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A nightmare new yorks governor saying is it was an act of terror. And will straightness bushfires have placed a strain on firefighters including many volunteers who have taken leave from their jobs now the government has to pay them and on it there is. Hello im christine one goal welcome to the program the Ukrainian Government forces and russian backed separatists have completed a Prisoner Exchange the swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city office or live in the dont yet region of Eastern Ukraine its part of an agreement that russia and ukraine this month more. Carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraines rebel controlled region. The freed prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others see it as a crucial step to improving ties with moscow. Its the 2nd major Prisoner Exchange this year september saw another swap that brought inmates home and fostered hope that the war in Eastern Ukraine could soon be over an early victory for ukraines new president volodymyr zelinsky. Agreed the 1st step to one block. Is returning our soldiers prisoners. For more than 5 years the Ukrainian Army has been fighting russian back separatists in the countrys east the war has cost around 14000 lives and turned a key industrial region into a conflict zone efforts to stop the fighting have so far come to little when zelinsky was elected in april he promised to restart the Peace Process that culminated in a meeting this month with his french german and russian counterparts in which sundays exchange was agreed. Between both sides in this conflict based on swapping everyone. The deal is again raising hopes 1st swift resolution to the conflict but major hurdles between russia and ukraine still need to be overcome before peace is possible. Now correspondent david stern. The freed ukrainian president arrives said david its good to see you do we have details on how many prisoners have been exchanged and who they are. Right well as you say im here at the airport with other journalists who are waiting to enter the terminal and for the arrival of these of them and of the prisoners to kiev now as we understand over 70 were returned to the government controlled territory more than 120 were sent over to the territory thats controlled by the russian back separatists on there are some names for the most part there are both military personnel and civilians who are returning. And as we heard in the report 5 of the people that were sent over to the separatist controlled territory were riot police who were accused of participating in the killings or the deaths of protesters 5 years ago which is very controversial among certain circles or number of circles here and in kiev. David whats the feeling among the people of ukraine are they seeing this as they say its for president a lot to me its against. Well any of these Prisoner Exchanges are welcomed all the asli this return of ukrainian citizens some of the people there who are coming back have been there have been kept to maybe since 2015 and this is always. Greeted with great fanfare a great deal of relief and happiness especially obviously among the families in the loved ones what remains what happens after this remains to be seen this is obviously a positive step but how big of a positive step obviously depends on what are the what happens beyond this what happens in these negotiations. Lets talk about how all of this significance off this development in terms of easing tensions between russia and ukraine. Well yes and the tensions are slightly better but the war continues we heard that somewhere around 14000. 00 people in all have died fighting continues or is fighting yesterday just before this year seems to be a more or less of a ceasefire at the moment but theres always a chance. Very likely it will resume tensions are perhaps a bit better this is a positive step but as we heard in the report there still is a long way to go before the war is brought to an end which is of course one of president selenski his Main Campaign promises thank you david that statement in kids. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 10 people were killed when a missile hit a military parade in a town in southern yemen the ceremony for new recruits was being held by a south yemen separatist group a spokesperson blamed the hoop the rebels for a sec. More than a 1000 demonstrators have gathered in hong kong to mark a turbulent year in these samuels on a mistreatment protest began in june of very opposed its traditional but grew to include demands for more democracy process to say beijing and the local government are eroding freedom and democracy. And a german risky ship has stopped insisting the officer rescuing more than 30 migrants in the mediterranean the island could reach the 7 ports of on sunday the migrants were picked up off the libyan coast last week. Its to the us now where a man with a knife attacked a jewish Holiday Celebration at a road in new york city or just outside new york city 5 people were hospitalized 2 in Critical Condition Police Arrested a suspect a short time after the assault its the latest in the string of suspects at anti semitic incidents in the wider new york area this month with with us for more on this is to bring him good to see is so what more do we know about what actually happened here well i mean you know you have to imagine this is one of the holiest times for the jewish faith about 10 pm local time a man enters the house but a rabbi whos congregation is actually just next door and starts attacking people now the man in question has been identified and arrested his name is Grafton Thomas 37 years old and he will be arraigned later today this has been classified as a domestic terror attack by governor andrew cuomo. I mean its really harrowing we have now a sound bite by one of the eyewitnesses lets take a look i still want you. I ask whos coming you. Well i was saying that he pulled it out from the think and he started running to the big room which was on the left side and id thrown tables and care that he should get out of here and the guy was a cadre a rest guy. Will leave here believing this will. Do the other room because its right to save my life and so im running down this way so riddled with. Came along with me they still go with them is not only will not do. And they still recall right now. What reactions have weve been seeing from the Jewish Community well obviously theyre very very fearful and they want the police the author just to step up security measures in the area to protect them at this time here and all year obviously the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs council has through its twitter page made suggestions. For the authorities stepping up security is one of them but also consequences they want to see people who have been involved in these attacks actually brought to justice and for there to be follow up on these cases on the International Level this is a attack that has drawn condemnation from leaders around the world including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but also in new york mayor bill de blasio has tweeted the following in solidarity he said we will not allow this to become the new normal well use every tool we have to stop these attacks once and for all the n. Y. P. D. Has deployed a visible and growing presence around jewish houses of worship on the streets in communities like williamsburg Crown Heights and brick park and these are neighborhoods in new york city that do have a sizable Jewish Population and hasidic Jewish Population of course. Is sort of alluded to in his tweet but how much of this is part of the launches and on that this isnt in isolation unfortunately it has not the last year has really seen an uptick in suspected antisemitic attacks in the United States just last month a man was stabbed while walking to the synagogue in the same town where this attack happened and in the past week. Just this past week in new York City Police have received at least 6 reports of attacks that are suspected to have antigay jewish bias or anti semitic motives and in jersey city very close to where the attack happened our viewers might remember there was a shooting at a kosher market where 6 people died 3 of which were market goer so certainly part of an alarming phenomenon happening in this area thats our reporter even him thank you now australia is bracing for another week of push by is this temperatures are expected to seoul firefighters have been trying to contain the fires since september 8th people have died 2 of them firefighters many of those on the front line all volunteers and now the government says it will pay them for the efforts. Its one of australias worst bushfires seasons ever. With so many blazes to battle its often volunteers who answer the call for help. Giving their time and paying the costs just like. 1516 hour shifts in a row youre exhausted at the end of that and you might have one day break and then they want you to go again. It just takes its toll physically and emotionally on the family theyre not seeing you and me it means i use my annual leave a mainstay i you know i use my time in leech time. Now there is help for the helpers some volunteers to be compensated for about 20 days worth of income lost while fighting the recent fires. As very prolonged for us lisa this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular and it means that the turnouts in the call outs have been far more extensive than in previous years going well and beyond and above what is normally expected of those who are engaged in volunteer services. Already Public Servants have been pledged additional leave to join the fight with a strain these some are just Getting Started the country needs more helping hands to step up to the challenge. James maurice off the New South Wales Rural Fire Service we asked him about the decision not to cancel sydneys famous new year fireworks display despite outbreaks of the bushfires of an ice. Look at this stage obviously way type precautions working with a partner a technique i didnt seize and organizations are closely with them in regards to our total fire ban exemptions and and their requirements and at this stage given the full cost conditions we dont believe that there will be any shoes at this stage in regards to the sydney harbor fireworks going ahead well obviously continue to work with them and if we need to have a heart and level of response from our forefathers from both the our fis and foreigner a few New South Wales throughout the sydney area will do is to say working to the conditions but we are expecting certainly that southerly trying to move through needs a very tight a number of hours to move through from around 5 to 7 pm on knees a so we are likely to say those much cooler conditions by this time we certainly by the time we reach me not on trees dine on but at this stage as you mentioned we do have a number of new forest started from lightning down in the south eastern parts of New South Wales if you just storms moving through which certainly isnt a good thing considering weve got these up these worsening weather in coming days. 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