and iran exchanged prisoner prisoners in switzerland. president trump boasted about the swap tweeting, "taken during the obama administration returning during the trump administration. >> reporter: smiling in switzerland xiyue wang is timely three, after more than three years locked up in this prison

the bbc‘s imogen foulkes is in bern, switzerland — and gave this update.to that of swiss police the rescue services from late this afternoon and they said that they are continuing to search the snowmass there. they did that six people were caught up in the avalanche of two were rescued and taken to hospital, for managed to free themselves, they don't have reports of anyone missing but they say that they want to keep looking and look right through the snow that came downjust and look right through the snow that came down just to make sure, because one of the worrying things of course is that this avalanche came down on an actual marked ski run, as did one of the three that came down today in austria. that will be worrying rescue services and winter sports resorts because they're supposed to be planned so that they are really out with the path. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. turkey's constitutional court has ruled that the ban on wikipedia in the country is illegal. the court said it violated rights of freedom of expression,

in switzerland but speak. to the legends of the game we spoke to the boxing legend the unique athlete who won 4 world titles and 4 different divisions roy jones jr he works with the kids in russia now and he he said one very specific phrase that you know the blanket ban on russian sports and participation in major international events would kill a lot of dreams so that's what it's all about it's it's killing a lot of dreams. all right now we are going to go live now to rivera editorial director at reactionary times dot com for more live comment on this now what has vice president has said that the punishment should actually be harsher still do you agree. no absolutely not i mean i think that all you know russia did you know that they did perhaps make you know obviously a mistake a point to go. to their anti-doping program and you know but i think that the problems are limited and isolated to him alone i mean i think a lot of the points that are being made right now were valid that you know the majority i'm sur

the men who call themselves the collective of the wounded showed us an l b d bullet here in switzerland it is classified as a weapon of war a lot of money a former army section chief was hit in the neck. but you pull of holes in the jury of design we come so a lot different you know p. says. each of these men had requests that the inspector general of the french national police to launch an investigation into their injury but without much success ok so noisy you know you'll see the more the pieces lossage of logic to drop a concept of it will cause you're only going to fuel source or swallow your alone was angry that the authorities had failed to open an investigation into this case despite the mountain of evidence he supplied you know where you live for to. have a disappearance get in the circuit in more. detail maturity to those limits on issues to seek you are going to exert. a. little beetle. in fact these men are not isolated cases since the beginning of the yellow vests protests well over $300.00 investigations into alleged police violence have been opened and less than a handful

and iran exchanged prisoner prisoners in switzerland. president trump boasted about the swap tweeting, "taken during the obama administration returning during the trump administration. >> reporter: smiling in switzerland xiyue wang is timely three, after more than three years locked up in this prison in tehran. in 2016, the priston graduate student was conducting research in iran when he was arrested and sentences to 10 years behind bars. >> the more knowledge the united states possesses ... >> reporter: his captors filmed him in captivity and accused him of spying in the u.s., a charge his wife denied in august when she sat down with cbs news' margaret brennan. >> my husband is an innocent man. >> reporter: today she said in a statement, "our family is fleet complete once again." also in switzerland today,let u.s. freed a scientist. the stem cell expert was accused of violating u.s. sanctions on iran, an allegation he denied. >> very emotional moments forig. >> reporter: president trump described the release of the two men as a hostage

there was a big study done in switzerland, a big financial centre, at switzerland has a much bigger impactomy because the banks finance so many things. let's move onto the opec meeting while we are about climate change, because you are going to go to that. i have not missed one for 15 years. it is in vienna on thursday, the opec cartel, saudi arabia is looking to float a little bit of aramco on markets. the issue of climate change, fossil fuels, how does this work? it is difficult in the sense that, you know, opec is doing a very good job of trying to give a little bit of stability to the price, so it is not isolating too much because an oil price that oscillates too much is neither good for producers nor consumers. and climate change, what has started to bother me a little bit is, because i move in both circles, the climate change circles and the oil and gas circles, and those circles don't mix. on one hand you have the climate change people in while agreement with each other, then you have the oil people looking, gas people and energy people looking sceptical to a certain degree at what

in andermatt, in central switzerland, several people were freed from the snow after this morning's avalancheuthorities fear more people may have been buried. police say a man shot dead on christmas eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out. 36—year—old flamur beqiri, who was a swedish national, was killed in battersea in south—west london at about 9pm. neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming for help. the seychelles off the coast of east africa is setting itself up as a hub for marine preservation. the first ever large—scale coral reef restoration project began there — and now they are starting to see results. with over half of the world's reefs already lost because of rising sea temperatures, there's hope this tiny chain of islands could hold the key to saving coralfrom extinction. catherine byaruhanga has more. they're called the reef rescuers. atina and chloe work in the indian ocean trying to find ways of saving the world's dying coral. today, they're checking on their nursery. it's a manmade coralfarm and one of the biggest in the wor

our correspondent imogen foulkes is in bern, in switzerland.t snowmass because it came down on a marked ski slope. they are hopeful, i should say, because we haven't had reports of people missing, but they say they wa nt to people missing, but they say they want to look through the entire body of snow that came down to the absolutely sure. some good years, the people who were pulled from the snow, four of them basically unhurt, to have them taken to hospital but also only lightly injured. nevertheless there will be a very detailed enquiry as to what happened here, because that's no on a day when the avalanche risk was not especially high, three on a scale of five, came down onto a marked ski slope that was open on which a bank holiday there were many people skiing. more than 60 migrants in small boats have been rescued, trying to cross the channel to the uk. 49 people in four boats were met by border force and brought to england, while a further two boats were dealt with by french authorities. the coastguard said it had been co—ordinating sever

have been looking for possible victims of four avalanches that have hit ski resorts in austria and switzerland. "what's occurring?" more than 11 million people tuned in for the return of gavin and stacey, making it the most watched christmas day programme of the decade. and in half an hour we'll look at some of the best of the travel show from 2019. good evening. spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children, who drowned in a hotel swimming pool on the costa del sol on christmas eve. on the costa del sol gabriel diya — who was 52 and from london — died with his 16—year—old son praise—emmanuel, and his nine—year—old duaghter comfort, at the club la costa world resort, near fuengirola. an investigation into what happened is underway. the owners of the hotel have described it as a "tragic accident". helena wilkinson reports. this is gabriel diya, the 52—year—old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. here he is with nine—year—old comfort, on a family holiday when on christmas eve she got into difficulty in this hotel swimming pool. despite her father's efforts, she

well, he will be hoping for a good day or two with switzerland the season.ons outside ofan to represent other nations outside of an olympics. it is an important loa n of an olympics. it is an important loan move, because the british team are currently unfunded and he is a father of three. the year after that olympics was real tough army and my family. we had to tighten up the strength and ups difficult. this has given me the opportunity to stay in sport, stay physical, stay active. i was humbled, such a great sliding country and hopefully it'll be a real process for me. ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation for your olympic bronze medallist. last month they finally receive their retrospective olympic bronze from 2014, following the disqualification two version slides for doping offences. it was an evening mixed emotions. elizabeth saville, it has taken such a long time. it is emotional, because we have lost so much that nobody will ever see. my sport, have lost so much that nobody will eversee. my sport, it have lost so much that nobody will ev

in a city in southern germany that bordered then switzerland.as also puts in a very initial plays that because it was never its border with switzerland in the town of customer was so tight, they could tell either city apart. so i mostly germany meeting of blackout, plus kept his flights on the middle with two slides. he knowledged plumbers would not get into differentiate between the two cities. i won't go into exactly how gertie escaped except to see that it was many adventure. when she got to switzerland, she was debriefed by the cia director. then she was sent to parents. and of course, she could stay in paris. china hang out with friends and have good time. but then they sent her the first plane home. transmit arrives in manhattan, to the apartment where her daughter was and bo had not seen her in two years. she was now four. juice to angela. and the nanny came out bowling both on hand and said, local, shimon, she is home from the war. that was essentially the story of gertrude i will leave it at that. thank you for your attention. and more.

from davos switzerland.davos is a municipality in the country on earth groban or great song at 1560 metres it's the highest town in europe and home to one of its rulings biggest ski resorts with 6 main ski areas totaling 320 kilometers of slopes. good morning i got up early today to get to stoke 1st for everyone else. after a full day of skiing and sometimes i have some tough stuff in charge of the time i . play coming up without a lot of sleep break. the 1st. time for us to sit in this ice skating rink. for some little hope to see. out it looks so elegant christmas. looks a bit like a little while with the current leader. of the 3 getting there we're getting there . but. probably. the flames here. we're not taking these bets it's called. the day we're on the yard called charm which is another really popular ski and snowboard spot right next to the post city center and i've heard the word pull down that. i'm not the last person to let me. know this is my place it's the to come to my next stop. the island of

from switzerland.divorces a municipality in the country on earth groban or great song at $1560.00 metres it's the highest town in europe and drum to one of its rulings biggest ski resorts with 6 main ski areas totaling 320 kilometers of slopes. good morning i got up early for a trip to stoke for everyone else. after a full day of skiing it's a time to have some tough stuff in charge of. me. being a good comment about my speech break. up the flux. the time for us to sit in this ice skating rink. for some little hope to see. out it looks so elegant christmas. looking up to the best little while the things we bought. for getting there we are getting back to. the glen played things here. we're now taking these bad guys it's called. the day we're on the yard called song which is another reason. ski and snowboard spot right next to the city center and i've heard the word pull down that. are not possible so let me start. building this my case against me to come to my next stop. the island of blues is got it's

wang had been take ton switzerland. mr. sewell mani had been taken to switzerland and the iranians have just released the photograph of mr. suleimani on a private jet with the foreign minister on his way back to tehran and presumably mr. wang will be making his way back to the united states immediately. >> what an extraordinary experience for this graduate student in history. we've been talking for a decade about issues and rarely are they good with regard to the united states and iran and working together, right? how does something like this even happen? >> well as i said, it's done through an intermediary, the swiss. and the reality is, we don't really know the background of any of these people. but it would be a fair assumption to say that these are pawns caught newspaper a greater game for a day like this. where you know one person is swapped for another. they could have a use for their government. in the grand scheme of things, this does not mean some peace between the states or tomorrow the united states and iran are

it took place in switzerland just about an hour ago.s joining us with the news. i understand this is a graduate student from princeton. how long has this person been kept behind bars? >> that's right alex. you and i have spoken about iran a lot over the last decade and it's rarely good news. but this seems to be one of those cases where through intermediaries and back channels iran and america were able to reach a compromise. now mr. wang is an american

there were no casualties in austria but rather -- rescuers don't know how m by people areied in switzerlandturkey's constitutional court ruled the b on wikipedia in turkey is illegal. the court said it violated rights of freedom of expression and ordered it be lifted. the turkish government barred th7online encyclopedia in 2 because of entries suggesting turkey cooperated with what it called terrorist organizations in syria. an eu officialeturned a love tter to britain says he feels deep hurt over brexit. vhe says te president of the european commission said it broke his heart to see britain leave the eu. the dutch national concluded britain will to come back.lcome the u.k. is due to leave on january 31. fire fighting teams and australia have had some respite over the past few days with lower temperatures, but that is abt to and with the intense heat returning. since september, 3000 firefighters have been out nearly eve day battling blazes . a most 90% of those on the ground are unpaid viable -- volunteers. many families are spending the holidays in shelters. lles and towns, smoldering from

in switzerland, the emergency call came just before 11:00 this morning.ndrew was skiing with his family nearby. we were watching from the bottom how the helicopters arrived. there were dogs and a lot of people searching for the people under the snow >> reporter: tonight the frantic search ended, everyone survived. six rescues, two flown to the hospital with minor injuries also in the alps yesterday a dramatic rescue austria, a skier buried for five hours. he survived in an air pocket, finally found thanks to his avalanche beacon pinpointing his location it's avalanche season december to april, and these types of dangers not surprising in utah yesterday, a close call near park city. >> heads up! >> reporter: it's the same area where another man died in an avalanche earlier this month but watch as the snowboarder keeps going, later telling the man filming he didn't have any avalanche survival gear. it's something andrew says he might consider. do you ski with a beacon or any kind of avalanche equipment? >> we are thinking how are the people searching for pe

that 520000 square kilometers the conservation area is bigger than germany austria and switzerland put together when heading into stretches of extra deep sand the teams let some air out of their tires but that's a precaution not a guarantee that the car will make it through with no problem. if it were a guarantee it wouldn't be an adventure this discovery isn't lucky it can't get free of the sand without help and teamwork fortunately they have the right tools on hand for the job. but. their teammates also experienced the other extremes of nature during their 14 day tour a heavy cloud burst leaves everything drenched conditions like these put the vehicles off road capabilities to the test and occasionally a tire to doesn't make the great. sleeping in a tent while thunder and lightning rage can pose a mortal danger so this time the teams will have to seek the safety of civilization auxilary headlights come in handy. the next day feeling refreshed and well rested the teams cross a border. the wildlife in this multinational conservation area can move freely across french years but people h

arwa damon, cnn, kabul. >>> a ski slope in switzerland is declared safe from an avalanche.hen, the unexpected happened. two skiers were buried. we'll have more about it coming up here. ♪ ♪ well i'm standing here, looking at you, what do i see? ♪ there's a booking for every resolution . book yours at booking.com billions of problems. dry mouth? parched mouth? cotton mouth? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath oral rinse and lozenges. help relieve dry mouth using natural enzymes to soothe and moisturize. so you can... breathe easy, there's therabreath at walmart. >>> take a look at this. video from a ski resort in switzerland shows the moment a mountainside of snow suddenly gave way. as you can see, numerous skiers were on the slope at the time. some were able to outrun the avalanche. but six people got caught. avalanches in the alps were not uncommon but this was unusual. it was on a well -used ski slop where the risk was not considered high. for more about it, here's scott mclane from london. >> these skiers from the swiss alps are probably lucky to be alive after get

have been looking for possible victims of four avalanches that have hit ski resorts in austria and switzerlandews, it's the travel show. lucy hedges rounds up some of the team's best adventures from 2019. hello and welcome to this, the last travel show of 2019. so what better time to take a look back on the past year on the programme? here's a taste of what's coming up. oh, my days! condors get this view. condors and us. it's incredible. that was like being in a tumble dryer. that was completely insane. all that and more to come here on the show this week, but let's kick off with a trip that mike made over to california back in may. we told him that all he'd need was a taste for adventure and a head for heights. here's what happened. here in western california, there are complex beings that have lived for over a millennium. redwood trees have become an icon of this state. but some fear that our changing climate might threaten their survival. so i've come to the most southern tip of their range where change could hit the hardest, tojoin a scientist who's been working here to try to find some an

could evolve a tradition for support is based in switzerland and she got the decision suspended it wasn't eventually overturned footage but basically she went to a proper legal authority and said listen to my case do you believe it i think that really i'm on the receiving end of rough justice here they agreed with her initially so it was suspended decision what we investigated but eventually they came on this down on the side that could evolve treasury for small russia will be faced with this formidable obstacle quite frankly i mean this is been going on now for. epic number of years and i think that russia's i mean before today's decision there was an assumption widespread assumption that there would be a blanket ban and in other words russia as a nation would be banned but so would every russian athlete be banned as well they wouldn't even be allowed to compete mutually that means but i think what's happened here is that what it in its attempt to deter russia from appealing this decision a said you will be suspended as a nation but individual athletes if they can prove their innocence t

with a decision that is a fair there are going to grow bigger without the for the record court in switzerland this is a court to bring sickly. purely on the lives procedural mark they were short of points from flow part this in a copy where. there's another scenario that it's created whereby you could have a completely innocent russian athletes competing in major sporting events but been going to be denied the right to see acknowledge their own nationality there will be performing without the national flag present all the national anthem being played effectively stripped of nationality again is that a legal thing that has to be accepted by the athletes. well as i said a great director and sarah will. be a great to actually have by the regulations currently in for some time so we're i would say probably. all of the time that a glacier and star applied. on a unilateral basis but the fact that there is that they have accepted those regulations they need to be abide by them now this may be raising a human rights issue whether. they're going to raise this before the court of protection for sport b

for all to see in this whole switzerland where meanwhile russian sports federations have been quick to question walters decision. there's decisions a biased inexplicably there to politicize them prejudged that punishing russia is the state which was connected to this story without showing any credible evidence is an absolutely normal transparent organization punishing the states and clean sportsmen and women why should that be considered for. them absolutely sure it's wrong to punish and impose severe sanctions against those 100 percent meeting every one committee requirement. what is decision is unfair it's wrong to treat sports men and women on the basis of their nationality i believe all sports participants have the right to represent their country on the international arena. and there has also been reaction from the sports world to the verdict the u.k. is anti doping agency has welcomed wilders decision saying it's the only possible outcome the head of the united states anti-doping agency has said the measures taken by water aren't enough he branded russia's escape from a complete

well yes that decision was taken by the world duping agency here in the sun in switzerland over the last few hours we have confirmation coming in we're waiting for a press conference to be able to probe more about that decision but what it effectively means is that it is 4 years in the sporting wilderness for russia it means that russian athletes won't be able to participate for their home country and things such as the tokyo 2020 lympics we even understand the world cup in 2022 is in doubt we know the winter olympics is out it also means though that russia will be able to bid for it won't be able to host any sporting major sporting events in the 4 year period also government officials won't be able to attend major sporting events and it means that russian officials won't be able to sit on things such as international sporting committees or international sporting boards and the russian flag will be banned from any major events now we do understand that it means that russian athletes who have no cloud of suspicion over them in regards to any duping issues will be able to participate in ce

american flag as he arrived in zurich, switzerland. let's go to cnn national correspondent kristen holmes at the white house. why stop in germany before coming back to the u.s.? >> reporter: good morning. this is fairly routine in situations like this. in fact this army base that's run by the u.s. army is a place that's frequently stopped at by prisoners or americans who have been released and heading back to america because they need to get a medical evaluation. in fact that is what we are hearing is happening right now with him. he was a princeton university ph.d. student who was in tehran studying history when he was arrested on suspicion of espionage. he has been there for three years now. of course you showed that picture. one thing i want to note here, it wasn't just him. he was released. also america seems to have had a prison swap. we have not -- prisoner swap. we have not been able to confirm this with the state department, with the white house, but here in zurich we see pictures of both he being hugged by the u.s. ambassador

and p. 500 everybody in the mainstream media thinks so yeah switzerland is so genius to sell all their gold they've sold a lot of their gold and one of they've been doing buying s. and p. 500 essentially they've been buying stocks and as you see they would have been better holding on to gold and here's a tweet the fed is printing money like it's in the depths of the global financial crisis is dealing with the repo a liquidity crisis like 2008 but mystified as to the cause the fed's panic at this point in the economic cycle may hasten the unwinding of the imbalances it's so desperate to maintain hash tag got gold that's the fed balance sheet and it's increasing at the fastest pace since the financial crisis as you know they announced something like $454.00 engine $60000000000.00 in new repo action over the last 2 weeks of the year i don't understand how they can say they are mystified why the repo market is flashing these are the signals of distress 1st of all you would think that they have a handle on how these systems work and how they are implemented and to suggest that they are not

avalanches also hitting the alps in switzerland and austria this week. >>> and the historic space mission.s. astronaut. christina koch has set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. as of today, she's been in space for 289 days, surpassing the record of peggy whitson. when koch leaves the international ace station in february, she'll be just shy of the nasa all-time record set by scott kelly. >>> when we come back, plunging for pete. the emotional final show of support for the former college baseball whose battle with als inspired millions. support for the former college baseball whose battle with als inspired millions. to take care of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. thouwhich is breast cancer metastthat has spreadcer, nature's bounty. to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/he

still had in school soon everyone in switzerland will get to have a piece of cetera will explain. book about thomas bordeaux his lawyer. thank you very much argentina and barcelona superstar lionel messi has won this year's ballon d'or messi equals the record 6 ballon d'or titles won by his great rival christian oren although. the bondo lost the ball does a 90. 1 to. the 32 year old helped his club win their 4th league title in 5 seasons earlier this year he scored 54 times for club and country over the last year. i am aware of how old i am and you enjoy these moments because the time of retirement is coming and it is difficult i want to repeat that i still have many years left but time passes boy and everything happened so quickly but it's a good while qatar have won a politically charged match against the u.a.e. but qatar is came out on top for 2 and now qualify for the arabian gulf cup semifinals on home soil this was particularly tense because the u.a.e. are one of the countries currently blockading qatar a thief scored the 1st 2 goals for qatar in the match that happened to b

would stay in russia inevitably this will end up again in the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland because there is an inevitability that russia will deny and appeal. all right for the moment lee. live for us there in london on this latest development this is announcement by the world anti doping agency and we should have more on that in our sport update as well so stay with us for that our public transport is being disrupted in france as a nationwide strike enters its 5th day commuters in paris faced long delays with some metro lines shutting on monday transport workers voted to extend their strike against the government's redesign of the national retirement system president emanuel macross says the changes will make pensions more fair unions fear people will end up working more for smaller pensions but it's been 2 years since i saw was defeated in iraq with the victory is overshadowed by the slow pace of reconstruction and a lack of services in the north in mosul alone 14000 houses are in need of rehabilitation while 6000 must be rebuilt from scratch see more fault in reports fro

and iran have exchanged prisoners on a swap helped by the government in switzerland iran released an american held on spying charges while the u.s. released a scientist accused of violating trade sanctions. mauritanian coast guard intercepted another boat carrying migrants and refugees a search of people and making their way along the so-called western route to europe at least 64 died when their boat capsized on weapons day and 80 managed to swim ashore mohamed el joins us live now from the coast there is. mauritania mohammed maybe more coming just walk us through what happened here. the mauritania authorities told us this morning that they got some information from the people who were rescued on the boats yesterday but probably more people are about to set out to see from the gambia across the same route that you have just mentioned 192 migrants where intercepted yesterday on a boat in a location midway from between here and. 200 kilometers away north of the mauritanian capital they were. taken to a facility there they were provided with medical tests and whatever provisions they ne

and basel switzerland combined storage with display for art experts. if the work gets purchased by a museum the museums and restores take care of it. if an accident at any stage causes irreparable damage the work and up an insurance company storehouse ending its life. the. stations that an artwork passes through from artist studio to museum are a source of danger but also of joy for the artwork some artists say their works get better treatment than they do. for the museum of modern art in new york the ephemeral nature of many contemporary art works is a major challenge. it's thrown up new questions for the museum's chief curator for painting and sculpture and. whole new phenomenon over these last couple of decades which christian represents absolutely of close collaboration in the creation of the artwork many artists really are consulting with conservators before or during their making work. and in the olden days that would not have been true. christian chinaman is a frequent visitor to los angeles an important center for art. today he'll be working fo

out across much of that area and it will bring some snow to the higher elevations of partially switzerland as well as into italy but i do want to take you down here towards the southeastern part of the mediterranean this area of low pressure has been a big problem over the last few days very heavy rain for parts of turkey over here towards lebanon as well we'll see a little bit of a break from the rain but we will see some rain across much of that area it will be lighter the winds will also be a problem as we go from friday as well as into saturday here across the northwestern part of europe though we are going to see more clouds for london we do expect to see a temperature in london of about 10 degrees there paris clouds off and on with the temps are there 8 but down towards madrid it is going to be quite nice for the time to there of 13 and for rome sunny conditions you with a temperature of 12 degrees there. whether sponsored by can tolerate this. was the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and eve

like the book the film depicts an us flight through switzerland and france to england as it appeared to her 9 year old self as a great adventure danger is only hinted at at the margins. this is the religious sect including the somebody that i know what. jews car is timeless story has particular resonance today as millions of families again flee war to find refuge in europe just good it is that's going next it is and it's time to stock up and then assume that some of the christmas music internet. i'm here to talk about the film is called roxboro from the culture desk i mentioned the film's director karen in the link is an oscar winner i mean is this similar to nowhere in africa which one of the oscar will on the surface of its it is because north africa is also a story of a jewish family that flees nazi germany that's a very very different film of that film is about a very urban intellectual family that flees to go to kenya ends up immigrating to kenya and to try to work on a on a farm there it's a very different story and the film itself is much more about. trying to adjust to a new