there's movement in eastern ukraine. new positions being established, both on the ground and in talk. this is one of three locations where the ukrainian military has, and russia's insistence, pulled a kilometre back. how does it feel for you as a soldier to have to withdraw? translation: an order is an order. they don't consider this as a retreat. we are holding a defensive line. the new dynamic is down to this man, ukraine's actor turned president, volodymyr zelensky. he's made delivering peace his overriding priority. but the fact that it is ukraine making the concessions has angered some. the man has a point. international support for ukraine is waning, with question marks over the reliability of its most important ally — the united states. so this is one of the villages that the ukrainian military has pulled out of. it is now basically a sort of no man's land. it's very quiet. many people seem to have left. just the fa ct people seem to have left. just the fact that it's like this is an improvement, because during

well russia and ukraine of a greater implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year russia's president met the new ukrainian leader in paris for their 1st formal talks fighting in eastern ukraine between moscow back separatists and ukraine's army has killed 14000 people within the last 5 years that reports. ukraine's recently elected president was greeted by french president emmanuel micro at the lease a palace selenski flashed a peace sign as he prepared to meet vladimir putin for the 1st time the russian leader arrived shortly afterwards for talks aimed at paving the way to peace in eastern ukraine. outside the elisei police tackled and putin protesters while inside macro and german chancellor angela merkel sat down to mediate before selenski and putin met one on one after nearly 9 hours of talks the leaders agreed to a cease fire by the end of 2019 a prisoner swap and to hold another summit in 4 months but there was little common ground on eastern ukraine future putin wants a special status for the don't pass region led by russian backed separatists. to synchroniz

of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in the eastern ukraine by the end of the year fighting has been raging there since 2014 also coming up police open a criminal investigation after just 5 to restore killed by a volcanic eruption in new zealand to death toll could rise as hope fades of finding any more survivors at the full current. costs for lives a baby pandas make their public debut with everyone can agree their cute not everyone could agree on their names will have more on china's so-called panda diplomacy. i'm called aspen welcome to the program we start with a major meeting in paris ukrainian president vladimir is once he and his russian counterpart vladimir putin face to face for the 1st time with eastern ukraine on the agenda after 6 hours of negotiations the 2 leaders have agreed to implement implements a quote full and comprehensive cease fire in eastern ukraine it's the 1st time in 3 years the talks focusing on ending the war. there have been held the pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccall and german chancellor uncle americal brokered t

and russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a full cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year 14000 people have died in the 5 year long conflict. now a chilean military cargo plane has disappeared with 38 people on board the plane took off from the southern city of. a man's head. being a base in antartica a search and rescue team has been deployed. in the world anti doping agency has banned russia from all major sports events for the next 4 years this includes the olympics and the football world cup but the door is still open for some russian athletes to compete lee wellings explains. how to deal with russian dumping is the problem won't support just cannot find a way to solve the world anti-doping agency wada has tried and failed to pave the way probably integration and off the continued subterfuge its executive committee voted unanimously to impose a 4 year ban on competing in and hosting major sports events this includes the time carolyn picks and the football world cup in qatar russia has afforded every opportunity to get its house in order to rejoin the global and to

of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year fighting has been raging there since 2014. also coming up new zealand's most active volcano drops killing at least 5 people hopes of now faded of finding any more survivors questions are mounting over wind chill versus world wound on the i have to prosper lensbaby pan does make their public debut everyone can agree they're cute but not everyone could agree on their names will have more on china's so-called panda diplomacy. i'm calling aspinall come to the program we start with a major meeting in paris ukrainian president for a lot of years a lenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin face to face for the 1st time with eastern ukraine on the agenda after 6 hours of negotiations the 2 leaders have agreed to implement a quote full and comprehensive cease fire in eastern ukraine it's the 1st time in 3 years the talks focusing on ending the war have been held a pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccraw and german chancellor angela merkel who both brokered the meeting the c

this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions. you know our correspondent nick connelly is in paris he was following the talks for insight and joins us for more hi nick so these 2 leaders have agreed to a prisoner swap and also to implement a cease fire how significant are these developments well sumi this is not the big bang so maybe we're expecting this is i think in reality as much as could be expected these are measures that will create goodwill bring prisoners back for the new years holidays trying to aim for a stable ceasefire something that hasn't been achieved in years after dozens of attempts the real sticking point is the same as it has been since the beginning of this conflict who makes the 1st step who has to compromise 1st is a ukraine the compromise 1st by giving an autonomous status to those regions and allowing elections to take place before it regains control of those territories which effectively would turn those separatists into ukrainian politicians or does russia step back and allow ukraine to

ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year fighting has been ranging there since 2014. also coming up new zealand's most active volcano romps killing at least 5 people hopes have faded to finding any more survivors now questions are mounting over wind chill risks were allowed on the island in the 1st. plus we will be hearing the russian national anthem of the upcoming olympics russia is now banned from all global sporting events for years the gold anti-doping agency says moscow tried to stop drug cheats from being exposed. to m caernarfon welcome to the program we start with a major meeting in paris ukrainian president flawed amir's olinsky and his russian counterpart vladimir putin face to face for the 1st time with eastern ukraine on the agenda after 6 hours of negotiations the 2 leaders have agreed to implement a quote full and comprehensive cease fire in eastern ukraine it's the 1st time in 3 years the talks focusing on. ending the war there have been held the pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccall and german chancellor an

eastern ukraine by the end of the year 14000 people died in the final conflict. the us house judiciary committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceedings against donald trump from secure his depression in ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. on the u.s. justice department has found no evidence of political bias by the f.b.i. and it opened an investigation into contacts between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia and 2016. syrian activists say more than 18000 people have been displaced in the rebel held it lived province in the past 24 hours syrian the russian government their strikes have intensified despite a ceasefire announced by moscow in august at least 10 civilians were killed on sunday when a smith reports family love there was a market here in the southern italy village when the airstrikes began when. we didn't know they were russian jets according to the syrian observatory for human rights. volunteer white helmet how medics are there within minutes to do what they've done thousands of times during the civil war

are aimed at ending the 5 year conflict in eastern ukraine. the syrian activists say more than 800000 people have been displaced in rebel held province in just 24 hours syrian government and russian air strikes have intensified. 5 people have been killed and 8 others i'm missing after a volcanic eruption off new zealand eastern coast a minister just in order and says new zealanders as well as tourists from australia the u.s. u.k. china and malaysia are among those affected where a child's house will. rise as thousands of meters into the air is the white island volcano also known by its indigenous maori name for a car erupts it's 50 kilometers away but the toxic cloud of sulfur and chlorine can be seen from the mainland. 34 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering rescue was attempts to get to the island 47 people went on to the oil and. we can never forget under so east. 31 currently in hospital through the i. still missing in 3 had been discharged from

the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president. were meeting for the 1st time to discuss the conflict which is centered on the donbass region in ukraine now this region is currently held by russia backed separatists at the talks in paris the 2 sides agreed to some steps and easing tensions 1st have agreed to release in exchange detainees that by the end of the year they also agreed upon disengaging military forces that are currently in the 3 regions in eastern ukraine and they will hold more talks in 4 months time to check on the progress of the ceasefire the leaders made separate announcements at the end of the talks. 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 connelly is in paris h

the presidents of ukraine and russia agree to implement a full ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year, but failed to produce a political breakthrough. a senior chinese official has claimed that all the people held in detention centres in the western region of xinjiang have now been released. a mounting body of independent evidence, including reporting here on the bbc, suggests more than a million uighur muslims have been sent to the centres in the past few years. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth is one of the few western journalists to get access inside the camps. with international outrage still growing over the mass internment of muslims, xinjiang's camps, china says, are no more. translation: all the students who took the classes have graduated. with the help of the government, they have achieved a stable employment and live a happy life. china has long insisted that these places are schools for tackling extremism. on our tour, we were shown supposedly grateful muslims being taught to be loyal communist citizens. but away from the show camps, the guards, the queueing visi

and the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to a cease fire in eastern ukraine as part of efforts to end the 5 year conflict there it was one of a number of steps agreed by ukrainian president little new selenski and his russian counterpart vladimir putin and a meeting brokered by the french and german leaders. coming up next our football show kick off with all of the latest action in the bundesliga and don't forget to follow us on twitter our i handle there is activity w news for all the latest headlines thank you so much. for. kick off. another blockbuster weekend one is like. come on come on or promote the 1st place. like to be called and i'm on the 2nd. block barre chord in injury time to take all 3 points against byron munich and a top of the table. because. i'd. save the planet not my job. with porter david don't shout and says it straight 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 be saved. most of them 60 minutes. i'm not laughing at the them well i guess

the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president followed a missile then ski were meeting for the 1st time to discuss the conflict which is centered on the donbass region in ukraine this is a region that is a currently held by russian backed separatists at the talks in paris the 2 sides agreed to steps aimed at easing tensions there 1st they've agreed to release in exchange all detainees by the end of the year they've also agreed to disengage military forces in the 3 of the regions in eastern ukraine and also to hold more talks and for months a check in on progress on that cease fire the leaders made separate announcements at the end of the talks. a little this was a 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 at the. some of them this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as

this is the deputy news live from berlin a hopeful step toward resolving the conflicts in eastern ukraine pro russian separatists and the ukrainian government have exchanged all the prisoners they were holding we go live to kiev which is gearing up to welcome back its freed people also coming after. a man with a knife turns a hand in a brand new york city into a nightmare new york's governor saying is it was an act of terror. and will straightness bushfires have placed a strain on firefighters including many volunteers who have taken leave from their jobs now the government has to pay them and on it there is. hello i'm christine one goal welcome to the program the ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange the swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city office or live in the don't yet region of eastern ukraine it's part of an agreement that russia and ukraine this month more. carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraine's rebel controlled region. the freed prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters

and he still claims that russian troops are not in eastern ukraine tonight from reality t.v. to reality politic the reality check for ukraine's new man in charge i bring golf in berlin this is the day. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began. to live in harmony in friendship so they don't call it separatists but it is still nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness. i don't understand what maclin mcclung want to do selenski and putin should sit down together drinks on thought get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this to giving the other some weight to making peace and that's going to be tough. also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequence including the finding of russia from the olympic style and take center world championships are running coach signature dish full use and buying the russian host of rus

the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine the conflict is centered in the dawn boss region of ukraine which is currently held by russia backed separatists well at talks in paris the 2 sides have agreed to several steps and easing tensions they've agreed to release in exchange all detainees by the end of the year to disengage military forces in 3 regions in eastern ukraine and to hold more talks in 4 months to check on the progress of the ceasefire but the meeting in paris brokered by germany and france has left many issues unresolved the 2 leaders made separate announcements at the end of the talks there's a little this was a 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. you know our correspondent nick conley is in paris he covered the talks there between the

this is deja vu news live from berlin a possible step toward resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine. there was a hero's welcome in the capital kiev for 76 men and women released by separatists in the country's east in return ukrainian government released all the prisoners it had been holding will go to kids for the latest also coming up. a man with a knife turns a hanikra celebration near new york city into a bloody crime scene new york's governor says it was an act of domestic terror. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. ukrainian government and russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange a plane landed at the airport sunday evening a few hours after the swap at a checkpoint in the separatist stronghold of the nets in eastern ukraine exchange included prisoners held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 as follows an agreement russia and ukraine reached earlier this month in talks brokered by germany and france. i carefully coordinated ron davis in ukraine's rebel controlled region $200.00 people in total were released in the exchange some returning

news coming to you live from trying to end the conflict in eastern ukraine after a landmark meeting the leaders of russia and ukraine agreed to implement a cease fire and exchange prisoners but their 1st face to face encounter also exposes deep divisions also coming up taking to the streets to fight for human rights as many countries around the world mark human rights day we ask how important is it to make your voice heard and the extremes are increasing months of drought suddenly followed by terentia will rain they've destroyed our pastures he never used to be like this. climate change is changing life for farmers in a remote region of bolivia. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine as part of efforts to end the 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 t

news live from berlin a hopeful step toward resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine with a hero's welcome in key for 76 men and women released earlier in the day by separatists in ukraine's east in return to keep the release of all the prisoners it have been holding we'll go there live for the latest. also coming up a man with a knife turns a hanukkah celebration near new york city into a bloody crime scene new york's governor says it was an act of domestic terror. i want him glucose welcome to the program the ukrainian government and a russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange a plane landed at key the airport sunday evening after the swap took place at a checkpoint in the separatists stronghold of done tests in eastern ukraine the exchange covers prisoners being held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the move stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month brokered by germany and france. correspondent david stern is key to airport for us where the freed ukrainian prisoners arrived not too long ago david you were there when t

ukraine because in order to achieve peace in eastern ukraine. it has to be understood that contrary to what the american and british media will tell you this is not. a russian invasion of ukraine her russian occupation of ukraine this is an ethnic conflict what happened in 2040 of course with some support from outside for example the americans are back in kiev the russians are backing the separatists in the east but the point is that this goes back to the my down in 2040 what happened in my van is that previous to that there was a government there would be a very corrupt government with the government's power base was an eastern ukraine and then yes which is where the conflict later erupted that government was overthrown it was democratically elected by the overthrown by the streets and the elements that led to the revolution that the euro my down predominately came from west ukraine and certainly the most or came probably scepter right sector so botha did with me on that see hyper nationalist elements there from the west of the country and poro

news live from berlin breaking the deadlock over in eastern ukraine the russian and ukrainian presidents have met for the 1st time in peace talks brokered by the leaders of france and germany will this help and 5 years of war that is killed thousands of people also coming up 5 people are dead after new zealand's most active volcano erupts sending plumes of ash and steam into the sky just as tourists were exploring the volcano surface at least 8 people are reportedly missing and russia is banned from all global sporting events of the next 4 years of that includes the upcoming 2020 olympics the world anti-doping agency says moscow trying to stop drug cheats from being exposed. i bring goff it's good to have you with us the leaders of ukraine and russia have been holding one on one talks in paris tonight to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine this is the 1st time in 3 years that talks focusing on ending the war there have been held and this is the 1st meeting between russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president golda meir's and then ski appears set down earlier this evening

ukraine forces have been fighting separatist but by moscow for 5 years in eastern ukraine police in india say they don't expect to recover any more bodies from the remains of a destroyed from a building destroyed in a fire in the capital more than 40 people were killed when the blaze tore through one of the oldest markets and burnt down a factory is the worst fire in the city in more than 2 decades the taliban and u.s. negotiators are resume talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan president trouble halted those meetings in september following the killing of an american soldier the u.s. as the aim is to get a taliban promise to reduce violence with a cease fire as the final goal. some of colombia's biggest artists have taken part in a concert in support of the recent and to government protests demonstrators are angry at president event due to his plans for economic reforms they want him to do more to tackle corruption and police violence. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera up inside story stage and that's what i think the prime minister. should do to d

this is deja vu news live from berlin a hopeful step toward resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine russian separatists and the ukrainian government have exchanged all the prisoners they were holding we'll go live to kiev where people are waiting to welcome back their free people. also coming up a man with a knife turns a hanukkah celebration near new york city into a bloody crime scene new york's governor says it was an act of domestic terror. and all straggly is bushfires have taken their toll on firefighters including the many volunteers who have had to take leave from their jobs now the government has agreed to compensate them for their efforts. along william blue cross welcome to the program the ukrainian government and russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange the swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city of horlivka in the donetsk region of eastern ukraine the exchange covers all remaining prisoners being held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 it stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month. have

at least people in eastern ukraine will feel that. anchor: thank you. now, in the u.s., the house judiciary committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceedings against donald trump. attorneys of both parties presented arguments for and against impeaching president trump. for donald trump! reporter: fireworks inside the impeachment hearing came not just from protesters, but also republican members committed to showing that they believe the proceedings against trump rare a sham. rep. nadler: the gentleman will suspend. >> you will try to overturn the results of an election with unelected people -- reporter: the witnesses were attorneys for both parties. thatacts were the same, trump froze military existence -- military assistance to ukraine and asked them to investigate his political opponent, the interpretation cannot not be more different. >> he used it to put his political interest above those of the nation. president who 63 million people voted for over eight lines in a call transcript is baloney. members of the house

russia and ukraine are going to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year russia's president met the new ukrainian leader in paris for their 1st for talks fighting in eastern ukraine between moscow back separatists and ukraine's army has killed 14000 people within the last 5 years natasha a reports. ukraine's recently elected president was greeted by french president emmanuel micra at the least a palace selenski flashed a peace sign as he prepared to meet vladimir putin for the 1st time the russian leader arrived shortly afterwards for talks aimed to paving the way to peace in eastern ukraine. outside the lease a police tackled and putin protesters while inside macro and german chancellor angela merkel sat down to mediate the full selenski and putin met one on one after nearly 9 hours of tool. the leaders agreed to a cease fire by the end of 2019 a prisoner swap and to hold another summit in 4 months but there was little common ground on eastern ukraine future putin wants a special status for the don't pass region led by russian backed separatists. to synchronize th

so there's been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and progress the separatists this is the 2nd major release in 3 months that follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tensions between them times between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president in kiev . just a bit of background for you moscow went on to annex crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have 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

a cease fire in eastern ukraine as part of efforts to end the conflict there. sides have agreed to release and exchange all detainees by the end of the year to 2 weeks to disengage military forces in 3 regions and to hold more talks in 4 months to check on the progress of the ceasefire but the meeting in paris brokered by germany and france has left many issues unresolved the 2 leaders have made separate announcements after the closed door talks station a little this was a meeting was long and difficult but the mood was rather positive and that's the truth and i really want to emphasize that point is we will continue the discussions and for months and see the results of what we've achieved it is not. enough for months this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions in our correspondent nick connelly 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 a cease fire now but how much progres

the presidents of ukraine and russia agree to implement a full ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year, but fail to produce a political breakthrough. just days before the general election in the uk, the government's handling of the national health service, and the prime minister's response to criticism of it, has taken centre stage. borisjohnson has come underfire for an incident in which he at first declined to look at a photo of an ill young boy, who'd had to sleep temporarily on a hospitalfloor, because of a lack of beds. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has been watching the prime minister on the campaign trail. not long left to roll. borisjohnson wants to win and hopes he can do so by taking territory that's been labour forever but where the majority voted leave. people in this part of the country, people across this country spoke and said that they wanted to leave the eu. now is the moment for us to get on and do it. beyond that familiar mantra, though, is he really in tune with millions of people who rely on public services and worry about them? like four—year

in eastern ukraine since 2014 the conflict has claimed more than 13000 lives. now russia and ukraine swapped prison is raising hopes of a wide decision and but fighting continues despite a cease fire agreement. a carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraine's rebel controlled region. the free prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others see it as a crucial step to improving ties with moscow. it's the 2nd major prisoner exchange this year september saw another swap that brought inmates home and fostered hope that the war in eastern ukraine could soon be over an early victory for ukraine's new president volodymyr zelinsky. we have agreed the 1st step to one block but i am. not sure it is returning our soldiers prisoners. for more than 5 years the ukrainian army has been fighting russian backed separatists in the country's east the war has cost around 14000 lives and turned a key industrial region into a conflict zone efforts to stop the fighting have so far come t

ukraine. well there's a great deal of skepticism obviously after the annexation of crimea after the beginning of this war which involves not only moscow back separatist but moscow what appears to be a moscow forces and also moscow equipment there's a there's obviously not a whole lot of a lot of a lot of trust on the ukrainian side but on the other hand people do want the war to end and they're hoping that there can be some sort of a an agreement reached obviously will involve a compromise but compromises can be interpreted from either side is giving too much or is not being not being sufficient so there is a great deal of skepticism a great deal of fear but as i say there is hope on the ukrainian side that's our correspondent david standing here thank you david. not a 2nd look at some of the other stories making news around the world there's been a stabbing attack at a jewish holiday celebration near new york city authorities say 5 people were hospitalized with injuries 2 are in critical cond

news live from berlin a hopeful step toward resolving the long running conflicts in eastern ukraine grows russian separatists and the ukrainian government have exchanged all the prisoners they were holding we get analysis from our correspondent in moscow also coming up. straight news pulse fires have placed a strain on firefighters including many volunteers who have taken leave from their jobs now the government is to pay them and honor their efforts. hello i'm christine window welcome to the program. q. craney a government forces and russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange the swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city off horlivka in the dawn gets off eastern ukraine it's part of an agreement that russia and ukraine earlier this month. have carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraine's rebel controlled region the free prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others see it as a crucial step to improving ties with moscow. it's the 2nd major prisoner exchan

this is deja vu news live from berlin a hopeful step toward resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine for russian separatists and the ukrainian government have exchanged all the prisoners they have been holding will go to kiev where people are waiting to welcome back their free nationals also coming up a man with a knife turns a hanukkah celebration near new york city into a bloody crime scene new york's governor says it was an act of domestic terror. and australia's bushfires have hit firefighters hard including the many volunteers who had to take leave from their jobs now the government has agreed to compensate them for their efforts. welcome to the program the ukrainian government and russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange the swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city of horlivka in the donetsk region of eastern ukraine the exchange covers all remaining prisoners being held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 it stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month. carefully coordinated ron davis in ukraine's

ukrainian government forces and russian backed separatists have begun a prison a swap in in eastern ukraine now the swap has been taking place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city all or lives kept in the don yes region it's part of an agreement that russia and ukraine reached the spot where. the carefully coordinated rendezvous in ukraine's rebel controlled region the freed prisoners include ukrainian riot police accused of firing on protesters in 2014 the controversial swap has angered some activists there but others see it as a crucial step to improving ties with moscow. it's the 2nd major prisoner exchange this year september saw another swap that brought inmates home and foster hope that the war in eastern ukraine could soon be over an early victory for ukraine's new president volodymyr zelinsky. we have agreed the 1st step to one block but. we have not it is returning our soldiers prisoners. for more than 5 years the ukrainian army has been fighting russian backed separatists in the country's east the war has cost around 14000 lives and turned a key industrial region into a confli

ukraine putin is a master of his craft and he still claims that russian troops are not in eastern ukraine tonight from reality t.v. to reality politic the reality check for ukraine's new man in charge i bring golf in berlin this is the day. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began. to live in harmony in friendship so they don't call us separatists but it is still nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness. i don't understand what maclin mcclung want to do so that skin putin should sit down together drink some thought get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this fear giving the other some weight making peace and that it's going to be tough. also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequence including the finding of russia from the olympics in fiction championships run by all coach signatories so full use and binding the russia

and he still claims that russian troops are not in eastern ukraine tonight from reality t.v. to reality politic the reality check for ukraine's new man in charge i'm bored off in berlin this is the day. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began. to live in harmony in friendship so they don't call us separatists but at least nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness. i don't understand what michael and michael want to do so then skinned putin should sit down together drink some folk get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this to giving the other suddenly making peace and that's going to be tough. also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequence including the finding of russia from the olympics battling fake said whoa championships are run by all coach signatories so full use and running the russian host of russ

news live from berlin a hopeful step toward resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine or that hero's welcome in kiev of for 76 men and women released earlier in the day by separatists in ukraine's east in return key have released all the prisoners it has been holding we'll go there for the latest also coming up a man with a knife turns a hanukkah celebration near new york city into a bloody crime scene new york's governor says it was an act of domestic terror. i'm william glucose welcome to the program the ukrainian government and russian backed separatists have completed a prisoner exchange a plane landed at kiva airport sunday evening after the swap took place at a checkpoint in the separatists stronghold of donetsk in eastern ukraine the exchange covers all remaining prisoners being held by both sides since hostilities broke out in 2014 the move stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month brokered by germany and france. and joining me live at the airport is correspondent david stern he's there standing out in the cold as the ukrainian prisoners have

ukraine putin is a master of his craft and he still claims that russian troops are not in eastern ukraine tonight from reality t.v. to reality politic the reality check for ukraine's new man in charge i bring golf in berlin this is the day. we're looking for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began. to live in harmony in friendship so they don't call us separatists but at the state nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness. i don't understand what maclin mcclung want to do so then skin putin should sit down together drinks on foot get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this shit giving b. of a suddenly making peace and that's going to be to us. also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequences including the finding of russia from the olympics battling fictional world championships run by coach signatories so full you and finding the russi

that all fall prisoner swap in eastern ukraine gives you but fred job for an end to the 5 year. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a miss all the tech in yemen is blamed on hooty rebels who are now threatening to target sensitive locations in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . taiwan's lito warns china is the biggest threat to its wellbeing pointing to events in hong kong to bolster the reelection bid plus. with strikes taking center stage and fried see how paris theatres are struggling to fill basics . there's been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russian separatists the 2nd major release in 3 months follows you crying and russia agreeing to ease tension between the ties between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president. russia went on to our next crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in the fighting like this prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president for a lot of b.s. alinsky is push for peace but there is

this is deja vu news live from berlin a hopeful step towards resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine. russian separatists and the ukrainian government have exchanged all the prisoners prisoners they had been holding will go to key of where people are waiting to welcome back their freed national. also coming up a man with a knife turns a hanukkah celebration near new york city into a bloody crime scene new york's governor says it was an act of domestic terror. and australia's bushfires have hit firefighters hard including many volunteers who have had to take a leave from their jobs now the government has agreed to compensate them for their efforts. welcome to the program the ukrainian government and russian back separatists have completed a prisoner exchange a swap took place at a checkpoint near the rebel held city of a leaf in the donetsk region of eastern ukraine the exchange covers all remaining prisoners being held by both sides as hostilities broke out in 2014 it stems from an agreement that russia and ukraine reached earlier this month. a carefully coordinated ron de do in ukra

and russia have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president lot of me as the lenski were meeting for the 1st time to discuss the conflict centered on that donbass region of ukraine now it's currently held by russian backed separatists at the talks in paris the 2 sides agreed to steps aimed at easing tensions they've agreed to release in exchange all detainees by the end of the year to disengage military forces in $53.00 regions in eastern ukraine and to hold more talks in 4 months to check on the progress of the ceasefire leaders made separate announcements at the end of the talks station a little this was a meeting was long and difficult but the mood was rather positive and that's the truth and i really want to emphasize that point is we will continue the discussions and for months and see the results of what we've achieved it is. not a month 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 he covered the talk

vladimir putin zelinsky is inexperienced and he wants peace in eastern ukraine putin is a master of his craft and he still claims that russian troops are not in eastern ukraine tonight from reality t.v. to reality politic the reality check for ukraine's new man in charge i burnt off in berlin this is the day. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began. to live in harmony and friendship so they don't call us separatists but i do you think that nothing good will come from the troops pulling back not from some kind of talks from a position of weakness with the i don't understand what maclin maclin want to do so that skin putin should sit down together drinks on foot get together and put all this behind them we need a united ukraine and we need an end to this shit giving the other some weight making peace and that's going to be to. also coming up no lympics no world cup russia faces a 4 year ban from all sports a nation called cheating about its own dopey consequence including the finding of russia from the olympics but in

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welcome to the program a prisoner swap is under way in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russia separatists the 2nd major release in 3 months follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tension between them it's 5 years since russian troops and extend the crimean peninsula and is under god freud is live for us in moscow what stage are we in terms of the prisoner swap as we speak. well at this point in the 1st phase of this prisoner swap has apparently ended and that is that a look separatist of the lugansk region handed all were to ukraine a 25 ukrainians that they have kept captive and the ukrainian side handed over an unknown number of people to separate russian backed separatist of the lugansk region what comes now is the same thing happening with representatives of the region separatists from the don't yet region and what we could hear is that they will handle were to ukraine $55.00 people expecting $87.00 in return so the total of people that ukraine should receive the people that should be released to ukraine is around 80 and this is the number that ukrainian co

russia also invaded and started occupying big swaths of eastern ukraine beyond crimea. and to this day russia still claims crimea is there, and they are still waging a war and occupying the eastern part of ukraine. when russia first did that in 2014 it was seen as a really big freaking deal on the world stage. it was the first time another country had seized another country in europe since the end of world war ii. and when russia did that the world reacted as if it was that big a deal because it was. they would make the group of 8 instead the group of 7, the g-7. russia got hit with serious international sanctions, sanctions that got even more intense after the russian occupied forces in eastern ukraine shot a civilian airliner out of the sky. that was a totally innocent, totally random commercial passenger, a boeing 777, full of dutch citizens and malaysians and australians, just civilians on a passenger aircraft. 298 people onboard all of them killed when a russian surface-to-air missile shot that passenger jet out of the sky over eastern ukraine where russia was occu

russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the yen russia's president met the new ukrainian leader in paris for their fast formal talks fighting in eastern ukraine between moscow backed separatists and ukraine's army has killed 14000 people just in the last 5 years natasha to reports. ukraine's recently elected president was greeted by french president emmanuel micro at the least say palace selenski flashed a peace sign as he prepared to meet vladimir putin for the 1st time the russian leader arrived shortly afterwards for talks aimed to paving the way to peace in eastern ukraine but outside the lease a police tackled anti putin protesters while inside macro and german chancellor angela merkel sat down to mediate the full selenski and putin met one on one after nearly 9 hours of talks the leaders agreed to a cease fire by the end of 2019 a prisoner swap and to hold another summit in 4 months but there was little common ground on eastern ukraine future putin wants a special status for the don't pass region led by russian backed separatists. to

this isa territories in eastern ukraine. this is a highly emotional moment. people are seeing their relatives for the first time in two, three, five yea rs. first time in two, three, five years. and of course that is the best possible new year gift for these families. translation: the main thing is that the people are home. we did what we said. before the new year. they will celebrate new year with their families at home, parents or children, and it is great, iam happy. i'm sure home, parents or children, and it is great, i am happy. i'm sure are happy as well. in return for the servicemen and civilians, ukraine has handed over to separatists five policemen charged. altogether ukraine released over 120 people. some of them were allegedly involved in terrorist attacks. for some of them, rebel—held territories can be just a transit to russia. many criticised zelensky for agreeing to the russian terms of the swap and paying such a high price. these prisoner swap was a part of the deal brokered in paris in december this year by zelensky, burton, macron and merk

russia also invaded and started occupying big swaths of eastern ukraine beyond crimea. and to this day russia still claims crimea is there, and they are still waging a war and occupying the eastern part of ukraine. when russia first did that in 2014 it was seen as a really big freaking deal on the world stage. it was the first time another country had seized another country in europe since the end of world war ii. and when russia did that the world reacted as if it was that big a deal because it was. they would make the group of 8 instead the group of 7, the g-7. russia got hit with serious international sanctions, sanction that got even more intense after the russian occupied forces in eastern ukraine slot a civilian airliner out of the sky. that was a totally innocent, totally random commercial passenger, a boeing 777, full of dutch citizens and malaysians and australians, just civilians on a passenger aircraft. 298 people onboard all of them killed when a rush surface-to-air missile shot that passenger jet out of the sky over eastern ukraine where russia was occupyin

that all for all prisoner swap in eastern ukraine gives the fragile hope for an end to the 5 year conflict. this is al jazeera live also coming up a missile attack in yemen is blamed on the rebels who are now threatening to target sensitive locations in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . taiwan's leader wants china is the biggest threat to its well being pointing to the events in hong kong to bolster her reelection bid plus. it is massive violence and i consider this an act of domestic terrorism new york governor speaks out after the latest attack against the jewish community. a prisoner swaps being made in eastern ukraine between government forces and pro russian separatists the 2nd exchange in 3 months of around $150.00 prisoners was brokered by the russian and ukrainian president so earlier this month it's being seen as a step towards ending 5 years of fighting around $14000.00 people have been killed since russian troops and next the crimean peninsula russia went on to an extraordinary and is accused of supporting the separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in

the leaders of ukraine and russia are in paris for a meeting about the conflict in eastern ukraine and this is the 1st time in 3 years that talks focusing on ending the war have been held and this is the 1st meeting between. the russian president and who of them is alinsky the new ukrainian president french president emanuel and german chancellor angela merkel are brokering this meeting you see them all that there at the table the conflict started in eastern ukraine back in 2014 it has killed more than 13000 people displaced more than a 1000000 the worst fighting has been in the dawn bet's region our correspondent nick connelly traveled there and sent us this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists spacing them that whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like that maybe on the 1st night of the see saw and it's a strange when there's no financial you get all nervous we used to the shooting at the. the conflict may have fallen out

in paris to try to find a way to end the war in eastern ukraine the conflict there has killed 13000 people displaced more than a 1000000 we'll take you to the combat zone and we'll go to paris where russian and ukrainian leaders have met for the 1st time also coming up russia banned from all global sporting events for the next 4 years including the upcoming 2020 olympics the world anti-doping agency says moscow trying to stop drug cheats from being exposed and 5 people dead after new zealand's most active volcano erupts sending planes of ash and steam into the scalia's tourist we're exploring the whole casinos surface at least 8 people are missing. and supporting the protestors in hong kong how a team of volunteers keep the supplies flowing for different straight groups who hit the streets month after month. i bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome the leaders of ukraine and russia have been holding a one on one talks in paris to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine it's the. 1st time in 3 years that talks focusing on ending the war t