6 billion in iranian funds blocked by u. S. Sanctions. The u. S. Is also releasing fiver iranian nationals being detained in the u. S. joining us now is Gabe Gutierrez at the white house. Gabe, good morning. So this is just happening right now, but these Fiver Americans have been held in a hotel in iran for a month now. What do we know about what the deal is and how it all came about . Reporter this deal had been going on for quite some time, underway for several years. Nbc news first reported on these negotiations earlier this year in february. This is the moment that their families have been waiting for, and were just actually getting a Written Statement now from President Biden just within the last few moments, he says, today five Innocent Americans who were imprisoned in iran are finally coming home. They will soon be reuniting with their loved one after enduring years of suffering. We are grateful to partners at home and abroad for their tireless efforts to help us achieve this ou
schools. the doors of ministries open, schools, clinics, all of that depends schools, clinics, all of that depends on the western donor assistance coming in to the government. but, in addition, ifthey government. but, in addition, iftheyare government. but, in addition, if they are not able to export their if they are not able to export their principal exports for example uranium which goes almost example uranium which goes almost entirely to france then again almost entirely to france then again they will see a cut off of their again they will see a cut off of their export earnings in a very of their export earnings in a very big of their export earnings in a very big way. the government is going very big way. the government is going to very big way. the government is going to see their earnings dry up going to see their earnings dry up very going to see their earnings dry up very quickly and if we cannot up very quickly and if we cannot continue to support citizen
very concerned about the proliferation of chinese, russian and iranian bots and misinformation. i always took the opportunity to remind them the ayatollah, who calls for death to israel and jews and everyone else is still on twitter. so, it was clearly something they made as a one-off decision for president trump but i don t think they will do it under musk, but why they previously allowed the dictators to be on twitter and the chinese communist party. their leaders are on twitter, citizens cannot get on twitter. steve: morgan, a headline in there, you were one of the trump administration officials who spoke to a social media about this disinformation. i had a call with them, plenty of us did, saying how can you allow dictators who don t allow their own people on twitter, how do you allow them to have unfetterred access to twitter and incite violence against jews and the state of israel. steve: so take those guys
in libya. the national criminal court wants him on charges of humanity. police arrested him on sunday while he was allegedly making a pipe bomb. authorities say he got bomb-making instructions from a website linked to al qaeda. those are the top stories. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i m andrew stevens. the top stories this monday, november 21st. it s a landslide victory for their political party. talks have collapsed between qantas unions. the dispute is in the hands of the empire. and with hours to go and no budget resolution in sight, u.s. lawmakers are e preparing for defeat. first up though, spain has voted a new prime minister in in the form of the popular party leader who is promising to get the nation back on track with measures to come. if that s giving comfort to span yards, it s not having the same eflkt on investors today. what defined is set to continue. let s have a loo