groups are calling for a day of rage in protest we'll get the latest from jerusalem and police in kiev arrest former georgian leader me cows feel it but are forced to free him by angry supporters we'll have an exclusive interview with the man who escaped the police. by bringing off it's good to have you with us the international olympic committee has banned russia from competing in the twenty eighteen winter olympics some clean athletes will be able to compete as neutrals but under strict conditions with just ten weeks before the games begin in south korea i.o.c. president thomas bach and the executive board found the evidence of systematic doping presented. them today was enough to stop athletes from competing under the russian flag at the gate this is the second time in a row that russian athletes will miss out on an olympics because of doping they also missed out on the twenty sixteen summer games in rio the i.o.c. president held a press conference in luzon a short while ago here is part of what thomas bach and to say the russian olympic committee is suspended with immediate effect

the exchange of three hundred eighty prisoners is underway in eastern ukraine where in the capital kiev for more on why it's happening now and what the immediate future may bring also coming home. a flicker of hope for almost thirty six thirty six people from a perceived town in syria and aid groups organizes their evacuation as government troops close in on the damascus suburbs. and detained in myanmar a court order to reuters journalists to be kept in custody for another fourteen days over allegations they breached the country's official secrets act. the. hawk thank you very much for your company and a bloody conflict that has been grinding on for years a rare moment of a let up in tensions ukraine's forces and pro russian rebels in that country's rest of east are exchanging prisoners as we speak ukraine's central government is releasing three hundred six prisoners and expects the separatists are released seventy four of its captives in return this after talks in moscow mediated by the head of the russian orthodox church. well some are calling it the largest prisoner exchange in the e

democracy there is threatened by corruption and the kremlin in a dramatic clash with police today in kiev his supporters saved him from arrest. this is absolutely fake the feeling is that these people they told me that if they cannot find anything on me they will create that we've been marching peacefully. quietly but but in bigger numbers more and more and that's what they were scared of . i'm bringing up in berlin also coming up tonight he was president trump reportedly told palestinian president mahmoud abbas today that he intends to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem palestinian groups including hamas are now calling for a day of rage to protest and there are warnings from across europe and the middle east the strongest from turkey you seem to know this could go all the way to cutting our diplomatic ties with israel. they would. under islam is a red line it's the capital of the palestinian state and yet unilateral steps to recognize drucilla as israel's capital is. i believe that would be a very dangerous move. or we begin the day with a showdown between police and prote

this is deja vu news live from berlin and protests on the streets of kiev after a dramatic escape police arrest former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili but are forced to free him by angry supporters now he is marching to parliament to demand the resignation of a president that he says is soft on corruption we will get the very latest live from kiev. also coming up the fight to preserve historic landscapes and utah conservationists and native tribes joined forces to fight an order from donald trump slashing national monument areas by up to ninety percent. and german foreign minister gabriele urges europe to be less dependent on the united states he says it is time for europe to become more assertive in the world. plus a fresh twist in the trump russia saga u.s. investigator robert mueller demands deutsche bank release data on accounts held by president trump that is part of miller's probe into russia's influence on presidential election. and decision day for russia's winter sports stars the international olympic committee gets set to rule on banning them from the upcoming . winter olym

and we're going to get the latest on this story now from correspondent david stern in kiev david why is this prisoner exchange happening now is this a sign in any way that progress is being made in the search for peace well yes this is definitely a sign that some progress is being made without a doubt with a prisoner exchange of this size as you said seventy four ukrainians will be returning home while three over three hundred separatists will be going back to the breakaway territories this is the largest exchange so far in the conflict so obviously this is a major step but on the other hand it needs to be said that the fighting continues and continues it continues in a very very high level not as high as it was a week ago but in the last twenty four hours we've seen one ukrainian soldier killed. and five wounded so obviously the fighting continues so much so that emmanuel mccall and angle americal issued a statement over the weekend calling for an immediate cease fire that still has not taken hold we're hoping that we will see a cease fire for the holiday season so obviously we have

what we're being told is that all seventy four of the ukrainians have are now on their way back to kiev where they will actually be greeted by people crowds that are going to the main airport just outside the capital and on the rebel side on the russian backed rebel side a few some fewer than were originally reported the cravings are saying about forty three have decided to stay in ukraine but again the question is why is this happening now obviously this is a sign of progress but the fighting is still continuing in the east and as you said at the top that there is concern about the level of fighting right now and indeed the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has asked russia to clamp down on the violence in eastern ukraine so is it fair to say this conflict is heating back up. well this is the question right now it is it has definitely heated up over the last week or week two weeks whether this is a temporary surge which we sometimes see before cease fires could be a possibility or it could be something a sign of something much more serious obviously the international community is w

visited every news coming to lawn from berlin protests on the streets of kiev after a dramatic escape police or rouse former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili but was forced to free him by angry supporters now he's more action to parliament to demand the resignation of a president he says is soft on corruption get the latest from our correspondent also coming up the fight to preserve historical landscapes in utah conservationists and native tribes joined forces to fight in order from president on the trump slushing national monument areas by up to ninety percent. and germany signal gaboriau urges europe to be less dependent on the united states he says it's time for europe to become more certain more. i'm sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us chaotic scenes today on the streets of kiev that's after police trying to arrest me fail saakashvili is the former georgian leader who's become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and a full morning in the side of president petro poroshenko police detained saakashvili but were forced to free him again when his supp

this is due to the news coming to mind from berlin protests on the streets of kiev after a dramatic escape police arrest for georgian leader michel shock us really but are forced to free him by angry supporters now he's marching to parliament to demand the resignation of a president he says is soft on corruption and bring you the latest from our correspondent also coming up. german foreign minister is ignore gabrial urges europe to be less dependent on the united states is says it's time for europe to become more assertive in the world. plus a fresh twist in the trunk russia tsonga u.s. investigator robert muller demands that georgia bank released data want to count held by president trump that's just part of miller's probe into russia's influence on the presidential election. i'm sara harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. chaotic scenes on the streets of kiev today that's after police tried to arrest mikhail saakashvili he's the former georgian leader who's become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and a thorn in the side of president petro poroshenko police deta

or we begin the day with a showdown between police and protesters in kiev and the police lost hundreds of supporters of former georgian president and now anti-corruption crusader. clashed with ukrainian police and forced police to let saakashvili go now ukraine has already revoked saakashvili citizenship and claims that he is part of a plan to topple the government of president poroshenko saakashvili has popularity with voters and his claims of rampant corruption in ukraine are a thorn in poroshenko side but he says if you retrace the plans to take him out you'll find that they start with the russian president vladimir putin our first report takes us tonight to the streets of kenya. early morning hide and seek and the rooms above key of my town square except the man being detained by a unmarked special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko as most vocal opponents. as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied

eighty prisoners is underway in eastern ukraine we'll go live to our correspondent in the capital kiev for more on why it's happening now and what the immediate future may bring also coming up. detained in me in mar a court orders to orders journalists to be kept in custody for another fourteen days over allegations the breached the country's official secrets act and. a go go go go go. not mucking around conservationists in south africa getting to grips with food awaiting but who has come up with a new way to keep these uninvited guests at bay and own way from humans. it's a pleasure to be with you. in a bloody conflict that has been grinding on for years now a rare moment of a let up in tensions ukraine's forces and. russian rebels in that country's restive east are exchanging prisoners at this very hour ukraine's central government is releasing three hundred six prisoners and expects the separatists to release seventy four of its captives in return this after talks in moscow mediated by the head of the russian orthodox church. while it's being called the largest prisoner exchange in

hundreds of prisoners exchanged in ukraine and one of the biggest swaps agreements between moscow and kiev. we're getting reports of multiple explosions in the afghan capital kabul at least forty people have been killed dozens more have been injured one of the blasts hit the office of the news agency afghan voice. heard is on the line for us from kabul abdullah tell us more about what you know. we heard from most posters that there were when explosions in the west of the city targeting an afghan wise news agency now this neighborhood is unable to vote it happens to be the net the next. the second bomb happened to be next to this media organization now she did ministry spokesperson here speaking to us saying that at least forty people are dead among the forty people that are women and children and journalists as well now this comes just after an attack that happened. in kabul targeting. as well. do we know what course of law they were. when initially. been reported that this was a suicide attack jared carried out by a bomber now no group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack taleba

of colluding with businessmen to topple the president his arrest on friday led to huge protests in kiev saakashvili became an opposition leader in ukraine and once the impeachment of president petro poroshenko last week he climbed onto a roof to avoid arrest and has been freed from the police fanned by his supporters . their resume before very simple. we own words against corruption we do you know if you're very wrong because you know the very thing over and over is all the guards are no longer. decent people who are very evil people are fed up people are reading you right the thoughts now of david stern who's a correspondent for deutsch available in kiev told us earlier that saakashvili is case has become a rallying point for wider political discontent in ukraine reflected in those large demonstrations on sunday. these become a focal point one of many focal points but given the political environment right now in ukraine whatever opposition there is it tends to gather around what's what's available there were these large demonstrations on sunday these were some of the largest that we've

thousands protesting kiev against ukraine's president about to go release of x. georgian leader mikhail saakashvili has been jailed in the city. plus how recession in greece led to a revolution in solar energy being that the country will meet its climate change talk its. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of his troops from syria he made the underground stop in latakia province before heading to egypt putin spoke to his allies syrian president bashar al assad at the home i mean airbase russian forces have played an important role in supporting army that's going on the significance of this now from our in kabul on who's the director of policy analysis of the doha institute he's with me here in the studio what is president putin up to here well i think he's trying actually especially after he announced victory against isis a few weeks ago he made it clear that he was actually and will be withdrawing will be partially we're doing prompt syria and by visiting the middle east right now i think he's going to secure secure the agreement of

eighty prisoners is underway in eastern ukraine will be going live to our correspondent in the capital kiev for more on why it's happening now and what the immediate future may bring. also on the program detained in me on mon a court orders to voices journalists to be held in custody for another fourteen days of allegations they breached the country's official secrets act. got to go go go go go go go go. getting to grips with the monkey business in south africa conservationists come up with a novel way of keeping pesky primates away from humans. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a thanks for joining us it's a rare moment of deescalation in the basic conflict between ukrainian forces and pro russian rebels in the east of the country a prisoner exchange between the two sides currently under way you. and central government is releasing three hundred and six prisoners and expects the separatists to release seventy four of its captives in return this after talks in moscow mediated by the head of the russian orthodox church. we're going to get the latest on this now from our corresp

under prisoners exchanged in ukraine in one of the biggest swaps agreed between moscow and kiev. well matheson this is all just a lie from doha also coming up i know as much there is no treatment available for i have nothing no medicine no many emergency medical evacuations underway in war torn syria but for some it's too little and too late preliminary results expected on thursday in liberia's presidential elections. and it's off to the so-called salsa capital of the walled colombia's annual christmas parade it's all about the dance. the. ukrainian government and pro russian rebels have swapped prisoners in war torn eastern ukraine this latest exchange. is said to be the largest since the start of the conflict it happened near the city of horlivka which is mainly controlled by pro russia separatists the conflict began in april twenty fourth scene soon after russia annexed ukraine's crimea peninsula united nations says more than ten thousand people have died in the done yet and the hans cretin's series of truce deals has scaled back the fighting but hasn't ended the bloodshed sev

are calling for a day of rage tomorrow in protest we'll get the latest from jerusalem and police in kiev arrest former georgian leader mikhail saakashvili but they're forced to free by angry supporters will have an exclusive interview with. i'm going to have you with us the news is just broken that the international olympic committee has banned russia from competing in the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics some clean athletes however will be able to compete as neutrals but under strict conditions with just ten weeks before the games begin in south korea i.o.c. president thomas bach and the executive board found the evidence of systematic doping presented to them today which possibly we will see was enough to stop athletes from competing under the russian flag at the games. now this is the second time in a row that russian athletes will miss out on an olympics because of doping after also missing out on the two thousand and sixteen summer games in rio the i.o.c. president held a press conference in luzon a little while ago explaining that it must kind of go through what we said to

is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u.s. says it will give kiev enhance defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the russian president says moscow is not seeking conflict with anyone but will stand up for its interests but amir putin spoke at a conference of the ruling united russia party which has pledged its support in next year's presidential election putin who is registered as an independent candidate is expected to win that will be his fourth term as president. proves president republican has thanked his supporters after surviving an impeachment vote in congress because his skis accused of receiving illegal payments from the brazilian construction giant brett had to be that the center of a massive bribery scandal that's cause political upheaval across latin america. it liberia the former football star george where c.d.c. party is holding a major rally ahead of the presidential runoff next tuesday where faces vice president joseph in the vote which should be delayed for weeks due to a court challe

hundreds of prisoners exchange in ukraine and one of the biggest swaps agreed to between moscow and kiev . the u.n. is warning that children in conflict zones all around the world are under attack on what it calls a shocking scale and a unicef report says children have become front line targets and are often used as human shields as mayor recruited to fight and enslavement have become standard tactics the conflict in yemen was one of the worst for children in two thousand and seventeen with five thousand killed or injured your agency is calling on all sides in conflicts highlighted in this report to abide by international law and stop targeting children schools and hospitals and reports. when you're in the moderate refugee camp in lebanon's eastern because valley is not easy. last year for several months shelters which are made out of bits of wood and plastic sheeting were blanketed in snow warm clothes are often in short supply and fuel can be expensive or hard to find. really to help vulnerable refugees prepare for the cold temperatures the u.s. refugee agency offers cash and other ass

hundreds of prisoners exchange in ukraine in one of the biggest swaps agreed between moscow and kiev and. people have the leisure to do whatever they want to. drive to. work. where robots take over and do most of the work. in conflict zones across the globe children are being used as both targets and as weapons that's the conclusion from a new report by unicef the united nations children's fund children have long suffered during wartime the report says the situation has reached shocking levels and the new report says children have become front line targets and are often used as human shields many are recruited to fight an unsafe winter become standard tactics the conflict in yemen was one of the worst for children in two thousand and seventeen with five hundred killed or injured the u.n. agency also says there was widespread blatant disregard for international laws designed to protect the young people justin for scientists executive director of unicef he says children are increasingly being drawn into conflict. what we've seen in recent years and even more so in twenty seven is child

this is do you have the news coming to live from berlin protests in the streets of kiev after a dramatic escape police arrest former georgia leader mikhail saakashvili but of course to free him by angry supporters now saakashvili is demanding the president step down the hear more from the man himself in the explosive interview also coming up german foreign ministers ignore gabrial urges europe to be less dependent on the united states he says it's time for europe to become worse sort of in the world. and sarah harman welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. chaotic scenes unfolding on the streets of kiev today that's after police tried to arrest mikhail saakashvili he's the former georgian leader who's become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and a sorn in the sign of president petro poroshenko police detained psychist really but were forced to free him again when his supporters surrounded a van where he was being held our correspondent nic calmly was there will have an update from him in a moment but first here's what he saw. early morning hide and seek in the rooms abo

and hundreds of prisoners exchange in ukraine one of the biggest swaps agreed between moscow and kiev. and a report released in the past few hours the u.n. is warning that children in conflict zones across the world are under attack and what it calls a shocking scale in a sex report says children have become front line target choose just human shields killed maimed and recruited to fight rape forced marriage adduction and enslavement have become standard tactics and many conflicts reports highlight children's deaths linked to conflicts during two thousand and seventeen seven hundred killed in afghanistan one hundred thirty five child suicide bombers linked to west africa and five thousand killed or injured in the war and yemen in agency is calling on all parties to conflict to abide by international law and stop targeting children schools and hospitals and reports. when during the old moderate refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley. last year for several months shelters which are made out of bits of wood and plastic sheeting were blown. it did in snow warm clothes are often in short s

sarah: david stern reporting from kiev for us. thank you.e's a look at other stories making news around the world right now. russian opposition leader alexei navalny says he is organizing a nationwide rally on the 28th of january in support of his boycott of next year's presidential election. the country's election commission has barred the kremlin critic from standing in the march vote. south korea says the comfort women row with japan is unresolved. that's despite the two countries having reached a deal in 2015. officials in seoul say the agreement over south korean women who were forced to work in japan's wartime brothels fails to meet the needs of the victims. the french coast guard has rescued a polish sailor who says he spent seven months drifting in a broken down boat. the 54-year-old was discovered near a french island. he said he set sail for south africa from the islands back in may. some call them computer nerds, some call them digital cyber security experts. either way these guys are holding an annual conference this week in leip

hundreds of prisoners exchange in ukraine and one of the biggest swaps agreed between moscow and kiev on and. if people have the leisure to do whatever they want to do it. will be less frustrated by the hassles they have that we're. preparing for a world where robots take over and do most of the work. at least forty people have been killed and dozens more injured in the afghan capital kabul focused on a show. and to stick to the says he it appears to have involved multiple explosions one of the blasts hit the office of the news agency afghan voice. heard as live for us now from kabul and what's the latest we're hearing about this attack. laura now we have more information into this incident now the incident happened that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a cultural house belonging to. the minorities in afghanistan now this neighborhood which actually consisted of a street and the media organization. and a religious school all were together in the compound when this attack happened now this attack was a pre-planned. attack happened on a day when the the when a ceremony was

comes as ukrainian government forces and pro russian separatists carry out a press stark's change kiev handed over three hundred six captives to the rebels and is receiving seventy four prisoners in return. what's being called the largest prisoner exchange in the eastern ukraine conflict david stern is in kiev david this is the first major prisoner exchange in over a year why is it happening now. well it's a good question this could be a sign it's obviously a sign of progress the only question is how big of a sign of progress it is this is a very large and exchanges you've said in fact exchanges been completed now what we're being told is that all seventy four of the ukrainians have are now on their way back to kiev where they will actually be greeted by people crowds that are going to the main airport just outside the capital and on the rebel side on the russian backed rebel side a few some fewer than were originally reported the koreans are saying about forty three have decided to stay in ukraine but again the question is why is this happening now obviously this is a sign of progress

is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev. and supporters of liberian presidential candidate george where a rally in monrovia ahead of tuesday's election runoff. at least five people have been killed by ass trikes in yemen according to local officials warplanes reportedly targeted a protest rally in the district of a hub north of the capital sana'a is thought some of the dead were pro hoofy tribal leaders who organized the demonstration it's his foreign minister has traveled to tripoli to meet the head of libya's un recognized government of national accord and stressed its any support for the efforts to achieve stability in libya ahead of planned elections next year went up to the head has more from tripoli. this visit by the italian foreign minister and. to the u.n. bag the government of national accord here in tripoli is considered by many people as another supporter of it or leave it to you and that the government of national court headed by phase during this visit has stressed his country's support to this into an internat

the lines a bit different from the earlier advertize figures of three hundred six people going from kiev territory back to the east and seventy four people going from the eastern regions back into kiev territory the reasons why the numbers are different is because some people were transferred earlier and some people on both sides it seems didn't actually get want to go back to where they come from this is an events that has been quite a long time in the making the final impetus though came as a recent meeting in moscow there was attended by the heads of the two separatist regions in eastern ukraine by the head of the russian orthodox church patrick carroll and by representatives from kiev but the the real political will it seems as come from both kiev and also from moscow with vladimir putin saying that he was going to use his influence with the with the separatist regions to make it happen it's a breakthrough undeniably a step in the right direction and the sides now are talking about keeping this going they're doing more prisoner swaps but while people are still dying while moscow is s

bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u.s. says it will give care of defense capabilities to fight for russia separatists the conflict has claimed more than ten thousand lives since two thousand and fourteen israeli forces have shot dead three palestinians in the past two days fourteen have been killed since protests began over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. else two thousand and seventeen comes to an end back at some of the biggest stories of this year through the eyes of five families in the first part when we have family of refugees waiting to be reunited with their relatives in germany for a long sleeve reports from the nia up alone in a camp in northern greece. compared to the squalor of the camps on the greek islands refugee life on the edge of this lake in northern greece looks bearable because al is desperate with worry she lives here with her youngest son and her husband her oldest boy mahmoud is in germany with his nine year old brother. hasn't seen them for two years and the best she c

in custody in kiev after escaping from ukrainian security services we ask what's next for the former georgian president mikheil saakashvili. this is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power and new questions about donald trump's presidential campaigns relationship with foreign powers not russia this time but israel. israeli forces have killed at least four palestinians in shootings and airstrikes in gaza as the fallout continues from the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital more than seven hundred others were injured in demonstrations across the occupied territories at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council there was strong condemnation of the president's move even from some of washington's closest allies mike hanna has more. an animated discussion between the u.s. ambassador and the palestinian representative just one of the urgent conversations taking place around the room even before the session began the packed chamber testament to the depth of international concern and some argue the credibility of the security council itself is under

is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev the u.s. says it will give you a crane in hans defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the competition eastern ukraine has claimed more than ten thousand lives since twenty fourteen tameka reports. of missile strikes hit a small town in eastern ukraine damaging homes a school and medical clinic in ukraine blamed the attack this week on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of a three year long conflict. the us has strongly opposed what he calls russian aggression in eastern ukraine blaming the moscow government for violence that has claimed more than ten thousand lives and displaced one point seven million people. now it probably will. vide weapons to help ukraine defend itself the state department announcing the u.s. has decided to provide ukraine and hants defensive capabilities as part of our effort to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression the forty seven

the lines a bit different from the earlier advertize figures of three hundred six people going from kiev territory back to the east and seventy four people going from the eastern regions back into kiev territory the reasons why the numbers are different is because some people were transferred earlier and some people on both sides it seems didn't actually get want to go back to where they come from this is an events that has been quite a long time in in the making the final impetus though came as a recent meeting in moscow there was attended by the heads of the two separatist regions in eastern ukraine by the head of the russian orthodox church patriarch kirill and by representatives from kiev but the the real political will it seems as come from both kiev and also from moscow with vladimir putin saying that he was going to use his influence with the with the separatist regions to make it happen it's a breakthrough undeniably a step in the right direction and the sides now are talking about keeping this going they're doing more prisoner swaps but while people are still dying while moscow

is currently standing on a roof of a residential building in kiev he is reportedly threatening to jump if searches are . in his apartment saakashvili was appointed a governor of odessa region twenty fifteen. his georgian citizenship but a year later. resigned from his post we are in fact just hearing news coming into us that the pictures you're looking are from some moments ago that he is now being led out of his flat by police officers. these are developing pictures these are the latest pictures we but we will try and get the the new ones for you he is a party being led all. at the moment while the government had no interest partly in fighting corruption is what he had been saying in september he was stripped of his ukrainian citizenship after it was reportedly found he had filed in correct information in his application a year earlier there we are with live pictures now from the scene a lot of people gathering there on the street the building where he had believed to have been living at least taking him all the apartment block of course it's very difficult to see if he is there at al

washington says it will supply anti-tank missiles to kiev to provide it with quote and hence defensive capabilities russia says the move is fueling a war look at the latest from our moscow bureau. in the philippines storm attendant unleashes blast floods and washes away homes more than one hundred people are dead and dozens are missing we'll bring you the latest on the rescue operations . slater thanks for joining us ukraine's president petro poroshenko has thanks the u.s. forest decision to provide his nation with lethal weapons u.s. officials said washington plans to provide the ukrainian government with anti-tank missiles and missile launchers kiev has been battling russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine since two thousand and fourteen. cleaning up after the attacks has almost become a normal the in eastern ukraine. neither side is willing to concede as they continue to shift the blame on to each other president poroshenko was fond of saying that the war cannot be won with radar and night vision goggles alone. while joint exercises with the west boost troop morale poroshenko

people enough theater in the pictures we've just seen as well what triggered this demonstration in kiev why is it been happening well this is one of the biggest protests you know in recent weeks in kiev estimate that thousands attending this particular protests there calling for the impeachment of president poroshenko and the standing down of the country's prosecutor general. as part of the water protests against corruption and against as we heard there excessive government privilege in the government structures so very much i don't go in situation really in the capital of ukraine in terms of who these people are protesting what's happening in regard well there's probably a pretty wide spectrum of people here many of them may have protested in the twenty thirteen fourteen modern protest but for example the black flags you can see just the pinpoint one image they are actually carried usually by the followers of ukrainian nationalist parties parties as well they may make up some element of the protesters as they did of course play a factor several years ago in the modern protests as well

the stories today a major prisoner exchange between kiev and the so proclaimed to net is going to come script public in east ukraine just finished in the last few hours is the largest since the start of the conflict covering it roman culture of force this is the largest prisoner exchange since the beginning of the conflict back in next twenty fourteen seventy forty gradients soldiers were returned from donetsk and lugansk. while three hundred and six were supposed to be returned from kiev here to the desk and look guns however that figure has changed at the very last minute with the authorities in kiev claiming that some of the prisoners had already been released and some of the prisoners had refused to be returned back here to the final number all those who read third home to the school grounds stands at two hundred and forty people however everything went smoothly during the prisoner swap . here but failed to see close to the checkpoint as it was agreed for this prisoner swap be changed to a little bit longer a lot longer than planned initially of course this prisoner swap with the h

nest and look guns however that figure has changed at the very last minute with the authorities in kiev claiming that some of the prisoners had already been released and some of the prisoners had refused to be ritzer back here's the point on number all those who read serb home to the let's go to guns stands at two hundred and forty that beagle however go to everything one says smoothly during the prisoner swap as the thirty's and a kiev but failed to close the checkpoint as it was agreed for this prisoner swap and the change to a little bit longer a lot longer than planned initially of course this prisoner swap with the humanitarian part of the minsk agreements which are designed to settle the conflict here in the east of ukraine however one positive i can be taken out of this is that the families will see their loved ones for the new year holidays both in ukraine and here in the contested territories as well. now the headlines today is it has demanded an apology from the united arab emirates emirates airlines buying to museum women from boarding flights to the u.a.e. last friday they s

is encouraging new bloodshed in eastern ukraine by providing weapons to kiev now the u.s. says it will give kiev and hand defensive capabilities to defend against pro russian separatists the conflict in eastern ukraine has claimed more than ten thousand lives and twenty fourteen charlotte palaces more. missile strikes hit a small town in eastern ukraine damaging homes a school and medical clinic just said. ukraine blamed the attack two nights ago on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of the three year long conflict. the us has strongly opposed it cools russian aggression in eastern ukraine blaming russia for violence that has claimed more than ten thousand lives and displaced one point seven million people now it will provide weapons to help ukraine defend itself the state department announcing the united states has decided to provide ukraine in hunt's defensive capabilities as part of a if it to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity and to deter further aggression. report suggests the supp