Nick spicer welcome to the program the Ukrainian Government and russian backed separatists have completed a major Prisoner Exchange among those released captives held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the swap follows an agreement russia and ukraine reached earlier this month in talks brokered by germany and france. Home for the new year dozens of joyful reunion splayed out on the quay of airports tamaki many of the captives hadnt same friends or family for years on hand a visibly moved president flow to me is a lengthy hey great to the exchange during talks with Russias Vladimir Putin earlier this month. As we deliver on our promises to each so these people will celebrate new year with their loved ones with their parents and children at home just each night. And this is the moment prisoners were frayed earlier on sunday russian backed separatists late ukrainian prisoners go at a checkpoint in the countrys aist the men were lined up to be collected by the red cross for
Shortage of luxury in the french capital posh boutiques and hotels are abound and its images like these that have made paris beloved the world over but what we rarely see are the parisians whose lives are far removed from this glittering fairy tale the gap between the haves and have nots is growing bigger and not far from the shiny facades live the homeless or close as they are known there they can be seen sleeping in entrances or over subway shafts to protect themselves from the cold the homeless are visible yet invisible and some koreans choose to ignore their existence but for those living rough like. Having a voice is important so hes using social media to bring awareness to homelessness. Knows what it means to lead an insecure unstructured life he spent more than 3 years hanging out with this group of Homeless People at the plus center in paris. He used to have a well paying job as a semi yeah but after his wife left him he started drinking and when he could no longer pay the rent
Shoot him dead. Bad remembering the victims of the holocaust one stumbling stone at a time we take a look at a german artist who morial project down is still not dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the individuals killed by the nazis. Our brian thomas great to have you with us a back with family and friends ukrainian and russian backed separatists prisoners were reunited with their loved ones after an exchange between the 2 sides now among those released captives who have been in prison since hostilities broke out in 2014 the swap follows an agreement between russia and ukraine brokered by germany and france. Home for the new year. Dozens of joyful reunions played out on the key of airports tama many of the captives hadnt same friends or family for years on hand a visibly moved president flown to me is a lens he great to the exchange during talks with the russians fled he made putin earlier this month. Where. We deliver on our promises that some of these people will celebrate new
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And Helena Humphrey glad you could join me in australia a new heat wave is igniting more bushfires increasing the toll the blazes are taking across the country now 100000 people have been urged to flee 5 melbourne suburbs as flames are encroaching on the victoria state capital a volunteer firefighter has been killed battling a separate far in the countryside the 10th victim of the blazes now the high level foreigner has led to the council ation of hundreds of firework displays for the new year. If theres one thing thats considered a given that the in the fee cheer its the images from across the world are flashy new years celebrations and there is pride in being the ones to kick off the yearly affair. And you know a new story of the world looks at city. Every single were and i look at our vibrancy by look at our passion to look at our success. But for the last 3 months australia has been battling some of the worst bushfires in decades the blazes are predicted to peak on new years eve de