now, david whelan, who is paul whelan's brother, described the conversation to cnn as a long conversation, a frank conversation. he also said that it sent a signal to russia that the u.s. is still working of course to secure paul whelan's release and we should note that the u.s. has pults an offer on the table to secure whelan's release. that offer to russia was sent earlier this year more than eight months ago. and that is still a live offer, but the russians have not substantively engaged as the u.s. continue to get paul whelan and he haven gershovich back to the united states. >>> russia's ambassador to the u.s. later released a statement call willing on everyone who is not involved in the issue to stay out of it. he wrote we urge american politicians and media to give the competent authorities of the two countries the opportunity to work calmly. stop playing with people's fates and leave the search for the necessary resolutions to professionals. >>> still to do, a report on how a terrifying massacre unfolded in the west darfur and heartbreaking testimonies of some of the witnesses. >>

, who is paul whelan's brother, told cnn that after this video was shot and paul whelan, you know, declined the prison because of that. but nonetheless, of course the family is, you know, they were happy to see him. it was the first time in years that they had actually seen what paul whelan looks like. i want to read you a quote from david whelan telling cnn, quote, i wish i could see paul under better circumstances, but it was good to see him again and to see the fight remains in his eyes. it's good to know paul remains unbowed. of course we're taking all of this with a hefty grain of salt, but we should also, you know, try and consider the fact that this happens. this comes out as u.s. officials are clearly still working behind the scenes to try and get paul whelan and of course evan gershkovich, who's wrongfully detained in russia out of prison. both of them wrongfully detained but we haven't seen any substantiative movement on either of those cases in recent months, jim. >> and as you said, it's a propaganda video, so we have to take with a grain of salt some of the things we see in it.

whelan seen among other inmates wearing a black uniform and hat. then sewing pieces of green cloth, speaking to a reporter for the russian propaganda outlet, refusing to talk to the camera. >> sir, you understand when i say that i can't do an interview, which means i can't answer any questions. >> reporter: whelan was first arrested in 2018 and charged with espionage. in 2020, a russian court sentencing him to 16 years in prison. earlier this month, secretary of state antony blinken speaking to whe whelan by phone. sources familiar with the call say the secretary reassured him they are doing everything they can to bring him home. >> russia should release him immediately, and that is something again that we have been very consistent about. >> reporter: paul's brother, david whelan, telling abc news the video was shot in may. >> you can see his strength and his contempt for the russian propagandists. we hear from him on a daily basis when he's able to call our parents, but you never know exactly whether someone is telling you how they actually are, a

marine veteran being held captive in russia, paul whelan. wrongfully detained in russia on espionage charges. what his family here in the u.s. is now saying tonight, what they see in those images. here's abc's britt clennett. >> reporter: tonight, rare video released by russian state media showing american paul whelan, the marine corps veteran who the u.s. says is being wrongfully detained inside this remote russian prison camp. whelan seen among other inmates wearing a black uniform and hat. then sewing pieces of green cloth, speaking to a reporter for the russian propaganda outlet, refusing to talk to the camera. >> sir, you understand when i say that i can't do an interview, which means i can't answer any questions. >> reporter: whelan was first arrested in 2018 and charged with espionage. in 2020, a russian court sentencing him to 16 years in prison. >> russia should release him immediately, and that is something that, again, we have been very consistent about. >> reporter: paul's brother, david whelan, telling abc news the video was sho

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>> reporter: according to a source familiar with the call, the secretary of state told paul whelan toing they can to bring him home as quickly as possible. he's been detained in many russia for more than four years now. it's significant he was able to get a call from the secretary of state in a prison camp in russia. we shouldn't down play the significance of that. this is according to a source familiar the second time the secretary has had a phone call with paul whelan. you can imagine it would be quite complicated to get these two on the phone together and david whelan, paul whelan's brother spoke with cnn about the call he was able to speak to his brother about the call who described it as long and frank and said this about the message this phone call to paul whelan sends. >> i think that secretary blinken has obviously sent a message and that message is for paul and our family that the u.s. government is continuing to advocate for paul and his release and also a message for the kremlin. that the u.s. government hasn't let up and their lead foreign policy person is willing to call

whelan is able to make phone calls from the prison cell.is's phoned our colleague multiple times from there, but it's logistically complicated to stand up a call can the secretary of state. his men to whelan was to keep the faith and the u.s. is doing everything they can. when it comes to the efforts, we know the u.s. put on a substantial offer on the table to try to secure his release. that was more than eight months ago. we're told by a senior administration official that that offer is an absolutely live offer. after that offer was put on the table, russia took another american, so the u.s. is working to get both americans home, and russia hasn't responded in a substantial way to the offer that the u.s. put on the table for paul whelan alone. we continue to watch this. u.s. officials are working feverishly around the clock to try to figure out something to get both americans out of russia, and back home. >> so the russians are not showing any signs they're interested in any negotiations? >> as far as we know, there's no negotiations that

marine paul whelan is blasting a russian tv network for airing new images of whelan inside a penal colony, calling it the worst sort of propaganda. david whelan says this is the first time he's seen of his brother since june of 2020 when he was convicted in russia in what the u.s. calls bogus spying charges. earlier this month, secretary of state antony blinken spoke by phone with paul whelan, assuring him the u.s. is trying to bring him home. >>> we want to turn now to the unwanted kiss that has ignited a me too moment in spain. that country's entire women's soccer team says it won't play again until its top soccer official resigns after he forced a kiss on the lips of its star player. we get more now from cbs's chris livesay. >> reporter: the stunning moment that tainted a world cup soccer victory. luis rubiales, the president of spain's soccer federation, kissing star forward jennifer hermoso on the mouth. a kiss, he says, was consensual. a claim she flatly denies again and again. rubiales hasn't only defied calls to step down. he's doubled down, at one point shouting repeatedly, i wil

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paul whelan's brother, david, joins us now.d your parents the conversation was "long and frank." what else can you tell us about what paul said to secretary blinken? >> that's really all we know. it's difficult for paul to have phone calls, and so i think he probably took the opportunity to be as clear as he could about his concerns about his situation with secretary blinken. >> any idea how the call happened or why it happened today? >> i don't. i think that secretary blinken is obviously sent a message, and that message is for paul and our family, that the u.s. government is continuing to advocate for paul and his release. and i think it's also a message for the kremlin, that the u.s. government hasn't left up. in fact, their lead foreign policy person is willing to call a prisoner, which is astounding. >> a senior u.s. official says that russia has now responded in any substantive way to the most recent u.s. proposal to get your brother home. and now with a wall street reporter there now, there are two. is that further stall

marine paul whelan is blasting a russian tv network for airing new images of whelan inside a penal colonyropaganda. david whelan says this is the first time he has seen of his brother since june of 2020, when he was convicted in russia on what the u.s. calls bogus spying charges. earlier this month, secretary of state antony blinken spoke by phone with paul whelan, assuring him the u.s. is trying to bring him home. we want to turn now to the unwanted kiss that has ignited a #metoo moment in spain. that country's entire women's soccer team says it won't play again until its top soccer official resigns after he forced a kiss on the lips of its star player. we get more now from cbs's chris livesay. >> reporter: the stunning moment that tainted a world cup soccer victory. luis rubiales, the president of spain's soccer federation, kissing star forward jennifer hermoso on the mouth. a kiss he says was consensual. a claim she flatly denies. again and again. rubiales has not only defied calls to step down, he has doubled down. at one point shouting repeatedly, "i will not resign." today, players

the important thing to know about paul whelan of course, the background of his case, arrested in 2018 in a hotel in moscow, charged with espionage by russian authorities, something of course that he denies. now in prison for that. the u.s. considers him wrongfully detained. and earlier this month secretary of state antony blinken was able to speak to him over the phone and he told him keep the faith, we're still working to getting you out. >> you raise a good point about his expression. he definitely doesn't appear to be a broken man which is remarkable given the circumstances. and it is curious given that russia today has state influence, state control. so they wouldn't be able to go into the prison and interview a high value prisoner of the russian state without some form of spermission. it is all very interesting. salma, thank you very much. >>> still to do the world's two biggest economies trying to get trade relations back on track. >>> and plus spanish soccer is embroiled in an embarrassing scandal after an unwanted and unnecessary kiss. >>> and it is alive and -- >> your fault

government is doing everything that they can to secure whelan's release.an, was able to speak to paul about that phone call, said it was a long and frank conversation. and here's what he said about the message that that phone call sent to the family and also to the russians. >> i think that secretary blinken has obviously sent a message and that message is for paul and for our family that the u.s. government is continuing to advocate for paul and his release. and i think it's also a message for the kremlin that the u.s. government hasn't let up and in fact their lead foreign policy person is willing to call a prisoner, which is i think ast astounding. >> now, when it comes to the u.s. government's efforts to get paul whelan out of prison, we know that earlier this year actually back in january, more than eight months ago, the u.s. put a substantial offer on the table with the russians according to sources familiar with those efforts. the russians haven't responded in a substantive way. but of course u.s. officials are saying that is still a lievl offer. th

"outfront" now is paul's brother, david whelan.hat was that like for you to see him, and how does he look to you? >> he looks pretty good. i was a little bit surprised. i hadn't learned that the video was going to be coming out. we knew that r.t. had attempted to interview him in may, but we hadn't seen anything that came out of it. i think if you listen to it, it sounds very conspiratorial, doom and gloom, but if you turn off the volume and look at paul, i think you get a sense of how resilient he has been, and also what a sense of his life in the prison. for our family, it was very valuable to see it. >> you mentioned this had been shot. the reporter who visited the penal colony tried to interview him. i want to play that brief exchange that they had. >> sir, you understand when i say that i can't do an interview, which means i can't answer any questions. >> so state media had claimed that paul actually consented to an interview in a letter before the tv crew arrived and back tracked. you say his decision to not participate ultim

whelan was detained in moscow in 2018. accused of spying on russia.oth he and washington maintain his is an innocent. the biden administration had hoped to secure whelan's release during negotiations on the prisoner exchange that freed american basket ball star brittney griner. the us and china have agreed to broaden talks aimed at solving trade and investment issues. us commerce secretary gina raimondo met with chinese officials in beijing and announced the two countries have agreed to establish a new working group aimed at addressing commercial issues that help both economies. the group will involve us and chinese government entities and the private sector, raimondo stressed that the trade collaboration does not compromise matters of national security, but seeks to advance us commercial interests in china . next, right here on the for a historic moment, remembered right bad in alabama, a little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. i have a dream today we take a closer l

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earlier this month, secretary of state antony blinken spoke by phone with paul whelan, assuring him thee. we want to turn now to the unwanted case that has ignited a me to moment in spain. that country's entire women's soccer team says it won't play again until its top soccer official resigns after he forced a kiss on the lips of his star player. we get more now from cbs's chris livesay. >> reporter: the stunning moment that tainted a world cup soccer victory. luis rubiales, the president of spain's soccer federation, kissing star forward jennifer hermoso on the mouth. a kiss he says was consensual. a claim she flatly denies. again and again. rubiales has not only defied calls to step down, he has doubled down. at one point shouting repeatedly "i will not resign." today, players on the world championship team voiced their solidarity with their teammate. "i will not let anything tarnish that we are world cup chamampions," saidid olga carmo. but ththe controversy and rubiales' defiance have sparked a me to moment in spain. with professional men's players donning the new moments hashtag se

marine paul whelan is seen inside a russian prison. he has been sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges that he denies. the video shows him wearing a prison uniform working at a sewing machine and this. >> sir, you understand when i say that i can't do an interview, which means that i can't answer any questions. >> salma abdelaziz is joining us from london. this video was shot in may according to paul's brother and the u.s. government says it has already issued a proposal for his release. but russia hasn't responded. this is the first time we're seeing him in the setting, but could this signal a turning point of any sorts? >> reporter: i think that is what the state department is trying to find out as they pore over this video material that as you mentioned was shot in may by russian controlled russia today television. what is so interesting to see in that video, in that very brief sound booits thaite where he sat answer any questions, first of all, how uncomfortable he was. according to his brother the tv crew showed up unbeknownst

david whelan is paul whelan's brother and joins me now. david can, you have seen the video.other look in. >> well, i thought he looked strong. he seems very resilient, and in the brief interactions he had with others, he sounded like he hadn't given up the fight yet. stuart: are you a little maybe disappointed by the release of brittney griner in return for that international arms dealer? your brother was not part of the exchange. disappointed? >> no. i think that the kremlin said that they would exchange brittney griner, or they wouldn't exchange anybody, ask i think in that that sort of situation the u.s. government has to allow an american to come home. and so they made the right decision and, unfortunately, until the kremlin has a way to come up with a transaction that allows paul to come home, he will, unfortunately, remain. stuart: how often do you talk about to the administration about this? >> our sister does all of our governmental relations, and she speaks to them at least on a weekly basis just getting updates and encouraging them to continue to look for opportuni

in russia for nearly five years now, whelan's family tells abc news that paul described his conversation with blinken as long and frank when he called them afterwards. they also say that blinken assured him us officials are doing everything possible to secure his freedom. >> time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. storms are expected today from the carolinas to florida. the storm in north carolina was part of that same system that killed a woman in her car near duke university. the winds strong enough to push a barbecue right off the deck. also, more rain and storms today in upstate new york and new england. some areas were getting an inch of rain per hour yesterday. and then we checked today's high temperatures in northwest heat wave begins to break triple digits in the southwest and texas. about the murder. >> hornets experts are warning now about its cousin, the yellow legged hornet. >> also ahead, the major announcement from team usa overnight after the women's soccer team had their worst ever world cup. >> and closing the gap between supply and demand for organs. and u

. >> we're getting the first glimpse of paul whelan in three years.e video shows the marine veteran inside a russian prison. whelan's brother says that he can see his brother's strength and resilience talks to free him have dragged on since his arrest on espionage charges in 2018. >> we turn now to a new plan that president biden says will lower the cost of prescription drugs. now, the idea ignites a legal battle, with critics saying it will stifle innovation . president biden has revealed his plan to lower the cost of ten prescription drugs for seniors. the president announcing that for the first time ever, medicare will now negotiate drug prices with manufacture. >> today is the start of a new deal for patients. we're big pharma doesn't just get a blank check at your expense. >> here's the list of the ten drugs. everything from xarelto and eliquis to prevent strokes and blood clots to drugs for type two diabetes to for people with kidney disease. also on the list, drugs for heart failure, arthritis, blood cancers and crohn's disease. as many as 9 mi

whelan has been wrongfully detained for four years.s joining us from washington, d.c. this is a fascinating story. presumably it is not easy to connect america's top diplomat with a prisoner in russia. so how significant is this? >> well, this is very significant. as you mentioned, it is exceedingly rare that the top u.s. diplomat would be able to speak with a detained american while they are still detained. this is the second time we're told that blinken and paul have spoken, first time causes back was -- was back if december. and blinken relayed the message that paul should keep the faith and the united states is doing everything they can to try to bring him home as soon as possible. we don't have a lot of details around the logistics of how the call was set up. we know paul is able to make calls from the prison kafrl. and this is a significant call also in the timing. it comes when russia has not responded in a substantive way to a serious proposal that the u.s. has put forward to try to secure paul's release. this is something that

whelan, who has been detained for more than four years, is being held in a russian prison camp.s federal appeals court ruling will allow the abortion pill mifepristone to stay on shelves, but restrict access to the medication. the order by the three judge panel got rid of a lower court's decision that would have completely taken the abortion drug off the market, but upheld parts of the ruling that ban telemedicine prescriptions and shipments of the pill by mail. the ruling will not take effect until the us supreme court reviews it. turning now to new york city, which is banning the popular video sharing app tiktok on government—owned devices. 0fficials cite security concerns. new york state has already enacted a similar ban. the move follows ones in cities and states across the us, where officials worry about the influence of the chinese government on the app and its more than 150 million american users. chinese tech giant byte—dance, which owns the app, says it takes the privacy and security of tiktok users seriously. the british museum in london has sacked a member of staff af

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whelan's brother said today the video was made in may. the white house said it's a good sign. sec.: it was reassuring to see that he remains, and this is to use his brother's words, unbowed. paul continues to show tremendous courage. that does not change that his circumstances are truly unacceptable, and we will continue to be very clear about that. geoff: whelan is serving a 16-year sentence for espionage, charges that washington categorically denies. police in nigeria have announced the arrests of 67 people for attending a gay wedding. officers say they carried out a raid early monday in the southern part of nigeria, where homosexuality is outlawed. meantime, a man in uganda has been arrested for what's called "aggravated homosexuality" under a new law. he could face the death penalty. in pakistan, an appeals court today suspended imran khan's corruption conviction and his three-year prison term. the former prime minister had been found guilty of selling state gifts while in office. family members and supporters waited outside his prison after the court granted him bail, but anot

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secretary of state tony blinken spoke by phone today with paul whelan.can citizen has been wrongfully detained in russia for more than four years. cnn was first to report the story and said blinken assured whelan the u.s. was working hard to bring him home as soon as possible. this is the second time the two have spoken. a u.s. appeals court in new orleans ruled today that access to the abortion pill mifepristone should have some restrictions. the decision would outlaw telemedicine prescriptions and sending the drug by mail. access to the pill won't change for now. the u.s. supreme court issued an order in april to keep it available while litigation continues. the justice department said it "strongly disagrees" with today's decision and will seek the supreme court's review. north carolina's republican-controlled legislature has approved a series of bills that restrict transgender athletes and gender affirming care. it also limits the teaching of lgbtq issues in schools. democratic governor roy cooper had vetoed the legislation but the gop-super majority

whelan and frankly mr. >>> we just learned that gene spector has been charged with espionage. do you know anything about that? >> no, we're still digging into that reporting too. we don't have any updates. >>> last week i spo spoke to is a gold star mom who lost staff can't taylor hoover. she'd testified to congress, in her view, the biden administration lied to her about her son died. here is what she said whether i asked her what would she want to say to president biden, if she could? >> he needs to come out and say, yeah, i made a mistake, i showo chose wrong, i was looking for a photo op, and i messed up. that's what he needs to do. >> do you think president biden is willing to meet with any of thinks gold star families or talk publicly more about what happened two years ago? >> her certainly has talk about oaf, the addition to withdrawn, the eveeck wags. we've shared information with congress and public to the degree we can. they continue to grieve with all gold star families, espy already those killed

you can see whelan wearing a russian prison uniform.ne, eating in a cafeteria and reporting to a reporter asking questions. let's roll that. >> you understand i can't do an interview. i can't answer any questions. >> so he's been in that russian prison since 2018 accused of espionage. is the u.s. any closer to securing his release and bringing him home? >> we are working very hard to bring them home to their families, paul and evan. i wish i had some ground breaking announcement to make to you today, i do not. what i can say is that u.s. officials have been in touch with paul for the past several months. i will repeat what his brother said today, how looking at that footage, he looks unbowed. he has been courageous, paul has been. he has been incredibly impressive over the past several months, and it will never deter us from say whag we say at all times. which is it is unacceptable what russia has done. we will continue to say he needs to be released immediately. >> thank you. >> hopefully you'll have me back. >>> a look at the bridge i

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another american paul whelan, is also behind bars accused also of espionage.ormer united states marine was arrested in moscow in 2018, and he was sentenced to 16 years. meanwhile today is also the hearing date for russian opposition politician alexey navalny. this right here and this right here is brand-new hearing that just wrapped up minutes ago. the fierce critic of vladimir putin is already facing a sentence of about a decade but just minutes ago, prosecutors announced ago that they were extending that sentence by as many as 19 years. he was arrested in 2021 when he returned to russia from germany where he was being treated for being poisoned. jerry and? >> gillian: thank you so much for the key started. >> police have an update in the gilgo beach killer case, they said to bring a press conference for new details in just a few minutes and we will bring into your life. plus, from a saying that kind meanest party is stealing their intellectual property costing us millions of dollars, and what lawmakers are doing about this coming up. ♪ ♪ to combat today's ri

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secretary of state antony blinken spoke by phone to american paul whelan detained in russia more thanfrank phone call with blinken given whelan words of encouragement and telling him keep the faith as they work to bring him home and his brother spoke with cnn saying they view this is a really positive step. >> i think secretary blinken obviously sent a message and the message is for paul and our family that the u.s. government is continuing to advocate for paul in his release and i think also a message for the kremlin that the u.s. government hasn't let up and, in fact, their lead foreign policy person is willing to call a prisoner, which is i think, astounding. >> u.s. officials do say russia has not responded in a substantive way to the proposals raised so far. keep a close eye on this. >>> christian bale famously played in "the big short" investors making millions betting against the housing market. next, what behind his latest big bet on the stock market crash. >>> and i want to show you a new records "barbie" shattered. we listened to that dance song with my kids in n the car sun

. >>> a state-controlled russian tv network showed rare new video of american marine veteran paul whelan inside a russian penal colony. he was convicted on what the u.s. says are bogus spying charges in 2020 and sentenced to 16 years. his brother david called the video the worst sort of propaganda. >>> a graduate student at the university of north carolina chapel hill is now charged with first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of his faculty adviser there. 34-year-old tailei qi appeared in court yesterday. the student, from china, is being held without bail and could face additional charges. police say they have no motive for monday's shooting of an associate professor. >>> the biden administration has named ten costly prescription drugs that it has chosen for medicare p price n negotiationoh pharmaceutical companies. more than half the drugs are used for patients to treat diabetes and prevent blood clots. others trite cancer, heart trouble, and autoimmune diseases. it will be a while before those on medicare see any sort of savings. the negotiated prices will not take effect until 20

going back to paul whelan, does the u.s. have any idea when the video was filmed? i see it was filmed in may, but is it older? >> i don't have any additional comments to the video. like i said, i can only quote his brother and how he said he seemed unbowed and how courageous paul has been, especially over the last several months and we have been in touch with him. i don't have anything to say specifically to the video. >> tomorrow the president is getting a briefing on the maui wildfires. will that also turn into a briefing on hurricane latest? >> so, just a couple of things on -- so as you just stated, the president tomorrow is going to convene the -- his cabinet and agency officials who are involved in the administration's whole of government response that we have seen in the recovery efforts on maui and hawaii and so he called this meeting, obviously, to get his administration's ongoing efforts on the ground and to work -- the work underway to support the people of maui. clearly he'll also get an update on the current hurricane that we all are keeping an eye on,

paul whelan isuffering the same fate. we have to prepare for the possibility this will drag on. i really appreciate the support. thank you very much. christian: you are watching bb news around the world and here in u.k. that's take a quick look at other stories making headlines -- let's take a quick look at other stories making headlines. people seeking asylum to see if they can stay in the u.k. has reached high levels. the government says they are convinced -- they are working to reduce the levels. the king and queen of france -- the king and queen were due to tour in france in march but it was postponed after violent revolt broke out after emmanuel macron's retirement reforms. the advice bureau is saying thousands of people are struggling to pay their bills and will be behind on payments by the start of winter. some people are taking out loans to cover their payments and it is hoping a record number of people. it has seen a 17% increase in those contacting them for advice. you are watching bbc news. the share price of the chip designer nvidia is soaring. the company reported $

the state department called for his release along with paul whelan, another jailed american. >>> now let's go to the dramatic rescue of four divers off the carolina coast they were spotted after 15 hours at sea holding onto each other and praying to god to survive. after being reunited with their families, our sam brock got their story. >> reporter: dramatic new images released by the u.s. coast guard show a tiny raft bobbing in an endless, choppy sea. on that raft, four divers who were missing for more than 15 hours. >> once the sun set, everything changes. the temperatures drop on the surface of the water winds pick up. >> reporter: ben wiggins and three others huddling together with vests inflated saw helicopters in the late afternoon, but they weren't spotted by rescuers until almost 1:00 a.m >> it was thank you, god because we all calling out loud, god, please help us, i said to myself, we need you now, we need you now. >> reporter: coast guard choppers dropping flares and a raft, then a naval warship which happened to be nearby dispatching a team to bring them home how small is

second term in the white house in washington, alice barr, nbc news >>> new video has emerged of paul whelan, showing the detained american inside a russian penal colony he is serving a 16 year sentence for spying, a charge he strongly denies in the video, he tells a russian interviewer he is not allowed to answer questions we should note that the video was released bay russian state-run media outlet we have not been able to identify the date it was taken or whether he was filmed under duress >>> the clock is ticking on borrowed time as borrowers will soon have to hit play on loan payments as many say they won't be able to repay them as interest starts to accrue on friday >> reporter: josie is a single mom living paycheck to paycheck. it's hard enough dealing with rising prices at the store >> my student payments are sitting right now at about $400 is what they're expecting each month. that's my food budget right there. >> reporter: the freeze on payments allowed her to open up her salon. but $4,000 in outstanding debt she says she won't be able to make the monthly paints once they resume in

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we'll pull whelan is another us citizen serving time in a high security russian prison and has been there since the year 2020. the former marine was convicted of spying on law school for washington, but the lighthouse has shown little interest in winning his release, as ortiz negotiate on a for comes as the inmates of this maximum security prison are no ordinary hooligans. these rules laced with bob, why secure a very different breed of criminals, big, short drug dealers, murderous rapists. to end up he, a person would have to take more than just one wrong to and in life. for the past couple of years, they spend a 10 tree hidden in the embrace of we fit can remote russian woodland, has been the home of pull wilson, a former us marine who was found guilty of espionage here in russia and sentenced to 16. he is behind bars pull struggles to hide his excitement as he sees l silman crew. eventually he waves the cameraman over and asks to film him together with the deputy warden. but the moment i approach full with the microphone, his attitude takes a 180 degree face vocabulary strings to 804 w

international rating agency fits downgrades washington's before the school. us treasury secretary john whelan scramble to save face calling the move, puzzling and insisting the us economy is from the a very welcome to you. it's 3 pm here in most go in. this is all to international with the very latest world news update is quite happy with the news that does not once become another, libya and full under the pressure of outside interference. that's the message from the co government's delegation off to a visit to neighboring but kind of fun. so on wednesday, during our exchanges, we spoke precisely about this situation because we would not like niger to become a new libya in coordination with our brothers in burkina faso, we have decided to undertake a number of activities to secure our populations and secure our 2 countries this was a high level delegation of, of immediately conducted by the cards. and i thought it would be the peer to leader of the cool in the chair. so they decided to visit the allies going from, by my code to work. i do so, i mean by my code been made present assume you're

so ella thank you very so ella whelan, thank you very much joining me.peech nation, as we discussed earlier in the show, it has been a lively week for donald trump. when is it not a criminal defence lawyer will be here to tell us just how much trouble trump is in. but first, let's get your latest weather looks like things are heating up i >> -- >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast . i'm craig snell. we're looking ahead to the new week. for most of us, it's going to stay changeable. some further spells of also some of sunshine, but also some further rain at times. so as we end sunday, we've got this weak weather front which will gradually spread its a gradually spread its way a little further eastwards. little bit further eastwards. a ridge pressure trying to ridge of high pressure trying to build in from monday. it may well settle things down well just settle things down briefly, but end sunday, briefly, but as we end sunday, you that weather you c

so ella thank you very so ella whelan, thank you very much joining me.nation, as we discussed earlier in the show, it has been a lively week for donald trump. when is it not a criminal defence lawyer will be here to tell us just how much trouble trump is in. but first, let's get your latest weather looks like things are heating up i >> -- >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast . i'm craig snell. we're looking ahead to the new week. for most of us, it's going to stay changeable. some further spells of also some of sunshine, but also some further rain at times. so as we end sunday, we've got this weak weather front which will gradually spread its a gradually spread its way a little further eastwards. little bit further eastwards. a ridge pressure trying to ridge of high pressure trying to build in from monday. it may well settle things down well just settle things down briefly, but end sunday, briefly, but as we end sunday, you that weather you can jus

i am joined now by author and broadcaster ella whelan. ella, thank you very much.start on this one because there's so much guff , isn't there's so much guff, isn't there? but what do you make of there? but what do you make of the nhs gender guidance and then blaming our gender inequality on colonialism ? colonialism? >> well , i colonialism? >> well, i mean, first of all, it's rather odd that the national health service, which is supposed to be bothered about how people engage with its services in this country , should services in this country, should be making sort of international statements about how people deal with gender and sexuality or, you know, whatever it is. this is a kind of a policy that could be lifted from a university students society. it's probably about as well written as would come out of something like that . um, and you know, you said it in your introduction, it mainly it seems like a giant waste of time. and the reason why it's a waste of time is because there have been, you know, transgender patients might have increased in number, but they

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with trevor reid and paul whelan, they were in detention for more than a year before the hearing. and the elephant in the room is that this is potentially a high value swap for russia. we don't know anything about that yet. but as for the evan gershovich case, we know from precedent that russia wants to tend to wait until a trial is over to show that they are going through the legal process before they do any kind of swap and we don't even have a trial date. >> clare sebastian, thank you. >>> donald trump may have skipped the first primary debate, but eight of his rivals were there hoping for a standout moment on stage. we'll have the highlights. >>> plus treated radioactive waste water from fukushima is now being released into the ocean, a controversial move that has drawn protests in the region. we'll have a live report from tokyo. >>> and also ahead the climate crisis is fueling wildfires in canada, europe and other parts of the world. details later. my father didn't know his dad. she knew that i always want to know more about my family history. with ancestry i dug and dug unti