Hague. Rush are objects to view and course jurisdiction and a genocide case, bored by ukraine. The iran and the us have carried out a prison. This wolf is part of the castle and media to deal 5 american systems held entire on for several years on. Now, on the way back to the us was 5 iranians are also free offer the us to great to drop federal charges against them. But it was also see in the us on free 6000000000. 00 in iranian oil revenue. And one con hospital from dough ha. Up to 2 years of intense negotiations, a 2 hour flight from toronto has brought an end to an old deal for 5 imprisoned americans. The 2nd year, those negotiations will catch read mediators shuffling between hotels though. At no point, the american iranian parties meet face to face. The free to prisoners include us around and youll actually see about give us an image chucky as well as environment list. Were at the above. Theyve been accused of spying and held for several years and turnaround they were released as part of the prison. This wont deal that included 5 iranians also released from the us custody. The deal with carefully orchestrated and began with 6000000000. 00 of funds of frozen iranian oil money initially seized in south korea, being sent to switzerland and then to go. The rony and farm industry confirm that transaction would be the charge to the have on see in the framework of our active foreign policy. We have unlocked our frozen assets in south korea today. God willing, these funds will be in the hands of our government. And people, and this government will spend it accordingly to the needs of the people whose so it was a short walk from that plane to the terminal building. But its not quite over for them yet. Theyve been met by a sorry delegation. The business have been met to now by the us embassy and members of the state department. Theyll want to get them to the United States as quickly as possible, where theyll be given a medical evaluation and a security. The very thing, the full, the cast reimbursed to the, to the you and said that this was a good deal for a whole. It was the cost to the 2. 00 parties of the go to places are cuts out of that live just as the ending uh, as the fox uh uniforms up up to 2 years wouldnt be the different cut the offer shows, movies back and forth between the washington dc and the site out. Com is good for both kansas especially the people who are you know, having to, we envision of and they have time to this and is also good for our, the dont. Because the more we saw it for problem or problem solve the problem and as the more our visual become more stable, there was a visible sense of relief is afraid. Prisoners bowed at the flight out of terror on a monday. For cattle, this has been a successful outcome to a very difficult negotiation process. But this is far from over for the iranians and americans who remain at all over several issues, including iran speak to the Energy Program and issues such as that will require both sides to sit down and talk face to face iran, which is 0. The spring in our White House Correspondent now kimberly how kits and kimberly we have this extra estate on see if they can praising this deal, but not everybody that was happy with us. There are certainly critics in the United States. The believe that as a side holding ron, that this will in many ways allow for the further detention or in the future of other americans. Because what this does is shows that the United States is willing to pay a high price for americans to be returned back to the United States. But the warehouse is defending this deal saying, but what this is, is essentially making sure that those americans that had been detained, were able to come home, that the alternative could have been then spending the rest of their lives in prison. And so as a result, you as president a, is making no apology for this. They say that when it comes to this deal, not only are americans quite whole, but a ronnie is r as well. And also that the rod is going to be getting 6000000000. 00 in unfrozen funds, but this is money that already belong to the iranians. And that is in going to be having strict oversight. This is going to go to humanitarian purposes, is healthy iranian people with food, with medicine, medical devices, and even ask for cultural needs. And so there is no apology or the part of the white house. They say that they saw an opportunity for deal to bring americans home, and they seized it on concurrent to this. Kimberly, weve got the us announcing new sanctions tell us about those. And the message states that they bring yeah, as the message is, is very much a loud and clear why the matters is that this is, should be not mistaken for any change in relations between the United States. As a ron, this is still very much an adversarial relationship and just because there has been this exchange of prisoners, the United States does not see this has any sort of warming of relations in quite the contrary, the United States still sees iran is very much being a concern in terms of its nuclear program, this is not a jumpstart of the talks to reignite the j c p o way and bring the the 2 sides back together to try and get the deal re ignited if you will. I as there is certainly no uh yeah on the part. 8 of the 2 sides there certainly is no refreshing if you will in terms of feeling any better about its human rights record. In fact, just the opposite to ad friday. There were new sanctions and now so on the anniversary of the death of my meeting, the woman who was killed at the hands of arise morality, police that was on the part of the United States. Britain, australia in canada. And just today weve had 1st sanctions announced of for the one americans that did not come home along with these 5 americans. That is robert or bob levinson, who went missing in 2007. Its resume dead as of 2020 and the payments in iran. There is there sanctions against the former president. Ronnie, president must have now to do their job as well as intelligence officials because they simply the United States says do not know his whereabouts and say that his family deserves answers. So in terms of the relationship new sections being leveled because they say that a ron needs to be held accountable for that absence, that has still not been accounted for. Company. Ok, its very nice that from the white house, thanks very much. Can be my just allen, sorry, as spokesman for castles Foreign Ministry and advise it to the Prime Minister. Speaking to us from new york, he said its been a long time to bring the dale to fruition to you in the meetings in the visit to both the house and the b. C took place on behalf of the company officials. Nothing with that would be the 5 minutes the engine with at least the minister of the state, the number to facilitate this deal. I think there was a genuine need from all a genuine need from all parties to each this the disagreements. And that was a lot of effort on all the positives to each the agreement that had taken place, states and the army. And then to also have that i in the into, has to be headed over to the i mean side and to return to their home countries as the as possible. So they disagree with the code will start with the equivalent of change. But had the also included in it the uh, the human humanitarian, financial channel, and then into a how that was affinity. Who might take and needs to be. I mean, people, i thought has had a lot of success when it comes to mediation in the counseling. The case that the part of it is not the prototype id like to mediate between the 2nd party, but especially between 18 and on. And the not to say theres been a lot to pop up. I forgot that in the many stages of the talks between the 2 sides because i had facilitated in director and to have that before then has the sort of a bid exchange of the ideas on that that is still fixed on this topic. Especially i think the truck that has been built to look up out of the relationship. Do you think youre going to ship with the United States as it was it . The united imaging, non nature allied by the United States fairly simply and look into that and ship with add the public of that young on back at the topics has made come back to be a very suitable mediation on the on this. And you have hopefully back to it with shell be all. Ready upset our. Busy in the media, things with the suicide got hopeful that the agreement will have a uh, you know, a pushing checked in for editing a lot of the comprehensive. Again, its on the about 2 issues between the 2 types. As a demonstration has been held in libya as eastern said he of done a one week off to devastating floods, killed thousands of people protest as, according on the Public Prosecutor to speed up the investigation into how 2 times above the city collapsed and heavy rains. Officials are blamed for not maintaining them properly, many in the crowd called for National Unity of the use of division. As the 1st of all, and we pray that all the monitors will rest in peace. And i hope this is the end of all catastrophes. We just ask that if there will be any rebuilding efforts that no Libyan Company be ever involved. This is because everyone in, during the, from the head of the municipality to all the officials are corrupt during rush. Either be left as it is or a food company should be involved. Rescue work is in done a struggling to identify decomposing bodies. At least 10000 people are still missing in the city that will grow and concerns about the spread of disease of monic train of reports from aaa. Its been over a week since thousands of people were killed when to dams burst and sent a wall of water in mud crashing through the eastern city of deadman. The search for bodies goes on, thousands of people are missing and feared that many bodies are so decomposed that identifying them is proving difficult. A disturbing for search and rescue teams. The tea then so leaving much some of the libyan when i put on the bodies, i swear i cried. I can handle it, but it is called swell. So you have to hold up and put out the body. There was a body that was cut into 2 parts stride before us. There was nothing to do but to point out the bodies. What can you do with so many people on accounted for, and so many presumed dead. The threat of disease increases by the day some survivors have returned to what remains of their homes and are overcome with grief. Is if we found dead bodies of neighbors, friends, and loved ones, i cannot explain of this. Libya has been a deeply divided country for years. So nations centers like this one in trip we have been set up across the country. Volunteers are crossing front lines, ignoring byways, and political unrest that have existed for years in order to help those in need in the east. Many survivors want to know how this disaster happened and who might be responsible for the system. And i have a small family of 6 from my extended family that im more than 48 people missed. God will punish the people who were supposed to take care of down. The un says that more than 40000 people have been forced to flee their homes. Unless i promote or site or carefully i can pay, it was like a dream and that we cant comprehend. We just kind of comprehend it to get help from abroad, continues to arrive. What so far . International and living official say is just not enough. Latrina oh, to 0 tripoli. So the head hair on out to sara, was on the moroccan government setting up makes up Close Friends in some areas west affected by the off quake. And well leaders gather for the Un General Assembly with Climate Crisis on the wall in ukraine topping agenda. The had a lot of this very Stormy Weather has swept into your knocking down temperatures. Im bringing some funding down, pulls and very wet weather to the likes of spain fronds and the u. K. Weve seen some flooding from that heavy rain and as you can see on tuesday, theres more to come. But weve also got some Wind Warnings out for the island of island, particularly coastal areas, seeing those very gusty conditions and some of those sweeping across into central parts. Germany have got some red warnings out for wind as well on choose day the west. So whether im on several conditions plaguing more northern areas, well see that heavy rain roll across scandinavia and also a line of heavy showers across the bolts estate. Stretching down into the balkans, we are expecting some sundry conditions in places here. And it is a set to gets cooler, the west of the rain on wednesday, affecting eastern areas of spain. We could see some flooding from that and the unsettled conditions continue around the belly, eric islands, but still a story of hits in the very south. Well see things cool down in places, certainly across the spain as we go into wedding stay, but the southern pots of it to be what was still clinging onto the heat here, below most seeing the temperature well above the average through to thursday, the, the, the, [000 00 00;00] the the again, you are watching out, is there a heads reminder about top stories . This our a demonstration is being held in libyas eastern city of done one week of the devastating floods killed thousands of people. Protest as, according on the public, prosecute as speed up the investigation into how 2 times above the city collapsed and the heavy rains. Officials are blamed for not properly maintaining them around on the us of terry down to christmas 12th, as part of the castle mediation deal. 5 american citizens held in town for several years. And now on the way back to the us was find a ronnie ins are also free on us a great to drop federal charges against them which are against is im a lawyer representing the family of smack them as a one of the iranian american prisons. Now on his way back to the United States and he joins us via skype from geneva jar, this is a good day for you for us to ask for the monte. Finally, did you ever expect to see him walk free as well . You dont get involved in this work is human rights lawyer if you think the answer to that question is no, we have to make the impossible possible. And so i know it would come to the question was, you know, when, whether it would be soon enough for the family to actually be reunited. Its worth remembering that youll see maximizing himself as a hostage now for almost 8 years until literally today. But his father was a hostage for about 5 years at that same period of time as well. And so what the family has been through is just absolutely horrific. And now, the mom, a wife having a mazda, and see like the mazda youre on a plane to the United States, where they will meet the brothers, the mac, the mazda, and the, and the father of all her demising. And his family will finally be together for the 1st time and more than 9 years. And they just so using the word hostage rather than the word prism which of course, the iranians use. Tell us why that as well. Theres an interesting commentary on hostage taking the defined to hostage as a person whos being detained for something of value, whether it be money or a policy concession. And a ron just today was given 6000000000. 00 of its own money back in order to secure the release. So this is a textbook definition of a hostage. How difficult has it been to represent somebody who has been held prisoner has been held hostage in a country like a wrong . It was interesting. I mean its, you know, obviously its very, very hard to go up against. Ron around doesnt exactly have a fabulous human rights. Right. Or not just the gosh to obviously uh, you know, foreign nationals detained in the country. But obviously in terms of its own people, it has a long history of gross human rights abuses committed against uh, against women, against religious minorities, against political activists and so forth. So its a very, very tough road. But frankly, you know, when it comes with us around a relationship with going back to 1979 has been an exceptionally difficult one. Its often very hard to get the United States to be able to come to the table. So across especially across different um president ial ministrations that have very, very different policies. And so, you know, any family in this circumstance has to fight actually both sides in order to get them to come to the table the same time. And thats that theyre the most difficult part of the job. And did you have any access to sound like when he was in the prison . The 1st 2 years he was detained, mostly incommunicado, held by the iran, ryan revolution and guard corps, and subjected to daily derogation and torture. After he and his father both convicted and given tenure sentences for so called collaborating with a hospital state with a reference to the United States of america. Um, you know, see a mac was, was sent to the general board of in prison where he mixed with other 4 nationals who have been convicted as well as a, ronnie, unplug the prisoners. And so over the last, about 6 years, we have had regular access to him. Hes been able to make phone calls from the prison funds and, and ive spent many years getting to know him and, and obviously working in test it with a family on the outside for a friend, get his father out before he died and ultimate, the, to get him out as well. And how would you describe him as a pass and having been through this whole deal as well. I mean hes a, as a man of extraordinary strength and endurance. He never lost hope. Obviously not every day was that way. But i think one of the things that really, really inspired him and one of the things that he will look forward to speaking out about now, what she could never before is how much um, how much she has learned a been inspired by the level preference of iran with whom he was imprisoned for some 6 years. You know, he also was devastated by the death of boss on meeting her murder by the running regime. And of course would have loved to have spoken out about it. But thats not something thats when you get away with an open prism. So um, you know, i expect hell speak his mind about these issues in the, in the near future. And you know, i think ultimately hes, you know, he has family are gonna need some time to be with each other. Hes going to be in the hospital at least for several days to get evaluated and see what other kind of