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Had to take a leave from their jobs now the government has agreed to compensate them for their efforts. Welcome to the program the Ukrainian Government and russian back separatists have completed a Prisoner Exchange a swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city of a leaf in the Donetsk Region of Eastern Ukraine the exchange covers all remaining prisoners being held by both sides as hostilities broke out in 2014 it stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month. A carefully coordinated ron de do in ukraines rebel controlled region. Prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others 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 foster hope that the war in Eastern Ukraine could soon be over an early victory for ukraines new president. We have agreed the 1st step to one block. Or not it is returning our soldiers political prisoners. For more than 5 years the Ukrainian Army has been fighting russian backed 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 linsky 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 agrees. An exchange between both sides in this conflict based on swapping everyone on. 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. Correspondent david stern is at the airport in kiev where the freedom crane prisoners are due to arrive soon david what do we know any details yet on the prisoners who is being exchanged who are they. Will were as you say were at the airport with the key of journalists gathered outside a Security Check waiting to go into the terminal behind me here where the we are expecting that the prisoners the people have been released will be arriving we dont know when possibly within the next hour or couple of hours its difficult to say now we do know is that over 70 have been returned to government controlled territory over 120 were given to the moscow back separatists there were among them there were who are coming back now there are civilians as well as military personnel and as we heard in the. In the reports there were 5 there coote riot police is the name of the unit they were accused of participating in the in the deaths are being involved in the deaths of protesters 5 years ago during the revolution in kiev so in light of that of the people being exchange what kind of reactions are being in ukraine just being considered a success for president selenski. Will in all of these Prisoner Exchanges we know there have been previous ones are greeted with a mixture of relief fanfare and a flat out joy how this will translate for support or or believe in president selenski remains to be seen obviously this is a positive step although it is it will be determined how big of a positive step because obviously the peace talks are continuing and as weve heard the fighting is continuing so there still remains to be a lot to be done before we actually see a full peace in the east and go into that in some more detail for us what what are those next steps where does this Prisoner Exchange fit into a larger easing of tensions between russia and ukraine. One hopes so there can be a general cease fire still were seeing fighting theres been fighting just recently deaths and. Casualties occur regularly what were hoping for is what is being discussed is the is the overall Peace Agreement and this a lot of this depends on the timing of the questions of when there will be elections and whether this will take place before or after ukraine receives full control over its its eastern border with russia and this seems to be very much the. The hurdle that theyre that theyre encountering at the moment david stern in kiev thank you very much. Now lets take a look 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 spokesman blamed hoodoo rebels for the attack. More than a 1000 demonstrators strangers have gathered in hong kong to mark a turbulent year in the semi autonomous region protests began in june over a proposed extradition law but grew to include demands for more democracy protesters say beijing and the local government are eroding freedom and democracy. A german rescue ship has docked in sicily after rescuing more than 30 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea alan cordie vessel reached the southern port of oh on sunday the migrants were picked up off the libyan coast last week. To the u. S. Now where the jewish festival of lights turned into a bloody attack late saturday night a man with a knife barged into a rabbis home outside new york city where people were gathered to celebrate hanukkah the stabbing rampage sent 5 people to the hospital 2 are in Critical Condition Police Arrested a suspect shortly thereafter its just the latest in a recent string of suspected antisemitic incidents in new york now with us for more on this story is do that reporter a either him a a whats whats the latest so just to give the viewers a little bit of context this attack happened in Rockland County this is a collection of town northwest of new york city it has a large Jewish Population 31 percent of the population there is jewish and in recent years it has seen a surge or an uptick in the population of hasidic jews as families are being priced out of places like queens and brooklyn in new york city because of the ongoing gentrification of the city so 10 pm a man enters a home stabs people in there the man in question has been identified and arrested as Grafton Thomas 37 years old and he will face 5 counts of attempted murder and one count of armed burglary this has been designated as a domestic terror attack by new york governor andrew cuomo. A very horrific harrowing night for the people inside the house no doubt so lets take a listen at one of the eyewitnesses who was there i saw him walking in by the door. I ask whos coming in and middle of the night. While 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 i throw tables and care that he should get out of here and the guy was a cadre a rest guy. He was leaving here bleeding in his hand all over i ran into the other room because it tried to save my life i saw him running down this way so i ran out to a lady. Came along with me theyre still staring what time is not on even though them time now and they still staring right now. Member of the community how is the Community Officials there how are they responding so it seems that the community is trying its best to keep the spirits up now the rabbis congregation is actually was actually right next door to his house so this actually could have been much much worse right after the rabbi then headed to the congregation and continued celebrating. The holiday with the people there thats on the what have but of course the community has very concrete demands as to how this situation can be avoided in the future the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs council to its twitter page has called on authorities to step up security around their homes and their places of worship. They suffer from a lack of resources as it as it seems according to the community but they also want to see concrete consequences to the people that are behind these attacks so they want to see a list of you know these people that do these things where do they end up jail sentences so that you know nobody would be motivated do such a thing of course the attack drew widespread condemnation the Prime Minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to help local authorities in any way possible to defeat this phenomenon the phenomenon being of course anti semitic. Attacks the man in question was arrested in new york city and we do have a response from new york mayor bill de blasio he tweeted 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 the jewish houses of worship on the streets in communities like williamsburg Crown Heights and bora park and these are of course communities that do have a sizable hasidic Jewish Population in new york city right and he says theyre going to do Everything Possible about me thats normal but it is a new normal in some way i mean speak to that larger phenomenon here indeed i mean this is just the latest in a string of. Very very disturbing attacks on the Jewish Population in new york just last month a man with stabbed while walking to a synagogue in the same town where this attack happened. Theres a you know theres been a an uptick in the past week new york city just new york city. Has received at least 6 reports of attacks possibly motivated by an anti jewish bias and just earlier this month in jersey city very close to where the attack happened 2 shooters opened fire on a kosher market 6 people were killed 3 of whom were market goers so certainly its seems like a phenomenon and something needs to be done about it abraham thank you for bringing us these details. Australia is bracing for another week of bushfires as temperatures soar to high of 40 as 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 are volunteers and now the government says it will pay them for their efforts. Its one of australias worst bushfire seasons ever. With so many blazes to battle its often volunteers who answer the call for help. Giving their time and paying the costs. So. 56. Youre exhausted at the end of that 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 they dont see and maybe it means i use manual labor a mainstay i you know. Tommy lee time. Now there is help for the helpers some volunteers to be called been stated for about 20 days worth of income lost while fighting the recent fires. As the very prolonged for us 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 service and. Already Public Servants have been pledged additional leave to join the fight. With a straight is some of just Getting Started the country needs more helping hands to step up to the challenge. Some sports news now and in the german football bonus league 4th place daughter owned have signed one of the most sought after forwards in europe its the 19 year old norwegian holland. Hollande has been playing with the Austrian Club salzburg he scored he has scored 16 league goals this term and then an 8 goals in the Champions League group stage is 2nd only to buyers Robert Levin Dow city. And our minder of the top story were following for you the Ukrainian Government and russian backed separatists have completed an exchange of prisoners captured during your cranes 5 year conflict part of an agreement reached earlier this month between ukraine and russia the conflict has claims more than 13000 lots. Are watching t. V. News from berlin coming up next shift living in the Digital World dont forget you can always get the latest news around the clock at our website dot com or follow us on twitter at t w news more news at the top of this hour so you that. Its coming. From the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. Too soon to bring to the public some new phone books from 253 more in the future of discovery. Expedition. 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