prisoner exchange like this is greeted here in ukraine but then there has to be built upon president selenski met with his russian counterpart. hootin in paris earlier this month. the talks did not provide the breakthrough but it did they did agree on this prisoner exchange and now the question is what are they going to do to move beyond this whether they can actually bring a cease fire a full cease fire to the east because fighting as we've heard it continues and then eventually can there be a full out agreement which would bring the war to a complete and yeah you mentioned the fighting and the tear filled scenes on the tarmac there that you went witness can you tell us something about the prisoners where they all combatants. no in fact there were combatants as well as civilians there were 2 journalists who had been taken as well it was a mixed group as well as the people who greeted them there are all types loved ones and family there was it was over 70 people who were returned here and in for the people who were sent back to the rebel controlled territory was more than 120 among those were

so their idea is that selenski is in you you know he may drowns or germany will help him that's the point there is no deep state there was open pressure at one zelinsky to basically bury that means could remits because that means going to stay until you really do you know one of the biggest loser is in the ukraine absolutely. you know it was and you're hearing all my good news it's new to go again they're looking for a new head to lower it always the same thing over and over again no matter what the golf like this it's a new ok alex ukraine has the most to lose if nothing happens here the europeans over the last month or so have said to the ukrainians get your energy policy in order because they're tired of. subsidizing and in and europe pass to work on its own energy security we in respect of what people say nord stream to is going to come into effect in the ukrainians know it and it's their fault their fault that russia made that decision and germany and others have agreed to it go ahead alex you know that's right can i just say that we've also had it all reals and articles in the briti

where they said all where he was he was pressuring selenski and i think the president realized of course that nothing improper had been said and he just made a decision ok this is against our policy against white house policy but i'm going to release it and and i've read the transcript there's absolutely nothing improper in it now. when if you if you begin to do this with with one leader and then another. then at a certain point it becomes very difficult to to converse incompetence with world leaders and sometimes you need to be very direct and you may need to say things that might not. be well in the press and so. i i understand why the state department is reluctant to release the conversation but at the same time. president putin is saying look there was nothing improper that was said i'm quite confident that that is the case but i would be surprised if those transcripts are actually released it seems much of the time spent discussing this solemn and control do you think that is likely going to be any kind of breakthrough. you know i was really hoping that there were and president puti

mayors a lenski back in july the allegations made the allegation made here is that trump pressured selenski and ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election campaign of the united states not number 2 the 2nd article of impeachment made is obstruction of congress interesting lee that they'd spec to right after the inquiry began and essentially that president trump instructed the white house to not cooperate with the inquiry he instructed his aides to withhold documents and even prevented them to testify on capitol hill and that could have been another a 3rd article of impeachment by the democrats really decided to focus on ukraine as they were afraid that they could weaken their case if they extend that impeachment inquiry in the articles here and we knew that the democrats in the u.s. house they're convinced that the president will be impeached and should be removed from office has there been reaction today from the u.s. president. well absolutely and president trump took to twitter in his usual fashion and he called the allegation ridiculous he also pointed out that the ukrainian side to conf

well there is a good sign here that now selenski and put in are having their very 1st meeting had to have face to face the leaders hadn't met before they were on the phone of a couple of times and there has been quite some debate about the differences especially the difference in experience between the 2 leaders of course put in is an experienced negotiator and zelinsky is just become the president of ukraine so there's a lot of concern that he might be forced into some kind of concessions and that concern has been. going on on the street in the care of during some some very busy protests in the last couple of weeks but selenski has sort of downplayed also the expectations here in paris he said that he's already happy if there's a fuse a few things that come out of it a major breakthrough he isn't really expecting here but a lot of course is at stake not only for zelinsky who has promised to make an end to this ongoing war in ukraine 5 years already more than 13000 that but also for europe who has seen a paralyzed relationship with russia since the conflict started and they want to g

prisoner exchange like this is greeted here in ukraine but then there has to be built upon president selenski met with his russian counterpart. in paris earlier this month. the talks did not provide the breakthrough but it did they did agree on this prisoner exchange and now the question is what are they going to do to move beyond this whether they can actually bring a ceasefire a full ceasefire to the east because fighting as we've heard it continues and then eventually can there be a full out agreement which would bring the war to a complete and yeah you mentioned the fighting and the tear filled scenes on the tarmac there that you went witness can you tell us something about the prisoners were they all combatants. no in fact there were combatants as well as civilians there were 2 journalists who had been taken as well it was a mixed group as well as the people who greeted them there are all types of loved ones and family there was it was over 70 people who were returned here and and for the people who were sent back to the rebel controlled territory it was more than 120 among those though

him domestic only the anti russian pro-war lobby is still very strong and that any baby steps that selenski could pick. towards russia could lead to some serious political damage for him as a whole common conclusions being made by the normandy quartet that say that the russian and ukrainian sides will remain interested in trying to find ways to somehow reach a compromise when it comes to the most difficult elements of the minsk agreement that i've mentioned and also most importantly there will be another summit of the normandy quiet. for months so the contacts on the most high profile level between berlin paris kiev and moscow will continue. we have from george hw army a senior research fellow at the global policy institute he says the some issues will remain unresolved through the pressure that if the ukrainian president faces at home isn't good steps the ceasefire the creation of these 3 disengagement areas the increase in the humanitarian crossing points the prisoner exchanges i think they're all going to come up well and they're all good things getting means well but he has a lot of pol

alternative to them it's because simple as that and i've been alarmed by this statement by president selenski. we have but either of to he left paris. he. could have revised it started revision you know we could. and look sure it was completely. but this is. a special state of the us. now with that it has to be year we have a good deal in the constitution of the centerpiece of the misc. that's has been extended for a year but. we have said multiple times to me and other members of the normative for group that it has to be a permanent fixture it has to be embedded in the constitution go. neither the previous administration nor the existing and we want to do that you cannot avoid it . and 2nd you need direct dialogue with the donbass there's no dialogue they said there would be changes related to decentralization that's good but we would instead of the courts would be instead. of the special status. of the. well according to the minsk accords if anything has to do with the those 2 regions you have to get approval from those 2 regions there's been no request to get that approval. now in the futu

selenski now let me just break down why the number one politicians from 4 countries are holding talks and that building i'll tell you what technically the bloody conflict between the breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been solved but there's one important remark it's been solved on paper now this step by step plan that several years ago was hammered out by the leaders of ukraine russia france and germany it's called the minsk agreements and i can tell you that for all these years from east to west from all kinds of politicians we've been hearing that this plan is the only way to go to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reason the alternative no plan b. exists. in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the states of their own bias. i agree with the chancellor i've also said there is no other alternative to the implementation of all minsk agreements with help of the l.s.e. you however if we look at what's really been happening on the ground i

so-called normandy group last met to discuss ways to end the fighting more than 3 years ago but president selenski is optimistic he can bring peace to eastern ukraine but his critics see him as a political novice and fear he might give away too much in his quest for peace as opponents up in protesting heads off the paris meeting. well speaking during an appearance on ukrainian television this is what sloane ski have to say on his expectations from the summit. but do you have portable one of all these i want to return with concrete things and concrete results but we understand not everything will be achieved the meeting itself is already a victory because as you see it we unlock the dialogue that hasn't existed since 2016 and it means there was no opportunity to talk about the end of the war this is what i expect what i'm looking for and what i want to find so much let's take a course a look at how we got here it's all began in 2013 when then president viktor yushchenko which rejected a trade deal with the e.u. and accepted a bailout from moscow that led to 3 months of protests and his eventual rem

one talks for the 1st time since the outbreak of the civil war in ukraine but ukraine's will dimmers selenski could find himself trapped many experts are saying that he is already in a trap because on the one hand he was elected by a vast majority of the ukrainians on promises to bring peace to the country on the other hand any baby steps that he can potentially make towards russia any kind of compromise could cause serious political damage for him back home if not. room success of his political party yes he does have a new government but it's still a question of whether that could lead to a revival of the peace process now what's in it for france and germany and manual macron wants to cement his role as a senior peace broker between the east and west decent ties with russia when it comes to angola merkel of course she's more busy reforming her party back home she's more busy with domestic issues but again the minsk agreement was her brainchild so far her even though soon she'll be out of big politics it is a matter of christie's to revive the peace process now when it comes to moscow it seem

so-called normandy group last met to discuss ways to end the fighting more than 3 years ago but president selenski is optimistic he can bring peace to eastern ukraine but his critics see him as a political novice and fear he might give away too much in his quest for peace as opponents up in protesting heads off the paris meeting. well speaking during an appearance on ukrainian television this is what's lewinsky have to say on his expectations from the summits but do you know what's above all this i want to return with concrete things and concrete results but we understand not everything will be achieved the meeting itself is already a victory because as you see it we unlock the dialogue that hasn't existed since 2016 and it means there was no opportunity to talk about the end of the war this is what i expect what i'm looking for and what i want to find so much let's take a course a look at how we got here it's all began in 2013 when then president viktor yushchenko which rejected a trade deal with the e.u. and accepted a bailout from moscow that led to 3 months of protests and his eventual removal

what are your impressions about the one on one meeting between president putin and president selenski of ukraine. is it possible that the. key to the crisis. is not only in the hands of moscow and key but also washington maybe washington should join the normandy force you have what do you think the moment the atmosphere of the meeting of the normal before and the atmosphere of the meeting between putting as there was constructive and i would say so you move assurance of there was a lot of respect towards each other and your battery was very pragmatic there was no one to put any ideology forward to do with and obscure the problems in the ukraine there was some ideological biases i sample that you should that ukraine do deal with that it was a very pragmatic discussion there were no loud statements made for the sake of making statements when everyone was ready to see what she practical solutions that it was clear that both the russian president ukrainian presidents were ready to seek solutions to their problems as for the capitalists who helped to move forward on their way of solving th

so-called normandy group last met to discuss ways to end the fighting more than 3 years ago but president selenski is optimistic he can bring peace to eastern ukraine but his critics see him as a political novice and fear he might give away too much in his quest for peace as opponents up in protesting heads off the paris meeting. well speaking during an appearance on ukrainian television this is what sloan ski have to say on his expectations from the summit. but do you have thoughts about what of all this i want to return with concrete things and concrete results but we understand not everything will be achieved the meeting itself is already a victory because as you see it we unlock the dialogue that hasn't existed since 2016 and it means there was no opportunity to talk about the end of the war this is what i expect what i'm looking for and what i want to find so much let's take a course a look at how we got here it's all began in 2013 when then president viktor yushchenko which rejected a trade deal with the e.u. and accepted a bailout from moscow that led to 3 months of protests and his eventua

selenski now let me just break down why the number one politicians from 4 countries are holding talks and that building i'll tell you what technically the bloody conflict between the breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been solved but there's one important remark it's been solved on paper now this step by step plan that several years ago was hammered out by the leaders of ukraine russia france and germany it's called the minsk agreements and i can tell you that for all these years from east to west from all kinds of politicians we've been hearing that this plan is the only way to go to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reasonable alternative no plan b. . exists in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the states. i agree with the chancellor i've also said there is no other alternative to the implementation of the 6 agreements with help of the n.i.c.u. . however if we look at what's really been happening on the ground in reality pretty much

speculation about whether they shook hands or not no confirmation of that at the press conference you had selenski opposite ends of the table with merkel and mccall between them and very different accounts from the 2 presidents of what they saw to be the conclusion of this meeting so lots of space between them there but as i said an agreement to disagree and to keep talking and if that is something that we didn't see and the previous administration make one of the big takeaways going forward can we expect to see more momentum in this drive to bring peace to eastern ukraine. well the leaders have put pressure on they say they will meet in the next 4 months at the level of the president and again that puts pressure on everyone further down the hierarchy to really deliver on these promises to deliver on the ceasefire. and i think that will really and they will some progress of all this time the bigger issue of russia and its relations with its neighborhood with ukraine which it sees as part of its backyard and somewhere where it has a right to influence that is not going away that problem has effecti

but all schenkel but then all the things stopped as happened in 2017 so there is some hope of that selenski will manage to go furder then. call data but there is a really a very challenging things laying ahead and that is to have the elections in the separatist area by do you crania under the ukrainian law verified by the ois c e and also to take hold the control over the border between europe and russia and ukraine and this is exactly where they disagree because ukraine wants 1st to have the control over its own border and then to have the elections and russia saying no 1st elections because this is what ukraine signed in 2015 in minsk a so how it is going to go from this point is yet to be seen ok thank you alexandra good lord in moscow just to build on what alexander was saying these ties between ukraine and russia broke down after that 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president moscow went on to an extreme media and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine in these 5 years we're talking 13000 people at least have been. killed in the fighting the latest prisone

end the 5 year conflict there it was one of a number of steps agreed by ukrainian president lot of selenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin at a meeting brokered by french and german leaders. never get you can get all the latest news and information on the go just download from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as. pushed out of keisha shredded breaking news also used a d.w.i. to send us photos and videos. are watching d.w. news live from berlin coming up next close up this time focusing on climate change and how many people are just ignoring it i'm sorry martin stay with us so i'll be back talking next hour. to. save the planet not mine john couey porter davi john shand says it's strange we have to do something. the climate crisis is threatening our very existence. many germans would agree but are they prepared to change their habits. and humanity the same. close up next on. news coalition government made up of the christian democrats and social democrats has been in constant crisis from the start.

it's of course a very real war every week people are still dying they're mostly soldiers so president selenski has promised peace european leaders michael and michael also want peace because this war has really seriously affected their relationship with russia also the trade relationship with russia and it seems president putin also want an end to this war because in russia it's a lot less popular than 5 years ago when this war started but president putin is known to be a very tough negotiator and of course he's much more experienced than zelinsky who is a new kid on the block he was a comedian before he became the president in june so it's going to be very tough very tough day here for an unskilled to get what you want to use on a lot of pressure in ukraine not to sell as people are accusing him sell the country to russia to surrender to russia so it's going to be a difficult and tough negotiation here for him and what deal is on the table then and at the moment what and what are the expectations. well the deal on the table is the minsk agreement in 2015 and recently it isn't not a version of

of talks has been in hiatus for over 3 years now but president putin and ukraine's leader vladimir selenski both describe the new meeting as positive. is there a thaw in our relations i think yes of course we have discussed a broad range of issues and made progress on many of them all of that gives grounds to believe that the process is moving in the right direction to do. so. with regards to our peace efforts we have met and i think it's a great step towards peace the meeting was long and difficult but the mood of the meeting was positive. in a written statement all parties committed to a comprehensive cease fire by the end of this year and a complete all for all prisoner swap as well they also pledged to withdraw troops from certain conflict zones before april next year and also to ensure that those areas would be mined. all for me this sunday the 15th of december thanks for watching you know nails got your next edition of the weekly after a little insight into how the web big hitters are keeping tabs on your surfing perhaps tearing your behavior a little more than you might think it's ne

one take which is very soon and during the press conference blatter mehr selenski was absolutely right that he was delighted that this was made possible. because we've always been talking about it in minsk. as a part of 3 thought a discussion group and everything was followed but now this matter is on the high level. i think that. is going to be known as soul from both parties before the end of the year or. disengagement efforts along the front line are supposed to continue demining efforts as well and also the citizens of ukraine will get a chance to cross the front line at many more crossing points then they can use at this point paragraph 2 does say that the russian and ukrainian sides will remain interested in trying to find ways to somehow reach a compromise when it comes to these most difficult elements of the minsk agreement that i mentioned and also most importantly paragraph 3 says that there will be another summit of the normandy quartet in 4 months so the contacts on the most high profile level between berlin paris kiev and moscow will continue. along this we spoke to george

another get together of the normandy force that is emmanuel macron anglo merkel lot of our pool and selenski so a lot of ground cover during the 6 hours negotiation thanks for breaking down those main points for us in paris. well you're all stratas former foreign minister told us the summit is an important move in the right direction. any decision that you take on the level of foreign policy in particular when it's such a delicate issue it always has. the mastic implication that that's very evident in particular in that case so i do wish old those old all the very best to be able to start something and then to wait for the dynamic that it can evolve but from what we have seen been seen over the last few months we already can detect some sort of the dynamic that's not that's not anymore the complete statement that have been movements on the military level the exchange of. people who are detained so something is going on and what i have always said what is very important in diplomacy is that certain things happen. indescretion the. don't have to be discussed on a daily level in public it's imp

selenski now let me just break down why the number one politicians from 4 countries are holding talks in that building i'll tell you what technically the bloody conflict between the breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been solved but there's one important remark it's been solved on paper now this step by step plan that several years ago was hammered. out by the leaders of ukraine russia france and germany it's called the minsk agreements and i can tell you that for all these years from east to west from all kinds of politicians we've been hearing that this plan is the only way to go to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reason the alternative no plan b. exists in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to make painful compromises regarding the states of their own bias. i agree with the chancellor i've also said there is no other alternative to the implementation of all minsk agreements with help of the l.s.e. you however if we look at what's really been happening on the ground in

yes it's not only ukrainian president selenski was very keen to bring peace to ukraine it's also the european leaders because of course since the war started in 2014 there's been a big a big gap a problem of course between russia and europe a sanctions have been put in place trade has been decreased of course because of it and the european leaders merkel and them across want what they call a sort of normalization of relationship with russia and that's something that a lot of people in ukraine are worried about because that could mean that selenski is under so much pressure to compromise and go home maybe tomorrow or tonight more empty handed then that he would wish for 7 thank you very much indeed 5 people have been killed and 8 others are missing after a whole kind of corruption off new zealand's eastern coast from his. new zealanders as well as tourists from australia the u.s. u.k. china and malaysia are among those affected for a challenge as will. pick small you can rise as thousands of meters into the abyss the white island volcano also known by its indigenous maori name for a c

conflict there it was one of the number and number of steps agreed by ukrainian president a lot of new selenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin at their 1st face to face meeting brokered by the french and german leaders the meeting in paris left many issues on result the leaders made separate announcements after their closed door talks there's still. the meeting was long and difficult but the mood was rather positive that's the truth and i really want to emphasize that point. we will continue the discussions in 4 months and see the results of what we've achieved. this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions. our correspondent nick conley is in paris and he's been covering those talks nic the russian and ukrainian leaders have agreed to a prisoner swap i understand and they say they'll implement the cease fire now but how much progress was actually made on ending the conflict in eastern ukraine. well good morning terry i think if they managed to converge on those promises alone that already will be a big step afte

speculation about whether they shook hands or not no confirmation of that at the press conference you had selenski and opposite ends of the table with merkel and mccall between them and very different accounts from the 2 presidents of what they saw to be the conclusion of this meeting so lots of space between them there but as i said an agreement to disagree and to keep talking and that is something that we didn't see on the previous administration q one of the big takeaways going forward can we expect to see more momentum in this drive to bring peace to eastern ukraine. well the leaders have put pressure on they say they will meet in the next 4 months at the level of the president and again that puts pressure on everyone further down the hierarchy to really deliver on these promises to deliver on the ceasefire. and i think that will really and they will some progress of the all this time the bigger issue of russia and its relations with its neighborhood with ukraine which it sees as part of its backyard and somewhere where it has a right to influence that is not going away that problem has effect

format of talks has been hiatus for more than 3 years but president putin and ukraine's leader vladimir selenski both describe the new talks as positive. is there a thaw in our relations i think yes of course we have discussed a broad range of issues and made progress on many of them all of that gives grounds to believe that the process is moving in the right direction. with regards to our peace efforts we have met and i think it's a great step towards peace the meeting was long and difficult but the mood of the meeting was positive. in a written statement all parties committed to a. comprehensive cease fire by the end of this year and the complete all for all prisoner swap as well they also pledged to withdraw troops from certain conflict zones before next april and to ensure that areas would be mined. that's the way for this out and up next imprisoned as the story of a man who spent decades on death row including seeing through 13 execution date sony to eventually be freed of the evidence against him was proved to be false it is next on r.t. international. in the troubled 19 seventies a group

talks has been in hiatus for over 3 years with president putin and ukraine's leader of the team in selenski both describe the meeting that's positive. is there a thaw in our relations i think yes of course we have discussed a broad range of issues and made progress on many of them all of that gives grounds to believe that the process is moving in the right direction you. said with regards to our peace efforts we have met and i think it's a great step towards peace is a meeting was long and difficult but the mood of the meeting is a positive thing. and a written statement all parties committed to a comprehensive cease fire by the end of this year and the complete all for all prisoner swap as well they also pledged to withdraw troops from certain conflict zones before next april and to ensure that the areas where they mined that's the way clay inside next and how the web's big head has a steering your online behavior more than you might think. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage street thugs of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks on the catholic populati

mayors a lenski back in july the allegations made the allegation made here is that trump pressured selenski and ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election campaign of the united states not number 2 the 2nd article of impeachment made is obstruction of congress interesting lee that they'd spent to right after the inquiry began and essentially that president trump instructed the white house to not cooperate with the inquiry he instructed his aides to withhold documents and even prevented them to to testify on capitol hill and there could have been another a 3rd article of impeachment but the democrats really decided to focus on ukraine as they were afraid that they could weaken their case if they extend that impeachment inquiry in the articles here and we knew that the democrats in the u.s. house they're convinced that the president will be impeached and should be removed from office has there been reaction today from the u.s. president. well absolutely a president from took to twitter in his usual fashion and he called the allegation ridiculous he also pointed out that the ukrainian side to c

mayors a lenski back in july the allegations made the allegation made here is that trump pressured selenski and ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election campaign of the united states not number 2 the 2nd article of impeachment made is obstruction of congress interesting leave that they'd spec to right after the inquiry began and essentially that president trump instructed the white house to not cooperate with the inquiry he instructed his aides to withhold documents and even prevented them to testify on capitol hill and there could have been another a 3rd article of impeachment but the democrats really decided to focus on ukraine as they were afraid that they could weaken their case if they extend that impeachment inquiry in the articles here and we knew that the democrats in the u.s. house they're convinced that the president will be impeached and should be removed from office has there been reaction today from the u.s. president. well absolutely and president trump took to twitter in his usual fashion and he called the allegation ridiculous he also pointed out that the ukrainian side to

year conflict there it was one of a number of steps agreed by ukrainian president a lot of minutes selenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin at a meeting brokered by the french and german leaders. and police in new zealand are launching an investigation into the deaths of at least 5 tourists in monday's volcanic eruption the threat level was raised last week prompting questions about whether tour groups should have been allowed to visit the popular destination off new zealand's north on. and don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download are out from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all this news from around the world as well as pushed out of patience for any breaking news can also use the d.w. app to send us photos and video so. you're watching good news live from berlin coming up next to kick off the bundesliga highlights of the weekend i'm terry martin i'll be back the next hour thanks for being with us. to. kick off. another blockbuster week in the almost looks going on down the coast of north from in the 1st place. likely t

constitution empowers him to do whatever he wants given that he and his team are still awaiting president selenski statement about investigating joe biden we can only ask what the 2020 election will be like or indeed what any future election in america will be like if we just let this misconduct go but in his letter trump disputed democrats' motives writing as you know very well this impeachment drive has nothing to do with ukraine or the totally appropriate conversation i had with its new president it only has to do with your attempt to undo the election of 2016 and steal the election of 2020 and despite efforts by the white house to block witness testimony during the impeachment inquiry trump has accused democrats of denying him due process likening his treatment to the salem witch trials of the 1600s where those falsely accused of witchcraft were executed it's a message that seems geared to trump supporters a rallying cry trump's letter says could propel him to reelection kimberlee help get al-jazeera the white house. protests supporting impeachment efforts against president donald trump are ta

screen for example in the timing of the elections in the territories at the center of the conflict selenski insists they can only be health after the troops have pulled out but russia does not agree that facet of al-jazeera moscow. time for a short break here not as iraq when we come back the. protesting through song south take aim at columbia's government. and the 1st case of polio in malaysia in more than 25 years what it means for global eradication is more. hello there it is still are fairly quiet picture across much of china it is quiet and it is common temperatures are not too bad either we've got some good clear skies and so with those clear skies some nice amounts of sunshine 20 celsius in hong kong on monday a pleasant $22.00 across into northern vietnam hanoi at $22.16 celsius aap into shanghai it's a dry couple of days for the most part as well across into taiwan and still staying dry mostly into the northern philippines down there one or 2 shows further into more southern and central regions in the philippines slightly very heavy amounts of rain farther to the south northern and

a lot of sensitivities about it especially about the new control over the border in eastern ukraine selenski said ukraine should have control over the border when these elections were going to be held and all the armed troops backed by russia should have left that area probably to has not been any. result on that issue here in paris and what is always mean for the people in eastern ukraine. well at the moment they are still suffering the cease fire agreements are always violated nearly every day they're still shelling so really they want peace and really they want of a serious cease fire so if these talks basically have 2 more trust between the 2 nations between ukraine and russia and zelinsky and put in that at least that would be something of progress especially for the millions of people there who are still suffering not only because every week people are still killed there but also economically a lot of people have left millions have left the area and it's basically a ghost ghost town i was there a couple of weeks ago and life is nearly dat in that area so everything that would lead to m

been killed in the fighting the latest prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president the lot made selenski push for peace but there is anger in ukraine over concessions made to russia so it could secure the ceasefire for example kiev will release riot police suspected of murder during the 2014 uprising and they've also agreed to pull out troops from contested regions in the east bit of analysis here from valentyn yakkers sheikh who is a professor of political science at the national university of. he says there will be no quick solution though to this ongoing conflict in my view it's an absolutely positive step is small step but very important step it's a step in human istic direction exchange of all detained for all detained persons it's also one of the measures we are to be implemented like disengagement improving the transition from one ukrainian area to another ukrainian central government control area and separatist controlled area and stopping the war but i'm not optimistic there's 2 quick solution of the gel strategic conflict in the eastern ukraine there are 3 possible solutions on

still controlled by pro russian separatists they were welcomed by family members and president told me selenski as they landed in kiev a young girl but. she may leave the room the main thing is that the people at home we did what we said they will to liberate new year with their families i'm happy i'm sure that too. security was tied. the prisoner exchange began there was disbelief then relief that it was happening and they would be able to return home others though valid to fight on. these former ukrainian prisoners said they would fight for their country and president there were more than that while this production separatist said he'd been beaten and tortured by ukrainian security services. sunday's exchange was the result of direct talks between president still in ski and putin in france earlier this month they great to implement a full ceasefire in a bid to end the war in the donbass region of ukraine relations between russia and ukraine soured when protesters in kiev managed to drive out a kremlin backed government in 24 tane russia then seized control of crimea from ukraine and within we

constitution empowers him to do whatever he wants given that he and his team are still awaiting president selenski statement about investigating joe biden we can only ask what the 2020 election will be like or indeed what any future election in america will be like if we just let this misconduct go but in his letter trump disputed democrats' motives writing as you know very well this impeachment drive has nothing to do with ukraine or the totally appropriate conversation i had with its new president it only has to do with your attempt to undo the election of 2016 and steal the election of 2020 and despite efforts by the white house to block witness testimony during the impeachment inquiry trump has accused democrats of denying him due process likening his treatment to the salem witch trials of the 1600s where those falsely accused of witchcraft were executed it's a message that seems geared to trump supporters the rallying cry trumps letter says could propel him to real action kimberly health at al-jazeera the white house. well supporters of trump's impeachment have been making their voices heard

returned to ukraine's capital kiev where they were welcomed by their families and president vladimir selenski swap those talks between ukraine and russia's leaders in paris 3 weeks ago libya's un recognized government has called on the united nations and the international criminal court to stop warlord khalifa haftar as offensive on tripoli hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded since have to launch this campaign in april the governor of new york is describes an attack on a juror celebration as an act of domestic terrorism 5 people were injured when a man armed with a machete stormed into a rabbi's home in upstate new york those are the headlines the news continues after what i want to east next. counting the cost 2019 what a year it's been a world struggle to put aside short economic game to save the planet for the last of america for the middle east people took to the streets protest on equal spread of wealth out of trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on al-jazeera. getting a university degree with asking any study for exams sound too good to be true can be a part

creating capital kiev where they were welcomed by emotional family members i'm president brought amir selenski the exchange follows talks between ukraine and russia's new disk just a few weeks ago in paris. tens of thousands of people in this trillion state of victoria have been told to evacuate ahead of what is forecast to be another day of extreme fire danger on monday fire north of the fire ravaged state of new south wales is facing more strong winds and temperatures exceeding 40 degrees at least 9 people have been killed the months i was in the homes destroyed across 5 states since september the yemeni government is blaming hutu rebels for a missile attack on a military graduation parade which killed at least 7 people this for a new claim of responsibility for the strike and the 7 time of dallas their parent target was security forces who are trained and equipped by the saudi coalition the governor of new york has described in the attack on jewish celebration as an an act of domestic terrorism 5 people were injured when a man armed with a machete stormed into a rabbi home in upstate new yo

impeach donald trump before the july 25th phone call ever happened between president trump and president selenski a trial is expected to be held in the senate in january the republican leadership is hoping for a relatively quick process of perhaps 2 weeks the president is almost certain to be acquitted. the polls suggest the u.s. public is evenly split or impeachment in fact doldrums approval ratings have increased since impeachment proceedings began in the autumn she overturns the elders here at washington. well all of that played out in washington donald trump was rallying supporters in a city called battle creek he slammed democrats impeachment efforts as quote illegal and a disgrace and pointed out had little chance he'll be convicted and removed from office by the senate through the. the prey garches of the grazing land sea polo says house democrats. have bred sounds with an eternal mark of shame and it really is it's a disgrace. well john hendren was at that rally any tells us more about the mood of trump and those who support him the president was clearly energized by this impeachment proc

constitution empowers him to do whatever he wants given that he and his team are still awaiting president selenski statement about investigating joe biden we can only ask what the 2020 election will be like or indeed what any future election in america will be like if we just let this misconduct go but in his letter trump disputed democrats' motives writing as you know very well this impeachment drive has nothing to do with ukraine or the totally appropriate conversation i had with its new president it only has to do with your attempt to undo the election of 2016 and steal the election of 2020 and despite efforts by the white house to block witness testimony during the impeachment inquiry trump has accused democrats of denying him due process likening his treatment to the salem witch trials of the 1600s where those falsely accused of witchcraft were executed it's a message that seems geared to trump supporters a rallying cry trump's letter says could propel him to reelection kimberlee help get al-jazeera the white house. protests supporting impeachment efforts against donald trump a taking place a

steering high profile peace talks in paris aimed at the escalating the conflict but follow the main selenski and russian president vladimir putin fail to find a solution to end the 5 year war that has so far killed more than 14000 people separatists from donetsk and lugansk are expected to swap 55 ukrainians for 87 rebels. released. politicians after they were arrested following a fight in parliament over a church property law montenegro's parliament adopted the law on friday but the opposition said it would let the government strip the serbian orthodox church of its property including many medieval monasteries and churches hundreds of supporters of the church gathered in front of the embassy in belgrade following the vote the u.k. government has accidentally published online the addresses of more than 1000 new year recipients the list includes the singer elton john and hundreds of other high profile celebrities senior police officers and politicians the sensitive information was visible for at least an hour before it was removed the cabinet office has confirmed the addresses were imploded i

seating any territory changing the law or constitution this is that instant political win for president selenski with a lot of good media attention however we don't know going forward how that will affect them in the polls there will be some kind sort of local elections in 2020 at which we can see if this is a fact it is popularity is say you say it isn't related to any potential pieces you mentioned potential territories faults is that what you think would need to happen to try to come to some sort of solution between the 2 countries and it seems almost intractable the path forward 'd it's something that presents a once yes promise to work on in his 1st term of office so that's why we're seeing a lot of this with the prisoner exchange where he also made some progress with president putin is signing a 5 year gas agreement which will end this perpetual sort of damocles that russia has held over ukraine for many years of shutting off their gas on a yearly basis but in terms of the conflicts there everything is so tied together in terms of the constitution of ukraine would have to be changed for an

the cranium capital kiev where they were welcomed by emotional family members and president vladimir selenski those released just civilians the members of a special police force who were accused of killing protests in kiev in 2014 well the exchange follows talks between ukraine and russia leaders a few weeks ago in paris and hayward has the story. 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 45 because the identities checked and checked again but the men disbelieve them relief that it was happening and they will be able to return home there are some fathers though found to fight on this moment ukrainian prisoner said they would fight for their country to president there were more than one well this pro russian separatists thought he'd been beaten and tortured by the ukrainian security services. sunday's exchange was the result of direct talks between president for len

the elections and the timeframe to hold these elections those those issues have not been resolved and selenski also sat still a lot of work to be done to achieve that president putin in his statements that he really insist that this special status becomes a part of the constitution and ukraine which is a very sensitive issue and also not explaining when the russian backed troops will actually this arm the issue also of border control of ukraine has not been sorted at the moment they are now planning to hold another normandy formant meeting like the one today in 4 months to all find solutions to this very difficult political problem that we know that 14000 people have been killed across the 5 year conflict so what does all of this mean and back on the ground in the east of ukraine. well i think so far what we can say is that at least this summit has happened it's been postponed many times and it shows that there is at least new hope and that's also so. i think that mccrone was stressing this is this is a new you know in france again after 3 years 3 years ago these talks collapsed so it will be

the you sound pessimistic that this conflict is going to continue and where does this leave president selenski made a part of his campaign pitch his platform to bring this to an end. yes. but the problem is not at any cost so not as a concessions ukrainians are making in favor or so what i suggest is there would be continuation of talks there would be continuation of some security measures owns the ground like decent gear agent of troops 0 respect then show some potential in continued swarf of pretties unless but then would be is a problem where there are real disagreements between russia and ukraine and as it was pointed out by your call across sco is it is a question is who is control in exhibit 400 kilometers of brushing and creating your own board and ukrainian side insists that if not ukrainians there is a should be an international main mission international peacekeepers that could control this part of support that i am not sure frankly i don't believe that exists for you and we'll agree to that so basically it means the sentients should guarantee alexa has been good to have you on the p

have been killed in the fighting the latest prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president vladimir selenski push for peace but don't forget there is anger in ukraine over the concessions made to russia in order to secure the ceasefire for example care for release riot police who are suspected of murder during the 2014 uprising and of agreed to pull out troops from contested regions in the atheist's little bit earlier we spoke to valentino who's a professor of political science at the national university of kiev cademy he told us there will be no quick solution to the ongoing conflict in my view it's an absolutely positive step is small step but very important step it's a step in a humanist stick direction exchange of all detained for all detained persons it's also one of the measures we are to be implemented like disengagement improving the transition from one ukrainian area to another ukraine or central government control area and separatist controlled area and stopping the war but i'm not optimistic as to quick solution of the general strategic conflict in the east of ukraine there are 3