the european union. here's

a small reminder. you know, that the united kingdom continues to be your foremost partner. we continue to work alongside you. we continue to support you to the max as you fight to surrender as well, for anything to work. okay? it has to have your p ends in ukraine, is part of it because the premiums and europeans are the ones to meet so same samantha dean here in europe. so without this to any d wouldn't just work very grateful to all of those european politicians. that's folk out and read from the values and principles said they are defending. no one did this better than presidency. so, so lensky, let me conclude, and this becomes difficult, the last couple weeks of being in tens. and all this was proceeded by another strange

moment felt weird landmark agreements between london and kids. talking about on breakable bones fairly ends in a band lot soft promises museum premium. i mean, use the tiny because there was a visit of the british prime minister, the signing of the 100 year partnership agreement. maybe this is a fundamentally new format of relations between the closest relations are now between new crane and britain, you know, with, if there is also a secure secret part of the agreement. christie, everything that really adds to our resilience. yes. and the opportunity to develop some has more energy at cooperation as the agreement sites right here. it's also summative. so u k, as a preferred partner for ukraine's energy sector critical minerals strategy and green steel production. and there's more now look at the sports supported developments over ukranian critical minimal strategy, and necessary regulatory structures required to support the maximize ation of

benefits from ukraine's natural resources. well, isn't that nice and potentially lucrative for that? you take, after all, ukraine has one of the largest mineral deposits of any do a p and country, which would explain the southern friendliness and partnership. maybe that's why the landmark agreements was signed before tom had a chance to get there literally 4 days before his and all duration. and now i think it was once in or else we're going to rain very valuable, rarer. so we won, while we put up to go in terms of the guarantee we want to guarantee one, we're handing a money hand over fist, we're giving them equipment. so we're looking to do a deal with the brain where they're going to secure what we're giving them with their errors and other things. here's the thing. we don't get our money back and we

tell them that the deal is we do something more or less us treasury secretary school and best sense even travel to crate it with an earlier valentine's day presence in the form of a proposal. but it was in very well received. here's how it all went down in scott, this is actually what you were slipping and unavailable for me to be traveling many hours on the train, which is today. we're talking about the 6 or he was there to get a document signed. and when he got there, he came back and they were just respect to the united states. and that's why i said that this document is not ready. and i said there is no word on security guarantees. we agreed that there could be something done about it,

but no one knows anything for him. and if it isn't clear, as i said, let's write the percentages i am defending ukraine. i can't sell our state. you will write some guarantees and we will write some interest in the memorandum i was only told 50. i said ok, you know, i'm just a decision maker and i'm not working on the details of this document. i think president trump is very upset, present zelinski, and i and some case, and rightfully so. look, number one, joe biden had frustrations as a landscape. people shouldn't forget at the newspaper articles out there about how he cursed out them in a phone call because the lensky, instead of saying thank you for all your help, is immediately out there messaging what we're not doing or what he's not getting. i think the 2nd thing is, frankly, i was personally very upset because we had a conversation with president zalinski, the vice president and i, the 23 of us. and we discussed this issue about the mineral rights. we explain to them what we want to be enjoying better with you, not because we're trying to steal from your country. but because we think that's

actually a security guarantee where your partner and an important economic endeavor, we get to get paid back some of the money, the tax payers have given close to $200000000000.00. and it also, and now we have a vested interest in the security of ukraine and he said, sure, we want to do this deal. that makes all the sense in the world. the only thing is i need to run it through my legislative process for that's the thing is upright scope there 1st and now is a lot of skis and a bit of a pickle she has from calling him a dictate or without elections has ruined his country. and perhaps sold it off after all, but so those who are unable to provide any security guard sees, even if they tried upstairs compliments in the boatloads. the prime minister expressed his support for the presidency lensky as ukraine's democratically elected leader. and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend the elections during war time as the u. k. did during world war 2. this was a man's east country,

and that is country and still those he was elected. he's the like to lead to ukraine and he's done what winston churchill in britain and 2nd will. and boris johnson, the man who does have to button and make sure the conflict kept going. 4 years ago, what a deal was on the table. when we europeans, going to stop being scandalized about donald trump and stopped helping him to end this war. that's as a car in for it as prime minister is even willing to send his own troops unprepared . consider committing purchased forces on the ground. alongside off those. if there is a last in piece agreement, but the must be a us back stop us. because a us security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter russia from attack. can you create a good? but as you can see, even here, the minutes that us involvement is necessary,

which won't happen if they don't get their minerals. so now the question remains, are the minerals there for the taking or have they already been sold? so ukraine's new best friend which could become the landscape final mistake on germany could be welcoming a new chancellor and the governing coalition as voters prepare for nationwide elections on sunday. opinion polls suggest the outcome for the stag may lead to big changes. well, this comes after chancellor off schultz fired his finance minister last year, then lost a vote of confidence that paid the way for early elections. this february, following the collapse of his government, germany has reduced russian gas purchases and implemented other measures that have led to a rapid backward slide for its economy. now struggling to avoid the recession, it's bound to be a pivotal election issue and local say, the ruling portion has done too little too late. i had finished good blasts,

didn't do anything to few decisions and above all, mostly negative ones. my. i am disappointed by all the politics of the routing coalition. i'm to encourage you, come to me a phone at 1st. i could not imagine that 3 such different parties could achieve good results together. we're not doing well right now, and there are lots of election promises being made. whatever will be better for the citizens. the opposite will be the case. the state does not have enough money. there is always talk of making savings. so it really affects people's wallets after the election. do you have them in the program or do they have neither considered nor solve the problems of the country? i am very pessimistic, miss. so i had hoped that frederick merits would tackle this. but he will now take either the greens or the s p d or both with him, and nothing will change there by them. unfortunately, nothing will change, right? i mean, what the population does not want is a left leaning co government. we will not solve the problems of migration like that

complete. so you can know more in europe, more in the middle east, economic decline. these are very big problems and that's why we need a fresh start. all right, let's take a closer look at the current chancellor's time and office salts has been a steadfast advocate for ukraine and pumping more military aid into the war he back peddled on sunday long range, taurus, muscles to create in 2024, declaring it align he was unwilling to cross adding to as low as germany's economy started declining during his administration with sky rocketing gas prices, as they moved to break ties with russia is a breakdown of the legacy schultz is leaving. the

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total cost to go to dod insurance is that all of these are the the head of germany's and access to lenin as part of gabrielle fetched nurses, berlin and western leaders have been waging an economic war on russia that has backfired and only driven up prices at home. the it is

true that foreign and military policy has become increasingly aggressive in recent years. we believe that imperialist powers are preparing for a 3rd world war, which we consider to be a serious and realistic threats. we have a strong position on this issue and have made it clear in our election platform. we strongly oppose this trend towards war preparation and consider it to be an attack on the desire for peace among the masses. in germany, this approach is being promoted under the slogan of getting ready for war and has a negative impact on people's lives. we consider the usa to be a major global war making power. nato, of course, is an aggressive military alliance and not a peaceful one. they have been involved in most of the aggressive wars, and they have an ongoing expansion of their territory to the east. nato did not originally intend to have a military presence in eastern germany. however, they now have a naval base in raw stock. they want to station medium range missiles in germany

and have nuclear warheads in germany. these are all things that we strongly condemn . perhaps you will not hear the word sanctions as often from us because we consider it to be a misleading term. in fact, it's about economic warfare and the united states started this economic conflict. the european union supports this, and it's mainly about who has the dominance in sales markets in energy supply. of course, this was a deliberate plan by the united states, which has long wanted germany to get l. n. g gas from the united states. they use the ukraine conflict to force this change and drive speculation to the extreme. this is the main reason for the high prices. german citizens have not seen inflation like this since world war 2 with prices rising by up to 30 percent for ordinary people. this needs to be addressed. it should also be noted that prices for russian, oil and gas have increased significantly. well building later maya san do

is the target of demonstrations demanding she resign and put an end to censorship. dozens of protestors gathered in front of the pro western presidents offices in the capital cation now to the reason man of putting a lot of a has sparks the latest discontents with critics saying, the move violates principles of free speech. the opposition socialist party organize the rally and is calling for parliamentary and early presidential elections to be held simultaneously. this year you are fighting has intensified in the democratic republic of congo following the m 23 militant groups capture of the eastern cities of boma. and because of a resolution condemning the advance of the group has been adopted at the latest un security council. re reduced to those with the crickets extra form of sees the laws

must be protected. simple human beings should return to their homes. for one of the d, r c must against it as a negotiating table confirmed mutual obligations and reach an agreement on the conditions for a sustainable and long term policy. for the conflict. china hopes that all parties will respond to calls from the international community and the security council by immediately ceasing all hospital actions. it is imperative to avoid any measures that could further escalate intentions and exacerbate conflicts enough for the. it certainly took the counsel a long time to reach a consensus console, but it has shown resilience for that on behalf of the government and all the sons and daughters of the democratic republic of the congo, especially those from putting a gun on to coming eula, passing through goma, do saki minova? yeah, the boy color hey, cover the move and because i would like to sincerely thank all the members of the council without distinction. let's get

a reminder of the latest developments in the area. the red cross made a gruesome discovery of the bodies of victims into combo and buried the remains following weeks of fighting in the d. r. c. according to the latest un reports, the death toll has reached a close to 3000 following the m. 23 uprising the militant group has been advancing and report of the making its way toward the city of the tempo and recent days, securing the territory of lake hebrew along the way. were wanda's alleged involvement in the neighboring d. r. c. crisis has turn up reaction in the west. the us says targeted key. golly government administer and the u. k. has some in the top envoy to condemn the report in support for m $23.00 advances or wanda insist a non military solution must be found into the ongoing tensions and has denied any

involvement with the militants. we heard from university of rwanda lecturer or tom elisa, who says the washington sanctions could impede any cease fire efforts. i think there was reaction for less was was not appropriate because the wasteful. now for the deposition of the, the sections we're talking about mean much one declined. a recent meeting is. ready ready and by the fact that. ready on the, on such a piece of the substitute, the council of the african union, which had to be able to do it for the negotiation. so that means that there's been suction minutes to me, a substitute for pointing up as and again, the meanest of ways in charge of all 4 of these 4 is the community. so just a bit administered. that's going to be involved in this valuable session. so i think folks are named administer, you know, one way or the other made the biggest ones on. ready one day. ready brand new

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