Hello, im Annita Mcveigh and welcome to verified live, three hours of checking out the news and the facts Behind the stories. The biggest Prisoner Exchange since the end of the Cold War is expected to take place in the coming hours Between russia and the west when as many as 2a Prisoners could Be freed. The biden administration says it has agreed to an exchange to secure the release of three american citizens imprisoned in russia, including Wall Streetjournal reporter Evan Gershkovich, marine veteran Paul Whelan, and Russian American Radio Journalist Alsu kurmasheva. And according to the german magazine der speigel, This plane on the tarmac in the turkish Capital Ankara is taking vadim krasikov, identified by germany as a colonel in the the russian fsb intelligence service, back to russia. Hes Been serving a Life Sentence in germany for the murder in 2019 in Berlin of a kremlin critic. With me is our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner. We have a numBer of correspondence lining Up To
Now on Bbc News the media show hello. The role of foreign reporter is one of the most glamorous injournalism. Some of our most memorable moments in the history of news came from those with their eyes and ears on the ground. But does that reporting now face an Existential Crisis . Like the rest of us, many international correspondents have spent the past year grounded at home. Audiences and newspaper editors have got used to a year of massively reduced foreign coverage. Within newsrooms, there is a greater emphasis on stringers to tell the story for us. So are these changes permanent . And what do we lose if our perspective no longer comes from one of our own . Well, i have a first Class Panel of guests with me to explore all of that and more. John simpson is the bbc s world Affairs Editor and a veteran of Foreign Reporting, covering almost every major War And Revolution for 50 years. Sebastian walker is the Washington Dc Bureau chief for Vice News and before that ran their Middle East
Record on wall street, as the Federal Reserve promises it wont raise Interest Rates in a hurry. Hello there. We start with the travel industry, its been expressing widespread frustration after the uk announced a framework for the safe reopening of travel. The British Government says it cant yet confirm whether foreign holidays currently banned will be allowed to resume in may. Its promised a Traffic Light System to categorise countries based on risk, but it is giving no hints about which countries will get the green light. And it is making all travellers pay for tests when departing and returning to the uk. The boss of easyjet says he fears its a return to the days when only the wealthy could afford to travel. Heres our transport correspondent, caroline davies. We may be dreaming of sunshine and summer getaways, would you pay around an extra £100 per person when coming back from your trip overseas . I person when coming back from your trip overseas . Your trip overseas . I think its v
And with one day to go until the worlds most famous horse race returns, well meet the jockey whos preparing to take on the sports elite in the Grand National, hoping to become the first female winner, and her horses trainer is her mum. Roll trainer is her mum. Up, all the fun of the fair. Good roll up, all the fun of the fair. Good morning from Blackpool Pleasure Beach, where they are preparing to reopen on Monday Morning for their 125th season, and somehow ive got the job of testing the rides. Good morning, some Colder Weather on the cards once again of the next few days. Some snow showers across scotland today, Patchy Rain Further south, ill be here all morning with all your weather details. Good morning. Its friday the 9th of april. Our top story plans to reopen International Travel for Holiday Makers from england have been unveiled with a requirement to pay for coronavirus tests. The government has stopped short of saying if foreign trips can resume next month, but has outlined a s