and fresh hopes of ending the conflict in eastern ukraine. ris. let's take you to wellington in new zealand now, where emergency service officals are to giving an update on the volcanic eruption on white island. let's stay with that now: the summit in paris will be the first time that ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has met his russian counterpart vladimir putin face to face. the conflict between the ukrainian army and russian backed forces has now been continuing for five and a half years and has cost more than 13,000 lives. from eastern ukraine here's our correspondentjonah fisher. after yea rs of after years of stalemate, there's movement in eastern ukraine. new positions being established, both on the ground and in talk. this is one of three locations where the ukrainian military has, and russia's insistence, pulled a kilometre back. how does it feel for you as a soldier to have to withdraw? translation: an order is an order. they don't consider this as a retreat. we are holding a defensive line. the new dynamic is down to this man,

our top stories here this hour russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a full ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year 14000 people died in the final conflict. the us house judiciary committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceedings against donald trump from secure his depression in ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. on the u.s. justice department has found no evidence of political bias by the f.b.i. and it opened an investigation into contacts between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia and 2016. syrian activists say more than 18000 people have been displaced in the rebel held it lived province in the past 24 hours syrian the russian government their strikes have intensified despite a ceasefire announced by moscow in august at least 10 civilians were killed on sunday when a smith reports family love there was a market here in the southern italy village when the airstrikes began when. we didn't know they were russian jets according to the syrian observatory for human rights. volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes

well russia and ukraine of a greater implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year russia's president met the new ukrainian leader in paris for their 1st formal talks fighting in eastern ukraine between moscow back separatists and ukraine's army has killed 14000 people within the last 5 years that reports. ukraine's recently elected president was greeted by french president emmanuel micro at the lease a palace selenski flashed a peace sign as he prepared to meet vladimir putin for the 1st time the russian leader arrived shortly afterwards for talks aimed at paving the way to peace in eastern ukraine. outside the elisei police tackled and putin protesters while inside macro and german chancellor angela merkel sat down to mediate before selenski and putin met one on one after nearly 9 hours of talks the leaders agreed to a cease fire by the end of 2019 a prisoner swap and to hold another summit in 4 months but there was little common ground on eastern ukraine future putin wants a special status for the don't pass region led by russian backed separatists. to synchroniz

conflict in ukraine the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year fighting has been ranging there since 2014. also coming up new zealand's most active volcano romps killing at least 5 people hopes have faded to finding any more survivors now questions are mounting over wind chill risks were allowed on the island in the 1st. plus we will be hearing the russian national anthem of the upcoming olympics russia is now banned from all global sporting events for years the gold anti-doping agency says moscow tried to stop drug cheats from being exposed. to m caernarfon welcome to the program we start with a major meeting in paris ukrainian president flawed amir's olinsky and his russian counterpart vladimir putin face to face for the 1st time with eastern ukraine on the agenda after 6 hours of negotiations the 2 leaders have agreed to implement a quote full and comprehensive cease fire in eastern ukraine it's the 1st time in 3 years the talks focusing on. ending the war there have been held the pair sat down with french president emma

this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions. a corresponding mantis is in paris he's been covering those talks for us he says in a paris 1st meeting putin and selenski were able to find some common ground. well the french president put it in a nutshell and said they haven't found a magic formula there's no silver bullet coming out of this cold night here outside the palace but what they have found is a mutual conclusion that is basically split into 2 parts on the one hand you have very concrete proposals what can happen on the ground stop allies in the cease fire until the end of the year is one concrete results and another concrete result is a small part of all prisoners that is what president selenski announced until the end of the year the other part is a bit more loose bit. less concrete but it involves the commitment to see the mint's a peace accord to be fulfilled so the intention to resolve this conflict and that is what german chancellor angela merkel in the press conference just now said there is a lot

conflict in ukraine the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year fighting has been raging there since 2014. also coming up new zealand's most active volcano drops killing at least 5 people hopes of now faded of finding any more survivors questions are mounting over wind chill versus world wound on the i have to prosper lensbaby pan does make their public debut everyone can agree they're cute but not everyone could agree on their names will have more on china's so-called panda diplomacy. i'm calling aspinall come to the program we start with a major meeting in paris ukrainian president for a lot of years a lenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin face to face for the 1st time with eastern ukraine on the agenda after 6 hours of negotiations the 2 leaders have agreed to implement a quote full and comprehensive cease fire in eastern ukraine it's the 1st time in 3 years the talks focusing on ending the war have been held a pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccraw and german chancellor angela merkel who both bro

the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president floating a selenski were meeting for the 1st time to discuss the conflict that is centered on the donbass region in ukraine now this region is a currently held by russian backed separatists at the talks in paris the 2 sides agreed to take some steps that are aimed at easing tensions now they have agreed to a release in exchange all detainees by the end of the year they've also agreed to disengage military forces that are currently in those 3 regions in eastern ukraine and they've also agreed to hold more talks and for months to check in on the progress of the ceasefire the leaders made separate announcements at the end of the talks station a little this was a meeting was long and difficult but the mood was rather positive that's the truth and i really want to emphasize that point we will continue the discussions in 4 months and see the results of what we've achieved it is. on the some of them this is certainly an important step towards deescalati

result on that issue here in paris and what is always mean for the people in eastern ukraine. well at the moment they are still suffering the cease fire agreements are always violated nearly every day they're still shelling so really they want peace and really they want of a serious cease fire so if these talks basically have 2 more trust between the 2 nations between ukraine and russia and zelinsky and put in that at least that would be something of progress especially for the millions of people there who are still suffering not only because every week people are still killed there but also economically a lot of people have left millions have left the area and it's basically a ghost ghost town i was there a couple of weeks ago and life is nearly dat in that area so everything that would lead to more trust between the 2 sides would be an improvement already stephanie thank you very much indeed. what challenges there are more to come including a controversial citizenship bill in india which excludes muslims is passed through the 1st day just condiment. british politicians begin

percent of the vote he won versus 24 percent and he campaigned on the that he would end the war in eastern ukraine and was very encouraging is that according to polling in key of ukraine 75 percent of the ukrainian supports zelinsky meeting them today which is contrary to what you would reefer example in the british and american idol american media as they make it look like i have a lot of ukrainians angry about the meeting which is not true according to the polling on the ground i mean i just saw before you brought me on your show the protests in kiev last night well i found it very interesting today that they were presented by you know the e.u. us media as you know ukrainians are protesting about the meeting it wasn't ukrainians it was a small group of hardline nationalist ukrainians led by chorus shango who was absolutely and i should buy selenski in the election who just won't let go and he was backed up by the neo nazis for both the party which comes in the west of the country in the end in livy and what was really going on was it was a group of hardline western ukrainian nationalists protest

news coming to you live from trying to end the conflict in eastern ukraine after a landmark meeting the leaders of russia and ukraine agreed to implement a cease fire and exchange prisoners but their 1st face to face encounter also exposes deep divisions also coming up taking to the streets to fight for human rights as many countries around the world mark human rights day we ask how important is it to make your voice heard and the extremes are increasing months of drought suddenly followed by terentia will rain they've destroyed our pastures he never used to be like this. climate change is changing life for farmers in a remote region of bolivia. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine as part of efforts to end the conflict there it was one of the number and number of steps agreed by ukrainian president a lot of new selenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin at their 1st face to face meeting brokered by the french and german leaders the meeting in paris left many issues on result t

putin is a master of his craft and he still claims that russian troops are not in eastern ukraine tonight from reality t.v. to reality politic the reality check for ukraine's new man in charge i bring golf in berlin this is the day. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began. to live in harmony in friendship so they don't call it separatists but it is still nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness. i don't understand what maclin mcclung want to do selenski and putin should sit down together drinks on thought get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this to giving the other some weight to making peace and that's going to be tough. also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequence including the finding of russia from the olympic style and take center world championships are running coach signature dish full use and buyi

took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city office or live in the don't yet region of eastern ukraine it's part of an agreement that russia and ukraine this month more. carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraine's rebel controlled region. the freed prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others see it as a crucial step to improving ties with moscow. it's the 2nd major prisoner exchange this year september saw another swap that brought inmates home and fostered hope that the war in eastern ukraine could soon be over an early victory for ukraine's new president volodymyr zelinsky. agreed the 1st step to one block. is returning our soldiers prisoners. for more than 5 years the ukrainian army has been fighting russian back separatists in the country's east the war has cost around 14000 lives and turned a key industrial region into a conflict zone efforts to stop the fighting have so far come to little when zelinsky was elected in april he promised to restart the peace process that culminat

minutes, the president's of ukraine and russia call for a cease-fire by the end of the year in eastern ukraine to try to resolve a five-year conflict. making the keys -- making the case for impeachment or against it. trump's persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help sheet to win election is a clear and present danger. to impeach a> president over eight lines in a call transcript is baloney. anchor: airstrikes in idlib killing people, and displacing thousands. and, no hope of finding any more survivors on new zealand's white island after a volcano eruption, killing five people. eight are still missing. russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a full and comprehensive cease-fire in the east of the country by the end of the year. russia's president has been meeting the ukrainian leader in paris. 14,000 love died in the conflict in eastern ukraine between russian backed separatists and the ukrainian government leaders met for more than seven hours of talks. talk us through what came out of the summit. : not a major breakthrough, but some important steps. first of all,

the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine the conflict is centered in the dawn boss region of ukraine which is currently held by russia backed separatists well at talks in paris the 2 sides have agreed to several steps and easing tensions they've agreed to release in exchange all detainees by the end of the year to disengage military forces in 3 regions in eastern ukraine and to hold more talks in 4 months to check on the progress of the ceasefire but the meeting in paris brokered by germany and france has left many issues unresolved the 2 leaders made separate announcements at the end of the talks there's a little this was a meeting was long and difficult but the mood was rather positive that's the truth and i really want to emphasize that point. we will continue the discussions in 4 months and see the results of what we've achieved. this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions. you know our correspondent nick conley is in paris he covered the talks there between the

evening a few hours after the swap at a checkpoint in the separatist stronghold of the nets in eastern ukraine exchange included prisoners held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 as follows an agreement russia and ukraine reached earlier this month in talks brokered by germany and france. i carefully coordinated ron davis in ukraine's rebel controlled region $200.00 people in total were released in the exchange some returning to the ukrainian side said the exchange was a good start but everyone needed to be freed. i'm grateful to the president who agreed and freed us. but there are still a lot of guys jailed there and we need to help them just everyone for everyone. the production separatists returning home on the other side one equally happy to be free some used strong language to describe it for my captors. we are happy that we are free no after 4 years for some 5 years for others and liberated from the shackles of ukrainian naziism. it's the 2nd major prisoner exchange this year september sort of a swap that brought on rights home and fostered hope that the war in eastern ukr

the russian and ukrainian presidents agree to try for a ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. a justice department report concludes political bias did not drive the fbi's investigation into russian interference in the us presidential election. china claims all the people sent to what it calls "re—education camps" in the western xinjiang province have now been released. and one of the last surviving british pilots who fought in the battle of britain has died at the age of 101. some breaking news from new zealand. ina some breaking news from new zealand. in a news conference in the last few minutes, police say they are launching a criminal investigation of the circumstances of the eruption on white island. police say the body is still on the island are covered in ash. let's listen in. the responsibility of the criminal investigation, to support the coroner and work with work safe. investigation, to support the coroner and work with work safem there a chance that humans won't step foot back on the island? we are doing everything we can to get back to that island, absolutely

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin trying to end the conflict in eastern ukraine after landmark talks the leaders of russia and ukraine agree to implement a cease fire and exchange prisoners of their 1st face to face encounter also exposes deep divisions also coming up a criminal investigation is to open into the deaths of at least part of tourists kaino in new zealand popes have faded of finding any more survivors at the food carry. taking to the streets to fight for human rights has many companies around the world mark human rights day we ask how important it is to make your voice heard and. the extremes are increasing months of drought suddenly followed by terentia rain destroyed our pastures he never used to be like this. climate change is impacting the lives of farmers in a remote region of bolivia. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine as part of efforts to end the conflict there. sides have agreed to release and exchange all detainees by the end of the year to 2 weeks to disenga

details of what comes out of this midnight meeting here in paris we know that ukraine's president selenski he wants to bring the eastern donetsk region back under control of his government is there any sign that that will happen anytime soon. well re-establishing control over the sovereign territory of ukraine off of those parts of currently the separatists are in charge in eastern ukraine and that is really the precondition for the ukrainian leader to allow local elections and those elections would be the precondition to gif autonomous status through those regions and that is really where the key lies to resolving this conflict i think that is a bit asking too much from from tonight nobody expects to such a breakthrough here seeing that people in ukraine are still died dying on an almost daily basis seeing that it took 3 years to organize a meeting like this and the french president and german chancellor angela merkel have quite a bit of put a bit of leg work into organizing this meeting so the fact that both leaders have met here today is already a positive sign i mean this is the 1st meeting between ukraine's presid

evening after the swap took place at a checkpoint in the separatists stronghold of done tests in eastern ukraine the exchange covers prisoners being held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the move stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month brokered by germany and france. correspondent david stern is key to airport for us where the freed ukrainian prisoners arrived not too long ago david you were there when they came off the airplane describe the moment for us . well it's a scene of very intense emotion for some joy in general for those who may have seen or remember those scenes of p.o.w.'s were returning from the vietnam war somewhat reminiscent of that we saw the soldiers exit the airplane 1st they were greeted by president bloody mary zilinskas zelinsky sharpe salutes and then they turned and were and were welcomed by their families by their loved ones by their relatives with flowers with balloons with kisses but and sometimes even with tears but in general it was a jubilant scene especially since some of these people have been in captivity since

the russian and ukrainian presidents agree to try for a ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. a justice department report concludes political bias did not drive the fbi's investigation into russian interference in the us presidential election. china claims all the people sent to what it calls "re—education camps" in the western xinjiang province have now been released. and one of the last surviving british pilots who fought in the battle of britain has died at the age of 101. hello to you. the volcanic eruption in new zealand may have killed as many as 13 people. five are confirmed dead but eight more are missing and aerial studies of the active volcano on white island suggest no—one is left alive. the prime minister has said she shares the unfathomable grief of those who've been bereaved. this report from shaimaa khalil. the extraordinary few moments after the volcano on white island erupted. it hit briefly and fiercely, filling the air with huge plumes of smoke and smouldering ash. the people on this boat had left just moments before the eruption. the boat operators we

russian leader in paris on monday the talks are aimed at finding a breakthrough to end the war in eastern ukraine the conflict between kiev and russian backed separatists has killed more than 14000 people in 5 years that last has more from moscow. the river you know this is the ukraine capital kiev just one day before the paris meeting and it shows the pressure president followed emirs alinsky is facing while many ukrainians wonder an end to what is described as europe's forgotten war these protesters accuse him of surrendering to russian president vladimir putin. zelinsky was elected in may on his promise to end the war that began in 2014 when russian backed separatists occupied cities from the stuff you crane. it's not only cost thousands of lives. but also destroyed large parts of the country taking a huge toll on the economy. in 2016 peace talks stalled with both ukraine and russia accusing each other of fire agreements but after becoming presidents alinsky broke the stalemate is agreed to have elections in russian backed territories and allowing them a special status both nations exchange pr

evening after the swap took place at a checkpoint in the separatists stronghold of donetsk in eastern ukraine the exchange covers all remaining prisoners being held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the move stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month brokered by germany and france. and joining me live at the airport is correspondent david stern he's there standing out in the cold as the ukrainian prisoners have come off the plane tell us david what's going on. well yes the prince. exit in the plane we saw some scenes of joy and emotion if you have ever seen some of the reception of views coming from previous war say the vietnam war it was very much like that they came off the plane were 1st greeted by president selenski if they were military they saluted sharply and then turned and were met by their families their friends or loved ones with balloons with flowers with smiles and in some cases with tears now we've got much quieter the groups have dispersed to a certain degree and we're waiting for i believe we're now having a press conference from

there's been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russian separatists the 2nd major release in 3 months follows you crying and russia agreeing to ease tension between the ties between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president. russia went on to our next crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in the fighting like this prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president for a lot of b.s. alinsky is push for peace but there is anger in you crying over concessions made to russia in order to secure a ceasefire kiev will release riot police suspected of murder during the $24.00 team uprising well journalist alexander gulf has more now from moscow. this prisoner swap is just just and one step in the very long process that was before it and that still longer that is going to come because what is supposed to be going on after this is 1st of all complete cease fire that there are something that has never been managed to achieve then they agreed als

which was brokered by germany and france ukrainian forces and separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine since 2014 while the conflict as claimed more than 13000 lives. russia and ukraine small prison is last september raising hopes off a widest settlement of fighting continues. despise a cease fire agreement. a major prisoner exchange with russia i'm pro russian separatists in september it broke inmates home and fostered hundreds of the war nice to meet crime could soon be ending it was an early victory for ukraine's new president below them is a lenski. but the more believe we have agreed the 1st step to one block dialogue and the way or not it is returning our soldiers our political prisoners. to more than 5 years the ukrainian army has been fighting russian back separatists in the country's aist doors cost around 14000 lives and turned the cane duster region into a conflicts are in. efforts to stop the fighting have come to little when selenski was elected in i pro he promised to restart the peace process that culminated in a meeting this month with his french german and russian coun

russia invading eastern ukraine so sometimes people say, well, i don't know about ukraine, i don't know that much about ukraine. well, our adversary in this is russia. all roads lead to putin. understand that. and so that was the ah-ha moment. >> as i mentioned we're going to talk this hour about how the impeachment process is going to move forward now, who's going to be writing these articles of impeachment, the prospect it may be more than one committee, how fast we might go here, how soon we might see the first votes. new reporting suggests that might be very soon. but stepping back a bit from that immediate process stuff, in terms of understanding the meaning of this historic day there are going to be articles of impeachment against this president and for what, right? there is one overarching point that i think is really insight now quite clearly. now that we can look back with hindsight, with clarity to see how we got to the point of president trump being impeached. and as nancy pelosi says at one level it's not really specifically about ukraine. it's about ukraine being used as a

so there's been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and progress the separatists this is the 2nd major release in 3 months that follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tensions between them times between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president in kiev . just a bit of background for you moscow went on to annex crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in the fighting the latest prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president the lot made selenski push for peace but there is anger in ukraine over concessions made to russia so it could secure the ceasefire for example kiev will release riot police suspected of murder during the 2014 uprising and they've also agreed to pull out troops from contested regions in the east bit of analysis here from valentyn yakkers sheikh who is a professor of political science at the national university of. he says there will be no quick solution though to this ongoing conflict in my view it's an absolutely positive

more than 13000 people have been killed in the 5 year war in eastern ukraine between. government forces and russian backed fighters close to the front line weary residents of the city of donetsk say they were cautious about the talks creation in motion a pretty hard border most of the things should be decided through negotiations and not through war i see the world like this and will should be stopped because it is difficult to live here it is difficult morally and psychologically we need peace and tranquility. this some it's been a delicate balancing act for all sides but particularly for selenski the former t.v. actor made ending the war in ukraine one of his campaign promises but he's been under pressure at home not to give in to russia's demands for months protesters have gathered in kiev to urge selenski to stand up to putin is more experienced rival. to them or as words i'm not happy with president's actions on the international stage at the moment i do not understand why he went to the normandy summit and what he can bring back which the french president called

this isa territories in eastern ukraine. this is a highly emotional moment.hree, five yea rs. first time in two, three, five years. and of course that is the best possible new year gift for these families. translation: the main thing is that the people are home. we did what we said. before the new year. they will celebrate new year with their families at home, parents or children, and it is great, iam happy. i'm sure home, parents or children, and it is great, i am happy. i'm sure are happy as well. in return for the servicemen and civilians, ukraine has handed over to separatists five policemen charged. altogether ukraine released over 120 people. some of them were allegedly involved in terrorist attacks. for some of them, rebel—held territories can be just a transit to russia. many criticised zelensky for agreeing to the russian terms of the swap and paying such a high price. these prisoner swap was a part of the deal brokered in paris in december this year by zelensky, burton, macron and merkel. they are involved in the doctor bring peace to the eastern uk

the leaders of ukraine and russia are in paris for a meeting about the conflict in eastern ukraine and this is the 1st time in 3 years that talks focusing on ending the war have been held and this is the 1st meeting between. the russian president and who of them is alinsky the new ukrainian president french president emanuel and german chancellor angela merkel are brokering this meeting you see them all that there at the table the conflict started in eastern ukraine back in 2014 it has killed more than 13000 people displaced more than a 1000000 the worst fighting has been in the dawn bet's region our correspondent nick connelly traveled there and sent us this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists spacing them that whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like that maybe on the 1st night of the see saw and it's a strange when there's no financial you get all nervous we used to the shooting at the. the conflict may have fallen out

deadlock with russia and ukraine hold peace talks in paris to try to find a way to end the war in eastern ukraine the conflict there has killed 13000 people displaced more than a 1000000 we'll take you to the combat zone and we'll go to paris where russian and ukrainian leaders have met for the 1st time also coming up russia banned from all global sporting events for the next 4 years including the upcoming 2020 olympics the world anti-doping agency says moscow trying to stop drug cheats from being exposed and 5 people dead after new zealand's most active volcano erupts sending planes of ash and steam into the scalia's tourist we're exploring the whole casinos surface at least 8 people are missing. and supporting the protestors in hong kong how a team of volunteers keep the supplies flowing for different straight groups who hit the streets month after month. i bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome the leaders of ukraine and russia have been holding a one on one talks in paris to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine it's the. 1st time in 3 years tha

welcome to the program a prisoner swap is under way in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russia separatists the 2nd major release in 3 months follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tension between them it's 5 years since russian troops and extend the crimean peninsula and is under god freud is live for us in moscow what stage are we in terms of the prisoner swap as we speak. well at this point in the 1st phase of this prisoner swap has apparently ended and that is that a look separatist of the lugansk region handed all were to ukraine a 25 ukrainians that they have kept captive and the ukrainian side handed over an unknown number of people to separate russian backed separatist of the lugansk region what comes now is the same thing happening with representatives of the region separatists from the don't yet region and what we could hear is that they will handle were to ukraine $55.00 people expecting $87.00 in return so the total of people that ukraine should receive the people that should be released to ukraine is around 80 and this is the number that ukrainian com

that all for all prisoner swap in eastern ukraine gives the fragile hope for an end to the 5 year conflict. this is al jazeera live also coming up a missile attack in yemen is blamed on the rebels who are now threatening to target sensitive locations in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . taiwan's leader wants china is the biggest threat to its well being pointing to the events in hong kong to bolster her reelection bid plus. it is massive violence and i consider this an act of domestic terrorism new york governor speaks out after the latest attack against the jewish community. a prisoner swaps being made in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russian separatists the 2nd exchange in 3 months of around $150.00 prisoners was brokered by the russian and ukrainian president so earlier this month it's being seen as a step towards ending 5 years of fighting around $14000.00 people have been killed since russian troops and next the crimean peninsula russia went on to an extraordinary and is accused of supporting the separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in