Under ukrainian law and verified by the ois see and also to give a special status to this areas and ukrainians should gain again the control of their own border with russia something they dont have since 2014 and this is exactly the point where kiev and moscow disagree here says 1st we want to have control over our border and then well have the elections in the russian backed separatists area and that moscow is saying but in the minsk agreements your president signed the previous one you agreed to have 1st elections and then the process of taking over to control over the border can start so it is clear that the process ahead is very complicated very tricky and after all in 2017 when we saw the last exchange of prisoners this was exactly the point where previous president stop new one like him is a lansky shows more willingness to cooperate and some in ukraine say that hes a bit too willing and are accusing him every now and then that he might be giving in to russia. We have headlines a
Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. A warning this report from phil mercer in sydney contains flashing images. Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clov
Children, who drowned in a spanish resorts Swimming Pool say they are devastated by the news. Restoration work on big ben will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. The mayor of sydney says the city s famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. tx more than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. Tens of thousands of people in the australian state of victoria have been told to evacuate amid worsening bushfire conditions. Officials are warning that temperatures of over a0 celsius, combined with strong winds, thunderstorms and a change of wind direction mean that the danger of fires will be particularly high tomorrow, with some areas facing a catastrophic risk. A warning
Says a stabbing attack at a rabbis house is evidence of a cancer in american politics. And the show goes on in france but beyond going nationwide strike has emptied see a tourist and decimated take it saying its. Ukraines government and pro russian separatists in the east of the country have completed a full swap of prisoners from the 5 year conflict 200. 00 fighters from both sides were exchanged in whats being seen as a sign that there could be a resolution to the ongoing war this latest Prisoner Exchange follows talks between the leaders of ukraine and russia a few weeks ago in paris and my heywood reports. For many this was a Long Time Coming ukrainian prisoners finally free to leave the territory they fought to keep but still controlled by pro russian separatists security was tight as a Prisoner Exchange began in Eastern Ukraine some had arrived at the checkpoint in heavily fortified bare coals the identities checked and checked again but the men disbelieve them relief that it was
A stabbing attack at a rabbis house was an act of domestic terrorism and residents and holiday makers in australias victoria state are told to evacuate amid warnings that monday would be a day of extreme danger. Welcome to the program the u. S. Military has carried out what its calling defensive air strikes in iraq and syria against a Militia Group they come 2 days after an american civilian contractor was killed in a rocket attack on an Iraqi Military base 3 locations were hit in iraq reported to include al qaeda which is on the border with syria sources say that at least 10 fighters were killed and 35. 00 people injured at the target was a shia group called the law which is part of the Popular Mobilization forces that helped to the Iraqi Government. Fight eisel it is not affiliated with the Lebanese Group hezbollah well the pentagon has accused the group of being allied with iran in a statement it says. Has a strong linkage with irans could force and has repeatedly received lethal ai