off the us, marines must have good 24 of its residents in cold blood or us marine went on trial today at camp pendleton in california, in the killing of 24 on arm civilians in iraq. it happened in 2005, and it's been described as an atrocity by us troops. they're like nearby for lieu job. this is also a revenge attack. it followed the category us so the in a roadside bomb, in november 2005. but the victims were unarmed women, elderly people, and children who was shot multiple times at close range. they killed my brother, my uncle, to heed my uncle rashid, my father, my mother and my grandma, the. the only survivors will my brother up to my sister. i see a me, yes, again, the u. s. military tried to cover up the truth before they were certain forced to admit the civilians may have been deliberately targeted by marines. the pain is still felt by many and how these that today, including one man we spoke to, to last 15 members of his family so be had sealed on january 19th, 2005, a land mine exploded at a place where the us military was located where were used to the fact that after some

had decent massacre and burgess, showing the aftermath of the execution of 24 iraqi civilians by us marines. electrostatic covered up for almost 2. take the across the world around the clock. welcome to then use our let's get into our top story. this thursday. the chief executive of telegram. how is that officially being charged by french authorities? people do it all faces 10 years in prison if found guilty of several legit. crimes committed on his own line platform by others including feeling to hold the distribution of child pornography and drugs as well as refusing to provide information and documents requested by official bodies. well, let's get into this with our to correspond to charlotte cuban ski, who joins us in the shoot. good morning to you at charlotte. so pablo dress is staring done. actual charges no after days of speculation, let st. jail time as well. take us through what he's facing. that's why he has been charged with a series of very serious klein's including complicity to distribute child pornography via organized groups, fraud, drug trafficking, and also this refusal t

then you have paul whelan, former us marine, he has beenin whelan, former us marine, he has been in prisonfaint—hearted. you might have seen some of the pictures of it. they have a standard procedure whereby when prisoners are moved from one cell to another they have their arms put behind them, doubled over, with their faces facing to the ground, and of course they have been put into drill alongside some really hardened criminals, murderers, rapists, as in many gels around the world, but it is not a place for the faint—hearted, plus you have an incredibly tough conditions which killed off alexei navalny earlier this year in february when he was sent to an arctic penal colony. then you also have other people that the west would like out of there. you have vladimir kara—murza, a british, russian british citizen, and, critic who is serving a 25 year sentence. there is rico cregan, a german citizen being held in belarus who were sentenced to death but that was and commuted by president lukashenko. there are others who are less well known. the people at russia wants out our vadim krasikov, we h

but us marines went on the run, pays the massacring $24.00 men, women and children. images taken by the soldiers themselves exposed the grim reality of the us occupation of iraq. a made an attempt to cover up a war, crimes and atrocities. in 2014, the come on, dozens of the marine, cool. at the time of the massacre said that he was proud that the photographs had been hidden from the american public. the press never got them. unlike abu ghraib, peggy said, the interviewer for it allison pay marine corps historian interjected the pictures they got the pictures. that was what was so bad about of a great. yes, hey, you replied. and i learned from that. he said, those pictures today have still not been seen, and so i am quite proud of that. but 19 years later, the shocking reality of what happened is like bad for to see as the gruesome images have been published for the 1st time, a warning, the images we are about to show on graphic and maybe upsetting 5 year old zane of eunice sally, who was shocked in the head and had the number 11 screwed on her back. i 3 year old i actually used to sell,

american we for the advent gustovo, which is one of the 2014 trainings being freed alongside former us marine and security executive, paul, we live also on the program. germany plays a critical role in the swab. the chance of the show says it was a difficult decision to release the impression convicted of a killing. describe. the state sponsored tara iran promises revenge against the israel for the killing of per box. political leaders who swell, how many thousands gather in time around. so the funeral of them on the got it by the west with terrorist question, many palestinians, so as a fine to for that coves the, i feel welcome to the program, the largest business wall between russia and the west. since the cold war has been completed in turkey, things changed to places and career air force and they felt 24 adults and 2 children. and a high profile christmas held in russian childs have been released. bank clued american journalist, evan gaskin, which form a us marine poll freelance, and several russian residents amongst the prisoners being returned to russia is for deem crossteck off. he was

the timing is exchanged in ankara along with former us marine and security executive. so we, some of the prisoners return to russia off having crossteck often is convicted of murder in june of next day on dw interview with jim is defense minister on these countries involving defense of policy. if the light of multiple security crises felt exceed the taiwan strait that's in just a moment, i'll be back at the top of a good day. the welcome to put tire time. that's kinda sofas. thanks tourism. what do you get here? you can't get anywhere else in the world. in germany, if you go to a prostitute twice or 3 times as much and the other half the service. in 2023, a documentary, uncovered corruption on child abuse. the youngest one, for example, let me show you this was her now the phone team investigates the the was.

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being fried along with former us marine and security executive coal wheeler. also coming up around bows. revenge for the killing of how much chief is male honey of thousands, gather into rhonda honor, a man listed as a terrorist in the west with whom many palestinians saw as a pleasure for their con. israel is widely believed to be behind the assassination that israel confirms it killed a mouse is military leader in a striking gaza in july. mohammed type is thought to be one of the planners of the october 7th, the terrorist attacks against israel, the alarm terry martin. good heavy with us will begin with breaking news. turkey has confirmed a major prisoner swap between russia and the west. 26th prisoners had been exchanged at anchor airport. they include american journalist, oven garbage, and for us, marine poll whelan. several russian dissidents are also a part of the swamp. among the prisoners returned to russia or body classic comp, who was convicted of murder in germany. it's one of the biggest prisoners swaps between moscow in the west since the end of t

missing from russian prisons, including american journalist, evan, or there's given a chance for us marine poll whelan, a russian plane that has been used in a previous swap. responsive plus, i'm from moscow to colleen in grad, that's russian territory. between poland and lithuania, several russian dissidents. hebert also reportedly been moved, suggesting they could be part of a swap. turkey says it's coordinating what could be the largest prisoner exchange with moscow since the cold war. and dw is read of bureau chief theory of a shadow join just now you're a, there's a lot of speculation about a prisoner's swap happening. but what do we actually know at this point, or was since yesterday, terry is that has been more and more who motors reports, but also indications decided that a large scale, very well called in a to them very carefully. pat exchange could be about to take place at several political prison. those prisoners in russia has been transferred to all the places throughout the country as and is it asking me to report that several aircraft from a russian special fleet will flying

paul whelan, we mentioned, the former us marine, who has been in russian custody now for six years, heso sentenced to 16 years prison for espionage. again, the us denied he had any involvement in spying. vladimir kara—murza, who wejust mentioned, sentenced to 25 years in prison. these are all people who the west would like alt and who it is hoping are going to be out today. he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason for criticising russia's operation or its war in ukraine. then there are people less well—known, so you have got kriger, not a name i was familiar with before, a german national who has been imprisoned in belarus, who was sentenced to deaf for sabotage, acts of sabotage on a rail track, but he was pardoned by the belarusian leader and strongman lukashenko, alexander lukashenko, and that was seen as a pollute you too probably being involved in this release. he appeared in a very tearful video pleading for the german authorities to do something to save his life and he was sort of —— there were balaclava debt relief luggage looking belarusian guard surrounding him with

. >> and wall street journal reporter a former us marine who's been prison in russia for years, were released from russian custody, all in an exchange that happened in turkey this morning. >> our ktvu sally rasmus has been following this developing story all morning long. here we are in the noon hour. ali for an update. >> garcia and frank, a total of 24 adults from the u.s, russia and other nations are now on their way to their home countries as part of this prisoner exchange negotiated by the u.s. and multiple nations, included among them wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marine paul whelan, who've been wrongfully imprisoned in russia for years. president biden spoke about the high profile swap and the americans released this morning their brutal ordeal is over and their free with family members of some of the released americans standing behind him. president biden applauded the diplomatic effort it took to bring them home. >> there still would not have been made possible without our allies germany, poland, slovenia and norway and turkey. they all stepped up

wsj reporter evan gershkovich and former us marine paul whelan were convicted of spying both men and the us, though have denied the charges. a russian american radio journalist and a russian british national critical of the kremlin were also released and one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the cold war. president biden gathered at the white house with family members of the newly freed americans. they're part of a complex hostage exchange involving more than six countries and two dozen prisoners in total. the deal involved cooperation between germany, poland, turkey and other us allies. biden spoke about the importance of those relationships >>>>the deal that made this possible was the feat of diplomacy and friendship. friendship, multiple countries helped get this done. they joined a difficult, complex negotiations at my request, >veronica>russia released 16 prisoners in total in exchange, russia received eight of its own nationals, including three who were held in us prisons. we're on the fire watch today. firefighters there tackling the historic park fire. they're facing new cha

pull whelan is a full not us marine who is detained back in 2018 on charges of espionage. he's in, it's been serving a 16 year time and a high security prison haven't got eskoville is a wall street journal reporter. he is accused of collecting classified information for the us central intelligence agency. last month you might record a russian court sentenced him to 16 years in jail. also chromos. evan is a russian american journalist. in july, she was down to 6 and a half. he is on charges of spreading false information about the russian army, not in a car. laza is an opposition activist and also a permanent criminal and critic. he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. it's a treason and spreading false information about the military. we also have, we could create a, he's a german citizen, sentenced to death, and better roost on terrorism charges on choose the in the president, alexander lucas shank, a talking to him well, and that speak to john 100. he's across all of this forest from washington dc. john, there are some very high profile names on that list. is right. this

another of the high profile, the names on a list of cause is poor reading the full in the us marine, a former us police officer. he again had a very checkered history in his own country. he was found guilty of embezzlement when he was a member of the united states armed forces. he suddenly develop this very keen interest in russia. he started learning the russian language. he was communicating with russian citizens over social media. he came to the country in 2006 report to be to attend the wedding of a friend. but again, he was, hey, for a while and he was accosted, he was arrested and found on his possession, according to russia with state secret. so he was imprisoned on espionage geologist and of course it was the german national rico creek where he worked in the u. s. embassy in the lane. uh, often leaving that post, he decided he was going to go to ukraine on a humanitarian mission. as so many of them do, but he soon became caught up in combat operations. one of his missions was to 5 to go off batteries in ministry installations. and he was cold and arrested in the batteries and

another of the high profile names on that list, of course is poor reading the full, my us marine, a former us police officer. he again had a very checkered history in his own country. he was found guilty of embezzlement when he was a member of the united states armed forces. he suddenly develop this very keen interest in russia. he started learning the russian language. he was communicating with the russian citizens over social media. he came to the country in 2006 report today to attend the wedding of a friend again. 2 he was here for a while and he was accosted, he was arrested and found them in his possession, according to russia, with state secret. so he was imprisoned on espionage charges. he's a guy and he's on this list released by the turkish intelligence that service. and of course, the german national rico 3 got his name again is on this list of people that are now confirmed by turkish life. intelligence to have been part of the present exchange deal, where he worked in the u. s. embassy in this, in the lane. uh, often leaving that post, he decided he was going to go to ukraine o

paul whelan, a former us marine, alsa kormashovo and russian dissident kara murza were indicted for spreadingfalse information, again, this is according to the russian indictment for spreading false information about the russian army, they are already safe, they are already on their way by plane to the united states of america, and... accordingly , the exchange took place today in turkey, we also heard many emotional statements from the us administration, it was a very painstaking and difficult exchange , and especially if we take into account the state of relations between russia and the united states, and in fact, we also heard emotional statements from many media, in particular from the wall street journal, whose journalist is evan hershkovich, after his release volkst journal published article with the headline: welcome, welcome home, and it is very interesting that the wall street journal until the last, until it was already known that evan hershkovich was free, did not publish anything about his release. today there was also a rather emotional statement by us president joe biden at the

and jessica vix, and the us marine. the poll wetlands who were both convicted of spying and rush hour among voters under swap list of people in these role are also denied being a swab deal of their own by calling for the government to sit down with him on the board or to negotiate the release of the remaining hostages, the while you're watching r t international reaching you from the russian capital i a michael quite, you know, our top story now a lot of. ringback in has signed patterns for 13 citizens swapped in the largest prison i exchanged with the west since the cold war. the currently insides of the move, it was a necessary step to help its own people. the decision to sign the decrease has been made to return, and the citizens of the russian federation, who were detained and imprisoned on the territory of foreign states. moscow is also grateful to the leadership of the countries that assisted in preparing the exchange . so now the russian security service is released afflicted, showing 10 russian citizens forwardi

there you can see on the screen wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marine paul there, and a russian american journalist, also khromacheva and others just arriving. as we watch the live pictures unfold, they will head from this moment to brock army medical center, where they have all accepted to participate in a post isolation support activities. that's important as you know, for these now freed prisoners home on american soil to undergo treatment to be tested for things like post-traumatic stress disorder. they've agreed to undergo that in assimilate, of course, back into american society. of the freed prisoners we know, evan gershkovich spent 16 months in a russian prison after being falsely accused and convicted of spying, as well as former us marine paul whelan. he spent nearly six years behind bars in a russian labor camp. and then, of course, russian american journalists also khromacheva almost a year there. she was there visiting family when she was arrested last october. here we are. we see again. this is kelly field in san antonio, texas. live pictures.

ankara authenticate, it confirms its coordination of the largest prison swapped in decades forming us marine 4 wheel and an american journalist 7 gosh, events we understand are among those being released the hello again, i'm still here today and this is out of their life and also coming to the funeral of a senior hezbollah colanda has been taking place and 11 on he was killed in his really striking and beverage. the defiance from demonstrate his police use to gas to this past crowds at the start of 10 days . of protests and niger, the whole we begin with what's been described as one of the largest prisoners swaps since the end of the cold war. talk is officials say the national intelligence agency that coordination this exchange, which involves some of 7 countries. and the post on the white house has confirmed that pull whelan. and us marine veteran and wall street journal. evan gosh, could which are among those being released earlier on this day, we saw a russian government aircraft touch down in the talk is capital ankara. and the plane was really have to be carrying prisoners, including w

reporter evan gershkovich and former us marine paul whelan.d spent more than five years in a russian prison. but this was the start of their journey to freedom. along with other prisoners to be swapped, they were flown to ankara airport in turkey and the stage was set for the largest prisoner swap since the cold war. those moscow had released went one way. the russians they'd been exchanged for boarded their plane home. the swap involved 26 people being held in seven different countries. as well as evan gershkovich and paul whelan, moscow freed us russian journalist alsu kurmasheva. also, prominent kremlin critics, including vladimir kara—murza, oleg orlov and ilya yashin. and an anti—war artist, sasha skochilenko. swapped, among others, for this man — convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by german officials as a russian agent. to set up a prisoner swap... evan gershkovich�*s boss says she is overjoyed to see her reporter free, but... it feels all wrong to be trading people who are entirely innocent for, you know, a convicted criminal

they include former us marine poll whelan and us russian radio journalist as to carma schafer. the c exchange was complex and involved some difficult choices. president biden acknowledged concessions made by countries like germany and slovenia. wines is big matter law so that's the united states and germany kicked off alice, what's going on in russia? well, full of moscow bureau chief, your english joins us not from regus, since dw has been banned from reporting in russia. welcome yours. what sort of reception have russia's free prisoners received a whole look. a seo in russia is this prisoner. it swap is also the topic. a number one is the media, but as is so often the case. so you simply have to turn our west and view by 180 degrees throughout the whole. russia sees because of the board who's the best celebrates we saw it as condemned in russia, which means that the russian political prisoners, cool on now in germany or in the united states in germany, at least officially, can see that the traitors who belonged behind boss. hello, president for the default on telegram, it wou

they include former us marine poll whelan and us russian radio journalist as the karma schafer, the c exchange was complex and involved some difficult choices. president biden acknowledged concessions made by countries like germany and slovenia. wines is big matter. a lot to russian site is also counting a win convicted hackers on several russian nationals detained in the west for spying. were welcomed home into the open arms of president vladimir putin. among them, a russian couple convicted of spying inconvenience along with their 2 children. its relations between russia and the west have been at an all time low since moscow's full scale invasion of ukraine. but this prisoner as well shows that at least some channels of communications remain open. because he said this was the largest prisoner exchange between the united states and russia. since the end of the cold war, i asked the prominent question, human rights lawyer, even problem why it happened now? because you know, it's, you know, it's not only about what you meant, but even for them, if you would just use them of the special

the not so innocent officer or just like pull well, of a former us marine who once right and security a little more, a multi $1000000000.00 american company, it was called, attempting to gain access to the names and identities of rusher and the federal security service employees. and as the subscriber was reported, shows he picks a toilet in the moscow hotel to do with the a cold red handed mister. well, and then came that while he was doing was nearly exchanging photographs of churches with an old friend in the hotel toilet it. so happened, we visited mister whalen the off that his conviction. he refused to talk to us or explain why he chose a toilet. and the u. s. b flash drive to trade pictures with his friends, rob, and you do an e mail or texting. trevor. you understand when i say that i can't do an interview with trees, i can't answer any questions or disappointment sort of interview. i think that's just the class. since you're asking me questions for the i to any read, you don't only ask the questions that could with the to still be final that i can do an interview. instead, mr

is not complete. $26.00, the prisoners were exchanged and the deal involving 7 countries. former us marine with american chance to fund disc events are among those release the body of a chief of the political ringing from us smell from the rising ahead. suspended friday. he was killed in an attack in the rainy and capital cheese. the funeral service was held i'm head of has put on his son, estrada, says the group will respond with and, and rich abuse of to and it's very striking. kills when a good senior come on is ro accused funding and the time i'd go down swinging at least 15 palestinians have been killed in central garza off. it is very forces bomb, the school sheltering displaced people, the tax took place and that should of the neighborhood east of kansas city. civil defense cruise said a large number of injured people were rescued from the see. israel has repeatedly targeted school sheltering, displaced families across the street. cars is there a stuff have hills at southern guarantee routers to condemn israel. assassination of a pull to is male, i'll go and kind of. i mean, i'll re

almost complete. 26 prisoners were exchanged and the deal involving southern country was former us marine wheeler. and the american genders yvonne disk, of which are month is released from the audio. the chief of the political wing of from us smell from the as arrived in front of the head of his baron on friday. he was killed in an attack in the rain and capital and cheese. funeral service was killed in terms of the head of the husband, a son that's ronald, says the group will respond to that. and, and which fusion often is ready strike chose one of it senior come on. this is ro accused fletcher of having an attack and keep type going on flights. but as white as top coats has lost all the presidential candidates to appear on friday to begin the elections vote verification process once it's off to the results were disputed in to find his way to and by foreign governments, including the us phrase the by has this report you say yes, when the module was 15 years old, when he was shocked by venice, we left national guard doing protests against the presidential election. we sold jesus to says h

among those freed by russia were gershkovich, the former us marine paul whelan and the journalist andssian citizen alsu kurmasheva. going the other way was the russian assassin vadim krasikov, who has been held in a german prison since 2019 for the murder of a chechen exile in berlin. additionally, several deep—cover illegal spies arrested in norway and slovenia, along with russians held on criminal charges in usjails. turkish intelligence says it's been helping to negotiate the exchange. it's understood delicate negotiations were under way for many months. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. it was a complex operation, planes flying in from east and west. the location had been a closely guarded secret — ankara airport, the stage for the largest prisoner swap since the cold war. it involved 26 people being held in seven different countries. among those freed from russian jails, wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marine paul whelan and us russian journalist al sukhoru kova. released too, prominent kremlin critics and anti—war campaigners like vladimir kara—m

now, when we, you and what the specs are on the phone with us marine corps intelligence office, a spoke with mr. rates are good to see you today. um, could you tell us to, to, to cuz through what happens where, where he, when the rate took place and what was your initial reaction i was at home. i literally just got back from work in my dogs, and i had a full plate of, of scheduled interviews to uh to do um and it had a half finished article on my computer um about improving us russian relations. apparently. that's the biggest crime in humanity nowadays. and then there was a knock at the door, it was 2 f, b i special agents. they indicated they wanted to talk to me about concerns over my activities. i said specifically what they said, well, it's about the for an agent registration act. and i said, well, i'll be more happy to talk to you out here, but i'm not letting you in my house. and they said, well, actually we are coming into your house and they presented a search warrant. and at the moment of presentation in my house was swarmed by 20 plus uh, you know, armed agents and they execut

the deal was wall street journal report to evan gosh, coverage and former us marine pool whelan. they're on my way to the united states will be received by president joe biden, to join space andrews in maryland. heidi is a cast or is the we will be jubal less, it will be celebratory, and it'll be almost a mirror image and symmetry of what we saw in moscow. but of course, here it will be those 3 americans arriving and touching american soil for the 1st time their flight from ankara leaving and about 10 hours, which puts us at about 3 hours from now is when they are expected to arrive here at joint air force. base andrews which is just outside of washington dc. and here to will see the us head of state joe biden, as well as the vice president cala harris on the tarmac reading those fried prisoners, as well as their loved ones and family members. they will be meeting with the president and the vice president for about half hours time here. and then the free prisoners themselves are expected to a board another flight to take them to san antonio, where they will be given a full health

now, former us marine full whelan and american journalist, evan, go scratch all along. those release the body of the chief of the political wing of how mazda smiled henry as arrives, and caps all ahead of his burial. on friday, he was killed in an attack in the rain and capsule on tuesday. a funeral services house in tron and the head of his model, a house on the throne law system for it will respond with anger. and retribution altering is really striking is one of it senior kalonde is, is rather cues will as show, applying an attack in neil to pipe garden heights. now the white house says the us and israel have discussed new military deployments to defend tel aviv against threats including ballistic missiles and drones. now the measures were discussed in a phone call between us president joe vines and his ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu on thursday. fonts and both ra, that's a her aunt and has the valid to eventually suites the tax in lebanon, and in iran as well. now david 0, she's a professor at the national defense university is also a form and need to nato

joining me live is retired colonel brendan kearney of the us marine corps.ine corps forces europe and africa in stuttgart, germany, where he worked with nato and us european command. what do you make of this incursion by ukraine — has it been more successful than you anticipated? i think most of us, good to be with you tonight, most of us did not anticipate this. i did not. i will admit to that was the ones they launched this incursion became readily apparent that this is something ukraine would be continuing to exploit as the russians failed to stop the fence into that region. it is very interesting to watch and it is a classic military manoeuvre designed to draw russian forces from the south and have them have to relocate to go up there ukraine �*s advantage. relocate to go up there ukraine "s advantage-— 's advantage. ukraine is still askin: 's advantage. ukraine is still asking for — 's advantage. ukraine is still asking for permission - 's advantage. ukraine is still asking for permission from i 's advantage. ukraine is still. asking for permission from

reporter evan gershkovich and former us marine paul whelan.prison. but this was the start of their journey to freedom. along with other prisoners to be swapped, they were flown to ankara airport in turkey and the stage was set for the largest prisoner swap since the cold war. those moscow had released went one way. the russians they'd been exchanged for boarded their plane home. the swap involved 26 people being held in seven different countries. as well as evan gershkovich and paul whelan, moscow freed us russian journalist alsu kurmasheva. also, prominent kremlin critics, including vladimir kara—murza, oleg orlov and ilya yashin. and an anti—war artist, sasha skochilenko. swapped, among others, for this man — convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by german officials as a russian agent. to set up a prisoner swap... evan gershkovich's boss says she is overjoyed to see her reporter free, but... it feels all wrong to be trading people who are entirely innocent for, you know, a convicted criminal, an assassin, but, you know, we wanted our

reporter evan gershkovich and former us marine paul whelan.more than five years in a russian prison. but this was the start of their journey to freedom. along with other prisoners to be swapped, they were flown to ankara airport in turkey and the stage was set for the largest prisoner swap since the cold war. those moscow had released went one way. the russians they'd been exchanged for boarded their plane home. the swap involved 26 people being held in seven different countries. as well as evan gershkovich and paul whelan, moscow freed us russian journalist alsu kurmasheva. also, prominent kremlin critics, including vladimir kara—murza, oleg orlov and ilya yashin. and an anti—war artist, sasha skochilenko. swapped, among others, for this man — convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by german officials as a russian agent. to set up a prisoner swap... evan gershkovich�*s boss says she is overjoyed to see her reporter free, but... it feels all wrong to be trading people who are entirely innocent for, you know, a convicted criminal, an ass

the multi nation prison, the deal was wall street john report to evans desk of it, shawn former us marine pool. we met, i'll just say it was john henry has worn out from washington. paula whalen and evan greevich for the plane to freedom. the 2 men were part of the largest multi country prisoner swap of its kind. as an incredible, really, for all the family members gather here, as relates to the fridge college, all across the country. we've been praying for this day for a long time. wayland is a former marine goose give it your wall street journal reporter became the story. and thursday's paper also fried was russian. american journalist also who curl machine in return, russia received several newly freed prisoners, including vad them credit cards, who was convicted in germany in 2021 of killing a former chechen rebel in berlin. you know, try to talk about no one made the decision lightning to, to matter who had been sentenced to life in prison after only a few years in detention. the state's interest enforcing the prison sentence had to be weighed against the risk to life and limb of inn

deal american citizen and wall street journal reporter, evan gosh, coverage and full wheel and a us marine veteran. the kremlin confirmed the 12 present as well bought into by a russian president vladimir putin. in moscow, the plane carrying russian prison has landed a short while ago, a prison and puts in greeted the prisoners exchanged into deal, slovenia, poland, germany annoy or agree to exchange prisoners with russia. as part of this multi nation prison exchange of this deal is extensive and involved 7 countries across europe as well as the united states. the turkish intelligence agency coordinate at the present a swap in ankara. while much of the focus has been on the 3 us citizens, other countries also played a vital role in ensuring the swap when they had 12 german nationals and the russian political prisoners were also included in the deal that will be returned to germany from better routes and russia, among them was every copay how, who was sentenced to death in the ruse, in june of to been charged with terrorism activities. a russian citizens are returning home from 4 european c

at andrews air force base in maryland, where wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marinel whelan, radio free europe journalist alsu kurmasheva and leading kremlin critic, vladimir kara—murza arrived. let us listen into president biden. , ., , biden. never show up anywhere in the middle — biden. never show up anywhere in the middle east, _ biden. never show up anywhere in the middle east, wouldn't - in the middle east, wouldn't show up anywhere in russia. it matters. it matters to be aware of what you are going into and not to take undue chances, because i'm going to come get you... because i'm going to come get ou. .. ,, ,, ~ you... crosstalk. where _ you... crosstalk. where does - you... crosstalk. where does this i you... crosstalk. | where does this rank you... crosstalk. - where does this rank among you... crosstalk. _ where does this rank among the many— where does this rank among the many achievements as president? to me _ many achievements as president? to me this— many achievements as president? to me this is about the essence of who we are as a country. it really

among those freed from russian jails, wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marineara—murza and human rights campaigner oleg orlov. back to russia, convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by a german court as having links to the russian state and nine others the kremlin wanted back. for paul whelan, this ends an ordeal that began more than five years ago when he was arrested in russia, convicted of spying and sentenced to 16 years in prison. it�*s a charge he�*s always fiercely denied. speaking later from the white house, president biden gave his reaction. it says a lot about the united states that we work relentlessly to free americans who are unjustly held around the world. it also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of russian political prisoners. they stood up for democracy and human rights. their own leaders threw them in prison. the united states helped secure their release as well. america has repeatedly accused moscow ofjailing us citizens with the aim of trading them for russians jailed abroad. for the families and friends of evan

among those freed from russian jails, wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marineelan and us russian journalist al sukhoru kova. released too, prominent kremlin critics and anti—war campaigners like vladimir kara—murza and human rights campaigner oleg orlov. back to russia, convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by a german court as having links to the russian state and nine others the kremlin wanted back. for paul whelan, this ends an ordeal that began more than five years ago when he was arrested in russia, convicted of spying and sentenced to 16 years in prison. it's a charge he's always fiercely denied. speaking later from the white house, president biden gave his reaction. it says a lot about the united states that we work relentlessly to free americans who are unjustly held around the world. it also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of russian political prisoners. they stood up for democracy and human rights. their own leaders threw them in prison. the united states helped secure their release as well. america has repeatedly accus

he is the former us marine who was detained in russia in 2018. whelan and gershkovich are were both on board a flight that landed in turkey this morning, according to turkish officials who were facilitating the prisoner swap. one of the many nations involved in all this. and this video you're seeing here is from the last high profile prisoner swap that's brittney griner, wnba star who, in december of 2022 was released in a prisoner exchange with russia. but this one is much larger. we spoke with a former navy admiral, vice admiral, retired navy vice admiral, about the significance of this development. here's what he had to say. >> it is really important to have open, vigorous communications with all countries, whether you like them or not. and that applies to russia. it applies to iran, and it applies to venezuela. it even applies to north korea, it's not in anybody's interest to, you know, have misunderstandings or, lack of communication between countries. >> now, one of the russian prisoners being handed over as part of this exchange is a russi

paul whelan, the former us marine, first arrested in 2018 and then convicted in 2020, also to 16 years's been serving in a penal colony and in horrible conditions about eight hours outside moscow whelan has seen other americans released in his time there and has said that he didn't understand why others we're getting the chance to go home, although he was certainly happy for them another name aaron, i want to mention is vadim krasikov. he is believed to be the russian assassin who the kremlin wants back most he's being held in germany. he's an fsb colonel. he carried out a killing in a berlin park and has been held by the germans for several years. and so at least the russians, the germans and the americans are part of this deal. but we believe there could be other countries involved. the u.s. would release a number of russian prisoners as well though the u.s doesn't have big boldfaced names like viktor boot, who they released it for brittney griner and so that's why there has been this pressure campaign from the biden administration on the germans to release krasikov because that's re