a a witness and possibly suspect in the downing of malaysian airlines flight 17 in 2014 which killed 298 people he is not being handed over as far as we can see but yesterday a court released him which from prison which likely means he will somehow escape or make it back to the russian backed militant controlled areas ukraine or even across the the russian border. how significant is a swap like this between ukraine and russia. this is a very significant moment because ukraine and russia have not had any kind of prisoner exchange of this side directly between them this size they've had they've had smaller ones and there has been a large prisoner exchange between ukraine and the russian backed fighters in donetsk and lugansk in the eastern part of ukraine but there's been nothing of this scope with russia it's important at the same time it doesn't fundamentally alter the nature of the situation between the 2 countries the conflict continues to simmer on a low level and relations remain very poor this isn't likely to improve relations between ukraine and russia or resolve the conflict o

a war once launched doesn't choose its victims we are just learning at this hour that malaysian airlines has now confirmed that it has lost contact with one of its planes plane was indeed shot down by a missile while flying at a high altitude over eastern ukraine near the russian border 298 revised number of souls on board all feared dead it was a murder it was a crime there's been this odd nonchalance about pursuing the answers there was a report a very limited report put out a few months after the event but since then they said the next report will be on the 1st anniversary of the event but you deal with a criminal investigation before becomes a cold case so there's been this curious element of why is there not greater pressure from both the media and the the western governments to answer these questions but even without any answers the fingers were pointed immediately that's not an accident that is happening because a russian support evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by a surface to air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russian backed separatis

both president putin and the lengthy a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet over ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight this not only suggest that selenski had to make concessions but also that russia will be a tough negotiating partner and future talks to end the fighting in eastern ukraine that fasten al-jazeera moscow. well international reaction to the prisoner swap has been overwhelmingly positive u.s. president donald trump tweeted very good news perhaps of 1st giant step to peace congratulations to both countries in a statement the german chancellor angela merkel said this exchange of prisoners is a sign of hope it's worth continuing the hard work to implement the minsk accord well joining us now in the studio is an immature vo who is a visiting senior research fellow at kings college here in london thank you so much for being with us so do you agree with president trump that this could be a 1st a giant step to peace between russia and ukraine yes absolutely but

and seen as a downer of a malaysian airliner in 2014 will kill that killed 298 people russia insisted of having this person was actually a ukrainian national and was captured by ukrainian security forces a few months ago to be brought to moscow where he arrived today especially dutch prosecutors were very angry about this because they have opened his amateur for teen case and they wanted to question him but as the dutch authorities have announced they managed to talk to him before he was moved to moscow so in the last couple of days the whole exchange of these prisoners of 7 to people was or it's hanging on this one person and alinsky had made this confession because for him the 24 sale of ukrainian sailors who were imprisoned here in russia were captured last year in the courage trade was an important victory he promised to bring them back home during his election and campaign and he managed to fulfill his promise so now the way is open for negotiations there's a possible meeting of the so-called normandy group which consists of germany france ukraine and russia maybe even just a mon

both president putin and the lengthy a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet over ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight this not only suggest that selenski had to make concessions but also that russia will be a tough negotiating partner and future talks to end the fighting in eastern ukraine that fastens al-jazeera moscow. well it's also going to be a busy day in moscow on sunday when voters head to the polls to elect the regional parliament known as the duma banned opposition candidates are appealing to those eligible to vote to use the ballot as a referendum on president vladimir putin and his government the barring of independent politicians from the vote has provoked weeks of protests in which hundreds of arrests were made meanwhile all the candidates of president putin's united russia party will be standing as independent candidates in the united russia is trying to hold on to power using the bottoms of the via police for the only pillar of support that are free t

back from ukraine to moscow is vladimir the same a key witness in the an 817 down or off the malaysian airlinerin 2014 to kill that killed 298 people russia insisted of having this person was actually a ukrainian national and was captured by ukrainian security forces a few months ago to be brought to moscow where he arrived today especially dutch prosecutors were very angry about this because they have opened his amateur for teen case and they wanted to question him but as the dutch authorities have announced they managed to talk to him before he was moved to moscow so in the last couple of days the whole exchange of these prisoners of 7 to people will support us hanging on this one person and alinsky had made this confession because for him the 24 sale of ukrainian sailors who were imprisoned here in russia were captured last year in the courage trade was an important victory he promised to bring them back home during his election and campaign and he managed to fulfill his promise so now the way is open for negotiations there's a possible meeting of the so-called normandy group which consists

for both presidents putin and zelinsky a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlinesjet of ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria gave him be al-jazeera and the news ahead. divisions boil over outside britain's parliament as it had been a minister's resignation delivers a new blow to prime minister horst johnson. and 6 years on from a devastating earthquake.

both president putin and the lengthy a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet over ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight this not only suggest that selenski had to make concessions but also that russia will be a tough negotiating partner and future talks to end the fighting in eastern ukraine that fasten al-jazeera moscow or the swap came just a day before controversial elections in moscow where voters will elect their regional parliament along. of opposition candidates have been banned from running their barring has provoked weeks of protests in which hundreds of arrests have been made and a number of people have been jailed the opposition leader alexina valley is using voters to cast their ballots for the candidates with the best chance of beating the governing party although united russia candidates are presenting themselves as independent apparently to distance themselves from president putin is increasingly unpopular party. in the united russia is trying to hold on

for both presidents putin and selenski a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet a crane 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria be al-jazeera a check on the weather is coming up next and then back in court sir john's deposed president has denied bail as he faces more tough questions than canadian teenager bianca and 3 school earns her country its 1st grand slam title upsetting serena williams of the u.s. open fire.

both president putin and the lengthy a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet over ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight this not only suggest that selenski had to make concessions but also that russia will be a tough negotiating partner and future talks to end the fighting in eastern ukraine that fastens al-jazeera moscow. well international reaction to the prisoner swap has been overwhelmingly positive u.s. president donald trump tweeted very good news for haps a 1st giant step to peace congratulations to both countries in a statement the german chancellor angela merkel said this exchange of prisoners is a sign of hope it's worth continuing the hard work to implement the minsk accord. and it comes a day before controversial elections in moscow when voters will elect their regional parliament a number of opposition candidates have been banned from running their barring has provoked weeks of protests in which hundreds of arrests have been made and the number of people h

might be thinking about what happened after the malaysian airlines downing. the investigation which took place. there are. there's clear evidence that the inquiry actually was tampered with some evidence was not produced and a rather western narrative was eventually agreed and i think that probably is something that president putin is aware of and that's why he stressed if we're going to have a proper inquiry it should be a professional one if the inquiry does say about iran was blamed do you 1st see. a situation where perhaps the u.s. so the other allies come together and attack iran. in my experience saudi arabia tends to expect the you know the united states to do its dirty work. i don't think so actually i think president trump who is thinning out some of the hawks in the white house knows that it would be a very bad idea to take any kind of strike against iran. i think i think it's very unlikely i think the only way that this issue can be resolved is by dialogue and diplomacy it's the only way and certainly behind the scenes the british government are sa

a person of interest in the investigation in the 2014 malaysian airlines plane crash. again we don't know if he's part of that but the dutch want to speak to him as part of the ongoing investigation there . and they've been complaining they didn't have handed over to russia do we know is he on this flight over to moscow this morning or no well it's rumored that he may be on that flight but again we don't have any confirmation of it but like you said the dutch government is looking to talk to him. as part of their investigation but he's actually not the only high profile person that's rumored to be involved in these this prisoner exchange on it's on his way back to russia and there's another russian journalist. who was actually arrested a couple days ago was me yeah absolutely i may be wrong here but the story was that he didn't want to be involved in a public prisoner swap like this per se so he was released a few days ago by ukraine guess maybe this was part of a bigger deal was it what are they saying well he himself like you said he denied that he was going to be pa

for both presidents putin and selenski a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet a crane 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria gave him a al-jazeera also just opened in moscow for regional elections that crime want to ponens hope will be a referendum on president vladimir putin's government there. then weeks of protests in the later by people farias the 30 opposition candidates were banned from running reports. salesman that neil big let's was detained during a protest in late july us charged for pulling the arm of a policeman who was arresting a protester. he was caught up in the demonstrations after coming from a business meeting he's been sentenced to 2 years in a penal colony. in cases like these people usually receive suspended sentences and sometimes even have their cases dropped considering that the case h

for both presidents putin and selenski a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet a crane 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria be there matthew kupfer as editor at the kiev post he explains what the president transfer is mean for ukraine russia relations i think this is a positive step and it shows that there is the ability to negotiate over important things but i think that in order to ease tensions screen the 2 countries and stop the war in eastern ukraine and resolve the issue there are a lot of other issues that need to be resolved and many of them are much more difficult than prisoner exchanges this was not a big compromise by anyone the biggest compromise here was ukraine deciding to handle human someone the m 817 suspect or witness to russia this is a big victory for president skins a big victory for ukrai

for both presidents putin and selenski a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet of ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine victoria al-jazeera. heading up after the other art or end salton exhibition if not seen to open in the netherlands. canadian teenager bianca and rescue her and her country's 1st grand slam title upsetting some i know lands in the us open final. i was there have we yet seen the back of her can do or ian not quite there it is stuck close gets in the atlantic is out of the tropics diner longer hurrican it went across nervous scotia and is not just north of newfoundland that is the position daytime on sunday in its wake whatever it's done it's now quiet weather wise that there is more weather of some use coming in to the west we seem to be big thunderstorms recent the in wyoming in particular have

airline at a malaysian airliner in 2014 russia insists that of bringing back this person he's not even russian he's ukrainian they brought him back to moscow today but it turns out the dutch authorities have already announced that they could question him before his departure from kiev earlier this week so the whole exchange was basically hanging on this one man say mark and this delayed the whole eggs change also for whole week but basically this is a major victory also for the ukrainian president selenski who promised to bring back these sailors when he was running for election and he has now fulfilled that promise and there's going to be a lot of speculation isn't that this could be the start of a possible kind of normalization of relations between the 2 countries from where you are in moscow are you getting any sense that moscow might be open to 2 more discussions with ukraine in the future. i think normalization is a big word at this stage but what i'm hearing here is also very positive signs all sort of foreign ministry has that this is a big move it's an important gesture also sh

for both presidents putin and selenski a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet crane 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria gave him the al-jazeera and the news ahead. bex it divisions boil over outside britain's parliament as it had the minister's resignation delivers a new blow to prime minister horse johnson. and 6 years on from a devastating earthquake out there what do you know they're struggling to rebuild their houses of prayer. how low they have been very few weeks in the caucasus where we've not seen clouds develop into showers in the last couple of months beyond and here's another bell going through his back a lot you get a shower to further south it looks fairly dry tempest on the come down in both iran and iraq such too is a next in terre and 40 in baghdad the breeze typically a northerly so it's loo

for both presidents putin and selenski a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet a crane 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight that suggests the lenski not only had to make concessions but that russia will be a tough negotiating partner in future talks to end fighting in eastern ukraine. victoria al-jazeera. a check on the weather is coming up next and then back in court so don's deposed president is denied bail as he faces more tough questions than canadian teenager bianca and 3 school earns her country its 1st grand slam title upsetting serena williams in the us open final. howler in the west pacific and the philippine sea and east china sea in the yellow sea there's plenty of activity in the air which means over land in china it's gone remarkably quiet satellite shows and the full cost more us reflects it allowing some build up of writing united sichuan and western china typically hong kong might get a shower too but the main rainbow is just south of taiwan and heading up towar

both president putin and the lengthy a potential suspect and witness in the downing of the malaysian airlines jet over ukraine 5 years ago has also been released despite protests by the dutch government who had many of its citizens on the flight this not only suggest that selenski had to make concessions but also that russia will be a tough negotiating partner and future talks to end the fighting in eastern ukraine that fasten al-jazeera moscow. emergency aid is being rushed to the bahamas amid fears that the number of deaths as a result of hurricane dorian could rise significantly the government and rescue teams believe that hundreds of perhaps thousands are still missing even though only 43 people are confirmed dead rescuers expect the bodies to be uncovered as flood waters recede following the category 5 storm the strongest everything hit the island nation. iran says it now has the ability to enrich uranium to a much higher level in a further blow to the 2015 nuclear deal new equipment means they can take it to more than 20 percent which is way beyond the 3.67 percent limit set in the deal

release, among others, a former russian commander suspected of playing a role in shooting down malaysian airlinesght mh-17. responding, president trump tweeted that it was quote very good news, congratulations to both countries. it all comes amid these reports that rudy giuliani's ongoing efforts to push ukraine to investigate hunter biden's work in the country, as it relates to joe biden's past diplomatic efforts. and the trump administration's slow walking of much-needed military aid to allied ukraine, mentioned to counter russian aggression. and it appears that "washington post" has made a converge ent connection writing in a new piece by the editorial board, quote, some suspect mr. trump is once again catering to mr. putin who is dedicated to undermining ukrainian democracy and independence, but we're reliably told that the president has a second and more venal agenda, attempting to force the ukrainian president to intervene in the 2020 u.s. presidential election by launching an investigation of the leading democratic candidate joe biden. mr. trump is not just soliciting ukraine's help with t

and seen as a downer of a malaysian airliner in 2014 will kill that killed 298 people russia insisted of having this person was actually a ukrainian national and was captured by ukrainian security forces a few months ago to be brought to moscow where he arrived today especially dutch prosecutors were very angry about this because they have opened as an image of a teen case and they wanted to question him but as the dutch authorities have announced they managed to talk to him before he was moved to moscow so in the last couple of days the whole exchange of these prisoners of 7 to people was boris hanging on this one person and alinsky had made this concession because for him the 24 sailors ukrainian sailors who were imprisoned here in russia were captured last year in the courage trade was an important victory he promised to bring them back home during his election and campaign and he managed to fulfill his promise so now the way is open for negotiations there's a possible meeting of the so-called normandy group which consists of germany france ukraine and russia maybe even just. negot

ling says -- boeing to parent -- japan airlines is said to be a contender to buy struggling malaysian airlinesnancial newspaper says the carriers have held high-level talks, although they said in june -- malaysia sovereign wealth fund is the sole shareholder. it has hired morgan stanley to look at strategic options. general motors staff have called their first strike in 12 years, halting work at dozens of facilities across the u.s. in a dispute over jobs, pay and benefit. the united auto workers midnight sunday, despite a lost minute -- last-minute offer for pay hikes, billions in investment, and 5000 jobs, most of which would be new hires. uaw says the offer falls short in several areas. rishaad: let's have a look at what is going on market wise. the biggest game in town, l.nea. we havent. just off the high of the day. 3% basically moving to the other side as they benefit from a higher oil price. it also depends on whether you are a refiner were devoted more towards refining capability. also depends on the crack spread of the oil coming out of saudi arabia. it is heavy crude, it tends to be l

the uae authority does not until 2020.ack struggling to buy a malaysian airline. carriers have held high-level talks. it is too early to speculate about investment. the sovereign wealth fund is the sole shareholder of the airline. they will look at strategic options for the carrier. still to come, much more on the fallout from the drone strikes in saudi arabia. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ su: this is daybreak asia. the u.k. financial services regulator indicated the honk on exchanges including the london stock exchange with face tough examination in the u k and abroad. the daily telegraph cites sources inside the lse and said exchanges underpinned after initial rejection from the hong kong bid. the trade spat between south korea and japan will heat up eoul ready to exclude tokyo from its list of trusted export destinations. japan will be bundled together with nations still part of korea's export regime but it has broken ground rules or adopted a new policy. japan removed korea from its white list of favorite exportations last month. hasprotest in hong kong

release among others a former russian commander suspected of playing a role in shooting down malaysian airlines flight mh-17. are you following? responding, president trump tweeted that it was, quote, very good news. congratulations to both countries. it all comes amid reports that rudy giuliani's ongoing efforts to push ukraine to investigate hunter biden's work in the country as it relates to joe biden's post diplomatic efforts. and reports that the trump administration is slow-walking a much-needed military aid to ally ukraine meant to counter russian aggression. and it appears "the washington post" has made a convergent connection. writing in a new piece by the editorial board, quote, some suspect mr. trump is once again catering to mr. putin who is dedicated to undermining ukrainian democracy and independence. but we're reliably told that the president has a second and more veenal agenda. he's attempting to force ukrainian president saturday linski to intervene in the 2020 u.s. presidential election by launching an investigation of the leading democratic capped date joe biden. mr. trump is