gilad schalit has become a symbol in many ways. when he is released, as is anticipated will happen this morning, there will be a lot of rejoicing here, but perhaps more so on the palestinian side who, as you say, are going to receive starting today and over the next two months more than 1,000 people who had been held in israeli jails, some of whom have been involved in bloody terrorist activities. >> mark philips in israel, thank you so much. >>> take you to libya now, one of moammar gadhafi's last strong holds have fallen to the interim government. it came after a long standoff and the victorious troops celebrated in the streets. some small pockets of resistance remain, notably gadhafi's hometown of sirte. >>> republican presidential candidates go at it again tonight. this time in las vegas. it is their fifth debate since september. and according to a new cnn poll, mitt romney and herman cain are running neck and neck. 26% support romney and 25% support cain. two-thirds say they might change their minds. there's an enthusiasm gap

a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see jewish soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over one thousand palestinians charlotta being held captive for the past.

they released gilad schalit this morning. as john ray reports, it was part of the deal israel's government brokered with hamas that included releasing 1,000 palestinian prisoners. >> of the 64 months as a hostage, gilad schalit starts a new day, a new life as a free man today after a very long and painful period of negotiations. he was finally handed over by his captures from the hamas militant faction this morning. first into egypt and then flown into an israeli military base with an emotional reunion with his mother and father. he said remarkably after so long as a companyture to be in good physical shape. at the same time israel began the release of what would eventually number more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners. 477 today. some convicted of very serious terrorist offenses. >> hamas is calling the people we've released today heros. nothing could be further from the truth. these are people who have been convicted for some of the most outrageous murders, bombing pizza restaurants, cafes, blowing up buses. >> if we needed

this is gilad schalit's hometown. there was great excitement, great expectation and great relief that this finally took place. those emotions were mirrored both on the palestinian side, both in the west bank and gaza, as well. schalit was captured by hamas more than five years ago. today, the israeli forces announced his mission was complete and he came home. the first glimpse of schalit came from television. his condition was assured by both egyptian and red cross authorities. at that point, he was asked a few questions and gave his first interview. he appeared frail, he appeared a little weak and overwhelmed by what was going on. he said he had first gotten an inkling that this was under way in the past month. he thought about the many palestinians that were being released, he said he was happy for them and their families, that they were going home and he was hoping for peace. of the 477 that good in this first slice of releases resulted in scenes of great elation, a crowd estimated at several hundred thousand in ga

here for petitions against the swap of a thousand palestinians in exchange for israeli soldier gilad schalit they've been filed by an organization representing the families of israelis killed or wounded in palestinian militias attacks they want the list of prisoners scrutinized if the deal does go ahead half of the palestinians will be released on tuesday while the rest will be freed and december gilad schalit is expected to be returned home during the first phase of the swap. which crews have resumed pumping oil that has been leaking from a ship sunk or stuck on a reef just off the northern new zealand coast the operation is complicated by the ship's deteriorating condition and fears it could just fall apart an estimated three hundred and fifty tons of oil have already spilled into the open sea causing the country's worst maritime environmental disaster because all around the ground two weeks ago bad weather halted attempts to pump. thailand continues battling its worst flooding in half a century with waters putting the capital bangkok at risk heavy downpours and overflowing rivers have led

and israeli soldier gilad schalit has filed.

and it's not only those who wish feel the about media attention gilad schalit received was unfair israel might have decided to release a thousand palestinian prisoners but many more remain in jails and nobody seems to care about this according to what. i think of political science at a university in gaza. the international community as well as these were in the media was very busy over the past five years bringing the issue of these very to soldier gilad shalit to the attention of the. world community all the time but it hasn't been said much about the palestinian prisoners even though the palestinian authority and the palestinian resistance to groups have tried all the time to bring the usual crowd lost in prisoners to the attention of the woods community and many international conferences many press conferences have been held over the past years to bring this issue to the attention of the world community but unfortunately the israeli media and supporters of israel all over the world and were much stronger in bringing the issue of gilad shalit more than bringing the issue of more than s

prisoner exchange with over a thousand palestinians being swapped for just one israeli soldier gilad schalit was freed following five years in captivity and a massive campaign for his release in israel but his homecomings left many jewish families and saudis put to sleep i found out. every day he comes here to a place that looks after israeli soldiers who are alone in the country who come from difficult backgrounds but being here is often more of a comfort to him and the youngsters he hopes because it brings him and that little bit closer to his son magically disappeared one year before gilad shalit was taken hostage we are not a norm i have sadness over and over again the government and the country are not. users the media has dropped from it gave additionally. there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who are missing in action nazmi son magically disappeared while hitchhiking to his only base major one allied was captured twenty five years ago after his aircraft was shot down of eleven on these are the last pictures of him alive taken in a prison in iran and g

and israel striking a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see jewish soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians. and a seven year sentence for ukraine's former prime minister for alleged abuse of power linked to gas contracts with russia sparks public outrage on harsh criticism from moscow the u.s. and e.u. . and in business world demand is no longer being mainly driven by the developed western nations and this is good for. business in about twenty minutes. global news twenty four so this is r.t. live from moscow with me will receive iranians hiring mexicans to assassinate the saudi ambassador in america and other details of a so-called complicated plot the u.s. government says it has uncovered officials in washington say two iranian agents try to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack allegations tehran dismissed as a quote comedy show. that has the latest from the u.s. . the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranian government accountable for the plots to kill the ambassador of saudi arab

to come but first five years in captivity as a hostage is coming to an end for israeli soldier gilad schalit following an emergency cabinet meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced a deal has been agreed with hamas involving a prisoner swap for of a thousand palestinian militants or for more i'm joined by correspondent paula slant she is in tel aviv paula it's a breakthrough of course softer more than five years of stored to go sheesh and so what's going to happen next. what we've just been hearing from the hamas political bureau chief khaled mashal speaking from damascus and he called this a national id cheeseman the for the palestinian people he expressed regret that not more palestinian prisoners were being released as part of this deal now throughout the seed me to stay there has been an emergency cabinet meeting in jerusalem that has now finished with the israeli government giving its nod to this prison a deal what we do understand is that some one thousand palestinian prisoners will be released for this one israeli soldier gilad schalit the details as we have bee

hear for petitions against a swap of a thousand palestinians in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad schalit a painful filed by an organization representing the families of israelis killed or wounded in the palestinian militia they want a list of prisoners scrutinized now if they deal does go ahead of the palestinians will be released on change day while the rest will be freed and december gilad schalit is expected to be returned home during the first phase of the swap. salvage crews excuse me have resumed pumping the oil that has been leaking from a ship suckle for reef just off the northern new zealand coast the operation is complicated by the ship's deteriorating condition and there are fears it could just fall to pieces an estimated three hundred fifty tons of oil have already spilled out into the open sea caught in the country's worst maritime environmental disaster the vessel ran aground two weeks ago bad weather has halted attempts to pump out. thailand continues battling its worst flooding in a half a century the waters now putting the capital risk heavy downpours and overflowing riv

an israeli soldier by the name of gilad schalit is expected to be freed by hamas after being held forexchange for more than a thousand palestinian prisoners. schalit was 19 and yarding an israeli army post when palestinian militants attacked his tank in 2006 killing two men, taking him prisoner, the terrorists did. cnn international correspondent matthew chance joins us on the phone from gaza city. what's the latest on this exchange? obviously, we're having trouble getting in touch with matthew. we'll try to restore our contact. again, this is causing a lot of controversy in israel because of the sheer number. more than a thousand palestinian prisoners who have been held for a variety of attacks are to be released in exchange for this one israeli soldier who has been held now for some five years. family members of israelis who have died in terror attacks have been speaking out saying that the price for this young man's freedom is just too high. matthew, maybe now joining us on the phone, matthew, what's the latest? has this exchange actually occurred? >> reporter: not yet, anderson. i

. >> reporter: freed soldier gilad schalit hugged his father for the first time in five years. he is thankful his hamas captors let him go in exchange for more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners. the sergeant said his years in captivity were long but he always believed he would get out of gaza. schalit hopes the swap will promote peace with israel and the palestinians. in gaza. crowds cheered as buses unloaded hundreds of freed palestinian inmates. most were serving life sentences for deadly attacks on israelis. [ speaking foreign language ] israel's prime minister warned militants anyone who returns to terror will be held accountable. hamas hailed the thousand for one swap as a victory and called the freed palestinians heroes in a struggle for state hood. this man says "thank god, we want to tell the whole world that palestinians are a great nation." hamas' political rival, palestinian president mahmoud abbas rallied crowds in the west bank calling the prisoners freedom fighters. some israelis fought hard to stop the release of palestinian inmates. they say israel will end up pa

gilad schalit (gee-lad sha-leet) is being exchanged for 447 palestinian >>> an israeli soldier held byas in gaza for the last five years in egypt is right -- he is in egypt right now. y lat cha alignment d is being exchanged for 800 prisoners in palestinian jails. they have been moved to the west bank and gaza. some say the release of palestinians in jail for murdering israelis doesens the memory of them. >> the government of israel made the memory of my daughter cheaper. >> 550 more palestinian prisoners will be set free in two months. >>> the drivers in the las vegas 300 say that it was an accident just waiting to happen and it did. and now there are some questions about what led to the crash that killed indy car racer dan wheldon over the weekend. bill whitaker on the phenomenon known as dirty air. >> reporter: looking for dan wheldon. >> reporter: just 11 laps into the race with cars packed four deep at speeds approaching 225 miles per hour -- >> play-by-play announcer: oh, here we go. >> reporter: one car bumped another triggering the 15-car crash. dan wheldon was killed when his

gilad schalit has become a symbol. there will be a lot of rejoicing here when he's released, but perhaps more sore on the palestinian side who are going to receive more than 1,000 people who have been held in israeli jaild jails, some of whom have been involved in bloody terrorist activities. >> mark philips in israel, thank you so much. >>> take you to libya now, one of moammar gadhafi's last strong holds have fallen to the interim government. the victorious troops celebrated in the streets. some small pockets of resistance remain, notably gadhafi's hometown of sirte. >>> republican presidential candidates go at it again tonight. and according to a new cnn poll, mitt romney and herman cain are running neck and neck. 26% support romney and 25% support cain. 43% of democrats said they're he thus aftic about next year's election compared to 64% of republicans. >>> president obama continues his day in north carolina, continuing a bus-style trip to push his jobs plan. later, president obama will move to virginia. susan mcg

among us and israel strike out a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see jew or soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians charlie has been held captive for five years. the russian premier is meeting the chinese leader in beijing on a visit to both cooperation and balance out of financial and political dominance of the west birthday by the word wouldn't reached a settlement for an agreement on an acute crisis. that's what headlines here in our view back to top the hour with more of the meantime andrew will bring us the latest from the world of sports. hello good morning good to have you company and these are the headlines six of the best russia qualify for next summer's european championships to the six nil thrashing of one dollar. round scraped past balls needed to reach the finals as denmark stung portugal's book their place. and gearing up late cool up jose did and stephen don't pump on with the new zealand squad ahead of their current semifinal with rival to strike at the rugby world cup. now russia have booked their place in the euro twenty twelve ch

in israeli jails appear to be freed in the coming days in exchange for dawn who's ready soldier gilad schalit. also online president obama sends troops to central africa and the certainty that america's growing global military presence may be turning into military pressure. finally this news block there is a risk that russian men could be going the way of the dodo unless something is done quickly to increase the birth rate of boys as archy's diarrhea push code has been finding out that life's causing a chromosomal catastrophe. this is the sperm horror heads three tails or an inability to swim are becoming almost the norm for modern man's sperm. what used to be perceived as infertility is now very different twenty years ago two hundred million bibles bumper military with considered normal today fifteen million is enough but probably studies are not easy and have never been conducted in russia until now but is a girl enough was among the first only to find more than half of his fellow countrymen didn't meet the world health organization standards. our study revealed not only quantity but a qual

petitions against the deal to free one thousand palestinians in exchange for a captive israeli soldier gilad schalit they want the swap delayed so the list of prisoners can be scrutinized state prosecutor's office says the appeals are likely to be rejected monday if the deal does go ahead with half the palestinians released in exchange for shelley tuesday with the rest to be freed in december. pumping oil has resumed from the stricken cargo ship that grounded off new zealand but worsening weather could hamper recovery efforts the vessels now leaning sharply it has serious cracks threatening to break apart at any time about three hundred fifty tons of fuel have spilled into the senior beaches and killed more than one thousand sea birds the ship hit a reef almost a fortnight ago setting off what used to and says is its worst ever maritime environmental disaster. finally in this news block parents of children in russia who have a debilitating genetic disorder have another battle to fight access to the treatment that could prolong their young ones lives boyko reports medicine is available in russia but

world update the last leader says no agreements been reached with his run on the date when soldier gilad schalit will be handed over is part of the historic swap deal which will see palestinian prisoners freed although that number is also yet to be finalized it comes hours after israel published a list of palestinians to be released in exchange for the captured soldier president peres is expected to pardon a thousand people all together. thailand is gripped by its worst flooding in half a century almost three hundred people confirmed dead in the disaster the loss of for two months more rain is predicted later on sunday in many regions including the capital bangkok authorities say the city of twelve million won't be severely affected by the flooding especially installed flood ban is strong still the city has been put on high alert. in search of a legend a new quest to track down one of the world's most mysterious creatures has kicked off in russian siberia. join the expedition. the yeti also known as big food snowman hole sus quote has been exciting scientists and enthusiastic from all the world

already widening political gap does are still you are to damascus earlier this week israeli soldier gilad schalit was exchanged for more than one thousand palestinian prisoners but thousands still remain in jail next our team talks to the wife of one high profile prisoner considered a terrorist by is real but a hero by the palestinians. he is regarded by many as the palestinian also mandela while one barghouti who is currently in an israeli prison where he's been for nearly a decade he's serving five life sentences for murdering five israelis and over the years his release has been one of the major stumbling blocks in the gilad shalit prisoner exchange deal with me to discuss this is his wife fired were fired what the israelis always said that they would not release prisoners with blood on their hands but now they are releasing prisoners who have killed israelis but they're not releasing your husband why do you think not. it's a political issue his judgement and sentencing in israeli court was all political the israelis put him in jail because he's a leader of the palestinian people and the israe

about this exchange of more than a thousand palestinian prisoners for one captured israeli soldier gilad schalit. it's a controversial matter everybody welcomes it but some say it's a concession to hamas and the current of israel how would you comment. well it was a controversial matter and is a little because this proposal of one prisoner for two for one thousand is president of course had some dangerous consequences in regard to the future personally i think about it was not a smart decision to agree to such a deal i think we missed some better opportunities in the past five years but at least it shows that is the early public is extremely concerned about every specific person there especially about the person that as a uniform and he will send both of the country to defend the state and the country shows that we are ready to do almost anything in order to save him. and the but it might have some of the interest consequences that were in the long term it was not necessarily a very smart decision let's take a look at one of the largest prisoner exchange deals in the middle east history spotligh

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and israel strike a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see a jewish soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians charlotte has been held captive for five. and a seven year sentence for ukraine's former prime minister for alleged abuse of power linked to gas contracts with russia sparks and public outrage and harsh criticism from the u.s. and the. headlines here on r.t. if you stay with us next the ancient history and enclosed culture of china remains a mystery to much of the outside world. of a nazi now speaks with. director of the knesset china institute. but to find out what lies behind the and it magic facade. doris naz thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion by has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get a foot behind the mystery you know something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said that the loss of german philosopher said that most people do not

prisoners held in israeli jails you to be freed in the coming days in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad schalit. plus president obama sends troops to central africa but there is concern that america's growing military presence globally could be turning into military pressure. american officials are scrambling to clarify claims of what they call for terrorist plot by iran on tuesday america said it had been uncovered an iranian government plan to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. delegation is now headed toward russia china and turkey providing evidence to back up their claims tehran denies the accusations but washington says it's committed to holding the country accountable those within iran say the u.s. actually headed their way will go on the answer. the more pressure that the united states tries to impose on iran the iranians will push back as well the united states is being utterly dishonest iran has absolutely no motive to carry out such an operation if you run it hypothetically want to carry out this operation they could have done it in the middle east in an area where there ar

half of the palestinians will be released on tuesday while the rest will be freed in december and gilad schalit is expected to be returned home during the first phase of the swap. salvage crews have resumed pumping oil that has been leaking from a ship stuck on a reef just off the northern new zealand coast the operation is complicated by the ship's deteriorating condition and fears it could just fall apart an estimated three hundred fifty tons of oil have already spilled into the open sea causing the country's worst ever maritime environmental disaster the vessel will run aground two weeks ago bad weather halted attempts to pump out. thailand continues battling its worst flooding in half a century with waters putting the capital bank called at risk heavy downpours and overflowing rivers have led to the evacuation of the country's key industrial area it's now raising fears over up to two hundred thousand people may be losing their jobs the tragedy has already claimed over three hundred lives the government says the damage and losses could total three billion u.s. dollars. parents of children in

twelve thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines israeli soldier gilad schalit freed after being heldcaptive for five years by hamas in exchange for a thousand palestinian prisoners other captured soldiers families ask why israel is doing little to bring them home. serbs in northern kosovo given an extra day to remove roadblocks at a border seized by kosovo police last month locals say they won't give in less the officers leave. the n.y.p.d. under investigation over claims of excessive force during the anti wall street protests some officers seen resorting to punching and pepper.

against the swap of a thousand palestinians and exchange for one israeli soldier or that of a gilad schalit they being followed by an organization representing the families of israelis killed or wounded and palestinian militia sites they want the list of prisoners scrutinized if the deal goes ahead the palestinians will be released on choose day while the rest will be freed in december and he'll out of charlotte is expected to be returned home during the first days of the swap. salvage crews have resumed pumping the oil that has been leaking from a ship stuck on a reef off the northern new zealand coast the operation is complicated by the ship's deteriorating condition and fears that it could just fall to pieces an estimated three hundred fifty tons of oil have already spilled into the open sea causing the country's worst maritime environmental disaster the vessel will run aground two weeks ago bad weather has halted attempts to pump out the oil. thailand continues battling its worst flooding in half a century with waters putting the capital bangkok at risk heavy downpours and overflowing r

held in israeli jails are due to be freed in the coming days in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad schalit. also online president obama sends troops to central africa but there is a growing concern that the u.s. growing global military presence may be turning into military pressure. to russia and china are boosting their cooperation to balance out the economic and political dominance of western countries prime minister vladimir putin's visit to beijing was the first since declaring he'll run for president next year deals worth seven billion dollars were assigned on the trip investment specialist francis run things that strengthening their alliance could pave a new way for a lot for a new axis of global economic influence. the u.s. and europe. trying to get this really taught me think global politics and i think that china and russia can join to get to. wait and not let them dictate the. world of course europe and you would not be happy i don't think the brits we'll be a political power even though most probably be a economic power because india is china so there is no way even the corporat

gaza he believes that the palestinian people have already paid a heavy price for the capture of gilad schalit one thousand palestinian the president actually mentioned in the deal it is something very very good for palestinians actually this is not the first time i can remind you nineteen eighty five two israeli soldiers with. lebanon and those with the two israeli soldiers were released of more than a thousand. palestinian prisoners actually as a result of the capture of gilad shalit actually but the people of gaza strip we here in gaza we. actually bade a very heavy price since the capture of the. two thousand and. two thousand and six we paid a very very heavy price in gaza for the people of gaza blockade that the israeli closure of the war against. israeli invasion to many areas of gaza from time to time thousands of palestinians since two thousand and six till now with. thousands with. hundreds of. houses with demolition actually palestinians of gaza they've been. r.t. is coming to you live from moscow now an international chorus of disapproval is hit ukraine over the verdict handed down

palestinians freed by israel in exchange for a soldier gilad schalit have been flown into exile qatar and turkey among the countries receiving them as part of the deal with the israeli government which one hundred swapped for shall eat after five years held captive by hamas more will be released next month but a gaza political analyst tells r t there is too much global focus on one man rather than israel's thousands of palestinian prisoners. the international community as well as these were enemy the i was very busy over the past five years bring to the issue of these very to souls are going to add. to the attention of the world community all the time but it hasn't been said much about the palestinian prisoners even though the palestinian authority and the palestinian resistance the groups have tried all the time to bring the issue of palestinian prisoners to the at then sion of the world community and many international conferences many prison influences have been held over the past years to bring this is shoe to the attention of the world community but unfortunately this is why in t

petitions against the deal to free a thousand palestinians in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad schalit they want to swap delayed so the list of prisoners can be scrutinized but state prosecution sources say the appeals are likely to be rejected on monday the deal should then go ahead with half of the palestinians released in exchange for charlotte on tuesday with the rest freed in december. oil pumping fears that resumed from the stricken cargo ship aground off new zealand but worsening weather could hamper the recovery efforts the vessel is now listing sharply it has serious cracks in the hole and could break apart at any time about three hundred fifty tons of fuel that spilled into the sea near beaches and killed over a thousand sea birds the ship hit a reef almost a fortnight ago setting off what new zealand says is its worst ever maritime environmental disaster. a tourist coach has overturned on a highway in central china killing ten injuring dozens of others most of those passengers were senior citizens it's not yet clear exactly what caused the crash but early reports suggest a t

israeli soldier gilad schalit freed after five years being held captive by hamas in exchange for one thousand palestinian prisoners but other captured soldiers families ask why israel's doing nothing to bring them home. new york police investigate over claims of excessive force during an anti wall street protest has footage of seemingly shows resorting to punches and pepper spray at peaceful rallies plus. as regards my return nothing is decided until the people have moved to ordinary citizens always have a choice to make. leaving the last word to the people here putin says it's premature to assume he'll win the presidential election in his first in.