A large scale present swap in the war torn east of ukraine that took place near the city of horror vicot which is mainly controlled by separatists exchange is said to be the biggest since the conflict began twenty fourteen several ukrainian president has have been speaking about their release. Im very happy that im going back to ukraine and i thank everyone for the work thats been done to be able to help me see my loved ones again. Spent a year and a half in a cell one by one and a half meters without anything no deliveries nothing they treated us as if we were dogs rory chalons has more from moscow. Well both sides are now confirms that this prisoner swap has concluded with people being handed in both directions across the front lines in Eastern Ukraine the numbers that actually did scruffs the lines a bit different from the earlier advertize figures of three hundred six people going from kiev territory back to the east and seventy four people going from the eastern regions back into
Race is attributed mainly to his support base within the countrys youth walk up to six the percent of the population who grew up in want to be a slums on his success against all appeals to many in what is one of the worlds poorest countries and attack on a shia Cultural Center in the Afghan Capital has killed at least forty one people and injured more than eighty others people had gathered there at that center to mark russias invasion of afghanistan in one nine hundred seventy nine the site is also home to the newsagency afghan voice i saw has claimed responsibility for that attack demonstrators have returned to the streets of paris capital leymah to protest against the pardon granted to former president of puerto rican morning on sunday the decision by a battle president has publications he has prompted his culture minister to resign as shall the silver reports its also drawing international condemnation. Peru is being forced to revisit a painful a not so distant past the president ia
Country peter shop has the latest i heard day in a row there out on the streets to government protesters most of them students fighting with Riot Police Outside Tehran University but what began as a protest about rising food prices and welfare benefit cuts turned political on saturday they chanted not gaza not lebanon my life around here. I dont be afraid were standing strong together. Especially angry about claims the government is focusing more on regional issues the economic problems at home. People ring in t. V. Showed a display of strength by crowds of progovernment supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support irans Supreme Leader ali khamenei letter that people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. The progovernment rallies were preplanned to mark the anniversary of the
Rebel held suburb of ghouta as fighters announced that forming a new united front. Im happy new year fiftys across the world go fireworks crazy as they ring in twenty eighteen. Month on how most with all the sports news including Manchester Citys record winning streak in the English Premier League finally ends after eighteen games. Were getting reports that protesters on the back on the streets of iran for a fourth day the Reuters News Agency says police have fired Water Cannons on demonstrators gathering in central tehran protests have also been reported in two cities in the countrys west. Irans government has one protest as a crackdown if they continued but the first Public Comments from president has on rouhani appear to be conciliatory he says protesting is the right of the people but it should not only to violent speech a shop reports. This video of protest posted on social media has been blocked by the rain and government the ban follows a nationwide demonstration since thursday
Florence and away she is live for us in the south korean capital a defiant kim flaws what else did he say. Well there was a lot of emphasis on the economy and really this shouldnt come as a surprise since two thousand and thirteen kim jong un has said his country would develop the parallel pursuits of pursuing Nuclear Weapons technology as well as developing the economy now he also said the country would need to be more selfreliant and independent when it came to the economy perhaps an indication that several rounds of un sanctions Un Security Council sanctions are beginning to bite you also refer to the sanctions as having been viciously put in place by the us but it is of course new north Koreas Nuclear ambitions that the whole world is most concerned about and on that front north Korean Leader kim jong un used his new years day address to call for the mass production of Nuclear Warheads and missiles as well as their deployment in the field now he also reiterated the claim that north