Signs on last supporting hong kongs human rights and made ongoing protests and in sport brazilian same flamingo and. City Club World Cup in qatar. Lifting the League Trophy just days after becoming south american champions. Hello iraq is stepping up its response to deadly mass protests across the country the army says its deploying commanders to provinces to restore order and setting up what it calls crisis cells to quell the unrests now the announcement comes as at least 14 people were killed in the early hours of thursday thats when Security Forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration and this followed a night of violence in the city of where irans consulate was set on fire to one is calling for firm. Action against protesters iraqs government has also condemned that attack but protesters accused iran of backing a government they are against and protests that began in october have left at least 350. 00 people dead demonstrators are demanding jobs Better Services and a complete ove
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Some are calling for a rescue plan. And after a after dime collapse has killed thousands in the eastern, in the eastern part of libya, the u. N. Warrens 2 more times in the country are under massive pressure and could crumble as well the unpopular phone in the us. Welcome to the program. We start with breaking news because a long awaited prisoner swap between around and the United States is under way. These are the latest pictures of the 5 g o u. S. Rainy and citizens arriving in doha in could tar after leaving to run their being exchanged 4 or 5 of radians held in the United States to iran. Agreed to release the prisoners, including c, a mac, m i z and a rainy and american businessman sentenced to prison for espionage. A charge his family reject around is getting access to 6000000000. 00. An oil revenue that was frozen by sized korea arrives, Foreign Ministry confirmed the money would be transferred to a bank account inc. Guitar, where the agreement allows it to be used for humanitari
Driver. Tribes in cigna for that im more coming up in the public phone really as welcome to the program. We start with breaking news because a long awaited prisoner swap between around and the United States is underway. 5 do us rainy and citizens have arrived and though hind katara after leaving t, ron, they are being exchanged for 5 or radians held in the United States to ryan agreed to release the prisoners including c amok. And im a z and a rainy, an american businessman sentence to prison for espionage, a charge his family rejects around is getting access to 6000000000. 00. An oil revenue that was frozen, bite sized korea. Irans Foreign Ministry confirmed the money would be transferred to a bank account in katara, where the agreement allows it to be used for 2 monetary and purposes. Lets get more on the story from dw special correspondent to abraham, who joins us now from washington, dc. And you go to c, u, so the 5 us citizens appear to have arrived in katara. What more can you te
Now as we know the Creative Industries are very strong in scotland at the moment when speaking to a known scottish artist general bottoms lets take a loop im privileged to be here with a fantastic scottish artist jetted barnes is going to talk us through some of the Amazing Paintings welcome to the alexandra general can i tell you first of all to this Amazing Painting youve done particularly the influence by the saltire paintings and also let us know who this lovely young lady well the girl is my granddaughter sophie opin children because theres less baggage when you pin a child an adult brings with the Life Experience so the child is a much more to listen to presentation the soldiers have been a more work for many many years and fight the saltire is my connection with alex that all to me was first minister he had one of my paintings the roman iron on the wall behind his desk i painted the sole tears initially because im scottish i was drawn to the flag of love the color of the shapes