Earlier, i spoke with the Executive Director of the center for human rights in iran, hadi ghaemi, about the prisoner swap, and what it means for both countries. Let mejust open let me just open first and foremost by saying how happy we are and congratulate the families and individuals s hostages that should never have beenin hostages that should never have been in this place and they were just been in this place and they werejust in been in this place and they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Regarding the deal, i would say that the proof is in the pudding. I have two concerns, one is that world are 6 billion really be used only for humanitarian trade and necessities that. Because this money really belongs to the iranian people, not the iranian government, and the iranian government, and the iranian people have risen up against this government for the past year, for sure, so we better make sure that if any money travels in the geography of that direction, it benefits the
Through the first line of russian defences. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to determine whether ukraine is making any significant process. Ukraines big Counter Offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russias defences to turn the tide of this war . Lets just remind ourselves. The Dark Red Area is the area occupied by Russian Forces. The purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. The russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles trenches, anti tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. The ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. You can see the hidden mines circled in red here. And theyre doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire, hence the slow progress to date. Theyre also having to find their way through obsta
Know where the americans are . Well, i think our viewers can know where the americans are . Well, i think our viewers can see know where the americans are . Ii i think our viewers can see just behind me a gate, an Emergency Gate leading to the tarmac. We are at the Old International airport in doha, a very ordinary place. 0nly Old International airport in doha, a very ordinary place. Only a few flights land here every day. But it will be the scene of an extraordinary political moment. A rare moment of cooperation between iran and the United States. This is where we are expecting possibly in the next few hours for five american prisoners who also hold iranian passports touched down in a Chartered Qatari Aircraft where they will be met on the tarmac by american and qatari officials, before finally going home to iran. We understand now that this morning, all going home to the United States. We understand that this morning, the last pieces were in place. The confirmation that 6 billion of
Professional sports is like, hes been around long enough to know, im sure hes had some disappointing moments throughout his career as well. As i say, we have had to do the same thing with harry as well but this time for him it was a good call. Thats how professional sport is, its not nice at times, its it can be amazing but not always. Rory mcilroy says europe will head to the ryder cup next week buoyed by the performances of the teams players at wentworth in the pga championship. Seven of luke donalds side finished in the top 10 including macilroy and Tyrell Hatton who finished tied for second the ryder cup gets under way in rome a week on friday. Although there wasnt a european winner, that was ryan fox from new zealand, the team look to be Peaking Atjust the right time. I personally feel like i struggled a little bit since the us open, the game just hadnt felt great, it was close last week in ireland. We miss the cut. It was three bad holes in ireland. They do come this week and pla
Winter level on record, according to satellite data. Hello. Lets get more now on the italian island of lampedusa. The European Commission president has laid out an Emergency Plan of action following the arrival of thousands of migrants. The italian Prime Minister says europes future is at stake. Earlier i spoke to giorgia linardi, from the migrant charity, sea watch. She described the Current Situation in lampedusa. The situation is peculiar because according to people on the island, this is the first time that we have really what we can call a record influx of people in such number of days. Something like this can be recalled from 2011 with the arab spring and the libyan crisis. Its peculiar that this arrival of people coincides with the discussion in the European Parliament last tuesday of the memorandum between tunisia and the eu. And we have news from tunisia about the tunisian authorities pushing migrants onto the coasts where they continue to depart from. So its a situation that